https://tinyurl.com/mr3zu8ak Rudy Gobert is one of the voices in the Timberwolves locker room who often gives sobering analysis after losses of what the team needs to do to get better. He will often speak of the team needing to build championship habits, to play smart basketball, especially on defense. Rudy Gobert 常在输球後，在休息室内给出冷静且清醒的分析。他经常强调 球队必须建立「冠军习惯」，并打出聪明的篮球，尤其是在防守端。 But there was an edge to Gobert’s comments after the Wolves’ 119-115 home loss to the Pelicans on Friday, Feb. 6, that usually isn’t there, an edge that reflected growing frustration in the locker room around how the Wolves play on nights like these. After being up 18 points in the third quarter, the Wolves relaxed, played with little effort — especially on defense — and gave up the game to one of the worst teams in the league. 但在主场输给鹈鹕队後，Gobert 的言论多了一种以往罕见的锐气，显现出休 息室内对球队表现日益增长的挫折感。在第三节一度领先 18 分的情况下， 灰狼队却松懈下来，防守毫无斗志，将胜利拱手让给了联盟垫底的队伍之一 。 They again made Zion Williamson look like an All-NBA player when he faces the Wolves (29 points on 11-for-13 shooting). As Wolves coach Chris Finch said, it was in the scouting report to take away Williamson’s runway to the hoop. They didn’t do that. They allowed New Orleans’ Saddiq Bey to score 30 points and let Trey Murphy III (26 points) get several open looks from three-point range. It showed the cracks that come in the Wolves’ energy level and execution on defense. 他们再次让 Zion Williamson 在对阵灰狼队时看起来像个年度第一队的球星 。诚如总教练 Chris Finch 所言，球探报告早已注明要封堵 Williamson 冲 击篮框的起跑线，但他们却没确实执行。此外，让 Saddiq Bey 砍下 30 分 ，并给了 Trey Murphy III 多次空档三分的机会。这暴露出团队在防守积极 度与执行力上的裂痕。 And Gobert, the four-time NBA Defensive Player of the Year, sounded as frustrated as he has ever been in his Wolves tenure. “ Just no effort. We’ve seen that many, many times this year, last few years, since I’ve been here,” he said. “We always know it’ s coming. When it comes there’s no sense of urgency, no accountability. So I think at some point, if the players don’t have accountability, someone has to have accountability for the players.” 这位四届联盟年度最佳防守球员展现了加入球队以来最深沉的沮丧。「就是 没尽力。自从我来到这里，这几年乃至今年见过太多次了。」他明白说道。 「我们明知道这种状况会发生，但发生时却毫无危机意识，也没人负责。所 以我想，如果球员无法自我检讨，那必须有人来监督并追究球员的责任。」 This led to a discussion with Gobert about that accountability. Should it come from the players themselves? From the coaches to the players? Gobert said that perhaps Finch should start benching players who aren’t showing that effort on the defensive end of the floor, regardless of their stature on the team or how many minutes they are accustomed to playing. 这引发了关於「责任归属」的讨论。应该来自球员自觉，还是教练对球员的 要求？Gobert 认为，或许教练该开始处罚那些防守不力的球员，让他们坐板 凳，无论该球员在队内的地位如何、或是习惯上场多久。 “It should start with ourselves, but it seems like we don’t have that, so I think at some point from the coaches, yeah,” Gobert said. “It’s not an easy position for a coach to take guys out of the game. It’s not something that you want to do, but I think if the players don’t show any effort, at some point, no matter how talented we are as a team, if you don’t have that, you just can’t be a winning team.” 「这本该从自律开始，但看来我们做不到，所以我想教练确实该介入。」 Gobert 说道。「对教练来说，把人换下场并非易事，也不想这麽做，但如果 球员展现不出斗志，无论球队多有天赋，我们终究无法成为赢家。」 Nobody should be spared from hitting the bench, Gobert said. Not himself, not anyone else regardless of stature on the team. As for who Gobert may be referring to? He didn’t name names, but it’s not hard to parse that he was including Anthony Edwards and Julius Randle in his critiques. Gobert 强调，没有人应该享有「免坐板凳」的特权，包括他自己在内，队内 任何大牌球星都不例外。虽然他没有指名道姓，但外界不难推测，他的批评 对象包含了 Anthony Edwards 与 Julius Randle。 “It starts with me. If I’m not showing effort, bench me. Take me out of the game. Everybody else will follow. Our best players, leaders, if we don’t show any effort, it doesn’t matter if you score 50, we’re not going to win,” Gobert said. “At some point, if we’re not mature enough to have that accountability ourselves, that might be a solution. And I guarantee you that when we come back onto the court, we’ll show effort.” 「这要从我做起。如果我不努力，就让我坐板凳，把我换下场，其他人自然 会跟进。身为球队的主力与领导者，如果我们不努力，就算你得 50 分也赢 不了球。」Gobert 说，「如果我们还不够成熟到能自我约束，这或许是个解 决办法。而且我向你保证，只要被换下场再回来，每个人都会全力以赴。」 As Gobert stated, when the Wolves play defense, they tend to win. “It’s insane how when we just do that we win every night,” Gobert said. Juxtapose Gobert’s comments with comments Edwards made after the Wolves’ Jan. 29 victory over Oklahoma City. In a moment of self-awareness, Edwards said he recognizes he doesn’t always play with maximum effort on defense, but that when he does, it usually means good things for the team. 诚如 Gobert 所言，灰狼队只要防守就能赢球。「说来也疯狂，只要我们肯 防守，每晚都能赢。」Gobert 说道。若将 Gobert 的这番发言，与 Edwards 在一月底赢球後的言论相互比照。当时 Edwards 展现了自省，坦言自己并非 总在防守端倾尽全力，但只要他愿意专注防守，通常球队就会有好事发生。 “Like, if I’m guarding at a high level, I think everybody’s gonna do it,” Edwards said at the time. “So I just gotta make my mind up and choose to do it, which is, like I said, it’s always tough, but I gotta figure out a way to do it.” 「如果我能高强度防守，大家都会跟随。」Edwards 当时曾说。「所以我必 须下定决心去做。就像我说的，这总是很艰难，但我必须想办法做到。」 On Friday, the Wolves dropped another clunker against a team they should beat on the same day President Tim Connelly said he traded for Ayo Dosunmu because the Wolves had a “puncher’s chance” of winning a title. But as they showed again, they don’t always pack heat behind that punch. Perhaps Dosunmu, who is known for his defense and his energy, can help snap the Wolves out of their season-long malaise. But there’s only a little more than two months left in the regular season. If they haven’t woken up by now, will they ever? 在周五这天，灰狼队又再度爆冷输球。而在同一天，球队总裁 Tim Connelly 才表示交易来 Ayo Dosunmu 是因为球队还有一搏冠军机会。但事实证明， 拳头出去没有半点威胁性。或许以防守与活力着称的 Dosunmu 能协助球队 摆脱困境，但例行赛只剩两个多月，如果这阶段还没清醒，以後还会醒吗？ “No one should get a pass for not playing defense,” Gobert said. “Because guys are too talented nowadays. … We play for a championship. If we’re tired, we should ask for sub. And if you have the energy to play, you should put the effort.” 「没人能因为防守偷懒而获得宽恕，」Gobert 说。「现在的球员都太有才华 了。我们是为了总冠军而战。如果累了，就主动要求换人；只要还有体力， 就必须全力以赴。」 --- 狗贝只是把球迷心声讲出来。 没有指名道姓，但相关人士都要牢牢记住这些提醒啊。 --

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