Hahahaha - one of them will write a memoir about how his surrender was a reverse jinx.

I am proud to not have surrendered!

I was one of maybe 3 people who gave them higher then 50% chance to win the series before it started in a thread on this site.

I wrote this about on April 28th

Almost no one here gives them better then half???

Come on guys... Cavs are going to have to play their brains out to beat us.

I told all my family members and friends the same thing, needless to say they are all calling me up today saying, "you know, you may have been right!"

Never surrender!!!!

I'm ashamed to admit that I did not believe. At least i'm honest.

I just didn't believe that a team could coast through the regular season and step it up like that in the playoffs.

The main difference for me has been KG, hes back defensively and grabbing boards. The dude was playing on one leg for most of the season.  Who could have predicted he would return to 18 and 8.

Like I said before, I'm ashamed for not believing though

I'm ashamed to admit that I did not believe. At least i'm honest.

I just didn't believe that a team could coast through the regular season and step it up like that in the playoffs.

The main difference for me has been KG, hes back defensively and grabbing boards. The dude was playing on one leg for most of the season.  Who could have predicted he would return to 18 and 8.

Like I said before, I'm ashamed for not believing though

Don't be ashamed.  Just be glad and enjoy how the C's are playing great basketball right now.

I am not saying we win....I just never said....."why bother showing up ...it's over" ..."we have no chance"

....and there were many who said that very thing in a variety of ways....and that is my amigo's is surrendering.....there is no shame in surrendering I guess .....I mean France has done it for a long time......and they still have a country....of course we saved them on several occasions...by fighting from our foxholes....and never giving up....only to be hated by the french later on.....sighhh

I would agree whole heartedly with that. I doubt the team walked into this series thinking they had no chance. Yes they knew it would be tough. They knew they were the underdogs. They knew though that if they played well and hard defense that they could win this.

I look at success this year being us getting to the finals. Maybe even just competing in the conference finals. I just hope we surpass that.

On paper I always thought that, if healthy, this team should crush all comers, Lakers, Cavs and Orlando included. I thouhgt this series should have been 4-1 or 4-2 max, same for Orlando and LA.

My problem with the team all year was the apparent mental apathy that even seemed a nagging problem once we were all the way healthy.

Then, they started having me believe again up until game three. Then they come back with two wins...if they close out strong, even better, stomp on the Cavs again in game 6, I'll go all in in believing they've dialed up the killer instinct and focus they need to raise #18.

If this team comes to play every night for an intense, focused 48 minutes, no one will beat them. They are too talented and too physically tough, players 1-10.

Perkins / KG / Pierce / Ray / Rondo / TAllen / Baby / Rasheed / Shelden ( even Nate and Marquis are very talented guys. No other team is near as tough 1-10. Orlando is probably the closest.

Milliion dollar question with this team is, do they show up or mail it in?

Do they come out swinging and lay it on the line every night?

If so, #18.

I never lost faith, just haven't been able to figure out who they are and what to expect night to night.

2008 team? You knew they were sinking their teeth into the opponent every night.   

"Do you see them dirty quitters up there..... Yeah... I see them.....they had their hands up and turned over their guns and ammmunition before we barely tipped off the series with Miami.....

Should we try to rescue them? Nahhhhh. They would just surrender again if we have Game 7 with the Cavs....let em be.

"Game over man, Game over!"  Oh wait . . .