Tim Legler

You don't know how mentally, collectively, they're going to handle that.

Oh, 100%.

They have quarters sometimes where they'll drop a 40 on you.

And it's not really difficult.

Because they pop... When they really, really get the ball hopping and they make quick, decisive reads off their initial ball screen, and that ball then...

comes out of there quickly and there's still 14 seconds on the clock, they're going to make you chase it for two or three passes and they're going to end up with a great shot.

And I've seen them string together seven, eight shots in a row in a quarter like it's nothing against good teams.

For me, the entire reason I would be suspicious of them doing real damage in multiple series is because of the psychological effect and are they tough enough when they have to be tough enough.

2-2, everything's on the line.

How tough are you going to be tonight?

That's what you wonder about them.

And look, they had a little bit of an excuse last year because they were banged up.

They were not healthy at the end of the year after a 64-win season.

It's just bad luck to not be everybody's there feeling good to represent what you were most of the season.

They weren't.

That's fine.

Two years ago, they didn't have as much of it, and I don't feel like they've got one this year.

Like if it, to your point, if they lose in the first round, like, and you're talking about to a team like Atlanta, if they lose to Atlanta, which is this team that's came kind of arose out of nowhere, the second half of the season, and that's who you lose to in the first round.

Like there's no telling what they might end up doing to this roster and just the way they view how they want to go forward.

Because clearly this isn't moving in the right direction.