Guys we can win without rondo...its not like its a guaranteed loss now..last time rondo was out pierce becane the cafilitator and we did fine.
Everyones acting like its over after 1 game
You're right. Before the first game everyone was convinced it was over too. You never know what's going to happen in the playoffs, but you can count on players having to readjust from the type of games you see in the regular season, more physical games, less experienced players having problems, and a lot more coaching adjustments and game planning. I'm confident that KG, Rondo and Pierce will play better and less confident about everyone else although I think Pietrus and Stiemsma will be fine. It is very important that Ray returns and the sooner the better. The lack of spacing on offense was apparent and he's a veteran clutch performer.
Bradley is likely going to struggle just as Rondo did in his first playoffs. We'll find out how well he adjusts and what gets exposed. In this series, the Hawks are going to post him up with their large wing players and it's a problem I don't know that we have an answer for, though hitting your own shots is one step forward. Bass also has to be more assertive. Some of the guys got out of rhythm and were playing to fast offensively while Bass shrank until late in the game. He has to take his shots when they are there. We could use one of the scrubs to step up, but as we've seen in the past, more often than not there's a reason why they're scrubs.
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