We have had a couple of bad losses. Our record is 7-7 now, but it could have just as easily been 9-5 had we not blown our 18 pt lead vs Dallas and completely disintegrated vs the Nets.
But going back to your point. I was originally much more optimistic, but given the way we have played recently (without Marcus, possibly for a month or even more), I don't envision us in the playoffs. And not all of it is because of us. The East is definitely stronger this year. It'll be harder to rack up wins if we can't play consistent basketball (which has seemed to be the problem for this team over the past couple of years-we can't play 48 solid minutes, or 3 good games in a row).