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波波维奇在拉斯维加斯王牌队连败期间伸出援手
贝基·汉蒙(Becky Hammon)在执教拉斯维加斯王牌队之前，曾是格雷格·波波维奇(Gregg Popovich)的教练团队成员。 David Becker/NBAE via Getty Images 迈克尔·沃佩尔，ESPN.com 2024年6月15日，下午5:34
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拉斯维加斯王牌队连续三场比赛失利，这是他们五年来首次遭遇连败，主教练贝基·汉蒙接到了一个电话。
是她的前老板，圣安东尼奥马刺队主教练格雷格·波波维奇。
“有趣的是，我们在圣安东尼奥总是开玩笑说，如果我们输了，没有人会发短信，没有人会打电话，”汉蒙说。“所以我接起了电话，他就像，‘你好，最近怎么样？我只是打电话让你笑一笑，因为我知道没有人会打电话。’”
汉蒙在WNBA效力了16个赛季，最后8个赛季效力于前圣安东尼奥之星队。她退役后加入了波波维奇的教练团队，担任助理教练。在NBA执教了8年后，她成为了王牌队的主教练——这支WNBA球队于2018年离开圣安东尼奥，搬到了拉斯维加斯。
汉蒙带领王牌队在拉斯维加斯的前两个赛季赢得了WNBA冠军。但王牌队在本赛季初期受控球后卫切尔西·格雷(Chelsea Gray)因伤缺阵的影响，目前战绩为6胜6负，周日以90-82输给了纽约自由队。
从6月7日至11日，王牌队输给了西雅图风暴队、洛杉矶火花队和明尼苏达山猫队，这是他们自2019年8月23日至27日比尔·莱姆比尔(Bill Laimbeer)担任主教练以来，首次遭遇三连败。根据Elias Sports Bureau的数据，这是WNBA历史上第二长的单赛季三连败间隔时间——143场比赛。最长的间隔时间是休斯敦彗星队——224场比赛——从1997年WNBA成立到2003年。
“我们现在不是一支很好的球队，这就是现实。但我们知道我们可以变得更好。我仍然对这支球队充满信心，”汉蒙在周二输给山猫队后说道。
王牌队在周四以103-99战胜菲尼克斯水星队后反弹，但在周日输给了自由队。汉蒙表示，王牌队还有很多工作要做才能提高，但波波维奇的电话帮助了她。
“他逗我笑了；任务完成，”她说。“没错，当你表现很糟糕时，没有人会打电话给你。所以他打电话的用意就是如此。只是问问我心理状态如何。然后我们讨论了一些不同的方法。我知道，他永远都在电话另一头。”
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‘He made me laugh’: Gregg Popovich is Becky Hammon’s light during rough patch
Gregg Popovich reaches out to Becky Hammon during Aces’ losing streak
Becky Hammon was part of Gregg Popovich’s coaching staff before coaching the Las Vegas Aces. David Becker/NBAE via Getty ImagesMichael Voepel, ESPN.comJun 15, 2024, 05:34 PM ET
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Michael Voepel covers the WNBA, women’s college basketball, and other college sports for espnW. Voepel began covering women’s basketball in 1984, and has been with ESPN since 1996.After the Las Vegas Aces lost three games in a row for the first time in five years, coach Becky Hammon got a phone call.
It was her former boss, San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich.
“It’s funny because we always had an ongoing joke in San Antonio [that] when we would lose, nobody would text, nobody would call,” Hammon said. “So I picked up the phone and he’s like, ‘Hi, how you doing? Just calling to make you laugh, because I know nobody’s calling.’”
Hammon played 16 seasons in the WNBA, the last eight of them with the former San Antonio Stars. She joined Popovich’s staff as an assistant coach after her retirement. After eight years of coaching in the NBA, she became the head coach for the Aces – the WNBA franchise that left San Antonio in 2018 and moved to Las Vegas.
Hammon guided the Aces to WNBA titles in her first two seasons with Las Vegas. But the Aces, who have been hampered by the absence of point guard Chelsea Gray after an early-season injury, are now 6-6 after a 90-82 loss to theNew York Liberty on Sunday.
From June 7-11, the Aces lost to the Seattle Storm, Los Angeles Sparks and Minnesota Lynx, the franchise’s first three-game losing streak since Aug. 23-27, 2019, when Bill Laimbeer was head coach. It was the second-longest span in WNBA history between single-season three-game losing streaks – 143 games – according to Elias Sports Bureau. The longest such streak was by the Houston Comets – 224 games – from the launch of the WNBA in 1997 to 2003.
“We’re not a very good team right now, that’s just reality. But we know we can get better. I still have a lot of belief in this ballclub,” Hammon said after the loss to Minnesota on Tuesday.
The Aces bounced back with a 103-99 win over the Phoenix Mercury on Thursday before falling to the Liberty. Hammon said the Aces have a lot of work ahead of them to improve, but Popovich’s phone call helped.
“He made me laugh; mission accomplished,” she said. “It’s true, nobody calls you when you’re doing terrible. So that was the point of his call. Just to check on where I was mentally. And then we just talked about some different buttons to push. He’s always a phone call away, I know.”
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