[外電] And away they go, for 15 days

[OdomLamar (LamarOdom)]

原作：By Mike Bresnahan, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
來源：http://0rz.tw/c23zo
副標：Nine-game trip begins against Pistons. It should give them time to bond.

Jerry West was a fresh-faced rookie with a crew cut the last time anything
like this happened.
在湖人上一次遇到這種狀況的時候，當時的Jerry West還是個理著平頭進入NBA的新人而
已。

The Lakers are leaving town for a while, a long while actually, 15 days and
nine games on an 8,713-mile journey that will take them through more than
half the Eastern Conference.
湖人即將要離開洛杉磯一陣子了，而且是好一陣子，總共15天的時間。他們將進行橫越半
個美東地區的旅行，里程數共8,713英哩的九場客場之旅。

It is the Lakers' longest trip since 1960-61, their first season in Los
Angeles, but that 10-game trip was broken up near its midpoint when the team
returned home for several days before Christmas.
這也是湖人繼1960-61球季以來最長的客場之旅，而當時是湖人的第一個NBA球季。不過當
時的客場十連戰中間，因為他們要回家慶祝耶誕節的關係，所以中間有終止一段時間。

There will be no break for the current Lakers, beginning tonight against
Detroit. If they don't know each other well enough now, they presumably will
by the time they return.
而這次湖人的客場之旅，中間沒有任何的回家時間，而且從明早對活塞比賽就開啟。而如
果他們還不瞭解這狀況有多艱辛的話，等到他們回家的時候，他們就會瞭解了。

"I don't think we have much of a choice," guard Derek Fisher said, smiling.
"Over two weeks, I think we will have spent quite a bit of time together.
Hopefully on the court, it'll show."
Fisher笑著說，"我認為我們別無選擇，有超過兩週的時間，我想我們可能會有比較多的
時間聚在一起。而希望會是在場上，接下來就會知道了。"

The trip starts with a flurry against three teams with winning records --
Detroit, Toronto, Washington -- and ends with a whisper against three teams
with losing records, Miami, Charlotte, and Minnesota. In between is a mixture
of the bad (New Jersey, Atlanta) and good (Orlando).
這次的客場之旅的開啟就要面對艱辛的對手---前三場是活塞、暴龍、巫師。最後結束則
稍微輕鬆些--分別是勝率低於五成的熱火、山貓、灰狼。而中途則是分別面對戰績稍差的
籃網和老鷹，以及實力堅強的魔術。

There will be three sets of back-to-back games, a challenge for any team in a
condensed period away from home. In a minor break, five of the trip's nine
games are against teams with under-.500 records.
這中間還包含三場back-to-back的組合，無論對哪支球隊來說，在客場這麼密集的出賽都
是一大挑戰。不過稍微好一點點的是，九客場的對手，有五支球隊勝率低於五成。

The main reason for the time away is the annual Grammy Awards at Staples
Center, although the league decided last summer to tack on an extra game or
two beyond the time the Lakers typically leave town in late January and early
February.
而這次湖人要離開家裡比賽的主要原因就是，一年一度的葛萊美獎將在這期間於Staples
Center舉行，雖然去年夏天聯盟早就決定要在湖人往年一月底二月初的客場之旅多加上一
到兩場賽事。

The Lakers are wounded these days, seemingly losing players and games at the
same pace, but Kobe Bryant didn't flinch when asked about the laborious path
over the next couple of weeks.
而湖人最近則是感到很受傷，主要還是因為他們失去一些隊友的助陣以及最近球賽打得並
不順暢，不過Kobe Bryant被問到未來兩週艱困賽程時，他表示他並不畏懼。

"Everybody's talking about this road trip like we're going to drop, like,
nine straight," he said earlier this week. "It's ridiculous, you know what I
mean? Like it's Murderers' Row. I'm not too concerned."
他在本週稍早時就表示，"大家談到我們這次的客場之旅時，彷彿我們會連輸九場一樣。
這未免太荒謬了，你知道我的意思嗎？講得好像[棒球場上的謀殺案]一樣(註)。對此我
並不在意。"

註：[棒球場上的謀殺案]是一系列和棒球有關的小說，主要以一九二七年紐約洋基超級豪華
打線的概念，找來小說界的「殺手連線」(Murderers’Row)，名單一字排開，都有「一棒擊
沈對手」的恐怖戰力。意指這次的對手好像個個都是殺手一樣。

The roll call of the injured: Andrew Bynum (knee) and Trevor Ariza (foot)
won't accompany the team; Chris Mihm (ankle, heel) went with the team
Wednesday, but won't play until the end of the trip, at the earliest; Luke
Walton also went with the team, but is day-to-day because of a right hip
pointer; and Lamar Odom has a bruised left shin after being kicked in
Tuesday's game against New York (X-rays and an MRI exam were negative, and he
is expected to play tonight).
接著我們來點名一下傷兵吧：Andrew Bynum(膝蓋)、Trevor Ariza(腳掌)不會隨隊觀光，
Chris Mihm(腳踝、腳後跟)在今天會隨隊，但可能九場比賽都不會上場，Luke Walton也會
跟著球隊，但因為臀部的傷勢，所以是day-to-day的狀況，Lamar Odom族是在尼克比賽中
稍微傷到了左小腿，不過X光和MRI檢查都顯示陰性的結果，所以明天他應該會上場比賽。

Healthy or otherwise, the Lakers are putting a positive spin on the trek.
不過無論健康與否，湖人都會將這次艱困的客場之旅用正面的角度來看。

"I do think there will be a lot of postgame dinners and obviously a lot of
plane rides and bus rides where we'll get opportunities to talk and really
focus in on what happened in the game that night," Fisher said. "We'll get
quite a bit of time to do that on this trip."
Fisher表示，"我認為我們會有很多賽後的晚餐時間，很明顯的也會有很多坐飛機和巴士的
機會，而在那上面我們將會有很多時間可以討論，以及真正專注於當晚比賽到底表現得如
何。我們會在這次的客場之旅花很多時間在這個之上。"

Jordan Farmar was selected to take part in the rookie-sophomore challenge
Feb. 15 in New Orleans, part of All-Star weekend festivities. . . . DJ Mbenga
traveled with the team to Detroit, an indicator he would be signed to another
10-day contract. . . . Knicks forward Renaldo Balkman was suspended by the
league for one game because he elbowed Sasha Vujacic in the jaw in Tuesday's
game.
Jordan Farmar被選為這次於2/15在紐奧良舉行的新秀-二年級挑戰賽的成員之一。

DJ Mbenga將隨隊到底特律去比賽，這也意味著他將獲得第二份10-day的合約。

尼克前鋒Renaldo Balkman則是因為在昨天比賽中給了Sasha Vujacic一記曬衣鎖，所以將
被聯盟判處禁賽一場的處分。


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