感谢h大，我接手将原文其他的部份补完，翻得不好处请指教。 ※ 引述《hardaway (一分钱)》之铭言： 外电原文：http://0rz.tw/a32l9 http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/nba/article/0,2777,DRMN_23922_5306622,00 .html Denver, Utah play one-upmanship Best in the Northwest? Both teams engaged in a war of the words. By Chris Tomasson, Rocky Mountain News January 26, 2007 SALT LAKE CITY - Words between the Nuggets and the Jazz are being flung around the Mountain Time Zone. 金块和爵士两队之间的笔战已经在 Mountain Time Zone 延烧开来了。 One might presume the Nuggets are vowing to catch Utah in the Northwest Division. And one might figure those in Utah are insisting the lead will be maintained. 有一方认为金块势必会在西北区追上爵士。 而另一方则坚持爵士会保住领先的地位。 Well, not exactly. "Everybody knows they're a better team than we are," Jazz coach Jerry Sloan said. "Everybody's told us they are. A lot of people have mentioned that when they got (Allen) Iverson. I think everybody felt that (Denver) was the team to beat in our division." 但似乎不是这样的...。 「大家都认为他们(金块)比我们好，」爵士教练Sloan说：「每个人都嘛这样说， 因为他们得到了AI。我想在这个分区中，大家都只看好金块。」 Sloan is a veteran of gamesmanship in the West. Iverson only recently arrived in the conference, after the Nuggets acquired him Dec. 19 from the Philadelphia 76ers, but he is learning quickly. Sloan是一个经验老到的教练，其实AI也才刚到西区没多久，但是Sloan就已经这样 说金块队了。 "I don't know," Iverson said when asked if the Nuggets are favorites in the Northwest because of his pairing with Carmelo Anthony. "The whole time, I've been hearing this is not going to work. I don't know if we're the favorites." 当有人问AI，是否因他的加入使得金块备受爱戴时，他说：「我不知道，但是这段期间 我一直听到有人质疑我们会失败，我不知道我们是否受喜爱」 There might be some debate about which is the team to beat. But there seems to be no argument about the magnitude of the game tonight at EnergySolutions Arena (7, Altitude2). "It's going to be a big game," Anthony said. "It's huge," Utah guard Deron Williams said 这些议题势必会引来一些争议，但是对於这场即将开打的比赛，胜负就没啥好争的了。 Melo说：「这将是场big game。」，爵士控卫Deron Williams也这麽认为。 The Jazz (28-15) has a four-game lead over the Nuggets (22-17). A Jazz win would give it a commanding 2-0 lead in the season series, important if the teams end tied. 爵士队 (28-15) 领先了金块队 (22-17) 四场的胜差。 若是这场爵士赢了，那他们将会以 2-0 领先两队的对战纪录，这对之後两队在战绩上 打成平手时是很重要的。 A Nuggets win would cut the Jazz lead to one game in the loss column. And it might lead to Jazz players hearing footsteps. 而若是金块队赢的话，那爵士在败场的部份将会缩下成只领先一场。 这可能会让爵士的球员们感到一些被追赶的压力。 "I think they know we are there," Nuggets center Marcus Camby said. "They know we won the division last year. They know about the trade. We got A.I. and we got Carmelo coming back (Monday from a 15-game suspension). They're well aware of us. But they're sitting on top right now. . . . But we're about to hit our stride." 金块中锋Camby说：「对方很了解我们，他们知道我们去年得到分组第一，他们也知道 我们交易来AI，而且Melo也已经禁赛归来了，他们会全神专注对付我们。但他们现在 排名在我们上面，所以我们也不会客气的。」 The Nuggets have won five straight, three before Anthony's return. The Jazz has kicked away some recent winnable games. 金块已经赢得五连胜，包括 Melo 回来前的三连胜。 而爵士却在最近搞砸了一些他们应该赢得的比赛。 Utah barely extended its lead from 3 1/2 games to five during Anthony's exile. Then the Jazz lost 132-130 in overtime Wednesday to Memphis, which has the NBA's worst record. 爵士上一场比赛在延长赛中以130比132输给了灰熊，灰熊是现在全联盟战绩最差的球队 "I don't think we have a good enough cushion," Utah owner Larry Miller said. "Allen will make a difference, no question. It's a question of a team getting used to each other. They've got half the season to do it." Miller, though, said it "won't be easy." He hopes it won't be. "I'm sure everybody's watching that carefully to see if, after the honeymoon's over, there's enough balls to go around (on the Nuggets)," Miller said. 这段是爵士老板Miller的看法，就不翻了...。 Making the battle more pivotal, the Northwest winner is likely to be the West's No. 4 seed, with Dallas, Phoenix and San Antonio holding down Nos. 1 through 3. While the Northwest runner-up could get No. 5 and play the division winner, both teams desperately want to avoid Nos. 6-8. 这场龙头之争还有一个更关键的地方：胜者将可以成为西区第四种子，前三种子分别是 ：小牛、太阳跟马刺，因此大家都会尽力避免排在第六到第八种子。(避免季後赛第一轮 遇到) "The division is an important thing," Nuggets coach George Karl said. "We'd like to be in the race in April in the division. If we don't get there due to the circumstances of they've had a tremendous year and the 15-game suspension stops us from getting there, I think, realistically, we have to live with that. But we'd like to make it a race." 「分区排名是重要的事」卡尔老爹说：「我们今年已经被Melo的15场禁赛影响了一点战绩 ，所以我们更需要好的分区排名。」 Karl said the game tonight is "more important to us" because the Jazz "can afford to lose and still be in good shape." Even with a win, Karl said, the Nuggets still would have to "do a lot of work." But it doesn't sound as if Anthony is too worried. "I've got confidence," he said. "I think we can catch them as long as we play the way we can play." 卡尔老爹说：「这场比赛我们比爵士更需要赢球，因为他们的排名比较好。」 但就算赢了这场，卡尔认为金块还有很长的一段路要走。 但看来Melo并不忧心。他说：「我有信心！我认为我们只要照着自己的打法，就能超越 他们。」 OK, so there is a bit of tough talk going on. Certainly, not all of those in the Jazz locker room feel the way Sloan does. "We have a great team," Utah guard Gordan Giricek said. "I'm not worried about anybody. They should worry about us. . . . We're still ahead of them." 但是，爵士队中也不是所有人都跟Sloan一样悲观。 爵士後卫Giricek说：「我们是很棒的队伍，我们不怕任何人，倒是对手需对我们敬畏三 分，我们仍旧在他们(金块)前头」 Now, that sounds like the kind of talk usually reserved for a division rivalry. Then again, Sloan and Iverson could get into an argument tonight, each claiming the other is the Northwest favorite. 这样看来，Sloan与AI对於西北龙头之争会有不同的见解了...。 FOUL TALK: Sounds as if Sloan is working the officials already. Sloan 看起来先对裁判的哨音打了预防针... "They got two guys who can get 15 to 18 free throws every night," he said of Anthony and Iverson. "That's a tremendous advantage before the game starts. . . . I don't know whether they earn it or not. The way the league is, if you're a scorer, you can't touch them . . . " 他们拥有两个能在每场比赛得到15-18个罚球的球员，在比赛赛前这就是一个很大的好处 我不知道他们是怎样得到这些罚球，但这就是联盟的作法，如果你是一个得分球员，那 我们不能碰到他们... ANTHONY RUSTY BUT HAPPY: Anthony is pleased with his play since his return. Melo 对他回来後的表现感到满意。 "I don't think people expected me to come back in the shape that I'm in, playing the way I've been playing," said Anthony, who said he does have a "little rust" and must improve his jumper. Melo：我想大家不会期待我一回来就能回到之前的状态，就照着我打球的方式打吧。 Melo 说他有一点生疏且需要改进他的跳投。 Karl said he wishes "defense would become more of a habit" for Anthony. Karl 对 Melo 的期望则是：防守能成为他的一种习惯。 "I'd rather see him have an average defense than good and bad defense," Karl said. Karl说，我宁愿看到他有个稳定的防守总好过那时好时坏的防守。 Notes: 笔记 Evans, who missed practice Thursday, expects to play but could be hampered. "I feel weak. I'm a power type of player," said Evans, who said missing practice hurt because Karl wants to move him to different spots with Anthony, who has averaged 31 points in two games after a 15-game suspension, posting up more. . . . Evans 缺席了礼拜四的训练... 对爵士的比赛他虽会上场，但可能上场时间会被压缩。 那是因为 Karl 为了配合 Melo 而打算把他移到不一样的位置。 Najera practiced and vows to return after missing his first game of the season, a 117-112 win in Seattle on Tuesday. . . . 马市长发誓会回到球场上。 Nene, bothered all season by a sore right knee, has averaged 14 points the past three games, including 17 in Seattle. "My knee is still killing me," he said. "I do my best. There is no difference." . . . Nene 虽然有伤在身，但打起来还是非常拼命。 Boozer had 39 points and 15 rebounds in a 132-130 overtime home loss against Memphis on Wednesday. Boozer 上一场得了 39分 15篮板。 D.Williams 前两场比赛传出 36个助攻却只有 1次失误。 --

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