”“What may undo him are the mental and emotional factors, both his ability to control that fierce competitiveness as well as how much it burns him out mentally. It should come as no surprise that they’re appearing in their 20th straight postseason. ”The task for Bunce will be to mobilise that fervour and try and turn it into world-class performances. For NBA sports medicine experts, injuries can’t simply be attributed to the ‘injury bug’, random events that strike players down without rhyme or reason.