I also play tournament tennis at a high level. I know what it takes to improve, to overcome obsticles, to play in the zone, which means performing at the highest level your capable of at the time, when neither thinking nor mind talking is present, both are dead silent.

All the time, Tim, I give specifics seen from overviews of player performances, individual games, and developing trends established over many games.

Sure, I follow statistics, but I ask, why do they show up as they do?

I uphold “will” as the highest quality. “Will” and “want to” aren’t the same.

A great team playing a bad game somehow wins the game, when the great team seems to maganetically attract plays when they’re needed in the final moments of a close game.

To be sure,it WAS a hideous game.Anyone who watched could see that.There were a lot of bad decisions offensively.Our defense was solid,but if you’re going to be honest,the Celtics offense isn’t exactly explosive.They have to play the way they do.We don’t.We can put up 120 on anyone.We got drug into a slow,dirty,ugly game.We won,but we didn’t play our game.

Also,one shouldn’t assume another persons opinions are based solely on statistics.A lot of us watch games and look at stats.Whether you’re watching on tv,or at the game or even courtside what it basically comes down to is if you understand what you are watching or not.

Geez, get a life and let others say what they want, instead of being a brown noser to your special players ( as mentioned above about Perkins) or writers!

So what about your statement about telling the whole story, we await your expertise on the subject or is that all what you can say? Good to criticize, but give more facts and we decide on your statements.

Will it be like your “LaBron” wording, that’s totally not factual, as you having changed it quickly!

Still, I like the Thunder’s chances tonight.