Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr had a goal for his team before the new year began: be a top-four seed in the Western Conference. Despite his veteran-laden group starting 14-15 and sitting at eighth entering Monday’s game against the Orlando Magic, Kerr remains hopeful that his original goal can still come to fruition. “We all know where we are.” Kerr said after Sunday’s film session. “Look, our goal coming into the season was to be a top-four seed, and I still think it’s well within our reach. But it can be daunting if you look and you go, ‘ Man, we’re five, six games back.’ But we know how fast things can flip if we can take care of our business and find some momentum because everybody else is gonna go through tough stretches too.” Kerr noted earlier this week that the coaching staff showed the Warriors clips of how they played last season after Butler was acquired to remind them of how the offense can work when they look for him more. Kerr said Sunday he felt the difference was in Butler’s mindset recently — being more aggressive in trying to find ways to score. “Just being himself,” Kerr said. “Being aggressive. He has such a great feel for the moment, for the game, I think the last two games he’s shown that. He’s understood he needed to be more assertive, more aggressive, and he’s been excellent.” 金州勇士教練Steve Kerr在新賽季開打前，為球隊訂下一個目標：拿到西區前四種子的排 名。儘管這支以老將為核心的隊伍開季戰績僅14勝15敗，並在週一對上奧蘭多魔術隊的比 賽前僅位居西區第八，Kerr仍對最初的目標充滿信心，認為他原本訂立的目標依然能夠實 現。 「我們都很清楚自己目前的處境，我們開季的目標就是成為西區前四種子，我依然認為這 完全在可達成的範圍內。但如果你只盯著戰績看覺得『天啊，我們現在落後五、六場勝差 』，那確實會感到有些挫敗。但我們都明白，只要做好自己該做的事、找到比賽節奏，戰 局隨時可能逆轉，畢竟聯盟裡其他球隊也都會遭遇低潮時期。」 Kerr在稍早指出，教練組特地播放了上賽季引進Jimmy Butler後的比賽片段，提醒大家當 更積極與他配合時，球隊的進攻體系就能流暢運轉。Kerr在周日進一步表示，Butler近期 的改變關鍵在於心態。他變得更具侵略性，積極尋求得分機會。 「他就是在做自己，主動進攻、敢於出手。他對比賽節奏和關鍵時刻的把握能力極強，過 去兩場比賽他完美展現了這一點。他很清楚自己需要更果決、更具攻擊性，而他的表現也 確實極為出色。」Kerr說。 來源:https://reurl.cc/9bWM28 心得:勇士中止連敗後 目前與西四的湖人僅有6場勝差 -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc), 來自: 36.231.96.144 (臺灣) ※ 文章網址: https://webptt.cc/bbs/NBA/M.1766386566.A.807.html