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Five days after shuffling out of Pepsi Center on crutches, Nuggets forward
Kenneth Faried reported improvement in his sprained left ankle and remained
optimistic about playing Denver’s playoff opener Saturday against the Golden
State Warriors.
“I feel physically better,” he said Thursday. “I can walk without a boot.
I can walk barefoot now. It’s just getting better and better each day. Like I
’ve said, if I can walk, I can play, so I’m just going to see how good the
tape job is when game time comes.”
Asked if that meant he would try to play in Game 1, Faried said: “Hopefully.
I’m not making any promises. If I’m cleared, I’m playing.”
Faried sprained his ankle when he stepped on the foot of Portland Trail
Blazers rookie Will Barton while driving to the basket on Sunday. X-rays were
negative and he has been getting several hours of treatment daily.
He was on hand to walk through some offensive and defensive concepts at the
start of practice and worked on his free-throw shooting afterward.
“Everybody would say it’s ahead of schedule right now, but I don’t know
what that exactly means,” Nuggets coach George Karl said. “Until he runs
and jumps and defends and shoots and plays one-on-one, I don’t have any feel
for it right now.”
While Faried would love to return for Game 1, the schedule allows him to
exercise patience. There are two days off before Game 2 and another two-day
break before Game 3.
“It’s in our favor,” Faried said. “I can step back and hopefully have
these guys win Game 1 and I don’t need to come in and play.”
Needless to say, Faried is much more optimistic about his playoff prospects
than when he first suffered the injury.
“When it first happened, I thought something broke,” he said. “I couldn’t
put any pressure on it. The X-rays came back negative, so that was a happy
feeling. It didn’t matter if it was broken or not, I was going to try to
play.”
Before the injury, Faried started all 80 games for Denver, and he’s
averaging 11.5 points and a team-leading 9.2 rebounds.
Wilson Chandler replaced Faried in the starting lineup for the season’s
final two games.
在金块队前锋Kenneth Faried五天前拄著拐杖走出百事中心之后，
报告显示他扭到的左脚踝有好转。他本人也对于星期日季后赛对勇士的
第一战能否上场感到乐观。
"我觉得脚踝好很多了"
"我不用靠保护靴就能走路，我现在可以赤脚走路了，它一天比一天好转
就像我说过的，只要我能走，能打球，那么当我要上场的时候我只需要
担心脚踝的包扎工作有没有做好。"
当被问到这是否代表他想试着打 Game 1 时，Faried说:
"希望囉! 但我不能做任何保证，如果伤势没有疑虑的话，我会打的。
Faried是在礼拜一比赛时踩到拓荒者菜鸟Barton的脚才受伤
X光检查之后他每天要接受几个小时的治疗
金块队总教练 George Karl说:
"大家都说他复原得比预期还要快，但我不确定那到底是什么意思
在他确定能跑、能跳、能防守、能投球、可以一对一之前，我并没有他已复原的感觉"
尽管Faried希望能在第一战就回归，赛程上的安排却让他可以好好养伤
在第二战之前有两天的休息，然后到第三战之前也还有两天的休息
"这对我们是有利的" Faried说道
"我可以站在旁边，希望这些家伙可以打赢第一战让我可以好好养伤"
不用多说，Faried跟刚受伤的时候比起来已经对他季后赛的前景感到乐观许多
"当脚踝扭到的时候，我心想有什么东西断了"
"我当时不能施加任何压力在脚踝上，但还好X光的结果是好的。
其实不管有没有断掉我都会试着回到场上打球的"
在Faried受伤之前他为金块队先发了开季以来连续80场比赛
每场平均得11.5分还抓下领先全队的9.2个篮板。
Wilson Chandler代替他先发了赛季的最后两场比赛。
金块加油!!!!