Mavericks-Heat Preview The hammer Dirk Nowitzki is so close to escaping is pounding away harder than ever at LeBron James. Dirk Nowitzki就快要从过往的批评与压力中解脱，而这些前所未有的 庞大压力现在落在LeBron James身上。 The Dallas Mavericks are a victory from claiming the title that James came to Miami to win. It would forever alter Nowitzki's reputation, which has already been elevated enormously during this series as he's ignored injury and illness. 达拉斯小牛距离总冠军只差一场，而这也是James加盟迈阿密热火的目 标。小牛拿到冠军的话，Dirk的声誉将会永远的翻转，其实他在这个 系列赛忽略伤势与疾病所打出的水准，早已大大提升了他的名声。 And James is now the target of all the criticism Nowitzki long endured, the one shouldering most of the blame as things go wrong. Dirk长期忍受的批评现在全部转到James身上，他也扛着热火目前落後 的重责大任。 "That's just a part of the game if you're the star or the face of the franchise," Nowitzki said Saturday. "If you win, it's great for you, and everybody looks at you. And if you lose, you're going to get hammered. It's just part of the business. I think we understand that, we've been around long enough. I got the hammered the last 13 years, basically. So hopefully this year I can make the hammering go away for a year." Dirk今天说："如果你是球队的球星或是看板人物，这就是比赛中的一 部分。如果你赢了，这对你很棒，大家会关注着你。如果你输了，你就 会被指责，这就是这个工作的一部分。我想我们都知道这一点，我们在 这一行够久了。基本上我在前13年受尽批评，所以希望我今年能够摆脱 这些。" He has two shots at it. The Mavs can win their first title Sunday night, or Tuesday if the Heat force a seventh game. Dirk有两次机会，小牛可以在明天就拿下队史首冠，或是热火把小牛逼 到礼拜三的第七战一决生死。 That would require a stronger effort from James, who this time a year ago was coming off his second straight MVP award and was three weeks from becoming among the most sought-after free agents in sports history. 而热火要赢，就需要James的强力表现，去年的这时候他刚拿下连续两 年的联盟MVP，而且在三周後就要踏入自由球员市场，成为运动史上最 大咖的自由球员。 Now he's the guy who can't produce in the fourth quarters, with 11 total points in five games, the one with the big name but the puny stats who had to spend part of his off day answer all sorts of questions about what's happened to him. 现在的他在第四节却毫无贡献，这五场下来总共只得11分。这位明星 球员的数据却很惨淡，在休兵的这几天环绕他的是各种不同的问题， 大家都想知道他怎麽了。 -Are those 44 minutes per game you're playing too much? Ｑ：一场比赛打44分钟对你而言会不会太多了？ "I wouldn't say it's too much. I don't think so," James said. "I don't feel like I'm hurting my team for the time I'm out there. I don't feel like it's too much." James说："我不觉得这太多，我不认为。我不觉得我在场上会伤害球 队。我不觉得上场时间太多。" -Is something wrong with your shot technique? Ｑ：是不是你的投篮技术有什麽问题？ "At this point, I don't think technique has anything to do with it," James said. "Shots go in, shots don't go in. I don't stop to think about my technique or anything like that." James说："到这个时候了，我觉得技术没有差。球会进也可能不会进。 我不会停下来想球技上的问题。" -Are you simply feeling the pressure of the finals stage? Ｑ：你是不是单纯觉得决赛的压力太大？ "I think the game of basketball can be pressure," James said. "It doesn't matter if it's the finals or the conference finals or first round. Playoff basketball is all about pressure, how you can handle it." James说："我认为篮球比赛是有压力的，但跟在总决赛、分区决赛、 或是第一轮都没有关系，季後赛篮球就是有压力，还有你要如何面对 这些压力。" James did allow that perhaps he hasn't been as aggressive in the fourth quarter because Dwyane Wade has been playing so well. Wade is averaging 28.4 points - 11 more than James, who also trails Chris Bosh. James可以允许自己在第四节不那麽积极，因为Dwyane Wade打的太好 了。Wade平均攻下28.4分，比James多了11分，连Chris Bosh平均得分 都比他多。 "He's one of the best players in the world," Wade said. "So we're not necessarily concerned about him to that extent. I want him to play and feel confident." Wade说："他是世界上最棒的篮球员之一，所以我们不是非常关心他 的能力，我想让他打并且找回自信。" James noted that he did have a triple-double last game, but even with 17 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists, he said, "I had a bad game in a lot of people's eyes. I understand that." James上一战拿下大三元，但是17分10篮板10助攻的成绩在他看来， 他说："在大家眼里我打的很烂，我懂。" Nowitzki knows the feeling. He has been the lone big star on a Dallas team that's won 50 games for 11 straight seasons, yet he's known best for his failures: the collapse after a 2-0 lead over Miami in the 2006 finals, the first-round loss to eighth-seeded Golden State in the first round the next year after winning 67 games. Dirk知道这种感觉，他是小牛仅存经历过连续11个球季拿到50胜的 球员，他也经历很多失败：在2006年总决赛取得2-0领先却崩盘败给 热火。隔年拿到联盟第一的67胜却在季後赛首轮就输给老八的金州 勇士。 He was tagged as soft - a label many European players receive - and given derisive nicknames such as No-win-ski or No-ring-ski. But he showed plenty of toughness Saturday when he fired back at Wade and James after they appeared to be mocking his recent illness on a video that made the rounds Friday. 他被贴上软弱的标签，这是很多欧陆球员给人的印象，很多人给了 Dirk嘲讽的绰号，像是No-win-ski或是No-ring-ski。但他今天展现 出足够的强硬性，回击Wade跟James模仿他生病的影片。 Nowitzki called it "a little childish, a little ignorant," but denied that it would give him any added motivation to claim the ring he's been chasing for 13 years. Dirk说他们"有点幼稚和有点无知"，但不认为这会给他额外的动机 来争取他追求了13年的冠军戒指。 "We're one win away from my dream, what I've worked on for half my life," Nowitzki said. "This is really all I'm worried about, this is all I'm focusing on, and not really the off-the-court stuff that happened." Dirk说："我们只差一步就能完成梦想，这是我大半辈子都在努力 追求的。这才是我所在乎的，我只注意这一点，而不是场外发生了 什麽事。" James and Wade downplayed the video, but even if their intentions weren't malicious, it gave Heat haters yet another reason to dislike the team that already provided so many from the moment they came together last summer. James跟Wade对那个影片的回应轻描淡写，但尽管他们的本意不是 恶意的，很多讨厌热火的人又有多了一个理由来讨厌他们，不过 他们在去年夏天组成三巨头之後就有了很多反对的球迷。 Though they took less money than allowable, the James-Wade-Bosh union left little room to fill out the lower half of the roster. That didn't matter earlier in the playoffs, when the trio played well enough to win with whatever support it got. Now James is well below his usual, Bosh is shooting just 37 percent, and the Mavericks' superior depth is helping them pull out close games at the end. 尽管他们拿到的钱比预期的少，但是James、Wade与Bosh的组合让 他们没什麽薪资空间去填补球员名单。这在季後赛初期没有太大的 影响，那时候三巨头打的很好，足够帮助球队赢球。现在James比 平常表现还差，Bosh的命中率只有37%，反观小牛超强的板凳深度 帮助他们在比赛尾端终结比赛。 The Mavericks' nine-point victory in Game 5 was the biggest by either team in the series, in which Dallas has outscored Miami 463-459. The previous three had been decided by three points or fewer, and the Heat know they've been good enough to realize they can easily win the next two. 小牛在第五战以9分赢球，是两队在整个系列的最大胜分，总得分 小牛以463-459小胜。而再前三场两队的分差都在三分以下，热火 也知道他们够强，还是有机会可以拿下最後两战。 "This is about as close as you can possibly have a series, and you have to stay the course," coach Erik Spoelstra said. "We're doing a lot of things well. It's a possession game, possession series, it goes down to the end. We're a very good closing team on both ends of the court. 热火教练Erik Spoelstra说："这是难得一见刺激的系列战，但我 们必须保持这样的作法。我们有很多地方坐的很好。每一个球权 都会影响一场比赛或整个系列，关键时刻决胜负。我们在比赛末 段攻守上的做的很好。" "They've been able to do it better than us in three of the games, but we feel very confident coming home and being able to do the things we've been successful at, particularly closing." "他们在那三战作的比我们好，但我们回家了且信心满满，我们在这 里成功了很多次，尤其是在比赛後段关门。" The Mavs are comfortable on the road, where they won Game 2 of this series after a pair of victories at both Los Angeles and Oklahoma City in the previous two rounds. Nowitzki and Jason Terry still remember the pain of watching the Heat celebrate on their floor five years ago, and now they've got the chance for the ultimate payback. 小牛也是客场常胜军，他们在总冠军战第二战赢球，并也在前两轮於 洛杉矶还有奥克拉荷马城各拿了两胜。Dirk还有Jason Terry依然记得 热火在五年前於达拉斯夺冠并且庆祝的场面，而现在他们有机会彻底 复仇。 "We feel that we can execute on the road as well," Nowitzki said. "We have a bunch of veterans that are road-tested and hopefully we can get a big game tomorrow." Dirk说："我们觉得自己可以在客场打的一样好，我们有很多老将， 大家都经过客场的历练，希望我们明天可以打出漂亮的比赛。" 把明天的第六战当成第七战来打吧!! 明天8:00 大家一起帮小牛加油 支持小牛到最後一刻 见证一切吧!!!! (希望这是本季最後一次发preview文 XD) Let's Go Mavs!! --

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