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At the end of the day if you want to bag and put down our team and say that we are a one man team, you have to be prepared to back up those statements.If you are going to say that we need Carter to score on every possession for us to win, you need to rethink all your points.We can win on defense and this was just an example.
Sure, both teams struggled but we beat them fair and square. Enough of all the excuses etc, we played the Wizards on our terms and played them in the way that I said that we would, according to what Lenny Wilkins had been implying in the lead up to the season and the way the Wizards team is structured. At the end of the day, if you cannot hit jumpshots, you will struggle to compete with any NBA teams. The Wizards learned that today and will learn that all season.
Our big men stood out tonight, but we could not really counter Brown. That is one area that really concerns me. Can we hold out the big athletic guys around the league?? We just might struggle on this aspect of the game. But remember, Carter and Peterson will always be factors for us in the game, whether they score big or not.
We played this game on our terms and won. There is no need to debate this point. We will go forward!! Remember we were also hit by injuries and a lack of depth on our roster. It took guts tonight and it will take guts all season long. I back our guys!!
There can be no excuses, for anyone that predicted that the Wizards would win this game easily. Their weakness was our gain. Tough, but the truth hurts sometimes. Deal with it!!
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