Its only a few weeks back when rox started a 4 game winning streak. Against Nuggets, kings, wolfs and nets. The big 3 are playing well, AB is playing without the pressure of a bad 2-3 minutes will meant long period on the bench due to the injury of rafer. The offense is flowing, 4 100+ points game, Tmac got a triple double in one game, yao is having good scoring nights, the defense is solid. And then the trouble starts with rafer coming back, he was hot at his first game back from injury, going 8-11 on the field against Cavs. But rox still lost. Then the released of SF3 happens, with no one to put pressure on rafer, he got trigger happy, and to make things worst injury began to take toll. The strongest link of the rox roster when the season begin, now is just a line waiting for their turn to see the doctor. With tmac and artest on day by day, and battier for this 2nd time this season going to miss a chunk of games. So what now? Everyone is bashing the team. I say give the team some time to recover from its injury, be it physically (artest/battier) or mentally (tmac). For now, give the youngsters who are much more hungrier, and let those that have injuries to recover fully before returning to court. So close your eyes, and chill. The team is much better than what its doing, and based on the amount of injuries, i wonder is there a game where all 14 players are fit this season, the team is struggling, and as fans we should be supporting instead of bashing certain players. Yes i do agree that tmac is playing like a piece of crap, rafer is not helping his case, yao seems labored to shoulder the entire load, ball movement is slow, the team plays with no heart, and defensive assignments are blown to smithereens. Then this is THE time we show the world the true meaning of fans. And not some bandwagon goers, who leave at the first sighting of troubles.
