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Every game vs 25+ ranked rebuilding teams should be a "must-win" game for title contenders!

-17 at the end of the 3rd, we were playing no defense vs a weak team, they will score about 140 points at the end and win.

THE J0KER wrote:-17 at the end of the 3rd, we were playing no defense vs a weak team, they will score about 140 points at the end and win.

This did not age well, so at the end of the day, we lost only thanks to Malone and his ego. We had a 16-2 run at the start of the final quarter (-3) when Portland put back 1st unit, but Malone wanted to "punish" our starters so Portland starters made a fast 6-0 run and recovered a decent lead (-9) before Malone back our starters. Also, we have 23 seconds for the final action to tie the game or win with three, but on time-out, he calls a fast 2pt play from Joker, so when he scored Portland has 16 seconds left to win (of course they wait for last second shot, Builups is not an amateur coach).