We've watched this team waltz through the regular season playing nearly .500 ball until the All Star break, and then finally picking up the pace.
We haven't developed our young players
We have inconsistent lineups
We lack cohesiveness
In the playoffs, good defensive teams can take away your first, 2nd, and 3rd options, and you have to go deep into your bag. You practice that bag in the regular season.
We have no bag to dip into and no one on one specialists who can go get us buckets consistently.
I know as fans we can choose to look on the bright side and believe it's possible to pull off the amazing, and the results last year played into that, but the reality is miracles of that size just don't happen.
Let's look at history and a simple stat that gauges consistent effort across the regular season, the +/- or average margin of victory. (Since 2008)
Statistically, the champions come from the top 6 seeds, but really higher than that unless they have an all time great at the peak...
The Lakers are my favorite basketball team. Ham sucks as a coach. LeBron‘s balls shrink, but he always makes the right play. DLO needs to step up in the playoffs. Jeanie sell the team. Rob save us!
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