[外電] Pekovic struggling to fit in

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Nikola Pekovic said he’s not upset, he’s just unsure. He’s not frustrated, he’s just trying to find a good fit. 培果迷路努力找路中 Early in the season, fresh off signing his long-term deal, Pekovic is trying to fit in with the only NBA team he has played for. 大約簽了，能力卻弱化了 So much has changed from a year ago. Kevin Love, injured for much of last season, is back. Kevin Martin, the shooting guard the team has been looking for, has been inserted into the offense, changing the dynamic. And Pekovic, the physical center, still is looking for his place in the offense. 其他球員都開始攻擊了，培果還在尋找攻擊定位。 “When you have all the shooters, I need to try to fit in,” he said. “I can ’t see as many balls as I did last year.” 培果：「沒辦法，有慾無球」 Pekovic is quick to add he’s not unhappy about this. He understands Love is the team’s first option and that Martin needs his shots, too. All Pekovic wants to do, he says, is win. He just needs to find out how best to help the team do just that. 培果不會不爽快，只要能贏球他可以做出犧牲。 “It will come all together,” Pekovic said. “It will be fine. … I know everybody is doing everything in their power to make my life easier. And I’m doing everything to make their life easier.” 培果：「我願意放下身段，我為人人」 Pekovic has scored in double figures in four of five games, with double-doubles in two of them. But his 11-point scoring average is down more than six points from last season. His 38.9 shooting percentage is well off his career 53.3 mark, and his turnovers are up. 雖然培果5場裡有四場都是雙位數得分，其中兩場是雙十數據，但平均得分比去年向下掉、命中向下掉，失誤往上衝 Wolves coach Rick Adelman figures Pekovic will find his comfort zone with more patience and more help from his teammates. Adelman認為培果要保持耐心從自身到與隊友的交流中搜尋出自我舒爽定位 Indeed, that was one of the themes that emerged from a lengthy film session Thursday. Adelman wanted to show how out of whack the offense got after the first quarter in Wednesday’s loss to Golden State. It showed players breaking off from called plays, going to the wrong places on the court, not moving the ball from side to side. Adelman認為對上勇士的那一場球賽，儘管球的移轉保持順暢，但場上定位卻產生混亂 “I don’t think we have any selfish players,” Adelman said. “But we’re playing selfish right now. It’s not so much you don’t pass the ball, it’s you don’t make the right cuts, you don’t get in the right spots. We’re shortcutting a lot of stuff offensively.” And that is affecting everyone, especially Pekovic. Adelman：「球隊中沒有自私的球員，但他們必須打得自私一點，這是指當每位球員都在正確的位置上，去用更有效率快速的方式去完成進攻得分手段，當然，這些改變會發生影響，培果也是其中之一。」 He has to continue to work to get position, and he has to be willing to kick the ball out when the paint is congested. Perhaps more important, Adelman said, is for Pekovic to be more patient and not try to rush things. But Adelman said the team needs to help Pekovic. Adelman：「培果必須掌握好自身情況，比賽時傳與不傳，打與不打都該得心應手，不過這一切都該保持耐心，除此外，球隊也須好好供予幫助。」 “I thought we could have got him the ball a number of times [Wednesday] night, but we didn’t do it,’’ the coach said. “We went to someone else. And, we give him or Kevin the ball, and we don’t do what we’re supposed to do and it’s all jammed up and he has no place to go. So it’s a combination.” Adelman：「球隊狀態沒調整好，給予培果的幫助也有限度，也相對造成他的恢復步伐也減緩許多，進而造成這些情況。」 Pekovic has hit just seven of his 23 shots with five turnovers in the past two games. But he thinks he’ll be OK. 雖然培果最近這兩場比賽攻擊完全一蹶不振，但他知道他會做的越來越好。 “No one should be frustrated,” he said. “Everything is going to come and everything is going to be fine.” 培果：「事情總會過去，美好將會到來。」 -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 182.235.37.41 ※ 編輯: sato111 來自: 182.235.37.41 (11/09 00:48)