Mike was beginning to play well and so was the starting lineup.Being "much better" you mean getting blown out by a Toronto team that just lost their best player over the summer by 40 at the half? We simply weren't that good even before Mike gets injuried. Him playing or not will not change the fact that we need one additional PF on this team who could provide the energy/physicality to compete with those teams that have strong forward lineups such as Lakers,clippers, Toronto etc