Warriors babawi next season

NANGHIHINAYANG man sa nawalang korona ay buo pa rin ang loob ng Golden State Warriors na makabawi sa susunod na season. Nais ni Draymond Green na malimutan ang nakalipas na NBA Finals at ibuhos ang sama ng loob sa paglalaro sa Rio Olympics.

Si Klay Thompson naman ay ayaw munang pag-usapan ang basketball at panonoorin na lamang ang kapatid na si Trayce na maglaro ng baseball para sa Los Angeles Dodgers.  “We’ll be there again. You’ve just got to realize how bad it hurts and why winning is so good,” sabi ni Thompson.

“It was very disappointing just because we know how good we are. We feel like we’re still the best team in the world. We let that slide. It hurts right now. I can’t tell you when the disappointment’s going to fade, but it will.”

Nagtala ng regular-season record ang Golden State nang manalo sila ng 73 games pero nawala sa kanila ang 3-1 kalamangan sa NBA Finals nang magwagi ang Cleveland Cavaliers sa Games 5, 6 at 7 para mag-kampeon. “To sit and dwell on it, that’s not going to do anything for me,” sabi ni Green, na nasuspindi sa Game 5 dahil sa flagrant fouls.

“I’m not going to sit and throw a pity party for myself or my teammates or anybody else. We were a minute away from winning a championship. We had a 3-1 lead, we had all the opportunities in the world we needed. Got to take your hat off to them.

They fought, they battled and they took the series. It’s nothing to sit around and cry about. It’s something that you learn from.” Hindi bubuwagin ang koponan ng Warriors at inaasahang hahataw sa susunod na season.

“We’ve had so many moments of joy together, and it was like, `Wow, we’re actually having a moment of sorrow as a team,”’ sabi ni Golden State coach Steve Kerr. “It’s a great reminder that, first of all, it’s not easy to win a championship. But, as I said, it’s life. Things happen. You move on.”