Suns-Mavericks Preview The Dallas Mavericks' defense has struggled over the last two games. Coach Rick Carlisle's team could get tested again if the high-scoring Phoenix Suns can repeat their most recent effort. Dallas goes for its sixth straight home win over the Suns, who begin a potentially difficult three-game trip. 小牛最近两场比赛防守表现不理想，卡帅说明天碰上很会得分的太阳将是一大考验， 小牛目前对太阳拿下主场五连胜，而太阳则是要展开艰苦的三场客场旅程。 Since holding their opponents to 93.0 points and 43.4 percent shooting during a 12-game winning streak from Nov. 20-Dec. 11, the Mavericks (20-5) have allowed an average of 100.5 points on 48.5-percent shooting in the last two contests. Dallas wasted a 20-point first-half lead in Monday's 103-99 loss to Milwaukee, and nearly let a 17-point third-quarter edge slip away Wednesday before holding on for a 103-98 victory over Portland. 在12连胜期间，小牛把对手压低到平均93分、命中率43.4%的漂亮成绩，但最近两场 平均掉了100.5分，对手命中率高达48.5%，小牛在连胜被公鹿终结的比赛中浪费了 高达20分的领先优势，对上拓荒者又差点把第三节17分的领先玩掉。 "We circled the wagons and got it together," Carlisle said after his team held the Trail Blazers to a pair of field goals in the final 2:59 and improved to 4-1 on a season-high six-game homestand. Meanwhile, Suns coach Alvin Gentry was pleased how his team pulled itself out of a season high-tying three-game slide with Wednesday's 128-122 victory over lowly Minnesota. Phoenix (12-12) hit 15 3-pointers and shot 50.6 percent from the field as seven players scored in double figures. 卡帅赛後说："我们同心协力，最後终於顺利夺胜。"小牛最後2分59秒只让拓荒者再 进2球，让小牛得以在本季最长的主场六连战中拿到4胜1败的成绩。与此同时，太阳 主帅Alvin Gentry则是很庆幸球队摆脱了平本季最长的三连败，昨天他们以128-122 打败西区後段班的灰狼，太阳砍进15颗三分弹，命中率达到50.6%，有七位球员得分 达双位数。 "Right now, it's the best thing that could have happened to us," said Gentry, whose team also travels to Oklahoma City and San Antonio on this trip. "We just needed a win." The Suns also need to improve a defense yielding a league-worst 110.0 points per game. Gentry说："对我们来说，赢球对我们是最好的，我们只需要一胜。"太阳接下来将 要做客雷霆与马刺，太阳也需要加强防守来摆脱联盟最差的场均110.0失分。 Having center Robin Lopez back may help. With Lopez in the lineup Wednesday after missing 14 games with a sprained left knee, the Suns outrebounded the league's best rebounding team by seven. While he was out, Phoenix was outrebounded by at least that amount seven times. 中锋Robin Lopez的归队或许会有帮助，他因为左膝扭伤连续缺阵了14场，不过他的 归队让太阳上一战比联盟最会抓篮板的灰狼还多拉下七个篮板球。但当他不在时， 太阳也有七次至少被多抢超过七个篮板。 "I'm really excited to continue to play with Robin and he did a good job tonight," said Channing Frye, who grabbed a team-high nine boards and hit a career high-tying seven 3s. "He really helped out (with 12 points and eight rebounds). ... It's kind of easier to get up and pressure a little more when you got Big Fella back there." Frye and Grant Hill might need that help trying to slow down Dirk Nowitzki and Caron Butler. Frye说："我对於能与Robin一起打球感到很兴奋，他今晚做的很好。他真的对我们很 有帮助(12分8篮板)，当禁区的大个子回来之後，压力就减轻许多。"Frye抓下全队最 多的九个篮板，也砍下平生涯最多的七颗三分弹。Frye与Hill明天也需要这样的帮助 来对抗Dirk与Butler。 Nowitzki, averaging a team-high 25.0 points, has shot 63.1 percent from the field over the last seven games, while Butler is coming off a season high-tying 23-point effort against Portland. He scored nine straight for Dallas in the third quarter. "He has no fear of big shots and big situations," Carlisle said. In his second game after being acquired in a trade with Washington, Butler had 15 points during the Suns' last visit to Dallas, a 107-97 Mavericks win on Feb. 17. That victory sparked the Mavericks' season-best 13-game winning streak. Dirk以平均25.0分做为小牛的得分王，近七战命中率高达63.1%，Butler上一战也以 平本季最高的23分跳出来支援，他第三节攻下了9分。卡帅说："他对於关键时刻的 投篮毫无畏惧。”在他去年被交易到小牛的第二场出赛就是面对太阳，Butler攻下 15分，小牛以107-97取胜，也是小牛之後13连胜的开端。 Steve Nash, who had a season-high 19 assists Wednesday, is averaging 17.8 points with 11.2 assists in the Suns' last five games in Dallas. Mavericks point guard Jason Kidd, the only active player with more assists than Nash, had 18 points, 10 assists and a career-high seven steals in the Feb. 17 victory. Suns leading scorer Jason Richardson averaged 20.3 points on 51.0 percent shooting as Phoenix dropped two of three to the Mavericks in 2009-10. Nash昨天传出本季新高的19助攻，他在最近五次面对小牛时平均攻下17.8分11.2助攻， 小牛的控卫Kidd是现役球员中唯一比Nash助攻还多的人，他在前一次与太阳的交手时 拿到18分10助攻以及生涯最多的7抄截。太阳的得分王Jason Richardson平均每场可 以攻下20.3分，也有51.0%的命中率，太阳去年面对小牛三战输了两场。 明天外线一定要守好!! 篮板也请两位中锋好好巩固啊 Let's Go Mavs!! --

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