Game result be damned.....Brad’s inability to properly utilize his challenges is maddening and could have cost us the game last night that would be 4 page thread by now if not for Tatum’s heroics. This continues to be an ongoing issue.
1. Didn’t challenge the goaltending call that would have been reversed.
2. Challenged the Smart foul when their was obvious lower body contact that can never be reversed.
3. Didn’t have challenge available (see #2) for Tatum foul that would have been overturned.
The goaltending one was simple... they didn't have time to see a replay before it was too late to challenge. As to the Smart one... I thought it was a good challenge, he got ball, the upside is big there, a jump ball vs. FTs, and the announcers thought he had a good shot, and that's the kind of play you should be challenging once you're that deep into the game, a foul on your best defender, that has the potential to be a 2 point and the ball swing.
As to 3... you can't save your challenges til the end every game in case the refs make a truly egregious call (also, replay has been a crap shoot, even clear calls don't get made correctly).
Overall I think there is no such thing as being good or bad at challenging at this point, given the quick window, lack of communication and just bad reffing in general it's 100% a crapshoot. I mean Nash made a "bad" challenge, a clear correct call... and he got rewarded because the refs are bad at this.