clyde21 wrote:funnest regular season for me quite easily, that run was incredible up until Steph slipped on that stupid wet spot in Houston, I still blame us losing the finals on that wet spot took the entire momentum out of the post season
The truth.
Steph's return in Portland was freakin' amazing, but deeper into the playoffs it was apparent he wasn't quite right. This was more of a factor than fatigue from chasing the regular season record, or expectations following it. Healthy Steph in the playoffs and it's over.
Nothing beats 2016. I respect Durant, but did not nearly enjoy the 2018 & 2019 experiences on the same level. In a way they felt like 2017 in that we were expected to win, and anything else was a choke. In 2016 we were coming off a first round loss to the Clips and I was expecting a top four finish, then see what happens. Even when we finished ahead of Atlanta it always felt like we were just giving ourselves a chance. We had found ourselves and noone was getting in the way of that chip, but we simply couldn't know it until the champagne flowed.
2021 could feel the same as 2016.
