Not in the West.

西方沒有。

Guys in the league at five and to our researcher Michael Schwartz could barely come to work today because of all the dancing he's been doing for the past week.

聯盟裡的人在五點，對我們的研究員邁克爾-施瓦茨來說，今天幾乎不能來上班，因為過去一週他一直在跳舞。

Their third in defensive efficiency, fourth and net efficiency and first in limiting opponents, made three point field goals for game.

他們的防守效率第三，防守效率第四，淨勝球效率也是第一，限制對手，本場比賽的三分球。

I told you, our researchers, a big fan of this team.

我告訴你，我們的研究人員，是這個團隊的忠實粉絲。

We get all the stats from Phoenix Suns.

我們從菲尼克斯太陽隊得到所有的數據。

Fiz.

Fiz.

Are you buying the Sun's hot start to continue deep into the season?

你是否相信太陽的火熱開局會持續到賽季深處？

I absolutely am buying it.

我絕對要買它。

First off, let's credit James Jones.

首先，我們要感謝詹姆斯-瓊斯。

We're putting an awesome team together.

我們正在組建一個很棒的團隊。

Uh, Monty Williams should have never been an assistant coach.

呃，蒙蒂-威廉姆斯不應該做助理教練。

This guy is a big time head coach in N B A.

這傢伙是N B A的大牌主教練。

He's a tactician.

他是個戰術家。

He gets the most out of his guys and you're talking about Chris Paul, the great competitors.

他讓他的人得到最大的好處，你說的是克里斯-保羅，偉大的競爭對手。

You're talking about a Devin Booker who's breaking through into getting into conversations like M V.

你說的是一個德文-布克，他正在突破自己，進入像M-V這樣的對話。

P.

P.

And you got a big time seven footer who's back.

而且你有一個七尺大漢回來了。

They're learning how to defend on a nightly basis and bring energy and effort to the game E like him.

他們正在學習若何年夜範圍防守，並像他一樣為比賽帶來能量和努力E。

I don't know if they could hold this spot, but I think that they were looking at a playoff team and we're looking at a dangerous team when it comes to those playoffs.

我不知道他們是否能保持這個位置，但我認為他們正在尋找一支季後賽球隊，我們正在尋找一支危險的球隊，當談到這些季後賽時。

Well, look, they were a team That was a revelation in the bubble, right?

聽著，他們是一個團隊，這是一個在保麗龍中的啟示，對不對？

Like a Devin Booker was the star of the bubble.

就像一個德文-布克是保麗龍中的明星。

They were great.

他們是偉大的。

But when you add a guy like Chris Paul, it's the question is, is it going to be a seamless transition?

但當你加入一個像克里斯-保羅這樣的人，問題是，這將是一個無縫的過渡？

So far, it has been.

到目前為止，已經。

And I think the big stat that you put up there, that is most telling to me is they're doing it a defense.

而我覺得你放的那個大數據，最能說明問題的是他們在做防守。

It's not just about the way Chris Paul's organization offense, the way Devin Booker could score the way Bridges hitting three pointers right now, like they're like Devin Booker hasn't actually been as good as he was in the bubble.

這不僅僅是克里斯-保羅組織進攻的方式，德文-布克可以得分的方式，布里奇斯現在命中三分球的方式，就像他們一樣，德文-布克其實已經沒有泡椒時那麼好了。

He's 5.5 turnovers a game.

他每場比賽有5.5次失誤。

He's got to clean that up a little bit.

他得清理一下。

But when you have that defense when you're organized on that end of the floor, you're gonna be in a lot of games and I think that's where you give credit to Monty Williams and his staff for bringing this team together on that end of the floor?

但當你有這樣的防守，當你在場上組織好了，你會在很多比賽中，我想這就是你要感謝蒙蒂-威廉姆斯和他的工作人員，讓這支球隊在場上的那一端團結起來?

Absolutely.

絕對的

And I think Chris Paul and Monty Williams already had that connection.

而我認為克里斯-保羅和蒙蒂-威廉姆斯已經有了這種聯繫。

So talking about seamless I mean, you already played for a guy.

所以說到無縫銜接，我的意思是，你已經為一個人打過球了。

You've already been in the trench with them.

你已經和他們一起進了戰壕。

You know what to expect from him.

你知道該從他那裡得到什麼。

Mani handed that thing over to Chris, and now he's got a coach on the floor.

馬尼把那東西交給了克里斯，現在他在場上有一個教練。

I expect this team to be really good this year.

我期待這支球隊今年真的會很出色。

All I know is when the Karma Ferry is walking around handing out good things.

我只知道因果渡口走來走去派發好東西的時候。

Monty Williams deserves all of all the good karma for him, and I would also say, Look, five and two, it's a start, right?

蒙蒂-威廉姆斯值得他所有的善緣，我也想說，你看，5個和2個，這是一個開始，對嗎？

It's not going to guarantee a playoff spot.

這並不能保證季後賽的名額。

It's not going to do any of that stuff.

它不會做任何的東西。

But I will say it's a shorter season.

但我想說這是一個較短的季節。

I just have to keep saying each game is not one of 82.

我只是要一直說每場比賽不是82場之一。

It's one of 72.

這是72箇中的一個。

That makes a difference.

這就不同了。

And so these starts or something, we gotta pay a little bit more attention.

所以這些起跑什麼的，我們要多注意一點。

Thio.

Thio.

I do want to take some time to pay our respects also to Paul.

我也想花點時間向保羅致敬。

Westfall died at the age of 70 on Saturday.

韋斯特福週六去世，享年70歲。

Westfall diagnosed with cancer in August of last year as a player.

韋斯特福爾在去年8月被診斷出患有癌症，作為一名球員。

He won a title with Boston in 74 then helped the Sons to their first NBA Finals appearance in 76 as an N b A coach.

他在74年隨波士頓隊奪得冠軍，然後在76年以N b A教練的身份幫助聖子隊首次進入NBA總決賽。

Westfall went 318 to 79 including a trip to the 93 finals and two conference semifinals with Sons.

韋斯特福爾以318比79的成績，包括進入93年總決賽和與森斯的兩次聯賽半決賽。

He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2019.

他在2019年入選名人堂。

And Coach, can you just tell us about the impact Paul Westfall had on basketball coaches at all levels?

還有教練，你能不能給我們講講保羅-韋斯特福對各級籃球教練的影響？

I mean, he had a huge impact on coaches.

我是說，他對教練的影響很大。

I think what he did with that Phoenix team was fantastic.

我覺得他在鳳凰城那支球隊的所作所為非常精彩。

That team was so fun to watch.

那支隊伍真是太好玩了。

They were exciting.

他們很興奮。

And if it wasn't for a guy named Michael Jordan, you know we'll probably be talking about feelings.

如果不是因為一個叫邁克爾-喬丹的人，你知道我們可能會談論感情。

Uh, but, you know, as mentioned on this network as a player, we you know, my grandfather and this is I'm black and white.

呃，但是，你知道，就像在這個網絡上提到的作為一個玩家，我們你知道，我的祖父和這是我的黑白。

So I could say that my grandfather would always say That's a bad white boy, eso for all races and all people Exactly.

所以我可以說，我的祖父總是會說 這是一個壞的白人男孩，ESO所有的種族和所有的人確切。

So I could say that he was just he was.

所以我可以說，他就是他。

He could ball, and I think he has a ball player.

他能打球，我認為他有一個球星。

He has so much respect from everyone.

他得到了大家的尊重。

But then as a coach, I think he just had a great connective ity and guys really like playing for him.

但是作為一個教練，我覺得他就是有很好的連接性，球員們真的很喜歡為他打球。

And I know some people that worked for him.

我還認識一些為他工作的人。

They loved working for him, and it's just really sad to see and condolences to his family.

他們很喜歡為他工作，看到這裡真的很難過，對他的家人表示慰問。

Look at that.

你看那個。

What a career?

什麼職業？

Well, his his book came out this year, so you could go and read a whole bunch more about him.

好吧，他的他的書今年出版了，所以你可以去多讀一大堆關於他的書。

I was just impressed.

我只是印象深刻。

How long a career head and how much of an impact he made as a player, as a coach on so many of the great players in this league and you talk about him as a player.

職業生涯頭有多長，他作為一個球員，作為一個教練，對這個聯盟這麼多偉大的球員有多大的影響，你說說他作為一個球員。

He lost a bit of his career to injury when he came back, though Comeback Player of the year and I think I just I just look at him a man 70 years old, he just got diagnosed with This is real quick and it's so sad right now when people pass because there's you can't go see him, you can't talk to him.

當他回來時，他因傷病而失去了一點職業生涯，雖然年度復出球員，我想我只是... ...我只是看著他，一個70歲的男人，他剛剛被診斷出患有這種疾病，這是真正的快速，它是如此悲傷，現在當人們通過，因為有你不能去看他，你不能和他說話。

You can't tell him you love him.

你不能告訴他你愛他。

Very difficult for a lot of the MBA family, because for us, much as we just talked about all of his contributions on the court, there just isn't a person who spent time with Paul Westphal, who wouldn't tell you?

對於很多MBA大家庭來說，非常困難，因為對於我們來說，就像我們剛才說的他在球場上的所有貢獻一樣，只是沒有一個人和保羅-韋斯特法爾相處過，誰不會告訴你？

Well, he was even better as a human being.

好吧，他作為一個人甚至更好。

There just I mean, that's the impact he had on everyone he touched.

我的意思是，這是他對每個人的影響，他接觸。

So our condolences to his family and everybody who loved him.

所以，我們向他的家人和所有愛他的人表示哀悼。

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