Gap in division grows wider. 西北组龙头之争，差距越拉越远。 Denver 9 1/2 behind Utah in Northwest as Jazz dominates. 爵士队战绩主宰西北组，金块以九场半落後。 By Chris Tomasson, Rocky Mountain News February 24, 2007 http://tinyurl.com/2wfwbc Sounds like a concession speech. 赛後访问听起来，就像是发表败选演说一样。 Nuggets coach George Karl was asked after Friday night's game if it's safe to say the Northwest Division race is over. 媒体在礼拜五对爵士的比赛结束之後，访问金块队教练George Karl： 「现在是不是一个好时机，可以来宣告西北组龙头之争已经结束了？」 "Sounds good," he said. Karl回答说：「这是个好主意。」 Karl actually conceded two weeks ago, saying the division "probably goes out the window." He later backed off. 事实上在二个礼拜前，Karl已经不得不承认，表示「金块队在西北组的龙头竞 争，也许已经失去机会了。」但稍後他收回了这句话。 But there's little doubt now. The Nuggets lost 114-104 to Utah at the Pepsi Center to drop a season-high 9 1/2 games behind the Jazz, which also took an insurmountable 3-0 lead in the season series. 结果现在的局势不得不令人对金块队的竞争力产生怀疑。金块队以114比104在 Pepsi Center输给爵士队，这是本季双方战绩差距最大的一刻，金块已经落後 九场半的胜差，并且在双方四次对战中，爵士队已经取得三胜零败的绝对优势。 "We're dangerous," Karl said. "Right now, we're dangerous to ourselves more than we're probably dangerous to the opponent . . . (but) we can become dangerous to the other team." Karl表示：「我们是一支危险的球队，但是现在我们带给自己的麻烦远比给予 对手的威胁还要多。但是我们应该可以成为各队心中的难缠球队才是。」 Carmelo Anthony and Allen Iverson were dangerous, scoring 36 and 33 points, respectively. But nobody else was scored more than eight. 此役Carmelo Anthony与Allen Iverson这对杀手组合分别拿下36和33分，但是 其他队友得分都在八分以内。 "I think we're going to get better," said Anthony, whose Nuggets (26-27) lost their third straight. "I just don't want to wait too long before we start getting better and it's too late for us. . . . We don't have no chemistry right now. Our cohesiveness among the team, we don't really have that. We're trying to get everybody on one page. It seems like everybody's in their own world right now." 金块队已经苦吞三连败，Anthony说：「我认为我们将会有更好的表现，希望调 整至好的状态不会花太多时间，不然恐怕为时已晚。现在金块并不是没有化学 作用，但是看不到团结一致的表现，我们必须试着站在同一阵线，因为我们现 在就像在自己的世界里打球一样。」 No such problems on Utah (36-18). The Jazz played without center Mehmet Okur (back spasms), was without forward Andrei Kirilenko in the second half (bruised knee) and got 12 minutes from Carlos Boozer, who returned after missing eight games because of a fractured fibula. 爵士队则是没有这样的问题。阵中少了因背部痉挛缺阵的中锋Mehmet Okur；下 半场更损失了撞伤膝盖的Andrei Kirilenko；因腓骨骨折休息八场比赛的 Carlos Boozer只打了12分钟。 But the Jazz still clobbered the Nuggets. Guard Deron Williams led the way with 26 points and 14 assists in a night in which teamwork trumped individualism. 然而爵士还是痛击了金块。在控後Deron Williams得到26分、14助攻的带领之下， 今晚团队战力战胜了个人表现。 Utah's bench outscored Denver's 70-21. 爵士队的板凳贡献，以70-21分大胜金块。 "We're starting to have problems on the basketball court in general," said Karl, talking about Denver's problems, with suspensions and such, being off the court early in the season. "Until about a week ago I was pretty happy with my basketball team. . . . We seem to have pulled apart a little." 谈到金块队的问题；包括禁赛，以及开季之初球场之外的纷扰，Karl表示： 「大体来说，我们开始出现一些球场上的问题。一个礼拜之前我还对金块的 表现感到高兴，但现在球员之间的影响似乎『有点』脱节。」 Some of the fans who booed during the game might say it's a lot. 有些在比赛时发出嘘声的球迷，可能会说『不只有点』。 "On paper, we got one of the top teams in the NBA," said Anthony, who said Denver's other players "sometimes" might be relying too much on he and Iverson to do the work. "There's no way we should be losing the games that we're losing with this team. The only thing I can think of is the chemistry." Anthony：「理论上我们是NBA最顶尖的球队之一，」他表示其他队友也许 有时候太过依赖他以及Iverson。「待在这样的球队，战绩不应该是败多 胜少，我唯一可以想到的问题，就是化学效应。」 Anthony picked up his fourth and fifth fouls in an eight-second span late in the third quarter. He had to go to the bench with 3:01 left in the quarter and didn't return until 8:55 remained. 第三节末段短短八秒之内，Anthony连续领到了第三次与第四次犯规，逼 使他必须在剩下3分01秒的时候乖乖坐在板凳上，一直到第四节8分55秒 才上场。 Iverson played his second straight game after missing eight of nine with a sprained right ankle. He also has a sore left elbow and sore right hip. Iverson因为右脚踝扭伤，九场比赛缺赛八场之後，这是他连续第二场出 赛。他还有左手肘以及右髋部酸痛的伤痛。 "I doubt if I'll be 100 percent all year," Iverson said. Iverson说：「我无法确定自己是否能以整季百分之百的状态出赛。」 Anthony and Iverson combined to score 28 of Denver's 30 points in the first quarter, but the Nuggets trailed 31-30. The Nuggets fell behind by 21 in the third but did make a late run to cut the deficit to 109-100 with two minutes left and to 112-104 in the final minute. Anthony与Iverson合力攻下第一节30分里面的28分，但是金块队仍然以31 比30落後；第三节金块一度落後21分，但是比赛结束前二分钟的一波攻势 把比分缩小到109比100，最後以112比104输球。 "We wouldn't have been in the ball game if our bench hadn't played," said Utah coach Jerry Sloan, who also get 22 points from reserve Matt Harpring. 爵士队教练Jerry Sloan表示：「如果今天没有板凳球员的表现，我们早就 出局了。」尤其是以替补上场的Matt Harpring攻下22分。 The Jazz was down three starters much of the way. Missing the whole game was Okur, whose streak of 233 straight games, which had been the NBA's fourth longest, ended. 大部分的时间，爵士队三名先发都不在场上，包括整场比赛缺席的Okur；这 也中止了他233场比赛全勤的NBA第四久纪录。 Kirilenko sat out the entire second half. And Boozer, being brought back slowly, played just the first six minutes of each half. 下半场Kirilenko坐在板凳区，伤癒复出的Boozer则是小试身手，上下半场 各打了6分钟。 The Nuggets wore retro uniforms from the 1967-68 Denver Rockets, the first year of the franchise. 今天金块队穿着1967-68年，当时丹佛火箭队的复古球衣，当年是丹佛加入 NBA的第一年。 Denver fell to 14-15 at home. Karl said before the game that the Nuggets, with some players not in the shape Karl would like them, actually might be hampered playing at altitude. 金块队主场战绩退至14胜15败。在今天比赛之前，Karl说队上一些无法如他 所愿保持身材的球员，事实上要在高纬度的丹佛打球，是很辛苦的一件事。 "I'm still positive about everything," Iverson said. "I definitely remain that way because it's hard to get that monkey off your back if you're thinking negative and point fingers or anything like that. All it does is take you backward." 赛後Iverson说道：「我仍然对一切保持乐观，我绝对会秉持这样的想法， 因为当你有消极的想法，或是指着别人责备等等…要解决当前的问题， 就会变的困难。它只会让你往回倒退。」 The Jazz broke open the game in the third quarter, extending a 57-48 lead to as much as 21 points. Utah led 93-74 at the end of the quarter. 今天爵士队在第三节打开了局面，把比分差距从57-48拉到领先21分。第三节 结束，犹他已经取得93比74领先了。 The first quarter was the Anthony-Iverson show as the two combined to shoot 11- of-12. Anthony was 6-of-6 for 15 points, and Iverson shot 5-of-6 for 13 points. 本场比赛第一节是Anthony-Iverson表演秀，他们总共投12中11；其中Anthony 6投6中拿下15分，Iverson投6中5攻得13分。 The only points not scored from the two came on a Nene dunk. Players not named Anthony nor Iverson combined to shoot 1-of-6 in the quarter. 第一节剩下的2分来自於Nene的灌篮，除了Anthony与Iverson之外，其他球员 投6只中1。 In the first quarter, Utah's bench outscored Denver's 16-0. That set the tone for things to come. 在这节当中，爵士队的板凳得分就以16比0大胜金块，也埋下了此役板凳爆发 的因子。 Then the Jazz started to pull away. And eventually those in Utah figure to pull a division banner to the rafters. 接着爵士队就开始拉开比数，最後金块只能看着这些穿着犹他球衣的身影，在 分区争夺战的顶端上，插着胜利的旗帜。 --

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