The game could've been won easily by better free throw shooting. 27-44=61.4%. That's not going to get the job done. We don't wanna have bad free throw shooting for another season.
The first choice didn't say we wouldn't win a championship. It only says we would make the playoffs for the next six years. Any team can win it all once they get in the playoffs. So why can't we win a championship in one of those years.