Fast starts fueling Celtics Chris Forsberg | ESPNBoston.com NEW YORK -- Boston Celtics coach Brad Stevens admits that his to-do list is long and every time he crosses something off it, something else gets added. That's just the way it goes in the NBA. 教练手边总是一份很长的改进清单 每次划掉一项又会多出另一项 But over the last eight games, the Celtics have done a rather remarkable job of improving some of their most glaring areas of need and, maybe not surprisingly, they've posted a 6-2 mark during that span because of those advancements. 过去的八场比赛 小赛在教练的带领下突飞猛进地进步 Take, for instance, defensive rebounding. Boston ranked 27th in the league through 14 games in that category at 71.4 percent. Over the past eight games, the Celtics rank 10th in the league at 76.4 percent (read more on the improvements in defensive rebounding HERE). And then there are the turnovers. Boston ranked 26th in the league in turnover percentage, giving the ball away on 17.9 percent of possessions through the first 14 games. Boston's number has dipped to 15.7 percent over the last eight games, ranking 18th in the league in that span (read more on the improvements in turnovers HERE). 1.防守篮板 我们本来前14场是27th(71.4%) 最近八场进步到10th(76.4%) 2.失误 本来失误率26th(17.9%) 最近八场进步18th(15.7%) (译按:AB不知道就贡献了多少%...) But one of the lingering issues had been Boston's terrible first-quarter play. It felt as though Boston routinely was digging itself early holes and this young team struggled to claw its way back into games. Through the first 14 games, Boston averaged only 23.6 first-quarter points per game, which ranked 21st in the league, but their quarter differential of minus-2.2 ranked 24th in the league. It doesn't sound like a lot, but Boston rarely gave itself a chance to play with a lead. 3.第一节糟糕的开场 大家还记得季初小赛都是第一节挖洞 然後努力追赶三节，成功超车就会赢，但翻不了身就输的窘境吗? 本来前14场平均得分23.6分 (21st) 而且diff是-2.2 (24th) That's changed over the last eight games. Boston is now averaging 26 first-quarter points per game (10th best in the league in that span) and its plus-7.3 quarter differential is best in the NBA through Sunday's games. 但是!!!最近八场 第一节平均得分26分 第一节diff平均是+7.3分!!! During Friday's win over the Denver Nuggets, Boston scored the game's first 14 points and led by 24 after the first quarter, which allowed the Celtics to fend off the Nuggets' second-half surges. On Sunday in New York, Boston scored the game's first 12 points and owned a 23-point lead after the first quarter. They are the first team since January 1965 to outscore opponents by at least 23 points in the first quarter in consecutive games, according to Elias Sports Bureau. 金块那场因为第一节的大笔分领先 所以撑过了下半场金块的反扑 而尼克这场...就不用多说了吧 "At the beginning of the season, the first quarter was one of our most horrible quarters of the game, and then we found ourselves trying to fight back into the game the last three quarters," veteran Gerald Wallace said. "I think now we’ve made that turn to where the first quarter has pretty much been one of our best quarters and we’re able to maintain [that] through the next three quarters." 连季初爱放炮的G蛙也很满意 "季初时，第一节打超烂的，所以我们必须用三节的时间去追赶。 但现在第一节反而是我们打最好的一节，而且我们可以尽量维持这表现到比赛结束。" So what exactly has changed? "I think our defense," Wallace said. "We’ve paid real good attention to details, the scouting report, our game plans, and we came out and executed them real well in the first quarter. We’re taking teams out of what they want to do, we’re forcing them to one shot, and we were able to knock down shots on the offensive end." 所以到底是什麽改变了? G蛙 "我们的防守，我们真的注意细节、球探报告、球赛的计画， 然後我们一出场就确实执行各个项目， 所以我们可以控制对手的动向，我们限制他们之余也做好进攻端的工作" Avery Bradley noted that the coaching staff is helping players with scouting reports, particularly with how to slow down the opposition on the defensive end. "The coaches are doing a great job preparing us for the game," Bradley said. "They’re doing an excellent job. They’re just laying everything out for us and telling us what we need to do, and we just have to go out there and give that effort every single game, and I feel like we have a chance to win every single game." AB "教练真的让我们准备的很好， 他们告诉我们什麽是该做的，我们只要尽全力做好该做的就好了， 我现在觉得我们有机会迎任何一场比赛" (AB好霸气~) Jeff Green said Boston is making more shots early in games. "We’re making shots, being aggressive and just executing our plays," he said. "It's as simple as that." 小绿 "我们进球，我们积极执行我们的计画，就是这麽简单。" -- 随手翻一篇以此纪念在MSG大胜尼克 真心感谢安吉挖来Stevens 让每个球员开心的发挥潜力甚至超出潜力 团队篮球真的很好看 而且教练调整的速度也神速 整支球队每场比赛的改变大家都看在眼里 --

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