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NBA Finals: Kevon Looney, Jordan Bell ready to fill big role
OAKLAND — Jordan Bell’s season at Oregon ended last year when he failed to
corral a rebound in the last seconds of a Final Four loss to North Carolina.
Kevon Looney watched from the bench last June as the Warriors won their
second NBA title in three seasons.
From those humble vantage points, Bell and Looney are now poised to play
substantial roles beginning Thursday in the NBA Finals against the Cleveland
Cavaliers.
One of them is likely to start at center, although neither had been given the
official word.
“Steve changes his rotation a lot,” Looney said of Warriors coach Steve
Kerr. “You just go with the flow and stay ready.”
Bell couldn’t be more ready.
“I’m used to being in moments like this at every level of my basketball
career,” he said. “Obviously, this is way bigger. I’m very excited for it.
”
Looney, who sat out all 17 postseason games a year ago because of a left hip
injury, started four of seven games against the Houston Rockets in the
Western Conference finals, contributing 3.7 points and 5.0 rebounds in 19
minutes per game.
“It’s been a lot different for me,” Looney said. “Play some big minutes
and try to make a difference in each game. It’s been big for me. It’s been
a lot of fun.”
Looney said he felt part of the team a year ago, but acknowledged, “This is
just a different feeling, being in the game, making a difference and them
depending on me.”
Both 6-foot-9 post players earned time primarily because of their defensive
versatility. Especially with wing Andre Iguodala sidelined the past four
games because of a knee injury, the Warriors are relying on Bell and Looney
to be able to guard post players but also jump out on switches.
“I saw a role I could play, which was switching out on screens on the
defensive end, and crashing the boards on the offensive end, try to score
around the basket,” Looney said.
As much as anything, it was a matter of being healthy. Looney struggled with
injuries to both hips his first two seasons, which led to others casting
doubt on his future.
“There was always a question if it was going to happen for me,” he said. “
I stayed pretty confident in myself, even though people told me it wasn’t
going to happen. You might get traded, you might even get cut.
“I always had confidence in myself and my game and what I could do. I knew
if I kept working hard my moment would come. On this team, Steve gives
everyone an ample opportunity to play. For me to be here, I don’t I think I
even dreamt of starting in the Western Conference finals.”
Bell still thinks back to the Final Four, where North Carolina’s Kennedy
Meeks wrestled a rebound away from him after a missed free throw by a Tar
Heels player with four seconds left. North Carolina won 77-76.
The lesson he learned then, and tries to apply to his budding NBA career: “
Knowing that every mistake can cost you a game.”
General manager Bob Myers said the Warriors saw plenty they liked in Bell,
who had 16 rebounds in the loss to Carolina.
“More for us, we saw the way the league was going. It’s evolving into a lot
of switching and athleticism,” Myers said. “There’s a lot of things we
liked in him. Bottom line, you draft players that help you win.”
Bell had a clear vision once the trade happened. He even anticipated the
chance to face LeBron James in the Finals.
“To me, this was the best situation I ever could be put in,” he said. “I
felt like I was the No. 1 pick in the draft.
“When I came to this team, I knew we were going to the Finals. And I knew,
more than likely, LeBron was going to go because they went three years before.
前情提要:
金洲勇士隊總教練Steve Kerr (史總)，在記者日有提到，Kevon Looney跟Jordan Bell
兩人將會肩負更多的責任，甚至擔綱先發。
本文簡述:
去年的總冠軍戰，Kevon Looney在板凳席上觀看了他進NBA這三年來的第二個總冠軍
，儘管只是腳色球員，但 Bell and Looney 準備在這次的總冠軍上負起重要的腳色 ，
其中一人甚至需要擔任先發中鋒，但目前還沒有確定是誰。
下列是關於Kevon Looney的簡易訪談
1.談到史總
Looney談到史總:他改變了許多的球員輪替，你只需要聽他的號令，然後準備就緒。
Bell 則是一直都準備好參戰了，他說:在我的職業籃球生涯中，這種大場面非常多
，它們(大場面)讓我強壯成長，我很期待。
2.談到場上的任務
去年因為左髖受傷，而在場邊觀賞了17場的季後賽，在西區冠軍賽中，先發四場對抗
休士頓火箭隊，貢獻3.7分，5籃板，在平均上場時間19分鐘裡面。
Looney說到:這對我是很大的挑戰，上場更多的時間，並且持續進步，這很辛苦，但
我樂在其中。
他繼續說到:我在去年感受到身為球隊一份的榮耀，但老實說，今年我扮演的角色更
重要，甚至讓球隊需要仰賴我的表現。
Looney在西區冠軍的比賽中主要肩負的是防守端的重任，六尺九吋的他在Iguodala
受傷後，和Bell一起在防守端保護勇士隊，當隊友的後盾。
Looney說到:我能做的就是擋拆後可以換防出去，鞏固籃板球，並想辦法偷襲籃下。
3.談到個人的受傷問題
但，很重要的一件事情就是，Looney兩度受傷的髖骨，讓人不禁質疑他的耐戰度，
甚至是整個職業生涯。
Looney談到這點:這是每人都會面臨到的問題，我對自己很有信心，儘管人們常嗆我
要被交易或是釋出，但這些都沒有發生。
4.談到是否可以先發
Looney說:我對自己很有信心，只要盡全力在場上奮鬥就好，在我們這球隊中，史總
給每個人很多機會上場打球，對我來說，有沒有先發都沒有關係。
再來是Jordan Bell的訪談
(他談了很多以前NCAA比賽的事情，恕刪，可自行看原文。)
在被交易到勇士隊之後，Jordan Bell有了新的視野，他甚至不排斥在總冠軍戰上面
迎戰LeBron James
"對我來說，目前這是我的最佳狀況，我甚至覺得我是第一順位的新秀。"
"當我加入這支球隊，我知道我們會進入總冠軍戰，而我知道，LeBron Jame也會進入
冠軍戰，因為他們前三年都進了。
心得: #相信史總
#我要先發