1996-08-03, By Jerry Briggs Express-News Staff Writer
尽管患有疝气，罗宾逊仍将为金牌而战
亚特兰大 - 尽管在奥运会结束后需要进行疝气手术，但马刺队的中锋大卫·罗宾逊（David Robinson）表示，他已准备好再次赢得一枚金牌。罗宾逊和实力强大的美国梦之队将在今晚9点在佐治亚圆顶体育场与南斯拉夫进行冠军争夺战。
两支球队在比赛中均保持不败战绩，战绩为7胜0负。
周五在亚特兰大都市学院的训练结束后，罗宾逊表示，持续的疝气阻碍了他的移动能力。
“这并不严重，因为你每场比赛只需要上场12-14分钟，”罗宾逊说。“我在上赛季中段或赛季末患上了疝气。然后我开始举重来为这个（梦之队）训练营做准备。这并不严重，但我必须接受手术。”
马刺队篮球运营副总裁格雷格·波波维奇（Gregg Popovich）表示，罗宾逊回到圣安东尼奥后将尽快接受手术。
“这是一件小事，”波波维奇在盐湖城参加年轻NBA球员训练营时说。“医生说他可以在奥运会结束后再做手术。”
波波维奇表示，罗宾逊手术后需要2-4周才能恢复训练。
与此同时，罗宾逊几乎没有表现出受伤的影响。
在本届奥运会中，他的场均得分是9分，篮板球是3.5个，投篮命中率为64.3%。
与中锋哈基姆·奥拉朱旺（Hakeem Olajuwon）和沙奎尔·奥尼尔（Shaquille O’Neal）轮流上场，罗宾逊的平均上场时间为11.2分钟。
周四晚上，他在比赛中表现出色，拿下14分和9个篮板球，帮助梦之队以101-73战胜了澳大利亚。
“我表现还不错，”罗宾逊说，“但自从我来到这里后，我的肚子就一直不舒服（疝气）。”
罗宾逊表示，与1992年他为第一支梦之队赢得金牌时相比，本届比赛的对手更加强大。
“这有点不同，”他说。“球队更放松，他们打得更好。”
南斯拉夫队的阵容包括最近被洛杉矶湖人队交易到夏洛特黄蜂队的中锋弗拉德·迪瓦茨（Vlade Divac）、迈阿密热火队的后卫普雷德拉格·达尼洛维奇（Predrag Danilovic）以及前马刺队的前锋扎尔科·帕斯帕利（Zarko Paspalj）。
“这就是重点，”罗宾逊说。“这就是我们努力的目标。我认为我们会全力以赴。”
罗宾逊表示，他不认为梦之队的任何队员会因为输掉这场所有人都认为他们会赢的比赛而受到影响。
“这不是选择，”他说。“这甚至不是考虑因素。除非你拥有赢得比赛的专注和强度，否则你无法达到这个水平。”
梦之队战胜澳大利亚后，美国队在奥运会上取得了100胜2负的战绩。
罗宾逊表示，他的球队的防守是战胜安德鲁·盖兹（Andrew Gaze）和澳大利亚队的关键。
“这是关键，”他说。“你知道当你让替补球员上场，并且拥有新鲜的体力时，这就是改变比赛的关键。
“人们谈论我们应该轻松地击败很多球队，但他们并非弱旅。他们会全力以赴，投出一些好球，并且命中空位投篮。”
罗宾逊对上周六凌晨百年奥林匹克村发生的爆炸事件感到痛心。一枚土制炸弹爆炸，造成两人死亡，超过100人受伤。
“知道世界上有如此疯狂和愚蠢的人想要杀人，真是令人害怕，”他说。“我立刻打电话回家，告诉（我的妻子）瓦莱丽，我没事。
“但前一天晚上我在那里。有人会放置炸弹，真是太疯狂了。”
罗宾逊说，周二早上梦之队从酒店撤离，以防发生炸弹袭击，这对他没有太大影响。
“这不像有人打电话说要炸掉梦之队，”他说。“只是他们发现了一个可疑的包裹。”
罗宾逊表示，他很享受外出观看其他比赛的机会。
“开幕式很有趣，”他说。“我还观看了体操、网球、跳水比赛。体操盛典，真是太棒了。对于我们来说，很难走出酒店或在街上散步。但你参加这些活动，真的很有趣。”
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Robinson’s hernia won’t keep him from medal game
ATLANTA - Despite a hernia that will need surgery after the Olympics, Spurs center David Robinson said he is ready to win another gold medal. Robinson and the heavily-favored USA Dream Team will take on Yugoslavia at the Georgia Dome at 9 tonight in the championship matchup.
Both teams are undefeated at 7-0.
After Friday’s practice at Atlanta Metro College, Robinson said a lingering hernia is hindering his mobility.
“It’s not that bad, when you only play 12-14 minutes a game,” Robinson said. “I did it toward the middle or end of last season. Then I started lifting weights to get ready for this (Dream Team) camp. It’s not bad, but I’ll have to get it fixed.”
Gregg Popovich, the Spurs’ vice president for basketball operations, said the surgery would take place soon after Robinson returns home to San Antonio.
“It’s a pretty minor thing,” said Popovich, in Salt Lake City for a camp involving young NBA players. “The doctors said he could wait until after the Olympics to get it done.”
Popovich said it would take Robinson 2-4 weeks before he could start working out again after the operation.
Robinson, meanwhile, is showing few ill effects from the injury.
He is averaging 9 points, 3.5 rebounds and shooting 64.3 percent from the field in the Olympic tournament.
Sharing time with centers Hakeem Olajuwon and Shaquille O’Neal, Robinson is averaging 11.2 minutes.
He enjoyed one of his best games of the tournament Thursday night, scoring 14 points and pulling down nine rebounds as the Dream Team thumped Australia, 101-73.
“I’ve done all right,” Robinson said, “but I’ve had this stomach thing (hernia) since I’ve been here.”
Robinson said the opposition in this tournament has been tougher, compared to 1992 when he played for the original Dream Team gold medalists.
“It’s a little different,” he said. “Teams are more relaxed and they’re playing us better.”
Yugoslavia features center Vlade Divac, recently traded by the Los Angeles Lakers to the Charlotte Hornets, Miami Heat guard Predrag Danilovic and former Spurs forward Zarko Paspalj.
“This is what it’s all about,” Robinson said. “This is what we’ve worked for. I think we’re going to come out fired up.”
Robinson said he doesn’t think anybody on the Dream Team is motivated by the consequences of losing a game that everyone expects them to win.
“That’s not an option,” he said. “It’s not even a consideration. You don’t get to this level unless you have the focus and intensity to win.”
The Dream Team’s win over Australia boosted the USA’s record to 100-2 in the Olympics.
Robinson said his team’s defense made the difference against Andrew Gaze and the Aussies.
“That was the key,” he said. "You know when you bring guys off the bench and when you’ve got fresh legs, that’s what makes the difference.
“People talk about how we should just cream a lot of these teams, but they are not bad teams. They come out, get some good shots and hit the open shots.”
Robinson bemoaned the bombing of Centennial Olympic Village early last Saturday morning. A pipe bomb exploded, leading to two deaths and more than 100 injuries.
“It’s scary to know there are people out there crazy and stupid enough that they want to kill someone,” he said. "I called home right away and told (my wife) Valerie that I was all right.
“But I was down there the night before. That someone would plant a bomb is just crazy.”
Robinson said it didn’t bother him much when the Dream Team was evacuated from its hotel Tuesday morning in a bomb scare.
“It wasn’t like someone called and said they were going to blow up the Dream Team,” he said. “All it was, was they found a package that was suspicious.”
Robinson said he has enjoyed getting out to see some of other competitions.
“Opening Ceremonies was fun,” he said. “I’ve also seen gymnastics, tennis, diving. That gymnastics gala, it was awesome. For us, it’s hard to walk outside or down the street. But you get out to these events and it’s fun.”
PHOTO BY STEWART F. HOUSE
Dream Teamer David Robinson will need hernia surgery after the Olympics.
By Jerry Briggs Express-News Staff Writer, via San Antonio Express-News