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[QUOTE="realorange, post: 200025, member: 292"]
In response to a question in another thread that said we were not playing the type of game it takes to win in the tournament, I asked just what type is it?  We have won so many different ways that it makes you ask what type of game that might be.  The constant factor is our defense.  That drives everything else.  We are not normally a shoot you out of the building offensive team.  We've ground out a lot of wins and to me that's the mark of a great team; one that figures out a way to win.
We're seeing players lift their game: Scoop, CJ, KJo.  BT and Fab seem to have leveled out, but not playing badly.  My only real concerns are Dion and James.  Dion has not played with the energy he showed early in a long time.  I honestly question if he is going to return to the player we saw through early January.  James is pressing a little too hard and needs to look for his shot in the flow of the game instead of feeling he needs to immediately connect on threes to justify his time on the court.  Even if both of these guys don't step it up, I think we can still go a long way in the tournament, but it will be more difficult.
In the meantime, I'm loving what the team has done and marveling how they've never looked like they felt they were out of a game and then gone out and proved it.
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