- Without Smart and Horford, we did better than the Heat in 3 of 4 quarters.
- We only need to win one of potentially four games in Miami. Think of all the series we’ve seen where the higher seed wins game one at home, and still loses the series.
- Nesmith actually looked decent at times. Perhaps he can be an NBA role player like Batman and Pritchard?
- Smart should be ready come game two. Had he played, there’s no way the third quarter is quite like that.
Other silver linings?
The bad news: Horford may be unvaccinated (this is the third time he’s gone into protocols…) and unavailable for the series?