Durant frustrates Suns and vents about fall in the NBA: “A feeling …”

Kevin Durant did not hide his disappointment with the fall of Suns To the Nuggets in the playoffs of NBA. Hired in the middle of the season to raise Phoenix’s level and dream of the West title, the star could not avoid the team’s elimination last Thursday, the 11th. Despite having scored 23 points, given five assists and grabbed five rebounds , he couldn’t let the dream of a winning season survive.

At a press conference, Durant was asked about the feeling of having arrived to raise the level of the Suns and not being able to take the team to the final of the western conference. The playmaker did not hide his frustration and used strong words to describe his feelings after the loss to the Nuggets. It is worth mentioning that the Denver team won by 125 to 100 and beat their rivals by 4 to 2.

It sucked. A bad feeling. Embarrassing“, vented.

In addition, Durant also evaluated how the defeat could interfere with planning for the next NBA season. Kevin expects a great deal of learning from the whole team to leave with a better result in 2023/24. The expectation is that the team evolves even more and arrives ready for the next playoff season.

“We have to be better next year. It’s hard now to see what the future holds for our team, but we have a good foundation, good infrastructure. We can build and move forward, learn and improve from it. I’m sure when the summer and pre-season kicks off we’ll figure that out some more.”, he concluded.

Jokic wants revenge on the Lakers and Warriors!

In the 125-100 victory, away from home, Jokic was the scorer of the game and managed to finish off 32 points, in addition to giving 12 assists and ten rebounds. During the NBA playoffs, he was the main name of the Denver franchise and did everything to take his team to another western conference final. With Lakers and Warriors ahead, Nikola wants to change recent history.

“I hope it’s different. “We lost (last time). We were on the bubble against the Lakers, does that make any sense (from how unusual that experience was)? We got hurt against Golden State (last year). It’s not the finals, but I’m just talking about the teams we lost to. So we have a good opportunity to do something,” he said during a press conference.

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