恭喜曼尼高(Kenny Manigault)在2023年3月11日締造PLG首次「大四喜」(註:Quadruple,四項數據達到雙位數),最終也獲得Week 19單週最有價值球員,在家人面前創造難得的美好回憶。
本文節選當晚記者會的四個問題,部分翻譯參考自林政語教練的即時口譯。為提昇閱讀方面的流暢度,問答的用字遣詞將在不影響語意的前提下,做出一定程度的調整,並附註英文原文,若有聽不仔細的地方還請見諒!
Q1:請萊恩教練談談今日比賽內容
要連續兩場比賽對上同一支球隊,總是會有一些比較困難的地方。有些隊伍會拿出跟先前不一樣的東西,但大部分時候,重複的事情還是會繼續存在,所以(對我們來說)能做出正確的調整就相當重要。
我們前一場沒能好好執行比賽計畫,但今天大家在防守端的表現好極了,進攻時也都很願意分享球權,整整48分鐘專注於賽前計畫的執行真的非常棒!
Obviously, playing two games against the same team in a row is is difficult . You know, there's teams who do a lot of different stuff, but I mean… … a lot of same stuff, so being able to make the right adjustments is important.
Last game, we didn't do a very good job with our game plan. This game was fantastic from defensive perspective, you know, even offensively we shared the ball. So, I think our guys are just being locked into the game plan and executing that for entire 48 minutes… …was great.
Q2:過去也有過幾次大三元機會,想不到一舉超越大三元,創造「大四喜」的歷史紀錄,想請Kenny多談談現在的感覺?
我覺得很棒。記得兩場比賽之前,我曾單場貢獻8次抄截(註:2/28,對鋼鐵人),我知道那是個聯盟紀錄,而且我想要打破它。
上半場為止,我知道自己已經累積不少次抄截,所以我就跟Joe(林書緯)說「今晚準備好要拿10個抄截啦!」所以說,對啊,我只是專注在打好自己的比賽,而且家人們也有到場為我加油,這場打得很不錯呢。
I feel pretty good about it. Um, I think two games ago I had 8 steals. I knew that was a record, and I wanted to break the record.
The first half, I knew I had a lot of steals, so I told Joe, ” I'm getting 10 steals.” So…yeah man, I just played my game. My family is at my game today. It was a good game.
批踢踢討論區:[情報] 今日曼尼高 單場8抄截(Feb 28, 2023)
【小插曲:萊恩教練的戲謔】
萊恩:是說你抄了10球,都沒有想過要跟教練、隊友說一聲謝謝嗎?
曼尼高:呃,是我不好,(我這樣)實在是太扯了。我想感謝隊上的每個人讓我有機會斬獲10次抄截。他們選擇放手讓我這樣做,這對我來說意義重大。
(低頭跟女兒小聲說話)你想跟大家說說什麼嗎?像是你~好~^_^?
Ryan: You don't want to thank your teammates and coaches for the 10 steals?
Kenny: Uh. My bad. This is ridiculous. I want to say thank you to my teammates and everybody allow me to get 10 steals today. Means a lot that they allow me to do that
(Talk to his daughter) You want to say anything? Like Ni Hao?
Q3:這邊有兩個問題,首先是比賽最後階段特意留曼尼高在場上,是希望他能夠完成數據嗎?第二個是有關國王的「第三洋將」有任何消息嗎?謝謝。
我想先回答第二個問題,答案是「No」,事實上呢,第一個問題的答覆也是「No」(笑),但我們的最終目標還是贏球啦。
當我們(離紀錄)愈來愈近時,我不想當那種不識趣的老派教練,堅持要把球員換下場--何況他只差一個籃板、抄截就能創紀錄。