David Blatt：教練也有做錯決定的時候 精選

在日前騎士驚險勝出的比賽中，教練David Blatt在沒有暫停可用下，舉起了暫停的手勢，差點搞砸了整場比賽。幸好當時沒有球證見到，所以騎士能逃過一劫，倘若當時騎士因此被罰技犯，被罰一次罰球加上失掉球權的話，很可能將會是公牛的勝利。
對此，Blatt坦承自己犯下了錯誤，並「語重心長」地說起當教練的壓力來：

「我差點釀成了大錯，這是我的責任。一位籃球教練在比賽的過程中，要作上150-200個關鍵的決策，我想只有戰鬥機機師可以比擬。如果你持續了這個工作27年，你總會有一兩次搞砸了的時候，而有一次發生了在我身上，幸好我們沒有因此付出代價。」

引用A near-mistake was made and I owned up to it and I own it. A basketball coach makes 150 to 200 critical decisions during the course of a game, something that I think is paralleled only by a fighter pilot. If you do it for 27 years, you're going to blow one or two. And I blew one. Fortunately it didn't cost us.

- Blatt

對於LeBron James拒絕了Blatt由他開界外球的指令，而是自己拿球就投。Blatt對此也說了些緩和的話：「我們有想過不同的方法，老實說，這取決於LeBron的決定。視乎他面對的防守、籃球和球員在場上的位置來決定甚麼是他認為最好的選擇。…LeBron覺得在那個位置他很有信心完成 catch-and-shoot。雖然這並不代表真理，但肯定是一個重要因素。終究這是一個對的球員所作的正確行動。」

引用We thought about a couple different things and then, honestly, it just came down to what LeBron felt was the best option based on his feeling of how he was being guarded and the position on the court where the ball was, ....He had a real strong feeling about being able to catch the ball in a good position, in a catch-and-shoot situation. That's not everything, but that was definitely factored in. It was the right play to make and the right guy to make it.

- Blatt

至於James，雖然在場上與教練有不合，但他卻認為彼此的關係在與日俱增：「這個關係（與Blatt）每日也在進步中。就像我與在11年級時已經結婚的妻子一樣，我們的關係還是一天一天的長進。當你每天也和同一個人相處時，這種進步是不會間斷的，就像我和教練一樣。」

引用The relationship [with Blatt] grows every day. I've been with my wife since I was in 11th grade, and I think our relationship continues to grow every day. It never stops when you are around someone every day, and I think that's what it is with me and coach
- James