A 4th place finish in Coach of the Year voting is fitting in a way for Nate McMillan as he had the Indiana Pacers on track to finish fourth or better in the Eastern Conference before Victor Oladipo went down with a knee injury.
But unfortunately, the Pacers slipped to 5th place and were swept out of the playoffs by the Boston Celtics. If you want to win coach of the year, you’re going to have to do better than that.
And if he and the Pacers want to do better than that, they’ll need to update how they operate their offense.