NBA Playoffs: How Indiana Got Its Swagger Back Eric Maroun http://ppt.cc/~H,@ 溜马是如何昂首阔步地走回来的? So that happened, huh? 所以,发生了什麽事? Prior to Game3 of the Pacers-Heat series, my friend John who came to the game with me asked who I thought would win. My political answer was either Indiana close or Miami big. I simply did not see Miami winning a close game on the road, and I certainly could not fathom a reality where Indiana blew out the Heat. A little over three hours after John asked me for my prediction, the Pacers had routed the Heat 94-75, and all of the sudden they find themselves up 2-1 in this series. 在第三战之前,友人John要我猜谁会赢得比赛,我礼貌性地回答,溜马小赢或热火大赢。我 只是单纯地没见过热火在客场赢过任何比数接近的比赛,而实在无法预见一个溜马会大赢 的未来.三小时多後,溜马以94-75战胜热火,并在这系列取得2-1的领先。 Some random thoughts from the game: 对这场比赛的一些杂感: Coming from someone who wrote an article months ago calling out the entire city of Indianapolis for not showing up to games and finishing with the fifth worst attendance in the NBA, the crowd last night absolutely brought it. The 18,165 fans in attendance clad in yellow “Gold Swagger” shirts served as the poster child for the image the country should have when they think of Indiana as a basketball state. From the very beginning, it was apparent to everyone, fans and beat writers included, that this was going to be a playoff atmosphere. 几个月前的一篇文章提到印地安那的市民不常进场看球,出席率是全NBA倒数第五。但昨晚 18,165民粉丝进场,所有人都穿着黄色的衣服印有"金色旋风"的字样,可以明显的感受到季 後赛的气氛。 Roy Hibbert was an absolute monster. When Dexter Pittman was announced as a starter, the gentleman sitting next to me, decked out in a white and black LeBron jersey, declared the game was over and Hibbert was going to have a big game. While the decision to start Pittman, a guy who had exactly zero meaningful playoff minutes logged in his career coming into last night, was curious, to declare even facetiously that the game was over before it started was laughable. Three minutes later, the Pittman experiment was over, Indiana was up 11-2, and I had stopped laughing. Hibbert’s final line ended up resembling everything that Pacers fans could possibly want from their All-Star center: 19 points, 18 rebounds, 5 blocks, and most likely one massive pay day coming his way in the near future. Hibbert确实是个怪物。当Pittman被宣布要先发时,在我身旁穿着James球衣的绅士宣称, 比赛已经结束了,而Hibbert将大杀四方。三分钟後,Pittman实验有了结果,溜马以11-2领 先。Hibbert以19分,18篮版,5火锅的比赛符合了溜马迷的最大期待。 Where do I even possibly begin with Dwyane Wade? The jokes have already been made that he’s in the spirit of the Indianapolis 500 by bringing the Brickyard to Banker’s Life Fieldhouse last night and how it was actually Miami fans, not Indiana fans, who now wish he had been suspended for Game 3. But there is something far more serious going on than his woeful five point, six turnover, 2-13 from the field performance. Bob Kravitz of the Indianapolis Star tweeted at halftime that Wade might be sick while Brian Windhorst reports that Wade is being bothered by a lower leg issue that plagued him towards the end of the regular season. Whatever the issue is, it needs to get resolved as soon as possible because LeBron James simply cannot carry this team on his back at this point. Wade悲惨地投13中2拿下5分,Kravitz半场时在Tweeter上宣称Wade是因为正规赛结束前 小腿受的伤影响他的表现,不论原因如何都必须尽快解决,因为James此时无法独撑大局。 The Bosh injury is obviously huge, and Wade’s health is in question as well; however, at this point, the bigger concern for Miami is their mental approach. I haven’t had a chance to rewatch the game on DVR so I’m not entirely sure how much viewers at home could see it or how it translated, but Miami’s body language in the second half was arguably the worst I have seen from a sports team at any level of competition. LeBron walked out of a timeout huddle while Spoelstra was still talking to the rest of the team. Lethargy on the defensive end was present throughout the second half. And Wade was involved in a well documented heated “discussion” with Spoelstra in the third quarter. While I certainly don’t doubt Spoelstra’s explanation that these, shall we say, disagreements happen all the time, usually they are kept out of the view of a national television audience. It was clear that the frustration had reached a boiling point, and Miami is going to be in for a long series (or I suppose a very short one now) if this continues. Bosh的受伤和Wade的健康都是大问题,但最大的问题是热火队的"心理因素"。热火队在下 半场所表现出的完全不像个职业运动球队,James在spoelstra跟全队讲话时走开, Lethargy的烂防守,Wade顶撞了spoelstra,显然这问题已经到达了沸点,而热火队在这漫长 的系列将会持续受到影响,如果这情形继续,这系列可能很快告终。 Wade, Shane Battier, and Pittman a.k.a. 60% of Miami’s starting lineup finished a combined 2-22 from the field, scored five points, and turned the ball over six times. Looking simply at the box score and seeing Battier’s 0-6 from beyond the arc, 0-7 from the field overall performance doesn’t even come close to telling the full story. Battier was wide open on many of his shots that he flat out missed, and missed badly. If his legs aren’t totally gone, they’re rapidly approaching that point which does not bode well for Miami’s biggest offseason acquisition last year. Wade, Battier, Pittman,这先发三人的合计投22中2,得了5分,发生6次失误. Battier 不止投丢了许多球,许多还是大空挡,而且差的远了,这可能表示去年休季将他签下是失败 的。 On the positive side for Miami, Mario “Super Nintendo” Chalmers was outstanding for the Heat tonight. Finally, someone on the Heat outside of Wade and LeBron stepped up in a game. Unfortunately, Chalmers came up big when Wade was non-existent. Chalmers frequently found himself getting into the paint and converting opportunities there as he finished 8-9 in the painted area. In particular, he continued to get floaters off between the free throw line and restricted area going 4-5 from that area on the floor. Miami desperately needs him to be his Game 3, Dr. Jekyll doppelganger as opposed to his Game 2, five point, Mr. Hyde self. 对热火好的地方,Chalmers表现的很亮眼,总算有Wade和James之外的人挺身而出,在禁区投 9中8,,并在罚球线附近抛5中4.不幸的是,这场比赛Wade不见了。热火队确实需要Chalmers 今晚这样的表现,相对於他在第二场得5分的表现。 Following a missed technical free throw by LeBron, Lance Stephenson made a choke sign in the direction of Miami’s bench. For a team that, for some unknown reason, deems it necessary to find even the slightest offensive gestures as an additional source of motivation for the playoffs, you can bet that Miami is going to try and channel that into a rallying point for the rest of the series. Maybe it will end up being nothing in the long run, but there are still no words to define how utterly stupid that action came across when it occurred. 当James没罚进技术犯规的罚球时,Stephenson对热火的板凳做了个掐喉的动作,不管是再 轻微的侵略性肢体动作,都可能点燃热火队的熊熊热火。也许长期看来这没什麽,但还是无 法形容这举动有多脑残。 Overall, it’s becoming readily apparent that if Wade and LeBron aren’t clicking on the same night, Miami does not stand a chance to beat the Pacers. That being said, this series is far from over. As impressive as last night’s performance was by Indiana, it still only counts for one win. It’s very possible that Miami spends the next two days regrouping and comes out Sunday guns-blazing therefore reclaiming home court advantage as they head back to South Beach. If they don’t, however, you can pretty much say goodbye to the Heat that you’re used to because a second round ousting at the hands of Indiana almost assures that at least one of the LeBron-Wade-Bosh-Spoelstra combination will not be on Miami’s payroll when the 2012 season tips off. 整体来说,如果Wade和James没同时运作正常,热火队将没有任何机会击败溜马,昨晚溜马的 大胜也只是一场胜利,很有可能热火队在接下来的两天重新控制战局并取回主场优势.如果 不,那在面对第二轮被溜马淘汰的结果後,James+Wade+Bosh+Spoelstra的组合将解体。 In the short term though, the momentum is completely on Indiana’s side heading into Game 4. They said they weren’t intimidated by the Heat coming into the series, and the first three games have done nothing but support that claim. Danny Granger and David West earning techinicals last night kept up the chippiness that’s been present all series long and sent a message that Indiana was not scared of the Heatles. That attitude permeated throughout the arena, and whether you were in person for it or watching on TV, one thing was becoming readily apparent. For the first time since Reggie Miller retired, Indiana officially has its swagger back. 短期而言,气势是在溜马这边的。在三场比赛结束後,溜马证实了他们所宣称的,他们并不 畏惧热火。Granger和West的技术犯规,都显示了他们并无任何畏惧,而这气氛弥漫整个球 场.在Reggie Miller退休後,首次我们感受到了溜马队的昂首阔步。 -- 半夜睡不着来翻外电,结果翻得不太顺, 其实这是第三战後的旧闻了, 如果觉得翻得很烂,睡醒我再自D --

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