“With Atlanta, we won more than sixty games and really …
Dennis Schroeder: “With Atlanta, we won more than sixty games and really believed we could win the championship. The chemistry was there. Then we played Cleveland in the Eastern Conference Finals.
In the first game, J. R. Smith hit a bunch of threes, LeBron felt good in front of our home crowd, and they beat us badly.
Then they won again. We went to Cleveland telling ourselves we were still alive, but then it became 3-0 and eventually we got swept by LeBron James in his prime. At some point you have to admit that a guy like that, with a team defending at that level around him, was just too much.
It was the same with Denver against the Lakers in 2023. Sometimes another team is just better in that round. But giving up is never the answer.
Even at 0-3, you still think you can win the next game. ” YouTube This article originally appeared on Hoops Hype: “With Atlanta, we won more than sixty games and really …