Prior to the celebration, Conger had sworn against showing any sort of emotion — an ode to his favorite player, Kobe Bryant — until he and his WDG teammates had finished the job. At that moment, following WDG’s 70-55 Game-4, series-clinching win over Warriors Gaming Squad, it didn’t matter he was standing on the gray cement floors of Capital One Arena instead of the Wizards’ usual hardwood court, long since stripped away. It was just Conger and his teammates, and as the last NBA 2K League team standing, perhaps it was fitting they were alone.
