Hollinger: "Portland looked downright scary."

[maxiep]

Fair enough. It still leaves the question of *why* the team can't sustain a high level of play. With Roy and Camby back, and Wallace on board, the fatigue/lack of depth argument no longer flies. It is now beginning to look like the problem is strictly between the ears.

I made a post in another thread that offered my opinion as to why: We're a good team, not a great one. For example, the Spurs are a great team. One of the things that make the Spurs great is when they have you down, they step on your neck until you quit. Bad teams they generally put away in the first quarter, which means that team gives up and you get to play at 80% for 3/4 of the game. It's a lot easier on a team than playing at 100% to the level of your competition. We're simply not good enough to be able to do it consistently.