“It’s the first time you’re facing the NBA playoffs …

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But there was a moment in the early second quarter of Game 7 when he was leaning, quite literally, on Bismack Biyombo for advice. His vet gave him a speech about how he was playing and carrying himself. The what, which he knows, but more importantly, the why and the how, which he’s learning. “It’s the first time you’re facing the NBA playoffs with somebody else on the other side that won the MVP that you were supposed to win — that’s even more pressure. It brings joy,” Biyombo told The Athletic. “I think when you see all the emotions of crying, the road has been so tough. To bring so much joy into how much sacrifice that people have done in this locker room, accepting their roles, and the most important thing is that Vic has handled the pressure so well. (We) kind of started understanding that in order for him to handle it so well, we all got to help him, rather, in a small way or big way.”

New York Times

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