[外電] Lakers give Rockets lesson in finishing

[lovetracy (要知足阿)]

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/bk/bkn/6306527.html


Kobe Bryant did what he usually does, but let’s not get sidetracked from the
really important stuff.

Kobe做了他平常做的事，但是不要忘了更重要的事。

This defeat comes with alarm bells for the Rockets. When the game was there
to be won, the Lakers won it.

今天輸球帶給了火箭隊警訊，當球賽快贏了，卻又輸了。

Who will win games for the Rockets when the playoffs begin, when it’s close
in the final two minutes and the crowd is screaming and everything is coming
undone?

誰才是那個會在季後賽，或是當球賽剩下兩分鐘觀眾都在尖叫的時候，帶給火箭勝利呢?

This was once Tracy McGrady’s role. At crunch time, the Rockets were his
team.

這曾經是T-Mac在做的事，關鍵時刻，火箭就是他的球隊!

Maybe that’s the last piece of the puzzle for these Rockets. Everything else
has worked out nicely now that the roster is stabilized and the roles are
defined. Well, most of the roles.

或許這就是火箭隊的最後一塊拼圖，現在的陣容很穩定，每個人有都有個自己的定位，
恩...大部分的人。

To win 50 games — which now seems likely despite Wednesday’s 102-96 loss to
the Lakers — would be a nice accomplishment considering all that has
happened.

撇開今天輸球不談，這些人都發揮的話，要拿到50勝是可以的。

Luis Scola and Carl Landry have taken huge steps forward. The new point guard
tandem of Aaron Brooks and Kyle Lowry has been solid. Yao Ming is playing the
best basketball of his life.

Scolandry的進步，AB跟Lowry的穩定，還有今年是姚明打的最好的一年。


Is Artest the man?

What the Rockets don’t yet know is where the ball will end up with the game
on the line. Ron Artest is a tough, fearless competitor, but he’s not ever
going to be the playmaker McGrady was.

火箭現在還是不知道要將最後一擊交給誰，Ron Artest是一個強硬且沒有畏懼的對手，
但是他還是沒有辦法做到像T-mac曾經做的那樣。

Artest brings a toughness — and let’s face it, a weirdness — McGrady never
did. We can argue that trade-off until dawn, but if McGrady is healthy, he’s
still on the short list of the NBA’s very best players.

Artest帶來了頑強--很奇怪的，這是T-mac沒有做到的。但是假如T-Mac是健康的，他還是
聯盟中最好的球員之一。

Cue Kobe. First, he brought the Lakers back from a 14-point second-half
deficit. When the Rockets backed off, he nailed jumpers. When they crowded
him, he sliced into the lane to score. When he was pushed, he pushed back.

看看Kobe，他帶著湖人隊從落後14分追回來，當火箭又追上來時，他用盡各種方法得分。

Then, in those final two minutes, he was at his all-world best, scoring here,
scoring there, exchanging words with Artest and shoves with Shane Battier,
ready to take on the world. Bryant scored 13 of his 37 points in the final
1:45 and could have gotten more if the Lakers had needed them.

在最後兩分鐘，他就是最棒的，不管在任何地方都可以得分。他在最後1分45秒得了13分，
而且假如湖人需要得分的話，他還可以得更多分。

The Rockets were positioned to win and didn’t. They were 5-of-28 from
3-point land and turned the ball over 23 times. Yao was outplayed by Pau
Gasol.

火箭應該要贏而沒有贏。他們三分投28中5，又有23次失誤，而且Gasol也表現的比姚好。

It was a playoff-type atmosphere, from the loud crowd to the hard fouls to
the tempers that occasionally flared.

這場比賽已經有季後賽的氣氛了，群眾的吵雜、強硬的犯規，還有偶而暴躁的情緒。

In the end, though, the Rockets were reminded both of Bryant’s greatness and
of the fact they’re still feeling their way along in the post-McGrady
configuration of the team.

比賽結束後，不但提醒了他們Kobe的強大，還有他們仍走在沒有T-Mac的路上。
(這句我不太會翻....sorry)

No comparison to Bryant is fair. He’s one of the two best basketball players
on earth and one of the best ever. His work ethic and commitment to winning
are unmatched.

不用跟Kobe比較，他是最好的球員之一，他的態度還有求勝的渴望是無可比擬的。
(這句也是隨便翻的....)


He’s no McGrady


The Rockets want the ball in Yao’s hands as often as possible in crunch
time, but the larger question is what happens when the double teams collapse
around him.

火箭希望能在關鍵時刻儘可能的把球交給姚，但是更大的問題是假如他被包夾了呢?

Artest is the obvious answer, but he may not be a closer in the way McGrady
was at his best. His greatest strength can be his greatest weakness. He never
backs down, will challenge anyone, is always willing to make it one-on-one.

Artest無疑就是最好的答案! 但是他還沒有像T-Mac那麼好。他最大的優點也是他最大的缺
點。他從不退縮，會挑戰任何人，而且願意一對一。

“Some of the things that make him a very good player are the things that get
him in trouble,’’ Rockets coach Rick Adelman said. “He’s fearless. He’ll
challenge a guy out on the floor when he really doesn’t need to do that. He’
s got the attitude that he can attack anybody. If anything, I think he gets
too amped up.’’

Adelman說："有些事成就了他成為好球員，但也帶給他麻煩。""他無所畏懼，他會在不需
要的時候去挑戰對方，他認為他可以擊敗任何人，他太好勝了。

He almost begged coaches for a one-on-one matchup with Bryant and then spent
the final minutes of the game jawing with the Lakers star.

他幾乎是拜託教練讓他跟Kobe一對一，然後在最後幾分鐘一直跟Kobe挑釁。

“It was a fun game,’’ Artest said.

阿泰說：這是場有趣的比賽

“I kicked his (butt),’’ Bryant said.

Kobe說：我把他打敗了

Amped up? Artest made two critical turnovers in the fourth quarter as his
competitive fires raged in too many directions at once.

好勝?Artest在第四節腦充血時犯了兩個關鍵的失誤。

He still might be the best option. He never tires, never quits. His energy
rubs off on everyone.

或許他還是最好的選擇，他從來不會累，不會放棄，他用他的活力來督促每個人。

When he sees Yao getting tired, he gets in his ear.

“Go harder, go harder,’’ he tells him. “When you’re tired, that’s when
you’ve got to push through it.’’

當他看到姚明累的時候，他會在姚明耳邊說："努力，繼續努力! 當你感覺到累的時候，
才是你要去克服他的時候。"

In the end, Artest’s positives far outweigh his negatives, and since he’s
willing to take the last shot, he’ll almost certainly end up taking it.

在最後，Artest的優點還是蓋過了他的缺點，從他願意執行最後一擊開始，他幾乎都會
去做。

But on a night when the Rockets went toe to toe with the NBA’s best team,
when they were positioned to win, they didn’t. Stay tuned.

但是今天面對全聯盟最好的隊伍，他們可以贏的，但是他們沒有。


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恩...因為我還滿喜歡阿泰的，所以翻了這篇文章給大家看看
雖然他最後會腦充血，不過很喜歡他的拼勁

希望Adelman有天可以覺醒阿...不要把小AB跟姚明放在一起
不然看大家這麼努力又輸球  實在是很難過...


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推 ukyolee:我好想念TMAC  真的
→ ukyolee:雖然每天還是會來火箭版看文章.比賽
→ ukyolee:但沒有TMAC就好像少了什麼....連高光都不太想看了
推 kameng:推樓上,就像少了一些美感....
推 LinkiNParK:淚推1F
推 eggdoegg:推1F  沒T-MAC火箭都不火箭了...
推 WalkFish:失去後在懂得珍惜   沒失去時照三餐鞭= =
※ 編輯: lovetracy       來自: 61.229.128.172       (03/12 20:13)
→ homocat:大家看球的時候聽見喊MVP了沒？我看上海衛視是沒聽到
→ homocat:火箭主場去喊科比MVP也太沒立場了，不信，也沒聽到
推 showchen:火箭要想更上層樓~還是要有T-Mac阿
推 barkleyc:有沒有人注意到..AB 4分打那球..Scola用頭錘把球頂出去XD
推 ackaidsss:我無時無刻都在想T-MAC 但矮逗人想真心練AB的話 我會希
→ ackaidsss:望T-MAC能到太或騎士..
推 jeffhill:淚推一樓
推 KeySabre:這一篇剛好是對上一篇朱彥碩的解釋，Artest想要扛起關鍵
推 ymsya:T-Mac回來之後…洨ab不知道會不會乖乖把球分給T-Mac…
→ KeySabre:時刻，但是對手是Kobe，我們都會覺得不該這樣選擇
→ KeySabre:之前T-Mac還在的幾場比賽，常看到他要球，但是沒人給他
→ KeySabre:當然也可能是因為T-Mac狀態太差，所以才不傳...
→ KeySabre:我想，要小AB分球給T-Mac，要在他腦充血以前吧....
推 ymsya:可是以前洨ab都會乖乖把球交給T-Mac的...
推 nikekobe:T妹回來可以打控球阿!!! 這不是全解決了
推 ymsya:不行…T-Mac持球太久…會被噓爆@@
推 mog044:  那些酸踢妹的人們咧?
→ GoDeE:TM是火箭餵球給YAO最好的球員 很多傳球的視野跟方式都很漂亮
→ GoDeE:命中不佳也可以當吸怪機 像是去年對國王Novak的絕殺
→ GoDeE:雖然不是專職的控球 但暫時代打控球的效果也不差
推 ymsya:C: Yao、PF: Scola、SF: Battier、SG: Artest、PG: T-Mac
→ ymsya:這樣先發不錯…板凳又有深度!   個人見解= =
推 bobobola:樓上那個我以前有排過  那是我心目中的夢幻組合
→ bobobola:還有命中不佳就很難吸怪了 人家的防守一定會鬆懈
推 mariandtmac:顆顆 敢放踢妹就等死吧 餓死的駱駝比馬大啊
推 l6k5j4:那種陣容  t-mac遇到小後衛  會有點跟不上吧
推 lucifer1C1:TMAC就算追不上速度對方.防守時對方PG會被低位打點
→ lucifer1C1:對方PG一定要來守我們的PG或SG或SF其中一個...
→ lucifer1C1:三隻都6-8左右..就算是Battier也輕鬆吃...
→ lucifer1C1:算是互爆吧.夢幻陣容也有好處的.!
→ lucifer1C1:T-MAC我真的很希望他打控衛呀.我們真的需要一個好PG呀
→ lucifer1C1:他打PG黏球我也不會抗議.反正他的FINISH能力好...
→ lucifer1C1:套一句話.現在小AB能做的T-MAC哪不能做...
→ lucifer1C1:除了速度外...其他都大勝~AB的投球數都給T-MAC的話
→ lucifer1C1:T-MAC還是可以拿到20分以上的.助攻數也會在5以上
→ lucifer1C1:不要再說T-MAC打PG浪費得分能力了.AB有浪費他的得分能
→ lucifer1C1:力嗎.看它傳球我看的很痛苦..~>"<
推 ymsya:推樓上一大串的見解!!!
推 WalkFish:T-mac還是不是和專職控衛 但比小AB好
→ WalkFish:純粹只是因為  踢妹比ab強太多了
→ WalkFish:踢妹專職打控衛 不是頂尖 但絕對打死小ab 只是不值2000萬
推 KeySabre:T-Mac曾有一陣子都在做控衛的事,但不排在PG位置上就是了
→ KeySabre:要他擔任組織，就沒辦法完全發揮他的得分能力…之前的火
→ KeySabre:箭是很難這樣玩的，畢竟那時候還沒有Artest、Wafer等...
→ KeySabre:Artest來的時候我還幻想過小球陣容，不過一直沒出現過…
→ KeySabre:今年的季後賽能夠走多遠… 少了健康的T-Mac
推 WalkFish:雖然我挺踢妹  但坦白說 我覺得火箭過第一輪機會比去年大
→ WalkFish:去年沒姚明  ra缺兩場  都能把阿爵打到第六戰了
推 Aroman:I miss you, T-MAC
→ zzahoward:唉 昨天那種時候健康的T妹怎麼可能看著科神肆虐呢?
→ zzahoward:好想念35秒13分那個梯妹..
推 justcallit:爵士去年也沒有boozer，dw8那六場季後賽數據很勁爆
→ kendle:樓上記錯了   季後賽打我們時boozer有上
推 ck930432:去年Boozer狀況極糟，若有姚明+RA沒受傷的話一定贏的
推 ymsya:還有Battier去年季後賽拼到一半掛了   囧rz...