Yeah Marv needs to be put out to pasture. His last minute and a half of the game were awful: blow the layup after a beautiful interior pass from Howard while cutting to the hoop, then miss an open 3, both of which I think would have given us the lead.
Tough loss of a winnable game, without MKG, Zeller, and obviously Batum. Howard is an absolute monster inside, nobody can contain him. But, the free throw shooting is a repeated nutpunch. They just can't have him in there at the end of a close game. And I think Kemba is having trouble figuring out how to play with him. This team should be pretty good at full strength if Clifford can sort out the rotations. I thought he kept the Just Hang On lineup of Monk, Graham, Bacon, Frank, and O'Bryant out there about 2 minutes too long against the Bucks' starters in the 4th, and it really cost them.
Monk is really having trouble playing the lead guard, it is obviously affecting his shot. I know he claims to have always played PG other than last year, but maybe Calipari knew what he was doing by moving him off the ball to concentrate on scoring. But MCW is out with "both knees", whatever the fuck that means, so not much other option other than Marcus Paige unless they trust Bacon to be a primary ball handler.