[外電] Drew Gooden proving his value to Dallas Mavericks

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 Drew Gooden missed a lot of shots in the last two games as the Mavericks'
starting center.

Air balls. Botched layups and tips. Enough hard-luck, point-blank lipouts to
frustrate the bejabbers out of pretty much anyone.

Gooden isn't pretty much anyone. He didn't get mad. He got even by getting
the ball back.

"There's some nights when you're right there and you tip it and tip it and
the damn thing won't go in," coach Rick Carlisle said Wednesday. "A lot of
guys get discouraged in those situations. But he gets even more determined.
Our team feeds off that, and it helps us and gets our crowd involved.

"I love the way he pursues the ball. Whether it's in the air off the rim or
on the floor, he's after it."

Which is something Gooden takes considerable pride in. The glass-half-empty
folks will zero in on his 4-for-16 shooting in Tuesday's victory over
Detroit. But his nine offensive rebounds – 18 overall – came against an old
rival, Ben Wallace, and confirmed to the 6-10 Gooden why he is a key piece of
the Mavericks' puzzle.

"I missed a lot of shots, but I got back to them," he said. "I did what I had
to do. I felt like I was working extremely hard to get in position. That's
half the battle. My job is to get the ball back for us.

"But I think I was working so hard I rushed them a little once I got the
rebound. I just need a little pace to my game."

Actually, the Mavericks are just fine with Gooden's pace, which has allowed
him to average eight points and 7.1 rebounds in 21.8 minutes per game.

His numbers have been markedly better in the 10 games he's started.

However, it's the 20 games in which he's come off the bench that have
impressed his coaches and teammates.

Gooden is a career starter. Being a reserve is foreign territory for him, and
nobody was sure how he would take to it. But, factoring in the fewer minutes
he plays off the bench, the numbers are relatively similar.

"I love the way he's taken the challenge of coming off the bench," Carlisle
said. "He and I have talked about the challenge of being an energizer, a
rebounder, a defender off the bench. It's a different type of challenge for
him. He's worked at it hard and he's had some real impact games for us."

Against Denver last week, Gooden came off the bench to hit all eight of his
shots and finish with 19 points and 10 rebounds.

But Gooden's real worth is this: Imagine where the Mavericks would be without
him, considering starter Erick Dampier has missed 10 games with various aches
and illnesses.

Slow starts addressed: The Mavericks have fallen behind consistently in the
first quarter recently, and Wednesday's practice focused almost exclusively
on offense.

"Frankly, we haven't played at a level we need to in terms of energy and
disposition," Carlisle said. "We're a good team. If we play that way in the
second half, I think we can probably play that way in the first half, too."

Dead giveaway: The new Shawn Marion bobblehead was making the rounds at
practice, and a film crew for the Mavericks' TV show was asking if anybody
could identify it without looking at the number or name.

Carlisle got it right away.

"You could tell by the way it was a high-energy bobblehead," he said.









Drew Gooden昨天miss了很多球

但是他很努力的把球搶回來

昨天他搶了18個籃板

Gooden說

他認為這是他該做的

他不斷的卡位/要位

拼命的把每個能搶的球都搶下

幫小牛爭取進攻權

這場跟Gooden拼搶籃板的是Ben Wallace

Gooden現在21.8分鐘可以抓下7.1籃板

他先發的十場中數據更漂亮

Gooden過去生涯一直是先發球員

替補這位置對他來說相當陌生

雖然他現在調到替補

但是他的貢獻還是相當穩定的

Carlisle表示他很喜歡Gooden的拼勁








另外Marion換了髮型

Carlisle逗趣的說

你可以看出他這場比賽是勁量bobblehead








說不定Marion換髮型後數據會開始爆增@@?

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