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俄克拉荷马城雷霆对阵丹佛掘金的比赛本可以由NBA最近两届MVP领衔：分别是卫冕MVP、雷霆队后卫谢伊·吉尔杰斯-亚历山大 (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander) 以及三届MVP得主、掘金队前锋尼古拉·约基奇 (Nikola Jokic)。然而，两人双双缺阵。
他们并非个例。
雷霆和掘金的其他常规首发球员也全部被排除在出场名单之外。在整个NBA，周五晚上至少有168名球员因伤病缺阵，其中包括孟菲斯灰熊队的14名球员。
周五晚上，每支球队都在进行本赛季的第81场比赛——即倒数第二场比赛。所有球队在周六都将休整，然后在周日进行常规赛收官战。
周五的比赛对某些球队来说事关排名，对另一些则不然。但有时，这似乎并不重要。
“如果我们今晚之前还没锁定[全联盟第一种子]，所有人都会上场，”雷霆队主教练马克·戴格诺特 (Mark Daigneault) 在赛前告诉记者。“通过前80场比赛的努力，我们赢得了管理球员身体状况的权利。”
俄克拉荷马城已经锁定了整个季后赛的头号种子席位，因此休息和健康似乎是雷霆队的优先考量。
掘金队在进入周五时仍需为排名而战，而对于约基奇来说，还有奖项评选资格需要争取。他还需要再打一场比赛，因此掘金队很可能会在周日派他上场，以便他能获得MVP、最佳阵容和其他奖项的评选资格。
“我们都意识到了这一点，”掘金队教练大卫·阿德尔曼 (David Adelman) 在赛前对记者说。赛后，他表示周六将进行一次“成年人之间的对话”，以决定最佳行动方案。
一些球员通过多打了几分钟，成功确保了奖项评选资格。
圣安东尼奥马刺队的维克托·文班亚马 (Victor Wembanyama) 需要打满20分钟才能达到65场比赛的标准，从而获得季后赛奖项的评选资格。在出场时间刚好达到这个数字后，他被换下，但随后又重新回到了场上，显然是他向马刺队证明了自己需要更多的实战磨炼。
在139-120战胜达拉斯独行侠队的比赛中，他在26分钟内砍下40分、13个篮板和5次助攻。
“如果我之前已经打满了65场，我肯定不会上场，”文班亚马说道。
马刺队教练米奇·约翰逊 (Mitch Johnson) 表示：“我们需要尽可能多的实战训练和场上磨合经验。这就是我们在不过度消耗的前提下尝试去做的事情。”
周五还出现了一项破纪录的投篮表现。波士顿凯尔特人队命中了29记三分球，追平了NBA单场三分球纪录。这是NBA历史上第四次有球队单场投进29记三分，也是本周内的第二次——此前孟菲斯灰熊队在周一负于克利夫兰骑士队的比赛中也曾做到这一点。
“希望我们没有在一场比赛里把三分球都投光了，”凯尔特人队主教练乔·马祖拉 (Joe Mazzulla) 说道。
勇士队的附加赛带妆彩排？
并非所有人都在为了季后赛而轮休。
金州勇士队正在为季后赛做准备——或者至少是他们所期待的季后赛之旅。勇士队将参加附加赛，并让斯蒂芬·库里 (Stephen Curry)、德雷蒙德·格林 (Draymond Green) 和克里斯塔普斯·波尔津吉斯 (Kristaps Porzingis) 本赛季首次共同出现在首发阵容中进行磨合。
“我们今晚会观察一下这个组合，”勇士队主教练史蒂夫·科尔 (Steve Kerr) 说道。“我们拥有整个赛季关于某些组合的数据和录像。但有些我们必须做出的决定并没有数据支持，更多是凭直觉，所以我们今晚必须考察一下。”
爵士灰熊两队合计仅13人上场
犹他爵士队在147-101大胜灰熊队的比赛中使用了7名球员——而且他们还是阵容深度更厚的一方。孟菲斯队只有6名球员出战。
委婉地说，这绝非年度最佳比赛。
“祝贺爵士队，”孟菲斯队主教练图马斯·伊萨洛 (Tuomas Iisalo) 说道。“他们打了一场非常出色的比赛，投篮非常准。我们赛前就知道人手有限，球员们倾其所有，但你可以看到他们已经精疲力竭了。”
爵士队主教练威尔·哈迪 (Will Hardy) 称这场比赛是结束犹他主场赛程的绝佳方式。
“这只是一个有趣的夜晚，”哈迪说道。
季后赛版图愈发清晰
亚特兰大老鹰队击败了轮休多诺万·米切尔 (Donovan Mitchell) 的克利夫兰队，成为第11支锁定12个季后赛保障席位之一的球队。
“感觉棒极了，”在老鹰队锁定东部第5或第6种子席位后，后卫CJ·麦科勒姆 (CJ McCollum) 说道。“伙计们在团结一致方面做得非常出色。”
在其他季后赛相关新闻中：
• 波士顿锁定东部第2种子，位列第1种子底特律（此前已锁定）之后。
• 纽约锁定了东部第3种子。
• 在负于老鹰队后，克利夫兰确定排名东部第4。
• 夏洛特在负于底特律后将参加附加赛。
• 奥兰多在东部的排名将不低于附加赛第7对阵第8的位次。
• 迈阿密锁定东部附加赛第9对阵第10的位次。
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。
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NBA’s Friday slate sees at least 168 out with injury or illness
The Oklahoma City-Denver game could have starred the NBA’s two most recent MVPs: the reigning one in Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and a three-time winner in Nuggets forward Nikola Jokic. Except they both sat out.
They weren’t alone.
All the other regular starters for the Thunder and Nuggets were ruled out too. And around the NBA, no fewer than 168 players – including 14 members of the Memphis Grizzlies – were held out Friday night because of injury or illness.
Every team was playing game 81 – the next-to-last game – of their seasons Friday night. They are all off Saturday and then play Sunday to close the regular season.
Some teams had something to play for Friday. Some did not. Sometimes, that didn’t seem to matter.
“If we didn’t clinch [the No. 1 overall seed] coming into tonight, everybody would be playing,” Thunder coach Mark Daigneault told reporters before the game. “We’ve earned the right through 80 games to manage their bodies and stuff like that.”
Oklahoma City already had the No. 1 seed for the entirety of the postseason wrapped up, so rest and health appear to be the priority for the Thunder.
The Nuggets entered Friday still having seeding to play for, and in Jokic’s case, there’s still award eligibility to obtain. He needs to play in one more game, so it would seem likely that the Nuggets will play him Sunday so he can get on the ballot for MVP, All-NBA and other awards.
“We’re all aware of that,” Nuggets coach David Adelman told reporters before the game. Postgame, he said “an adult conversation” would be had Saturday about the best course of action.
Some players got to award eligibility with a few extra minutes to spare.
San Antonio’s Victor Wembanyama, needing to play 20 minutes to reach the 65-game standard and be eligible for postseason awards, was taken out after hitting exactly that number of minutes – then went back into the game, evidently having convinced the Spurs that he needed a bit more on-court work.
He finished with 40 points, 13 rebounds and five assists in 26 minutes during a 139-120 win over the Dallas Mavericks.
“If I had 65 [games] before, I for sure wouldn’t have played,” Wembanyama said.
Said Spurs coach Mitch Johnson: “We need as much on-the-job training, on-the-court experience together as we can. That’s what we’re trying to do without overdoing it.”
There was also a record shooting effort Friday. Boston made 29 3-pointers, tying the record for 3s in a game. It was the fourth time in NBA history a team made 29 and the second time this week after the Memphis Grizzlies did it Monday in a loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers.
“Hopefully, we didn’t use them all up in one game,” Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla said.
Play-in dress rehearsal for Warriors?
Not everybody was resting for the playoffs.
Golden State was building for the postseason – or at least what it hopes will be a playoff run. The Warriors are going to the play-in tournament and tuned up by getting Stephen Curry, Draymond Green and Kristaps Porzingis in the starting lineup together for the first time this season.
“We’ll just take a look at that tonight,” Warriors coach Steve Kerr said. “We have a season full of data and film on some of the combinations. But some of the decisions we have to make, there’s no data. It’s just kind of a hunch, so we have to give some of that a look tonight.”
Jazz, Grizzlies combine to use 13 players
The Utah Jazz used seven players in its 147-101 win over the Grizzlies – and was the deeper team. Memphis had only six players.
It wasn’t the game of the year, to put it mildly.
“Congrats to the Jazz,” Memphis coach Tuomas Iisalo said. “They played a really good game. Shot the ball really well. We knew we had limited bodies going into this game. Guys gave everything they had, but you could see they were extremely fatigued.”
Jazz coach Will Hardy called the game a great way to end Utah’s home schedule.
“Just a fun night,” Hardy said.
Playoff picture becomes clearer
The Atlanta Hawks became the 11th team to grab one of the 12 guaranteed playoff spots, rolling past a Cleveland team that sat Donovan Mitchell.
“It feels great,” guard CJ McCollum said after the Hawks clinched either the No. 5 or No. 6 seed spot in the East. “The guys did a great job of rallying together.”
In other playoff-related news:
• Boston secured the No. 2 seed in the East, behind No. 1 seed Detroit (which had previously clinched).
• New York locked up the No. 3 seed in the East.
• Cleveland is certain to be the No. 4 seed in the East after that loss to the Hawks.
• Charlotte will be in the play-in tournament after falling to Detroit.
• Orlando will be in no worse than the 7-vs.-8 play-in game in the East.
• Miami is locked into the 9-vs.-10 play-in game in the East.
via ESPN