Team excited Nene shows signs of rebound 金块乐见Nene慢慢恢复昔日雄风。 Center/forward is slim, happy and making an impact 这名金块队中前锋减轻了体重，为自己表现感到高兴，并带给球队 新的冲击。 http://tinyurl.com/2t85q2 By Chris Tomasson, Rocky Mountain News February 12, 2007 The weight is gone. The smile is back. 甩掉肥肉、重拾笑容。 For more than a year, there was a cloud hanging over Nene's once- sunny disposition. He tore his right anterior cruciate ligament in the opener last season and it was a long road back. 一年多以来，头上的乌云一度笼罩Nene昔日的阳光性格，因为上个赛季开幕战， 他右十字韧带撕裂整季报销。而重回球场是条漫漫长路。 Even though he took the floor for this opener this season, the Nuggets big man wasn't the same player. Not able to condition the way he normally does, Nene was overweight and out of shape. 尽管今年开幕战得以上场比赛，这位金块大个已经不是之前那位球员了。无法 保持像以前一样的状态，Nene变的又肥又肿。 But who has that been this month throwing down dunks and smiling all the way up the court? None other than Nene 然而在本月的比赛里，谁是那位常常会在场上狠狠灌篮之後，一路面带笑容回 防的人？他就是Nene。 "That's the guy I remember when we got traded together here in Denver five years ago," said center Marcus Camby, the only Nuggets player to have played each season with Nene since he arrived in 2002. "I always said it's going to take some time for him to get adjusted, especially coming off the ACL injury. He's just starting to come along, and at the right time." 2002年来到金块队的中锋Camby，是队上唯一一位与Nene并肩作战五年的球员。 他说：「这才是五年前和我一起交易来到金块队的那个家伙。一直以来，我就 认为必须要给他一段时间来适应，特别是在他动过ACL手术，准备回到场上。 现在他正慢慢回复身手，而且是在我们需要他的时候。」 Medical people had cautioned before the season that it would be about January before Nene - he was injured Nov. 1, 2005, had surgery and missed the remainder of last season - would start resembling his old self. Nene是在2005年十一月受伤，动了手术的他也缺席了去年剩下的比赛。本季开 打之前，医护人员告诫金块球团，要等到Nene恢复以前身手，可能是在一月以 後的事了。 Nene was solid in January, and he has erupted in February. In six games this this month, he's shooting 57.5 percent and has averaged 18.2 points and 8.2 rebounds to raise his seasonal marks to 10.2 and 6.0. Nene在一月表现慢慢回稳；二月则是开始爆发。本月的六场比赛里面，他的投 篮命中率高达57.5%；平均拿下18.2分以及8.2个篮板球。这样的表现也拉高了 本季他的平均数据，得分来到10.2分，篮板6.0个。 "I play good," said the 6-foot-11 Nene, who has started the past four games at center with Camby ailing but will be back at his starting power forward spot tonight against Golden State if Camby returns from the flu. "I'm so glad. I'm thankful for God. I'm happy about how I play. I just keep going." 身高6尺11寸的Nene，近四场比赛都以先发中锋的身分上场来取代身体不适的 Camby，假如今晚对勇士的比赛Camby归队，他将担任先发大前锋的角色。Nene 表示：「很高兴我的表现很好。我对上帝充满感激，对於目前自己的状态我 觉得很快乐，我将会继续努力。」 Working his way back was no carnival for the native of Brazil. Rehabilitation was grueling. And even after he signed a six-year, $60 million contract as a restricted free agent last summer, he had to listen to many observers say the Nuggets overpaid. 对於身为巴西人的Nene来说，重返球场之路可没有嘉年华会。复建过程让他身心 俱疲。即使去年夏天，以受限制自由球员的身分与球团签下六年6000万美元的大 约，Nene必须面对的，是许多球评认为金块队花了冤枉钱的言论。 Nene started out slowly this season. He was questioned when he banged his right knee in the fourth game, and what didn't look to be much of an injury shut him down for four weeks 本季一开始，Nene的表现也不如预期；第四场比赛就撞伤右膝盖更是让他备受 质疑。接下来的四个礼拜，Nene也因为看起来不严重的伤势而进伤兵名单。 "I don't think nothing of people talking," Nene said. "I just focus on playing basketball and playing hard. Everybody's going to talk." Nene表示：「我不在乎别人怎麽说，我只是专注於篮球上面并且努力打球。你 无法控制别人批评。」 Now, they're talking him up. 现在他们则更大声地谈论着Nene，但这次，是他精采的表现。 Figures differ on how much weight Nene has dropped this season, Nene saying he has gone from 282 to 264 pounds, and strength and conditioning coach Steve Hess calling the drop from 276 to 260. Regardless, he's getting close to being able to run the floor the way he once did. 本季Nene到底减重了几磅，让他的身形看起来像不同人似的？Nene说他从282磅 减到264磅；体能教练Steve Hess则说Nene应该是从276磅减到260磅。不过无论 如何，他现在几乎已经能像以前一样在球场上跑动自如。 "He's done a brilliant job," Hess said Hess说：「他达成一项了不起的任务。」 Nene, who writes "Only Lord is God" on his shoes in Portuguese, credits his faith for helping him. He said his wife, Meleana Antuanes, has been an inspiration. Nene在他的鞋子上以葡萄牙文写着『上帝是唯一信仰』，并相信上帝会帮助他。 Nene说能鼓舞他的人，则是他的老婆Meleana Antuanes The two were married in July. She met Nene when she was a personal trainer helping him in Brazil with his recovery. 他们俩在去年七月结婚。Nene是在巴西认识Meleana Antuanes的，那时候 Antuanes是Nene的专属训练员，帮助他进行复健。 "She gives me a lot," Nene said. "Take care of you and love your man." Nene表示：「她给我很大的帮助。她照顾我，并且深爱着我。」 The Nuggets are loving what Nene has given them lately. He scored a career-high 27 points Feb. 5 against Phoenix. He has two double-figure rebounding games this month, which is saying something, since he wasn't much of a rebounder even before his injury. 近来金块队则是爱上了Nene带给球队的帮助。二月五日面对太阳的比赛中，他攻 下生涯新高的27分。本月他有二次篮板球达到双位数，这样的数据别具意义，因 为即使是在受伤前，Nene就不是擅长篮板球的球员。 "I'm excited," said Nuggets coach George Karl, who has used Nene an average of 34 minutes since moving him into the starting lineup at the beginning of February. "What I see is, his mind is strong and growing in a strong direction. His courage, his size, his physicalness and his presence is very good for our basketball team." 二月初把Nene调回先发球员名单，Karl给Nene平均34分钟的上场时间。Karl表示 ：「我感到很兴奋。就我所见，Nene的心志坚强而且不断的朝这个方向进步。他 的胆识、体型、身体条件、以及健康出赛，给金块队很大的帮忙。」 What Nuggets forward Eduardo Najera sees is the smile returning to Nene's face. 而金块队前锋Eduardo Najera看到的是，Nene的笑容回来了。 "I'm really happy for him," Najera said. "He has been criticized by a lot of people, which isn't fair when you're limping around. . . . He was frustrated. He wasn't having a lot of fun. But now, when you see him, he's a totally different person. He's enjoying playing out there." Najera说：「我为他感到高兴。很多人批评Nene，但这是不公平的，因为他当时 是个连走路都一拐一拐的球员，他也因此有了挫折感，他过的并不快乐。但是现 在，你看他的样子，完全是一个不同的人了。他现在很享受上场的时间。」 （中略勇士金块球队阵容） ‧ Notes: Camby has missed four games in a row but vowed Saturday night to return against the Warriors. "I'll be out there Monday," he said. Iverson, meanwhile, is feeling better but remains a game-time decision. He has missed six of the past seven games. . . . The Nuggets (105.5) and Warriors (105.5) entered play Sunday tied for third in the NBA in scoring. . . . Najera is averaging 14.7 points on 14-for- 19 shooting and 8.7 rebounds in the past three games. . . . Denver went 54-for-75 from the free-throw line in back-to-back wins against Indiana and Milwaukee. . . . The Nuggets have won six in a row against Golden State at the Pepsi Center but they are only 1-4 in their past five home games. . . . Denver swept a home-and-home set against Golden State in November. . . . The Nuggets have had all five starters score in double figures in three straight games. . . . The Warriors are 0-4 against Northwest Division teams on the road. . . . After losing 106-105 to Atlanta on Sunday, the Warriors are 5-7 since making an eight-player trade with Indiana on Jan. 17. . . . Nuggets forward Reggie Evans, a 49.3 percent free-throw shooter this season, was the target of a Hack-a-Shaq strategy Saturday night against Milwaukee. He responded by making five of eight free throws after being fouled intentionally on four consecutive possessions. "I can see how Shaq (Miami center Shaquille O'Neal) feels with the Hack-a-Shaq," Evans said. "They were calling me a Hack-a-Reggie. I didn't really see it as no funny deal." 注： ‧Camby已经连续缺席四场比赛了，不过礼拜六面对勇士队时可以归队；同时 Iverson说：「礼拜一的比赛我会回来。」虽然他已经感觉好多了，不过仍 然列为game-time decision名单。近七场比赛，Iverson已经缺席了六场。 ‧金块与勇士同样以平均得分第三名（105.5）的姿态进行对战。 ‧金块队在客场连续二天击败溜马与公鹿的比赛中，罚球线上总共投75中54。 ‧金块队在Pepsi Center已经连续击败勇士队六场，不过最近五场在主场的 战绩只有一胜四败。 ‧金块队在11月的时候，已经连续在主场以及客场击败勇士队。 ‧连续三场比赛，金块先发五人都得到双位数的分数。 ‧勇士队在客场面对西北组的队伍战绩是零胜四败。 ‧礼拜天输给亚特兰大老鹰队，自从一月十七日八人大交易之後，勇士队战绩 五胜七败。 ‧金块前锋Reggie Evans本季罚球命中率49.3%，在礼拜天与公鹿队的对战当中 遭到骇客战术伺候。连续四波进攻都被公鹿送上罚球线的Evans，在8球里面 投进了5球。他稍後回应道：「我终於可以了解大欧的心情了，这被称为 Hack-a-Shaq战术，而公鹿是Hack-a-Reggie。不过我觉得这个战术还有满有 意思。」 ------------- Nene is back! --

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