Maybe it took them this long to jell. Maymon had to shake off rust.
Well if they truly "only do this with their backs against the wall" they are in good shape. Because every game is pretty much "one and done" now, though in two different tourneys.

There has been criticism of them earlier for folding in big games....here lately not so much. A criticism that is more relevant to me is "why does it always take so long".
But for me, this season, better late than never. I just hope they play this way to the end of the season. If they play as well as they have the last 3-4 games, I seriously think they could make a deep tourney run. We will see, I guess.