Is Kidd really the best head coach for this team?

[MrGoat]

It was one game but props to Kidd.  I checked out a Clippers Reddit board before the game and they were laughing their butts off with Kidd saying they want to limit Harden's threes and try to make him finish at the rim.  The Clippers fans thought this was a stupid strategy.  Well, it worked last night.  Harden didn't finish inside and the height at the rim also helped lead to his 4 turnovers. 

I expect a better game in game 6 from both Harden and George, but the team executed really well last night.

They were right to laugh when he said that, but Kidd lied and actually tried to shut down the rim contrary to what he said, which is actually a good sign that he can be deceptive and adjust. One of Lively or Gafford were in the whole time until Powell was subbed in for garbage time in game 5. Kidd actually made an adjustment, Kleber as the 5 for the 4th quarter was a complete disaster in game 4 just like it was in the regular season when he tried it for a while in the regular season post trade deadline. With this team if Kleber is playing more minutes at the 5 than the 4 then you're doing something wrong, the Clippers fans were laughing because it sounded like an indication Kidd was going to go small again and neuter our defense again but he didn't and actually made the obvious adjustment and gave Lively the largest bulk of the big minutes for the first time this series.