I don't know how many of y'all remember the last season when Yao was here. We lost the last game of the season and as a result gave up HCA and had to settle for 5th seed. Guess what, we came out and spanked Portland first round, and everything was going well until Yao went down. I say regular season matters not, playoffs is a whole different beast, no reason to panic and dwell on this. HEALTH is everything, and we are healthy for now (knock on wood).
