[外電] Mavericks-Thunder Preview

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Mavericks-Thunder Preview


Dirk Nowitzki seems to have found his shooting stroke in time for another
scoring duel with Kevin Durant.

Dirk Nowitzki將與Kevin Durant展開得分大戰，還好Dirk及時
找回了他的手感。


These All-Stars will be the focal point Monday night when Durant and the
Oklahoma City Thunder look to stretch their home win streak to 13 games as
they face Nowitzki's Dallas Mavericks.

這兩位球星將是明天兩隊交手的焦點，Durant所帶領的奧克拉荷
馬雷霆要挑戰主場13連勝，對手將是Dirk率領的達拉斯小牛。


Nowitzki scored a season-high 40 points as Dallas (22-16) snapped a four-game
losing streak with a 102-96 home victory over Utah on Saturday. He had 20 in
each half, and 13 in a row for his team at one point.

Dirk昨天攻下40分，帶領小牛以102-96在主場擊敗猶他爵士，中
止最近的四連敗。他在上下半場各攻下20分，並一度連續為球隊
得到13分。


"I had a good rhythm tonight," said Nowitzki, who shot 39.3 percent during
the Mavericks' losing streak. "I had not been really been shooting the ball
well, especially from 15 to 16 feet. I just wanted to be aggressive and my
teammates kept feeding me."

在小牛連敗那段時間，Dirk的命中率只有39.3%，他說："我今晚
的節奏很順，我最近手感不是很順，尤其是在離籃框15呎到16呎
的地方，我只是想要積極一點，也希望隊友不斷餵球給我。"


Durant, meanwhile, is averaging 28.2 points for the season as he continues to
battle the Lakers' Kobe Bryant and Miami's LeBron James for the scoring
title. He is averaging 28.7 while helping Western Conference-leading Oklahoma
City (29-8) take two of three from Dallas this season after the Mavs won last
year's West finals in five games.

Durant目前則是以場均28.2分與洛杉磯湖人的Kobe Bryant還有
邁阿密熱火的LeBron James角逐得分王。他在今年對上小牛的
三場比賽中平均攻下28.7分，並順利拿下兩勝。雷霆目前為西
區老大，去年則是在季後賽的交手中遭小牛以4-1淘汰。


Nowitzki is averaging 21.0 points in the season series after being held to
eight points on 2-of-15 shooting in the last meeting, a 95-86 home loss Feb.
1.

Dirk本季對雷霆平均攻下21.0分，不過他在2月1號的交手中投
15只中2攻下8分，最後小牛以86-95在主場敗北。


The German 7-footer averaged 32.2 points with two 40-point efforts in last
year's conference finals while Durant averaged 28.0.

在去年西區冠軍戰當中，Dirk兩度得分破40，平均攻下32.2分，
而KD則是平均攻下28分。


Oklahoma City point guard Russell Westbrook has averaged 22.0 points in the
first three meetings with Dallas, but is among the league's worst with 4.1
turnovers per game. The Thunder average a league-worst 16.5 turnovers, and
had 21 that led to 22 points for Atlanta in Saturday's 97-90 road loss.

雷霆的控球後衛Russell Westbrook今年對小牛平均攻下22.0分，
不過他本季平均單場失誤4.1次在聯盟排名後段班。雷霆單場平均
犯下16.5次失誤也是聯盟最差，在上一場比賽他們失誤21次讓亞
特蘭大老鷹攻下22分，導致最後以90-97在客場吞敗。


"We've got to fix it," coach Scott Brooks said. "We keep talking about it.
We're working on it. But we've got to figure out that because it's going to
be hard to win night in, night out the way we turn it over."

雷霆教練Scott Brooks說："我們得改進這一點，我們一直在討
論這部份，也在努力。但我們一定要找出解決之道，不然每場都
失誤這麼多次的話是很難贏球的。"


The Thunder had their seven-game win streak snapped. Durant scored 35, but
made 3 of 10 shots from the field in a fourth quarter in which Oklahoma City
connected on 5 of 21.

雷霆被老鷹中止最近的七連勝，KD攻下35分，不過在第四節投10
只中3，全隊更是投21只中5。


"We've won so many games down the stretch, and to lose this one, it's tough,
but it's the luck of the draw, man," Durant said. "We've got to move on."

KD表示："我們今年在第四節的關鍵時刻贏了很多比賽，但是這
次失敗了。這很難讓人接受，不過我想運氣總是時好時壞，我
們必須繼續前進。"


Oklahoma City will be confident about returning home, where they are 15-1 and
will try to record the franchise's first 13-game win streak since a 17-game
run in Seattle from Nov. 11, 1994-Jan. 24, 1995. The Thunder are 6-1 after
their first seven defeats.

回到主場會讓雷霆信心百倍，他們今年主場戰績15勝1負，並且
希望拿下在1994-95球季西雅圖超音速隊的主場17連勝之後最佳
的主場13連勝。雷霆本季在七場的敗仗之後下一場戰績6勝1敗。


Dallas comes to town after Lamar Odom returned Saturday with nine points,
five rebounds and three blocks after he missed four games because of a family
matter and personal reasons.

Lamar Odom上一場比賽在因為私人原因缺陣四場後歸隊，他攻下
9分5籃板3火鍋。


"It was really personal, something I had to tend to," Odom said. "Mark Cuban
is a great owner for understanding and knowing that sometimes we have to fix
what's going on off the court in order for us to fix what's on the court."

Odom說："這件事對我來說很私人，且我非做不可。Mark Cuban是
個很好的老闆，他也很善解人意，他了解有時候我們得先解決場外
的問題才能改善場上的表現。"


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