The Oklahoma City Thunder had simply gained the NBA championship, the on-court ceremony was over they usually have been heading to the locker room to start out the occasion. This sometimes contains the standard spraying of champagne throughout everybody and the whole lot.
And the Thunder have been able to partake in all that.
“The place’s the champagne at?” some yelled on their method into the room.
It was prepared. Downside was, the Thunder weren’t.
See, the Thunder are younger, the youngest NBA champion in practically a half-century. And, nicely, it seems that the majority gamers had completely no thought the best way to pop the corks.
“None of us knew the best way to do it,” middle Isaiah Hartenstein mentioned, revealing that some gamers — sure, moments after successful the NBA title — have been going onto YouTube looking for tutorials for the best way to make the bubbles fly.
Enter Thunder guard Alex Caruso, who has already gained an NBA title. The oldest participant on the group, at 31, confirmed everybody the best way to get it accomplished. And finally, they bought it proper.
“We didn’t do all of it on the identical time till, like, the third attempt,” Caruso mentioned. “I attempted my greatest.”
In time, all of them figured it out. It was the final lesson of many this season for the Thunder, who completed with 84 wins — tying for the third-most in NBA historical past.
And the group might have all of its key gamers again subsequent season; they’re all below contract. So, if the Thunder discover a approach to go back-to-back, Caruso expects the locker room celebration to go a bit extra easily in 2026.
“We’ll get some relaxation, reset, attempt to go once more subsequent 12 months and see if we are able to do it once more,” Caruso mentioned. “We’ll be higher. We’ll be higher subsequent 12 months.”
Reporting by The Related Press.
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