http://tinyurl.com/3qhmcn3 by Bob Kravitz Bob Kravitz is a columnist for The Indianapolis Star. Kravitz: Close might have to be good enough for Pacers Let's be honest about this: Moral victories are just going to have to suffice for now for the Indiana Pacers. Going toe-to-toe with the Chicago Bulls, forcing them to execute perfectly in the final moments night after excruciating night, will just have to be enough for a group going through the most agonizing growing pains imaginable. 让我们诚实的面对这些: 几乎要到手的三场胜利将足够满足目前溜马队了 在昨晚 势均力敌的竞争中, 溜马整晚都带给公牛难堪 直到最後公牛执行的完美一击 在经历过这些难熬的成长苦痛 这些都足以让一个球队大大成长 This is who the Pacers are right now: a half-formed lump of clay, a young, incomplete team that desperately needs a low-post presence who can take over late-game situations. 这是现在的溜马队: 是个半成品, 也是个还不完整的球队 缺少一个俱低位单打能力 能在比赛後段控制的球员 We saw it in Game 1. And Game 2. And Game 3. As Mike Dunleavy said after Thursday night's 88-84 Game 3 loss, "It's been Groundhog Day.'' 我们看了第一场 第二场 跟第三场球 就像昨天Dunleavy赛後说得: 如同一再重复的乏味剧码 Sorry, but Reggie Miller, one of the league's greatest closers ever, isn't walking through those Conseco Fieldhouse doors any time soon. 很抱歉 联盟最佳的终结者大嘴米勒 近期都不会走进 Conseco球场来 Time is the best remedy for what ails this franchise. 时间是最好治癒 困扰这个球队的解药 Here was a scene from the postgame locker room that captured the essence of a team still fighting through an ungainly adolescence. Roy Hibbert, who just hasn't taken advantage of a good matchup with Joakim Noah in this series, stood in the corner and groused about how he wasn't getting the ball often enough in the low post. 昨天赛後休息室的一小角 你可以看到这些年轻球员 仍然在争执 在这个系列赛一直没有对Joakim讨到便宜的Hibbert站在角落 他抱怨 他没有在低位拿到足够的球 Next to him, veteran Dahntay Jones sat in his chair and, overhearing Hibbert, shook his head. "He's young,'' he said. "He'll learn. They'll all learn. It's a progression. But we've grown a lot these last few weeks.'' 在他旁边的Jones坐在椅子上 听到这番Hibber的话 摇了摇头说: 他还年轻 他会学到的 他们都会 这是一个成长的过程 这几个礼拜以来 我们都成长了很多 The lesson is, you can't complain about a lack of low-post touches when you shoot a mushy 3-for-12 and take zero free throws. Hibbert is the most likable personality on this team and has shown flashes, but he's got to be tougher if this team is going to break through in the years to come. 这个课程就是 --- 当你只有12投3中 而且还没有半个罚球 你最好不要抱怨你没有低位持球的机会 从Hibbert的个性跟表现 就可以代表目前的这个球队的情形 但是在几年之後 溜马要有很大的突破 他必须要强硬起来 (当然不是Foster那种) If we didn't know before, we know now: Larry Bird -- or whoever is running this team -- needs to find an athletic big man who can draw double teams or go hard to the basket and head to the free throw line. (Another perimeter scorer would be nice, too.) 如果我们之钱都不清楚 那我们现在了解了: 大鸟 还是那个制服组的哪位 我们需要 一个活动力的高大球员 他可以吸引双人包夹 或是很坚决的打进篮下 并站上罚球线 (增加另外一个外围得分手也不错) "We're taking good, big steps, but to take that next one, we've got to have a low-post threat we can go to on a consistent basis,'' Jones said. "Not someone who makes plays on good nights, not occasionally, but a lot more than occasionally. I think we have guys who are capable, but they're still growing into their roles.'' Jones说:我们做得很好 我们进步很多 但是进步到下个层级 我们需要一个 能持续在禁区带给对方压力的球员 不是一个偶尔几个晚上有好发挥的人 我们需要的不仅是偶尔发挥 我认为我们有具备这种能力的球员 但是他们必须成长成那样的角色 In the playoffs, teams are just too good at taking away the first -- and often the second -- option. All night, the Pacers offense was a still life, a bunch of guys standing around like they were waiting for a bus. There were seven assists in the first half. There were a paltry four in the second half. 季後赛得对手实在是太强了 他们会箝制你的第一个 甚至第二个攻击选择 整个晚上 溜马的攻击都很平淡 一堆人站在那里 好像在等公车 上半场有七个助攻 下半场仅有四次更是少得可怜 In the first two games of the series, the Pacers had success on pick-and-rolls and moving the ball back out to the screener for open shots. In Game 3, Pacers interim coach Frank Vogel noted that the Bulls pre-rotated; that is, they rotated over a third defender to cover the screener. The way to beat that is to move the ball, make the skip pass, find the open man who has been left alone by the vacating defender. 前两场比赛 溜马的pick n roll战术很成功的轮转球 制造空档投篮 但是第三场 Vogel发现 公牛也适时的轮转防守球员 那就是 防守溜马pick n roll的两名公牛球员之外 第三名公牛的防守者会上前帮忙被挡掉的球员 (像是D. Rose) 要怎样破解公牛这样的协防 就是增加球的移动 找到那个没有人守的溜马球员 Didn't happen. 不过 这样的传球 并没有发生 Right now, the Pacers are taking graduate-level courses when they haven't yet finished their freshman requirements. 现在溜马好像 在修研究所的课程 但是却还没有拿到大一的必修课程学分 The Pacers' final offensive possession was a microcosm of this series, one that left Danny Granger shaking his head after the game, muttering how he was left with what he called "a double-pump (3-pointer) with two guys in my face.'' 溜马最後的那波攻击 就是整个系列赛的缩影 在赛後Granger说出当时的情形 关於 他如何在两个防守球员都贴在脸上的情况 出手三分 Granger got the ball off a screen but was trapped by two defenders. The Bulls didn't win 62 games by being dumb: They know Granger is the only real option, having scored eight of the Pacers' final 10 points. 在有掩护的情况下 Granger拿到球 但随後落入一个两位防守球员的防守圈套 拿下62场季赛胜利的公牛队不是白痴 他们知道最後10分拿下8分的Granger 是他们唯一的攻击选择 With two defenders in his face, he gave it up to Darren Collison, who should have attacked the basket and tried to make something happen. Maybe it was the ankle and maybe not, but he mistakenly gave it back to Granger, whose 3-point prayer didn't, well, have a prayer. 在两个防守球员的贴身防守下 Granger把球传给了Collison 他应该要攻击篮框的 也许是他的脚伤 也是不是 或是他太累了 所以他判断错误的把球传回给Granger 可惜他的三分球嚐试没有应声入网 Another night, another heart-wrenching loss, but still . . . is there another NBA city where fans of the team trailing 3-zip feel better about their team than they do in Indy? It's not much solace, but this group is playing it out, and at this point, isn't that all anybody wanted? 又是一个让人心痛的输球夜晚 不过有那一个城市的球迷会在0:3的落後 还会像Indy的球迷感到鼓舞? 球迷并没有太难过 球队打得很好 这不就是大家希望的？ More than that, the Pacers have grabbed an apathetic city's attention. Thursday night, it felt, looked and sounded like a playoff game, even if there were a lot of Bulls fans. 更重要的 周四晚上 溜马在打了这场不折不扣的的季後赛後 也抓住了这个冷漠城市的注意了 虽然场中还是有不少的公牛球迷 This may turn into the most competitive sweep -- or five-game series -- in NBA playoffs history. Get this: In the first three games, the Bulls have never led by more than seven points. 这可能会是NBA历史上 最激烈的横扫 或是 最激烈的五场系列赛 因为前三场球 公牛从来没有领先超过7分以上 "We're so close,'' Paul George said quietly. George说:我们很接近! For now, close is just going to have to be good enough. 至少现在 想办法拉近彼此差距就很足够 --

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