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Old 04-15-2022, 03:26 PM   #23
Izulde
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Join Date: Sep 2004
Emotional damage after a 79-89 home loss to Boston to open March. Kemba Walker carves us up for 32 points, 12 assists, and 4 steals. Revenge game is revenge.

Nic Batum leads us in scoring with 22 points and 4 steals and Steven Adams has 11 points, 14 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals, and 2 blocks, but it's Jimmy Butler who takes PotG with 20 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 steals, and a block in our 101-87 rout of Indiana. 12 points, 5 rebounds for Pat Connaughton off the bench.

Our offense shorts out again in a 68-100 home loss to the Heat. We're 1-2 so far - all at home. Maybe my being away so long made us all forget how to score?

Steven Adams is injured in the first game of a B2B and we lose both. He's out another week yet after the second game, and Miserable March is officially upon us. We still have trouble putting the ball in the bucket and just lost one of our top offensive options.

Thankfully we play the trash Thunder on the front end of another B2B and Jimmy Butler (24 points), Monte Morris (20 points), Cody Martin (17 bench points), and Cory Joseph (14 bench points) are enough to get us over the hump. Naturally Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving curbstomp us in Brooklyn the very next night.

Steven Adams returns, allowing us to murder the Pacers 101-81 on his 18 points, 15 rebounds, 6 assists, a block, and 4 steals, with Cory Joseph (12 points) and Cody Martin (10 points) playing bench support.

3 straight losses follow - including a heartbreaking 103-105 OT loss to Utah that features Steven Adams breaking his wrist out and going out a month and a half.

The losing streak stretches to 5 before we finally beat the bad Wizards 101-91 on the last day of the month, on the front end of a B2B. Jimmy Butler scores 20, with 10 and 11 respective bench points from Cody Martin and Cory Joseph. Just missing the double-double is Jason Minor with 9 points, 13 rebounds. Oh, and Nerlens Noel got hurt and is Out a week and a half.

So to recap how awful this month has been - We finally get to 42 wins to beat last year's record, but we've fallen to third in the Southeast behind Atlanta and Orlando, and are 7th in the East Conference playoff race. And one of our best players is still out over a month.

On the bright side - Jason Minor was named Rookie of the Month. Good thing to, because Xavier Smith has been a complete lottery bust, with not much hope of getting better. And I'm already envisioning how to shake this team up in the offseason with a massive overhaul.
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