http://is.gd/HA4SkI The Boston Celtics have made significant strides defensively. They'll need that improvement to continue as they begin a stretch of three straight games on the road - the first two coming against a pair of the NBA's top offensive teams. 波士顿塞尔提克的防守大有长进。他们必须保持进步，迎接即将来临的三场客场比赛，而 前两场正好要面对NBA攻击最出色的球队。 The Celtics go for their third consecutive win and fourth in five games when they face the Houston Rockets on Friday night. 塞尔提克带着三连胜与五战四胜的佳绩，准备在星期五晚上面对休士顿火箭。 Boston (12-9) will take on a Rockets squad that's averaging 104.2 points before squaring off with a San Antonio club that's scoring 105.5 the next night. The Celtics, though, appear better equipped to handle those challenges than they were a few weeks ago. 塞尔提克(12胜9负)将先与场均104.2分的火箭较劲，隔天晚上再和场均105.5分的马刺对 打。不过塞尔提克显然比几个礼拜前，更有能力来应付这些挑战。 Boston allowed an average of 100.1 points through the first 14 games, giving up 100-plus seven times in regulation. It then gave up 88.7 over the next six contests without allowing 100 points before a 117-115 double-overtime victory over Dallas on Wednesday. 塞尔提克本季前14场比赛平均失分为100.1，7场在正规时间内失100分以上。之後六场平 均失88.7分，直到星期三在两度延长赛中以117比115力克小牛时，才让失分突破100。 The Mavericks shot 51.1 percent, but the Celtics managed to force 28 turnovers - their most since forcing 29 against Atlanta on Feb. 6, 2004. 小牛命中率为51.1%，但塞尔提克迫使对方出现28次失误 - 这是他们自2004年2月6日迫使 老鹰出现29次失误後的最佳纪录。 Boston scored 34 points off Dallas' giveaways. 塞尔提克靠小牛的失误拿下34分。 "We've been trapping," coach Doc Rivers said. "I've been talking about it a lot and over the past seven games it's been paying dividends for us. It's been terrific." 教练Doc Rivers说：「我们一直在设陷阱，我一直在讲这件事，而过去七场比赛，这让我 们有很大的收获。感觉很棒。」 Paul Pierce's shooting has been inconsistent, as he's hitting 41.7 percent from the field and 35.0 percent from 3-point range for his lowest marks since 2002-03. However, he scored a season-high 34 points versus Dallas - 12 in the overtimes. Paul Pierce的命中率时好时坏，投篮命中率为41.7%，三分球命中率为35%，是他自 2002-03以来的最差成绩。不过，他在对小牛时拿下本季新高34分 - 延长赛拿到12分。 Rajon Rondo, averaging a league-high 12.9 assists, had 15 to go along with 16 points and nine rebounds in a career-high 52 minutes, 30 seconds Wednesday. Rajon Rondo每场12.9次助攻名列联盟第一，星期三也送出15助攻，拿下16分，9篮板，出 赛时间52分钟30秒也创下生涯新高。 "We ask him to do a lot," Pierce said. "We ask him to push it up, score and rebound. We ask him to do a lot because he can do it." Pierce说：「我们要他多做一点，我们要他挑战极限，得分，抢篮板。我们要他多做一 点，因为他办得到。」 While the Rockets (10-11) score a lot of points, they also give up more than anyone else at 104.8 per game. Houston had lost three in a row, allowing 121.3 points in that stretch, before limiting Washington to 39.4 percent shooting in a 99-93 on Wednesday. 虽然火箭(10胜11负)很会得分，他们的每场失分也是无人能敌的104.8分。火箭之前的三 连败，平均失分121.3分，直到星期三才将巫师的命中率限制在39.4%，并以99比93取胜。 It was the first time in nine games that the Rockets gave up fewer than 101 points. 这是火箭近9场比赛第一次没让对手突破101分。 James Harden returned after missing one game with a sprained ankle and scored 31, with 17 coming in the first quarter as Houston jumped out to a 27-17 lead. 脚踝扭伤而缺赛一场的James Harden回归阵中，共得31分，第一节就攻下17分，帮助火箭 取得27比17的领先。 Harden leads the team with 25.0 points per game, while all the other starters are averaging at least 10.6. Harden以每场得25分名列球队第一，其他先发的平均分数至少10.6分。 "(Harden) came out on fire, and we rode his scoring for a while," point guard Jeremy Lin said. "It's not just me and him - there's five of us out there. We're just trying to figure it all out and find a happy medium where we kind of maximize everybody." 控卫林书豪说：「(Harden)热得发烫，我们靠他的得分撑了一阵子。球赛不只是我跟他， 场上有五个人。我们只想把问题搞清楚，找出折衷之道，让所有人尽情发挥。」 Pierce scored 30 as the Celtics beat the Rockets 97-92 in overtime at Boston on March 6, ending a three-game skid in the series. 3月6日塞尔提克以97比92在延长赛时击败来访的火箭，Pierce得30分，帮助球队中止与火 箭对战的三连败纪录。 -------------------- 照旧，队板不让我发文，只好发在这里，不过总算有林的台词啦 --

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