oh... stop it ! as for them not being rock solid ... the team is 15-4 in their last 19 (and 2 of those losses were when we were rideing the Rod Strickland express)
Also the comment about not diving for loose balls anymore would make Jon Barry, Ryan Bowen, and even Dikembe faint along with Sura.
I think that one thing that helps when it comes to a letdown is that we have a lot of guys late in their careers who haven't won a championship. They can smell that they have a fighting chance this year.
That businesslike approach is something I've been noticing too. It reminds me of the Bird-McHale era Celtics. But I really think this team has developed a "best of both worlds" approach. In the games that they "should" win or in the games where they are leading and trying to hang on for a win, they have that businesslike approach. But they have a fire inside when it comes to coming from behind. Especially Barry, who gets really excited and fired up when the team is making a run to come from behind and that fire is contagious. But it's not just Barry. It's almost everybody, even McGrady. It's fun to see a team first realize that they have what it takes to be as good as anybody else in the league.
