I get that it's late in the year, but if the starters are just going to not even pretend to rebound, they shouldn't play the starters. That was a laughable effort. Like, a complete joke.
...which is fine, I know I'll forget it in 2 weeks. Still doesn't feel great.
As
@slamminsammya said, the real concern is that officials are letting teams be a
lot more physical with the Cs now. It's a league-wide thing, but a lot of legitimate fouls are just getting ignored now. It seems to really hurt KP, in particular, since so much of his effectiveness lay in the fact that you basically couldn't contest his foul-line jumper, or you'd get called.