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Post by DERRENMATTS on May 21, 2022 23:53:25 GMT -5
That kills me about this team. Why does the intensity level fluctuate? Giannis doesn't need someone to tell him to play hard.
If Tatum wants to be like Kobe, then cooy Kobe's intensity.
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Post by DERRENMATTS on May 21, 2022 23:56:46 GMT -5
I wonder if the Legion of Doom's Hawk and Animal would be interested in playing for us?
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Post by DERRENMATTS on May 22, 2022 0:01:57 GMT -5
But why I believe in this team is, even having an ugly game all around (huge 26 pt deficit, tons of turnovers, poor shooting, Tatum invisible), we still were right there at the end (cut it down to 1 with under 2 minutes).
We're still a couple of pieces away from a dynasty, but we're close. We could win it this year, if we up our intesity every game.
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Post by jmost on May 22, 2022 6:50:38 GMT -5
I don't know if it's lack of maturity or something deeper, but the failure to consistently play with focus and intensity is dismaying. Falling behind by 25 in the FIRST QUARTER of a pivotal playoff game is just inexcusable. It makes it hard to like them, and I know I go back and forth between hating and loving and then hating and then loving this year's team, but has there EVER been a more Jeckyl and Hyde team than this one?
I still believe they can turn this around again, but jeez, do they have to torture us along the way?
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Post by DERRENMATTS on May 22, 2022 19:48:13 GMT -5
I don't know if it's lack of maturity of something deeper, but the failure to consistently play with focus and intensity is dismaying. Falling behind by 25 in the FIRST QUARTER of a pivotal playoff game is just inexcusable. It makes it hard to like them, and I know I go back and forth between hating and loving and then hating and then loving this year's team, but has there EVER been a more Jeckyl and Hyde team than this one? I still believe they can turn this around again, but jeez, do they have to torture us along the way? I believe it's Tatum. I tell you, the guy can be great if he wants to be. He just gotta go and do it. Don't wait till it's time to turn it on. Establish dominance early, let the other team know they're in trouble, and then finish in the 4th quarter.
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Post by jmost on May 23, 2022 7:57:27 GMT -5
I previously posted in this thread of "Why do you believe in this team?" that it was "because every time they get knocked down they get right back up", and then there was that stat about how highly we ranked all times in margin of victory after a playoff loss. Let's hope we bounce back one more time.
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Post by DERRENMATTS on May 24, 2022 14:22:26 GMT -5
If they bring the intensity, the Heat cannot beat us. No team can beat us when we play with urgency.
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Post by jmost on May 24, 2022 14:59:59 GMT -5
I like the words. My problem is that we've heard the words before, most recently in the on-court pre-game huddle before Game 3, and they then proceeded to get blown out in the first quarter by 25 or so points. I'm at the point where I don't want to hear it, I want to see it. Come on guys, you can do this. The title is there for the taking.
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Post by DERRENMATTS on May 24, 2022 15:05:08 GMT -5
I like the words. My problem is that we've heard the words before, most recently in the on-court pre-game huddle before Game 3, and they then proceeded to get blown out in the first quarter by 25 or so points. I'm at the point where I don't want to hear it, I want to see it. Come on guys, you can do this. The title is there for the taking. I think the team knows it, and they want to do it. Now they have to learn how to do it. Once that happens, dynasty!
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Post by DERRENMATTS on May 24, 2022 17:19:52 GMT -5
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Post by DERRENMATTS on May 26, 2022 12:52:57 GMT -5
That, right there, is the key piece in all of this -- the inner drive to take the next step. No more disappointing defeats because we played soft and passive.
Need to be killers now. The Heat are reeling and we need to go in for the kill.
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Post by DERRENMATTS on May 26, 2022 13:01:12 GMT -5
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Post by DERRENMATTS on May 26, 2022 13:01:41 GMT -5
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Post by DERRENMATTS on May 26, 2022 13:46:32 GMT -5
Wow, you know when Nick Wright confesses the Heat cannot beat us, we are truly doing something well defensively.
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Post by DERRENMATTS on Jun 9, 2022 3:11:52 GMT -5
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