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Originally Posted by Brian Swartz
This was the only point I was making. I was told I was blaming the entire 3-1 collapse on the one quarter, and I argued I wasn't because of exactly what you said above.
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Does the leverage of losing a huge lead late in a home game dwarf the significance of losing a road game to an evenly-matched team? Absolutely.
Is a losing a 3-1 series lead an arbitrary thing to fixate on because it's extremely rare for a road team to take a 3-1 series lead in the first place? Absolutely.
Does Doc Rivers have a better track record if the Rockets just took advantage of having 3 extra days of rest/preparation, homecourt advantage, and Chris Paul out of the lineup to smoke the Clippers in Game 1? I'd say absolutely not, but there seems to be some room for debate where losing a series in 5 or 6 games still allows for the possibility that you have some 'killer instinct' as opposed to getting closer to actually winning the series.