Robert Covington played the Cavs right after learning a friend had died
RoCo在賽前得知自己好友被槍殺
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Moments before the 76ers ran onto the court to take on the Cavaliers
on Monday, Robert Covington received a text message that he wished
he hadn’t read.
星期一晚上在76人主場迎戰騎士之前，Covington收到了一封他永遠不想要看到的簡訊
The message said that a childhood friend of his had been shot to death.
簡訊說他兒時的朋友被槍殺了
Covington didn’t say anything to his teammates. He didn’t tell his coach.
He stayed silent, laced up his sneakers, and decided to fight through the
flood of emotions that washed over him. Covington said he thinks that’s
what his friend would have wanted.
Covington沒有告訴他的隊友，也沒有告訴教練。他保持沈默，綁好他的鞋帶，決定帶著
這分悲傷上場奮鬥。他說他覺得這是他的朋友希望他做的。
He said his friend was just 29 years old and was in the wrong place at the
wrong time. The two met when Covington was in fifth grade and attended high
school together in Hillside, Ill., a suburb of Chicago.
Covington說他的朋友才29歲。他在錯的時間待在錯的地方（所以才被槍殺）
他們在Covington五年級的時候認識，並去了在芝加哥的郊區的Hillside高中
“We went our different routes. He was into sports law. He had a family
that’s left behind,” Covington said after a 113-91 loss to the Cavs.
“It’s tough, you know, I’m sad to have him leave this earth. It’s
unfortunate. My prayers up to him and his family.”
"我們後來走上了不同的路。他鑽研體育法（？）。他還有個家庭。"
Covington在76人91-113輸給了騎士後說 "這很艱難，你知道的，我很難過他離開了這世界
這很不幸。我為他和他的家人祈禱。"
Covington, 26, described his friend as a big brother figure, someone who
was always there to help, even when he couldn’t physically be there.
26歲的Covington，說這位朋友像他的大哥一樣，一直願意幫助他儘管不見得能夠真的在他
身邊。
“He kept my spirits up a lot. He was somebody that always kind of pushed me,”
he said. “I hate that I had to find out before the game.”
"他一直讓我打起精神，一直督促我"Covington說"我很遺憾我在比賽前得知這件事"
The news shook Covington and served as a stark reminder that NBA players are
just as human as everyone else, and are often asked to perform under extreme
stress and in delicate situations.
這件事震懾了Covington，也說明了NBA也跟一般人一樣，但常被要求在高度的壓力和微妙的情
境下正常發揮。(這句有點不知道怎麼翻）
On the outside, it looked like a cold shooting night from one of the Sixers’
most reliable three-point shooters. The small forward went 0-for-9 on
three-pointers and finished with just two points, his lowest scoring output
since a loss in Utah on Dec. 29, 2016, when he scored just one point.
乍看之下，這只是個對76人最可靠的三分射手來說手感很差的夜晚。這位小前鋒在三分線
0-9並指得到2分。這是他自2016年12月29日以來最低的得分。那晚他只得了一分。
For Covington though, the missed shots were just added frustration to his
already shaken mental state.
對Covington來說，那些投丟的球更動搖了他已經不穩定的精神狀態。
“I tried to play through it for my teammates and everything, but it’s
just one of those tough things to deal with,” Covington said. “I tried to
stay positive during the game, but all that on top of missing shots, it just
messed with my mental.”
"我試著帶著這些情緒打完比賽,為了我的隊友，但這真的是很艱難的事情"Covington說
"在比賽中我試著樂觀面對，但那些事再加上我投丟的球，我的精神狀態變得更糟。"
After the game, Covington said that his teammates started to notice that
something wasn’t right, and that’s when he told them and Brett Brown
what had happened.
Covington說在比賽過後他的隊友開始意識到事情不太對境，這時他才告訴隊友們跟教練
Brett Brown發生了什麼事。
Now Covington is tasked with trying to grieve in a healthy way and somehow
bounce back for another game at home on Wednesday against the Wizards.
現在Covington試著以合理的方式處理這些悲傷並在星期三下一場對巫師的比賽強勢回歸。
“It’s going to be a tough couple days,” he said. “Hopefully I’ll be
able to lock myself back in and come back Wednesday with a whole different
attitude.”
"這幾天將會很艱難，"他說"希望我能夠重新回到之前的狀態並以全新的態度在星期三回到
場上。"
Covington is also hoping that he is able to attend the funeral. He said that
he would talk to his friend’s family to learn the details of the arrangements
and that if needed he would take a day off.
Covington也希望他能夠參加葬禮。他說他會和他朋友的家人詢問葬禮的安排再看他需不需要
向球隊請假。
心得：
原來今天那麼鐵也是有原因的QQ
希望國民黨趕快打起精神，76人需要你的外線火力跟防守
第一次翻 如果有錯請指正