I think the positives outweigh the negatives with this team and will even if they lose the next two games. They have been decimated by injuries the last half of this season and are playing with Brian Scalabrine and Mikki Moore as the first two bigs off the bench in the playoffs and yet are tied in the conference semi's.
To me it's all good. Every game they win from this point forward is a bonus in my mind. Ray will come around and Orlando's defense will lull. Rondo looks to be back in the good Rondo mode(21 pts and 14 REBOUNDS, GOD), the defense played well for what seemed like almost a whole game, and we are getting different role playing guys stepping up every game(Perk, Baby, House). I feel good to call this team mine, win or lose, from this point on.
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Kidding aside, TP for the above, i sahre the same feeling. At this point, this team is getting it done on pure grit and heart. If we go on to winn this series and continue to advance, awesome, I will enjoy the ride even more.
But considering what this team has gone through with injuries, it's amazing how much heart and determination they are showing. Alot of teams who lost thier best big man and then ANOTHER great big man bench player and have a rotation of scal, baby, and moore would have folded tent and looked at getting back to form next year.
Instead this team fights, claws, does anything to hang with teams that want to come in and crush them so they can say they beat the champs.
I'm so proud of this team it hurts.