[外電] Dallas Mavericks fire Avery Johnson

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The Dallas Morning News / By EDDIE SEFKO

Less than two years after coaching the Dallas Mavericks to the NBA Finals,
Avery Johnson was fired on Wednesday.

不到兩年前曾經帶領小牛打進總冠軍賽的Avery Johnson，在星期三被炒了。

Three playoff disappointments, coupled with a slow drift apart from his
players and owner Mark Cuban, led to the end of his three-plus-year tenure
with the Mavericks.

三個令人失望的季後賽，漸漸地跟隊員們與老闆Mark Cuban貌合神離，讓他還有三年多
的小牛總教練生涯劃下句點。

Johnson told 103.3 FM ESPN that he held no animosity toward the Mavericks for
relieving him of the final three years of his contract.

Johnson在103.3FM ESPN的節目上說他並不會因為小牛將他解僱而怨恨小牛。

"More than anything, I knew that after this year we were probably going in a
different direction," Johnson said. "It's probably just something that needed
to be done. It's not a separation or split or situation where I've been
removed from head coaching duties that is a bitter situation. It's nothing
like this.

「這比什麼都還重要，我知道今年我們可能會各分東西，」Johnson說。「這也許只是
某些該做的事情而已。這不是離別或是一刀兩斷或是那種被拔掉總教練的難堪情況。
不是那樣的。」

"This was something that needed to happen. It happened. We're all going to go
our separate ways. There's no animosity, no bitterness, nothing. We all still
really care about each other. It was just time to go in a different
direction."

「這只是某些會發生的事情而已。它發生了。我們就各分東西。沒有怨懟，沒有痛苦。
什麼都沒有。我們仍會關心彼此，這只是我們該分開的時刻了。」

Johnson was in The Woodlands with his family, tending to a family emergency.
He's scheduled to speak to media members Thursday in Dallas.

Johnson在The Woodlands陪著家人，就像家庭的緊急情況一樣。他預計週四在
Dallas開個記者會。

Johnson, who took over the Mavericks' coaching job with 18 games left in the
2004-05 season, was the subject of strong speculation late in the regular
season and during the first-round playoff loss to New Orleans that the
Hornets finished off Tuesday.

0405賽季最後18場例行賽接手小牛總教練位子的Johnson，在本例行賽尾聲與
第一輪季後賽輸給黃蜂的時刻成為了各方強力猜測的焦點。

Several curious comments and actions preceded Johnson's dismissal. He had a
loud outburst with Cuban after a game in March, a confrontation that was
audible to staff members throughout the Mavericks' offices.

有一些不尋常的評論與動作導至了Johnson的離去。在三月的某場比賽後跟Cuban
大吵了一架，吵架的聲音大到連小牛辦公室的每個職員都聽的見。

Early in the playoffs, Johnson took full responsibility for his team's missed
free throws and other physical errors. Clearly, that was a thinly veiled
criticism of the players.

在季後賽一開始，Johnson承擔起球員們罰球率不佳與場上失誤的所有責任。很明顯的，
那是對球員們小小的微詞。

Then, on Monday, after Johnson canceled a practice, the players decided to
practice on their own, which angered Johnson.

之後在週一，Johnson取消練習，而球員們卻自行練球，這讓Johnson十分火大。

On Wednesday, players cleaned out their lockers and voiced their support for
Johnson, while also bracing for what certainly will be other sweeping changes
in the locker room.

週三，球員們打包了他們在休息室裡的東西，並且發表對Johnson的支持，正好說明
了休息室中即將引爆的人事大地震。

"It really hasn't sunk in yet," Jason Terry said. "He's been our leader. He's
the one who made this whole thing go. Without him, we're pretty much
searching. He took this franchise beyond where it's been."

「這並不是什麼無可救藥的事情，」Jason Terry說。「他曾是我們的頭頭，他是造就
小牛的人。沒有他，我們可能還在摸索。他曾把小牛帶到過去不曾有過的境界。」

Johnson had a 194-70 (.735 percentage) during the regular season. The
Mavericks were 23-24 in the playoffs under his watch.

Johnson在例行賽的戰績是194勝70敗（勝率73.5％）。而季後賽的戰績是23勝24敗。

Johnson was named coach of the year in 2006 and took the Mavericks to the NBA
Finals for the first time in franchise history. The Mavericks went up 2-0
before Miami won four straight to take the series.

Johnson在2006年第一次帶領小牛打入總冠軍戰的時候當選了年度最佳教練。小牛在總冠軍戰
領先了兩場，之後四連敗，邁阿密封王。

In 2007, the Mavericks became the first No. 1 seed to lose in the first round
of the playoffs in the best-of-seven format. Dallas had won a
franchise-record 67 games before being eliminated by Golden State last
spring.

在2007年，小牛成為西區第一種子，卻在季後賽第一輪淘汰。去年春天小牛贏得隊史
紀錄的67勝，卻被勇士淘汰出局。

Those playoff heartbreaks, in addition to the disappointment against New
Orleans, led to Johnson's dismissal.

這些令人心碎的季後賽，外加今年輸給紐澳良，導致了Johnson的離去。



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翻得不好請見量，這篇新聞還有影音連結，可以看看球員們的意見。

好聚好散吧！祝福Avery Johnson仍能在NBA中找到自己的一片天空！

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