Today Thunder star Jaylenway was interviewed and talked about the seven fierce battles against the Nuggets in the second round of the playoffs this year. He admitted that even after two months of looking back at the successful victory of the tiebreak battle, he still firmly believed that the Thunder had truly broken through the ceiling by crossing the Nuggets.
"It's not that we feel that we can win the championship after the Nuggets," it's more like we have to prove that we have overcome the bottleneck of the second round last year and that we have to prove that we have become stronger." Jaylenway said.
The Nuggets won one win in the first three games and won a 2-1 lead, with all the pressure focused on the Thunder, and they wanted to avoid repeating the mistakes they had in the second round when they played against the Mavericks last year. Jaylenway said in response: "I think if it was last year, it might have completely defeated us. But after a baptism in the playoffs, you will become different. There are too many emotional ups and downs in the playoffs, and short-term losses have not had much impact on us... Although it is bad, you cannot complain and you must refocus on yourself."
Last year, the Thunder and the Mavericks met in the second round. The Thunder were also behind 1-2 in the first three games, and finally lost to their opponents 2-4 and were eliminated.
source:7mvn