winforlose wrote:KGdaBom wrote:winforlose wrote:
The best mindset the Wolves could have is to pretend they lost the last game, and need this one to survive. You do that, and you find that desperation/hunger again, and I think we go up 2-0 and essentially win the series tomorrow.
I actually think that desperation leads to panic and poor play. I'm in favor of cool confidence. Not arrogance or cockiness. Just confidence.
The difference between Sunday and Saturday was hunger. They wanted it more, so they went and got it. Whether Mike had something to do with it or not, the word desperation was used by someone (I think Rudy,) and I want that feeling again. I want that same hunger that made Jaden rebound well, that made KAT dime out, that made Ant explode in the third, and that made Rudy hit 7 of 8 free throws. Playoffs are all about that next level, and tonight we need to reach it again. How they get there is up to the guys. All that matters is that they get there.
Hunger is great. Desperation is not IMO.
