[外電] Lakers earn lousy progress report as

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Lakers earn lousy progress report as they stumble against Orlando

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By Ben Bolch

The Lakers bid farewell to .500 on Sunday in a season that has far greater
aspirations.

Wait, you mean they fell below the break-even mark?

Yep. You can't presume anything around here.

With little nuisances such as a disappearing offense and an all-too-visible
lack of energy supposedly behind them, the Lakers should have returned to
their regularly scheduled dominance against the sorry Orlando Magic.

Instead, it was the Lakers who sent their regrets during another
shake-your-head defeat at Staples Center.

Kobe Bryant couldn't defend, Dwight Howard couldn't make enough free throws
and Pau Gasol couldn't do much of anything after being benched in the final
six minutes of a 113-103 setback.

"There's no excuses to be made," said Bryant, who scored 34 points but
seemingly gave up as many on the perimeter to his counterparts. "There's no
whining or putting your head down. We have the talent to make adjustments and
you have to make them."

They better start soon.

It was the fifth bad loss of the season and the third since Coach Mike
D'Antoni took over, also counting defeats against Sacramento and Indiana.

This is progress?

At this rate, bring back Bernie Bickerstaff or maybe hire the coach of an AAU
outfit such as the New England Playaz and let him roll out the ball. This
team has way too much talent for listless showings such as this.

Of course, the issue has never been the names on the backs of the jerseys.
It's been about what's underneath the front.

"It's a Catch-22," D'Antoni said. "They just think they can just kind of do
it on their own sometimes. Oh, we're OK, we're only down by one. We're fine.
We're fine. We're fine. No, you're not fine.

"It's a little bit of an overconfidence thing that we have to hope by our
record that we shouldn't be there. But we're going to keep working, we're
going to try to solve some problems."

Bryant showed his displeasure after practice Thursday when he called out his
teammates and rearranged some items on a courtside table.

A more explosive display might be in order after the Lakers (8-9) made the
previously five-win Magic look like playoff contenders.

"I will kick everyone's [rear] in this locker room if I have to," Bryant
said. "That's just the attitude you have to have."

This wasn't so much about Gasol being sat in favor of Antawn Jamison over the
final minutes or Howard making only nine of 21 free throws, including seven
of 14 in the fourth quarter, after the Magic went to a hack-a-Howard strategy.

It was more about giving up freebies on the other end.

Arron Afflalo repeatedly made open jumpers on the way to 30 points and former
USC star Nikola Vucevic made way too many easy forays into the lane for
dunks. The Magic scored 40 points in the fourth quarter and shot 50% for the
game.

The Lakers have been lunging forward only to stutter-step backward now for
far too long.

They appeared to be on their way recently with a 26-point victory over Dallas
on the road. Then they returned home and scored 77 points in a loss to
Indiana.

They nearly matched that output in just the first half in the next game
against Denver, only to revert to their lackluster ways against the Magic.

"Whatever it is, we have to find a way to be consistent," said Jamison, who
had a relatively quiet 10 points one game after splurging for 33. "One night
the offense is great, the next night it's horrible. One night the defense is
unbelievable. The next night it's, what's going on?

"You keep telling yourself, we have to be patient, we have to be patient and
eventually it will come. But we're in December right now and these problems
should not be taking place."

If they keep popping up much longer, there won't be basketball in May or June
for a team whose worries have shifted from reaching the NBA Finals to getting
back to .500.


簡單翻：

湖人勝率在今天跌破五成了..........
對上不怎樣的魔術，湖人應該展現實力才對，
但不幸的是，湖人在釘書機中心又來了一場令人搖頭的比賽。

老大沒在防守，湖獸的罰球嚇死人，
姐姐整場在被板凳之後也不能做甚麼，
所以以113-103輸掉了比賽。

老大說：「沒有藉口，也不必要喪氣，
          我們有那個天賦去調整，而且我們必須去調整。」
老大今天得了34分，但幾乎完全放棄防守跟他對位的人。

湖人最好趕快開始調整，
這已經是這季第五場超爛的比賽了，
是在冷笑話來之後的第三場。
這就是所謂的進步與調整？

照這個勝率，不如叫比克回來，
或是去美國業餘運動協會找教練就好了！
這隻湖人隊，有太多太多的能力，去做出更好的表現，
而不是像現在這樣無精打采的比賽。

冷笑話說：「這是一個 Catch-22 的情況(註)，
            球員們只是想說他們有時候應該可以吧！
            我們沒問題的啦！你們的記者跟球迷的問題還比較多！
            對於我們所希望的紀錄以及我們現在的位置，
            我想我們是有點太過於自信了。」

老大在星期四的練球時發飆了，
他對著他的隊友大吼，也做了一些訓練上的改變。
一些更嚴厲的舉動可能會再發生，尤其當輸了這場比賽之後。

老大：「如果有必要，我會踢每個人的屁股，
        這是關於那必須要有的態度。」

這其實跟板凳姊姊還有湖獸投不進罰球沒有太大關係，
湖人的防守太爛了，讓對手太輕易的得分了。

afflalo 一直投進空檔跳投，vucevic 也有太多空手切入灌籃的機會，
魔術在第四節竟然得了40分.......................................
而且是以五成的命中率得到的.....................................

湖人這季攻防狀態的擺盪低潮太久了，
對小牛贏了 26 分，然後來一場超爛的 77 分對溜馬，
接著幾乎半場就得了 77 分的那場對金塊的比賽，贏了金塊，
在今天又被打回原形然後輸給了魔術。

AJ：「我們必須去試著維持，我試著告訴自己要有耐心，
      最後終究會磨合完成，得到好的結果的。
      但現在 12 月了，這些問題不應該發生了。」

如果湖人再繼續這樣，那五六月的時候，
這支「從追求總冠軍到追求勝率破五成」的球隊就不會有球打了。



註：
Catch-22 是一本書，
由美國作家約瑟夫·海勒（Joseph Heller）的代表作。
作品是一部長篇小說，寫於1961年。
Catch-22 翻譯成第22條軍規，內容如下：
-瘋子可以免于飛行，但同時又規定必須由本人提出申請，
 而如果本人一旦提出申請，便證明你並未變瘋，
 因為「對自身安全表示關注，乃是頭腦理性活動的結果」。

冷笑話用這本小說來描述湖人現在的狀況，
一直說自己還好還好，卻打得很爛...........................

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※ 編輯: poyenlee        來自: 140.116.50.139       (12/03 21:26)
推 michaelkobe:老柯快先提升一下自己防守的狀態比較實際...
推 chirssu:最後AJ說的....."我看成我們必須試著推特"
推 goldenlen:怎不先踢自己屁股
推 ping1777:老科今天防守我也想賞你兩全阿
推 Bigcookie2:讓阿法羅+JJ合得44分.....老科  你真的是...
推 koic:打不進季後賽會是NBA史上最大冷門嗎?
推 Bigcookie2:其實問題很簡單 能夠滲透 切入的球員 只有老科..
→ Bigcookie2:沒有老納..湖人會很慘.....老科34歲....QQ
→ Bigcookie2:我期待的是老納+老科各分擔30分鐘左右
→ Bigcookie2:你要老科當PG 又要他得分...太強求
→ Bigcookie2:連LBJ都有Wade幫他扛得分...湖人有誰..
→ Bigcookie2:DH罰球太囧了......
推 koic:不能同意你更多  一直沒有像樣的搖擺人跟老柯搭配過
→ koic:黑暗期第一年還有個Caron，當時還太嫩，但依老柯的個性 也滿
→ koic:讓他搭一個以進攻著稱的SF
推 Bigcookie2:不是要全明星阿..只要有半顆星就好了..
推 colby0114:原本以為KOBE當主要輸出 再來DH...最後不行再來個PAU
推 Maxslack:不用太好的球員 能自己單打就夠了
→ colby0114:其他就輪流發威就好...沒想到 現在得分還是要順風球
推 rexagi1988:雖然今天也很想踢老科屁股，不過說真要他又進攻又控場
→ rexagi1988:還要再分配體力到防守上，說真的也難為34歲的老科了
→ rexagi1988:這就好像如果今天阿砲打到38分鐘以上的那種球賽
→ rexagi1988:就算他東漏西漏我也不會超幹，因為他需要調配體力以維
→ rexagi1988:在場上的進攻，老科也老了再也不能每件事都親力親為
→ rexagi1988:老衲回來之後只要他在進攻上不需要再負擔複雜的責任
→ rexagi1988:應該在防守上會比這幾場來的好多             吧
推 jacklee60705:今天老柯防守真的是蠻糟的 = =
→ rexagi1988: 所以說為什麼一旦進攻活絡這支球隊的防守才有可能好起
→ rexagi1988:來，因為只要在進攻不需這麼費力，才有那心思記得防守
→ rexagi1988:雖然我覺得對金塊那場其實也漏滿多的只是金塊自己...
→ rexagi1988:中場前有段Gasol+AJ，我就看到一堆人跑來補去的...= =
→ rexagi1988:只是金塊自己也傻傻的失誤或是中投不進，看了滿芄爾的
推 sagesrock:老科 那你今天防守防那麼爛、死不傳球愛獨幹的態度 是不
→ hssz:其實Kobe拿出都自己上的打法是兩面刃，成功幾波後會帶起士氣
→ sagesrock:是也該自己掌嘴幾下???
→ hssz:但失敗幾波後，士氣瓦解也很快
→ hssz:加上老科畢竟也是老科了，第四節體力勢必會有所影響
→ hssz:這個打法的結果，趨向後者的機會，會越來越高而非前者
推 rexagi1988:至少從我跟阿砲轉來湖人之後看湖人球賽老科就是這樣打
→ rexagi1988:阿XD，但是以前這種豪洨球就是幹的進  推文只能!!!!!!!
→ rexagi1988:帶過，但是說真的現在幹不太進了，而且因為內縮也搶不
→ rexagi1988:太到籃板，一波進攻就這樣沒惹  而老科又很好強XDD
→ rexagi1988:但是我覺得這個問題還是可以期待老納啦，從以前到現在
→ rexagi1988:不就是期待有個人可以把球從老科手上拿走，只是受傷了
→ rexagi1988:所以今天最後冰阿砲放DH+AJ我猜大多還是為了進攻上幫DH
→ rexagi1988:拉開空間，但是冷笑話應該要想到，球只會在老科手上XD
推 loquito:好個老衲....讓我想到食神
→ rexagi1988:在你沒辦法把球拿走的情況下，就今天真的不如換下DH
→ rexagi1988:放阿砲上去罰球還比較好點，但如果是考量到休息就算了~
→ rexagi1988:但如果有老納在，我覺得放上DH+AJ就比較有他真實的功用
推 koic:我常看到的比賽是 老柯一人打得順 通常都是把對手的士氣給抬
→ koic:起來
推 c51155427:一直很納悶 有時kobe控球掌控節奏 那杜宏擺在場上的功用
→ c51155427:不知道是為了什麼 有時感覺放了PG卻自己控 PG也沒幹嘛
推 hinenak:老話一句，防守不會失常。放棄防守就要祈禱進攻別失常。
推 mackulkov:沒有強的PG可以跟KB配的好吧? 一直以來....