[外電] Billups, Pistons push past Magic, clinch 1st seed in Eas

[kerrys (台北不是我的家)]

    原文出處：
              http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/recap?gameId=270411008

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AUBURN HILLS, Mich. -- For one half Wednesday, it looked like the late 1990s at
the Palace of Auburn Hills.
    密西根州奧本山訊 -- 就這場星期三的比賽上半場而言，似乎讓人有一種回到了'90年
代的奧本山宮殿的錯覺。

Grant Hill was attacking the basket and scoring at will, just as he did in his
prime with the Pistons a decade ago.
    完美先生G.Hill隨心所欲地攻擊籃框取分，就如同十年前他在活塞的那段黃金歲月一
般。

In the second half, though, it was the current Pistons who took over the game.
    儘管在下半場，活塞最終還是奪回了比賽的主導權。

Detroit held Hill to four points in the second half, and they went on to a
104-99 victory over his Orlando Magic.
    活塞在下半場將Hill的得分壓制到只有四分，而他們也以104比99給來訪的奧蘭多魔術
上了一課。

"We made a couple adjustments against him, but mainly we just paid a lot more
attention," said Chauncey Billups. "He was tough. It was like the old days."
    "我們針對他調整了一些防守的方式，但主要我們還是對他個人花了不少注意力。"槍
蜥說。"他很難對付，就像昔日有著輝煌表現的完美先生一樣。"

Hill finished with 22 points, the most he has scored against Detroit since
leaving in the summer of 2000, but it wasn't enough to keep Detroit from
clinching home-court advantage in the Eastern Conference and its fifth Central
Division in six years.
    Hill終場拿下22分，這是自從他'00年夏天離開底特律後再對上活塞攻得最多分數的一
次，但並不足以阻擋活塞六年內第五度登上中央組龍頭寶座並取得季後賽對上東區球隊的
所有主場優勢。

"That's nothing," Tayshaun Prince said in a low-key locker room after the game.
"After what Joe Dumars has brought here, and what we've accomplished on the
floor, we're not going to get excited about this.
    "那沒什麼，"小王子賽後於低調的球員休息室說。"相較於老喬帶給我們的以及我們在
球場上已經達到的目標，我們根本不會對於這種事情感到興奮。"

"We're not going to celebrate a thing unless we win it all."
    "我們不會去慶祝這樣的小事除非我們在季後賽取得16勝。"

Detroit led by as many as 18 in the first half, but Orlando fought back to tie
the game in the final two minutes.
    活塞上半場最多領先18分，但魔術一路苦追，在比賽結束前兩分鐘還一度將比分追平
。

Prince, though, put Detroit back ahead with a short jumper and Billups clinched
the game from the free throw line.
    但小王子一記短距離跳投再一次讓活塞取得領先，而槍蜥更是兩度上到罰球線四罰俱
中確保了球賽的勝利。

In a possible preview of a first-round series, Billups led the Pistons with 28
points, including 10 in the fourth quarter, while Richard Hamilton added 21.
    在這場有可能季後賽第一輪對戰的預賽中，包括在關鍵第四節拿下的10分，槍蜥攻得
全隊最高的28分，而RIP也貢獻21分。

"We let them get back into the game, and that's been a problem all season,"
Billups said. "Most of the time, we come out on top, but it is a scary
situation."
    "我們讓他們找回了比賽的感覺，這是一整個球季一直困擾著我們的問題，"槍蜥說。"
大部分的比賽我們都拿到最終的勝利，但獲勝的過程總是令人心驚膽跳。"

The eighth-place Magic had their lead over Indiana cut to one game in the race
for the final playoff spot. The Magic play the 76ers on Saturday.
    目前暫居第八種子的魔術與溜馬之間的勝差縮小為一場。魔術在星期六將要對上費城
七六人。

"If we play them, we can take something out of this game, but we can't put
ourselves in another hole where we are down 18 points," Orlando coach Brian
Hill said. "Right now, Philadelphia is a big game for us. They can still get in
the playoffs, so we need to beat them."
    "如果我們和他們比賽，我們能從比賽中得到一些經驗，但千萬要記住的是不要再讓自
己陷入18分的落後情形中，"魔術的總教練B.Hill說。就在此刻，與七六人的比賽對我們而
言至關重要。他們仍有機會擠進季後賽，所以我們非得擊退他們不可。"

With the score tied at 95, Prince backed down Hedo Turkoglu, then hit a
turnaround jumper with 1:17 left.
    在雙方比分95平手時，小王子成功守住H.Turkoglu並在比賽時間剩下1分17秒時翻身跳
投得手。

After Jameer Nelson missed a 3-pointer, the Pistons ran the shot clock down to
three seconds before Billups hit a long 3-pointer over Keyon Dooling and Dwight
Howard to make it a five-point game.
    之後J.Nelson三分球失手，在槍蜥於K.Dooling和D.Howard包夾下投進遠距離三分彈前
，活塞已經將進攻時間拖到只剩三秒。

"I was deeper than I realized, but I didn't want Dwight to get too close to me,
" Billups said. "I had a decent look, but he can block you from a long way away
."
    "我距離籃框比我以為的遠，但我真的不希望Howard靠我太近，"槍蜥說。"我有不錯的
出手機會，但他是那種從很遠的地方就能賞你個痛快的monster。"

Trevor Ariza's layup pulled the Magic within three, but Billups clinched the
game from the line.
    T.Ariza的上籃讓魔術回到三分落後，但槍蜥在罰球線上的穩定表現決定了球賽勝負。

"That's a tough loss," Nelson said. "We played a better second half, but it's
hard to spot the No. 1 team in the East a lead like that. If we get in the
playoffs, we can beat anybody. I don't care who it is."
    "那是場令人難以接受的敗仗，"Nelson說。"我們在第二節表現好多了，但要追回落後
東區第一強隊這麼多的分數根本是難如登天。如果我們能進得了季後賽，我們就能擊敗任
何一個對手。我不在乎對手是誰。"

Dooling and Nelson had 17 points apiece, while Howard finished with 12 points
and 16 rebounds.
    Dooling和Nelson分別攻得17分，而體能怪物Howard則是拿下12分和16個籃板。

The Pistons dominated the first half with their shooting. After missing their
first three shots, they hit 21 of their next 24 to build a 50-32 lead midway
through the second quarter.
    活塞在上半場以他們準確的投籃掌控了球賽的情勢。在一開始三次投籃失手後，他們
投進了接下來24次出手中的21球，使得比分在第二節中段一度拉大到50比32。

Hill, though, scored seven points in the final 3 minutes of the period to help
Orlando pull within 56-46 at the half.
    不過Hill挺身而出，在第二節最後三分鐘連拿7分，幫助魔術在中場休息時僅以46比56
落後十分。

The Magic got as close as four in the third, but Prince hit a 3-pointer and
Billups followed with a rare four-point play to make it 71-58.
    魔術在第三節一度將比分追近到只落後4分，但小王子投進一顆三分球，槍蜥接下來又
貢獻了難得一見的四分打，讓比分又拉開為71比58。

Orlando got the deficit back to single digits early in the fourth, and Nelson's
3-pointer cut it to three with 6:34 to go. After Hamilton's jumper, Nelson hit
three free throws to make it a two-point game.
    魔術在第四節初一度讓比分差距縮小到只剩個位數，而Nelson在比賽時間剩下6分34秒
時所投進的三分球讓比分差距剩下3分。在RIP跳投得手後，Nelson投進了三次罰球，讓球
賽變成只有兩分之差。

Billups hit a 3-pointer to give the Pistons some breathing room, but missed
another that could have put away the game.
    槍蜥投進的三分球給了活塞一些喘息的空間，但他沒投進另一顆足以底定球賽勝負的
關鍵三分。

That let the Magic tie the game at 95 on Hill's jumper with 1:35 left, but they
weren't able to finish the surge.
    那讓魔術得以在Hill於比賽時間剩下1分35秒跳投得手後一度將比分追平為95比95，但
他們最終還是無法帶走球賽的勝利。

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Game notes
    球賽花絮

Hill scored 17 points at the Palace on Jan. 14, 2005. He averaged 25.8 points
in his final season with Detroit. ... Detroit swept the four-game season series
from Orlando, but Pistons coach Flip Saunders was happy to get one more look at
them before the postseason. "We learned some things tonight," he said. "If we
get them in the playoffs, we'll know what to do." ... Billups had a bulky ice
pack on his right thigh after the game, but said it wasn't serious. "I just got
kneed. I'm all right."
    Hill在'05年1月14日回到宮殿作客時攻得17分。他在活塞的最後一個球季平均每場比
賽可以拿下25.8分。...活塞在例行賽四次對戰橫掃了魔術，但老桑很高興能在季後賽前再
看到他們一次。"今晚我們學到一些事情，"他說。"如果我們在季後賽再一次與他們遭遇，
我們會知道該怎麼做。"...賽後槍蜥在右大腿放上了一大袋的冰塊，但他說那並不嚴重。"
我只是被膝擊而已，沒事的，不用擔心。"

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