LOS ANGELES - Timberwolves forward Derrick Williams returned home to Los Angeles for Thursday's game against the Lakers not exactly a changed man but feeling differently for sure. 对上湖人也代表DW回乡了。 "Just more confident really," he said. DW：「信心灌满了全身。」 His statistics in his past five games -- 18.8 points and 10.6 rebounds -- tell part of the story. 近五场平均是18.8分10.6板。 Coach Rick Adelman's decision to draw up a potential game-winning play for him on Tuesday in Phoenix suggests Williams has earned a little more trust. Williams was one of two options on a play that ended with Alexey Shved missing a driving layup near the overtime buzzer. DW似乎也得到Adelman一些些信任，因为对上太阳这场也加入了buzzer行列中。 Until recently, Williams struggled to find his way -- and earn Adelman's faith -- in a league where No. 2 overall picks are expected to do so much more from their first day. 一位榜眼该被期待的就是一进入球团就要做得比你想像的还多，Williams也不例外， 只是路程并未如一般预料的进行，至现在还在为让Adelman相信他自身能力与搜寻 自我定位努力着。 In the past two weeks, Williams has delivered the double-doubles -- three 20-point, 10-rebound games in his past five entering Thursday's game -- that are nearly nightly achievements by Kevin Love, the Wolves' injured All-Star whom Williams has replaced as the starting power forward. 在这两周DW在对上湖人前的五场比赛已经有3场20分10板的数据， 似乎有着Love一咪咪气味存在。 Williams credits Love's biggest attribute -- rebounding -- for his recent play. "Rebounding really is what got me going," he said. "Trying to get every rebound has got my confidence up, not really knocking down shots. I'm focused on the defensive end and trying to get as many rebounds as possible." DW：「总是试图抓取任何可能的篮板，极力去为球队看顾好防守端，这对我信心 真的有很大提升。」 Double D front court Wolves forward Dante Cunningham started at small forward on Thursday for injured Andrei Kirilenko (strained calf) in a front-court tag team with Williams. In this makeshift combination, Cunningham essentially is the small forward defensively while Williams fills that spot on offense. 今天Adelman就以双D阵容作为开场，DC负责SF的防守，DW负责SF的进攻。 Williams started out defending Lakers star Kobe Bryant, a shooting guard, so little Luke Ridnour didn't have to, and Adelman soon switched to Ricky Rubio. DW今天一开始负责防守的对象是Kobe，期以这覆住Ridnour的对阵身高弱势， 并接以Rubio辅助防守。 "They really hurt us last time when we went small, really hurt us on the boards," Adelman said. "In one way, it helps us defensively, but we have to run things, too, and we just haven't been used to doing it with those guys on the court. But I think it's the best option for us right now. Otherwise, we're really short all over the place." Adelman：「小.....小.......小.........太小了，这阵容。」 Second year the charm? 第二年魔咒? Williams considered himself a "late bloomer" when he went from unsung prep player to No. 2 pick in just two seasons at Arizona, and he now sees himself on the same trajectory in the NBA. DW认为他是大鸡晚啼，总有会咕咕叫的时候。 "Pretty much the same thing: Struggled my freshman year in college and sophomore year, I turned it around," Williams said. "I feel the same thing going on now. It really does stink that Kevin's out, but it really does help me with my confidence and trying to build it. It's tough playing behind an All-Star like that, but at the same time opportunities come around. This is the second time around that really helped my confidence a little more." DW：「我在大学两年里也多少有些挣扎，在这是一样情况，Love的退场虽然 搞乱了球队一切，但不讳言我也能藉此去发挥自我极限。」 --

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