Westbrook因傷可能缺席西岸首輪全部比賽，Harden和火箭會如何應對？

休斯頓火箭隊最近得知隊中其中一位MVP Russell Westbrook因四頭肌拉傷而將錯過對陣俄克拉荷馬城雷霆隊的首輪季後賽系列賽時受到沉重打擊。James Harden談到了Westbrook不在隊中時會抱著怎樣的心態應戰。

他堅定的表示沒有Russell Westbrook在場，他心態上依然沒有改變。對他來說，無論是誰缺陣都沒有影響。他的進取心態不會因為任何人缺席而改變。Harden認為的確會失去Westbrook的得分，牽引性和製造隊友機會的能力。但Harden認為House, Eric都已經找到了自己的節奏。一旦火箭全員健康將會是一支極危險的球隊。

引用“For me, nothing changes no matter who’s on the court,” Harden said, via Kelly Iko of The Athletic. “My aggressive mentality no matter who’s on the floor. What’s missed is his ability to get to the basket, draw defenders in and create opportunities for our team. Not only him but House, Eric is getting into his rhythm, P.J. didn’t play an entire game—it’s our entire group. We’re fully healthy, which we were these first few games, we’re a really dangerous team. We gotta get guys healthy and get them back on the court as soon as possible.”

當然，Harden也承認Westbrook的缺陣將對火箭隊造成巨大打擊。但是，他表達了自己打算如何應對賽，而他的進取心態沒有任何改變。自從重啟以來，Harden的表現依然是驚人的，場均上陣35.8分鐘得到35.3分（命中率為53.6％），9.2個籃板，8.7個助攻和3.0次搶斷。

然而，當火箭在第一輪面對雷霆隊時，Westbrook需要為火箭隊在隊中扮演的角色是無人能及的！

來源：https://clutchpoints.com/rockets-news-james-harden-explains-mindset-without-russell-westbrook/