[外電] Williams savors the feel in confidence

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LOS ANGELES - Timberwolves forward Derrick Williams returned home to Los Angeles for Thursday's game against the Lakers not exactly a changed man but feeling differently for sure. 對上湖人也代表DW回鄉了。 "Just more confident really," he said. DW：「信心灌滿了全身。」 His statistics in his past five games -- 18.8 points and 10.6 rebounds -- tell part of the story. 近五場平均是18.8分10.6板。 Coach Rick Adelman's decision to draw up a potential game-winning play for him on Tuesday in Phoenix suggests Williams has earned a little more trust. Williams was one of two options on a play that ended with Alexey Shved missing a driving layup near the overtime buzzer. DW似乎也得到Adelman一些些信任，因為對上太陽這場也加入了buzzer行列中。 Until recently, Williams struggled to find his way -- and earn Adelman's faith -- in a league where No. 2 overall picks are expected to do so much more from their first day. 一位榜眼該被期待的就是一進入球團就要做得比你想像的還多，Williams也不例外，只是路程並未如一般預料的進行，至現在還在為讓Adelman相信他自身能力與搜尋自我定位努力著。 In the past two weeks, Williams has delivered the double-doubles -- three 20-point, 10-rebound games in his past five entering Thursday's game -- that are nearly nightly achievements by Kevin Love, the Wolves' injured All-Star whom Williams has replaced as the starting power forward. 在這兩週DW在對上湖人前的五場比賽已經有3場20分10板的數據，似乎有著Love一咪咪氣味存在。 Williams credits Love's biggest attribute -- rebounding -- for his recent play. "Rebounding really is what got me going," he said. "Trying to get every rebound has got my confidence up, not really knocking down shots. I'm focused on the defensive end and trying to get as many rebounds as possible." DW：「總是試圖抓取任何可能的籃板，極力去為球隊看顧好防守端，這對我信心真的有很大提升。」 Double D front court Wolves forward Dante Cunningham started at small forward on Thursday for injured Andrei Kirilenko (strained calf) in a front-court tag team with Williams. In this makeshift combination, Cunningham essentially is the small forward defensively while Williams fills that spot on offense. 今天Adelman就以雙D陣容作為開場，DC負責SF的防守，DW負責SF的進攻。 Williams started out defending Lakers star Kobe Bryant, a shooting guard, so little Luke Ridnour didn't have to, and Adelman soon switched to Ricky Rubio. DW今天一開始負責防守的對象是Kobe，期以這覆住Ridnour的對陣身高弱勢，並接以Rubio輔助防守。 "They really hurt us last time when we went small, really hurt us on the boards," Adelman said. "In one way, it helps us defensively, but we have to run things, too, and we just haven't been used to doing it with those guys on the court. But I think it's the best option for us right now. Otherwise, we're really short all over the place." Adelman：「小.....小.......小.........太小了，這陣容。」 Second year the charm? 第二年魔咒? Williams considered himself a "late bloomer" when he went from unsung prep player to No. 2 pick in just two seasons at Arizona, and he now sees himself on the same trajectory in the NBA. DW認為他是大雞晚啼，總有會咕咕叫的時候。 "Pretty much the same thing: Struggled my freshman year in college and sophomore year, I turned it around," Williams said. "I feel the same thing going on now. It really does stink that Kevin's out, but it really does help me with my confidence and trying to build it. It's tough playing behind an All-Star like that, but at the same time opportunities come around. This is the second time around that really helped my confidence a little more." DW：「我在大學兩年裡也多少有些掙扎，在這是一樣情況，Love的退場雖然搞亂了球隊一切，但不諱言我也能藉此去發揮自我極限。」 -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 182.235.44.45

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