There is one variable, one difference between Sunday night and Tuesday; in addition to different city, different opponent.
Dion was in the building.
For the first time since the last pre-season game against...Houston, 'Ion (no D) Weighters was with the team. No, he didn't play! No, he wasn't even in uniform or on the bench! But He was There.
Ha-ha, oh, I am so droll. I am joking--partly. Dion was on the bench and in uniform in that Houston pre-season game. He was on the bench bitching about Erik Spoelstra within the hearing of the other players. After his suspension he answered a social media critic who said Tyler Herro was a better player with "lol."
What if just having Dion around, in the same building, last night created a bad vibe on the team?
Dion was in the building.
For the first time since the last pre-season game against...Houston, 'Ion (no D) Weighters was with the team. No, he didn't play! No, he wasn't even in uniform or on the bench! But He was There.
Ha-ha, oh, I am so droll. I am joking--partly. Dion was on the bench and in uniform in that Houston pre-season game. He was on the bench bitching about Erik Spoelstra within the hearing of the other players. After his suspension he answered a social media critic who said Tyler Herro was a better player with "lol."
What if just having Dion around, in the same building, last night created a bad vibe on the team?