Robert Covington played the Cavs right after learning a friend had died
RoCo在赛前得知自己好友被枪杀
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Moments before the 76ers ran onto the court to take on the Cavaliers
on Monday, Robert Covington received a text message that he wished
he hadn’t read.
星期一晚上在76人主场迎战骑士之前，Covington收到了一封他永远不想要看到的短信
The message said that a childhood friend of his had been shot to death.
短信说他儿时的朋友被枪杀了
Covington didn’t say anything to his teammates. He didn’t tell his coach.
He stayed silent, laced up his sneakers, and decided to fight through the
flood of emotions that washed over him. Covington said he thinks that’s
what his friend would have wanted.
Covington没有告诉他的队友，也没有告诉教练。他保持沉默，绑好他的鞋带，决定带着
这分悲伤上场奋斗。他说他觉得这是他的朋友希望他做的。
He said his friend was just 29 years old and was in the wrong place at the
wrong time. The two met when Covington was in fifth grade and attended high
school together in Hillside, Ill., a suburb of Chicago.
Covington说他的朋友才29岁。他在错的时间待在错的地方（所以才被枪杀）
他们在Covington五年级的时候认识，并去了在芝加哥的郊区的Hillside高中
“We went our different routes. He was into sports law. He had a family
that’s left behind,” Covington said after a 113-91 loss to the Cavs.
“It’s tough, you know, I’m sad to have him leave this earth. It’s
unfortunate. My prayers up to him and his family.”
"我们后来走上了不同的路。他钻研体育法（？）。他还有个家庭。"
Covington在76人91-113输给了骑士后说 "这很艰难，你知道的，我很难过他离开了这世界
这很不幸。我为他和他的家人祈祷。"
Covington, 26, described his friend as a big brother figure, someone who
was always there to help, even when he couldn’t physically be there.
26岁的Covington，说这位朋友像他的大哥一样，一直愿意帮助他尽管不见得能够真的在他
身边。
“He kept my spirits up a lot. He was somebody that always kind of pushed me,”
he said. “I hate that I had to find out before the game.”
"他一直让我打起精神，一直督促我"Covington说"我很遗憾我在比赛前得知这件事"
The news shook Covington and served as a stark reminder that NBA players are
just as human as everyone else, and are often asked to perform under extreme
stress and in delicate situations.
这件事震慑了Covington，也说明了NBA也跟一般人一样，但常被要求在高度的压力和微妙的情
境下正常发挥。(这句有点不知道怎么翻）
On the outside, it looked like a cold shooting night from one of the Sixers’
most reliable three-point shooters. The small forward went 0-for-9 on
three-pointers and finished with just two points, his lowest scoring output
since a loss in Utah on Dec. 29, 2016, when he scored just one point.
乍看之下，这只是个对76人最可靠的三分射手来说手感很差的夜晚。这位小前锋在三分线
0-9并指得到2分。这是他自2016年12月29日以来最低的得分。那晚他只得了一分。
For Covington though, the missed shots were just added frustration to his
already shaken mental state.
对Covington来说，那些投丢的球更动摇了他已经不稳定的精神状态。
“I tried to play through it for my teammates and everything, but it’s
just one of those tough things to deal with,” Covington said. “I tried to
stay positive during the game, but all that on top of missing shots, it just
messed with my mental.”
"我试着带着这些情绪打完比赛,为了我的队友，但这真的是很艰难的事情"Covington说
"在比赛中我试着乐观面对，但那些事再加上我投丢的球，我的精神状态变得更糟。"
After the game, Covington said that his teammates started to notice that
something wasn’t right, and that’s when he told them and Brett Brown
what had happened.
Covington说在比赛过后他的队友开始意识到事情不太对境，这时他才告诉队友们跟教练
Brett Brown发生了什么事。
Now Covington is tasked with trying to grieve in a healthy way and somehow
bounce back for another game at home on Wednesday against the Wizards.
现在Covington试着以合理的方式处理这些悲伤并在星期三下一场对巫师的比赛强势回归。
“It’s going to be a tough couple days,” he said. “Hopefully I’ll be
able to lock myself back in and come back Wednesday with a whole different
attitude.”
"这几天将会很艰难，"他说"希望我能够重新回到之前的状态并以全新的态度在星期三回到
场上。"
Covington is also hoping that he is able to attend the funeral. He said that
he would talk to his friend’s family to learn the details of the arrangements
and that if needed he would take a day off.
Covington也希望他能够参加葬礼。他说他会和他朋友的家人询问葬礼的安排再看他需不需要
向球队请假。
心得：
原来今天那么铁也是有原因的QQ
希望国民党赶快打起精神，76人需要你的外线火力跟防守
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