原文出处： http://0rz.net/a51hH -- To their long list of 2005-06 accomplishments, the Pistons just added another: a six-point blowout. 对活塞而言，他们仅是在自己'05-'06年球季众多成就之中再添一笔：一场以6分差轻 松获胜的比赛。 I don't know how they did it. Late in the first quarter on Sunday, the Pistons led 38-11, at which point the Knicks were mathematically eliminated from my attention span. 我不晓得他们是怎麽做到的。在星期天比赛中第一节末段，活塞以38比11领先，在那 一刻，就数字上我已经完全不认为尼克还有任何获胜机会了。 The Pistons have now won 64 games, the most in franchise history. It is a remarkable record by any measure (no NBA team has won this many since the 1999-2000 Lakers, who won 67 before deciding that infighting was more fun) but even more impressive because this was supposed to be a season of adjustment. 活塞至今已经赢了64场比赛，顺利改写队史纪录。不管用任何标准来衡量，这都是一 个难能可贵的纪录(没有任何一支球队在'99-'00年球季湖人赢得67场比赛後能像本季活塞 这样赢得这麽多场胜利，不过很显然地像今年这样三强鼎立到最後阶段才分出高下的接近 战带给球迷的乐趣是多得多)，但本季原本被认为只是活塞整军经武的一季，所以他们优异 的战绩格外让人印象深刻。 Remember? The Pistons were going to miss Larry Brown. Flip Saunders would take some time to implement his system. 还记得吗？活塞是被老布朗遗弃的球队，老桑再怎麽样神，於接手後也得花上好一段 时间来使他的系统契入球队。 It all seems so funny now, doesn't it? If the Pistons miss Brown, it is not in the way one might miss a relative. More like missing another car on the expressway. Life is not as eventful now, but the journey is much smoother. 那现在看来似乎是多麽可笑的事阿，对吧？如果说活塞失去了布朗，那不像是失去了 一个亲戚，反而更像是同在一条高速公路上的车子少了一辆，没什麽大不了的，但车况却 因此变得更平顺。 When I asked Ben Wallace when the Pistons became Flip's team, he looked at me like I'd suggested a crew cut. 当我问班蛙说活塞什麽时候转变成老桑的球队，他看着我的那种表情好像我提了一个 白痴问题。 "Who's team?" "谁的球队？" What? It's not Flip's team? 什麽？这不是老桑的球队？ Wallace laughed, then said, "I mean, it's a team." 班蛙笑了，接着说道"我的意思是，这是一个团队。" In other words, it belongs to nobody -- certainly not the head coach. Wallace is right. This really isn't Flip's team. He is just coaching it exceptionally well. 换句话说，这不是谁的球队 -- 当然也不是总教练的球队。班蛙说得对，这的确不是 老桑的球队，他只是把这支球队带得出乎众人意料之外地好罢了。 Does the coach feel like he's been here for more than a year? 老桑感觉自己加入这支球队的时间不只一年吗？ "I'd say no, just because my family hasn't been here," Saunders said. "It's tough when you are used to going home to a lively house and it's pretty quiet. But from the standpoint of basketball-wise, with what the players have done, and picked up everything, and how they have accepted everything, it's not like I have been here a year." 老桑说"我会说不，因为我的家人还没搬到这里。当你已经习惯回到家就能享受天伦之 乐，要你认定一个冷清清的房子是个家，这根本是强人所难。不过如果从篮球的观点、这 些球员所达到成就及他们对於我的指导如同海绵吸水全盘吸收的情形来看，我似乎不只加 入这支球队一年。" In somewhat related news, Brown's debut season with the Knicks has not felt like one year, either; to the Knicks, it has felt like five to ten with no parole. 根据某些相关新闻中指出，布朗感觉在尼克的处女球季也不像已经待了一年；对尼克 而言，他们就像是被判了五到十年不能假释的徒刑。 Brown will end his first Knicks season the same way he ended his Pistons tenure with questions about his health. Brown left the Knicks last week because of acid reflux. Two games later, he is still out. In a statement, the Knicks said Brown "is fully cleared to return to the bench when he feels ready;" in other words, it is Brown's call, and it would be nice if he made it. 布朗将以如同他结束活塞任教职务的方式结束在尼克的处女球季，他因为个人健康问 题而缺席尼克例行赛最後几场赛事。布朗在上一周就因为胃酸逆流的毛病而未随队四处征 战。两场比赛过去了，他仍未归队。尼克队在一份声明中表示布朗"很清楚地表明他将在自 己觉得已经准备好时回到板凳席继续执教。"，换句话说，那是布朗自己的要求，不过如果 他真能言出必行就好了。 I have no idea how Brown actually feels, but teams rarely question the seriousness of a coach's illness, and the fact that the Pistons and (apparently ) the Knicks have been skeptical tells you all you need to know about him. 我不晓得布朗到底感觉如何，但球队甚少询问教练病情的严重程度，而事实上活塞、( 显然还有)尼克对於向媒体透露有关布朗的消息时总显得有所迟疑与顾忌。 (译按：这一段感谢F板大的帮忙) Brown sabotaged the Knicks this season. Their roster is a jumbled mess but there was still enough talent for a playoff run. To me, it looks like vintage Larry Brown: he knew this year's disaster would be pinned on general manager Isiah Thomas, and that any subsequent success would be credited to Brown. As always, Brown is thirsty for praise. 本季布朗在尼克教得意兴阑珊，他们的球员名单只能用一团乱来形容，但勉强还算得 上有一搏季後赛门票的天份。对我来说，传统派的老布朗似乎这麽想：他知道今年的灾难 可以归罪於总管笑笑汤，而随後的任何成功都将算是自己的功劳。如同往常的惯例，布朗 渴望获得称赞。 That, however, is the Knicks' problem. The Pistons are fortunate: they squeezed two years of extraordinary success out of Brown, and now they have a coach who is a much better fit for this team. 不过再那怎样，那都是尼克的家内事。活塞很幸运，他们在布朗执教的两年间尽情地 吸取他的宝贵经验并获得了非凡的胜利，而现在他们拥有一个更适合球队的总教练。 Saunders is a true players' coach because he understands the NBA is a players' league. 老桑真的是一个视球员利益为己身利益的教练，因为他知道NBA是一个球员取向的联盟 。 Saunders doesn't grate on players like Rick Carlisle did. He doesn't turn every news conference into a psychotherapy session like Brown did. But he is in the same class as a coach as those two, and he deserves serious NBA Coach of the Year consideration. The Pistons are more efficient and potent offensively than in either of the last two seasons and they have done it without sacrificing any of their defensive excellence. 老桑不会像R.Carlisle那样激怒球员，也不会像布朗那样每次都把记者招待会搞得像 是精神疗法研习会，但老桑和他们两位一样都是相当出色的教练，且真的有角逐本季年度 最佳教练的资格。活塞本季在老桑的带领下，比起以往两季来得更有效率，也展现了强大 的进攻火力，但却未因此而牺牲任何一丝丝他们卓越的防守功力。 They should be favored to win a championship. If they succeed, let's make sure we dole out an extra helping of accolades for Saunders. Brown deserved the credit he got two years ago. Saunders would be just as deserving. 他们有浓厚的机会成为本季总冠军，如果他们成功了，对於老桑在角逐年度最佳教练 时肯定有大大的加分作用。布朗两年前年度最佳教练拿得实至名归，而本季如果老桑能顺 利获奖，相信大家也都不意外。 The Pistons paid $6 million to buy out Brown and another $20 million for four years of Saunders. The guess here is that Saunders, unlike Brown and Carlisle, will last the length of his contract. And at the end of it, the Pistons will realize they got one of life's true rarities: a $26-million bargain. 活塞以600万买断了布朗的合约，并与老桑签下4年2000万的新约。我们推测老桑和布朗 及Carlisle不一样，他将能在活塞执教至合约结束为止。而在合约结束时，活塞将了解到 他们花了2600万美元做了一个一辈子都不会後悔的买卖。 --

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