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Topic subjectThe team is learning the hard way about consistent focus
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2582457, The team is learning the hard way about consistent focus
Posted by LA2Philly, Thu Dec-15-16 02:28 PM
No team is going to let you win a game, especially when they know you are on a long losing streak and ripe for the picking...this is a league where you get kicked while you are down and it's on us as a staff and players to realize the amount of constant focus and effort it takes to win, especially on the road. Shooting 60% from the line last night for a top 5 FT shooting team speaks for itself when it comes to taking a casual approach to the game....downward swings don't just "get better", you have to dig yourself out; right now, we certainly haven't shown the focus and determination to do that and multiple key contributors (Randle and JC in particular) continue to revert to poor habits (terrible shot selection, forcing drives, playing with their head down, not playing with defensive awareness or communicating) under adversity....that's certainly part of the process for behavior and habit change but at some point enough is enough and Luke needs to pull them out of the game.

Hopefully we can kick this losing streak tmrw night in Philly and get the team mentality and confidence back on track because this streak is exponentially exposing a lack of belief in the development and skills that some of the guys had over the summer and pre-season.