The "bad news" -- that the Lakers might be too old to play the kind of energetic defense needed to win another championship -- came from an unexpected source. 坏消息---Lakers太老了，以至於无法负担防守所需的能量，下一座冠军...再看看吧。-- --无名氏 Then again, Jerry West has been known to expect the worst. When the legendary Lakers player became their general manager, he routinely used to skip his team's epic NBA Finals battles in the 1980s with Boston, admitting it was too hard for him to watch. That's the pessimist in him. 再一次，Jerry West印证了他众人所知的...悲观!?当这位传奇球星成为球队的总经理的 时候，他总习惯性的忽视自己在1980年代时，对上Boston那史诗般的季後赛，他承认他 很不愿意回顾那段过去。他可真是个悲观主义者。 When it comes to the Lakers, apparently he's still picking out the darkest cloud in the sky. 一提到Lakers，他依旧只注意到那最不堪入目的部份。 Addressing the Lakers' occasional defensive lapses, he reportedly told a gathering of automobile dealers in Orange County last week that sometimes the reason "you can't play defense is because you can't." 据报导他在上周，一场位於Orange County所举办的车商聚会中，针对Lakers偶尔的防守 失误这麽说，「有时你不是做不好防守，而是你做不来。」 He described some of the Lakers as "long in the tooth" and said he didn't expect them to be competitive "much longer." 他用年老来形容一些球员，并说他并不期望他们还能保有竞争力多久。 Tuesday night, in their first game since West's words found their way into the mainstream media, the Lakers politely disagreed, hammering Utah, 120- 91. 星期二晚上，是West的话被主流媒体大肆报导後的第一场比赛，Lakers显然并不同意他 的说法，以120-91重击了Utah。 The three oldest starters -- Derek Fisher, Kobe Bryant and Ron Artest -- had four steals in the first quarter as the Lakers ran out to a 37-22 lead. 阵中三位最年长的球员Derek Fisher，Kobe Bryant和Ron Artest在第一节合力演出四 次抄截，Lakers37-22领先。 It might also be noted that in the week before West declared the Lakers too gray to stay with the young 'uns, they went into Oklahoma City and outlasted the kiddie corps Thunder. Then they traveled to Mile High Denver where they somehow wheezed, coughed and hobbled their way to another victory over the Nuggets. 可能你也注意到，在West宣称Lakers太老的前一周，他们到了Oklahoma City欺负年幼的 Thunder。接着又气喘吁吁的来到Denver，步履蹒跚且病厌厌的从Nuggets手中接过一胜。 The reason the Lakers sometimes don't play defense very well isn't because they can't. It's because sometimes they just don't feel like it. Lakers有时防守不好并不是因为他们不行了，而只是有时他们不在状况内。 Utah coach Jerry Sloan said the Lakers "are tough to get inside shots on." Utah的教头Jerry Sloan形容Lakers的防守几乎没有内线的空档。 He also described them as "a terrific defensive team. They have been for three years. They have guys that get up and guard you." 他也这麽形容，'已经三年了，他们仍是一个完美的防守团队，他们有能跟上并封锁你的 球员。' It would seem so, considering the Lakers are third in the NBA in opponents' shooting percentage. 从湖人队的对手平均出手次数是全联盟第三佳的数据来说，的确是如此。 Said Bryant: "We've been pretty good defensively all year. It's not new." 我们整年度的防守都在水准之上，这已不是什麽新闻了。Bryant表示。 Asked about West's comments, he said, "That didn't bother us. We just kept doing what we do -- we're a top-three defense." 被问到有关West的评论，他说''那不会困扰我们。我们只要持续保持下去--我们可是联 盟防守前三名的球队呀。'' Anyway, Tuesday's game was never close. As well as the Lakers played, Utah also took bad shots, lost track of their men on defense and were sloppy with the ball. 总之，星期二的比赛从未僵持过。相较於Lakers表现的如此出色，Utah总是滥投、跟丢人 而且打的懒散。 You know, too young. 你知道的，都是太年轻的缘故。 --

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