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Back in Switzerland


  · Monday, June 18th 2007 - 01.08 AM CET by Thabo Sefolosha

Hello everybody !

After a first NBA season in high colors, I'm back in Switzerland. I came back around a week ago and it feels very good to meet the family, the friends and to take a rest a little bit.

Concerning the end of my NBA season, everything goes well. We could have finished second if we had won our last game against New Jersey... Unfortunately, we lost our game play this night and we finished finally 5th in our conference.

Then the playoffs came, against Miami, the 2006 NBA Champion. We didn't know how to react against them but we were mostly confident about our capacity. I've made a first very good game (9pts plus a good defence on D. Wade), and it was a good launch for me afterwards. The last two games in Miami were tight but I think finally that we were better in this series than them.

Overside, Detroit beat Orlando 4-0. We would have been more satisfied to meet them one round later instead of the 2nd round. But we should have been 2nd or in the 3rd position... We're paying cash our game against New Jersey.

The first game against Detroit was not good enough, we lost with more than 20pts. After the three straight lost, which one was in Chicago, we finally found our dynamic and we won Game 4 & 5. Unfortunately, Game 6 was deadly, that's the game.

Generally, we had a pretty good season even if we were a bit sad to finish it in that kind of way. The Detroit's squad has some good players. They have a starting line-up where everybody can do something. We thought that we could compete them but we were a bit short. It's just for the next time!

I loved this first experience in Playoffs. It helped me to enforce what I learned during the season. It's a good opportunity to progress in the NBA.

After one week of holidays, I began my work. I'm training myself around 2h30 per day and I use the occasions to spend more times with my friends and my family.

I'm going back in USA in the beginning of July for the Summer Leagues. Then I'll be back in Switzerland for the Basket Camp that I'm organizing. I'm so excited to see you at this Camp! I would like to thank you too through this third message for your supports and your messages. It's really kind.

See you next month

Peace,
Thabo