Rockets coach Mike D'Antoni explains why he doesn’t like calling timeouts
by Paolo Songco
May 2, 2019
Houston Rockets head coach Mike D’Antoni puts a lot of faith in his players.
So much so that D’Antoni often opts against calling timeouts in crucial
junctures, and instead just lets his players play out the possession.
火箭总教练Mike D'Antoni总是对手下球员充满信心，
因此很多时候D'Antoni在关键时刻会刻意选择不叫暂停，而让球员自行去发挥。
Speaking to Michael Pina of Sports Illustrated, D’Antoni shed some light on
his thought process during these types of instances:
在接受《Sports Illustrated》Michael Pina访问时，
D'Antoni也谈到关于他在比赛中的思维。
“What am I gonna do, say ‘Oh, let me take the ball out of James’s hand,
then take it out, call a timeout, put it back in their hands in the exact
same spot they were?'” D’Antoni says. “We just go with it.”
D'Antoni表示：
“我能怎么做？哦，叫了个暂停，将球从Harden的手上拿过来，
暂停过后再将球交回他的手中继续打？我们只需要顺其自然就好。”
It’s hard to argue against D’Antoni’s logic here, especially when he has
the reigning MVP on his side. Then again, this has always been his style in
his 15-year tenure as an NBA head coach.
在这里很难跟D'Antoni的逻辑去做争辩，特别是当他手中有MVP等级的球星时，
而且这也是D'Antoni执教15年来的一贯风格。
One other trademark for D’Antoni is his refusal to call timeouts when
opposing teams go on scoring runs. The 67-year-old actually believes that
this is not a good tactic:
另一方面，当对手连续得分的时候，D'Antoni也不会叫暂停，他认为这不是个好策略。
“There are no analytics that really proves that if you call a timeout, it
stops the run of the other team,” he says. “Actually, there’s evidence
that doesn’t support that.”
D'Antoni继续说道：
“没有任何数据可以真的说明如果你叫了暂停，可以阻止对方球队的节奏。
事实上，数据显示叫不叫暂停和对手手感无关。”
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