After the first two gas of the series, the Cavaliers and the 76ers will move to Philadelphia for the next two gas.
The 76ers’ head coach Brown arranged for the team to fly back overnight right after G2.
The purpose of this was to allow the players to start training early the next morning.
Trailing 0-2, they were like wounded prey cornered by a hunter, with no ti to lick their wounds, because if they didn’t resist now, only death awaited them.
The next morning, the 76ers began their routine training.
But once training started, the players displayed an unusually poor, distracted state.
Moreover, halfway through, Butler directly refused to continue, angrily sitting on the sidelines.
Although Embiid was statistically the best player on the 76ers, in reality, whether in league status or within the team, Butler was the true leader of the 76ers.
So when Butler made this move, the training was forced to stop.
Brown felt a bit awkward at this point; he had called early training to make the players feel more urgent, but didn’t expect things to develop this way.
Knowing Butler had a bad temper, he had no choice but to order Butler to co back and continue training.
But Butler’s reaction was unexpected for everyone.
"Give up, these guys just don’t want to train!"
The other mbers of the 76ers initially thought Butler was protesting against Brown’s training arrangent, but finally realized he was actually targeting them.
Butler’s words didn’t stop there: "Look at them, all startled like birds; they just want this damned series to end soon!"
In an instant, the rest of the 76ers felt as if a knife had been stabbed into their hearts. They wanted to refute, but found they couldn’t speak, as Butler’s words were the truth.
After being thrashed in the first ga and suffering consecutive big losses, their psychological defenses had been shattered.
"We can’t defeat them" was their current true thought.
At this mont, Brown couldn’t help but frown.
He actually knew everything Butler pointed out and could totally understand.
After all, this team was mostly composed of young players.
Embiid and Saric were in their second years, and Simmons was in his first year. It was the first ti this team had made it to the playoffs after years of "the Process."
Lack of ga experience and playoff baptism was a problem the team couldn’t avoid.
Or to put it another way, this was also part of their "process." With this season’s experience, they would be much stronger next season.
However, it was obvious that Butler was not a believer in "the Process"; he just wanted to win imdiately.
"Damn it, I just don’t understand it, aren’t we just behind 0-2? Haven’t we lost a ho ga yet? Why is everyone so scared?!"
Just as Brown was about to say sothing, Butler stood up, but he didn’t return to the court to continue training. Instead, he continued to rant from where he stood.
A thing that people overlooked was that last season, Butler had already experienced being swept by the Cavaliers while he was with the Bulls.
The reason back then was the conflict between Irving and Howard, and he had lost very unwillingly.
Now the sa experience was about to happen again, just in a different way, and he couldn’t stand it anymore.
"Jimmy is right."
Butler was venting his emotions, but unexpectedly, Brown directly picked up his words at this mont.
Butler, who hadn’t finished speaking, was suddenly left speechless.
"Only winning on the road counts as the start of the series. As long as we can defend the next two ho gas, everything will be different."
The players looked at each other, but their expressions didn’t change much.
Everyone understood the logic, but the problem was they had suffered crushing defeats in the first two gas.
If they had narrowly lost, perhaps they could achieve a coback with the advantage of playing at ho, just like they did in the first round against the Bucks.
But now, the gap in strength between them wasn’t sothing that could be narrowed just by changing the venue.
"Kids, you are the most talented group of players I’ve ever seen. If Joel hadn’t been injured last season, we would have already made the playoffs."
However, Brown’s next words gradually gathered their attention back to him.
"Moreover, now we have Jimmy, we may not be able to defeat Cleveland because we’re young, but there’s no way we can’t win a single ga with our abilities. Don’t forget, we got here by beating Milwaukee."
After all, Brown was a coach from the Spurs system, and for many years at that. His words finally made the light return to the eyes of the 76ers’ players.
"Forget the current score, just treat the next ga as the start of the series, and fight with all your might to win, to battle!"
Butler had already walked back to the training court, as he could feel that the 76ers’ spirit was back.
"Fight! For the fans who have always supported us, fight! For yourselves!"
G3, the Vachovia Center, which can accommodate 20,000 people, was packed to the rafters.
Despite trailing 0-2, the fans who accompanied the 76ers through "the Process" provided unprecedented support now that the team was finally undergoing a revival.
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