skones wrote:donnieme wrote:
You might as well be writing your team off if you predict this is going 7. If you blow tonight it will be hard to recover in phoenix. It's hard to overcome a momentum swing this late in a series.
This team completely dismantled a team that embarrassed them one year prior. This team went down 0-2 against Brooklyn and then blew a 17 point second half lead in Game 5 to close them out in 7. This team was punched in the mouth game 1 against Atlanta, and then choked away would should have been a gimme in game 4 to lose their perennial MVP candidate and win the final two games without him to close them on the road in 6. This team went down 0-2 to Phoenix and then won three games straight to have a close out chance at home.
Regardless of what happens. I think it'd be beyond dumb to count this team out even if they lost tonight given the consistent mental fortitude they've shown throughout the playoffs.
Don't strawman that statement. Saying it will be hard or unlikely isn't the same as calling it impossible. You can state all the motivational comebacks but you're not the only team who's resilient, Phoenix are a good team too, winning tonight would put historical probability on their side. The winner of game 7s usually go to the home team. 106-28.
edit just to add Overcoming a 2-0 deficit was hard enough even historically. Dont want to keep being in those situations. Closing it out tonight would be preferable.