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EducatedBet…Goodbye Avery!

From the start, Avery Johnson was a perfect fit as coach of the Dallas Mavericks.

At the end, it was pretty obvious he wasn’t. Johnson lost his job Wednesday, a move the team referred to as “relieving him of his duties.” The softer tone made sense considering that in three-plus seasons Johnson guided the Mavericks to the NBA Finals for the first time and to a club-record 67 wins the following season. Yet for all the high points, there were some serious lows — blowing a 2-0 lead in those Finals, getting dumped in the first round of the playoffs after that 67-win season and then, the final straw, getting knocked out in the first round again this season after Dallas shook up its roster and mortgaged some of its future to acquire Jason Kidd.

Over those three straight postseason wipeouts, the Mavericks lost 12 of 15 games, including all nine on the road. We all knew that this was going to happen if and when the Mavs lost in the first round..but I am not gonna lie to you I had them upsetting the Hornets in the first round to save Johnsons job. But they blew it BECAUSE THEY DONT PLAY DEFENSE!

The final mark during Johnson’s tenure: 194-70 in the regular season, 23-24 in the playoffs. That is a very good regular season record but the playoff record did him in! His team just did not preform in the past two playoffs and that reflected on him…I think that he will not be out of a job to long because he is a good coach and just did not have guys who wanted to defend!

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