Celtics hungry for some more The questions started before the season, and with a visit to each new city they proliferated. How can a team, especially in today’s NBA, remain hungry? Kevin Garnett, in particular, developed a sixth sense for this line of inquiry. The Celtics forward would tighten up, clench his jaw even, before responding in terse fashion. It is, of course, the lot of a defending champion to deal with this issue upon visiting each new city. But perhaps the Celtics have finally provided an answer. They won their 14th straight game Friday night, when they defeated a playoff-bound Hornets team. They are tied for the fourth-longest streak in franchise history, have the best start ever by a Celtics team at 22-2, and are also tied for the fourth-best start ever by an NBA team with only two losses. The evidence is circumstantial, but so what. 这些问题从季赛前就产生了，而且在每个城市都扩散开来。 究竟一个(得到冠军)NBA队伍，仍旧会渴望更多吗？ kg相当严阵以待地来回答这个问题，但或许塞尔提克早已给了答案了。 星期五晚上当他们打败季後赛强权黄蜂队时，取得了赢得14连胜。 NBA历史上并列第四长的连胜纪录，这也是塞尔提克有史以来最佳的开季战绩22胜2败 答案很明显了，但又怎样呢？ Allow Paul Pierce to expand on the issue. “I think we’re a lot more hungry to prove something than we were last year, ” said the Celtics captain. “Our mentality is more concentrated. We have more of a killer instinct now than I can recall from last year. I think we’ re more together. Whether we’re bickering or joking, we’re all together.” It looks that way from the outside as well. James Posey, who finally received his championship ring Friday while visiting the Garden with his new teammates on the Hornets, can see a change in his former team. “For the most part,” Posey said of whether the Celtics are now actually a better team. “Last year we had to learn things on the fly, because the team was still coming together. They’ve been able to come together from the start now, though.” So mark Christmas and Jan. 9 on your calendar. The Celtics play the Lakers in Los Angeles on that first date in what promises to be the NBA’s most heavily watched regular-season game of the season. The Celtics visit Cleveland on that second date. Perhaps the rest of the league will have a better idea by then of just what, exactly, this team is capable of accomplishing. The Lakers are once again national darlings and the Cavaliers, with LeBron James putting together another MVP-quality season, are also earning a lot of beauty pageant votes. But neither has won at the Celtics’ current clip. Last year’s Celtics didn’t succeed at this clip. Pierce can see the signs, with the team’s early morning, turbulence-filled flight in from Washington the latest example of what this team can withstand. Here’s another streak: After failing in their first back-to-back pairing on Nov. 1 in Indiana, the Celtics have swept five of their last six back-to-back series. “You’re talking about playing a team on a back-to-back who in many people’ s eyes is going to be a contender,” Pierce said of the swing from beating the Wizards on the road to beating the Hornets at home a night later. “That’ s the toughest thing to do in the league - coming from Washington, getting in late, going to bed at 3:30 or 4:00, waking up and playing a game again against one of the best MVP candidates in Chris Paul and David West. “This team is mentally tough,” Pierce added. “We’ve shown, we proved it and we don’t make excuses. The good thing about it we just try to find ways to win.” pp说：「我认为我们非常渴望去证明去年的我们并非昙花一现。」 我们的思维更加的集中了。比起去年，我们有了更多的杀手本能。 现在我们更加的合作，不管是争吵或者是开玩笑，我们都是在一起的。 外人看来也是如此的。 posey在星期五与黄蜂队的比赛中拿到了他的冠军戒指，他的过去队友们看到了他的改变。 「在大体来看，塞尔提克目前已经是一支更好的球队了。」他说 「去年我们必须要很快进入状况，因为球队仍旧在前进，而现在已经开始进入轨道了。」 现在大家都关注着圣诞节及明年1月9日相继与湖人、骑士的比赛。 或许剩下的赛季会有更好的想法，那就是这支队伍，究竟能否完成(二连霸)。 湖人对上LBJ的队伍时也是另一个镁光灯下的焦点。 从目前连胜的步调上，去年是未曾成功的。 pp从那天乱流飞行後的清晨与巫师对战，就看到最新的例子，这个队伍是ㄍㄧㄥ的住的！ 另外一个优势就是，第一次在溜马失败後back-to-back系列战到现在，塞尔提克已经横扫 五次的back-to-back系列战了。 「你是在谈论一个仍在back-to-back而且人人视为眼中钉的队伍。」 pp说着从巫师队的乱流对战後又在主场打败了黄蜂队。 「这是相当难的挑战，在华盛顿上大夜班後，三点半或四点才睡觉，起床後又要面对着 最好的MVP候选人之一的cp3跟d.west。 「这队伍很难对付！」pp说 「我们已经证明了，我们不会找任何(输球的)藉口。而最棒的就是我们都只想着去 获得胜利。」 Celtics notes After having Posey on his roster last season, coach Doc Rivers forgot what the swingman can do to an opponent. “Didn’t like it,” said Rivers. “He’s up to those same tricks. You know, it’s funny, last year I loved what he did, setting flops, charges, grabbing, holding, getting away with hitting on the arm. I think I complained about Posey the entire game. He’s a pain in the butt, he really is, and now I know why I loved him on my team.” . . . After a day off, the C’s return to practice today in preparation for tomorrow ’s annual visit by the Utah Jazz. 去年posey出现在季赛名单上面时，河流忘了，这个摇摆人可以对敌人做什麽。 「我不喜欢(？)。」河流说 「他就那几招，你知道的嘛，有趣的是，去年我喜欢他所做的！setting flops(做对手 犯规？),charges(盯人？),grabbing(抄截？),holding(？),getting away with hitting on the arm(小动作？)。我想我整场抱怨着posey，他是很多对手的痛，他的确是，而现在 我知道我为什麽喜欢他了。」 一天的结束後，塞队继续准备练习明天对爵士的比赛了。 很多地方我不会翻译=.=....有没有高手解释一下... ※ 编辑: gaiaesque 来自: 218.171.115.24 (12/15 19:36)