garrick wrote:sashaturiaf wrote:Win or lose I'm satisfied with the effort today. We were right there, Celtics got no real clear advantage over us.
Booker comes back, a bit less Eubanks and we will be ok
They didn't have Porzingis either so I think this would have been a loss even with Booker.
Our rotation players just don't have it every night. When Grayson and Royce and bricking wide open 3's you don't have a chance against the best team in the NBA even if they're missing one of their big 3.
Well they are deeper than us. So it hurts us more when we are missing our key guys.
The matchups I worry the most about for us are the Clippers and Celtics. But I don’t worry that much about eastern teams because only 1 can get there, and it’s more likely the Celtics don’t make the finals than they do, even if they are the best team. Obviously it’s unlikely we get there too but this is under the assumption we somehow do.
We probably played the 3 best teams in the league in the past 4 games. Won 1 and hung around the other two, without Book. And missing Book is massive considering who gets those minutes.