Wisconsin Herd cap off thrilling comeback win over Vipers

Wisconsin Herd cap off thrilling comeback win over Rio Grande Valley Vipers

OSHKOSH, WI - AUGUST 11: Wisconsin Herd president Steve Brandes (left) introduces Herd general manager Dave Dean (center) and head coach Jordan Brady (right) during a press conference at the Oshkosh Convention Center on August 11, 2017 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2017 NBAE (Photo by Gary Dineen/NBAE via Getty Images) /

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OSHKOSH, WI – AUGUST 11 (Photo by Gary Dineen/NBAE via Getty Images) /

Positive takeaway

We may be heading into cliché territory here, but it was hard to not be struck by the team’s resolve down the latter stages of the game against the Vipers.

It was very easy to think the Herd looked dead in the water and would fall in their opening game, which had been par for the course for fellow expansion G League squads to start the season.

Coupling that with the fact that they were without key pieces like Cliff Alexander and Gary Payton II for the night (and will be for the next few games at least), we could have chalked up their opening performance as the effect of the team not being at full strength.

But their magnificent performance in the fourth quarter, in which they outscored the Vipers 39-24, showed the potential the Herd may have this season and when they’re running on all cylinders on both ends of the floor.

There’s going to be nights when they deal with similar circumstances and will fall because of it, but it only seemed fitting for the Herd to rise victorious through all the adversity they had to overcome in their first ever game.

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