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Alvin Gentry Wouldn't Have Pulled Zion in Pelicans Debut 'If I Wasn't Told To'
要不是被告知的話 Alvin Gentry是不會把Zion換下場休息的
Count New Orleans Pelicans head coach Alvin Gentry among those who wanted to
see 2019 No. 1 overall pick Zion Williamson continue his fourth-quarter hot
streak during his regular-season NBA debut against the San Antonio Spurs on
Wednesday night.
今天晚上馬刺鵜鶘一戰，這是Zion Williamson的NBA首戰，到了第四節的時候，鵜鶘總教
練Alvin Gentry也是那些想看這位2019年選秀狀元繼續打下去的其中一位。
However, that decision wasn't in his hands.
然而，這決定不是他能做的。
"I'm not the brightest coach in the world, but I wouldn't have taken him out
if I wasn't told to," Gentry said following the 121-117 loss to the Spurs.
「我不是世上最聰明的教練，但是要不是被告知的話，我是不會把他換下來的，」在今晚
以121-117輸給馬刺後，Gentry說到。
Williamson finished the night with 22 points, seven rebounds and three
assists in 18 minutes. He went 4-of-4 from behind the arc as the Pelicans try
to ease him back into the rotation following a preseason knee injury. At one
point, the Duke product rattled off 17 straight points and briefly gave New
Orleans a lead.
今晚上場18分鐘，Williamson拿下22分，7個籃板，3個助攻。三分線是投四中四，鵜鶘希
望他可以慢慢的在因為季前膝傷之後可以逐步回到輪值。在這場比賽，這位杜克出身的球
員連續替鵜鶘拿下17分，一度讓鵜鶘獲得了領先。
Although those in attendance at the Smoothie King Center were chanting for
more Zion down the stretch, Gentry didn't dare overrule his training staff.
儘管全場觀眾喊著希望Zion繼續打下去，Gentry沒勇氣拒絕他的訓練人員的建議。
"He couldn't go back in the game, so don't go there," Gentry chuckled in his
postgame press conference. "The medical people said that was it."
「他不能回到場上了，所以不用在問了，」Gentry在賽後記者會上笑個說。「醫療人員說
就是這樣。」
Williamson will be re-evaluated Thursday morning, but Gentry said "there's no
reason for me to believe he won't be fine."
明天早上Williamson會再接受評估，但是Gentry說，「我沒有理由相信他會有問題的。」
As for how he felt Williamson performed, he relayed what he told the rookie
phenom at halftime.
當被問到他覺得Williamson的表現，他用他中場時接受訪問講到這位菜鳥球員的說法來回
應。
"I wanted him to be aggressive. You can see there's a lot of things we can do
with him. There's a lot of potential there. There's a really, really high
ceiling that he could reach.
「我希望他要打的有侵略性，大家可以看到我們跟他可以有很多方式可以打，還有很多的
潛力可以發揮，他可以發展的極限真的很高。」
"It's his first NBA game, but the third time he went out there, I thought he
was much more comfortable and aggressive. He found out that everybody makes
mistakes and continued to play through it."
「這是他第一場NBA比賽，但是當他三度踏上場時，我認為他打得更舒適也更加侵略性。他
知道大家都會犯錯，但是就是繼續打下去。」
The Pelicans are back in action on Jan. 24 against the Denver Nuggets.
Barring a setback, Williamson will get another chance to dazzle both his
coach and fans across the league.
鵜鶘會在明天面對金塊。儘管今天輸球，Williamson將會有另一個機會讓教練跟聯盟粉絲
驚豔。