[情報] Boring but brilliant Spurs

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Boring but brilliant Spurs

Excerpt: Jerry Zgoda, Star Tribune
Sunday, March 30, 2008
http://0rz.tw/3f3QD

馬刺這個九年內拿了四次冠軍。連續九季拿到五十勝以上的球隊，似乎是各個
在交易截止日前卯足了勁交易重量級的球星，包括Gasol, O'Neal, Kidd等等，
而試著追趕上馬刺如Ginobilis鬼之步伐般腳步的球隊交易之主要原因。
Champions four times in the past nine years, 50-game winners for nine
consecutive seasons now, the Spurs seemingly inspired a frantic arms race
before last month's trading deadline that featured Pau Gasol, Shaquille
O'Neal and Jason Kidd, among others, changing teams just to keep up with the
Ginobilis.

"這是奉承的話啦" 教練Popovich說。"我可不確定真實性有幾分"
"That's flattering," Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said. "But I'm not sure how
much truth there is to it."

即使馬刺是這麼一支既充滿天份，卻又有點單調乏味的球隊，但他們總是能在季後賽中
出線，就像是其他的球隊，像是Lakers, Suns, Warriors也許能帶來high的氣氛，
但馬刺總是能端出真正的牛肉給他的球迷(得到冠軍)。
So gifted and so dull at the same time, the Spurs strangely enough are both a
favorite and an afterthought in a looming conference playdown where the
Lakers and the Suns and maybe even the Golden State Warriors will bring the
sizzle and the Spurs will provide the steak.

"毫無疑問的，湖人現在的確是打出最好的球的球隊，但你知道嗎？每年總是有一兩支
球隊-像是活賽和馬刺-人們不太談論他們，但他們總是默默的就打進了最後的決賽"
灰狼的後衛Marko Jaric這麼說
"Definitely, the Lakers right now are playing the best basketball, but you
know what?" Wolves guard Marko Jaric said. "Every year there a couple of
teams -- Detroit, San Antonio -- nobody talks about and they always seem to
get to the finals or the conference finals."

最近在ESPN的一個廣播節目上問到一個問題："為甚麼馬刺是一支如此無趣的球隊？"
這個解答並沒有共識。一些說法是，因為馬刺呈現的陣中的明星，Tim Duncan其健全
又低調的特質。馬刺的陣中有太多低調的球員，而他們防守的是如此該死的好，而現在
防守的比賽不是人們所愛看的。
A recent segment on an ESPN Radio program asked this question: Why are the
Spurs so boring? There was no consensus. Some theories: They've taken on the
personality of superstar Tim Duncan, who is so fundamentally sound and so
unexpressive. They have too much character and no characters. They're just so
darn good defensively, and who pays to watch defense?

"他們不會因為對手改變他們打球的方式" 前馬刺後衛Beno Udrich說
"他們堅持他們的策略，而且的確有效。Poppy已經在那邊十年了，而這套方式也在馬刺
run了十年，我想"
"They never change their stuff for anybody," said Sacramento guard Beno
Udrih, a former Spur. "They stick with their principles and it works. Poppy's
been there for 10 years. It works for them for 10 years, I think."

幾乎除了本季之外的每一季，馬刺總是步伐緩慢的前進，直到明星賽之後才開始大爆發
，然後加速他們螺旋槳升空。這一季，在最近六連勝(已經七連勝了)之前馬刺才經歷
了四連敗。
Nearly every season except maybe for this one, the Spurs increasingly have
paced themselves until the All-Star break, then revved their turbines. This
season, their current six-game winning streak was preceded by a four-game
losing streak.

"他們今年也許沒有表現出往年那種王者的決心，但他們是一支我不會小看的季後賽隊伍。
"他們有好的基礎，好的指導教練，他們就是這麼的穩" Jaric說。
"They don't show the determination like they used to, but they are one of the
playoff teams I would not trust," Jaric said. "They have a good foundation.
They have good coaching. They are just solid."

而他們今年也是衛冕的冠軍，由他們的三巨頭-Duncan, Ginobili,還有Parker領軍。
他們三個在過去的五年都是並肩作戰。
And they are the defending champs, with their triumvirate of Duncan, Manu
Ginobili and Tony Parker together for the past five seasons.

"他們已經共同經歷這些(季後賽)許多，許多次了" 灰狼的教練Randy Wittman說。
"不是一次，也不是他們的部份成員，而是他們全都經歷過這些。他們知道在前方等著
他們的是什麼挑戰，也知道什麼在等待著他們去爭取(冠軍金盃)"
"They've been through all this many, many times," Wolves coach Randy Wittman
said. "Not once, not some of them. They all have. They know what's ahead and
what's in store for them."

只有湖人在1979-91，還有賽爾提克在1979-88年有過更多連續+50勝賽季的紀錄。
Only the Lakers from 1979-91 and the Celtics from 1979-88 have had more
consecutive 50-victory seasons.

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