蒙蒂·威廉姆斯在凤凰城太阳队在总决赛中输给密尔沃基雄鹿队后完全有理由感到震惊，但他把伤痛放在一边，做出了一个优雅的姿态，这与他平时的表现是一致的。在最后一个蜂鸣器响起后不久，他走进雄鹿队的更衣室，祝贺球队取得的成绩
现在，我们知道他实际上是被总决赛MVP吉安尼斯·安特托昆波邀请的。在最近接受ESPN采访时，吉安尼斯解释说他觉得威廉姆斯想说几句话，但不愿意阻止雄鹿队的聚会。所以吉安尼斯替他处理了这件事，并成功了
“是的。“我和他一起走进更衣室，”吉安尼斯说所以，我让人们停止音乐，停止香槟。他能够和球队交谈并向我们表示祝贺。我们也祝贺他，祝他好运。我告诉他，我说，“我觉得我们明年很有可能重回赛场。”他有一支伟大的球队，我们也有一支伟大的球队
这是威廉姆斯给雄鹿队的演讲
蒙蒂威廉姆斯规则pic.twitter.com/U57rjRukDD
-罗伯·佩雷斯2021年7月21日
在太阳队第六场失利之后，威廉姆斯解释说他“作为主教练从来没有处理过这样的伤痛”，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。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。
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Bucks' Giannis Antetokounmpo invited Suns coach Monty Williams into locker room after winning title
原文：
Monty Williams had every reason to be devastated after his Phoenix Suns lost the NBA Finals to the Milwaukee Bucks, but he put that hurt aside to deliver a classy gesture that was in line with how he carries himself on a regular basis. Shortly after the final buzzer, he entered the Bucks locker room and congratulated the team on their accomplishment.
Now, we've learned that he was actually invited in by Finals MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo. In a recently released interview with ESPN, Giannis explained that he felt Williams wanted to say a few words, but was reluctant to stop the Bucks' party. So Giannis took care of that part for him and made it happen.
"Yes. I walked in with him in the locker room," Giannis said. "So, I had the people stop the music and stop the champagne. And he was able to talk to the team and congratulate us. We congratulate him, too, and wish him luck. And I told him, I said, "I feel like there's a good chance we might run it back next year." He has a great team, and we have a great team."
Here's the speech that Williams gave to the Bucks.
Monty Williams rules pic.twitter.com/U57rjRukDD
— Rob Perez July 21, 2021
Following the Suns' Game 6 loss -- the fourth straight for the Suns after going up 2-0 -- Williams explained that he's "never dealt with this kind of hurt as a head coach." 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. 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.
