CLEVELAND — Eleven minutes had passed in David Blatt’s news conference Monday afternoon when he finally betrayed some impatience with the reporters encircling him on the Cleveland Cavaliers’ practice court.
The previous night, Blatt, the Cavaliers’ coach, saw his team tie its second-round Eastern Conference playoff series against the Chicago Bulls when LeBron James hit a winning shot at the buzzer. It was a crucial win, a moment to savor and build upon. And yet much of the postgame discussion among fans and pundits has revolved around two blunders Blatt was perceived to have made in the waning seconds: his brief attempt to call a timeout when the Cavaliers had none remaining and his decision to draw up a play — one that James rejected — that had James inbounding the ball, not receiving it, with 1.