来源：The Athletic 网址：https://reurl.cc/M3Zz2K MINNEAPOLIS — About 35 minutes before the Minnesota Timberwolves were set to tip off against the New Orleans Pelicans on Friday night, an eruption could be heard in the back hallways of Target Center. 昨天灰狼鹈鹕战开打前35分钟，在主场Target Center走道传出一阵欢呼声。 It came from the locker room, and the timing seemed odd for a team that was in the doldrums after two straight dispiriting losses to teams that had no business winning in this building. It came from an announcement from head coach Chris Finch, just before the regular game plan meeting started. 声音是从休息室传来，时机有点怪，毕竟球队才连输两场，之前还在低沉的气压里。这 欢呼声是来自总教练Finch宣布之後，刚好在平常比赛会议开始之前。 As the team gathered around, Finch told them they had the chance to do something special on this night. He wasn’t talking about getting revenge on the Pelicans, who embarrassed them two nights prior. He wasn’t talking about closing the gap on the Golden State Warriors for the coveted No. 6 seed in the Western Conference playoff chase. He was talking about doing something for one of their own and a family that has been through hell. 当球队球员都聚在一起时，Finch跟大家说今晚有个机会可以做点特别的，他不是在讲 今天晚上要复仇，因为两天前他们才输给同一队鹈鹕；他也不是在讲要追近现在C6的勇 士，他要讲的是他们队上大家庭里面有个家庭一直都在困顿中。 Finch told his team that he was giving veteran forward Joe Ingles his first start of the season, even though this was a “must-win game.” As the players looked around at each other, he told them why a guy who had appeared in only 18 of the team’s previous 71 games, five of which lasted 3 seconds or less, was suddenly starting for a team that was flailing. He told them that Ingles ’ wife and three children were in town visiting this week and that one of life’s little miracles had occurred for them at a game against the Utah Jazz on Sunday. Finch跟大家说他要让队上的老将Ingle本季第一次先发，即使这场是一场必须得赢的比 赛。当大家正面面相觑时，Finch跟大家说为什麽过去71场比赛只上场了18次，其中5次 还打不到3秒的球员，忽然间要替一支正在危急存亡关头的球队先发。他跟他们说Ingles 的太太跟三个小孩这礼拜来看他，而上一场他们打爵士的比赛发生了一个人生中的奇蹟。 He told them how Ingles’ 8-year-old son, Jacob, has autism, and how he had never been able to sit through the sensory overload of an NBA game from start to finish. He told them that on Sunday, for the first time ever, Jacob was able to watch the entire game, an incredible breakthrough for him and the family that has fought so hard for him since he was diagnosed at 2 1/2 years old. Finch说Ingles八岁大的小孩Jacob有自闭症，他从来就没有办法看完一整场NBA比赛，因 为这对他是知觉过度负荷 (sensory overload)，但是上一场对爵士的比赛，Jacob第一 次看完整场比赛，这是自从他两岁半诊断自闭症後，他跟家人努力奋斗，一个重大的突 破。 There was only one bummer: Ingles did not play in that game. Friday marked the last day the family would be together before mom and the kids headed back to their full-time home in Orlando, where Jacob has a school that he loves and a house that provides him much-needed comfort. 但是这有个遗憾，Ingles那场没打。Finch说这会是Ingles这一家人在这边的最後一天， 再来他们就要飞回奥兰多的家，那边Jacob有他喜欢的学校，那边的家对他来说会比较舒 服。 When Finch got word of Jacob’s milestone, he became determined to make sure that the boy got to see his dad on the court this time. Not only did Finch plan to play Ingles against the Pelicans, he told his team that he planned to put him in the starting lineup. 当Finch得知Jacob的重大突破後，他就决定要让Jacob看到他的爸爸Ingles在场上打球。 Finch不只要让Ingles上场打球，他还跟队员说他计画要让Ingles先发。Finch说： “I figured, if we’re going to do it, let’s do it in style,” Finch said. 「我觉得，既然我们要做，就要做的优雅。」 The entire team started clapping and cheering, a response so emphatic that the cement block walls that separate the locker room from the arena hallway couldn’t contain the noise. All of a sudden, a team that had lost its swag, as Julius Randle put it after the loss on Wednesday dropped them to eighth in the West, was reinvigorated. 全队听完开始鼓掌鼓躁，这声音之大，连分隔休息室跟球馆走道的水泥墙都挡不住。忽 然间，本来一支丧志的球队，星期三输球让他们落到C8，就如Randle表现的，再次活了 起来。前锋Jaden McDaniels说： “I would want coach to do the same for me if I was in that position,” forward Jaden McDaniels said. 「若是我跟Ingles有一样的情况，我也会希望我的教练做一样的事情。」 What followed was a 134-93 victory over the Pels. Randle had 20 points, six rebounds and five assists, Rudy Gobert had 15 points, 11 rebounds and three steals and Anthony Edwards scored 17 points. The most important person on the court that night went scoreless in six minutes, missing all three of his shots, committing two fouls and turning it over once. The most important person in the building, a young boy who was non-verbal early on in his diagnosis but is now in school and growing and developing and blossoming, was able to watch an entire NBA game for the second time in a row. The only difference this time was Jacob got to see his dad play. “This is the stuff,” Ingles said, “I’ll remember forever.” 而那之後就是一场大胜，134-93，Randle拿了20分，6板，5助；Gobert拿下15分，11板， 3抄，AE拿下17分。但是最重要的那人，上场6分钟，一分未得，三次出手尽墨，两次犯 规，一次失误。而在场馆里最重要的那个人，那个年轻小男孩，在小时候根本不会讲话， 现在在学校慢慢成长茁壮，可以连续看完两整场NBA比赛。不过和上次不同的是，他这次 可以看到他爸打球。Ingles说： 「这会是我永远铭记在心的一件事。」 ---- 这篇很长，先翻到这边。 总教练Finch真的很暖啊~~ --

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