Just what we've been waiting for 这是一直以来，我们所等待的金块完全体。 http://tinyurl.com/3xblvm By Woody Paige Denver Post Staff Columnist Article Last Updated: 03/18/2007 12:30:58 AM MDT It may have been St. Patrick's Day, but the night belonged to Allen O'Iverson, the patron saint of the crossover dribble. 也许今天大家谈论的焦点是圣派翠克节的到来，但是今晚的主角是Allen Iverson， —这位火力全开的跨下运球守护神。 Patrick didn't actually chase the snakes out of Ireland, but O'Iverson definitely did chase the Suns out of Denver. 事实上派翠克并没有将爱尔兰岛的蛇全都驱逐入海，但是毫无疑问地，手感发烫的 Iverson将太阳从丹佛踢回西方老家去。 The Nuggets' lucky leprechaun was all "O" and a lot of "D" Saturday night, finishing with 44 points and 15 assists. Iverson and running mate Carmelo Anthony hit 29-of-42 shots and combined for 73 points, 18 assists, 13 rebounds and only five turnovers. They gave new superstar Linas "Who?" Kleiza a rest in an emphatic 131-107 romp. 今晚，火力全开的Iverson与精彩的防守是金块队的幸运小妖精，他攻下44分并送出 15次助攻。Iverson和他的最佳搭档Carmelo Anthony总共投42中29，二人包办73分、 18助攻、13个篮板，而且只有5次失误。在这场令人印象深刻地以131比107获胜的大 屠杀里，今天就让新星Linas Kleiza休息一天。 "When you're in the zone, it doesn't matter if a guy is on you because it feels like throwing rocks in the ocean," Iverson said. 赛後Iverson说：「当你感觉来了，谁来守都没有用，因为今天篮框就跟大海一样大。」 （AI好久没说这句名言了XD） This is what we were talking about when Iverson and Anthony were united. This is what coach George Karl was talking about when he suggested the Nuggets play defense occasionally. This is what the Nuggets are talking about when they play unselfishly on offense. This is what the NBA will be talking about this morning. 这场比赛的表现，就是Iverson与Anthony被摆在同一队之後，我们所期盼的金块 完全体；这场比赛就是Karl所建议，金块球员的除了进攻，他们还得防守；这场 比赛就是，金块队球员所说的，无私的进攻。最後，这场比赛会是明天NBA的 头条新闻。 And this is what the Suns have to be muttering to themselves about. 另外这场比赛，是提供太阳队好好研商对策的参考资料。 That's a dream playoff series. 因为这样的对战组合，也许就是季後赛第一轮上演的戏码。 Bottle this, and the Nuggets could cause the Suns to sweat. The Nuggets ran, shot, rebounded, blocked offensively and played hard and tough defensively. Could this be the beginning, or are the Nuggets teasing us with a four-game winning streak? Check back on Easter and Cinco de Mayo. 把他们装入瓶中，金块可以让太阳热得冒汗。金块队不停地进攻、跑轰、抓篮板、 煽火锅，还有拼命的防守。这是金块疯狂三月的开始，还是昙花一现的表现？等到 季赛结束，时逢复活节与墨西哥纪念日的时候，答案就会揭晓。 The Nuggets have been trying so hard to get to the sixth seed in the Western Conference. They reached the spot for a few hours with a victory over the Lakers, then fell back when L.A. won Friday night. 一直以来，金块队努力争取西区第六种子。几个小时之前，他们击败湖人来到这个 位置，接着在湖人队礼拜五晚上的胜利之後，又回到第七种子。 The seventh seed is looking fine. The Nuggets could end up playing the Suns, who seem set in the second seed. 第七种子看起来是并不是那麽不堪一击。金块队可能会在第一轮，对上坐稳西区 老二的太阳队。 The Nuggets were sensational Saturday night; the Suns were just tired. "It was a good win. It's a good place to be," Karl said. "We didn't do much wrong." 礼拜六晚上的比赛，金块队表现令人激赏，而太阳则是疲惫不堪。Karl表示：「以 我们面对的局势来说，这是场甜美的胜利，我们没有犯下太多的错误。」 The Nuggets led by 40 - count 'em - 40 at one point in the second half. 金块队一度在下半场领先40分，是的，不可思议的40分。 Before the game, Karl wasn't going anywhere on the subject of a Phoenix-Denver playoff series. "I'm not that smart. We haven't even had our playoff meeting because that might (upset) the basketball gods." 赛前Karl并没有对於『太阳—金块』这个可能是第一轮对战组合的议题多加着墨， 「我才没有那麽笨，毕竟我们连季後赛门票都还没拿到手，这样的议题可能会惹恼 篮球之神的喔。」 Iverson obviously took on the challenge against double-trouble MVP Steve Nash, and kept burning the Suns' point guard. Nash never got in the flow, and the Suns were a step slow. Iverson显然接下了蜡烛两头烧的MVP，Steve Nash所带来的挑战，并不断地以炽热的 手感灼烧这名太阳控球後卫。整场比赛Nash没有进入状况，太阳队也随之步伐蹒跚。 The Suns will not always set this easily - or early. 但是太阳队不会常常有这样脱序表现，至少不会那麽容易，那麽早。 If the Nuggets and the Suns meet in the playoffs for the fourth time, this year the series will last longer than three games. 如果金块与太阳在季後赛第四度碰头，今年的系列赛将不会是三场比赛，金块打包 回家。 Probably. 至少这场比赛之後，应该不会。 The NBA could declare a 10-run rule, I suppose, and call it off if the Suns waxed the Nuggets poetically by 30 or 40 points in each of the first three games in the best-of-seven series. 假设NBA有一条规则，十比零攻势决定一切。如果在七战四胜的系列战，前三场 太阳完美地以30或40的大比分将金块烧成蜡，联盟一定会因为太阳队的进攻，而 取消这条规则。 But chances are rather good that the Nuggets and Suns will play at least five times, or seven, if Saturday was an indicator. 但如果礼拜六的比赛是个指标，那麽金块与太阳将很可能会至少打到第五战或 第七战。 The Nuggets do tend to win at least once in their playoff series. 金块队的确很有机会，在季後赛的对战中至少赢得一胜。 They beat Minnesota once in 2004. 他们在2004年季後赛击败灰狼队一场。 They beat San Antonio once in 2005. 他们在2005年季後赛击败马刺队一场。 They beat the Los Angeles Clippers once in 2006. 他们在2006年季後赛击败快艇队一场。 Which, of course, was better than the eight previous seasons, when they didn't win once because they weren't participating in the playoffs. 当然这些年的季後赛表现，比过去八季都还要好，因为他们没有在季後赛赢过球。 他们连季後赛都进不了。 But in the good ol' 1980s, the Suns and Nuggets met on three occasions (1982, 1983 and 1989). The Nuggets won the middle affair, two games to one (in what was termed a cute "mini-series.") They lost the first best-of-three series 2-1, but, by 1989, the league had dumped that mini-me series and went to a five-game format (which did nothing for the Nuggets.) 但是在金块队表现杰出的1980年代，太阳与金块对战三次，分别在1982、1983、1989 碰头。其中金块队赢了第二次对战，以二比一胜出（那时候是迷你的小系列战）；而 双方第一次碰头，金块队是以一比二落败；到了1989年联盟改制，把三战二胜制改成 五战三胜制。（对金块并没有什麽好处，因为他们没赢得任何一场。） The scores then were about the same as they would be this season. In 1982 the Nuggets beat Phoenix 129-113 before the Suns won 126-110 and 124-119. The next year Phoenix took the opener 121-108 before Denver came back 113-99 and 117-112 in overtime. In 1989 Phoenix prevailed at home 104-103 and 132-114 before closing out the series in Denver 130-121 那时候的比数可能会跟本季类似。1982年，金块队先以129比113击败太阳，接着分别 以126比110、124比119，输掉系列战。隔年，太阳队先以121比108赢球，然後金块连 赢二场，分数是113比99，还有以117比112（延长赛）；1989，年太阳横扫系列战， 先是在主场以104比103、132比114胜利，接下来到丹佛以130比121将金块淘汰。 In those nine games only Phoenix scored under 100 points, by a point, on April 21, 1983. 在这总共九场季後赛对战里面，只有1983年4月21日的太阳队得分低於100分，他们只 攻下99分。 A quarter century after their first postseason series, don't expect either team to score fewer than 100 points in any game. They added up to 238 Saturday night. 如果他们在四分之一个世纪之後能首度在季後赛碰头，不要期望他们双方得分可以压 在100分以内。礼拜六晚上的对战，他们总共拿下238分的分数。 Phoenix is first in the NBA in scoring, and the Nuggets now are second. 太阳队是目前全联盟得分最强的球队；金块则是居於第二位。 They should play on in the playoffs. First one to 150 wins. 如果他们在季後赛交手，得分大战是可以预期的，哪一队先攻下150分，就会在第一轮 出线。 But the Nuggets will savor Saturday night's victory. They were saintly. 但是金块队会先好好品嚐今晚的胜利，在圣派翠克节里，这次胜利格外神圣。 --- 虽说只是季赛一场对强队的胜利，没有什麽重大意义，但是至少金块现在 是我们理想中，至少应该有的表现。 Let's Go Nuggets! --

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