rilamann wrote:If the Celtics lost by 35 to the Warriors and then followed it up the very next game by losing and giving up 123 points to the Lebron-less Lakers.
The exact same people saying everything is fine would be clowning the **** out of the Celtics and telling everyone what frauds they are. Especially if it happened at this point in the season - just a tad over a month before the playoffs.
These last 2 games were a gut punch. Not because I am being reactionary over two really bad losses to 2 mediocre teams.
It's a gut punch because the Bucks reverted back to the team they have been all season, sans the 2 weeks after the all star break.
If you have been following this team for the past 5 months and you seriously believe they have any real shot at making it to the NBA Finals, you are living in a fantasy world.
I admit, the Bucks had me fooled for a minute there, but I am not falling for it again.
I understand guarding ourselves from getting hurt or disappointed, but the team is talented enough to still have a shot at it. Not saying it's likely, but they at least have a chance if everything is clicking.
That said, the last two games are a reality check for sure. It's not all figured out, and the team has weaknesses that can be exploited.
I was also thinking back to past years when the media didn't believe in us despite our record, we'd win a couple high profile games, they finally give us credit, and then we'd get one or two of those frustrating losses... opponent goes off from 3, they're getting midrange shots and floaters at will, picked apart by ball movement, and we're all questioning Bud's defensive schemes. Similar vibes recently.
Last night before the Lakers retook the lead, I
almost posted that it felt like some of the 2021 playoff run (excluding the Miami sweep). It's easy to think of the great moments and the end result, but there were LOTS of times where we looked very bad. I vividly remember posting "we don't deserve to win this" multiple times throughout that run.
Somehow they worked through it and pulled it off. I don't expect that everything will come together for this team, but I'm not going to write them off as pretenders.