原文网址：http://ppt.cc/OCJi The Trail Blazers on Wednesday will simultaneously try avoid their longest losing streak in seven years and spoil the Los Angeles Lakers’ playoff aspirations. And they very well might attempt both while making franchise history. As his starting lineup continues to be ravaged by injuries, coach Terry Stotts is contemplating starting four rookies when the Lakers visit the Rose Garden Wednesday night. If it happens, it would be the first time in franchise history, according to the Elias Sports Bureau. How did it get to this point? Starting shooting guard Wesley Matthews sprained his right ankle Sunday night in a loss to the Dallas Mavericks and already has been ruled out against the Lakers. Starting small forward Nicolas Batum was able to shoot Tuesday, but continues to deal with the effects of a superior labral tear in his right shoulder and is listed as doubtful. Meanwhile, starting center JJ Hickson skipped Tuesday’s practice with lower back pain and is considered questionable. Trail Blazers rookie Will Barton to make his first start of the season Trail Blazers rookie Will Barton talks about making his first start of the season when the Blazers face the Lakers Wednesday. And while the availability of the trio looks grim, their replacements look young. Stotts on Tuesday said he was leaning toward starting rookie Will Barton in place of Matthews at shooting guard. Rookie Victor Claver has started the last three games for Batum and rookie center Meyers Leonard has started in place of Hickson or LaMarcus Aldridge six times this season. Add them to rookie point guard Damian Lillard and the four-rookie starting lineup is complete. It could not come at a worse time for the Blazers (33-44), who have lost a season-high eight consecutive games and are trying to avoid a complete free-fall at the end of a promising season. The franchise has not endured a nine-game losing streak since the 2005-06 season, when they lost 19 of the last 20 games, including 11 in a row from March 14 to April 2 The losing streak, the young starting lineup and the chance to play spoiler to a Lakers team that is frantically trying to capture the eighth seed in the Western Conference playoff hunt should create an extra dose of motivation for a reeling Blazers team. Actually, Stotts said, the Lakers alone provide enough motivation. “Everybody gets up for playing the Lakers,” he said. “We realize the implications for them, what the game means for them. But when you’re going up against Kobe Bryant, Dwight Howard, if Steve Nash plays — these guys grew up watching them. So I think there’s certainly a lot of motivation playing them.” Matthews undergoes MRI, results negative Matthews limped around the practice facility wearing a walking boot on his right foot Tuesday afternoon and it is unclear how long he’ll have to deal with the cumbersome protection. He underwent two magnetic resonance imaging tests on his sprained right ankle and neither revealed significant damage, including any ligament tears. Matthews said there was some soft tissue damage, however, and he planned to undergo two more MRI tests as a precaution. When asked if he thought he would play again this season, Matthews seemed prepared for the worst. “I don’t know,” he said. “(I’ll) listen to my body and see how it goes.” Batum shoots for first time in eight days Batum did not fully return to practice Tuesday, but did participate in some post-practice shooting. He went through a series of shooting drills for about 30 minutes alongside injured teammate Elliot Williams, testing his ailing right shoulder for the first time since April 1. “It’s still sore, a little bit sore,” Batum said afterward. “Shooting at the end, I feel like my shoulder was burning.” Batum labeled himself a game-time decision. But the team is taking extra caution because the injury is in the same right shoulder that Batum had surgery on in 2009. --Joe Freeman 简译： 马修在对小牛那场脚踝扭伤，照MRI还好是阴性但明天对湖人应该是不会上场 而JJ昨天练习时，腰背部有点痛，缺席了练习，所以明天应该也不会上场 而82昨天有跟E-WILL短暂练习30分钟，这是82自4/1号来的第一次练习 不过他说肩膀还是有点疼痛，所以明天也是预计不会上场 所以Stotts明天预计会安排Barton、Leonard、Claver先发，搭配AGG跟Lillard 明天如果在输球，就是我们这七年来最长的连败了 心得： 先发们辛苦了，有伤就好好休息吧，事实上这季以我们替补这麽薄弱的阵容 几位先发们难免有小伤，但都没大伤，对照其他球队来说队医是不是漂白了XD 这几场就欢乐的看小将的的发展了，不过先发少了82跟马修这2位外围火力的球员 也许Stotts考量到须弥补缺乏的外线火力，我想Babbitt应该会有蛮多的上场时间 因而挤压到Freeland的上场机会吧... Freeland你要多加油阿... --

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