Knicks Escape as Cavs Miss Out By DAVID PICKER Published: December 15, 2012 Source: http://ppt.cc/XSKU 尼克藉着骑士的失手惊险取胜 == The Knicks sure could have used Carmelo Anthony during a wild final minute against the Cleveland Cavaliers on Saturday night. But Anthony was nowhere to be seen at tipoff at Madison Square Garden. He missed the game with an injured left ankle. The Knicks did everything they could to muster a win in Anthony’s absence, including starting a rookie in his place; enduring a blistering attack by the Cavaliers star Kyrie Irving; and, well, getting a little lucky with one second remaining. In the end, the Knicks escaped with a 103-102 victory and improved to 10-0 at home this season, their best start since 1991-92. 尼克今晚对骑士最後紧张的几分钟当然可以摆甜瓜摆上场，但是瓜瓜并没有准备要上场 的样子。他今天因为左脚踝的伤势而缺席了整场比赛。 尼克做了所有他们可以做的试图在没有甜瓜的情况下拿到胜利，包括用靠谱兰顶替他的 先发位置；挡住骑士新救主KI的狂轰滥炸；当然还有最後一秒钟的小lucky。最终，尼克 惊险地以103-102拿下胜利，并把本季主场战绩提升到10胜0败，这是自从1991-92球季以 来的最佳表现。 “We understand how crucial and important Carmelo is to our success,” said Tyson Chandler, who finished with 23 points and 10 rebounds despite playing with a cold. The final minute underscored just how much the Knicks (18-5) have come to rely on Anthony. They have the best record in the Eastern Conference but struggled to put away Cleveland (5-20), one of the league’s worst teams. The Knicks led by 6 points with 30 seconds left in the game. But Irving, wearing a black mask to protect a broken jaw, made a pair of 3-pointers and two free throws to trim the lead to a point with 10 seconds left. After Steve Novak made one of two free throws to give the Knicks a 2-point lead, the Cavaliers had a chance to win the game with a 3-pointer. "我们知道瓜瓜对我们的成功有多麽重要。" 拳王表示，他今天虽然感冒但是还是拿下23 分10篮板。 最後关头显示出尼克(18胜5败)有多依赖瓜瓜。 他们拥有东区最好的战绩，但是面对骑士(5胜20败)这个联盟後段班，却没办法拉开比数。 最後30秒尼克还领先六分，但是铁面人KI却连砍两颗三分外加两记罚球，硬是在最後10秒 追到剩一分落後。在Novak两罚中一之後尼克只领先两分，骑士队有三分绝杀的机会。 Jason Kidd said the Knicks would not have allowed Irving, who finished with a game-high 41 points, to take a game-winning shot. On the final possession, the ball ended up in Anderson Varejao’s hands, and he was fouled in the lane by J. R. Smith with one second remaining. “We didn’t play our best game,” said Raymond Felton, who finished with a team-high 25 points. “I did not want this game to go into overtime.” It almost did. Varejao made the first of two free throws but missed the second. Smith’s rebound sealed the win. “We gave ourselves the chance to win, and we fought back and made a run to get back into the game,” Varejao said, referring to the 10-point lead the Knicks built early in the third quarter, their largest lead of the game. 老基说尼克绝对不会让拿到生涯新高41分的KI执行最後一击。最後球到了米粉头的手上， 他在最後一秒要到了JR的犯规。 "我们没有表现最好的一面，" 拿下全队最高25分的小胖子谈到，"我不想让比赛进入延 长赛。" 差点被他说中，米粉头罚进第一球，但第二球没进，JR抢下篮板锁住了胜利。 "我们有机会夺胜，而且我们打出了一波攻势重回比赛的感觉，" 米粉头说的是第三节一 开始尼克的十分领先。 The Knicks gathered at center court after the game, realizing how close they came to losing the game, even if they were playing without Anthony and Rasheed Wallace, who also missed the game with lingering foot injury. “When one guy goes down, another guy has to step up,” Chandler said. The Knicks might just be resting Anthony and Wallace ahead of Monday’s game against the Houston Rockets, which will be Jeremy Lin’s first game in New York since he left the Knicks in the off-season. Nonetheless they needed someone to fill the void, and on Saturday it was Chris Copeland. An undrafted rookie, Copeland did not know he was starting until Coach Mike Woodson told him a few hours before the game. Copeland, 28, spent five years playing in Belgium, Germany and Spain before signing with the Knicks. But he admitted to feeling some nerves before the game. After all, he would be filling the spot of Anthony, who is averaging 27.9 points; Copeland was averaging 3.3 heading into Saturday. 尼克的球员在赛後聚集在场中央，明白他们几乎要输掉这场比赛，即使他们没有甜瓜和 同样因为脚伤而缺席比赛的阿北。 "当一个人状况不好的时候，另一个人必须要站出来。" 拳王谈到。 尼克可能会让瓜瓜和阿北在礼拜一对上火箭队的比赛休息，那将会是书豪格格在休赛期间 离开尼克之後第一次回到纽约。 不过他们需要一个人顶上瓜瓜的空缺，礼拜六那个人是靠谱兰。这个未经选秀的菜鸟在赛 前的几个小时武僧才告诉他要先发。28岁的靠谱兰跟尼克签约前在比利时、德国和西班牙 打了五年的球。但他承认比赛前有点紧张。毕竟他要顶替的位置是每场平均27.9分的瓜瓜 内！礼拜六赛前靠谱兰平均每场只有3.3分。 Copeland contributed early, making all three of his first-quarter shots. He finished with 11 points in 19 minutes, and was one of five Knicks players to score in double digits. “I’ve always been a scorer; that’s what I do,” Copeland said. “I’m not comparing myself to Melo or anything like that.” Before the game, Copeland spoke to reporters as a pink Disney knapsack hung in his locker, a gift of sorts from his teammate Marcus Camby. As a rookie, Copeland is required to carry the bag, which he uses for socks and other personal items, to all games. It has four princesses on the back: two blondes, one brunette and one redhead. “It’s silly, but I got to do it,” Copeland said, adding that filling in for Anthony was not as tough as carrying the bag. 靠谱兰一开始就做出贡献，他第一节三次出手全部命中。他最後在19分钟内拿下11分， 是尼克五个得分上双的球员之一。 "我一直是个能得分的球员，那是我的工作，" 靠谱兰谈到，"我不会把我自己跟甜瓜这 样的球员比较。" 赛前，靠谱兰接受记者访问的时候，他的置物柜上挂着老坎比送他的粉红色迪士尼背包。 身为一个菜鸟，靠谱兰被要求带着这个背包去所有的比赛，里面装他的袜子和个人物品。 他的背包上面有四个公主：两个金发、一个黑发、一个红发。 "这太蠢了，但我还是要背，" 靠谱兰说他觉得背着个背包比代替甜瓜出赛还艰难。 Woodson said he did not know whether he would need to turn to Copeland again, or if Anthony would be available for Monday’s game against the Rockets. “You know, it’s just kind of day to day,” Woodson said of Anthony. “He’s getting treatment, and we’ll see where he is come Monday.” Anthony sprained his left ankle during the third quarter of Thursday’s victory over the Los Angeles Lakers, when he drove to the basket and landed awkwardly after being fouled by Dwight Howard. The play resulted in a sore ankle, knee and hip. 武僧说他不确定是不是会再用靠谱兰先发，或是瓜瓜礼拜一对火箭的时候能不能上场。 "你知道这种事每天都在变阿，" 武僧谈到瓜瓜，"他正在接受治疗，我们看看他礼拜一 能不能上吧！" 阿瓜在礼拜四战胜湖人的比赛第三节中扭伤了他的左脚踝，当时他冲向篮框然後被魔兽 犯规落地。结果伤到了他的脚踝、膝盖和屁股。 The Knicks are already without several players because of injuries, including Amar’e Stoudemire, Iman Shumpert and Camby. But Anthony has been the team’s soul this year. Saturday’s win was a reminder of this, as well as how much other players must be ready to help out. “We’ve played short-handed before,” Novak said. “Guys have to step up but not do too much. And I think we did tonight.” 尼克队因为伤兵的关系已经少了很多人，包括阿骂、香波和老坎比。但是瓜瓜是今年球队 的灵魂人物。礼拜六的比赛提醒了这件事，还有其他人必须准备好跳出来分担。 "我们之前做的不够好，" Novak谈到，"大家必须适当地站出来，我想我们今晚有做到。" == 翻到一半断线两次，差点崩溃QQ 明天对火箭加油！ --

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