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Message: [QUOTE="newmexicuse, post: 246775, member: 57"] 1. Ref's stunk, but we had our chances & did not get it done. Couldn't get a big stop or bucket when we were within a hoop sooooooo many times in the last five minutes. 2. Another poster said six missed easy layups. I had a really bad feeling when KJo blew the early gimme on a break. Failure to get a half-time lead with Sully riding pine was a really bad omen. 3. I posted pre-game that I thought we need a 15 & 5 game from Kris. It didn't happen - nor did a W. I hate to say I told you so. Not sure if it is the knees or just not enough of a skillset, but by and large Kris really under-achieved towards the end of this season. Too bad - great kid - great career - wish his final legacy was better. 4. I am really surprised that Dion didn't get it done & had a very poor game. I must confess, I was counting on at least a solid (though not necessarily a spectacular) game from him as a gimme. 5. I had also posted that I thought we need solid O game from five of our players. We really only had Scoop & Brandon step up. That ain't gonna cut it. say what you will about good scoop - bad Scoop - he was a kid who almost always came up big when it really mattered. 6. Smashed on the glass worse than expected - only Baye battled successfully against them. 7. Only 6 shots combined from James & CJ - what was that - what kind of sets were we running ?? CJ failed to get a single bucket from the field in a half court set. 8. Credit to them - see point one above - they made key hoops & stops at crunch-time. refs helped, but loss was on us & not the zebras. 9. Second time in three years loss of a center does us in. No question this was a game made for Melo's skills. All in all - great season & congrats to our guys. Competition at this level is too close for any team to have the loss of a star player right at tourney time & expect to win. Pre-loss of melo I would have said anything less than a FF would have been a failure, but wo Fab, it is hard to say that we should have gone further. [/QUOTE]

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