I think this road trip is simply exposing all the weaknesses this team has. Since a 17-7 start, over the past 87 games we are 41-46, a .471 winning percentage. This team simply isn't very good. It would not surprise me at all to not make the playoffs.
You could have said the same thing last year and have it be even more telling because outside of the 2 huge winning streaks we were a .500 team with the same offensive problems . The difference is this year our hot streaks have not been as long.