Okay, I have about fifteen minutes to write this article before the next game starts.
Do you all know the formula by now? First possession turnover. Near shot-clock violation on the next. Lots of standing around and isolation plays and missed jumpers and more turnovers. A ten-point deficit in the first half. Throw in a nine-point deficit in the 2nd before the comeback really gets going.
Now I’ll be honest. This one had me more nervous than most of the previous games that have followed this formula. I had hoped that when we took our first lead of the game in the middle of the 2nd half that we would never relinquish it.