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AUBURN HILLS -- Jeff Reiter is an unabashed sports fanatic. He knows sports, he
talks sports, and he appreciates their relevance in the everyday life of Metro
Detroit.
奧本山宮殿報導 -- Jeff Reiter是一個打死不退的運動狂，他了解運動，談論運動，
並且意識到他們與底特律Metro區日常生活的關聯。
These days, the Pistons dominate his attention.
如今，活塞完全支配了他的注意力。
Winning will do that, especially this season with the club off to a torrid 27-5
start and speculation that the team might reach the NBA's magical number of 70
regular-season victories.
是勝利使然，尤其本季這支球隊開季以來27勝5敗的火熱表現被預期也許例行賽勝場數
能達到不可思議的70。
In Hockeytown, the Pistons just might be the hottest game in town.
在Hockey鎮，活塞的比賽可能是鎮中最火熱的。
"Most of my friends are sports guys," said Reiter, of Huntington Woods. "What
is it they want to talk about? The Wings or the Pistons? It's 100 percent
Pistons. The Pistons have definitely taken over."
來自Huntington Woods市的Reiter說"我大部分的朋友都是運動狂熱者，他們喜歡談論
什麼？紅翼或活塞？百分之百都是活塞，活塞完全吸引了他們的注意力。"
Part of the increased fan interest has something to do with the talk of 70 wins
.
部分網路上的新球迷對於活塞能否拿到70勝有些意見。
"I plan to see it happen," said 11-year-old Spencer Schredder, a sixth-grader
at Covington School in Birmingham, of the Pistons run toward 70. "I have faith
in the Pistons."
來自伯明翰Covington小學的小六生，11歲的Spencer Schredder對於活塞能否拿到70
勝表示"我希望看到它發生，我對活塞有信心。"
Excuse coach Flip Saunders if he wonders why all the fuss.
總教練老桑認為大家太小題大作了。
"We've got 70," Saunders said with a straight face. "Look at the stats from
last year. Our team won 78 games."
老桑面帶堅毅的神情道"我們曾經贏得70勝，看看去年的統計數據，球隊一共贏了78場
球賽。"
OK, you have to grant him that point. In the calendar year of 2005, the Pistons
did indeed win 78 games -- 63 during the regular season and 15 in the playoffs.
沒錯，你必須同意他的說法。看看'05年的月曆，活塞的確贏了78場比賽 -- 包括63場
正規賽及15場季後賽。
"There you go," said Saunders, with a wry smile. "We've already accomplished it
."
老桑幽默地笑著"是吧，我們已經完成那目標。"
The issue, as Saunders knows, isn't wins in a calendar year. It is wins in one
season, and only one NBA team has ever won 70 or more games during one regular
season: the Michael Jordan-led Chicago Bulls, who finished 72-10 in 1995-96.
當然啦，老桑也知道，球迷們期待的不是一整年一共贏了多少場球，而是在單一球季
贏了幾場，而NBA史上唯一在單一球季贏得70甚至更多場球的隊伍是'95-'96球季由飛天神
牛M.Jordan所帶領的芝加哥公牛隊，他們該季的戰績為72勝10敗。
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Increasing numbers
節節上升的數據
Interest in streaks and records often is generated by the media and sustained
by fans' passion.
對於連勝及記錄的興趣通常是由媒體所引起而由球迷的熱情所維持。
Truth is, the prospect of winning 70 games is so far off the Pistons' radar,
the players have to be coaxed into talking seriously about it.
事實上，贏得70場比賽的期望近來已排除於活塞的目標之外，但球員們仍必須假裝很
嚴肅地談論它。
(譯按：我承認這句在亂翻，看不懂咩XDDDDD)
"I have not had one conversation with one single player about that," Pistons
guard Chauncey Billups said. "It's good to write about that, you know, because
I guess we are in striking distance, or whatever. But that is such an amazing
feat, it's tough to even fathom right now. It's early January."
活塞後衛槍蜥說"我沒跟任一位球員談論過這件事，這樣寫很不錯，你知道的，因為我
猜我們正走在通往70勝的路上。不過那是一個相當了不起的壯舉，現在來談論球隊是否有
達成的可能甚至太困難，才剛一月耶。"
Being in striking distance is enough for most fans, who are watching the team
in record numbers, in person and on television.
保有取得70勝的可能性對大多數的球迷而言已經夠了，對不管是親自到場或在電視前
觀看比賽的球迷來說。
The Pistons have led the NBA in average attendance the past three seasons and
recorded their 100th straight sellout last Friday.
活塞過去三個球季以來到場看球的球迷數量領先其他NBA的球隊，且在上星期五創下連
續100場門票售罄的紀錄。
And their television ratings have skyrocketed.
而他們比賽的電視收視率也瘋狂飆高。
FSN Detroit has televised 14 games this season, averaging a 6.3 household
rating in Metro Detroit. That's an increase of 78 percent from the same point
last year.
底特律FSN電視台本季已經轉播活塞的球賽14場，在底特律Metro區有6.3的高收視率，
這比去年同時期的收視率增加了78%。
Before this season, the cable network's best regular-season game rating was 6.4
. That number has been eclipsed five times this year, including a high of 8.6
for a Dec. 19 game at Memphis. Two other games have had ratings of 8.0 or
higher.
本季以前，有線電視台轉播季賽的最佳收視率是6.4%，這紀錄今年已經被打破5次，包
括最高一次12月19日在孟斐斯挑戰灰熊那場比賽8.6%的收視率，還有另外2場比賽轉播收視
率達到8%，甚至更高。
WDFN 1130, which carries the Pistons radio broadcasts, recently extended its
contract for three years.
負責播報活塞戰事的運動廣播電台WDFN 1130最近和球隊延長3年的播報權合約。
Apparently, Pistons fans can't get enough.
很顯然地，活塞的球迷們還不滿足。
Merchandise sales have increased 35 percent from a year ago -- the women's
clothing line has doubled in sales -- and the Pistons even found the need to
open a satellite "holiday" store at the Village of Rochester Hills. The
2,500-square-foot Locker Room store devoted to selling all things Pistons
opened just before Thanksgiving and closes this month.
活塞的系列商品銷售量比一年前成長了35% -- 女裝銷售量更是整整成長了一倍 -- 他
們甚至發現有必要在羅徹斯特丘的小鎮開上一間"假日"分店，這間面積達2,500平方英尺，
佈置成球員休息室風格的活塞商品專賣店，僅在感恩節前夕開放，並在這個月關閉。
There are permanent Locker Room stores at The Palace, in Great Lakes Crossing
and at the Star Theatre complex in Southfield.
另外還有不打烊的球員休息室風專賣店，地點在宮殿球場裡、大湖渡口購物中心及
Southfield市的星光電影院複合式商店。
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Holding court
Clearly, the increased interest has to do with the product.
很明顯地，因為活塞的精采表現所以球迷的數量正逐漸增加。
The team won the NBA title two seasons ago and were the runners-up last season.
They are winners, and who doesn't like that?
這支球隊在2年前贏得NBA總冠軍盃並在去年與總冠軍盃擦身而過，他們是贏家，有誰
不喜歡擅於贏球的隊伍呢？
"The Pistons combine almost everything you want in a professional team," Reiter
said. "They're good guys, but they're not boring good guys."
Reiter說"活塞結合了幾乎所有你想在一支職業球隊看到的元素，他們是一群優秀的球
員，但他們也不討厭同樣出色的隊伍。"
But even good guys could have a tough time winning 70 games. Just try wrapping
your mind around these numbers:
不過就算是一支好球隊想要贏得70場比賽也不容易，你只要試著在心中盤算一下這些
數字就知道了：
To get to 70 (and remember, that would still be two off the Bulls record), the
Pistons would have to go 43-7 the rest of the way.
要達到70勝(記得，這還差公牛的紀錄2場)，活塞剩下的比賽必須拿到43勝7敗。
The Bulls had 42 wins by the All-Star break. To match that, the Pistons would
have to go 15-4 in the 19 games before the break.
公牛在全明星週末前就已經取得42勝，要追平公牛，活塞必須在剩下19場比賽取得15
勝4敗。
And if they did that -- remarkable in itself -- they would still have to win 28
of their last 31 games to get to 70. They would have to win 30 of 31 to equal
the Bulls.
而且如果他們真能做到 -- 別忘了 -- 他們仍需在最後31場比賽取得28勝才能達到70
勝的里程碑，他們必須在最後31場比賽取得30勝才足以追平公牛72勝的傳奇紀錄。
"I don't know (if the Pistons) are ever going to be able to break that record
-- or anybody, for that matter," said TNT analyst Steve Kerr, who played on the
1995-96 Bulls team. "When you think about those numbers, they are startling."
曾效力於'95-'96公牛隊的現任TNT球評掃地僧Kerr表示"我不曉得(活塞是否)有辦法打
敗那紀錄 -- 或任何人，就那紀錄而言，當你認真思考那些數字，你會發現那真的很驚人
。"
That Bulls team was 39-2 at home, 33-8 on the road. They essentially had the
No. 1 spot in the East locked up by mid-January. They won their 60th game March
21, in the 67th game of the season. They won No. 70 with three games left in
the season. Three of their losses were by one point.
那支公牛主場戰績是39勝2敗，客場則為33勝8敗。基本上他們在一月中就確定能取得
東區第一的戰績，他們在3月21日例行賽第67場比賽贏得第60勝，在球季剩下3場比賽時贏
得第70勝，有3場比賽僅以1分飲恨。
"We didn't really care about that record until about the last month," said
Bucks forward Toni Kukoc, another member of that Bulls team. "Once we got to 60
wins and we figured there was actually a chance to break it, we paid a little
bit more attention to it but it's really hard. It's not that you just have to
show up; you've got to play really well."
另一位當時曾效力公牛的公鹿前鋒T.Kukoc說"我們直到上個月都不曾擔心那紀錄，一
旦我們贏得60勝後我們會認為真的有機會挑戰那個紀錄，我們更加認真比賽卻發現想打破
那紀錄真是難如登天。那不是你想要就能達到的，而是必須有相當相當出色的表現才有機
會。"
Pistons assistant Ron Harper was a starting guard on that Bulls team. He
doesn't think the Pistons should even let the thought of 70 wins enter their
minds.
活塞助理教練R.Harper過去曾擔任公牛隊的先發後衛，他認為活塞球員們不應該讓想
在例行賽取得70勝的念頭進入他們的心裡面。
"I tell these guys to take it one game at a time and anything can happen," he
said. "And if it happens, I will be happy. Because that would mean I did it
twice -- once as a player and once as a coach."
他說"我告訴他們每一晚只要專注於一場比賽，而且什麼事都可能發生。如果他們真能
做到，我將會很高興。因為那代表我參與其中2次 -- 一次我身為球員，另一次則是教練的
身分。"
Most of the other Bulls don't share Harper's view on that.
公牛其他大部分的球員並不認同Harper的看法。
"Obviously," Kukoc said, "you want to keep a record going for a long time. It
was a great achievement. Somewhere deep inside you hope nobody breaks it."
Kukoc說"顯然地，你希望能保有紀錄很長一段時間。那是個偉大的成就，在你內心深
處不希望有任何人破壞它。"
Truth be told, the Pistons couldn't care less about the record.
事實是，活塞不會去在意這個紀錄。
"At this point, that's something that's irrelevant to us," said Dale Davis, a
15-year veteran who has played on 56- and 59-win teams at Indiana. "The
ultimate goal is the ring, to win a championship. The focus is to get the best
possible position we can for the playoffs."
已經在聯盟中打滾15年的老將D.Davis過去在溜馬效力期間球隊曾有過56勝及59勝的紀
錄，他表示"此時此刻，那是與我們不相干的事。我們的最終目標是戒指，贏取總冠軍盃。
我們的焦點擺在盡可能於季後賽取得較高的種子席位。"
Saunders correctly points out that they don't give out any additional prizes
for 70-win seasons, and to pursue such a goal would run counter to how the
Pistons operate.
老桑正確地指出活塞不會刻意去追求贏得一個可遇不可球的70勝球季，而因此與球隊
真正冀求的目標背道而馳。
"This team is set up with the idea of having success in the playoffs," he said.
"We aren't going to do anything to jeopardize success in the playoffs,
especially not to chase after something like that. And if you ask me the same
thing with three weeks left in the season, I will tell you the same thing.
他說"這支球隊的目標是設定在季後賽獲勝，我們不會去做任何可能影響我們季後賽戰
力的事，尤其是不會刻意去追求像這樣的紀錄。就算你是在球季只剩下3個禮拜時問我這個
問題，我也會告訴你相同的答案。"
"We approach each game with the idea of giving ourselves a chance to win. But
you can't be out there chasing and searching."
"每一場比賽我們都希望自己能夠獲勝，但也不能太過汲汲營營。"
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