[外電] Defensive improvement by Pelicans' Riv

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http://0rz.tw/SaJX6 Doc Rivers walked towards the NBA TV camera room at the Smoothie King Center recently only moments earlier having answered a question about his son Austin ’s improvement. 老河流最近走到鵜鶘主場的NBA攝影房接受訪問，問題是關於他老兒子的進步。 To the original question, the father – and head coach of the Los Angeles Clippers – ultimately answered that his son’s defense was vastly improved. 老河流回答說他兒子的防守進步非常多。 But as he thought about, he wanted to change his answer. 但想了一想，他想要改答案。 The biggest change, Doc said, was his Austin’s willingness to pick up the check at dinner the night before. 「其實最大的改變就是他願意去付錢了」老河流說。 With all due respect to a coach who has won one NBA title and coached in another league Finals, the first answer might have been the right one, even if less humorous. Even Austin’s coach Monty Williams agrees with the assessment. Monty也同意這樣的說法 “He’s really good when he’s attacking and finding guys, knocking down his free throws,” Williams said. “But his defense has been the thing that really sets him apart from most second-year guards.” 「他在攻擊和找尋隊友方面真的很棒，但防守才是他和別的二年級生不一樣的地方」 After sitting out a game with a respiratory infection, Rivers is expected to be back on the court tonight for the Pelicans (31-40) when they host the Utah Jazz (23-49) at 7. He hopes to pick up where he left off against Brooklyn. Rivers played the entire fourth quarter and overtime, helping the Pelicans overturn a one-time 22-point deficit into a five-point overtime win. While his offense helped, it was his defense that kept him in the game. 小河流打了整個第四節以及延長賽，幫助鵜鶘逆轉，他的防守是讓他一直在場上的原因 The 6-foot-4, 200-pound guard has learned how to use and control his frame to stymie opponents. 他一直在學習如何運用他的身體阻擋對手 “He has a confidence and a toughness about him on the defensive end that really helps us,” Williams said. 「他在防守端上有自信和強度對我們幫助真的很大」Monty說 Late in his second year, the 21-year-old agrees. 在他第二年的後半，小河流也同意。 “I like to get after it on defense now where in the past, it’s not really what I was doing,” Rivers said. “It’s not that I didn’t want to, it’s just because I didn’t know how. And now defense is one of my strong points.” 「過去並不是我不想做，而是我不知道怎麼做，現在防守是我的強項之一」小河流說 It’s easily where he’s improved the most. In a comparison to his rookie season, his output is nearly the same even though he has played about 400 fewer minutes. 這是他進步最多的地方，雖然相較菜鳥年少打將近400分鐘，但產出卻是一樣的。 As he did his rookie season, he’s averaging two made field goals per game on six attempts. His 3-point field goal percentage is at 32 percent, just like a season ago. He’s averaging 1.4 rebounds per game compared to 1.8 as a rookie. But in his past 10 games, when the Pelicans have gone 7-3, his offensive stats have improved. He’s averaging 9.5 points on 46.8 percent shooting, getting off nearly two more shots per game. His assists are up to 3.1 per in that stretch. 但在過去十場比賽，他的進攻數據有所進步。平均得9.5分，命中率46.8%，每場比賽將近多進兩球，在這段時間助攻也提升到平均3.1次 Still, it’s what he has done on defense that has taken most by surprise. Including his father. 但他在防守端的表現仍然是讓很多人最吃驚，包括他的父親。 “I was joking with our staff (that) I’m never going to scout again because I knew eventually he’d be a good offensive player,” Doc Rivers said. “But I didn’t know eventually he’ll be a good defensive player. He has turned into a terrific defender and I’m happy for him because I always thought that he could. I just never saw him doing it and not that he’s doing it, he loves it. He enjoys it.” 「我和我的人開玩笑說，我不需要去探查，因為我知道他最後會是個好的進攻球員，但我卻不知道說他會成為一位好的防守球員。他已經成為一位好的防守者，替他感到高興，過去沒看過他這樣做過，他真的很喜歡很享受」老河流說。 “It’s something I take pride in and it’s contagious,” Austin Rivers said. “When you play like that and your teammates see you playing like that, everybody starts playing good defense.” 「我一直在這部分有所進步，而且這是會感染的，當你這樣子打球，你的隊友也會開始有好的防守」小河流說。 -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc), 來自: 220.136.219.106 ※ 文章網址: http://www.ptt.cc/bbs/Pelicans/M.1397580005.A.CE8.html