Definitely coaching is one of them. Also possibly lack of leadership. Our best player is only a 26 year old. Still need to learn to lead. And they keep squandering big leads and lose them. It's happened too many times. They need to have that killer mindset.

The way it's been going, hard to see the C's go back to the finals. I fear for a second round exit looming. Obviously, prove me wrong and win the chip and all is well.

Accountability/leadership/coaching.

They're coasting right now.  Playing up & down to their competition.  I think part of it is the long season and a team that is looking ahead to the playoffs and not taking the dog days of the season too seriously.  They're a switch team right now.  Whether it eventually comes back to biting them in the butt is yet to be seen but they certainly don't seem to think that HCA is an end all, be all.

I think what's missing is consistent energy.

The coaching, but also a full 48-minute defensive effort. Now I'm not saying the defense HAS to play 48 minutes of exceptional defense (that's impossible even for historically good teams), but it does feel like the C's have these lapses on defense during games and they end up either blowing them, or making things more difficult than needed.

The C's to their credit did clamp down on defense last year in the 2nd half and carried it into the playoffs. This year is sort of the opposite though, they started off poorly, then improved greatly, but since the Break they've resorted back to a "meh" team.

Udoka got through to them last year. We'll see if Mazzulla can too.

Smart is the heart and soul of this team (and defense), but he's looked meh lately too and at times has melted down as well (against PHI, then last night vs BKN). The body language is questionable. We need him to get his head straight ASAP too

Lack of leadership. Feels like they think they can roll the balls out and win most nights. Last year the poor start gave them an identity to prove everyone wrong. Carried on through the playoffs.

This year they act entitled and lack consistent effort each night. They don't really play very hard.

To me it feels as if they're all waiting for the playoffs to come around. Taking weaker teams too lightly, ramping up against strong rivals, all of which reflects upon the coaching to me. We didn't just lose Ime.

But, Mazzulla has the locker-room humming. If we can stay healthy, then that will go a long way I believe.

I still don't favour any opposition team over us in a 7 game series.

This. They’re just waiting for the playoffs. They know they can beat anyone once the playoffs start. I hope that is the case.

Ime is what's missing.