When Curry shrugged off two defenders and scored a goal that killed the game, Cousins, sitting on the bench, felt deep despair, not because the team was about to leave, but because he was worried about his career.
Who would have thought that the original KaoShen was selected as an All-Star four times, selected to the US national team twice, entered the first team of the best rookie in the first season of the league, and lived a wandering life in his early 30s, facing the fate of being cut at any time.
This season, Cousins was first cut by the Bucks, and then took over a 10-day difficult special contract from the Nuggets, but in a few games in January, Cousins performed well, and the Nuggets took the initiative to renew his contract until the end of the season. During that time, the No. 5 show experienced the feeling of being almost abandoned by the league.
When the team made it to the playoffs, and the head coach was on the occasion of employment, Cousins finally saw the opportunity to show his skills. Unfortunately, in the face of the Warriors with splash brothers, the Nuggets are fierce, and Jokic's brave performance in 5 consecutive games still can't stop the fate of being eliminated by the Warriors.
Today's G5, Cousins played 19 minutes as Aaron Gordon's replacement. Standing on the pitch, Cousins fought for every goal, did his best on both ends of the floor, and he seemed to feel that this would be the last game of the season, and possibly his last game in the league. As a result, he worked very hard, and today, the Nuggets' bench total score was 23 points, and Cousins alone took 19 points, shooting the same as Jokic, the same 67%.
However, the old club Warriors do not want to dream of a long night, even if the 32-year-old Kaoshen plays well, Curry and Tang Shen will not care, they work together to cut 45 points, win at the same time, but also let the former teammate Cousins's season road to the end. Curry and Thompson could move on, but Cousins' NBA path was nowhere to be found.
After the game, Cousins wrote on his Twitter account: "I tried everything to make a difference, but the team still lost the game. I realized that the door of the NBA had been closed to me, that the team could not keep me next season, and that if that was the case, I would consider retiring, and here, there was no team willing to want me.