[外電] Iguodala: “I’m probably behind the

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Iguodala: “I’m probably behind the curve” After Denver’s practice on Saturday, new Nugget Andre Iguodala was asked about his transition process, halfway into the season. “I’m probably behind the curve,” the shooting guard said. “It’s been a roller-coaster as far as comfort level, the ups and downs of the NBA season, but that happens in transition. The main thing is to stay positive, continue to do the little things well and hopefully once out of slumps faster instead of letting them linger on.” Iguodala averages 13.3 points, 5.5 rebounds and 4.5 assists for Denver (24-18), but he’s coming off three pretty bad games, including a stinker on Friday, in which he went 0-for-4 from the field and 2-for-6 from the foul line. The last time Dre didn’t make a field goal in a game was Jan. 11, 2011, when he was 0-for-7, and the time before that was in 2006. In the previous game he was 4-for-10, missing all three 3 attempts, in the lopsided loss at OKC (and he had just one rebound), and in the win against Portland, Dre was 4-for-116 and 0-for-3 from the line. “I think he’s putting too much pressure on himself, he’s thinking too much, ” Nuggets coach George Karl said Saturday. “For me, it’s just trying to get him some easy baskets, simplify, get some confidence in his game and he’ ll be fine. He’s still a productive player, his plus-minus has been really good lately, we just need to get him more confidently engaged in the game.” ----- Ten months after trading him to the Washington Wizards, the Denver Nuggets honored Nene for his contributions in nearly 10 years with the organization with a one-minute video montage. As fans at Pepsi Center stood to applaud him in pregame introductions, Nene pointed toward the ceiling and clapped right back, restraining his emotions as much as he could. “For sure, before the game I was emotional,” Nene said. “Always great to be here. It’s a lot of history here.” But by the end of the night, Nene was reduced to the role of playing a bit part in an impressive 112-108 victory that revealed the continued progression of his current team from a bottom feeder to a team confident it can succeed with John Wall back in the lineup and Bradley Beal performing at the level of a third overall pick. The Wizards (8-29) have alreadly recorded upset wins against Miami and Oklahoma City, last year’s NBA Finals participants, this season but claimed their second road victory in one of the toughest environments for a visiting team. They withstood a 23-point third-quarter ambush from Nuggets point guard and Maryland native Ty Lawson, Beal survived a hard foul late in the game from Kosta Koufos and Wall bounced back from some haunting missed free throws in Sacramento to provide a reminder that these aren’t the fumbling Wizards of the first two months of the season. “Our record isn’t reflective of who we are, how we’ve played and how we’ re playing,” Emeka Okafor said as the Wizards handed Denver just its third home loss of the season. “We’re starting to turn the corner, winning four out of five and feeling good. Starting to close games with confidence.” Wall had his second consecutive double-double with 14 points and 14 assists in 26 minutes and scored eight points in the fourth quarter, when his team was sorely needing some offense. Then, with his team clinging to a two-point lead in the final seconds, Wall snuck behind teammate Martell Webster to block Lawson’s tying layup attempt. “John is very athletic, but he jumped over me to block that shot,” Webster said. “That’s amazing.” Wall recovered the loose ball, got fouled, then pumped his fist before drawing a foul and clinching the win with two free throws. Two nights before in Sacramento, Wall missed two free throws and a potential game-winning jumper as the Wizards’ opened the trip with a 95-94 loss to the Kings. “I knew he wanted to get back that opportunity,” Coach Randy Wittman said about Wall. Wall said he shot 200 free throws in Thursday’s practice because he was upset about the finish. He also was motivated by a phone call from his mother, Frances Pulley. “My mom called me like, ‘I couldn’t believe you missed them.’ I never miss end-of-game free throws. I like the ball in those situations,” Wall said. “If we can keep going, we can finish the season strong and you never know what can happen. We’re not going to give up on this season.” Nene said the Wizards would be upset after they gave away the first game of this trip in Sacramento — where they squandered a five-point lead in the final four minutes — and suggested that his former team was probably going to have to pay. He proved to be prophetic as Beal continued his stellar play this month, connecting on four three-pointers and scoring a team-high 23 points. Beal bounced up from his crash landing with 2 minutes 30 seconds left in the fourth quarter and made two critical free throws. Kevin Seraphin added 18 points, rebounding a miss by Trevor Ariza and tossed the ball in with 28.9 seconds remaining to give the Wizards a 108-104 lead. And Ariza rebounded from a rough outing in Sacramento, where he missed all six of his field goal attempts, to make three three-pointers and score 14 points off the bench. Seraphin said afterward that the team really wanted to help Nene leave Denver with a win after the Nuggets shipped him last March to acquire JaVale McGee from the Wizards. “For sure, he was motivated because that was his team before. I was motivated because I play against JaVale. We all was motivated,” Seraphin said with a laugh. “That’s really big. [McGee] was the guy before me, the starter. To have a chance to play against him, I was like, I will play my best.” McGee had limited influence on the game and watched the final seconds unfold while clutching a towel on the bench. He scored six points in 14 minutes, converting two dunks near the end of the first half to give the Nuggets a 50-45 lead. The Wizards were engaged in an end-to-end track meet with one of the fastest and most athletic teams in the league but they appeared to be finished in the third quarter, as Lawson (29 points) erupted and gave the Nuggets an 87-78 lead when he took a pass from Corey Brewer and dunked with 40.5 seconds in the period. But the Wizards didn’t go down without striking back with a run of their own. They scored the next 15 points and never trailed after Jordan Crawford, back after missing the previous four games with a sore ankle, drained a three-pointer to give them a 90-87 lead. Nene finished with just seven points and four rebounds but he walked off the floor with a victory. “My teammates did a great job. It was a good game. Better with the win,” he said. “We took the victory. We gave it away in Sacramento and we took it here.” ----------- 當地時間週六金塊隊訓練結束後，夏天剛加盟金塊隊的Iguodala被問及關於自己的過渡過程，要知道賽程已過半了。 “也許我表現的不好吧。”Iguodala在接受採訪時說道，“就舒適度而言，我的表現一直非常不穩定。NBA 賽季中起起伏伏，然而這些難免會出現在過渡期間。我現在主要要做的就是保持積極的心態，繼續做好小事情，並希望早點走出低潮期，不想再那樣子了。” Iguodala本賽季場均為金塊貢獻13.3分5.5個籃板4.5次助攻。不過近3場比賽他表現得非常糟糕，特別是在當地時間週五的比賽中表現得不好，投籃4投0中，罰球6罰僅2中。上一次他在一場比賽中沒有任何進球的情況還得追溯到2011年1月11日，那時他7投0中。 “我覺得他給自己的壓力太大了，他想得太多了。” 金塊主帥George Karls表示，“我得努力讓他得到一些輕鬆的投籃機會，讓他的比賽更簡單輕鬆，同時要讓他找回比賽的自信，這樣他會好起來的。他仍是一名對球隊貢獻不錯的球員，他在場上的正負值近來一直不錯。我們需要讓他更自信地投入比賽。” 今天巫師客場挑戰金塊的比賽也是交易之後Nene第一次回到丹佛。賽前Nene就表示：“我有一些動情有一些激動，每一次來到這裡感覺都很棒，這裡有很多美好的回憶。” 正是這樣的羈絆讓本場比賽多了一些別樣的情愫。本場比賽得到18分並且命中了關鍵補籃的Kevin Seraphin 表示大家都非常想幫助Nene從丹佛帶走一場勝利。 “毫無疑問，面對舊主激發了Nene的鬥志，而我要和 JaVale McGee對位也激發了我的鬥志，我們全隊都鬥志激昂。”Seraphin笑著說道，“這確實對我來說意義重大，在我之前麥基原來是球隊的先發。能夠和他對位交手，我必定是全力以赴的。” Nene雖然最終只得到7分4籃板，但是他成功地從丹佛帶走一場勝利。“我的隊友們今天表現非常出色，這是一場很棒的比賽，”Nene在賽後說道，“特別是能帶著勝利離開。我們在沙加緬度把到手的勝利拱手相讓，而在丹佛我們帶走了勝利。” http://blogs.denverpost.com/nuggets/2013/01/19/nuggets-andre-iguodala-im-curve/8021/ -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 114.44.71.20