[外電] KAT reveals his knee was so swollen he couldn't walk

https://tinyurl.com/bdcszffh https://youtu.be/Y5bFpwXi4mU?si=oBRMHoila-0bkW83 約57分鐘開始 If it appeared that Karl-Anthony Towns was laboring physically the deeper the Timberwolves went into the playoffs, it's because his knee was more bothersome than anyone really knew. 隨著灰狼隊在季後賽過關斬將，KAT的表現越顯吃力，那是因為他的膝蓋狀況 比外界了解的還更擾人。 "When we started getting deeper into the playoffs, that's when the thing started — I came back so quick — knee started flaring up, started being super swollen. Some days I couldn't practice just because I was just unable to walk, it's like I can't do it. If it wasn't for our medical staff I would've been held out more," Towns said on Podcast P with Paul George. 「當我們在季後賽一路挺進，問題開始浮現—我太快回到球場—膝蓋開始發 炎，腫脹得厲害。有些日子我甚至無法練習，因為我根本無法行走，感覺像 根本無法辦到。如果沒有醫療團隊的協助，我可能要休息更久。」Towns 在 與 Paul George 的《Podcast P》節目中表示。 The episode was released Monday but appears to have been recorded during the NBA's Las Vegas Summer League in July. 這集節目在週一播出，但似乎是七月夏季聯盟期間錄製的。 "I did what I had to do. When the season was over did I pay for those decisions that I made? For sure, still am right now," Towns continued. "I'm in a spot where I feel really confident about how I'm going to feel coming into next year. I'm going to be stronger, I'm going to be better, I'm going to be more experienced. Just more years under my belt.” 「我做了我該做的。賽季結束後，我為自己做的決定付出代價，現在仍然如 此。」Towns 繼續說道。「但我對明年很有信心。我會更強壯、更好、更有 經驗。更多的成長經驗。」 "I don't think it was a disappointment in any sort of fashion," Towns said. "We said early on in the year that we wanted to do something special, the big lineup. Everyone's like it couldn't work and I was like watch it work. Everyone laughed and shit and now we was in the Western Conference fianls and now everyone acting like that shit didn't happen. We obviously did something right.” 「我完全不覺得這個球季令人失望。」Towns 說。「我們在季初就表達想達 成特別的事情，就是大型陣容。每個人都不看好，而我要他們等著看。大家 都在嘲笑，現在我們打進了西區決賽，大家又裝作沒發生過似的。顯然我們 做對了一些事情。」 Towns underwent surgery to repair a lateral meniscus tear in his left knee on March 12. He returned to play in the last two games of the regular season exactly one month after the procedure and he wound up playing 28.5 minutes per game while averaging 19.5 points and 9.5 rebounds in a first-round sweep of the Suns. Towns 在 3 月 12 日接受了左膝外側半月板撕裂修補手術。他在例行賽最後 兩場重返球場，正好是手術後滿月，並在首輪橫掃太陽的系列賽中，平均上 場 28.5 分鐘，拿下 19.5 分和 9.5 個籃板。 In the second round against the defending champion Nuggets, Towns played 34.9 minutes per game and averaged 18.6 points and 9.1 rebounds to help the Timberwolves win the series in seven games. But his 3-point shots stopped falling dropped after Game 3 of the Denver series. Over the next nine games, ending with a Game 5 season-ending loss to the Mavericks in the Western Conference finals, Towns made just 12 of 52 3s (23%). 在第二輪面對衛冕軍金塊的比賽中，Towns 平均上場 34.9 分鐘，貢獻 18.6 分和 9.1 個籃板，幫助灰狼隊在七場大戰中取得勝利。然而，在系列 賽的第三場比賽之後，他的三分球命中率急劇下降。在接下來的九場比赛中 ，包含五場西區決賽，Towns 僅僅投進 52 次三分球中的 12 球 (命中率 23%)。 It's conceivable that Towns' knee was hampering his ability to knock down shots. 或許 Towns 的膝蓋狀況影響了他的投籃狀態。 "You gotta have failure to succeed. We had to pay for our right to win a championship and I think that's what we did this year," Towns said. "Everyone got the chance to recognize that this ain't the Minnesota Timberwolves that they've known for a long time. We're true contenders, someone that can really compete at the highest level every single night and it's going to be tough to beat us in a seven-game series. I think that we showed a lot, did a lot, achieved a lot and now next year we get to cash in even more on those lessons and those teachings.” 「想要成功就得先經歷失敗。我們必須付出代價才能奪冠，我覺得今年我們 做到了。」Towns 說。「大家終於認知到這支球隊不是過往那個軟柿子。我 們是奪冠勁旅，每晚都能打出最高水準，想在七戰四勝系列賽贏過我們不容 易。我覺得我們今年表現很猛，做了很多，也得到了很多，明年要把這些經 驗轉換成實績。」 --- 下一季KAT在灰狼將邁入第十個年頭， 上季季後賽經驗確實非常珍貴， 和AE一起帶領這支球隊攀上新的高度吧。 -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc), 來自: 1.164.226.228 (臺灣) ※ 文章網址: https://www.ptt.cc/bbs/Timberwolves/M.1724342941.A.342.html