Celtics’ Payton Pritchard Calls Out ‘Soft’ NBA Players For This Tactic
https://reurl.cc/oVGDGM
Boston Celtics guard Payton Pritchard has no problem hoisting an end-of-quarte
r shot as time expires from anywhere on the court.
塞爾提克後衛Payton Pritchard在每節結束壓哨前在場上任何地方投籃都沒有問題。
And he has no problem calling out his NBA counterparts who pass up that opport
unity.
他提到聯盟裡有些球員會放棄這種機會。
Pritchard became Boston’s king of the buzzer-beater, most notably draining a
half-court shot right before halftime in Game 5 of the NBA Finals against the
Dallas Mavericks. In that same game, Dante Exum had a chance to launch a near
full-court heave at the end of the first quarter but never pulled the trigger
and just let the clock run out.
Pritchard成為波士頓的壓哨球之王，最引人注目的是在上賽季NBA總冠軍戰G5對達拉斯小
牛的比賽中半場前的半場投籃，在同一場比賽中，Dante Exum有機會在第一節結束時發動
近乎全場的進攻，但他沒有出手嘗試，只是讓時間耗盡。
Pritchard sees that as taking the cowardly way out.
Prichard認為不出手這種球很懦弱。
“Soft mentally,” Pritchard told The Athletic’s Jay King about players takin
g that approach. “Worrying about a shooting percentage. It’s very weak. You
care about your individual shooting percentage more than winning. That’s so s
oft.”
Pritchard：心理懦弱，擔心命中率，太可悲了。把個人數據看得比勝利還重要，這太軟
弱
了。
It is that mindset that allowed Pritchard to blossom and go from a potential t
rade candidate to an integral piece of the Celtics this season.
正是這種心態讓Pritchard在本賽季從潛在的交易候選人成長為塞爾提克不可或缺的一部
分。
Pritchard is the runaway favorite for the NBA’s Sixth Man of the Year award a
s he enters the All-Star break averaging a career-best 13.8 points per game on
41.1% shooting from beyond the arc to go along with 3.9 rebounds and 3.5 assi
sts.
Pritchard是年度最佳第六人的熱門人選，進入全明星週末後，他場均拿下職業生涯最高
的13.8分，三分線外命中率41.1%，外加3.9籃板和3.5助攻。
短評或心得：
Pritchard今年真的進步很多