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Message: [QUOTE="Hans Sprungfeld, post: 4829822, member: 181"] Come up with words more measured than "realistic," "crap," and "backflip," and you might have something to offer me. Here, you're attaching labels as though they're truth. I disagree with each of them. Here, I offer a rewrite: "I'm not being miserable, but I'm displeased when my team doesn't execute in ways I've enjoyed seeing previously. Glad we won but it wasn't what I like to see. If you found it more enjoyable, then I can't dispute that you enjoyed it." How could I disagree with your personal impressions? They're yours. Coincidentally, they aren't so far off from mine. I also prefer a better-looking game. I didn't see the availability for such a game last night. Our opponents fully intended to frustrate any such possibility, and the referees allowed for such an alternative script. It's not my favored scenario, but I've watched too much basketball to believe that I have any power over that. I had a choice to not watch if it was too ugly. I don't think that the coaching staff & players could have turned things into anything beautiful. But, they could respond well enough to the situation at hand to emerge with a victory. And they did. I'm grateful for that. [/QUOTE]