If the playoffs started today...

[playoffs...PLAYOFFS?]

I understand the anger, But we can't have the world of bobcats land change over night. since this franchise started we've been at the bottom. Thanks to ATL, not the worst, but bottom dwellers still. LB in his 1st year has this team sniffing at the playoffs. We are still not the best team and the bench is lacking some nights. Mainly on back to back games. But you have to agree they are more fun to watch and generally a better team period. Thankfully, the bucks & bulls lost so we didn't lose ground. A win last night would have put us right in the 8th spot. It's not over yet and this team has a reasonable chance of making the playoffs this year.

well said..every team has nights like these. it's unfortunate that the lack of success earlier in the season is coming back and biting us in the ass. otherwise, we wouldn't have been so upset about the loss..had we had the same starters when we began the season, we would likely be in the 5-7 spot in the conference standings

[davcbow]

well said..every team has nights like these. it's unfortunate that the lack of success earlier in the season is coming back and biting us in the ass. otherwise, we wouldn't have been so upset about the loss..had we had the same starters when we began the season, we would likely be in the 5-7 spot in the conference standings

Im not upset about the loss, Im upset that we had our asses handed to us by Indiana.....

[teej]

Miami beat Detriot, Cleveland beats the Nets, all we need is for Sacramento to beat the 76ers

[ohara831]

Miami beat Detriot, Cleveland beats the Nets, all we need is for Sacramento to beat the 76ers

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/standings

Yep. But I'm going to bed early. Have to see the standings in the morn.

[TattoodCats4life]

and to say that the guys didnt give a damn is just dumb. i watched gerald wallace and the guys on the bench the whole 4th and wallace didnt talk to anyone. and you could tell the guys were hurt by how they played. just because the nba has an image of just playing for money, i dont think that is the case for anyone of the players on the bobcats. and maybe im wrong and just dont want to think that way, but im pretty sure im right. the real fans know.

Couldn't have putt it better. We're still just as close, just one less game to play. EVERY team has bad nights here and there, that's why the lakers and Cavs don't have 82 wins at the end of a season. And 100% the guys don't play (100%) for the money. Look at Cartier, he just wants to play in the NBA period, and Juwan, 16 years now taking a minimum salary and as I posted before happy to come back again. We may or may not make the playoffs this year, but next year I think we'll have home court advantage, and we'll hit 40 wins before we hit 25 losses.

[spectre]

and to say that the guys didnt give a damn is just dumb. i watched gerald wallace and the guys on the bench the whole 4th and wallace didnt talk to anyone. and you could tell the guys were hurt by how they played. just because the nba has an image of just playing for money, i dont think that is the case for anyone of the players on the bobcats. and maybe im wrong and just dont want to think that way, but im pretty sure im right. the real fans know.

Thanks for quoting that Tat...missed it earlier.

WELL SAID. I saw the exact same thing.

[millst2]

Well my opinion is I am not pissed over the loss so much as the WTF Happens if" of the cats. I agree LB has came in and really worked some magic with the team. I mean a lot of positives so far,, we pull off a 6 game W streak, lose 3 then Win 3. But i said it before and nobody here has really addressed it... LB is rolling night in and night out with a tight 8 man rotation. This doesn't bode well for us in the playoffs ( hell not even in the reg season). We aren't giving our guys enough rest. We have to go deeper into the bench. Cartier can hustle for a few mins to give a team mate some rest, as well as howard and the way may is playing he could easily free up a couple mins a qtr for the starters.

it just concerns me that running a tight rotation like this is not good for 2 reasons. 1 being starters on the court that many minutes get ran down, and the 2nd night of a back to back or even a west coast away to a home game 37 hours later on the east is tough on anyone. 2) is what if one of our starters get injured in the playoffs ( knock on wood). With this tight rotation our other guys are getting rusty

I agree with spectre, teej and a few of the others that have noticed it, if our starters are 0-12 from the field or 2 points on 1-8 shooting and 4 to's , bench their asses for a few minutes and give the bench players time to change the game or atleast try.

We got to get more active people in the rotation or theres no way in hell we can compete at 100% in a 7 game series. I think we will make the 7th or 8th seed. We know a few games we may lose, but I think if the guys see they are this close to the playoffs regardless of who the opponent is they will give that extra 20%. We need LB to go coach pop style, squeeze some rest in for the starters. If we are up by 15 pts 3-5 mins before the half, pull a few of the starters and let them get that extra 5mins rest. If the team starts to lose the lead , put a starter or two back in.

Our bench is worthless not being used and the starters are getting worn out.. We beat Toronto the next night lose to Indy.. next we have @Wash.. off a day then back to back @ philly, vs knicks. philly game somehow need a few mins of rest for the starters. 2mins here 2 mins there.

[BigMike]

I refused to boo the team when the crowd started to at the arena but they did deserve it.

Section 103 ... there was no booing near me... we cheared for every basket in the 4th quarter louder then we did in the first, more beer helped with that though, along with Diops monster break away dunk!!!!

.... people who boo at a home team piss me off.

[spectre]

Section 103 ... there was no booing near me... we cheared for every basket in the 4th quarter louder then we did in the first, more beer helped with that though, along with Diops monster break away dunk!!!!

.... people who boo at a home team piss me off.

It pissed me off too...guys just didn't deserve that after the week they'd had.

And yeah, that Diop DRIVE and dunk was awesome! I was worried when he had to put it on the floor but the big guy made it!

[G-Force for MVP]

i was booing my ass off and then left early