http://0rz.tw/10435 For Celtics, Next Stop: Choke City A funny thing happened on the way to title town…A Celtic team that looked to be improving throughout the year, got a flat tire on the playoff highway, and pit-stopped in choke city. 一件有趣的事发生在冠军之城的路上。这支 Celtics队看起来整年都在进步，却在季後 赛公路上遇到爆胎，现在要在「噎住的城市」进站维修一下。 With all due respect to the feisty Hawks team, the numbers simply don’t lie. Boston has been a superior team in every facet of the game throughout the regular season. The Celtics have more than twice the collective playoff experience on their roster than do their Atlanta counterparts and Boston’s three Hall of Fame bound leaders have almost 20 years playing experience advantage vs. their Hawks counterparts. 给这支积极的老鹰队所有该有的尊重，数字不会说谎。波士顿在整个季赛中，不论哪个 方面都是一支超群的球队。 Celtics球员中的季後赛经验是它的对手的两倍，还有波士 顿有三个快进入名人堂的球员，跟它的对手比起来，有加起来几乎20年的打球经验优势。 But all that goes out the window apparently at the first sign of playoff pressure. Let’s put this on the table before we completely tear this team apart. The level of expectation and the stress and anxiety that comes with it is virtually unimaginable for the common fan. Few of us in everyday life face the type scrutiny and require the level of discipline necessary to embark on a journey such as these Celtics are on now. 但是遇到季後赛压力时，这些全部都被丢出窗外了。在我们分析这支球队之前，先把这 一点摊开来看。对一般球来说，被期望的程度、压力、还有随之而来的焦虑是完全无法 想像的。我们之中很少有人在日常生活里会面对这些，而 Celtics现在进行的季後赛之 旅需要相当必要的纪律。 GPA and company have had the weight of the NBA world waiting right around the corner, ready to land on them at the slightest sign of slippage. After a tremendous regular season and a quick start to the first round, it looked like that pressure-cooker might not rear its head…but it did. 三巨头和它们的队友现在有整个 NBA世界的重量在咫尺，准备要在有最轻微的滑落徵兆 时施加在它们身上。在一个了不起的季赛，和一个很快起动的第一轮後，看起来压力也 许不在脑後…但它的确是。 There is no doubt that this was a choke job of epic proportions. The talking heads may parrot the old “this is what the playoffs are about” routine and try to create a mystical barrier between regular and post season play, but that discrepancy only goes so far. Series play allows teams to make adjustments and exploit weaknesses more effectively. 没有疑问，这是个很夸张地的令人傻眼。那些球评也许会像鹦鹉一样重复老话”这就是 季後赛”，试着在季赛和季後赛间创造一些神秘的关卡，但是差别就这麽多了。系列战 让球队作些调整，同时用一个更有效率的方式暴露缺点。 What it is not suppose to do is systematically dismantle a team’s psychological composure and ability to execute the offensive and defensive principles of which the regular season relied…but it did. 不应该发生的，是有系统地分解掉球队的冷静心理，还有像季赛时一样执行进攻和防守 原则的能力…但是它的确发生了。 Atlanta has fed incredibly off its home-court crowd, a crowd that provided the needed juice to get the younger, less polished Hawks up and running at their best. The Hawks fed off energy its building created for them and won the hustle stats across the board in both games. They were able to run transition and force the issue over and over again. 亚特兰大不可思议地从主场观众获得能量，群众提供了年轻、需要改进的老鹰队球员需 要的汁液，唤醒了它们，以最好的姿态向前奔跑。老鹰队从它的建筑中获得能量，在两 场比赛中赢得了篮板下作粗活的数据。他们有能力跑出快速攻防转换，并且一遍又一遍 地强调这个重点。 But what is most egregious in all of this is not what Atlanta did right, but what Boston failed to do. In both road games, Boston completely lost its half -court composure. In game 3 Boston’s lackadaisical approach to the contest opened up the flood-gates for the Hawks to gain steam. 但是最可怕的不是老鹰队作对了什麽，而是波士顿没作到什麽。在两场客场比赛，波士 顿完全丧失了它们的半场冷静。在第三场比赛，波士顿懒洋洋地面对球赛，只是打开了 老鹰队的闸门，让它们得到精力。 The Celtics pulled out the “old pro” approach to its offensive attack, simply walking into every possession and methodically moving the ball around before settling for a shot. Despite their assist numbers, Boston’s offense was not aggressive or action-oriented. The Celtics held or dribbled the ball far too often and few feet were moving when the ball wasn’t in hand. Celtics 放弃了它们老式的进攻方法，只是走进每次进攻机会，在外围传传球，然後就 简单地投篮进攻。尽管有助攻数字，波士顿的进攻是没有侵略性，或是积极的。Celtics 太常太常运球，但球不在手里的时候只动了几尺远。 In game 4 things got worse. 在第四战里，事情变的更糟糕了。 As the old Celtic saying goes, “playing HARD, isn’t the same as playing SMART.” Tonight Boston proved the point. Despite the team’s quick start, the shot selection and passing discipline that was the hallmark of this team for so long during the regular season was virtually void from the game. 就像老 Celtics会说的”用力地打球，不等同於聪明地打球”。今晚波士顿证明了这点 。尽管比赛有个好的开局，这支球队在季赛有品质保证的投篮选择和传球纪律，在比赛 里完全消失不见。 This was never more evident than during the crucial fourth quarter. Before the team timeout at the 4:16 mark, the Celtics almost exclusively relied on shots created off the dribble or a single pass-almost all of which were outside of 17 feet. The pick-and-roll game that treated Boston so well all season was MIA as the ball was almost never delivered and the ball-handler almost never prepared to do so. 这点在重要的第四节更是显而易见。在还剩4分16秒时的暂停之前，Celtics几乎完全依 赖运球，或是一次简单传球制造出来的投篮机会，大部分都至少有17尺远。波士顿整季 以来运作的很好的挡切战术消失无踪，球几乎从没有传出去过，持球者也几乎没有准备 要这样作。 As the cameras focused on a shell-shocked Garnett late in the waning seconds of this upset, you could almost feel the confusion behind his distant staring eyes. There was no anger, but beyond that there looked to be no understanding of what had befallen his club. 在这个令人沮丧的衰微瞬间，镜头照向了震惊的 Garnett，你几乎可以感觉到他两只圆 睁睁的双眼中的困惑。没有怒气，超越了这些，而只是对他的球队遇到了什麽不能了解。 This sentiment was re-iterated by coach Doc Rivers during his post-game press conference. Rivers said that when he walked into the locker room players were half-heartedly re-assuring himself that “things would be fine” as soon as they got back home, as if that was the elixir to fix their ills. But Rivers was spot on when he told them, “YOU have to make it right, it’s not going to happen on its own.” 这股情绪在Doc Rivers的赛後记者会一再一再地重复。Rivers说当他走进休息室的时候 ，球员半心半意地一再自我重复，只要他们回到家”事情会变好的”，就好像有什麽万 能药可以治疗它们的疾病。但是Rivers站在那里告诉他们”是你要把事情作对，它不会 自己发生。” One thing is for sure. This team can’t rely on anything but the strengths of the fundamentals that got it here. Panic hasn’t just set in amongst the Celtics faithful, it has permeated into the hearts and minds of the players that take the court. 有一件事是可以确定的。这支球队不能依靠别的，只能依靠让他们打到这里的基础作为 力量。惊慌不只是刚刚来到这些Celtics球员，它已经慢慢渗入上场球员的心里。 While the team may not take the floor on Wednesday with fear limiting their aggression, they must be sure that the fear does not blind them from focusing on where to direct that aggression…. 当球队在礼拜三也许不会让恐惧限制了他们的侵略性，但是他们要确定，害怕不会使他 们远离要把侵略性带往哪里的专注力。 …and make no mistake about it, this team is afraid. Afraid that a season’s worth of promise could crash down around them in and avalanche unfulfilled expectations…fear can be a healthy motivator when properly channeled, but deadly if panic sets in… 不要误会这点了，这支球队在害怕。害怕这个球季的承诺会在身边崩坏，还有没有实现 的期望会崩落。如果适当地引导，恐惧可以是一个健康的动机，但是如果恐慌开始，就 会变成很致命。 Fear is a part of competing for something when there's something to lose, but you either channel that fear or it consumes and controls you. 恐惧是当你为某样东西竞争时，你知道要失去什麽，但是你不是去引导那股恐惧，就是 被它消耗、控制住自己。 Fear is what got this team 66 wins in the regular season, what enabled them to take it "one game at a time" and maintain focus over the long haul. 恐惧使这支球队在季赛赢了66场球，使他们能够一次只专注一场比赛，并且在漫长的球 季使他们保持专注。 Tonight that fear took a turn toward desperation, and desperation can quickly breed panic.....execution cannot exist in a state of panic...and the Celtics will cease to exist if panic continues to ruin their ability to execute. 今晚，恐惧掉了头朝向绝望，而绝望可以很快地养成惊慌。执行力在惊慌状态是不能存 在的。而Celtics会不复存在，如果惊慌持续破坏他们执行的能力。 …time to see what this team is made of… 该是看看这支球队是由什麽组成的时候了。 ---------- 其实翻到休息室那段的时候我蛮难过的，好像就在眼前发生一样。 好好振作一下吧，要回家了，不过是2比2平手嘛。 发泄是一回事，这样就说要走的，就是MIke Bibby说的战绩球迷吗? --

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