if it goes to 7...smh. and if we come out flat in game 6. these guys dont want it. As a fan I feel like why should i care more than you, I am not the one getting paid millions of dollars. Hello Tatum
If this goes 7 I'm not making it to Saturday night lol
But it'd be embarrassing if this went 7. It already feels like an L that this is going 6
I prob won't even watch. Maybe until the last 2 minutes of the 4th quarter if the C's are up by 20. Idk if I should turn it on if it's 2 minute warning and the game is like a 3 or 4-point difference because it should never come down to this with the talent they have.
It's my sister's birthday tomorrow so I'm going to be out anyways. Will just follow on this GDT and Reddit lol
It's weird. When I was a kid I'd watch sports with zero worries even if we were losing, or on the road in a hostile environment, etc. This included those years in the late 2000s/early 2010s when we went up against the great Cavs, Heat, Lakers, etc. Now that stuff terrifies me haha where I get anxiety especially when it's a road game, or if it's a super close game
That used to happen to me but it was the opposite...when I was younger I would stress over losses, replay them in my head after, argue with people online about how bad the team was and how they were hopeless. But somehow in the last 10 years or so I've gotten to the point where I'm more fatalistic about things - I'm more interested in knowing why they lost, and trying to understand what moments in the game caused them to lose, than I am about the loss itself. Was it because they weren't good enough, was it because the other team played better, did it come down to some key plays, was it technical or mental? Losses are always upsetting but with this team in particular it's been clear to me for a while that our gun players have some flaws - in JB's case he sometimes seems disconnected, with Tatum he lacks a killer instinct, with Smartacus he thinks he's better than he is and goes for high risk high reward plays that only succeed 20% of the time. As for our coach he's a rookie, he's got a lot of learning to do, unfortunately we don't have the luxury to let him learn on the job. So I guess I've baked it into my calculus that they will do some bonehead things to make things harder for themselves. It happens so often that I can't really get frustrated about it anymore. I refuse to let their poor performances ruin my day
Part of the thing with me is I'm interested to see if our team can overcome its flaws and bring home a championship. I still think they've as good a chance as any in the NBA to do that. There's no clear frontrunning team. The Bucks are down 3-1, the Cavs are the same, Philly swept their series but we seem to match up really well against them. Nobody in the West really scares me. Our issues are all mental - lack of a killer instinct, bad decisions under pressure. Will they rise above those mental issues that have been plaguing them and setting them back? Or will they succumb to them? It's like a Shakespearean drama...let's hope it doesn't turn into a Greek tragedy
