I agree it was Bogs worst game of the season but here's the thing:
We can break down the Xs and Os all we want and question the coaches decisions, but I think what that game came down to was a collective case of the yips. We were up 10 with 5 minutes and realized we are on the verge of taking out the Champs and we got tight. D-Fox short-armed a couple of shots, Buddy forgot where Klay was and his teammates did not alert him to where he was. Frankly you deserve to pay for this. Even the coach got a little panicked by pulling D-Fox at the 3:00 mark with 5 fouls. That was impetuous.
Not so little things like having Bagley, Shump, Williams or Boggy on Durant could have altered the outcome. Part of this was bad luck (injuries) and part strategy. I don't get the idea of putting Jackson on Durant and expecting anything but what we got. The coach says he should just try to keep his chest in front of him. This is the master plan? Jackson doesn't have the length or toughness. Worse he gets beat then commits touch foul. If you get beat that happens but don't compound it by giving them a free throw. Willie does this too and it is maddening. Obviously Durant is one of the greatest scorers in the history of the game, and maybe a Future King, but let's not treat him so deferentially until he joins the squad. We made it too easy on him and that is on the coach for his misplaced trust in a soft player who chokes on open shots even when we are not playing against the Warriors.
With that said, we could have overcome this disadvantage if the magnitude if the moment did not get the best our best players: Buddy, Boggy and D-Fox. This loss is on them and the coach. I think they know it and will better because of the adversity.
In the meantime I don't care for this sugarcoating about how close we came. Let me tell you something about the opponent right quick: Klay is 54% TS. That is terrible for a "bullseye shooter". Draymond Green is a bricklayer who has clearly lost a step defensively. The team does not get along that well. Their bench is trash. The Warriors no longer have that invincibility aura about them. Curry is an assassin but even he does not get as open as D-Fox does to get his shots off. Don't get me wrong, I know the Warriors are great, but they are not great like two years ago. We are closing the gap, and it is unfortunate we could not have punctuated that closing of the gap with a statement win. Instead we see Curry chomping smugly on his mouthpiece as they break our hearts for the second time this year.
Just to end on a positive, no one is going to take this loss harder than D-Fox, Buddy and Boggy. That's good because they have the talent resolve resilience to convert that frustration into individual and collective growth.