i think its a combination of a couple things.
1. the inexperience in these type of games of the whole team.
2. as much as i love rajon, and i do, we sometimes forget that he's really a first year starter who's been told "so, welcome to your first meaningful games of your career. by the way, we have, to be honest, no real reliable guy behind you. so, pretty much 3 hall of famers career legacy's ride on your shoulders. good luck kiddo!"
now, this is not a bad thing, and i think this pressure cooker of a playoffs he's going through can only be good for him, but we have to step back sometimes when he struggles, which often means the team struggles, and remember that we are blessed he's this good already and poised under pressure. that said, this is still a roller coaster for him, and were along for the unpredictable and fun ride.
3. the lack of ray- real, real glad ray has seemed to find his stroke again, but honestly, its amazing to me we are where we are with him struggling this badly. hopefully this is over with now, the sleeve demands it to be so!
4. the fact were so emotion driven- being emotion driven, as we surley are between the twin towers of pierce and KG, is a blessing and a curse. on one hand, it means in every big game, your going to have energy (see: 5 game 5's and 7's) but, if your energy is down, due to a lead, being on the road, or having the saftey net of the garden behind you, your sunk.
were not a team like the pistons or the spurs, who can cold heartedly put teams away, we are the ultimate emotional high team.