Wednesday, April 20, 2005

One more game

So the Cavs season comes down to tonight, they need a win in Toronto and the Nets need to lose vs the team the Cavs beat last night.

Right now it doesn't look good for the Cavs, but at least they won last night.

Terry Pluto talks about how the Cavs need to make the playoffs just to experience it, how it's better to get swept by Miami in four games than it is to watch them sweep the Nets.

The game is different in the postseason for the simple fact that back-to-back games are rare, meaning teams are usually rested, and no one simply takes the night off. Furthermore, playing the same team over and over and over means defenses are tougher, scoring is harder, and the premium is on mental toughness, along with physical strength.

James and the rest might think the last month of games has been grueling, but that's just the warmups to the playoffs. And that's a lesson the Cavaliers need to learn.

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