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. 老河流最近走到鹈鹕主场的NBA摄影房接受访问，问题是关於他老儿子的进步。 To the original question, the father – and head coach of the Los Angeles Clippers – ultimately answered that his son’s defense was vastly improved. 老河流回答说他儿子的防守进步非常多。 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. 「其实最大的改变就是他愿意去付钱了」老河流说。 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也同意这样的说法 “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.” 「他在攻击和找寻队友方面真的很棒，但防守才是他和别的二年级生不一样的地方」 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. 小河流打了整个第四节以及延长赛，帮助鹈鹕逆转，他的防守是让他一直在场上的原因 The 6-foot-4, 200-pound guard has learned how to use and control his frame to stymie opponents. 他一直在学习如何运用他的身体阻挡对手 “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强度对我们帮助真的很大」Monty说 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.” 「过去并不是我不想做，而是我不知道怎麽做，现在防守是我的强项之一」小河流说 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. 这是他进步最多的地方，虽然相较菜鸟年少打将近400分钟，但产出却是一样的。 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. 但在过去十场比赛，他的进攻数据有所进步。平均得9.5分，命中率46.8%，每场比赛将近 多进两球，在这段时间助攻也提升到平均3.1次 Still, it’s what he has done on defense that has taken most by surprise. Including his father. 但他在防守端的表现仍然是让很多人最吃惊，包括他的父亲。 “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.” 「我和我的人开玩笑说，我不需要去探查，因为我知道他最後会是个好的进攻球员，但我 却不知道说他会成为一位好的防守球员。他已经成为一位好的防守者，替他感到高兴，过 去没看过他这样做过，他真的很喜欢很享受」老河流说。 “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.” 「我一直在这部分有所进步，而且这是会感染的，当你这样子打球，你的队友也会开始有 好的防守」小河流说。 --

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