Marilyn Dubinski: I feel like there’s a few reasons to point to for the turnaround: the starters are starting and closing games much stronger, a slightly friendlier schedule (although the 9-game homestand before the current run was still friendly enough that they should have done way better than 2-7), and to that point, they’ve been on the road more than at home, where for some unexplainable reason they’ve just played better this season. Whether their current winning rate is sustainable or not with the remaining schedule remains to be seen.
This squad hasn’t won more than three games in a row in over two years, the remaining schedule is still just as brutal as it is exhausting, and Derrick White — who is one of the key factors in the starters’ recent surge — just went down with an ankle sprain that looks like the type that will need several weeks off to completely heal.