Tutok na tutok ngayon ang Toronto Raptors sa kanilang gagawing diskarte upang mapasakamay nila ang una nilang NBA title sa Game 5 ng Finals kontra sa Golden State Warriors.
Sinabi ni Toronto head coach Nick Nurse, marami pa raw silang kailangang gawing adjustments lalo pa’t posible nang maglarong muli si Kevin Durant matapos ang isang buwan.
“The focus part has been impressive (and) necessary,” wika ni Nurse. “They know we can’t get some place before it gets here. You got to put in the work to do it. There’s still a lot of work to do.”
“Our collective IQ, our experience and our demeanour has been good. They have gone in after games and talked about continuing to work and improve. There’s still a lot of room for improvement.”
Gayundin ang nasa isip ni Kawhi Leonard kung saan binigyang-diin nito na hindi sila magdiriwang hangga’t hindi pa nagiging apat ang kanilang panalo sa championship series.
“We’re focused. We know that it doesn’t mean anything until someone has four wins. You never know what could happen and you got to take advantage of it and don’t get overly hyped and excited,” ani Leonard.
“Just stay in the same routine and just focus on what’s in front of me. Human beings, we do think in the future. You just got to stay current, stay in your routine, be patient and not rush anything.”
Giit naman ni Raptors guard Kyle Lowry, inaasahan na nilang magiging matindi ang sagupaan sa Game 5 dahil sa batid nilang hindi basta-basta isusuko ng Golden State ang kanilang pangarap na three-peat.
“We’ve still got to get one more win. It’s the first to four. You’ve got champions coming in here and they’re going to play their butts off and play extremely hard,” pahayag ni Lowry.
Sa panig naman ni Stephen Curry, mayroon umanong mindset ang Warriors na makakaya nilang bumangon mula sa 3-1 deficit.
Sa kasalukuyan, hinihintay pa ng two-time defending champions kung papahintulutan na ng team na maglaro si Durant sa Game 5.
“It’s just a matter of, ‘Can you win one basketball game right now? Can you go play an amazing 48 minutes, quiet this crowd that’s going to be probably unbelievable, and slow down a team that’s been playing amazing, especially these last two games, and just win one basketball game?'” saad ni Curry.
Kuwestiyunable pa kasi ang status ngayon ni Durant na na-injure noon pang kampanya ng Warriors sa Western Conference semifinals.
