洛杉矶湖人队中锋霍华德周三谈到了他们在奥兰多泡沫中长期逗留的困难。
霍华德说，在没有家人或朋友在场的情况下，感觉自己被困在校园里是一种精神上的挑战。他说“每天都看到同样的墙”已经对他自己和一些球员造成了损失。
德怀特·霍华德详细描述了在NBA泡沫中的挣扎pic.twitter.com/jrL8yO87GR
-离合器点（@clutpointsapp）2020年9月16日
事实上，许多霍华德的NBA同行也表达了这种观点。
洛杉矶快船队的摇摆人保罗·乔治说，季后赛开始时，他没有预料到泡沫中的压力源：
“我低估了心理健康，”乔治通过《今日美国》的马克·梅迪纳说。“我很焦虑。有点沮丧。我们被锁在这里，我只是不在那里。我刚退房。”
霍华德的湖人队友丹尼·格林说，乔治的话引起了他的共鸣，并指出在社交媒体上滚动的趋势只会增加焦虑：
“我很清楚保罗在经历什么，”湖人队的斯文格曼通过麦地那说。“你整天都在看手机和社交媒体。他们所做的就是欺负你。他们想让你打得好。所以他经历了一段艰难的时期。“我敢肯定，他的大门正在向他逼近，天已经黑了。”
但是，鉴于乔治和格林在季后赛的上场时间很长，霍华德的休息时间更长。
在湖人西部半决赛对阵休斯顿火箭的比赛中，这位老将总共上场了15分钟多，主教练福格尔选择用较小的轮换来配合休斯顿的节奏。
原标题：
Lakers’ Dwight Howard speaks out for first time in a month
原文：
Los Angeles Lakers center Dwight Howard spoke on Wednesday about the difficulties of their long stay in the Orlando bubble.
Howard stated it is a mental challenge to feel trapped on campus without the presence of family or friends. He said “seeing the same walls every day” has taken its toll both on himself and a number of players.
Dwight Howard details the struggles of being in the NBA bubble pic.twitter.com/jrL8yO87GR
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Indeed, a number of Howard’s NBA peers have echoed this sentiment.
Los Angeles Clippers swingman Paul George said when the playoffs began, he did not anticipate the stressors of being in the bubble:
“I underestimated mental health,” George said, via Mark Medina of USA Today. “I had anxiety. A little bit of depression. Us being locked in here, I just wasnât there. I just checked out.”
Howard’s Lakers teammate, Danny Green, said George’s words resonated with him and pointed out the tendency to scroll through social media only adds to the anxiety:
“I know exactly what Paul is going through,” the Lakers swingman shared, via Medina. “You have nothing to do but look at your phone and social media all day. All they are doing is bullying you. They are trying to get you to play well. So he was going through a rough stretch. Iâm sure doors were closing in on him, and it was getting dark for him.”
But whereas George and Green remained engaged given their extensive minutes in these playoffs, Howard has had even more down time.
The veteran played a total of just over 15 minutes during the Lakers’ Western Conference semifinal series against the Houston Rockets, with head coach Frank Vogel opting to go with smaller rotations to match Houston’s pace.
