that was out of his control. He can't control whether or not his team hits their foul shots, or whether his best player misses clutch FTs. He also can't control his other best player making two great defensive plays and getting fouls called on him. These are things that I am sure he is planning on his players executing and they just didn't.

Other than the lack of a play coming out of the TO late in the game, Rose's team executed a great game plan. Rose had the team prepared to play loose and confident and he managed the clock beautifully. Rose's teams in the past have been really bad at clock management. But it was great tonight.