“When you come here, you learn a lot of things that were done by our parents,” Mpusia says. “You have to have discipline.”
Randle was disappointed by the decision, to be sure, but he’s got too strong of a relationship with Finch — dating to the 2018-19 season with New Orleans when Finch was an assistant — and too much of a grasp of the bigger picture to let any negative emotion cloud his demeanor.“Obviously as a competitor I want to play, but it’s all about the team and I wanted to make sure that I came in the same if it’s a good day or if it’s a bad day,” Randle said. “I think it’s important for my teammates to see it. As hard as it is at times, you’ve got to check your ego at the door.”
Finch and Randle spoke at the morning shootaround, but there wasn’t any tension to clear.“I said, ‘Hey, man, you had one subpar game in the playoffs so far. Just happened to be the other night. We’re moving on,’” Finch said.Good advice from the head coach, of course, but the star player actually beat him to it.
Anthony Edwards, who sparked the Wolves with 30 points in 30 minutes before sitting for the fourth quarter with the game well in hand, was the first one to approach Randle in Oklahoma City on Thursday night with an encouraging word.“He was like, ‘Bro, just shake that. Like, you good. Don’t worry about it,’” Randle said. “And as the flight went on, I was able to start smiling and laughing again while we’re playing cards and all that stuff. So he’s very mature and very in-tune with the team, and as a leader of the team you need that.”
Randle rediscovered his aggression in Game 3 — and his fadeaway. He knocked down a 16-footer and an 11-footer early, part of a revival of the success the Wolves had in the paint in the first two rounds of the
before slamming into the Thunder’s league-best defense in the first two games of this series.During the eclipse, the sun will slowly slim to a crescent as the moon appears to cover it and the day may get dimmer.
“It will feel like a particularly cloudy day,” said Juan Carlos Muñoz-Mateos with the European Southern Observatory.Check weather conditions before heading outside. Clear skies away from tall buildings and city lights are best, especially in the Americas where the sun may be rising during the eclipse.
Grab eclipse glasses ahead of time to spot the sight safely through a local science museum or ordering online from a seller cleared on the American Astronomical Society’s website.Viewers can also enjoy the spectacle through indirect ways such as making a pinhole projector using household materials. Holding up a colander will produce a similar effect. Peering at the ground under a shady tree can yield crescent shadows as the sunlight filters through branches and leaves.