湖人球員談傷兵與疫情 盡人事聽天命或許就是唯一寫照
Anthony Davis在上周末發生了左膝內側副韌帶(MCL)扭傷,雖然有部份論點提出本賽季沒有AD時的戰績並不會更差,但對於湖人來說的事實就是至少有1個月少了球隊最重要的禁區球員。
Davis本賽季有70%的時間出任中鋒,這是他職業生涯最高的比例。在Dwight Howard回歸前,DeAndre Jordan可能需要多打點時間,甚至LeBron James也不得不扛下這個空缺。
引用Davis:“這需要一整個團隊支援,我認為我們有很多人可以做到這一點,教練團可以讓我們在場上處於正確的位置以確保我們取得成功。因此,即使我們沒有球員或教練,我們仍然會就比賽計劃以及我們可以做些什麼來贏得比賽並不斷進行溝通。
“只要每個人都能繼續打出我們想要的高水平防守,成為我們想要成為的防守球隊。我們只是在等待球員恢復健康,無論是傷病還是健康安全協議,我們都必須要堅持到底。”
在傷兵以及疫情雙重夾擊下,Trevor Ariza及時歸隊顯得重要,他一直被視為這支球隊最佳陣容上的一員,不但在防守端的角色吃重也能夠埋伏在底線命中三分。
引用Ariza:“我們是一個年齡較大的球隊,所以我們明白,當有人失敗時其他人必須站出來。這個團隊有很多年紀大的球員,所以單靠一個人要去填補AD所能為我們團隊帶來的想法是不可能的。”
除了AD缺陣帶來的影響,疫情對於每支球隊都造成衝擊,湖人也不例外。
引用Russell Westbrook:“試圖弄清楚如何利用我們現有陣容和可用的人員進行比賽,沒有來過這裡的新人正在融入球隊,所以我們必須盡我們所能,就是這樣。上場好好打球吧,剩下的就是自己照顧好自己。”
引用Carmelo Anthony:“這些是我們無法控制的部份,COVID,我們無法控制。傷病,我們無法控制。無論誰穿上那件制服,都可能是下一個……有些事情是我們無法控制的。
“它正在整個聯盟中傳播,也正在其他聯賽中傳播,這就是現實,這就是生活。這是我們必須處理的事情,不僅僅是籃球員而是社會上的任何人,這都是我們現在正在面對的情況。”
湖人不可能在這一個得到真正取代AD的人選,任何一支球隊也無法倖免於本季疫情的嚴苛挑戰,這或許關係到一點運氣好壞,那麼盡人事聽天命或許就是唯一寫照。
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引用 “It takes a team,” Davis said. “No one guy can guard everybody... Everyone is going to be on the same page. And I think we’ve got a lot of guys who can do that. A lot of leadership who can put us in the right position on the floor, and on the bench from the coaching side to make sure we’re successful. So even when we’re out guys or out coaches, we’re still in constant communication about game plans and what we can do to win basketball games.
“It just takes everyone to be able to continue to play the high-level defense that we want to play, and be the defensive team that we want to be, and we’re just waiting on guys to get back healthy. Whether it’s injuries or the protocols or whatever, we’ve just got to be able to stay the course.”
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引用“I think with this group, we’re an older group,” Ariza said. “So we understand when someone goes down, someone else has to step up. This group has a lot of older players, so the idea that one person is gonna like clean up the slack of what (AD) brings to our team is impossible.”
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引用 “Trying to figure out how to play with the lineups we have and the people we have available. New guys are stepping in that haven’t been here, so we have to do what we can. And that’s it. Just go out and play hard and let the rest take care of itself.”
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引用“These are things that are part of the game that we can’t control,” said Carmelo Anthony. “COVID, we can’t control that. Injuries, we can’t control that and whoever puts that uniform on, it’s next man up... Some things are just out of our control.
“It’s going around the league. It’s going around other leagues. This is reality. This is life. This is stuff that we have to deal with, not just as basketball players but as people and as society, these are things that we’re dealing with right now.”