#58 | Miami Heat VS Detroit Pistons


（Gogi在2019-02-23对阵活塞的比赛替补重回球场）
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“It felt great. After two months, it felt good to be back on the floor,” Dragic said after playing in Saturday’s loss to the Pistons. “I would’ve liked that the outcome would be different. But for me, it’s just I’m trying to get back. I made the first step. I’m back, so now I just need to get stronger and try to be me.”
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“I don’t even care about his performance,” Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. “It just is great to have him back out here. When somebody goes in for surgery at the time that he did, you think that could be it for the season. But he’s back, and there’s nothing like real game action. He’s in great shape, but it’s different than game action. He needs these minutes right now.”
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#60 | Miami Heat VS Golden State Warriors


Goran Dragic emerges as weapon as Heat sixth man
by Ira Winderman | 2019-02-28
"He is our All-Star," coach Erik Spoelstra said in the wake of Dragic's 27-point performance Wednesday night against the Golden State Warriors, as the Heat turned their focus to Thursday's game against the Houston Rockets at the Toyota Center. "Last year we were the sixth seed and he was an All-Star. With that kind of talent, your team looks quite different."
Just as the Heat looks different with Dragic in reserve, particularly with Dion Waiters having been inserted into the starting lineup.
"This year, from the very beginning, he was not right physically. He only played 14 games before this and did not look healthy," Spoelstra said of Dragic's uneven start to the season. "For him to be able to come back this year was a big victory for our franchise, regardless of whether he can get back to the All-Star level or not.
"He gives our team so much confidence. He makes big plays and does those breaking-down, off-the-dribble plays that you don’t necessarily need to run a set for, which we have been struggling with lately."
While the sixth-man role has been gone to Dwyane Wade this season, that role comes with an expiration date, with the 37-year-old guard to retire after this 16th NBA season.
That could make Dragic, who has one year left on his Heat deal unless he opts out in June, an heir apparent.
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"We need guys to create something out of nothing, and Goran does that," Spoelstra said.
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"The first game I felt rusty. The second game I played better," he said of Saturday's loss to the Detroit Pistons and Monday's loss to the Suns. "Wednesday] I felt really good, especially my legs in the warmups. I knew that I was going to have a better game than last game. Of course, I didn’t imagine I was going to play like that."
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这场比赛德拉表现很好，替补出场拿下27分，连续得分激励士气，最后由韦德绝杀勇士。
韦德与德拉之间有很奇妙的Karma，虽然德拉很尊敬韦德，但两人磁场就是不合，无法相辅相成…不是一路人，反而比较像「敌对」，这也是一种另类的缘分吧。

德拉右膝手术后重回球场，右脚裹的防护具每次看得让人怵目惊心，心里会想他右脚真的好了吗？在场上跑着不会痛吗，不沉吗，对抗中被撞被推，德拉就算拖着那时好时坏的右脚也还是想上场打球…

#61 | Miami Heat VS Houston Rockets

Spoelstra viewed Thursday's 21-point performance off the bench by Dragic as another step forward by the veteran point guard in his fourth game back since returning from December knee surgery.
"Sometimes it just comes down to having some guys that make some plays against good defenses, and that's what Goran brings you," Spoelstra said. "He brings you that out-of-the-box playmaking. You don't need to necessarily design a specific play for him to shake free."
Spoelstra has played off the bench in each of his four games back, playing 24:54 Thursday, with 21 points, five assists, at a team-best plus-15.
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这场德拉在不错的打球节奏，但不幸过程中左小腿拉伤，之后DNP了三场比赛。

A bench role? Dragic: ‘I’m here to win games. That’s the only thing that matters to me.’
BY ANTHONY CHIANG | MARCH 01, 2019
Erik Spoelstra has been faced with difficult rotation decisions throughout the season.
Whether it was working Dion Waiters back from a year-long absence following ankle surgery or trying to find Wayne Ellington minutes before he was traded last month, Spoelstra’s job has not been easy with a roster that’s full of rotation-level players.
Waiters didn’t make it easier when he was fined for publicly venting about his lack of playing time before eventually becoming part of the Heat’s starting lineup. Ellington’s agent had conversations with Heat officials regarding his limited role and his future with the team during his string of DNPs.
But Goran Dragic, who made his first All-Star Game last season, doesn’t mind the Heat’s patient approach as he works behind the scenes to regain the strength in his legs after undergoing December surgery on his right knee. The 32-year-old point guard has played in four games since returning from the injury, and he has been used as a reserve in each one.
Dragic is listed as questionable for Saturday’s home matchup against the Nets with a left calf strain.
“For me, it’s no difference,” Dragic said when asked for the differences between starting and coming off the bench. “I talked to Spo, and I understand I was gone for two and a half months. I know I need to get my legs back and I need to get in shape.
“I told him when we were having a conversation, I said, ‘Spo, don’t think about me. We’re going to figure out things.’ I know I can’t just go in and be a starter. So for me, I go day by day. My focus is on my rehab. I’m still not done. I still have a lot of stuff to do to try to get my leg stronger. That’s it, basically. In the minutes I play, I just try to help my team. That’s the most important thing right now.”
Dragic has definitely helped the team since returning. After showing some rust in his first two games back, he has provided a lift off Miami’s bench with 27 points in Wednesday’s win over the Warriors and 21 points, five rebounds and five assists in Thursday’s loss to the Rockets.
Since returning from knee surgery, Dragic has averaged 15.5 points on 46.3 percent shooting from the field, 41.2 percent shooting on the threes and 17-of-17 shooting from the foul line in a bench role. He has played an average of 20.9 minutes during this stretch as he works his way back from the injury, which is down from last season’s average of 31.7 minutes per game.
“First of all, you need to be honest with yourself,” said Dragic, who has played with a bulky brace on his right knee since the surgery. “I’m not 100 percent ready. I can’t play 30 minutes. If I do that, probably I would put my career in jeopardy and I can get hurt again. So that’s why I need to be smart. Day by day, the leg is getting stronger and I feel more comfortable. This is the whole approach to me. I don’t want to force something that’s not there.”
Justise Winslow, who finished Thursday’s loss in Houston with 19 points, seven rebounds and eight assists, continues to thrive in Dragic’s spot as the Heat’s starting point guard. Would Dragic be OK with a long-term bench role to keep the emerging 22-year-old Winslow in a starting role?
“Whatever coach wants. I already talked to him,” said Dragic, who started his first 260 games with the Heat before coming off the bench in the past four games. “We’ll see. I’m here to win games. That’s the only thing that matters to me.”
Dragic said there’s no pain in his knee, and his conditioning hasn’t been an issue. The next step is strengthening his quadriceps and hips because “my legs get fatigued,” and getting over his strained calf.
While Dragic is inching closer to pre-injury form, he doesn’t know exactly when he will get there. It may not even be this season, but making his return immediately after the All-Star break was enough for him.
“I only had one date in mind and that was the first game after the All-Star break because when I talked with Pat [Riley], I said, ‘Pat, this is the day I want to circle on my calendar. This is the day I want to be back,’” Dragic said. “And I was available in Philly. Of course, it didn’t happen. But I was there, so I was happy with that one.
“I stayed home [when I was injured], but every day — even for the All-Star break — I was in the gym and working out so I could be back. This was my only day. Right now, I don’t want to put that pressure on me. I just go with the flow and I’ll be OK.”
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Gogi性格就是这样，有好有坏，好的是因此能在NBA打滚11年，坏的是遇到生涯关键时刻时总是难以自我突破。但这就是德拉季奇呀。

#65 | Miami Heat VS Cleveland Cavaliers

“That’s the ideal scenario that rarely happens in this league for anybody,” Spoelstra said of the Heat’s full health. “But a lot of things are starting to come together right now. We still need to get guys in better rhythm. Goran was really chomping at the bit to get out here, and you see that he brings something off the dribble that we need. But he’s going to need some more game minutes. But, boy, it’s fantastic to have him back.”
Said Dragic, "I still need to get my legs under me. I just need to get a little more confidence in my legs."
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左小腿拉伤DNP三场后重回球场

德拉没有能量了，这赛季太无力，剩下最后三场了，好好完成吧，休赛季好好保护复健右膝，思考看看是否要使用球员选项，思考看看自己所剩不多的球员生涯。

最后两场了

德拉舍不得热火

德拉突破都靠右脚发力，现在右膝出状况了，自主进攻能力不如以往，不过因此助攻改进了许多，以往谨慎不敢出的球敢送出去了，一样还想多打几年只能加强中远投，再加上小抛投，不管右膝能否完全恢复，还是希望德拉能打几年是几年。

Gogi的2018-19赛季结束了

球员选项的使用方向很关键，变与不变，保守？冒险？赌运？