原文网址：http://0rz.tw/8OKUF Jeremy Lin benching reaches new heights of insanity: McHale's dooming the Rockets to first round failure 冰来疯探新高：火箭将在McHale的带领之下，於季後赛第一轮步向灭亡 Jeremy Lin sits and sits ... and sits. He doesn't get back into the game until it's long gone and there's no chance to save the Houston Rockets from the most embarrassing collapse in NBA regular season history. 林书豪坐着...坐着....坐着...坐到天荒地老。在这场NBA史无前例的大崩盘中，火箭 在被对手甩得看不到车尾灯之後，林书豪才回到场上，可惜已无力回天。 When Kevin McHale finally reinserts Lin, Oklahoma City holds a 97-89 lead with only 4:05 remaining. Lin immediately hits a long jumper, but it's too late to stave off the Rockets humiliation at this point. Houston — one of the most talented teams in the NBA — will limp to a still largely unfathomable 19-point second half with its best playmaker glued to the bench for large chunks of the meltdown. 当McHale终於把林书豪摆回场上时，只剩下4分05秒，雷霆以97-89领先。林书豪立刻 投进一记长距离跳投，但仍无法让火箭脱离如此窘境。休士顿火箭队－一支才华洋溢的 队伍－整个下半场竟然只得到19分，而且还在领先优势逐渐被鲸吞蚕食之际，让队上最 优秀的进攻发动机死守开特力。 Even Oklahoma City Thunder star Kevin Durant will be caught off guard by how low the Rockets managed to go. 甚至连雷帝KD都对火箭队下半场的低迷表现大为吃惊。 "The scored 19 points in the second half?!" Durant says in a live on-court TNT interview. "Wow." 「下半场19分!? 太惊人了！」KD在TNT的赛後访问说道。 The really Wow is how McHale allows the Rockets to sink to historical futility while chaining his best point guard to the bench. All the analysis, all the articles written and all the groaning let loose in the days following Houston going from a 73 point first half to a 19-point second half somehow ignore this inconvenient truth. 真正惊人的是McHale在球队大崩盘时，竟然把队上最好的控球後卫绑在板凳上。在火箭 队上半场得73分，下半场得19分的崩盘秀之後，所有的评论、文章、抱怨声倾巢而出， 但不知为何他们全都忽略冰林书豪导致崩盘的难堪事实。 It's easier to declare that the Rockets need to make a trade than to admit what they're wasting that's already on their roster. 也许我们可以猜想火箭在酝酿交易，而不是平白浪费这位阵中好手。 Kevin McHale's treatment of Jeremy Lin has quickly gone from questionable to absurd. A 10-point win over the worst team in the NBA — with Terrence Jones treating the Bucks like they're Radford University — doesn't change this fact. McHale对待林书豪的方式很快地从有问题变为愚蠢。对炉主公鹿的比赛以10分之差取胜 ，也无法改变这个事实。 It's bad enough when McHale benches Lin for Patrick Beverley, a limited player whose intangibles somehow never seem to show up in any of the analytics that Rockets general manager Daryl Morey treasures. Lately, McHale's been benching Lin for Aaron Brooks, a 6-foot point guard who nearly found himself out of the league a few years ago. McHale让林书豪当Beverley的替补已经够愚蠢了，Beverley在总管Morey的眼中从不 是个重要资产，只是个天花板有限的球员罢了。(别战嘿~小贝打球也很努力～) In the Thunder debacle, Lin plays only 24 minutes, the same as Brooks. Two nights later against Milwaukee, Brooks gets 25 minutes and Lin receives a measly 23 minutes of court time. 在被雷霆电焦焦的比赛中，林书豪仅上场24分钟，与小AB一样。两天之後对上公鹿， 小AB上场25分钟，而林书豪竟然仅仅只有23分钟。 Even when Beverley is injured, Lin is only a starter during introductions. Once the games start, McHale goes back to treating him like a scrub. 即使Beverley因伤缺赛，林书豪也只是个名义上的先发罢了。一但比赛开始，McHale 又会把他当成空气。 With Beverley set to return from his broken hand Monday night against the Portland Trailblazers, things aren't about to improve. McHale is already gleefully taking about Beverley and Lin being able to get back to their roles. 当Beverley即将在对上波特兰拓荒者队的比赛回归之时，情况不会有任何改善。McHale 乐於让林书豪跟Beverley回到之前的角色。 Which means Patrick Beverley will get unlimited chances as the starter while Jeremy Lin's tight leash continues off the bench. 这代表着当林书豪被拴在板凳上的时候，Beverley将以先发身份得到更多表现机会。 Jeremy Lin's Sliding Minutes 林书豪上场时间的下滑 Lin's dilemma is actually getting worse. Now McHale's taken to sitting the 25-year-old for ultra long stretches. The coach kept Lin on the bench for 17 straight minutes against the Bucks. He played him the first eight minutes against the Thunder and then didn't go back to Lin again till late in the first half. It's a farce that's only growing more ridiculous. 林书豪的困境不减反增。McHale给了25岁的林书豪极长的冷冻时间。这位天才教练在对 公鹿的比赛中连续冰了17分钟。在对雷霆的比赛中，他让林书豪打了开场的前8分钟， 然後在上半场快结束时才再把他摆回场上。这场闹剧越看越可笑。 Only Morey and Rockets owner Leslie Alexander should not be laughing. 也许只有Morey与老板Leslie Alexander笑不出来。 For the Rockets are continuing to flounder around, treading water in the power packed Western Conference. If the playoffs started today, McHale's team wouldn't even have homecourt advantage in the first round of the playoffs. The Rockets are fifth in the West, one game ahead of current sixth seed Golden State, which has a ton of home games coming up. Do you really think anyone would favor Houston in a four-five series against the LA Clippers and Chris Paul? 火箭队在西区列强中持续挣扎。如果季後赛从今天开始，McHale的队伍在第一轮甚至 没有主场优势。火箭目前在西区排名第五，与第六名的勇士队仅有一场胜差，而勇士 在接下来的比赛中有一～大堆的主场比赛可打。你认为有谁会觉得火箭能够击败快艇 跟小保罗？ "I've thought the Rockets, all along, are not legit contenders," Charles Barkley declares on TNT. TNT球评恶汉巴克利说道：「老实说我不认为火箭有角逐冠军的实力。」 Not with Patrick Beverley or Aaron Brooks playing point guard, they aren't. 当Beverley与小AB当控卫时，火箭的确没有这个实力。 With a Jeremy Lin who is given the confidence to attack and play through a few mistakes, they could be though. 当林书豪在进攻上建立起信心，而且没犯什麽错时，火箭是一支强劲的队伍。 McHale is stubbornly holding back his own team. Whether he cannot see the truth staring him in the face or simply doesn't want to see it, does not matter at this point. Lin's shown he can play at a level that neither Beverley or Brooks are capable of reaching. He's carried a team offensively before. Heck, he's carried these Rockets in stretches. McHale对自己的球队固执地画地自限。不论是他看不到事实，或是他视而不见，都不 重要了。林书豪早已证明他能够到达Beverley与小AB所无法到达的高度。他曾经在进攻 端上带领一支球队。唉...但他在火箭却是如此凄惨。 Houston simply doesn't have enough weapons to win in the playoffs if Lin continues to be benched and banished. Offensively is where its recent meltdowns have come. The pathetic finish in Atlanta after that 11-0 start. The second half implosion for the ages against the Thunder at home. 如果林书豪在季後赛依然被冰在板凳上，火箭将没有足够的武器来取胜。进攻是近来 火箭的问题。在对老鹰一战中开局11-0之後进攻开始杯具，还有在自己家里对雷霆时 下半场的自爆。 Francisco Garica and Omri Casspi are both much too inconsistent shooters to be counted on nightly. Chandler Parsons is a true third star only in Never Never Land. James Harden's individual brilliance and Dwight Howard's power and underrated heart will mean little in the end if Jeremy Lin isn't allowed to be a point guard. 老贾跟Casspi这两位不稳定的炮台每晚都受到重用。在现实世界中，Parsons根本称不上 是个巨头。如果林书豪不被重用，即使Harden个人技巧多突出，DH有多猛，全都没用。 Forget McHale's tired mumbo jumbo about the ball getting "sticky" sometimes (a lot of times) and Howard's naive insistence that the Rockets will just naturally grow to be better by April. The true super promise of the season is slipping away now thanks to the guy with the clipboard. 把McHale那些关於「有时候(其实是很多时候)球的流动性不佳」之类的屁话，以及DH说 球队在四月前会越变越好的天真傻话给忘了吧！我可以跟你挂保证的是这个球季会以失 败收场，而这都要归功於那位拿着战术板的家伙。 The Rockets need a change in coaching philosophy. Someone must make Kevin McHale see the truth he keeps looking away from. 火箭队需要改变他们的执教哲学。必须要人来擦亮McHale的双眼，让他能够看清他不 愿正视的事实。 --

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