Sandy333 wrote:This was supposed to be championship winning team, I would expect them to have won atleast 1out 4. Offense was putrid, and as the series progressed Wolves offense improved, but gsw regressed.
our best player was out and our 2nd best player was seriously compromised. To make matters worse, we have no backup PG since this team was cobbled together mid-season. This was not supposed to be a championship team but this roster had a real shot to win it considering how the playoffs have gone.
Minny got more and more confidence as the series went on and, more importantly, didn't have to work very hard on defense. Took all the pressure off their offense and you could see it in how the wolves shot, especially from deep. The coaching can only do so much. The real question I have for Kerr is what could he have done to win the Hou series earlier (play JK, have the team more ready to play in games 5 or 6, manage Dray's mental better, sit Jimmy an extra game or two).
In reality, it was falling to the play-in that doomed us. Imagine this team in the 6 seed, demolishing a flawed lakers team, resting before round 2, and playing a beat up Hou or Minny? Now that would have been the easiest route and I think we all knew we didn't have the gas to go from play-in to finals if we didn't destroy our opps in rounds 1 and 2 in 6 or less.
