Anyone who is genuinely a fan of a particular team (read no one who is a fan of a Boston team now or a Laker fan in the early 2000's; everyone who was a fan of a Boston team in 2000 or a Laker fan now) finds some reason that a loss, or series of losses, were a good thing. The reason is usually strong enough such that the fan is convinced a win would have actually hurt the team. Reasons include a reduction in pressure, increased maturity, and the old "getting a loss out of the way" for statistical-probability's sake (this is particularity popular when postseason is near) .

We just lost a bunch of times, what is our reason? Turge offered up one that I like. "This adversity has brought us together. I now feel like I'm in charge, the players are playing for me and it's just brought us together. Our team unity is better. The guys are cheering for each other, our team defense has gotten better. It was a tough, tough stretch and, knock on wood, we don't have another one. But it's brought us closer together and we're becoming a better basketball team."

- increased team unity
- coach now in charge
- better team defense
- guys cheering for each other
- better basketball team

Wow! Good thing we lost those games.