蒙蒂·威廉姆斯有充分的理由为他的凤凰太阳队在总决赛中输给密尔沃基雄鹿队而感到震惊。赛后他解释说，他“作为主教练从来没有处理过这种伤痛”，因为他的太阳在2:0领先后输掉了系列赛的最后四场比赛。他需要时间来处理这场失利，他甚至在赛后的新闻发布会上也很难说出这些话
“很难到这里。我非常想要它。现在很难处理。很难。”pic.twitter.com/Y0g9bHno2f
-蒂莫西·伯克2021年7月21日
“我只是不认为这是理所当然的，”威廉姆斯说很难到达这里，我非常想要它，你知道吗？现在很难处理。这很难，你知道的。仅此而已。”灾难显而易见。威廉姆斯在总决赛边缘的次数太多了。1994年输给休斯顿火箭队后，他被纽约尼克斯队选中。他在1999年夺冠前一年离开圣安东尼奥马刺队，在2001年费城76人队进入总决赛两个赛季后加盟。2016年，当俄克拉何马城雷霆队离总决赛只差一场胜利时，他担任助理，然后在他们落败的年份加盟圣安东尼奥马刺队和费城76人队。最后，在太阳队，他第一次进入决赛。它以极度失望而告终。
如果威廉姆斯只是选择生闷气，没有人会责怪他。他没有。他亲自去雄鹿更衣室祝贺密尔沃基赢得了一个冠军：
蒙蒂威廉姆斯规则pic.twitter.com/U57rjRukDD
-Giannis Wobettokounpo 2021年7月21日
威廉姆斯说：“我只是想来祝贺你们作为一个男人和教练。”你们活该。我很感激这次经历。你们让我成为更好的教练，让我们成为更好的球队。”
这是一位被公认为NBA最优秀的人之一的教练做出的一次优雅的举动。威廉姆斯本赛季可能没有赢得总冠军，但他在失败中处理自己的方式赢得了NBA球迷的尊重。
原标题：
Suns' Monty Williams swallows painful Finals loss, visits Bucks locker to congratulate them on winning title
原文：
Monty Williams has every reason to be devastated after his Phoenix Suns lost the NBA Finals to the Milwaukee Bucks. He explained after the game that he's "never dealt with this kind of hurt as a head coach," after his Suns lost the last four games of the series after leading 2-0. It is going to take him time to process the defeat, and he struggled to even get the words out in his postgame press conference.
"It's hard to get here. And I wanted it so bad. It's hard to process right now. It's hard." pic.twitter.com/Y0g9bHno2f
— Timothy Burke July 21, 2021
"I just don't take it for granted," Williams said. "It's hard to get here, and I wanted it so bad, you know? It's hard to process right now. It's hard, you know. That's all." The devastation was palpable. Williams has been on the periphery of the Finals too many times to count. He was drafted by the New York Knicks after their 1994 loss to the Houston Rockets. He left the San Antonio Spurs one year before their 1999 title and joined the Philadelphia 76ers two seasons after they reached the Finals in 2001. He worked as an assistant for the Oklahoma City Thunder in 2016 when they came one win short of the Finals, and then joined the San Antonio Spurs and Philadelphia 76ers in years that they fell short. Finally, with the Suns, he made it to the Finals for the first time. It ended in bitter disappointment.
Nobody would have blamed Williams if he had chosen simply to sulk. He didn't. He went to the Bucks locker room to personally congratulate Milwaukee on a well-earned championship:
Monty Williams rules pic.twitter.com/U57rjRukDD
— Giannis Wobtetokounmpo July 21, 2021
"I just wanted to come and congratulate you guys as a man and a coach," Williams said. "You guys deserved it. I'm thankful for the experience. You guys made me a better coach and made us a better team."
It was a classy move by a coach widely respected as one of the best human beings in the NBA. Williams may not have won the championship this season, but he won the respect of fans around the NBA for the way he handled himself in defeat.
