There's no doubting their star quality but bringing it together consistently is the key to the Waikato/Bay of Plenty Magic's hopes of reaching the ANZ Championship final.
Names like Laura Langman, Irene van Dyk, Maria Tutaia and Casey Williams make the Magic a formidable outfit, yet performances like last Sunday's semi-final loss to the NSW Swifts continue to put doubts on their title aspirations.
A win over the Swifts would've ensured a home final but that is now an impossible dream and Monday night's preliminary final against the Adelaide Thunderbirds is a last-chance saloon to have New Zealand's flag flying in the showcase match of the championship's first season.
There were strong points in the loss to the Swifts, but there were lows in equal amounts and a similar performance will likely result in an all-Australian final.
"We need to take the positives out of the Swifts game…we did only lose by one point," Williams said.
"We showed what we can do by the way we came back at them. And if we can do that and have that hunger right from the start, then we should blow anybody off the court."
Williams can be spared of any blame as the tall defender has been a stand-out all season and was awarded the Player of the Year title after Sunday's loss.
That did little to take the sting out of a defeat that the Magic feel should've been victory, however, and the Silver Ferns star is backing her side to repeat its first-round win over the Thunderbirds.
"Personally, I'm very revved up and ready to go for round two,'' she said. "You just think about all the hard work you've put in since January and I would like some reward for that.
"We are doing everything and anything to be in the best shape for the Thunderbirds game. We are all very competitive people so none of us is going out there to lose."
The Magic can expect a physical examination from Adelaide as its semi-final win over the Melbourne Vixens was typified by hard knocks and frequent umpire intervention.
Not shy of the physicalities herself, Williams and the Magic will give as good as they get.
"I think that is how they will play it and hopefully anything they throw at us we'll be prepared for," she said.
"The hard part for us has been we know that we are not actually that far away from everything clicking at the same time and putting in a really complete performance.
"Against the Thunderbirds, we need to have seven attackers and seven defenders putting it together for 60 minutes, score on our turnovers and keep our opponent's shooting percentages low to build pressure to create those turnover opportunities."