原文出处： http://www.azcentral.com/sports/suns/articles/0413suns0413.html -- The Suns will endure four games in five days to end the regular season as if the days were the five before Christmas. 太阳在例行赛结束前还要忍受五天内的四场比赛，那就像期待圣诞节来临前的日子一 样难熬。 As they champ at the bit, they must summon the desire to win - San Antonio still is within two games. 当他们迫不及待时，还必须保持对於求胜的强烈意志，因为圣安东尼奥马刺仍以两场 胜差紧追在後。 All things considered, the Suns would prefer to open the playoffs tonight. 通盘考虑後，太阳宁愿今晚季後赛就开打。 "I'm starving," said Phoenix's Amare Stoudemire, who has not played in the postseason for nearly two years. "I'm ready to eat." "我很渴望，"已经将近两年没打过季後赛的阿骂说。"我已经准备好要大开杀戒了。" The Suns get the next best thing tonight, playing a Los Angeles Lakers team that is the most likely opponent for the first round of the playoffs. In nine days, the two teams very well could be back at US Airways Center for a Sunday afternoon Game 1. 不过太阳今晚至少可以会遇到其次於最好的事情，和季後赛第一轮最有可能遭遇的对 手洛杉矶湖人进行比赛。在九天後，两队很有可能在星期天下午回到美国航空中心进行第 一轮第一场的赛事。 That may cure Phoenix's "spring fever," as coach Mike D'Antoni called it. 那或许可以治癒太阳所患，被教练M.D'Antoni称作"春天狂热"的病症。 "It's like the end of school in a week," he said. "Teachers will tell you those classes are not the greatest things in the world. That's about what it is. The playoffs are so exciting. The last weeks leading up to them are like, 'Let's get this over with. Let's get on to what really is going to mean the season.' " "那就像是学期末的最後一个星期，"他说。"老师会告诉你剩余那些课程并不是世界上 多重要的事情。差不多就像那样。季後赛太令人兴奋了。季後赛前的最後几个星期就像， '让它赶快过去吧。让时间赶快过到那个真正具有意义的季後赛吧。'" This is the second time the Suns and Lakers have played this week and the third in 41 days. Phoenix won the previous two after losing the season opener in Los Angeles. The Suns angled to face the Lakers in last year's playoffs. They wound up on the brink of first-round elimination before winning in seven games. Stoudemire said he would not expect a similar series this year. 这场比赛是太阳和湖人本周第二次交手也是41天内第三次碰面。太阳在开幕赛输给湖 人後两次对战都顺利讨回颜面。太阳在去年季後赛也曾与湖人捉对厮杀。他们在第一轮血 战七战後才好不容易从被淘汰的边缘爬回来让湖人提前放暑假。阿骂说他不希望今年季後 赛同样的戏码再次上演。 "I don't think it would go seven (games)," Stoudemire said. "I think we would take care of them pretty quick, hopefully, if everything goes as planned. The Lakers are playing great. We can't underestimate them or anything but hopefully we can take care of them early and move on to the second round." "我不认为这次又会打到第七战，"阿骂说。"我认为我们会很快就把他们处理掉，希望 如此，如果所有事情都如我们计画的一样。湖人表现很好。我们不能低估他们或任何一支 球队但希望我们能很快就让他们打包回家并顺利晋级第二轮。" That sort of clip art for the visitors' locker room should spice up a series that has turned civil with Raja Bell and Kobe Bryant making nice on the court in the past two games. With Suns wins tonight and Saturday at Utah and a Spurs loss tonight at Minnesota or Sunday at Dallas, Phoenix would clinch the second seed before its final two games. In the meantime, Phoenix will stick with the starting lineup used for the first time Wednesday with James Jones added to Steve Nash, Shawn Marion, Bell and Stoudemire. 在客队球员休息室的那种简报风格应该可以为这个辣椒标和Kobe在过去两场比赛中已 经握手言和而趋於平和的系列赛增添一些乐趣。如果太阳今晚和星期六在犹他都赢球而马 刺在今晚或星期天在达拉斯输球，太阳就能在最後两场比赛进行前确定取得季後赛第二种 子的席位。在这段期间，太阳将会持续使用星期三第一次尝试，由小JJ搭配S.Nash、 Matrix、Bell和阿骂的先发组合。 The Suns could set a club victories record if they win out. 如果接下来四场比赛全数获胜太阳将能创下例行赛胜场数新高的队史纪录。 "If we clinch second, we can save our legs a little bit," Nash said. "But if we don't, we've got to push through. "如果我们确定拿下第二种子，我们就能为接下来的季後赛保留一些体力，"Nash说。" 但如果没能这样，我们只好继续努力。" "We want to win a championship. All the other stuff we've done before and it really isn't that rewarding." "我们希望能拿下一座总冠军。在那之前我们所做到一切都不算真正得到回报。" Phoenix passed last season's 54-win total but Nash said this team still is working to catch that conference finalist in another regard. 太阳已经超越了上个球季的总胜场数54胜但Nash说这支球队仍持续往下一个以挤进西 区冠军赛名单的目标迈进。 "Last year's team was special in that we were really undermanned and that we had great chemistry," he said. "This year, we're deeper and bigger and more talented but we haven't been able to find that consistency we had last year with an undermanned group. At the same time, we're a much better team this year - more equipped. It's going to be exciting to see if we can improve through the playoffs." 上个球季球队很特别，因为球队人手极度不足但球员间存有相当良好的化学效应，"他 说。"今年，球队更有深度更加壮大也更有天分，但我们还没找回去年在人手不足情况那种 稳定度。不过，我们今年是一支更好的球队 - 阵容更加完整了。看看我们在季後赛是否能 表现得更好是件令人兴奋的事。" Nash mentioned "selfish" play a week ago in Oklahoma City and nobody refuted it . Nash提到一个星期前在奥克拉荷马市那场比赛大家打得太过自私而没有人反驳他的说 法。 "It's probably true," Stoudemire said. "As far as the team standpoint and the main goal, we are on the right track as of today. We feel good about our chances and want to do whatever it takes to win a championship. I think that ( the arrival of the playoffs) is what really cures it because everybody has to come together to win a championship." "或许他说的对，"阿骂说。"就球队的观点和主要目标而言，直到今天我们都走在正确 的路上。我们觉得我们有机会，而且为了拿到总冠军而去做任何的事。我认为进入季後赛 可以真正解决这个问题，因为每个人都必须团结一致才能拿下总冠军。" --

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