Heat-Mavericks Preview As if the Miami Heat weren't motivated enough to win it all, their season begins by having to watch the title banner get raised by the team that beat them to claim it. 迈阿密热火的新球季要从去年在总冠军战击败他们的对手主场 开始，还得看着冠军旗帜在球馆上空飘扬，这样的安排彷佛是 嫌热火还没有足够的刺激来赢得冠军一样。 The lockout is over and Christmas is here, so it's time for LeBron James and Dwyane Wade to kick off the Heat's quest to dethrone the Dallas Mavericks as NBA champions with an NBA finals rematch. 封馆结束了，圣诞节也要到了，LeBron James与Dwyane Wade有 机会在总冠军战的rematch中推翻去年的王者达拉斯小牛。 Before the game gets underway in Dallas, the Mavericks' championship banner will be raised to the rafters at American Airlines Center. However, it seems the Mavs are a virtual afterthought as the season begins. Most oddsmakers do not have them among the top few picks to win the 2012 title, whereas Miami is generally the odds-on favorite. 在比赛开始之前，小牛的冠军旗帜将会被升在American Airlines Center的上空。然而，小牛在开季时似乎不被大众看好，很多预测 都不认为小牛会在2012年夺冠，不过热火名列其中。 "We didn't come together to make the playoffs or come together to win a playoff series, we came together to win the NBA finals and that's what it's about," said James, whose 23.7 scoring average in the 2011 playoffs was 3.0 below his regular-season mark. "We know how long of a journey it was to get there, so we know what it takes to get there. We just try to have a better result if we happen to get back to that point." James表示："我们聚在一起，不是为了打进季後赛，不是为了赢 一个系列赛，我们是为了拿到总冠军。"他在2011年季後赛平均 每场可以得到23.7分，比正规赛的平均来低了3分。他说："我们 知道这会是很长的旅程，而且路途上要付出很多代价。如果我们 有机会重新回到总冠军战的舞台，就要试着取到更好的成果。" Dallas (57-25) knocked off the Heat in six games in the championship round, spoiling the first season of James and Chris Bosh joining Wade in Miami (58-24). The Heat didn't make any major changes this offseason other than adding Shane Battier, but are hopeful another year of their superstar trio playing together will be enough to get James and Bosh their first rings and a second for Wade. 去年拿下57胜25败的小牛在第六场比赛击败拿下58胜24败的热火 封王，让James和Chris Bosh前往迈阿密组成三巨头的首个赛季 抱憾而归。热火在休赛季几乎没有变更阵容，只是签来了Shane Battier，不过他们希望在三巨头合体的第二年，能让James跟 Bosh拿到第一枚冠军戒，让Wade拿到第二个冠军。 "For us, getting better is not necessarily going to show in our numbers," said Wade, who scored 25.5 per game last season. "It's going to show in our leadership. It's going to show in those moments where we get in those games like the finals where we're up 10 in the fourth quarter, how do we help our team get that win no matter what's going on in the game." Wade去年例行赛平均每场可以得到25.5分，他说："对我们而 言，打的更好并不一定要在数字上呈现出来，这会在我们的 领导能力中展现。在我们像去年总冠军战，第四节取得10分 的领先的情况时，我们依然能够帮助球队赢得比赛。" That's what Dirk Nowitzki and company did in last season's playoffs when they stunned the Los Angeles Lakers in a second-round sweep before beating Oklahoma City in the conference finals and knocking off the Heat. 而这是Dirk Nowitzki与他的队友去年季後赛做到的，他们先 是在第二轮横扫了卫冕军洛杉矶湖人，又在西区决赛打败奥克 拉荷马雷霆，最後在决赛击败热火。 Nowitzki turned 33 this summer and most of the Mavs' top players are in their 30s, plus Tyson Chandler, Caron Butler and J.J. Barea have all departed. Those are big reasons many aren't picking them to repeat as champions. Dirk在今年暑假满33岁了，多数小牛球员也已经迈入而立之年， 加上Tyson Chandler、Caron Butler和J.J. Barea都离队了。这 是多数人不看好小牛能卫冕的主因。 "We weren't the favorites to win it last year, so nobody really knows what's going to happen," said Nowitzki, the finals MVP after averaging 26.0 points - 3.0 above a season average that was his lowest in seven years. Dirk上赛季拿下总冠军战MVP，决赛中他每场平均攻下26.0分， 比起去年球季的场均得分还高3.0分，而这是他最近七个球季的 最低场均得分。他说："我们去年也不被看好夺冠，所以没人说 的准的。" "Last year, it just worked out. The chemistry was great, guys wanted to win and play with each other. To me, the team is set up kind of the same again with a bunch of older guys that want to win." 他说："去年我们就成功了，队上的化学效应很棒，大家团队合 作，且渴望赢球。对我来说，球队今年的补强跟去年很像，有了 更老且渴求胜利的队友" One of those guys is Lamar Odom, who may have newfound motivation after his surprising departure from the Lakers. He didn't realize they were trying to get rid of him until being part of the Chris Paul deal that never went through, then felt further disrespected when he went to Dallas in a trade that involved no other players. 其中一位就是Lamar Odom，他新的动机或许就是来自突然离开了 洛杉矶这件事。他无法理解球队没有告知他就要把他丢掉拿去换 Chris Paul，更让他感到不尊重的是，他被交易到小牛，代价是 没有任何球员。 The reigning Sixth Man of the Year may play a key role - as could newcomer Vince Carter - for a team needing to make up for the loss of Chandler's defense and rebounding, Barea's spark off the bench and Butler's scoring. Odom, who averaged 14.4 points and 8.7 rebounds last season, does bring the experience of having won back-to-back titles in 2009 and 2010. 他去年拿下最佳第六人，而且会是个关键角色，就像新同学Vince Carter一样。Odom需要补足小牛在拳王走了之後失去的防守与篮 板能力，已经向JJB一样从板凳跳出的爆发性，还有Butler的得分 能力。他上季平均每场可以攻下14.4分8.7篮板，他有很丰富的经 验，是湖人在2009和2010年二连霸的要角。 "If they thought winning a championship was hard, defending it is going to be ... it's tough," Odom said. "It changes the mindset of teams, and of your team. It's tough. But if a team can do it, this one can." Odom说："如果他们觉得夺冠很难，那卫冕也很难。这改变了敌队 的心态，还有球队本身的心态，这真的很难。不过如果有一队能 做到，那就是小牛了。" Miami was expected to win multiple championships when its trio of stars came together but doubts will continue to linger until it wins one. The Heat surely are expecting to get off to a better start after opening 9-8 last season. 热火被预期在三巨头组成之後能多次拿下冠军，不过大家的质疑 要直到他们成功了才会消除，热火今年绝对要比去年9胜8败的开 季来的更好才行。 Battier should be a big help defensively and in 3-point shooting, but Miami is still considered fairly weak at point guard - Mario Chalmers should get the bulk of those minutes - and in the frontcourt other than Bosh. Battier会在防守与三分球上有很大的帮助，不过热火还是觉得 他们控卫的位置上相对较弱，Mario Chalmers会有很多上场机 会，除了Bosh之外的前场球员也是热火缺乏的。 Coach Erik Spoelstra, who received a contract extension during the offseason, feels the James-Wade partnership - and growing bond - should be enough to get the Heat over the top. 热火教练Erik Spoelstra在休赛季时获得延长合约，他觉得James 和Wade的领导能力，还有球队慢慢成长的凝聚力，会促使热火登 上王座。 "Those guys like to be challenged," Spoelstra said. "They do not accept the success that they've had and where they are right now. They're always trying to push to go to the next level." 他说："他们喜欢受到挑战，他们不能接受过去和现在的成就，他 们不断鞭策自己达到更高的层次。" 终於要开季啦!! 大家要准时收看升旗典礼喔~~(3:13am) Let's Go Mavs!! --

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