re: The constant parroting of lack of accountability seems to have leaked into players’ heads

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“I don’t view us as the team that went to the Western Conference finals (last year), because you are who you’ve shown to be during the season,” Lillard said. “We’ve been unhealthy, that’s true, but we still have a lot of good players and we haven’t played at the level that we need to. But I think now we’re starting to trend in the direction of the kind of basketball team that we want to be. In this situation, we’re given an opportunity and we’re taking advantage of it.”

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