Not with just 18 regular-season games left on the schedule and some of the opposing teams they have waiting for them.
Just don’t try and sell the locker room on that.
After the 118-112 loss to Milwaukee on Friday, the vibes coming out of that game was this was still a process and one that was moving in the right direction.
“You learn how hard it is to compete in this league, to beat a team like the Milwaukee Bucks that won a championship,’’ veteran DeMar DeRozan said afterward. “They had to go through plenty of growing pains as well until they got to their goal.