Bucks forward star: After we beat the Thunder in the NBA Cup, they became a better team

Milwaukee Bucks forward star Bobby Portis recently appeared on the Run It Back show, and he also talked about the Bucks' defeat of the Oklahoma City Thunder in the NBA Cup finals.

Portis said: We each defeated the Atlanta Hawks and the Houston Rockets and entered the NBA Cup finals. I said in the team group chat that we would kick these little Babys out and these little kids out. Because we are adults, and they are all children. This is a single-elimination game, and these kids can't beat us with rich experience in this kind of game. Portis continued: I think after experiencing the defeat in this game, they became a better team, and they also summarized the lessons and experiences of failure. Did they have an 8-game winning streak or a 10-game winning streak? Their current team atmosphere is very good and the whole team is in full swing. We all know that it is difficult to get 15 adults with different goals together, but they have managed to do it. In my opinion, they have a perfect team.

In the NBA regular season this season, Portis played 49 games in 82 games, averaging 25.4 minutes per game, averaging 13.9 points, 8.4 rebounds, 2.1 assists, 0.7 steals and 0.5 blocks, and 1.2 turnovers and 1.9 fouls, with a shooting percentage of 46.6%, a three-point shooting percentage of 36.5%, and a free throw shooting percentage of 83.6%. In the playoffs, Portis played 5 games in total, with averaging 31.6 minutes per game, averaging 14 points, 8.2 rebounds, 1.4 assists, 0.4 steals and 0.4 blocks, and 1.2 turnovers and 1.6 fouls. His shooting percentage was 44.1%, three-point shooting percentage was 35.7%, and his free throw shooting percentage was 0%.

In fact, as Portis said, the Thunder's overall performance this season can be said to have become more and more stable as the season improves. In the playoffs, the team was gradually learning from experience and lessons, especially in the series against the Denver Nuggets, they finally turned the situation around and defeated their opponents and advanced to the Western Conference Finals when the situation was once not ideal. In the Western Conference Finals, the Thunder maintained extremely high competitiveness and easily defeated the Minnesota Timberwolves and successfully entered the finals. In the next finals, they will face the same young Indiana Pacers. I don’t know if the Thunder can show enough maturity and experience in the Finals as Portis said, and successfully win the NBA championship this season.