People pointing fingers all over the place, but I think the big difference between this team and the one that started 8-3 is that Tatum (covid), Kemba (knee), Smart (calf) and Brown (knee) are healthy enough to play, but still not quite themselves.
Case in point would be Tatum’s late drive which was weak and easily blocked by Holmes. The pre-covid Tatum probably finishes that with a dunk.
Was chatting earlier today with a friend who caught covid in November. Dude is still feeling fatigued five months later. This is reality for a lot of people.
Point is, it’s too easy to make this about the players becoming complacent or entitled or something along those lines. A good deal of it, I suspect, is physical.