Thunder-Mavericks Preview DALLAS (AP) -- That young up-and-coming Oklahoma City team that made things so difficult on the Dallas Mavericks in the playoffs last year may not even let the defending NBA champions get out of the first round this time. 实力不断增强的奥克拉荷马雷霆去年在西区冠军战给了达拉斯小牛 不少麻烦，今年他们更是有机会在首轮就把卫冕冠军给挡下。 Even though Kevin Durant has struggled with his shot, and each of the first two games in this opening-round series has gone down to the closing seconds, the Thunder certainly aren't in awe of Dirk Nowitzki and the Mavericks. 尽管Kevin Durant在前两战都失准，也都打到最後关头才决胜负， 但雷霆完全不怕Dirk Nowitzki所率领的小牛。 Oklahoma City has a 2-0 advantage in the best-of-7 series that shifts to Dallas for Game 3 on Thursday night. 雷霆在七战四胜制的系列赛中取得2胜0负的优势，明天将在达拉斯 举行系列第三战。 "Game 3 is Game 7," Mavericks guard Jason Terry said Wednesday, stopping only briefly to make that comment while bounding up the stairs from the practice court to the locker room. 小牛後卫Jason Terry在今天的练习结束之後前往休息室的路上只简 短的说了一句："第三战就是第七战。" "We've played very well the first two games but we come away empty because we just haven't been able to make one extra play," coach Rick Carlisle said. "We've got to turn that in Game 3, and it's not as simple as just coming home and it's just going to happen. We have to make it happen." 教练Rick Carlisle说："我们前两场打得很好，但是却没拿下半场胜 利，因为我们就差那麽临门一脚。我们在第三战要改善这一点，但并 不是回到主场就表示我们能扭转颓势，我们要用行动证明。" In last year's Western Conference finals, Dallas needed only five games to get past the Thunder's group of 20-somethings. 小牛去年在西区冠军战只用了五战就解决掉平均年龄20出头的雷霆。 But the Mavericks needed overtime to win Game 4 and it took a go-ahead 3-pointer by Nowitzki in the final minute of Game 5 of that series. 不过小牛在第四战到了延长赛才逆转获胜，第五战则是靠着最後一分 多钟Dirk的逆转三分球才获胜并赢得系列赛。 This time, the Thunder won the series opener on clutch shot by Durant and held on to win Game 2 despite not making a field goal in the final 4:51. They were tough, they were physical and they're growing up in a hurry. 这次雷霆在第一战靠着KD的致胜球获胜，尽管第二战他们在最後4分 51秒都没有进球还是赢了下来，他们展现出他们的强悍，体能很好， 并且成长速度相当惊人。 So what happened to that Oklahoma City team that some viewed as soft before now? 以前被外界认为软弱的雷霆队做了什麽改变？ "We were young. And when you're young you're still trying to learn about yourself, you're trying to learn the league and you don't have time to focus on the little things because you're trying to just survive. You're in survive mode. I don't think we were ever soft," coach Scott Brooks said. "The last two games, I like the fact that we just clawed and battled and fought our way. ... Maturity helps, and you do it one day at a time." 教练Scott Brooks表示："我们之前很年轻，只能试着了解自己的能 力，试着在这个联盟生存下去，所以没有时间去注意到细节，光是 想着怎麽活在NBA就已经用上全部的心力了。我从来不觉得我们曾经 软弱，我很高兴前两场比赛我们用自己的方式奋战到最後。比赛的 经验会帮助我们一步一脚印的成长。" Consider that the youngest starter for Dallas in this series is 27-year-old guard Delonte West, one of two starters who wasn't even with the Mavericks last season and is the only one in their top five not in his 30s. 看看小牛的先发阵容，最年轻的是27岁的Delonte West，他是先发五 人中唯一不到30岁的。 One of those missing starters is Tyson Chandler, now with the New York Knicks and the winner Wednesday of the NBA's Defensive Player of the Year award. 今年与去年的先发阵容差了两人，除了West以外就是前往尼克的中锋 Tyson Chandler，他拿下了今年的NBA最佳防守球员奖项。 West would be among the oldest starters for the Thunder, who are using the same starting five from last year's Western Conference finals. West如果跟雷霆的先发相比可是最老的，而雷霆今年与去年西区冠军战 的先发五人一模一样。 "They have another year under their belt and they have some of the most talented players in the world," said Jason Kidd, the Mavs' 39-year-old point guard who has played more NBA games than any other active player. "This is a different team in sense of maturity and understanding the game. They're getting better and that makes them dangerous." 今年39岁并且是现役打的场次最多的Jason Kidd说："他们又在联盟多打 了一年，他们在成熟度与比赛的理解上比去年更上一层楼，他们持续的 变强，变得越来越危险。" Russell Westbrook is averaging 28.5 points per game in the playoffs for Oklahoma City, helping make up for fellow All-Star Durant's 15-of-44 shooting so far that isn't even that big of a concern since Oklahoma City has won both games. Russell Westbrook在前两场比赛平均攻下28.5分，帮助雷霆在队上的 另一位明星Durant前两场只有投44中15的差强人意表现时依然拿下二 连胜。 "That's what it's all about. That's why I'm a winner. That's what I want to be labeled as, a guy that wins games," Durant said. "I know I'm not shooting the ball well but I'm just trying to do other things. I can't dwell on the last two games. I've just got to move on. Move on. We'll see what happens in the next game." KD说："这就是为什麽我是个赢家，这是我所希望得到的称号，就是能 为球队带来胜利。我知道我的投篮不理想，但我试着做其他事，我不 能老是想着前两战，我得继续前进，看看接下来的情况会是如何。" Dallas had an extended practice session Wednesday after taking off the previous day. The Thunder worked out again at home before traveling. 小牛昨天休息一天，今天做了延长的练习，雷霆则是在前往达拉斯之 前再度在主场练习。 Brooks said his team had a good film session and practice Wednesday. He said guys were "locked in" while talking about areas they want to improve in moving ahead in the series. Brooks说球队在看影片与练习的时候气氛都很好，他说大家对於他们 想要改善的地方相当专注。 One that that won't change for the Thunder is running the offense through Durant. 雷霆不会改变的就是Durant一定会参与进攻。 "He's getting good looks," Brooks said. "It seems like he's missing the open ones and making some of the contested ones. Hopefully he can make the open ones. But he's fine. Kevin's a terrific player that works hard and works on his game. He's working on his game as we speak." Brooks说："他有一些空档，看起来他有些空档没进，却进了一些被守住 的，希望他能把空档把握住。不过他状况很好，Kevin是个很棒的球员， 他随时都很努力练习并希望加强比赛的表现。" Dallas still has Nowitzki, who surprisingly missed a wide-open 3-pointer late in Game 2 before having one of trademark fadeaway shots bounce on the rim several times before missing. 小牛依旧要仰赖Dirk，他上一场比赛在关键时刻的空档三分没进，在底 线的招牌後仰跳投也弹框而出。 "We haven't played bad basketball. We've been right there," Nowitzki said. "It's been frustrating. Last year coming down the stretch, we knew we'd find a way to win, get the big stop, get the big shot, get to the line, whatever we needed to happen to get the win. ... But we're not going to pack it in. We're going to keep coming." Dirk说："我们打的不差，并且咬住比数，这很让人灰心，去年我们在 最後关头总是能有办法取胜，包括守下关键分，投进致胜球，要到犯规 等等能让我们获胜的方式。但今年我们没有做到，我们会继续努力。" 就像Terry说的 Game 3 is Game 7 真的不能再输罗 Let's Go Mavs!! --

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