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作者:Tomer Azarly
Kawhi Leonard, Paul George, Russell Westbrook and the Los Angeles Clippers
entered this season with a renewed focus and urgency that had folks thinking,
“Hey, maybe this is the year.” With one trade for James Harden, however,
the team appears to have abandoned that urgency, falling back into last
year's mindset of, “We've got time,” while completely throwing everyone's
roles in a blender.
Kawhi Leonard、Paul George、Russell Westbrook和快艇今年以全新的专注与紧迫感让大
家产生了"也许今年就是那一年"的想法。但在James Harden交易案过后，球队似乎放弃了
这个紧迫感并退回到去年的"我们还有时间"的心态并把所有人的角色完全颠覆。
(注:去年Lawrence Frank与球迷强调他们会开始注重例行赛...之类的BS)
Training camp began with the Clippers placing major emphasis on defense and
playing an up-tempo style of basketball. Practices were full of running to
the point that players playfully vented about them during press conferences.
“We're running a lot,” and, “have you ever seen a team run this much in
camp?” were funny quotes thrown around by some of the older guys on the team.
Through the first seven games of the season — parts of four preseason and
three regular-season games — the Clippers looked like a team building up to
something. Kawhi Leonard and Paul George were in a great rhythm together,
picking their spots throughout games while point guard Russell Westbrook
played some of the best and most controlled basketball in his career.
快艇在他们的训练营将重点都放在防守及打快速度的篮球。练球充满了跑步且球员们也时
常在记者会上开玩笑。"我们跑很多步"及"你有看过哪只球队在训练营跑这么多吗?"都是当
时几名老将时常说的玩笑话。
在开季的前7场