Cavaliers are obviously off to a tremendous start, but... by Brian Windhorst Monday December 15, 2008, 6:49 AM Atlanta- Because of their superstar, their record and some incredible team statistics early in the season, the Cavaliers have had the "elite" tag slapped on them in the NBA's pecking order. 靠着超级明星, 战绩, 和季初的球队攻守数据, 骑士队已经被贴上 "强队" 的标签. Thus far they have earned it, but to keep it up they are going to have to address the only blemish on their 20-4 record. After Saturday night's loss to the Atlanta Hawks, which snapped an 11-game win streak, the Cavs are now just 1-4 this season on the road against teams with winning records. 到目前为止, 这是他们应得的. 但是为求进步, 他们必须检讨目前的缺陷. 星期六输给 老鹰以後, 中断了11连胜, 而骑士本季在客场面对胜率过半的球队只有1胜-4负的成绩. On one hand it can be said the team doesn't have a bad loss yet. During the winning streak, when the Cavs only played one team with the winning record (the Hawks), they vanquished the sub-.500 opponents nightly. 你可以说这支球队不会输给弱队. 在这波连胜中, 骑士只遇过一次胜率过半球队 (老鹰), 并打败所有不到五成胜率的球队. On the other, watching the road performance of East rivals Boston and Orlando - the Magic won in Portland and Utah last week and lost by a single point in Phoenix - the Cavs still have some work to do. 但另一方面, 相较另外两支东区强队: Celtics 和魔术的客场战绩, 魔术上周在客场赢 了拓荒者和爵士, 仅以一分差输给太阳, 骑士还有很多地方需要加强. The Cavs are 7-4 on the road so far, and a disproportionate six of those 11 games have been on the second night of a back-to-back. Nonetheless, the Cavs are now to be judged by the highest standard, and losses in Boston, New Orleans, Detroit and Atlanta don't brighten their resume much. 骑士目前的客场战绩是7胜-4负, 其中有6场是连续两战的第二场比赛. 然而, 现在对骑 士的要求比较高标准, 输给Celtics, 黄蜂, 活塞, 老鹰仍需检讨. November's victory in Dallas, which kicked off the just halted run of 19 wins in 20 games, is so far the Cavs' only quality win away from The Q. And the Mavericks, who are now 13-9 after winning nine of their past 11, are just a pedestrian 6-5 at home this season. 11月对小牛的比赛是骑士本季客场唯一击败五成胜率球队的比赛. 小牛最近11场赢了9场, 战绩13胜-9负, 主场的战绩只有6胜-5负. "Our road record isn't great, but it isn't bad," Cavs coach Mike Brown said. "We're by no means where we want to be in May or June. There are some good teams out there." "我们的客场战绩不是很好, 但还不差," 教练Mike Brown说. "我们希望到季後赛时会表 现的更好, 那里还有其他强队在. " Their road defeats have all been reasonably similar. They struggled scoring in the second half, never getting more than 92 points in any of the losses. But that happens on the road to everybody. 骑士客场输球的比赛都有些相似处. 下半场得分陷入困境, 得分没有超过92分. 但是每支 球队客场输球几乎都是这种情况. The true issue is the club's half-court defense - it is supposed to be a strength, but hasn't been strong enough to get the Cavs off the hook. 所以真正的问题是球队的半场防守, 属於骑士强项的半场防守却没有做好. In the loss in Detroit and the defeat Saturday, the Cavs allowed 60 percent shooting in the fourth quarter. The opposition's numbers were better than 50 percent in Boston and New Orleans in the first week of the season. 在输给活塞和星期六的比赛中, 骑士让对手第四节的命中率超过60%. 第一周也让Celtics 和黄峰有超过50%的命中率. "I'm not ready to look at it as a measuring stick yet," Brown said. "Because there is so much basketball left and we've got a lot of these type of games to play." "我认为还不到检讨的时候, "Brown说. "球季还很长. " The Cavs play their next three games on the road and get another chance to test themselves against a top team Friday in Denver, a nationally televised game at the Pepsi Center. The Cavs have only won once in Denver in the LeBron James era and have been smoked there the past two seasons. 骑士接下来还有三场客场比赛. 星期五对金块又是再一次检验骑士防守的机会. 这场在 Pepsi Center进行的比赛是全国转播. 骑士在LBJ时代只在金块主场赢过一次, 而过去两 季全败. Playing without center Zydrunas Ilgauskas and guard Daniel Gibson on Saturday night against the Hawks, who are an impressive 8-1 at home, the Cavs nearly scored what would've been perhaps their best win of the season, considering the circumstances. But they didn't and it reminded them they have work left. 星期六对上主场8胜-1负的老鹰, 虽然中锋大Z和後卫Gibson缺阵, 在这样的情况下, 骑士 几乎赢得这场比赛. 但他们没有, 这提醒了他们还有待改进. "I think we've played pretty good on the road, you can't win them all," James said. "We just played four games in five nights and we won three of them and one on the road. I think that's a pretty good sign." "我认为我们目前客场打的还不错, 你不可能赢下每场比赛," LBJ说. "我们在五天内打完 四场比赛. 赢了其中三场, 包括一场客场. 我认为这样的成绩不赖. " Slumping shooters: 陷入低潮的射手 There is probably never a good time to have a slump, but the shooting tailspins guards Delonte West and Wally Szczerbiak currently are in are showing up more with Gibson sidelined. Szczerbiak is just 2-of-20 from the floor in the three games since Gibson went down with a toe sprain, including 0-of-7 on 3-pointers. West is experiencing a market correction after a great month of November. He is 24-of-73 (33 percent) over the past six games and 4-of-21 on 3-pointers over the past four. 没有什麽时候是陷入低潮的好时机, 但是在Gibson缺阵时, West和Wally陷入低潮更是雪 上加霜. Wally在Gibson缺阵後的三场比赛中总共20投2中, 其中三分球投7中0. West在 11月的好表现之後成绩下滑, 近6场比赛总共73投24中 (33%), 过去四场比赛的三分球只 有21投4中的成绩. Schedule matters: 关於赛程 After playing six sets of back-to-backs in the past four weeks, just about the NBA maximum for such a time frame, the Cavs don't face another for a month. There are only three scheduled in January and two in February. The Cavs are 5-2 on the second night of back-to-backs this season and six of them have seen the second night on the road. 过去四周, 骑士有六次连续出赛的赛程. 是全联盟这段时间最多次的. 接下来一个月一次 连续出赛也没有. 然後一月有三次, 二月有两次. 本季骑士连续出赛的第二场战绩是 5胜-2负. 其中六场是客场. --

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