A fine way to win http://www.denverpost.com/nuggets/ci_12294823 Bully a marquee player, and the NBA reacts like an overprotective mother, rushing to offer a hankie and hugs. 欺负一个明星球员，而NBA当局就像个过度保护孩子的妈妈，忙着递上手帕和给个抱抱。 So it should come as no surprise Kenyon Martin's smackdown of Dallas star Dirk Nowitzki with the first hard foul of the Nuggets-Mavs playoff series will lighten the wallet of Denver's scowling enforcer. 所以当Kenyon Martin将Dallas的明星Dirk Nowitzki打倒时，当这个系列赛第一个hard foul出现时，金块变少也就一点也不意外了。 K-Mart richly deserved the $25,000 fine. K-Mart当然该被罚25,000。 And it was worth every penny. 而他缴的每一分钱都是值得的。 Nuggets coach George Karl was asked if the way Martin sents Nowitzki prawling to the floor early in Denver's series-opening rout would have done Bill Laimbeer, Dennis Rodman and those old Bad Boys from Detroit proud. 被问到Martin那个犯规是否会让过去底特律的Bad Boys(Bill Laimbeer and Dennis Rodman等人)感到骄傲时，Karl说： "Oh, yeah," Karl told me. Oh, yeah. The audience of reporters around the coach laughed. 在他旁边的记者都笑了。 Dallas has a problem in this series, and it's the same reason this collection of Mavericks will never win an NBA championship. Dallas在这个系列战有个大问题，同样也是他们永远无法赢得总冠军的问题所在。 The Mavs are as soft as a Nowitzki jump shot, and they whine like team owner Mark Cuban when the going gets tough. 小牛队就像Nowitzki的跳投一样软，而且当比赛变的比较tough的时候，他们就像他们的 老板Cuban一样哀嚎抱怨。 "Anybody can be physical," Dallas center Erick Dampier said. 小牛中锋Erick Dampier说：任何人都可以”硬起来”。 We shall see. 我们即将看到。 Denver fully expected this battle with Dallas to get down and dirty. In the minutes before tipoff of Game 1, Nuggets executive Mark Warkentien and team adviser Bret Bearup sat together eating brunch at the Pepsi Center. 金块绝对知道接下来的战役会变的更硬、更脏、更难打。在Game1赛前，执行长Mark Warkentien和team adviser (不知道中文是什麽)Bret Bearup在Pepsi Center吃早午餐。 "What's the over/under on suspensions in this series?" Warkentien wondered. 「这个系列战禁赛的标准是几次？」Warkentien问到。 "Two," replied Bearup, who figured the penalties could arise from the same altercation. He reached the conclusion because the Mavericks understand playoff intensity and the Nuggets don't take guff from anybody. Bearup：「两次。」他认为接下来的处罚会更严格，因为小牛知道季後赛的强度了，而金 块也不会理别人讲的废话。 This is not to suggest Denver entered this series looking to instigate trouble. 这不是在鼓励金块在这个系列赛制造麻烦。 But everybody knows the reputation of the Mavericks. 但大家都知道小牛的名声。 Turn up the heat and they sweat. Push 'em and they fold. 开暖气他们就流汗，推一下就垮掉。(XD) In 2006, Dallas collapsed after taking a 2-0 lead in the NBA Finals against Miami. A year later, the Mavericks won 67 times during the regular season only to come undone in the first round against Golden State. 2006年他们在冠军赛2-0领先之後垮掉。隔年，他们赢了67场但第一轮就被勇士扫出局。 It's not in the Mavericks' personality to get physical, acknowledged Nowitzki, whose fadeaway jumpers are beautiful works of art, and the perfect symbol for a team as delicate as Swarovski crystal. 他们天生就无法硬起来，拿Nowitzki来说，他的跳投就像个漂亮的艺术品，完美的就像那 脆弱的Swarovski水晶。（这里有点双关zki & ski） "Dirk is one of the greatest players ever in the NBA. And he's a good actor, too," Nuggets vice president of player personnel Rex Chapman said. 金块副总Rex Chapman：「Dirk是NBA中最好的球员之一。他同时也是个好演员。」 Before the league announced the fine late Monday afternoon, Karl admired the technique Martin used in the hard foul on Nowitzki during the first quarter of Game 1. 在联盟宣布罚款前，Karl还称赞了Martin在Game 1第一节那个技巧性犯规。 "It was good on film," said Karl, who decided Martin's timing was perfect, because if the Nuggets forward had delivered the blow before the whistle, it would have resulted in a flagrant foul and ball possession to the Mavericks. But, by decking Nowitzki late, the penalty was less severe. 「好的就像拍电影一样」Karl说，他认为Martin的timing抓的刚刚好，因为如果他在哨音 响之前就打下去，就会被判恶意犯规，而且球权还是小牛的。Martin晚了一点，所以惩罚 比较不严重。 Upon further review, however, the NBA decided the referees at the scene had been too lenient with K-Mart, and upgraded the play to a flagrant foul. 然而，进一步检查後，NBA裁判认为他们当初对Martin太仁慈了，所以决定”升级”为恶 意犯规。 While Nuggets partisans might scream Boston guard Rajon Rondo was not punished so severely when performing dental work without an anesthetic on Chicago center Brad Miller during a recent playoff act of violence, I whole- heartedly believe Martin deserved the fine. 虽然金块的粉丝们会大抱不平，特别是对照Rajon Rondo对Brad Miller那个犯规，他对 Miller进行了没有麻醉剂的牙科手术，我由衷的认为Martin该罚。 What's more, Nuggets fans should happily collect donations outside the arena before Game 2 to pay it. 更何况，金块迷在Game2前应该会很开心地捐钱帮忙付罚款。 Martin has put the muscle in Denver's newfound intimidation. In April, Sacramento co-owner Joe Maloof accused K-Mart of "thuggery" after his shove injured Kings center Spencer Hawes. 这不是Martin的第一次。四月的时候，国王老板Joe Maloof就曾经指控K-Mart”谋杀”他 们的中锋Spencer Hawes。 "I'm not sure the penalty was consistent with other fouls we've seen elsewhere in these playoffs. But the league's answer was: 'It's Kenyon's history.' We'll accept it and move on," Chapman said. Chapman：「我不确定惩罚标准和季後赛其他犯规是否一致。但联盟的回应是：因为 Kenyon有案底。我们只好接受并且继续走下去。」 Know what? This is precisely the nasty image the Nuggets need to cultivate after more than a decade of being considered pushovers. 你知道吗？这个肮脏的形象正是我们需要建立的，因为我们已经有多年被认为是鸡肋了。 Karl chuckles at the notion that Denver has become a team of Bad Boys. 当Karl听到金块已经变成”坏孩子”时，他咯咯笑着。 "I think it's kind of funny that we're now being called the bully, tough-minded team that last year was labeled the emotionally chaotic, dysfunctional team,"Karl said. Karl：「这真好笑，我们去年还被说是情绪混乱、运作不良的球队，今年已经被称为流氓 、硬汉了呢！」 (是有比较好吗？) They're the Nasty Nuggets. 他们是丹佛包温队。 Who would've thunk it? 谁以前会想过呢？ --

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