Our defenders aren't any worse than Houston's but look at them. Stotts has never developed any player on the defensive end, as McCollum and Lillard haven't gotten any better. The coaching staff should've made this more of a priority, and if they did then the aren't good enough as defensive coaches to hold their jobs. Stotts' scheme is elementary, predictable, and makes other teams comfortable. His refusal to double leads to Marc Gasol, Paul George, and DeMarcus Cousins single-handedly taking over games in the 4th quarter to beat us. His lack of timely timeouts leads to extended runs from the opposition that kill us down the stretch. We saw this tonight. He lacks in-game adjustments and situational scheme changes. His offensive system relies on a lot of lateral passes and top of the key action from a center that can't shoot, which causes the offense to break down under any sort of legit ball-pressure, which is why it bogs down in the 4th quarter. He can't get the guys to buy in anymore, which was his only legit strength being the players coach that he is.