The veteran forward could see that his Golden State Warriors were improving in practice, and he could feel the camaraderie of the group building on a daily basis.
司职大前锋的老将格林发现,勇士队在训练中不断进步,他可以感受到球队的化学反应一天天在建立起来。
So as the group went through a practice last week, he let Warriors swingman Alec Burks in on a little secret.
因此,上周的训练过后,他向勇士的摇摆人亚力克-伯克斯透露了一个秘密。
"I told AB last week sometime, we were in shootaround, I said, 'AB, I just had an epiphany.'" Green said following Friday night's 105-96 win over the Phoenix Suns.
“上周有一次赛前投篮训练的时候,我告诉过AB,我说‘AB,我突然有一种预感’”,说起周五晚上105-96战胜菲尼克斯太阳的比赛时,格林这样说到。
"He was like, 'What?' I said, 'I had an epiphany we were about to win five games in a row.'
“AB当时像是说‘你说什么?’”。格林继续说到,“我突然感觉我们能五连胜!”
And he was like, 'All right, cool.' And then last game he said, 'We're at three.' I just saw again, he's like, 'Hey man, we're at four.'"
AB的样子像是说“可以,很棒”。接着下一场比赛他说到“这是第三场连胜”,刚刚我看了一眼他,他像是在说“嘿,哥们儿,这是第四场!”
The Warriors, who came into Friday's game with just eight wins, have won four in a row.
勇士队在周五的比赛之前只取得了八场胜利,其中就包括这波四连胜。
It's their first win streak of the season. The confidence that has been waning at times from the group during an injury-riddled gap year is booming now heading into Saturday's home game against Luka Doncic and the Dallas Mavericks.
这是他们本赛季的首次连胜。在受伤困扰的空档年里,球队的信心有时会减弱,但在周六主场面对拥有卢卡·东契奇的达拉斯独行侠的比赛前,这种信心正变得高涨起来。
Green and the Warriors have gotten their season back on track by going back to the basics on the defensive end.
格林和勇士队通过努力做好最基本的防守,让他们的赛季回到了正轨。
The Warriors have the best defensive rating in the NBA since Dec. 19 (97.6 points per 100 possessions allowed), according to ESPN Stats and Information research.
根据ESPN的数据和信息研究,勇士队取得了自12月19日以来NBA最好的防守评分(每100次进攻得到97.6分)。
"I think we're really flying around," Green said. "We're doing a great job of sticking to the game plan.
“我觉得我们真的飞奔起来了”,格林说到,“我们在坚持比赛策略方面做得很好。
One thing about defense is you're always going to give up something, so then it becomes what is it that you're willing to give up?
关于防守有一点要明白,想要做好防守就必须要放弃一些东西,因此问题就是你愿意放弃什么。
And I think the things that we've been willing to give up, we've been giving those up, and it's been working out for us."
我认为,我们一直愿意放弃的东西,我们一直在履行这样的观念,这对我们很有帮助。”
After a frustrating first half on Friday that saw Suns shooting guard Devin Booker score 17 of his game-high 34 points,
周五的比赛中,在令人沮丧的上半场,太阳队的得分后卫德文·布克拿下了全场最高的34分中的17分,
the Warriors clawed their way back by forcing 27 turnovers against a Phoenix team that has now lost eight games in a row.
下半场,勇士队凭借顽强的防守造成太阳队27次失误才得以扳回了比分,使得太阳队遭遇了八连败。
The Warriors outscored the Suns 28-7 off turnovers, which is the season-best mark for Steve Kerr's team this season.
勇士队以7-28的失误击败了太阳队,这是本赛季史蒂夫·科尔的球队最好的成绩。
The Warriors'defense forced the Suns into more turnovers than they had assists for the first time all year.
勇士队的防守迫使太阳队这一整年头一回失误比助攻还要多。
Aside from Green's usual solid play, the Warriors got a nice lift from D'Angelo Russell, who scored 31 points and has found an offensive rhythm over the past week.
除了格林一贯的稳定发挥外,德安吉洛·拉塞尔也为勇士队贡献了强劲火力,拉塞尔在过去的一周中得到了31分,找到了进攻节奏。
Two-way guard Ky Bowman got the fourth quarter off to a fine start by stealing a pass and throwing down a big dunk that ignited the Warriors' bench, including injured stars Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson.
拥有双向合同的后卫凯·鲍曼第四节打了一个良好的开局,抢断了一个传球,一个扣篮,点燃了勇士的整个板凳席,其中就有受伤的全明星球员斯蒂芬·库里和克莱·汤普森。
Green scoffed at the notion that the Warriors are feeling any pressure to pay off his epiphany of five straight wins on Saturday against a Mavericks team that beat the Warriors by 48 points on Nov. 20.
格林对“球员为了兑现他所说的在周六的比赛中击败独行侠豪取五连胜而倍感压力”的说法嗤之以鼻,而独行侠在11月20日的比赛中以48分的优势击败了勇士队。
"Pressure for what?" Green said. "We have nine wins." Green has set a tone the rest of his teammates are following: believing after a bad start to the campaign that they can compete against anybody right now.
“压力?”格林说到,“我们有九场胜利。”格林为他的队友们定下了一个基调:在糟糕的开局之后,他们相信自己现在可以和任何人竞争。
"We still got nine wins," Green said. "Ain't no pressure. We still go out there and swing for the fences."
“我们还是赢了9场,”格林说,“不是没有压力。我们仍然会投入战斗并全力以赴”。
"This team is just really getting better, and it's exciting."
“这支球队真的越来越好,这很令人兴奋。”
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