First off if Hughes hits that last shot, everyone here would be all elated about how it was a great look by Hughes and its great to have him back and Lebron made the right decision bla bla. But there were SO MANY other plays in this game, starting with a host of missed free throws by everyone, then some bonehead fouls down the stretch while in the penalty. Not to mention a tech during a time out. Ive never seen that before, Hughes musta pissed those guys off.
This should have been a blowout, the New York crowd was basically half for the Cavs, so it wasnt really like a road game. You hear how loud it got when the Knicks jumped out to the early lead? Then did you hear how loud it was when Lebron went crazy in the 4th? There were more cheers for the Cavs when they first tied it up then at any other time during the game.
All in all, it was probably good to get Hughes more time out there in a pressure situation, should pay off later.