Atlanta Coach Mike Woodson Case of Mistaken Identity, Mavs Beat Hawks

Posted: 27th February 2010 by John Boller in NBA
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You’re the head coach of the Atlanta Hawks and were up by as much as 15 points with only eight minutes left in the game when your opponent begins clawing their way back into the game. Your opponent is also one of the best teams in the NBA, the Dallas Mavericks, with one of the best players in the league, Dirk Nowitzki. In a back-and-forth type of contest where your team has come back from a 14-point deficit, and is starting to unravel and appear to be on their way to letting a sure win fall through the cracks, doesn't a timeout seem like the most appropriate thing to do if you are the head coach? Not if you are Mike Woodson. No, instead, you do your best impression of the great “ Zen master” Phil Jackson and let your team figure out how to dig themselves out of the hole. ...

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