Per the Charlotte Observer:
With the endless sport of musical harm chairs in full movement as soon as once more, this time courtesy of Terry Rozier’s sickness, Steve Clifford relied on his a long time of expertise Monday night time.
It’s in all probability the very best methodology for the Charlotte Hornets coach to maintain his sanity.
“That’s one factor as I’ve gotten older, is I’ve gotten higher,” Clifford stated. “It’s a must to have a really feel to your staff, and you must know you aren’t going to educate a staff that’s 17-12 the identical manner you coach a staff that’s 5-23. You possibly can’t, you realize?
“And you may nonetheless be agency, you will be demanding. However I do suppose NBA gamers, they do know what’s proper and so they know what’s flawed. And the way you cope with them, message with them is every thing. This can be a brutal journey, even you probably have everyone.”
However the Hornets don’t and that was very evident after halftime, when the Denver Nuggets mashed their foot on the fuel pedal and left Charlotte’s makeshift rotation within the mountain mud. Issues unraveled shortly within the third quarter of the Hornets’ 111-93 defeat to the Nuggets at Ball Area, making certain the guests would start 2024 in the identical trend 2023 ended — including one other quantity within the flawed column.
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