Agreed, that’s equally wrong, and those coaches too should have been canned.
I can see both sides of the story from the outset. But when you dig deeper you start seeing that the winning team was full court pressing and shooting threes well into the 4th quarter. That is what I have a problem with.
Sometimes you can’t stop scoring, but there is no reason to increase the tempo in the game by pressing, which would lead to quick baskets.
You can slow the game down, and the coach chose not to. And even after the fact, chose not to admit he made a mistake.