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Message: [QUOTE="ibleedhuskyblue, post: 4931607, member: 149"] Isn't that kind of the definition of garbage time ??? A game that only 1 team has a chance to win ? Honestly, 1 team was up 30, and the other was desperate & playing for their lives. It would have been more surprising if NU hadn't made a run. They were a good team. We shot uncharacteristically poorly for the entire game, and they had a 6 min stretch where they couldn't miss. Despite that, the end result was never in doubt. It'd be great to win by 40 every time we're up 20, but it isn't realistic. Substitution patters change, and human beings let off the gas when no longer threatened. The shooting was poor both games (we had a few min stretch where we made a few in game 1, then we were off again). Maybe our guys dont like the sightlines in Brooklyn ? If so, we no longer have to worry about that. If it's something else, it's way more likely to progress back to the mean than stay poor. We all romanticize last years team, and rightly so, but we won by an average of 20, not 50. We're the first team to make the S16 after a title year in a long time. It's a good thing. As far as the Bulletproof comment: everyone was already giving us their best shot because the media (and our record) is making us the favorite. We're already getting 100% from our opponents. More isn't really possible, if my math is right. I don't like overconfidence, but Dan Hurley is being critical right after using that word. He used it another time and said "we're bulletproof if x, y, & z." We can't control being taken out of context. It happens all the time. [/QUOTE]

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