This is the type of game that makes you think irrational thoughts about tanking because losing on purpose is preferable to trying to win only to have the other team keep you at arm's length the whole time with execution and pure talent that is so obviously superior that it's insulting.
I mean, you can't dismiss our injury issues. We've legitimately had two All-Stars miss half of the season combined. That's significant.
However, it's clear that we have major holes that we have to fix. Danny is going to have to do something in the next couple of months to upgrade our big rotation, because we can't just keep on going like we are.
Yeah, my brain says, "Injuries, chemistry, bad matchup," but my heart keeps going, "But they haven't looked really good alll yearrrrrr."
Yeah, I mean we are certainly much better than we've played, even full strength. You just don't go from being a defensive powerhouse for two years to where we're at now, especially when we upgraded defensively with Horford. I still think once we actually get fully healthy and develop chemistry we're a top 5 team, though a significant step down from the true contenders.
But we have to do something about the rebounding; we have to fix the defense, though I think we're trending up; and we have to get better offensively outside of IT.
I still think the major difference from last year is not getting stops and getting out in the fastbreak for easy transition points. We just aren't that team at all this year, but we have those times where we do that stuff and look pretty good.
I don't know what it is. It's not all explained by the injuries, and I just think we're not playing as hard or as aggressive as we were last year.
Topic: Celtics (13-11) at Spurs (19-5) Game #25 12/14/16 (Read 54648 times)