Current location:Culture Circuit news portal > opinions
Thunder brushed off questions about youth, inexperience, in first
Culture Circuit news portal2024-05-01 00:01:25【opinions】9People have gathered around
IntroductionNEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Oklahoma City Thunder entered the playoffs facing questions about their relat
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Oklahoma City Thunder entered the playoffs facing questions about their relative youth and playoff inexperience.
Four games later, the Thunder is on to the second round after a convincing sweep of the New Orleans Pelicans.
“That’s another thing for us to not think about,” Thunder forward Jalen Williams said. “We’re coming in to compete — no matter how old we are.”
The average age on the Thunder roster was less than 24 years old when the playoffs began. But coach Mark Daigneault, named NBA coach of the year this week, has been quick to point out that youth and maturity are not mutually exclusive.
“We have a mature team. We have a committed team,” Daigneault said. “We’ve got an uncommon group of people and players.”
That maturity was on full display in the way the Thunder have committed to defense, holding the Pelicans to 92 or fewer points in each game of the first round.
Address of this article:http://comoros.whetstonetavern.com/article-16e199861.html
Very good!(4259)
Related articles
- Ecuador announces complaint against Mexico at top UN court in diplomatic spat
- Chilean vet helps dogs, cats and rabbits injured in wildfires
- Trump seeks Supreme Court pause in 2020 election case
- Rebel group in Indonesia's Papua to release kidnapped New Zealand pilot
- Chinese business group 'shocked, dissatisfied' over EU raids on Chinese company
- Nine apologises for using digitally altered image of Animal Justice Party MP Georgie Purcell
- Spirit down Dash 3
- Julian Assange too ill to attend as court hears of 'breathtaking' plot to poison him
- New Mexico reaches record settlement over natural gas flaring in the Permian Basin
- Tāngarākau campground murder: Justice Williamson
Popular articles
Recommended
Chinese FM meets with chairman of MSC Foundation
Japan launching new visa for digital nomads but will it be enough to solve its economic woes?
Number of reported scams drops, but 'underreporting is still happening'
In China, a factory is turning old wedding photographs into fuel
Faye Dunaway orders crew member off set for being in her eye line in newly
Ethnic army seizes city on Myanmar
North Korea's Kim Jong Un turns 40 ... maybe
'Unusually cool March': Cold but clear weather for Easter weekend
Links
- Hush money trial: Trump forced to listen silently to people insulting him
- RMB retains 4th spot as currency for global payments: SWIFT
- Digital Silk Road development enables connectivity, prosperity
- Elly De La Cruz slugs 3
- Dickey Betts, Allman Brothers Band co
- China's telecom sector logs steady growth in Jan
- Türkiye ready to act as guarantor in resolving Gaza conflict: Erdogan
- Taylor Swift's winning streak continues as she breaks record for most pre
- Blinken reiterates U.S. opposition to Israeli invasion of Rafah
- Saudi Arabia extends voluntary cut of oil production