Matt Barnes ：快艇的失敗是咎由自取
Matt Barnes 曾經是快艇的一員，自2012年至2015年效力這支球隊。當時隊內有不少充滿天賦的球員，人們對這支球隊充滿期望，但他們最終都不曾接近過冠軍。近日，Matt Barnes 接受訪問，並談到了當時球隊的情況。
「我們當時是其中一支最有天賦的球隊卻從未贏得冠軍，我覺得這是我們自己的問題。我們一意孤行，我們既自負又無知。我們以為我們會成為勇士並贏得冠軍，在前一年我們還在季後賽淘汰了他們，但他們在下一年就重整旗鼓打敗了我們及贏得冠軍⋯⋯為什麼我們會失敗？那是我們不夠堅強，沒有足夠的意志去爭取贏得冠軍。」
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引用We really had one of the most talented teams that never won a championship in L.A. and I think it was our own fault. We were in our own way. Just too many egos, young acting. We thought we were going to be the Warriors right up until they won the championship. We knocked them out of the playoffs the year before they came back and won, so we had a very talented team. We just couldn’t get on the same page. It was crazy. We were all cool off the court and I was like ‘how are we cool off the court and can’t get it together on the court?’ That was our… our mental toughness was what kept us from winning championships for the Clippers.”
“Egos. Egos. And now looking back on it from my perspective, because I was fortunate enough to go to the Warriors with a whole handful of superstars and there was no egos. Everyone left their ego… the only thing that mattered in Golden State was to win and winning the championship. If we had that mentality with the Clippers we would have won a championship.
「我們當時是其中一支最有天賦的球隊卻從未贏得冠軍，我覺得這是我們自己的問題。我們一意孤行，我們既自負又無知。我們以為我們會成為勇士並贏得冠軍，在前一年我們還在季後賽淘汰了他們，但他們在下一年就重整旗鼓打敗了我們及贏得冠軍⋯⋯為什麼我們會失敗？那是我們不夠堅強，沒有足夠的意志去爭取贏得冠軍。」
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