While Johnson has a full vault of playoff experience as a player and deserves tremendous credit for re-shaping the Mavericks in to a tenacious team on both ends of the floor, he is still a rookie coach in his first postseason and it is showing.

Badly.

Look no further than how they prepped for their opponents' stars. Van Gundy has prepared heavily for Dirk Nowitzki, rotating quick and pesky defenders like Ryan Bowen and T-Mac on him, and the Rockets are executing the game plan to perfection.

Name / Series G MIN FG% FT% 3P% REB AST STL BS TO PTS DIRK NOWITZKI REGULAR SEASON 78 38.7 45.9 86.9 39.9 9.70 3.1 1.24 1.53 2.3 26.1 FIRST ROUND SERIES 2 42.0 32.5 84.0 0.0 4.5 3.0 1.0 1.0 4.5 23.5

Johnson meanwhile has had no such luck stopping McGrady, and his adjustments for Game 2 freed up Yao Ming to go an amazing 13 of 14 from the floor on Monday. 'Pick your poison' particularly applied in Game 2, and AJ felt it best to sample a lot of each.

Name / Series G MIN FG% FT% 3P% REB AST STL BS TO PTS TRACY MCGRADY REGULAR SEASON 78 40.9 43.1 77.4 32.6 6.2 5.7 1.73 0.67 2.6 25.7 FIRST ROUND SERIES 2 46.5 52.2 90.9 44.4 6.5 8.0 2.50 1.50 4.0 31.0 YAO MING REGULAR SEASON 80 30.6 55.2 78.3 0.0 8.4 0.8 0.43 2.00 2.5 18.3 FIRST ROUND SERIES 2 28.5 72.7 92.3 0.0 8.0 0.0 0.50 1.50 1.5 22.0

While it's not the fault of the Dallas coach that the Rockets stars are that zeroed in (both Yao and T-Mac are ridiculously shooting over 90% from the stripe), he has done nothing to impede them from raising their games several notches. Of particular note is how flustered Avery looked after Game 2, getting frustrated with reporters when asked why Marquis Daniels hadn't played so far. Is he out of his league and losing his players at the most crucial time, or will he turn this thing around and lift his reputation as a coach?