The team is playing selflessly and has started winning close games, somethin we were struggling to do all year regardless of the competition level.

As for the pick odds, after Phoenix benched Bledsoe and they started getting blown out to open games while we continued to stay in games, I knew tied for 2nd was the best case scenario. Dropping to 3rd is only a 4.5% change from that and I'll more than take that drop if it means the team is starting to trust each other and play composed basketball - that's an extremely hard hill to climb for young teams.