If we overall analyze the three matches of the series between Oklahoma City and Denver, we can say that the Thunder dominates the debates, since they were in front of the display board the majority of time. Except that, the score is in favor of the Nuggets (2-1) after the prolongation victory after Game 3.
It did not withdraw his smile from Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. The situation is not ideal for Oklahoma City, therefore, why that smile at the end of the match?
“Some fans made fun of me and I know how a match takes place. I know how life is. It's easy to speak when you are in front of the score and I don't want to show them that I am shot or edited. Nothing is written. The series is not over ”,, answers The Canadian.
The playoffs test the limits of each team
It is the speech that emerges from the declarations of the Thunder after this setback. A conference semi-final against the 2023 champions is supposed to be difficult and that is the case.
“Losing is always boring, especially in playoffs”, recognize Mark Daigneault. “We are in the process of becoming a big team and we checked a lot of boxes. To be a large team, you have to be pushed into your last entrenchments in playoffs and take up challenges. This team is used to doing it repeatedly but we have to accept it, these are the playoffs. We learn from these tests and we improve. »»
Confidence is therefore not started. It should not be it elsewhere. “We want to progress during this series. We cannot let the results of the matches get us out of this process, because that's what will condition the following results ”continues the technician.
Alex Caruso insists on this point. “I don't think our confidence is touched or a game”estimates the former Lakers. “It is obvious that it is frustrating, it is undoubtedly the emotion that we feel the most because we have made a lot of efforts, enough to win. I expect us to come back with confidence, my head high, ready to win the game 4. ”
