I've been guilty of overreacting to losses (more than a few times), but I think eja and CelticSooner have a point—namely, that there's a lot of excuse making for this team. It's always something with these guys—"So-and-so was out," or "Boston was on the end of a back-to-back" (though that hasn't been a problem for opponents recently), or "The opponent just had a really hot-shooting night" (this happens a lot, by the way), or "That was a fluke, it won't happen again" (until it does, and it always does), or whatever. These guys just plain need to get their act together.
0-5 vs Golden State, Cleveland, Spurs, Rockets, Toronto. Let's see where they stand next week at this time.
They are what they are - not as good as last year's team - at this point in the season. They haven't replaced Sully's rebounding or Turner's entire contribution - not even close.
Golden State and Cleveland we were without both Horford and Crowder. Toronto we were without IT. Those are legitimate excuses - and still the Toronto and Cleveland games were down to the wire.
With the Rockets we were actually cheated away one point by the officials, so we should've went to OT with them, where anything could've happened. The Spurs game was also down to the wire, and we just lost it.
People are exaggerating a bit here. We've had significant injuries, and it's hard to start a season like that. With so many injuries, it's hard to find any continuity or chemistry.
We stink. Time to face reality
If we're facing reality, then let's face reality.
- We were never going to beat the Warriors, Cavs, or Raptors without IT and/or Horford and Crowder. Just wasn't happening.
- We technically didn't lose to the Rockets. The refs cheated us out of a point. Further, losing like that in an away game to a team on a role like Houston is far from a bad defeat.
Thus, the Spurs are the only true defeat that we had that didn't have an asterisk next to it. And that happens - you lose sometimes to good opponents. It was a close game that we just lost.
You can't sit there and say "let's face reality" and then not face reality by admitting all of the REAL contextual factors that we've had to deal with, like injuries.