[外電] Mavericks forced to play a waiting game with Dirk Nowitz

[JoshHoward5 (Dalas Mavericks)]

Mavericks forced to play a waiting game with Dirk Nowitzki's injury


12:28 PM CST on Friday, January 14, 2011
By EDDIE SEFKO / The Dallas Morning News


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SAN ANTONIO – Another day goes by. Dirk Nowitzki runs circles around the
court and works on strengthening and agility exercises for his sprained right
knee.

Everybody continues to wonder when the Mavericks' star will be back in
uniform, and while it's a hot topic, Tyson Chandler wants to make sure
everybody keeps this in perspective.

"We're not winning the championship right now," Chandler said Thursday after
practice at Trinity University.

 And, largely because of their outrageous 24-5 record before Nowitzki's
injury, they aren't losing the championship right now, either, no matter what
happens tonight against the league's best team, the San Antonio Spurs.

"It's not frustrating at all because I want him to be healthy," Chandler said
of the uncertainty about Nowitzki. "I'm in this thing for the long haul. As
tough as it is to take losses – and I'm a very passionate person and I take
every loss personally – I would much rather have him down the stretch when
it counts. This is not the playoffs."

 That's a strong voice of reason. And until Nowitzki is actually back in the
starting lineup, the Mavericks have to focus not on his recovery, but on
who's healthy and how they can figure out ways to rectify the 2-6 record
they've suffered through in his absence.

 "Dirk increases his workouts every day, and signs are positive," coach Rick
Carlisle said. "But it's very important that we focus on the guys we have
available at this time and make sure that he gets back absolutely 100 percent
healthy.

"We've listed him day-to-day because we don't believe this is a serious
injury, and he is making progress. On the other hand, we're going to maintain
an extremely cautious posture on this going forward and like everyone else,
we want him to be back 100 percent healthy as soon as possible. We'll let you
know when he's going to play. It could be very soon. It could be awhile."

The Mavericks are in complete agreement that there is only one way they can
dig out of this predicament – short of Nowitzki returning. They have to
revert back to their defensive instincts that served them well in the first
two months of the season.

The loss of Nowitzki has been ironic for the Mavericks in that the impact
from his injury has been felt as harshly on defense as it has on offense. The
man once known as Irk because he had "no D," is getting accolades in his
absence because the Mavericks can't stop opponents at the same rate they did
with him on the floor.

 "With Dirk scoring, you get to set your defense up," Jason Kidd said. "When
a guy like Dirk is on the floor, the other team has to expend a lot of energy
trying to get him to pass the ball or concentrate on him [defensively]. And
defensively, he understands where to be. He might not be the fastest guy, but
he has great hands on the swipe [against drivers], and he's 7-feet."

The other aspect of the defensive equation is that every other Maverick feels
like he has to do more at the offensive end to help make up for Nowitzki's
absence. Therefore, the tendency is to rest on defense.

That has been the Mavericks' biggest problem during the last two weeks.

"Good defense is going to help your offense. That's just a universal fact,"
Carlisle said. "We got to keep focusing on the one thing that we said was
going to be the key to our season, and that was defense."

 It's not easy. Against Indiana on Wednesday, the Mavericks worked hard
defensively and put the Pacers in numerous tough situations with the shot
clock winding down. But they got burned several times on a well-defended shot
that fell or an Indiana offensive rebound.

Shooting star  : Jason Kidd passed former Maverick Dale Ellis for No. 3 all
time on the NBA's 3-point shooting list.

So does he have No. 2 Ray Allen of the Celtics in his sights?

"No, that's too far away," he said. "I stayed around long enough to make a
couple, that's all."

 Allen is more than 800 trifectas ahead of Kidd, and still has a shot to
catch all-time leader Reggie Miller.

Difference maker: While it's obvious Dirk Nowitzki makes a difference
offensively, his impact on defense cannot be overlooked. Eddie Sefko looks at
how the Mavericks rate in the 29 games with Dirk Nowitzki and the eight he's
missed.


簡單翻譯就好了。orz


幾天之後，Dirk已經可以在場上跑步，並且做一些增強肌肉、靈敏度的功課。

對此，Tyson Chandler則是說：慢慢來。我們現在不是在拼總冠軍。 我並不會感到
沮喪，因為我希望他可以百分百康復後再回來。

其他外電也有一些關於Beaubois的情況，他已經在踩腳踏車了， 並且有在球場上做
更多的移動動作，雖然還不知道他何時會回來，但可能是數周、 數天，而不再是數
個月了。而距離手術至今已經超過五個月了。

他本人則是表示：我不能告訴你是何時，但是快了!我的感覺非常好，而我現在也可
以做更多事了。


而Jason Kidd生涯三分球命中數已經超越前小牛隊員Dale Ellis，成為NBA史上第三
多的球員。他被問到是否瞄準第二位的Ray Allen，他說：不!實在是太遙遠了， 我
只想再盡力多投進一些。

Ray Allen比Kidd還多進800顆，而且已經快要追上第一的Reggie Miller了。

Rank      Name            No.     Pct.      "*" 現役球員
 1.   Reggie Miller      2,560   .396
 2.    Ray Allen*        2,526   .398
 3.   Jason Kidd*        1,722   .349
 4.   Dale Ellis         1,719   .403
 5.  Peja Stojakovic*    1,718   .401
 6.  Chauncey Billups*   1,649   .389
 7.   Rashard Lewis*     1,646   .391
 8.   Jason Terry*       1,575   .380  
 9.    Glen Rice         1,559   .400
10.   Eddie Jones        1,546   .373



最後來看看本季有Dirk和沒Dirk，在數據上的一些差別。

With Dirk              Category                            Without Dirk  
  24-5                  Record(戰績)                            2-6
  99.5                  Points(得分)                           91.9
  93.4              Points allowed(失分)                       97.0
  .479                  FG pct.(命中率)                        .443
  .434             FG pct. allowed(對手命中率)                 .473
  +1.2       Rebound differential(和對手單場籃板差距)          -5.8




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