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Originally Posted by Mathgod
What is it about hockey that makes playoffs so different from regular season, seemingly more so than any other sport? This year's playoffs have been so topsy-turvy it's baffling...
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Motivation and intensity.
CBJ heard all week how they were going to be swept. They were an afterthought. Tortorella definitely played on that.
Then they went down 3-0 in Game 1, Tampa probably relaxed and Tortorella re-iterated it.
In basketball the Clippers are also hearing they'll get swept by the Warriors but what can they do about it? Defend harder? They cant run people into the boards or punch them in the face.
This is nothing. A few years ago 5678 in the west advanced to round 2