VDesai wrote:Had a great defensive run for a few mins, but not making enough shots. The Detroit got re energized

Cade was just surgical in his execution. He manipulated the PnR and killed every mismatch.

Just kidding, but this team will keep reminding is that they aren’t fully “there” until probable a few more months. There is no real reason to start the game so poorly. We don’t start games with enough urgency even if we aren’t fully healthy, which to me is a lack of focus that we have seen many times already. Sims it’s just not it to play a bigger role and stubborn Thibs got a reality check on that very quickly. Team’s defense is too dependent on their offense, which is not a good recipe since we seem right now too dependent on our style of play with KAT. Some days are better than others, but in general it seems like a Thibs team will always have it rough adapting to changes. To me that’s a lot on a focus problem, but we’ll see.

Sucks to be reminded that you aren’t still “there” while a surprising Cavs team joins the Celtics as the legitimate other contending team in the East. I believe that we’ll get there eventually, but the lack of another starring figure off the bench is becoming a clear problem. Payne has become essential to our play, which really means that we need to go and get someone as we can’t just depend on Payne and Deuce and call it a season.

Growing pains, it’s part of it.

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