By Son Q. Trinh | Pounding The Rock (PtR), 2025-07-22 20:39:38
由生成式人工智能翻译，译文内容可能不准确或不完整，以原文为准。
中场休息是开启悬疑播客的最佳时机。
每当我有一份只有半小时午休时间的工作时，我做的第一件事就是看手机，去洗手间，给我妈打电话，看一些录像，然后也许吃点零食。我基本上就是推特上的凯文·杜兰特 (Kevin Durant)。我会做出调整，为下半场的工作部署策略，看一遍阿尔·帕西诺 (Al Pacino) 在《挑战星期天》(Any Given Sunday) 里的演讲片段，然后出门摸鱼，直到下班打卡。
这就是为什么我永远不会成为波士顿凯尔特人队的一员（凯文·杜兰特 (Kevin Durant) 也不会，NBA不可避免地再次扩军后，他很可能会在火箭队或超音速队结束职业生涯）。NBA球员在比赛期间的休息时间只有15分钟。这时间甚至不够他们去趟洗手间，然后把《挑战星期天》里的那段演讲看上七遍。
你知道蒂姆·邓肯 (Tim Duncan) 在一场NBA总决赛的中场休息时做了什么吗？他在球员通道里和他的孩子们玩耍，结果丹尼·格林 (Danny Green) 在接受中场采访后试图返回更衣室时，不小心被邓肯的孩子绊倒，险些撞到格林的膝盖——这可是在 NBA总决赛 期间！
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基本上，无论你从事什么工作，休息时间都属于你——而不是你的雇主。想象一下，当马刺队在中场休息时落后20分，波波维奇教练 (Gregg Popovich) 正试图和你讨论战术，你却在抽电子烟：“抱歉教练，这是我的私人时间。我会在上班时操心湖人队的梯形进攻。”
言归正传，15分钟的时间，用来喘口气，和教练讨论战术，让训练师为疼痛的身体进行治疗，甚至只是精神“分解”（或者“放松”，随便你用哪个词），这些都是在如此短的时间内需要完成的重要事情。事实上，一支球队能够完成所有这些任务，以确保保住领先优势，或者在下半场发起不可思议的反扑并最终赢下比赛，这简直令人难以置信。
在最近的一次采访中，波士顿凯尔特人队主教练乔·马祖拉 (Joe Mazzulla) 透露了一些NBA更衣室在中场休息时的情况。马祖拉表示，根据比赛情况，他处理中场休息的方式也不同，这取决于进攻或防守是否需要额外关注，球队或某个球员是否需要额外时间来回顾战术，最终都是要优先处理在给定短时间内需要解决的比赛区域，以帮助球队锁定胜利。
主持人，前NFL外接手朱利安·埃德尔曼 (Julian Edelman) 描述了他在NFL的经历，当时球队会分成进攻组和防守组讨论战术，或者全体队员一起开会解决问题或改进的方面。他的观点特别有趣，因为NFL球员只专攻攻防两端中的一端（除非你是迪昂·桑德斯 (Deion Sanders) 或特拉维斯·亨特 (Travis Hunter)），而NBA球员必须兼顾攻防两端（除非你是[此处插入一个球迷会极力声称他在防守端不尽力的随机NBA球员]）。
从我的角度来看，舒舒服服地坐在沙发上，一只眼睛盯着马刺队的比赛，另一只眼睛盯着手机上凯文·杜兰特 (Kevin Durant) 的推特动态，我无法想象在如此短的时间内会有多少事情发生。我猜格雷格·波波维奇 (Gregg Popovich) 甚至没有时间对任何人“使出塞尔维亚式（怒吼）”。相反，他可能把这项任务交给了蒂姆·邓肯（我是说助理教练蒂姆·邓肯），把所有的精力都投入到思考如何用新方法抱怨裁判漏吹判罚上。开玩笑啦，开玩笑。NBA比赛中从来没有漏判，从来没有。
如果一切都失败了，你总可以在中场休息时提前离场，去看看WNBA球星凯尔西·普拉姆 (Kelsey Plum) 在那个以前叫做AT&T中心的球馆里，是如何把T恤像火箭一样射向看台最高层的。
当@ Kelseyplum10 帮忙抛掷T恤时 #SpursFamily pic.twitter.com/PBQ3ZSnhPY
— San Antonio Stars (@ SAStars) April 26, 2017
你可以在下方或这里观看马祖拉和埃德尔曼的采访片段。
点击查看原文：Making the most of halftime in the locker rooms during an NBA game
Making the most of halftime in the locker rooms during an NBA game
Halftime is the best time to fire up that murder mystery podcast.
Whenever I had a job that only provides a half hour of lunch break, the first thing I do is check my phone, go to the restroom, call my mom, watch some film, and maybe eat a snack. I’m basically Kevin Durant on Twitter. I make adjustments, strategize my next moves for the second half of the shift, watch the clip of Al Pacino’s speech in Any Given Sunday, and then go out and stray from my job duties until it’s time to clock out.
And that is why I’ll never be a Boston Celtic (nor will Kevin Durant, who will mostly likely finish his career as a Rocket or a Supersonic when the NBA inevitably expands again). NBA players only get 15 minutes for their break at their job. That’s barely enough time to go to the restroom and watch that speech in Any Given Sunday seven times.
You know what Tim Duncan did during halftime of a game in the NBA Finals? He played with his kids in the tunnel and almost took Danny Green’s knee out when the latter tripped over one of Duncan’s kids trying to get back into the locker room after hanging back for a halftime interview—DURING THE NBA FINALS.
Basically no matter what job you have, when it comes to break time, it’s YOUR time–not your employer’s time. Imagine taking a vape break when the Spurs are down 20 at half, and Coach Popovich is trying to talk strategy with you: “Sorry coach, this is my personal time. I’ll worry about the Laker’s trapezoid offense when I’m on the clock.”
In all seriousness, 15 minutes to take a breather, talking strategy with coaches, treating your aching body with a trainer, or even just mentally decomposing (or decompressing, whichever) are all important things to accomplish in such a small amount of time. It’s actually incredible what all can be accomplished in order to make sure a team holds onto a lead or mount an incredible second half to win a game.
In a recent interview, Boston Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla provided some insight on what goes on inside an NBA locker room during halftime. Mazzulla indicated that depending on the game, how he approaches halftime depends on scenarios whether the offense or defense needs extra attention, the team or maybe an individual needs extra time to go over strategy, and ultimately prioritizing what area of the game needs to be addressed in the short time given that will help secure the win.
The host, former NFL wide receiver Julian Edelman, described his experience in the NFL where the team would break up into offense and defense to discuss strategy or even huddle all together to address issues or areas of improvement. His perspective was particularly interesting since NFL players exclusively play one side of the ball (unless you’re Deion Sanders or Travis Hunter) while NBA players have to worry about both sides of the ball (unless you’re [insert random NBA player who fans will vehemently insist doesn’t exert themselves on defense]).
From my perspective, from the comforts of my couch with one eye on a Spurs game and the other eye on Kevin Durant’s Twitter timeline on my phone, I cannot imagine how much goes on in such a short time frame. I surmise Gregg Popovich didn’t even have time to “go Serbian” on anyone. Rather, he probably delegated that job to Tim Duncan (assistant coach Tim Duncan, that is) and put all his energy into thinking of new ways to get onto the refs for missing calls. I kid, I kid. No one’s ever missed a call in an NBA game, ever.
If all else fails, you could always skip out early at halftime and watch WNBA star Kelsey Plum uncork a rocket into the nosebleeds at the arena formerly known as the AT&T Center.
When @ Kelseyplum10 helps out with t-shirt toss #SpursFamily pic.twitter.com/PBQ3ZSnhPY
— San Antonio Stars (@ SAStars) April 26, 2017
You can catch the clip of Mazzulla’s and Edleman’s interview below or here.
By Son Q. Trinh, via Pounding The Rock