There’s no way around it, dropping Game 2 after leading by as many as 19 points stings. Nothing’s going to change that. But winning in front of a home crowd for Game 3 of the Western Conference Finals is about as good a salve as the team could hope for.
As a matter of course, it’s not ideal to make a habit of needing to climb out of 2-0 holes in a best-of-7 series, but we’ve seen this team do it before. Very recently. Last round, in fact. And that same old song-and-dance will have to start again by winning their first game in this series in front of their home crowd.