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※ 引述《jerod (KG4MVP)》之銘言：
: Wolves look nothing like a winner
: http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/sports/basketball/13929185.htm
: WASHINGTON — If the Timberwolves were going to make a playoff run,
: they probably had to start Tuesday night, the first game after the NBA
: all-star break.
: Coach Dwane Casey said he thinks it will take at least 42 or 43 victories
: to get into the Western Conference playoffs. If that holds true, his club
: will need to finish at least 19-10 following its latest meltdown, a 90-78
: loss to the Washington Wizards at MCI Center.
如果灰狼隊要晉級季後賽，他們對於明星周後周二晚上的第一場比賽可說是志在必得。
教練Casey認為至少要42或43勝以上的戰績，才有把握能進西區季後賽。若上述為真的話
，那他們在以78-90輸給了巫師之後，必須要有19勝10敗的戰績才有辦法晉級。
: The Wolves haven't played at that level since their 12-6 start.
: Minnesota led 32-15 after one quarter and by 19 points early in the second
: quarter but was outscored 29-5 the rest of the quarter. The Wizards mixed
: up their defenses, using a zone to stymie the Wolves, and led 46-41 at the
: half.
: "We hit a roadblock," Casey said. "We stopped being aggressive and started
: settling for jump shots, stopped moving the basketball. That was the
: difference in the game."
灰狼還是沒能打出開季12勝6敗時的水平。
對巫師的比賽，狼群在第一節取得32-15的優勢，同時在第二節前段最多領先到19分，但
是卻在接下來的比賽被打出一波29-5的攻勢。巫師強化防守使得灰狼寸步難行，在中場逆
轉戰局取得了5分領先的優勢。
Casey表示："我們遇到了一些障礙，我們變得不再具侵略性，減少了球的流動讓進攻拘泥
於零星跳投。這就是比賽勝負的關鍵。"
: It was Washington's biggest comeback of the season. Casey said it was
: his team's fault for settling for jump shots, not the direct result of
: Washington's defense. Minnesota shot 19 percent in the second quarter.
: The Wolves still had a chance to win, down 78-74 with 6:42 to play, but
: they went scoreless for 5:17 down the stretch and gave up an 8-0 spurt
: that sealed the loss. Trenton Hassell's jump shot with 1:25 left ended
: the drought.
該場比賽是巫師本季最大分差逆轉秀。Casey認為原因在於球隊將進攻方式侷限於跳投，
而非因為巫師加強了防守。灰狼在第二節的命中率是難看的19%。其實，灰狼是有機會贏
得比賽的，在第四節剩下6:42時，他們將比分追近至僅剩4分之差，但卻在接下來的5:17
進入了一分未得的乾旱期，最後是Hassell在1:25的跳投終於得分，但也被巫師拉出8-0的
攻勢而輸了該場比賽。
: The Wolves were 0 for 5 during the scoreless stretch and 2 for 9 during
: the final 6:42 with four turnovers. That's not playoff-caliber basketball.
: Fortunately for the Wolves, their division, the Northwest, is among the
: worst in the NBA. So for now, they can cling to hopes of a turnaround.
: "I think we're like 4? (games) behind Denver," Kevin Garnett said of the
: race, or crawl, for first place. "If we can just get some sort of momentum …"
: The margin is five games, after Denver's victory over Charlotte. And only
: the most hopeful would say the Wolves might make the playoffs. There just
: isn't much evidence to support that.
灰狼在該段得分乾枯期是5投0中，比賽最後6:42也僅是9投2中。這完全不像是一支準備進
軍季後賽的球隊。對灰狼來說幸運的是，他們位居的西北組是全聯盟最弱的一個分組。所
以他們還有機會來個鹹魚大翻身。KG表示："我想我們還落後金塊4場左右，如果我們能再
有衝勁一些...."其實，在金塊贏了山貓之後，差距已經到了5場。只有極度充滿希望的人
才會認為灰狼還有機會進季後賽，畢竟實在沒有什麼證據能支持他們進季後賽。
: Even Casey has said he is going to tone down the playoff talk because he
: wants his team to focus on each game. No approach Casey has used the past
: two months has worked.
: The Wolves are 2-8 in February, just 4-9 since their multiplayer trade
: with the Boston Celtics on Jan. 26. They continue to talk about needing
: more time to come together.
: That process is taking longer than expected when the trade was made. At
: that point, the Wolves were three games under .500. Now they are seven
: under (23-30).
即使Casey表示他會要求球隊要把重點放在每一場比賽而不是季後賽。但他過去已經花了
兩個月的時間，卻似乎沒有看到球隊朝他所說的目標前進。
灰狼在二月戰績是2勝8敗，經過了與塞爾提克的交易之後也僅僅是4勝9敗。他們依舊說著
需要更多時間來整合的那些陳腔濫調。
整合的過程似乎比交易剛完成時所預期的還要長。那時他們離五成勝率只差3場；但是他
們現在卻差了7場(23-30)。
: Worse, there's a buzz growing among media members nationally that Garnett's
: trademark fire and passion is all but extinguished. He didn't appear
: particularly emotional Tuesday night. He took just two shots and scored
: two points in the fourth quarter as he faced double-teams.
: "I play off raw emotion, and people don't know that when you play off
: raw emotion, it takes a lot out of you," Garnett said. "I play on both
: ends. (Antawn) Jamison had 10 points, so I was proud of myself about that.
: In my younger days I would get all riled up on a couple plays and didn't
: have nothing come the second half. I learned to channel my energy in
: different ways. I still curse. I just don't curse with the kids in the
: front row no more."
更糟的是，有個關於KG那股招牌般的熱情已經慢慢熄滅的謠言在蔓延著。他在周二晚上的
比賽表現不像過去那般令人感動。他在第四節面對巫師的包夾時，僅僅出手2次得到2分。
KG對此表示："我不過是照著自己的步調去打球，但人們卻很難了解這樣必須消耗多大的
精力。我讓Jamison只拿了10分，我對此感到自豪。我以前往往會因為對手的幾個動作被
激怒，導致接下來的表現失常。我已經學會如何把自己的能量化做不同的形式在球場上展
現。我還是會憤怒，只是我不再表現地像個孩子那樣。"
: So apparently that's the key to defeating the Wolves — gang up on Garnett
: and make his teammates score. It's been a common scheme this season.
: Ricky Davis led the Wolves with 25 points, but after Davis and Garnett,
: the other eight Minnesota players combined for just 38 points.
: Veteran point guard Anthony Carter, by the way, did not play in the
: fourth quarter, as Casey opted to play third-year pro Marcus Banks,
: acquired in the trade.
所以很明顯的，打敗灰狼的關鍵就是：聯合阻止KG，讓他的隊友去得分。這在本季成了對
戰灰狼很常見的一個策略。灰狼球員以Davis的25分為最高，在扣掉了KG和Davis之後，其
他的八名灰狼球員只貢獻了38分。
: Veteran point guard Anthony Carter, by the way, did not play in the
: fourth quarter, as Casey opted to play third-year pro Marcus Banks,
: acquired in the trade.
: For all his flash and potential, Banks had a reputation in Boston for
: making poor decisions under pressure. In 12 minutes in the fourth, he
: shot 1 of 3 with two assists and two turnovers. With Banks at the helm,
: the Wolves had trouble setting up their offense. They committed two
: shot-clock violations in the fourth quarter, and the clock was in
: jeopardy of expiring on seemingly every possession.
: "He will learn in those situations," Casey said of Banks. "He hadn't
: been in those situations before in Boston as far as recognizing zone or
: man, recognizing the sets we can run both against zone or man."
: It's just one of the many problems this team is having
順帶一提，老將Carter在第四節坐了整節板凳，因為Casey選擇讓剛交易過來的三年級生
Banks在場上奮戰。
雖然Banks有速度和潛力，但他在塞爾提克就因為抗壓性不足而遭非議。在第四節裡，他
3投1中還有2助攻卻也發生了2次失誤。灰狼在Banks的組織下，明顯在進攻上面產生了一
些問題。灰狼在第四節就產生了兩次24秒進攻違例，幾乎每次灰狼的進攻都在24秒快用完
的情況下才倉促出手。
Casey對Banks的看法是："他在那樣的情況下會有所成長，他在塞爾提克很少經歷這樣的
場面。不管是區域或是盯人，只要能夠正確認知我們就可以與之對抗。"
而這也僅是灰狼目前遇到的眾多難題其中之一。
KG中間那段話我是按照語義和感覺翻的，如有任何錯誤請不吝指教 <(_ _)>
小小心得：
翻這些文章翻的好心酸阿，幾乎每一篇都把灰狼批的一無是處，這篇文章更是連之前
大家稱讚的銀行小弟也被批了一番，甚至連老大的奮戰心態也質疑了。這真的是兩年前進
軍西區冠軍戰的那個灰狼嗎？
已經到了這步田地，我只能安慰自己狼是孤傲的動物，不被大家重視是家常便飯。但
我還是衷心希望每天能滿懷期待的打開ScoreBoard阿......Orz
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