The last two losses have been solely because of effort. It has nothing to do with strategy or schemes. We just seemed to have become content with the first two wins on the trip. As I said last night, this team is not good enough to coast to wins.
They were probably a bit self-satisfied and probably a bit tired as well. I thought at the beginning of the trip we'd go 3-1. So, I was off by one game. No big deal.
You nailed it. Check out the excerpt from Oregonlive regarding tonights game. You don't want to overreact, but why so complacent with 2-2? Would the Spurs/Lakers/Mavs be satisfied with that? Granted, we're not playing at that level right now. But I still don't like the complacency with 2-2 at all.
Trying to put a positive spin on it ... maybe the team realizes falling out of the top-8 is unlikely, and no one is a better first round matchup than San Antonio, so why not falter a bit and finish in 8th?
its was disappointing for sure, but i like most people (i think) picked a 2/2 on these last games so it's not so bad imo. i think once everyone is fully settled and their roles are firmly established we can really start to push our strengths. LMA has looked pretty tired, Roy has been slower than pouring honey in winter, and Crash is still settling in. It looks good moving forwards but we need to the consistency sorted.
