[外電] Suns eager to meet Spurs again

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翻譯 by 太陽翻譯小組

Suns eager to meet Spurs again
太陽渴望再次和馬刺一戰！

Nick Piecoro
尼克 皮摳肉
The Arizona Republic
亞利桑那共和報
Feb. 1, 2007 12:00 AM
2/1 2007 中午12點

So what if there's no streak on the line? You don't have to go reaching for
intrigue tonight.
當未來的比賽中連勝不再是焦點時將會發生什麼事？你不必再去猜測今晚到底會發生
什麼事。

A fellow Western Conference power is in town, and the Suns are faced with a
familiar and still-dogging hurdle.
在西區列強的對戰中，太陽正面對著一個熟悉並且是長時間以來一直注意著的障礙。

The same team that has run off winning streaks of 15 and 17 games in the past
10 weeks still finds itself facing questions about its inability to stare
down the conference's best.
在過去10個禮拜以內達成15連勝及17連勝之後，他們發現他們依然面對著一樣的問題
：我們兩次的連勝都是被當時其他分區的領先球隊做掉的。


They'll get more chances tonight against the San Antonio Spurs and Saturday
against Utah, though the Jazz will be without leading scorer and rebounder
Carlos Boozer.
他們今晚將有許多機會可以去挑戰馬刺，以及星期六可以挑戰失去Carlos Boozer的爵士
--他的總得分與總籃板數在爵士可是領先群雄。

"It's a great time of year to challenge ourselves," Suns guard Steve Nash
said. "We haven't played a ton of top teams lately, and for us to get a
chance to play the Spurs is something we've been waiting for. It's important
for us to see where we are and how much improvement we've made."
"可是個挑戰自己的絕佳機會。"太陽隊的後衛Steve Nash說"我們最近都沒有和聯盟
一戰--我們可以知道我們到底進步了多少。"

The Suns of today don't look much like the team that last faced the Spurs on
Nov. 8, a game San Antonio won 111-106 in overtime.
今日的太陽已非昔日的吳下阿蒙--不再是2006/11/8在聖安東尼奧以111-106在延長賽中
輸給馬刺的那支隊伍。

That was the first start of the season for Amaré Stoudemire, who wound up
getting into foul trouble and playing only 15 minutes. Still, the Suns could
have pulled it out if not for a Raja Bell missed free throw with 1.5 seconds
left in regulation.
那是Stoudemire本季的初登場，但因為犯規麻煩只打了15分鐘。緊接著，太陽
輸了這場比賽--如果Raja Bell再最後的一點五秒沒有失手，或許還有機會。

"I think now our chemistry has gotten a lot better since then," Stoudemire
said. "We're a team that's trying to improve. We started off the season kind
of slow, but we definitely picked up."
"我覺得我們現在彼此間摩擦產生的化學變化，遠比那時候有進步。"Stoudemire說
"我們是個不斷追求進步的隊伍。我們的起步是慢了一點，但我們現在已經迎頭趕上了。"

The loss to San Antonio dropped the Suns to 1-4. They are 35-5 since. Still,
their record in conference (16-8) doesn't compare with their 20-1 mark vs.
the weaker Eastern Conference and remains one of the few chinks in the armor
at which critics have taken aim.
輸給馬刺讓太陽的戰績跌到黑鴉鴉的1-4。但是隨後他們打出35勝-5敗。當然，
太陽在對上西區的戰績(16-8)不是和東區對戰的20-1能相提並論的，而這也留下了一些
小瑕疵讓那些批評家能有所發揮。

But Bell said answering critics isn't on his agenda.
Bell表示對這些批評做出回應不是他應該做的。

"No, we just want to beat San Antonio," he said. "I don't get caught up, and
I hope my teammates don't, in what you guys say. We know we're a good team,
and we know when it comes down to the final table we'll be ready to play."
"不，但我們就是想要擊敗馬刺。"Bell說"我不會中計，我也希望我的隊友們也不會。
不管你們這些傢伙說什麼。我們都知道太陽是隻很棒的隊伍，我們也知道當球季到最後
關頭時，我們已經熱機完畢可以全力以赴了。"

They undoubtedly are good. They have won 33 of their past 36, and the common
thread in those losses are big-time performances and clutch shots from
marquee players. Washington had Gilbert Arenas. Dallas had Dirk Nowitzki.
Minnesota had Kevin Garnett, who helped snap the Suns' 17-game win streak on
Monday night.
毫無疑問的他們狀況非常好。過去36場比賽中贏了33場，而且這三場輸掉的比賽都是有一
些大賽型球員抓狂了。巫師有Gilbert Arenas，小牛有Dirk Nowitzki，而在星期一晚上
中止太陽17連勝的灰狼隊擁有Kevin Garnett。

Nash can see the upside - those kind of individual performances are hard to
pull off, particularly in the postseason.
Nash看起來很樂觀-要每個人每天都表現的這麼傑出是不容易的，特別是在季後賽時。

"It's difficult for a guy to carry his team in the playoffs every night," he
said.
"季後賽時每晚都一人獨挑全隊大樑是很難的。"Nash說。

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