[外電] Dallas Mavericks, like all NBA teams, don't always bring

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 INDIANAPOLIS – There's a reason no NBA team, no matter how good it might
be, ever goes 82-0.

It's the same reason nobody – not even the New Jersey Nets this season –
 will ever go 0-82.

Teams do not show up every night. That's a fact proven by the Mavericks in
the span of 24 hours. They flopped Tuesday night at home against Golden
State, playing a game the coach called "very unintelligent." Then they
pitch-forked the Rockets in Houston by 31 points the following evening.


Playing hard all the time would seem to be a no-brainer for world-class
athletes making, in most cases, millions of dollars. But coaches 20 years ago
were trying to figure out how to keep their team from folding in a game they
had no business losing. And 20 years from now, they'll still be trying to
figure it out.

What the Mavericks proved Wednesday was that they at least know how to
respond after laying a monumental egg. They scored 26 consecutive points to
lap the Rockets in the first half and put the game away.

They also found out that Tim Thomas is going to be an important piece to this
team if it's going to grow into a serious contender.

The 6-10 Thomas came off the bench for 23 points in the 130-99 win over the
Rockets on Wednesday. He and Jason Terry (27 points) were the reasons they
broke free with a 26-0 blitz that turned the game into a breeze.

Thomas missed all of training camp and the first 11 games while recovering
from September knee surgery. Thomas, Drew Gooden and Shawn Marion are all in
the same boat. They are veterans who have made a lot of money in their
careers and are with the Mavericks at, essentially, a reduced rate.

And they are here for one reason.

"The main thing was to come in and help these guys get over the hump," Thomas
said. "They're going to be in the playoffs. That's no question. But to try to
put a team together that will make a run for a couple years, that's the key.

"I truly believe that's everybody's mind-set. Guys are really going after it.
Let's play as hard as we can in the regular season, establish ourselves and
then let's go after the whole thing."

It's interesting and confounding that the Mavericks have a better road record
(6-2) than home record (5-2). But that can happen with a team that has plenty
of veterans who become virtually immune to the pitfalls of playing on the
road.

What also can happen is that they get a little bored at times, which might
explain the Golden State game, although it certainly doesn't excuse it.

Coach Rick Carlisle is a fan of having big men who can shoot the ball. When
you have Dirk Nowitzki, you'd better love a big man who can shoot.

Thomas is similar in that respect. He made four of eight 3-point tries
against Houston. But there's more to his game, Carlisle said.

"Not only did he make shots and do great things offensively, he took hard
fouls," Carlisle said. "We only had one hard foul in the Golden State game
and he took it.

"He's a good player and he wants to win. That's why he's here. He's a guy who
has made an awful lot of money in his career and came here for a substantial
pay cut to be on a good team. I've got a lot of respect for that. And he's
showing our guys how he can be valuable for us."

Follow-up on a follow-up: The Mavericks were buzzing after Wednesday's game
about Thomas' dunk on a follow-up of a miss by Jason Terry.

But Terry was more impressed with Thomas' 4-of-8 3-point shooting.

"If he was white, he'd be Dirk," Terry said of Thomas' ability to spread the
court with his shooting ability. Before Terry could explain what he meant,
Nowitzki chirped up: "That dunk he had definitely wasn't white."





昨天比賽一度落後

小牛打出了一波26比0的攻勢逆轉了

小牛目前主場戰績是5勝2敗

客場是6勝2敗

客場戰績比主場好

在沙場上奮鬥多年的老將

可能對客場免疫了

昨天Jet唯一miss的那球

T__T補灌進去

不過Jet對T__T的三分八投4中印象更深刻

Jet表示如果T__T是白人

他就是Dirk了

在Jet還沒解釋他意思前

Dirk跳出來說

那個灌籃絕對不是白人能做的










所以Dirk是白色的T__T

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