Oklahoma City Thunder head coach Mark Daigneault opted to bench the young guard in Game 5, which seemed to be a fairly effective decision.
Approaching a pivotal Game 5 at home, the Oklahoma City Thunder needed to make changes to give it a better chance at taking the series advantage. This largely came in the form of moving Josh Giddey to the bench, the first time of his three-year career.
Giddey was left limited on offense in the starting lineup, because without the ball in his hands, there's not a lot he can do to help his team. Oklahoma City lacked floor spacing and 3-point shooting, so after much consideration, head coach Mark Daigneault decided to insert Isaiah Joe in the starting lineup over him.Joe looked far and away from his normal self in Game 5, only scoring six points with a 2-of-8 clip from behind the arc, much below his typical standards.
It's easy to look at Joe and Giddey's individual Game 5 performances on paper and say Oklahoma City should go back to what it previously had. But Giddey played considerably better on the bench than he has as a starter, and the decision has given it a better playmaker on the second unit and generated more open looks for the starting unit.. "At the end of the day I'm making a lot of different decisions and they aren't all gonna be right or wrong.
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