This person is Russell Westbrook, who is recovering from injury.

The second brother spoke, and everyone was shocked.

Westbrook said bluntly: "Portland people just want to see you like this, with a defeated look on your face!"

"Playing with such an attitude will only result in losing. If we try hard, we might still win. So, why don't we choose to try hard again!"

His words were like a bell ringing in the morning, which was so thought-provoking that the Thunder generals who were about to give up resistance regained their fighting spirit.

Failure is not terrible, what is terrible is that there is nothing to face failure.

…

There is another saying, called three minutes of heat!

The Thunder were originally full of fighting spirit and determined to fight the Trail Blazers until the last second.

I hope the reality is always so helpless.

After halftime, the Thunder trailed the Trail Blazers by 19 points, and trailed their opponents by 30 points after three quarters... This is a shame.

In the end, the main force of the Thunder did not play in the fourth quarter. Wang Zelin scored the lowest 17 points in this series. Fortunately, he also had 11 rebounds to console himself. There is no record of double figures in points and rebounds per game in the playoffs.

break.

102:91, the fourth quarter was a complete fight between rookies, but the Thunder recovered a lot of points.

"4:0! The Portland Trail Blazers beat the Oklahoma City Thunder and became the first team in the league to advance to the conference finals!"

"God, the Western Conference is so crazy this year. In the past few years, almost every series in the Western Conference has been inseparable, but this year there have been several sweeps in succession; as I expected, the Spurs will play on the court tomorrow on the 15th.

The Clippers must have made a sweep at once!"

Seeing the young players on the court high-fiving each other in celebration, the Blazers' home commentator was very pleased.

He knows better that the real challenge for this group of young people has just begun.

Because, the next opponent is the San Antonio Spurs!

…

The day after the series ended, faced with the controversy over whether to lay off coach Scott Brooks, the Thunder management quickly gave a positive reply:

The Thunder have decided to continue with the team's current head coach, Mr. Scott Brooks, for the next two seasons.

It's a bit unexpected, but also reasonable.

Logically speaking, as one of the teams in last year's Finals, the Thunder stopped in the second round this year and were eliminated with a sweep. If it were another team, one of the team management and coaching staff must take responsibility.

But for Scott Brooks, who is only 44 years old, the situation is different.

First of all, Scott Brooks just completed a three-year contract extension last year.

Secondly, as a head coach, Scott Brooks is still very young at only 47 years old. Not only is the Thunder the first NBA team he has coached in his career, but he has led the team more in his second season than in the previous season.

Won 27 wins.

In the end, he won the NBA Coach of the Year for the 2009~2010 season.

This also just highlights the production ability of Scott Brooks.

At the same time, as a rookie coach, Scott Brooks can be said to have grown up with young players such as Durant, Westbrook, and Harden. The two parties have a relatively deep relationship and developed good chemistry during the cooperation.

reaction.

Finally, the reason why the Thunder were swept in the second round of the playoffs was largely due to Westbrook's absence. With the lack of personnel, it is difficult for a good woman to make a meal without rice.

Taking into account various factors, the Thunder management made this decision.

But this has nothing to do with Wang Zelin.

The day after the game, he went with the team to Los Angeles, the City of Angels.

The next opponent in the Western Conference Finals will most likely be decided in this game.
Chapter completed!