I agree we have no excuse and need to find a way, but to be fair these are tough games.
Indiana has had us in every matchup so far (they seem to be our Kryptonite) and the Thunder and Raptors are top 5 teams. That's a really tough 3 games to go into without one of your bets players.
If we went 0-3 in those games WITH all our players I wouldn't hang my head in shame, so doing so with key guys out is not desirable but is understandable.