Mavericks-Rockets Preview The Dallas Mavericks blew a 20-point lead in less than 12 minutes when their 12-game winning streak came to a halt two months ago, but the end to their latest lengthy run may have been even more painful. Dallas held a nine-point cushion with under three minutes to play yet still watched its 10-game streak slip away, a loss it'll try to bounce back from Saturday night when it visits the Houston Rockets. 达拉斯小牛曾经在两个月以前只用了不到12分钟就花掉他们20分的领先优势， 接着被公鹿终结12连胜，而最近这波连胜中止的方式更是让人心碎。小牛在最 後三分钟时还保有九分领先，但接着就眼睁睁的看着10连胜喷掉。明天对上休 士顿火箭时小牛必须从输球中反弹。 There have been seven double-digit winning streaks in the league this season, and the Mavericks (37-16) own two of them. As impressive as those runs as they happened, their endings were also staggering. Rick Carlisle's team blew a 42-22 second-quarter lead against Milwaukee over an 11-minute stretch Dec. 13, halting its 12-game streak with a 103-99 loss, then saw a sizable cushion disappear even faster Thursday night. 联盟本季有过七次的双位数连胜，小牛就有过两次。这两波连胜都让人印象深 刻，然而他们的中止也让人相当吃惊。Carlisle教练所率领的球队在12月13日 对上公鹿曾经在第二节以42-22大幅领先，不过在11分钟之後就被逆转了，最 後以99-103吞败。而昨天他们也看着大幅领先在更短的时间内消失殆尽。 The Mavericks were in excellent shape to stretch their streak to 11 in Denver, leading 119-110 with 2:51 to play. But Nuggets guard Arron Afflalo got hot, scoring seven of his team's final 11 points and hitting a buzzer-beater to hand Dallas a 121-120 defeat. "If we want to be a championship team, then we've got to close games at the end. This is one game, one game lost at the buzzer, but I'm talking future," Tyson Chandler told the Mavericks' official website after scoring 20 points in the loss. "We've got bigger goals and aspirations. So, this is one thing we've got to grow from." 小牛的11连胜之路看似一片光明，在倒数2分51秒时还以119-110领先，不过 金块後卫Aaron Afflalo找回手感，得到金块最後11分当中的7分，包括在枪 响前的出手命中，让小牛以120-121吃下败仗。攻下20分的Chandler对小牛 官网说："如果我们想拿到冠军，我们就必须赢得接近战，这只是一场我们输 在枪响的比赛，不过我所谈论的是未来。我们有更大的目标与抱负，这是我 们必须成长的地方。" Dallas should have a good opportunity to do just that. Six of the Mavericks' next eight opponents have losing records, starting with their first visit to Houston (24-28) since a 97-94 loss Dec. 31, 2009. "We had a good stretch there, 10 in a row," said guard Jason Terry, who on Saturday will be looking to record a fifth straight 20-point game for the first time since March 7-15, 2009. "It's time to get 10 more." 小牛接下来蛮有机会改进的，後面八场比赛有六场对手胜率还不到五成，下 一场的对手是火箭，这是小牛自从2009年12月31号以94-97落败之後首次造访 休士顿。Jason Terry明天有机会挑战连五场得分破20，是自从2009年3月7号 到15号之後的首次，他说："我们一度打的很好，10连胜耶！我们还有足够的 时间拿到另一个10连胜。" Terry has averaged 26.0 points in three games at the Toyota Center since 2008-09, his highest average in any venue, but he totaled just 21 points on 6 of 19 shooting in two home meetings with the Rockets earlier this season. Those struggles haven't hurt Dallas. Dirk Nowitzki led the way with 20 points in a 101-91 win Nov. 29, then Chandler paced seven players in double figures with 21 points and 15 boards in a 111-106 victory Jan. 27. Chandler has averaged 15.6 points and 10.5 rebounds in the Mavericks' last 11 games. Terry自从08-09赛季最近三次在Toyota Center出赛平均可以得到26.0分，是 他在所有场地的最高得分，不过本季前两次火箭造访达拉斯时，他加起来只 有得到21分，投19中6。不过他的低潮不影响小牛，11月29日Dirk的20分带领 小牛以101-91获胜，接着在1月27日，Chandler拿下21分15篮板，与其他六位 得分达到双位数的球员合力以111-106力退火箭。拳王最近11战平均为小牛贡 献了15.6分10.5篮板。 The Rockets lost three in a row in a brutal stretch against Dallas, San Antonio and the Lakers from Jan. 27-Feb. 1, then responded with impressive wins over Utah, Memphis and Denver. But in a season filled with inconsistency, Houston's failure to take care of business against Minnesota shouldn't have been a total surprise. After beating the Nuggets on the road Monday, the Rockets returned home and lost 112-108 to the Timberwolves, who entered the game 3-23 away from home. 火箭从1月27日到2月1日分别面对小牛、马刺与湖人，这残忍的赛程让他们吃 下三连败，不过他们接下来对上爵士、灰熊与金块赢的都很漂亮。不过这个 赛季的不稳定性，让他们前一场输给灰狼也不太意外，周二他们还在客场打 败金块，但是他们回家面对赛前客场战绩只有3胜23败的灰狼却以108-112吞 败。 "We just didn't play our game and play up to the potential of how we played (Monday)," guard Kyle Lowry said. "It (stinks), but we can't let it get us down." To recover, Houston can start by holding its own on the boards. Minnesota outrebounded the Rockets 51-31 as Luis Scola pulled down a season-low two in 37 minutes. The Mavericks are 22-5 when they grab more boards than their opponent. 火箭後卫Kyle Lowry说："我们没有打的像前一场打的那麽好，这糟透了，但 我们不能受此影响。"要力图振作，火箭必须保护好篮板，灰狼前一场篮板数 以51-31狂胜，Luis Scola更是在37分钟当中只抓下本季新低的2个篮板。而 小牛在篮板抓的比对手多时战绩是22胜5败。 明天请不要再上演剧场了...可以吗 Let's Go Mavs!! --

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