Mavericks-Nuggets Preview Dirk Nowitzki joked after a loss to San Antonio that the Mavericks don't "want to see anyone" in the playoffs, given their recent record against winning teams. 在客场败给圣安东尼奥马刺之後，Dirk Nowitzki开玩笑的说球队在季後赛最想 碰到的对手是--"哪队都不想"，因为达拉斯小牛面对到前段班的战绩凄惨无比。 Dallas hasn't beaten any of its likely first-round opponents in more than two months - and that's assuming the Mavericks get in after a 12-year streak of reaching the playoffs ended last season. 小牛在最近两个月没有一次赢过西区第一轮的可能对手，当然，前提是小牛能重 返季後赛，上季是他们13年来首度错过季後赛。 At the moment, Dallas (36-25) is one of four teams in a tight battle for the final three playoff spots in the Western Conference. 36胜25败的小牛，正在西区後段挣扎，希望能在四抢三中获得一席之地。 And yes, Nowitzki says, the Mavericks need to beat Portland on Friday. Or Oklahoma City when they play twice in a span of nine days. Or the Los Angeles Clippers in a pair of games a week apart. 没错，Dirk也说了，小牛需要在过几天後赢过波特兰拓荒者，或是赢过九天内要 两度遇上的奥克拉荷马雷霆，或是两周内要面对两次的洛杉矶快艇。 "Not necessarily just for confidence but also because we want to stay in the playoff hunt," Nowitzki said. "If we keep losing against the good teams, most of our games left are against teams with winning records. We've got to keep winning at a high clip if we want to make it and so the pressure's on. You gotta love it." Dirk说："我们不只是要找寻信心，我们也要位季後赛的席位努力。我们的赛程 接下来有很多是五成以上胜率的对手，要是打不赢这些强队就麻烦了。如果想 打进季後赛，就得抵抗压力，赢过这些球队，我们乐於迎接挑战。" A 112-106 loss to the Spurs on Sunday dropped Dallas to 0-6 against the top five teams in the West since a victory against Houston on Dec. 23. 在12月23日打败休士顿火箭之後，小牛对上西区前五吞下了六连败，昨天以 106-112客场败给马刺。 Since then, the Mavericks have blown big leads at home against the Rockets and Clippers. They've fallen 38 points behind the Trail Blazers, also at home. They haven't been able to get a substantial lead against the Spurs. 小牛在主场对上火箭与快艇都花光了大幅领先落败，一度在主场落後拓荒者38 分，而对上马刺小牛几乎连领先都做不到。 All of which means nothing to coach Rick Carlisle because all he sees is Wednesday night's game at Denver, which has been in free fall because of injuries but finally has point guard Ty Lawson back. 小牛教练Rick Carlisle明天不想看到上述的任何问题，小牛将前往丹佛挑战 金块，金块的战绩在Ty Lawson受伤後直直落，不过他最近终於归队了。 "The analysis of which teams are better ones and all that, I mean, we're going to see them when we see them," Carlisle said. "Right now, we've got to focus on Denver." 卡帅说："分析我们跟前面的列强比孰强孰弱不是重点，我们彼此碰上就能见 真章，我们目前得把专注力放在金块队上。" It might appear easy for the Mavs to overlook the Nuggets, who have dropped six in a row and 11 of 12 after a 132-128 loss to Minnesota on Monday. However, Denver won its first two matchups with Dallas this season in the span of three days late in November and has won four of five in the series. 小牛可能会忽略了金块，金块昨天以128-132在主场败给明尼苏达灰狼，吞下 六连败，近12战输了11场。不过金块本季在三天内两度面对小牛连胜两场，最 近五次对战赢了四场。 The Nuggets (25-34) have tumbled 10 games back in the race for the eighth and final playoff spot in the West with 23 contests remaining. Denver hasn't missed the playoffs since 2003. 25胜34败的金块落後西区第八到了10场胜差，他们只剩下23场比赛。自从2003 年，金块还没有掉出西区前八过。 "Just have to play harder, harder on defense," Lawson said. "Come out with a sense of urgency." Lawson说："我们得打的更努力，防守更紮实，上紧发条打球。" After the Nuggets, the Mavericks get the Blazers at home, followed two nights later by East-leading Indiana. The Pacers actually represent the last impressive win for Dallas in the final game before the break. 在打完金块之後，小牛要回家打拓荒者，两天後要在家碰上东区龙头印第安纳 溜马，不过小牛上一场打败强权的比赛，就是在明星赛前客场击败溜马。 The victory at Indiana came during a 10-2 stretch for Dallas, but eight of the wins were against teams with losing records. After four straight wins against sub-.500 teams, the Mavericks had a big lead early against Chicago on Friday but let the Bulls pull away in the fourth quarter. 小牛在那时一度打出10胜2败的高潮，不过其中8胜是来自胜率不到五成的球队， 在连续四场打败五成以下的球队後，小牛在主场浪费了大幅领先，第四节被芝加 哥公牛给拉开了比分落败。 Now Dallas has lost two straight to winning teams. After facing the Nuggets, the Mavericks get three straight winning teams. That happens again when they figure to be battling for a playoff berth in the last three games, including the finale at Memphis, one of the teams in the battle for the final three spots. 小牛面对五成以上球队已经二连败了，在打完金块之後，小牛又要碰上三队五成 胜率以上球队。小牛本季还有一次连续三场碰上五成胜率以上球队，就是球季的 最後三战，最终战将跟曼斐斯灰熊摊牌。 "You either rise to the challenge or you don't," Carlisle said. "And right now our mindset is we've got to rise above all challenges, but we've got to do it collectively." 卡帅说："现在是球队存亡之际，我们得迎接挑战，一步一步来。" To Carlisle, that means help for Nowitzki, who is the closest he's been to championship form since Dallas beat Miami for the title in 2011. 卡帅的意思是，球队必须帮助Dirk，小牛在2011年夺冠之後阵容已大不相同。 Monta Ellis, Jose Calderon and Devin Harris give the Mavericks a better backcourt than they did when they missed the playoffs a year ago, and Vince Carter has been a go-to scorer more often as the sixth man after a slow start to the season. Monta Ellis、Jose Calderon、Devin Harris的後场组合比起去年小牛打不进 季後赛的後场有所提升，Vince Carter在摆脱球季初的阴霾之後，在第六人的 身份打出了关键得分手的角色。 New center Sam Dalembert's production figures strongly in Dallas' chances, and a team that has been defensively challenged at times will lean on Shawn Marion to shore up that area. 现在中锋Samuel Dalembert也为球队做出贡献，而小牛的防守端依旧要依赖 Shawn Marion。 "Every game here is huge and we know it," Nowitzki said. Dirk说："我们明了，接下来每一战的很重要。" 这是官方的Preview 不过感觉好像讨论小牛季後赛与近况的专栏XD 明天是最近唯一比较好打的 但也是要到客场打金块 别忘了季初连输了两次... Let's Go Mavs!! --

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