« Reply #706 on: May 15, 2024, 10:04:05 PM »
The ECF for the 6th time in 8 years.
We've gone 8-2 for the playoffs thus far and played in only one clutch game, which we won, and we've done it mostly without our third best player for 75% of the games. Every other team is going 6 or 7, and honestly, we've had long stretches where we've not played super well and played down to the competition.
Regardless of the competition, given all of that I think we're right where we need to be and should be happy. I think some people are a little unrealistic with their expectations that we should be blowing out teams every night just because of our regular season record. That's simply not how it works in the NBA, especially the playoffs and even with guys out. Stars being out only opens up more opportunities for other NBA-level players.
It’s reasonable to make something of the 8-2 playoff record. It’s right in line with their 64-18 regular season record. In fact - percentage-wise a little better. The negative posters have one mantra - we’ll lose to Denver. No reason to go there - except to provoke. Everyone understands Denver will be tough to beat. I’m not certain Cs will be unable to win if that’s the matchup. We’ll see.
Simply not true. I am stating a genuine concern for a very specific weakness this team has and looking at our record of reaching the ECF multiple times and the finals once and then failing, much due to that chronic problem with our offense, that concern has plenty of merit. In fact, we lost to Denver both games this season because of our stagnant offense. We lost to Golden State due to the same issue.
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