C.J. Miles' first start: 19-year-old gets his shot

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C.J. Miles' first start: 19-year-old gets his shot
Second-year player has hot start,
tough finish in his first start for the Jazz
By Lya Wodraska
The Salt Lake Tribune
Article Last Updated:11/02/2006 02:07:56 AM MST

After he learned he was going to start his first NBA game on Wednesday,
C.J. Miles was so giddy he could barely talk.
   Fortunately, he could still shoot.
   Miles made his first four shots, got his hand on the opening tip and
blocked 7-foot-2 Dikembe Mutombo to lead a tongue-wagging charge that saw
the Jazz build an 11-point lead in the first quarter. 

當他知道自己將要在NBA中第一次擔任先發, 西街麥爾斯感到暈眩而幾乎說不出話來。
好在, 他仍然記得如何投籃。
麥爾斯的前四次投球全部命中, 在開場跳球時將球撥到隊友手上, 蓋了穆桶伯火鍋,
助球隊在首節取得11分領先後他伸出了舌頭。

   "It was a big thing," Miles said. "Coach [Jerry Sloan] gave me an
opportunity to start on opening night and I didn't want to let him down.
I didn't think I'd be starting in the NBA at the age of 19." 

"這是一件大事," 麥爾斯說。"教練給我這個機會在開幕戰先發, 我不想讓他失望。
在此之前, 我沒想過自己能在19歲時站上NBA先發位置。"

   Miles compared the experience to a dream, and appropriately he seemed to
slip into a deep slumber in the second half. He only played eight minutes,
in the third quarter, and let the ball get away from him twice. 

麥爾斯將這次經驗比喻為一場夢, 而看來..他在下半場睡得太熟了。
他只在第三節打了八分鐘, 兩次讓球權從手中失去。

   The biggest lesson he learned from opening night came in that slump, as
he realized he needs to play with the same intensity throughout the game.
   "When the first ball dropped out of my hand, I got the second and was
like, 'Don't drop this one,' and I did," Miles said. "I was trying to snap
out of it, but by the time I was snapping out of it, coach was like, 'Come
sit by me.' I kind of knew." 

這次挫折是他當晚學到的最重要一課, 了解自己必須在整場比賽都保持同樣的強度。
 "當第一次掉球後, 我想著別再掉一次, 而它又發生了." 麥爾斯說。
 "我試著重新振作起來, 同時卻也感覺教練似乎在對我說: 到我旁邊坐著, "

   The dropoff in the second half bothered Miles, but it wasn't enough to
dampen the excitement of his first start.
   One of the first people he told was his father, Calvin, when he picked
him up at the airport. His dad didn't quite share in the excitement. 

下半場的低迷讓麥爾斯感到困擾, 但卻無法減弱首次先發帶來的興奮。
當父親Calvin載他到機場時, 麥爾斯首先告訴他這個消息。
不過他老爸看不出特別高興的樣子。

   "He was just like, 'OK,' " Miles said. "I could dribble the ball through
my legs twice and dunk it and he still wouldn't be excited." 

"他就好像只是說, 嗯," 麥爾斯說。
"就算我將球穿越兩次跨下再扣籃, 他仍舊不會表示出興奮。

   Miles, who originally committed to Texas before entering the draft, spent
part of his rookie year in Albuquerque in the NBA Developmental League.
Getting sent south wouldn't have been his first choice, but looking back on
it now, he said it was the best thing to prepare him. 

麥爾斯在投入選秀前原本要進入德州大學, 他的菜鳥球季有一段時間在NBDL的
Albuquerque渡過。 被送到南方並非他的第一意願, 但現在回想起來, 他說那
是助他適應球賽的最佳經驗。

   "It felt like I was kind of in between," he said. "I was still part of
the team, and especially the young guys are real tight and I talked to them
a lot. But I don't think without going to the D-League I'd be the player I
am today because I got some experience." 

"我感覺自己介於兩者之間, 我仍是隊上的一份子," 他說。
"特別是隊上的年輕球員們感情相當好, 我常和他們聊很多事。
 但我不認為自己當初要是沒去D-League, 現在能有如此成長, 我在其中獲得了經驗。"

   Now that he knows he is good enough to start, Miles also knows what he has
to do to stay in the game. As he said, he is still on a learning curve, but
he and the Jazz coaching staff like what he showed in those first minutes.

現在他知道自己的能力足以先發, 也知道如何讓自己待在場上更久。
就像他說的, 自己仍處在學習曲線上. 但他自己和爵士教練團都喜歡他在
比賽前段所展現的東西。

   "There is no question he can shoot," Sloan said. "He came out in the
second half and didn't have the energy. If he is going to be a man in this
league, he's going to have to get in better shape and finish it up."

史隆說, "他的投射能力是無需置疑的, 但下半場他失去了活力。
如果他要在聯盟中取得一席之地, 他得處在更佳狀態並保持到最後。"

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