[外電] 板凳無雙

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Millsap steps up, gives Jazz a spark

板凳無雙

By Linda Hamilton
Deseret News

Paul Millsap doesn't blame it on that, "but I've been real sick these past
playoffs. I felt real good (Wednesday) and had a good practice the day before
that, so that always helps out."

這件事米爺從來不曾拿來說嘴：
「其實我從季後賽開始生病到現在都沒好，」
「但前天感覺好多了，練球的情況也很好，」
「這對我在場上的表現大有幫助。」

Millsap got well just in time for the Utah Jazz as starting power forward
Carlos Boozer has been saddled with foul trouble and stretches of
ineffectiveness on offense.

米爺的康復來得正是時候，
因為他們的明星前鋒這陣子窩囊得厲害。

Millsap played 29 minutes Wednesday in the Jazz's Game 2 loss at Los Angeles,
scoring 17 points, his best total since Feb. 27, and grabbing a team-high 10
rebounds, six off the offensive glass and his best since March 8.

米爺第二戰打了29分鐘，攻下17分，
是他二月底以來最高的一次，
同時還抓下全隊最高的10籃板，其中6個是進攻籃板。

"Paul and Kyle (Korver, backup shooting guard) carried us and kept us in the
game that first half," said Jazz point guard Deron Williams at Thursday's
practice. The Jazz and Lakers play Game 3 tonight at 7 in EnergySolutions
Arena.

「小米跟凱兒是我們上半場能夠咬住比分的功臣，」小胖說。

"Without those guys," Williams added, "we probably lose by 20 or 30.

「沒有他們兩個，我們恐怕得輸一褲子。」

"Jarron (Collins, backup center), even though he didn't score, played great —
 his help defense, taking charges, things we need out there on the floor."

「杰倫雖然沒有得分，但是他也打得很好，」小胖說，
「他的協防、放對...都是我們當時最欠缺的一環。」

Utah got 33 points, 20 rebounds and five assists off the bench, production it
needs if Boozer continues to struggle and because the Laker bench contributes
well.

猶他板凳貢獻了33分、20籃板與5次助攻，
媲美同樣貢獻厥偉的湖人替補群。

"It's amazing what work does for you," Jazz coach Jerry Sloan said of
Millsap, whose desire helped him score underneath despite the Lakers' longer,
taller defenders.

「他的努力令人眼睛為之一亮，」教皇如此稱讚米爺，
他的積極幫助了他在湖人高大的內線下頻頻取得分數。

"He's working his butt off to try to get the ball," Sloan said of Millsap,
who may have bought himself more minutes with Wednesday's performance. "He's
going after the basketball on the boards. That's how you get yourself
acclimated. When you do that, you get more opportunities."

「他可是拚了命非搶到球不可，」教皇繼續說，
這股拚勁或許會讓米爺爭取到更多的上場機會。
「他總是能在籃下嗅到球的所在，」
「這正是他值得被稱讚的地方，」
「你越積極，你拿到球的機會就越多。」

"I know Boozer is going to come back with his A game; he's going to step up
for us," said Millsap. "I felt like that's my job to come out there if he
gets in trouble and try to back him up and do the best I can."

「布哥有一天一定會找回他的手感，回來帶領我們，」
小米不敢造次：「大哥是對的！我只是在他有麻煩時做我該做的啦。」

Millsap just tried to be aggressive in Wednesday's game. "We just need
somebody to go in there and try to be strong and take it to the hole," he
said.

米爺在上場比賽始終保持著良好的攻擊力，
「我們需要人能硬打進去，把球放進籃框，」
「我責無旁貸。」米爺說。

Millsap said his 7-for-13 shooting was a little lucky. "Sometimes that's just
how the ball drops. Sometimes it goes your way, sometimes it don't. Last
night it did."

米爺說他13投中7的命中率是有點幸運成分，
「球有時怎麼樣都會向著你來，有時則不，」
「你無法預測，只是那天晚上剛好是前者。」

He said the Lakers are less physical inside than the Houston Rockets, but the
Lakers are more intense, and Utah needs to match that.

他還說湖人的內線不如火箭來得硬，
只是他們的節奏極快，阿爵必須跟上。

"They have more length than Houston did," added Korver. "I think that made it
tough for our big guys down low finishing over the top of them.

「他們禁區的高度要比火箭來得高許多，」凱兒補充，
「我們禁區那些矮個兒要在他們面前投球可不容易。」

"Pau Gasol may have the longest arms on this planet."

「嘎瘦大概是這個星球上手臂最長的人吧。」

Some of Korver's 10 points Wednesday came differently than usual, as he made
several back-door cuts.

凱兒這晚得的10分有些非比尋常，
因為其中7分是來自開後門快攻上籃。

"The way they've been playing me, they've just kind of been face-guarding me,
trying to make it harder for me to come off down-screens," he said. "So last
night, I had a couple things going back-door. We had one play that was set up
for it and then got a couple more just within the flow of the offense, and
hopefully we'll try to do more of that."

「他們守我的方式是盡可能讓我無法從底線掩護中脫身射球，」
「所以我就反其道而行，往禁區鑽並且趁機開後門，」
「我們本來就有設計這樣的戰術，而且實戰中用得更多。」

Known for his outside shooting, Korver liked driving early. "It just helps
you kind of get in the flow. It settles you down a little bit," he said.

以外線射手聞名的凱兒，同樣喜歡嘗試快攻上籃，
「這麼做能幫助你快速找到進入球賽的感覺。」

With both Boozer and center Mehmet Okur in foul trouble, Collins saw 11
minutes, the most he's played in the 2008 postseason.

由於騙人布與歐庫都陷入犯規麻煩，
柯林斯在今年季後賽首次上場達11分鐘之多。

"They dusted me off," he said. "I don't even know when the last time I got a
few minutes was. It's a difficult situation."

「再不上來我身上都快沾滿灰塵了，」柯林斯說，
「我不記得我上回上場是啥時候啦，教練，我也有困境哪！」

He played less than 6 1/2 minutes total in the playoffs until Wednesday. "I
just wanted to get out there — I can play in this league — and do what's
necessary to help my teammates.

他在整個季後賽的上場時間還不到6分半鐘，
「我想上場，證明自己的球技有職業水準，」
「而且我想要幫助我的隊友們贏球。」

"We need hustle plays, and that's what I tried to come in and do."

「需要來硬的是吧？沒問題，讓我上就做給你看！」

A former starter, Collins said he's still ready. "My confidence has never
waned. Just go play basketball. That's what I have always done and will
continue to do."

做為一名前任先發，柯林斯說他隨時都準備好了。
「我的信心從未流失，上場就是要好好表現，」
「我一直都是如此，往後也不會例外。」


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