347. Fighting spirit
After the training session, the players returned to the locker room to take a shower and were about to return to their hotel, Oklahoma City Thunder coach Brooks quickly walked into the locker room and started by calling Kevin Durant and he into the small conference room in the locker room.
Brooks always frowned. Sitting in the chair, he looked at Kevin Durant, who was also sitting in front of him, and Brooks' brows were locked even tighter.
"Kevin, do you think we still have a chance?"
Brooks started like this, and his question stunned Durant, so Brooks repeated it and said, "Do you think we still have hope for the championship? I have been thinking about these two days, maybe we have given up?"
"No! We can't give up!" Durant heard it clearly this time. He couldn't believe that such words were said from Brooks, the team's head coach, which made him a little angry. Durant said loudly: "Coach, we still have a chance! Although we are behind, this does not mean that we have no hope at all! We still have a lot of opportunities!"
"But the Cleveland Cavaliers are too strong, and Wu Dawei's performance makes me feel scared!"
Brooks shook his head, as if he was a little discouraged, and he was unconfident about the fourth battle that was about to start tomorrow.
When talking about Wu Dawei's name, Kevin Durant's face, sitting in front of Brooks, also darkened at the same time. He lowered his head and thought for a while, and there was a moment in the small conference room that made people feel extremely uncomfortable and dead silence.
Then Durant raised his head and said, "The Cavaliers are indeed very strong, coach, I admit that. But we don't have any chance at all! We beat them, aren't we? We were the leading side, and the Cavaliers were the lagging side. Since they can catch up when they are lagging behind, I want to coach us too!"
Durant's comforting words made Brooks feel a little joy, at least from this point of view. Kevin Durant did not completely lose his enthusiasm and confidence in the game.
Although he must have suffered a big blow at the moment, his desire to win has not weakened much. He still hopes to win the championship trophy this season instead of leaving such a wonderful feeling for the future.
"You're right, Kevin, maybe we have a chance. But opportunities always exist, it depends on whether we can catch them. Do you think we can catch them?"
"It's okay to be hot!" At this point, Kevin Durant seemed extremely confident.
"So you think we can still get past the Cavaliers level, and we still have a chance to win the championship this season?"
"Of course!" Durant said confidently.
"But I think the Clevelanders must think so now. And they have more reasons to believe that they will be the final winner!" Brooks continued, a little shaken again.
"Then defeat them!" Durant said almost without hesitation when he heard this.
"Defeat Wu Dawei!?" Brooks asked almost immediately. He looked at Kevin Durant in front of him with a puzzled expression. His questioning gaze made the head star of the Thunder team feel ache.
Almost in a moment, Kevin Durant's mind immediately emerged in his mind when the third game was in progress and when the Cavaliers won the game, the Clevelanders laughed at him.
Those scenes made him feel ache! Looking at the Chinese who was looked down upon by him at the beginning and enjoying everything at this time, Kevin Durant only felt the sudden flames ignited in his heart, almost burning himself to death!
Facing head coach Brooks' questioning gaze, Kevin Durant had almost no hesitation. Suddenly, he became more and more determined.
"Then defeat Wu Dawei!"
Then defeat Wu Dawei. This sentence is the word Brooks wants to hear from Durant. He needs a group of fighting spirit players. Even if they are indeed not as strong as the Cleveland Cavaliers, fighting spirit is always a very critical factor in the game.
If you don’t even have the courage to defeat your opponent, then what else can you talk about winning, let alone winning the championship! Because cowardly people will never deserve the bravest commendation!
Perhaps the Thunder are indeed inferior to the Cavaliers in terms of technical and tactical performance, and they are also different from the Cavaliers in terms of tactical execution, and even in terms of overall strength. But there is one thing. As long as they have a brave heart that vows to win, they can create miracles in the game.
In this league, the stability of the old players at critical moments and the vitality of young people throughout the game are the easiest to guide the direction of the game. Even if they are not as strong as their opponents, if the Thunder can play crazy in the game, then they will not have the only fate of surrendering!
The balance of the goddess of victory is fair. Victory is indeed for those who are prepared, and these preparations are not just about setting the opponent before the game, familiarity with the opponent, but also about the bravest heart!
The brave ones win when they meet on a narrow road! Now, there is nothing to lose in the Oklahoma City Thunder, it’s nothing more than being eliminated by their opponent Cleveland Cavaliers. It’s time for them to give it a try!
Brooks was very satisfied with this conversation. Although he did not have the ability to predict the future, he did not know whether his conversation would have a good impact on Kevin Durant's performance in the game that will come tomorrow. But at least he was very happy to learn that Kevin Durant still had the fighting spirit.
One thing he believes is that as long as the players lift their inner demons and don’t show any more retardation when facing Wu Dawei on the court, then the Oklahoma City Thunder will still have the power to fight against the Cleveland Cavaliers! Even if this is the territory of the Clevelanders, the Oklahoma City Thunder will still have a chance to win.
Although the Quick Loan Center has a terrifying victory rate in the playoffs this season, you should know that they are not invincible. In the Eastern Conference semi-finals, even the Philadelphia 76ers can win on their territory. So why can't the Oklahoma City Thunder, which is far stronger than the Philadelphia 76ers, win?
As long as they regain the fighting spirit they urgently need, the Oklahoma City Thunder will still have a chance. Although almost everyone is no longer optimistic about the Oklahoma City Thunder's prospects in this season's finals, the Oklahoma City Thunder has experienced such a thing.
Before the finals started, wasn’t everyone almost unfavorable to the young Oklahoma City Thunder? But what was the result at that time? The Thunder won the game! Everyone was surprised to win the game. At that time, they once had the upper hand. If it weren’t for being too proud, the situation might have changed.
However, Brooks also knew that it was not annoyed that they had to focus on the present. Although they were in danger, after a conversation with Kevin Durant, Brooks still saw the hope of the team's existence.
The Cleveland Cavaliers do look like an insurmountable mountain now, but who knows that there is no tree-lined path leading directly to heaven in this majestic mountain!?
Everything is possible!
Brooks was very satisfied with the conversation with Kevin Durant. Of course, he was not idle after the conversation, but directly found Russelvesbruck, and then talked about the same thing with Westbrook again.
Although Westbrook and Durant have different personalities, the two also have one thing in common. That is, they are both competitive people. Although the current hope of the Thunder is slim to outsiders, as long as there is still hope and the players' fighting spirit is reinvigorated, the Thunder's hope remains.
The next fourth game will become the top priority of this series. After losing the third game, the fourth game is in a sense the last hope of the Oklahoma City Thunder. Because in the history of the league, there has never been a team that can finally turn the tables when they are behind 1:3.
Although it is impossible to do this in history, Brooks is very clear that the best chance for the Oklahoma City Thunder is the fourth game!
If they can win this game, they can equalize the gap behind and will definitely give some blows to the Cleveland Cavaliers. At that time, the Oklahoma City Thunder opportunity will come!
This is a virtuous cycle and what the Oklahoma City Thunder needs most now. And if they want to have a virtuous cycle rather than a vicious cycle, then in the fourth game, they must do their best!
The conversation with Westbrook also made Brooks feel very satisfied. Although this may not change anything, at least it will make Brooks more confident before the start of the fourth game. The core players under his command are afraid of their opponents. This feeling will be felt by the head coach of any team.
Chapter completed!