[外電] Business as usual

[kerrys (台北不是我的家)]

    原文出處：
              http://www.azcentral.com/sports/suns/articles/0416suns0416.html

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HOUSTON - The Suns did not practice Sunday and got a lot accomplished.
    休士頓訊 - 太陽星期天並未進行訓練，而且許多事情也大勢底定了。

The Suns clinched the West's No. 2 seed as they sat in a Houston sports bar
Sunday afternoon watching Dallas beat San Antonio.
    太陽星期天下午坐在休士頓的運動酒吧裡看著達拉斯小牛擊敗聖安東尼奧馬刺的同時
也確定成為西區第二種子。

That win gives Phoenix home-court advantage in any playoff series except a
conference final with Dallas. That includes an expected second-round series
with the Spurs, who are 4-0 at home against the Suns the past two seasons.
    那場勝利給了太陽除了在西區冠軍賽遭遇小牛除外的所有主場優勢。那包括了被預期
將在第二輪上演的太陽馬刺大戰，馬刺過去兩個球季以來在主場對戰太陽的戰績是4勝0敗
。

The Suns close the season with nothing on the line at Houston tonight and at
home Tuesday against the Los Angeles Clippers. But after finding playoff
momentum with a five-game winning streak, the Suns will not sit anyone out.
    太陽例行賽季剩下今晚在休士頓和星期二在主場面對洛杉磯快艇的兩場無關緊要的比
賽。但藉由五場連勝找回季後賽的拼勁後，太陽將不會再讓任何一個坐滿整場板凳。

"I don't think it's going to change our mind-set or our approach in the last
two games," coach Mike D'Antoni said. "We just started playing well. No use in
getting away from that."
    "我不認為那會改變我們面對最後兩場比賽的心態或態度，"M.D'Antoni教練說。"我們
只會表現得更好，沒有什麼會影響我們。"

He said the eight-man rotation would play "normal minutes" unless the team got
significantly behind. Houston can clinch home-court advantage in a first-round
series against Utah with a win tonight.
    他說主要輪替陣容的八個人還是會上場"正常的時間"，除非球隊大幅度的落後。如果
火箭今晚獲勝那就可以確定拿下第一輪對戰猶他爵士的主場優勢。

"We're not going to play like the playoffs before the playoffs anyway," Suns
forward Boris Diaw said. "Everything's different in the playoffs. We're just
getting ready for it."
    "在季後賽真正來臨前我們不會打得像季後賽那樣拼命，"太陽前鋒屌爺說。"在季後賽
每件事都不一樣了，我們只是要做好準備。"

Beyond maintaining their rhythm, the Suns' motivation also is to set a
franchise record for victories and an NBA mark for largest division lead. At
61-19, Phoenix could break the 62-win club record set in 1993 and 2005. The
Suns have a 20 1/2-game Pacific Division lead on the Los Angeles Lakers, who
won the division by a league-record 22 games in 1986.
    除了保持他們的節奏，太陽的動機還有締造隊史勝場數新高以及NBA歷史上分組最大勝
差的紀錄。目前戰績61勝19負的太陽有機會打破分別在'93和'05寫下的62勝隊史紀錄。太
陽目前在太平洋組以20又1/2的勝差領先曾在'86年以22場勝差締造聯盟紀錄拿下分組龍頭
的洛杉磯湖人。

Such icing would continue the good vibe emanating from an 8-1 stretch. Four of
the wins have come by at least 17 points.
    這樣的誘因會持續從最近一波8勝1敗的戰績中散發出來的良好氣氛。其中四場勝利都
至少扭轉了17分以上的落後劣勢而獲得球賽最後的勝利。

"That's encouraging because that's what you like to be doing going into the
playoffs," Suns guard Raja Bell said. "We might have been pressing to find it
as a team. As of late, we've been having a good time, sharing the ball and it's
clicking for us."
    "那令人受到激勵，因為那是你希望挾帶著進入季後賽的，"太陽後衛辣椒標說。"作為
一支球隊我們可能是被強迫去做這樣的努力。直到最近，我們有了美好的時光，分享著球
而那對我們來說就變成自然而然的事了。"

Phoenix has held opponents to fewer than 100 points five times in six games for
the first time since the end of a 15-game winning streak in December.
    太陽最近六場比賽中有五場比賽將對手的得分壓制在100分以內，這是他們自去年十二
月結束一波15連勝以來的第一次。

"It's exciting for us to pick it up," guard Steve Nash said. "Our energy is
more consistent. Whether we're more disciplined or not, energy makes up for a
lot of that."
    "我們能再一次做到這樣很令人興奮，"後衛S.Nash說。"我們的活力更穩定了。不管我
們是不是更有紀律，活力足以彌補很多的事。"

Nobody is building toward the playoff stage like Nash, who has averaged 21.9
points and 10.7 assists in the past two postseasons. Nash has 32 assists with
one turnover in the past two games. His 18 assists without a turnover Saturday
were the most since Andre Miller did it with 19 assists on Feb. 13, 2002.
    沒有人在前進季後賽舞台這段時間的表現比過去兩年季後賽中平均攻下21.9分和10.7
次助攻的Nash還好。Nash在過去兩場比賽一共送出32次助攻，而且只有一次失誤。他在星
期六毫無失誤地傳出18次助攻是自'02年2月13日A.Miller零失誤19助攻以來最多的紀錄。

The Suns will finish the season having come closer than any team in history to
shooting 50 percent from the field (49.4), 80 percent from the free-throw line
(80.7) and 40 percent from three-point range (40.1). Their 49.4 percent
shooting is still the best in the NBA since the 1996-97 Utah team shot 50.4
percent.
    太陽將以比起歷史上任何一支球隊更接近五成投籃命中率(49.4%)、八成罰球命中率
(80.7%)和四成三分球命中率(40.1%)的姿態結束本季。他們49.4%的投籃命中率也將是自
'96-'97年球季猶他爵士50.4%的投籃命中率以來最高的紀錄。

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