Clearly, there is a problem with the 4th quarter collapses. Blame us not having Booker for most of the season, blame Scott Foster, it’s a constant problem and is not going to be sustainable as the season goes on. The rest of the league obviously can see if they apply pressure to this team in the 4th, they’ll fold. Constant stupid turnovers and rotations are happening every game. What is the solution to this and the cause? No true point guard? Bad offensive sets? Poor coaching? All of the above?
There is no way in a legit closer game with higher stakes that Book and KD will not be on the floor to close it out. If this were a playoff game KD and Book would have both been back on the floor for at least the entire second half of the 4Q.
The 4Q execution has not been great, but this is not a good example of what that would look like in a must win situation.