From the very first days that he was in charge, before he’d even had a day of training camp with the team, Tom Thibodeau preached a consistent message. Focus on today. Don’t skip a step.
And now, facing the extinction of this season, the message is the same to the team, a group that has heard it enough to mimic the coach.
"At the end of the day, it’s one day at a time and that’s all we can focus on," Julius Randle said. "We have Game 5 at home to extend the series and that’s really all we can focus on.