Caruso: There is no celebration of the last park championship this time I want to experience it myself

Thunder general Caruso was interviewed today and talked about the upcoming finals.

Caruso once defeated the Miami Heat in the 2020 NBA Finals with the Los Angeles Lakers, with few fans on the scene at that time, which was completely different from the Finals that will start at Oklahoma City this year. Caruso said in response to this: "There is still a clear final atmosphere in the finals in the park. You know the importance of the game. The feeling of adrenaline surge before the game, although I think it is different from the feeling of having fans on the court, the understanding of the importance of the game is still very obvious."

Caruso is currently the only player with the Thunder who has NBA Finals experience. In addition, at the age of 31, he is also the big brother in the team, but he does not think that it is necessary to teach too much about how to do it now. To the Finals, he said: "You don't need to do anything special, you just have to be yourself, and that works for us all season. So I've always emphasized that just compete, unite and play as a team as we did all season. When we do that, everyone will play very well."

Caruso wants to go all out in the Finals and strive for his second championship ring - and the chance to compete for the first time in the Championship parade. The 2020 finals were postponed to October due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the training camp resumed a few weeks later. Caruso still regretted that there were no fans, big celebrations and traditional offseasons after the Lakers won the championship. He said: "I missed some experiences when I first won the championship, such as never participating in the championship parade. The next season started more than a month later. I went to Cabo San Lucas (a resort in Mexico) and started training again because the new season is about to begin. I enjoyed the success process and I didn't participate. But now I have the opportunity to try again, this time there are all factors such as fans and parades, etc."