I would like to say OKC was a significant team that we played...in the 14 game win streak, a few of the team i wouldn't really label as "bad teams"
yup.....at the time we met OKC , they were heralded as the next super power in the West behind GS. Mello was a god again .....he plays unselfish ball......they look unbeatable ., yada yada yada ...media frenzy with the " Name " players to garner lots of attention to their media outlets . Bah humbug ....
Since that loss to the C's they haven't been riding so high. Their egos took a massive hit.
Exactly.
To be down 18 against a (overly) cocky team like OKC in their building was a measuring stick.
We have a road win in Milwaukee while everyone was slobbering over Giannis (first to hold him under 30).
We won in Orlando when I believe they had the second best record in the East.
We held the mighty Zinger to 12 points (and NOBODY can contain him!) while drubbing the Knicks.
The Spurs are playing at a 50-win pace without Kawhi, nothing to scoff at.
We beat Toronto without Kyrie.
We beat Charlotte without Horford AND Kyrie.
People want to crown Simmons and Embiid, yet we held them to 22 combined on 8-27 shooting in Philly.
And of course, beating the “unbeatable,” the almighty Warriors. They certainly showed up motivated and couldn’t handle us like they run every other scared team off the court. Sure it was only one game, but we have their attention now. They are the well-oiled machine. We are the work-in-progress. We are going to get better. We have the young studs. We have an All-Star on the shelf. And we still beat them in a playoff-like atmosphere. Even if you want to say our time isn’t NOW, it’s not LATER either. It’s SOON.
The truth is you don’t run off a streak this long without some quality wins. I have been impressed with 9 of them so far.