原文出处： http://0rz.pixnet.tw/f62F6 -- AUBURN HILLS, Mich. -- A little history lesson for those who may have forgotten The Pistons were up 2-0 in the second round a year ago, then lost their next three games. 密西根奥本山讯 -- 为了那些可能已经遗忘的人我们稍微来复习一下：活塞在一年前 的第二轮中曾以2比0领先，但却输了接下来三场比赛。 A little reality check is in order, too, to rebut the idea that this year might be the same: The Cleveland Cavaliers had a little something to feel positive about when they were in that hole, having come back in the second half of Game 2 to give themselves a little bit of positive mental momentum to take into Game 3. 我们也可以来看一下事实情况，藉以反驳活塞今年可能还会重蹈覆辙的说法：克里夫 兰骑士在陷入困境时仍有一些事足以让他们对於系列赛抱持正面的想法，在第二场比赛下 半场及时回神让他们对於第三场比赛还持有一丝正面的思想。 Can't say the same about the Chicago Bulls, who need to be checked for a pulse. 但不能以同样的观点来看待现在不晓得还量不量得到脉搏的公牛。 "We let [the Cavs] come back, but tonight when we had them down, we wanted to keep them down," Richard Hamilton said. "We're not as overconfident as we were last year." "我们让骑士追回比分，但今晚我们把他们打趴了，我们希望让他们倒在地上，"RIP说 。"我们不再像去年那样过度自信了。" If overconfidence is what killed the Pistons a year ago, a measured confidence may be the No. 1 thing, at least mentally, that's driving them this year. 如果说过度自信在一年前害死了活塞，适度的自信或许会是最为重要，至少在心理层 面，驱动他们今年继续前进的动力。 It was another massacre Monday night at The Palace, the Pistons jumping out to a 16-point lead after one quarter by shooting 14-for-22 from the field and scoring 11 points of turnovers, then building the lead as high as 24 before finishing with a 108-87 victory over the Bulls for a 2-0 lead in their Eastern Conference semifinal series. 星期一晚上在宫殿的比赛是另一场大屠杀，活塞在一节投22中14并藉由公牛失误拿下 11分而取得16分的领先，之後领先甚至一度达到24分之多，最终则以108比87击败公牛，在 东区准决赛取得2比0的领先。 If Saturday's Game 1 was a 10 on a 1-10 scale of dominance, this one was at least a 9 -- probably more like a 9? -- as Detroit's guards overwhelmed their backcourt counterparts and the Pistons' starting frontcourt shot a combined 23-for-35. 如果以1到10的比例尺来衡量宰制力，星期六的第一场比赛是10，这场比赛也至少是9 -- 可能比较像9? -- 因为活塞後卫的表现完全压过了他们的後场对手而活塞的先发前场合 计出手35次，命中多达23球。 "I have seen an intensity in the locker room that's higher than I ever expected , and I love it when we have that edge, and I'm seeing it more every game," said Chris Webber, who shot 10-for-11 and outrebounded Ben Wallace 3-2 on the offensive boards. "I prayed it would be this good, but right now I don't even want to think about how good it is." "我在球员休息室中感受到远高於我原本期待，想要赢球的那种强烈态度，我很高兴我 们拥有这样坚决心态，而且一场胜於一场，"投11中10并在进攻篮板数以3比2胜过班蛙的威 爸说。"我祈祷我们能有这麽好的表现，但现在我不想去想我们到底表现有多好。" This one was a channel turner after about eight minutes, although the Bulls did go on a mini-run early in the fourth quarter by using a trapping, pressing defense to trim a 21-point deficit to 13. Chicago also got 12 points and three rebounds out of rookie Tyrus Thomas in the final quarter -- perhaps enough to earn him the starting nod over P.J. Brown for Game 3 -- but the positives, how ever miniscule they were , pretty much ended right there. 这场比赛的比数在开赛约八分钟後就逐渐拉开了，尽管公牛在第四节初曾凭藉陷阱、 压迫防守打出一波小高潮，将21分的差距缩小到13分。芝加哥在最後一节也得到菜鸟T. Thomas 12分、3篮板的挹注 -- 或许这足以帮他赢得在第三场比赛取代P.J. Brown先发的 机会 -- 但这些正面的东西，不管多麽渺小，似乎也仅止於此了。 "The thing that's most surprising was that in both games we weren't competitive . They owned us all over the floor," Bulls coach Scott Skiles said. "We've got to somehow turn back into ourselves." "最让我感到意外的是两场比赛中我们完全没有展现出任何竞争力。在场上我们完全被 他们控制着，"公牛教练S.Skiles说。"我们不管怎样都必须尽快找回自己比赛的感觉。" That's kind of what the Cavs were saying a year ago at this point, and they went out and turned their series around by beating the Pistons in Games 3, 4, and 5 before dropping Games 6 and 7. But the Cavs were playing a Pistons team that was way too fat and happy at that point, coming off back-to-back NBA Finals appearances and then a 64-win regular season that both drained them physically and overloaded them mentally, leaving them believing they were too good to try too hard. 那就像骑士去年在同样处境时所说的话，而他们确实扭转了局势，在第3、4、5场比赛 击败了活塞，直到最後输掉第6、7场比赛。但骑士当时面对的活塞，是一支连续两年都在 总冠军赛露脸，紧接着又在例行赛以64胜缔造队史纪录的活塞，体力方面已经耗尽而心理 方面却是过度自信的活塞，误认为自己已经太过优秀而不需多做努力的活塞。 This year is different, Saunders insists. 但老桑坚称今年不一样了。 "Just how the players were talking after the game, their focus. Last year, when you win the number of games you win and you don't go through a lot of tough times, and you feel there's an entitlement to winning. I don't think we feel that now. I think we know our identity is a grind-it-out team, and when we grind it out, that's when we play our best at both ends of the floor. And I think we understand that," said Saunders, who pointed to a lockdown mentality on defense and a team-wide commitment to rebounding as the two biggest factors separating this year's playoff Pistons from last year's. "只要看看球员在赛後的讨论和他们焦点所在就可略知一二。去年，当你赢了几场比赛 後就会开始松懈，认为胜利是应得的。我不认为我们现在也这麽想。我认为我们知道自己 是一支努力不懈的球队，而当我们保持积极的态度，我们就能在场上攻守两端都拿出最好 的表现。而我认为我们都知道了，"指称活塞已经做好十足的心理准备去拼防守，全队也信 誓旦旦在去年季後赛影响活塞表现那两个关键因素消失後要重新振作的老桑说。 But, Saunders was asked, what about the Pistons' turn-it-off, turn-it-on persona, that flip-a-switch mentality that has caused them to turn down their intensity in the recent past when things were going well. It's bound to be a factor again, isn't it? 但当老桑被问及，活塞过去几年在一切顺利时，容易出现一下子正常，一下子短路的 打摆子习惯会不会在今年成为另一个影响表现的因素时，老桑说。 "We're turned on right now. There's nothing else to talk about. We're playing very aggressive, we're rebounding the ball. You know, our guys hear that so much about turned on, turned off. When they are turned on, let's give them credit and say that's the way they're playing and go with that. That's the way I'm looking at it." "我们现在已经做好准备了。其它没什麽好说的。我们相当积极，努力拼抢篮板。你知 道的，我们队员已经听过太多活塞容易打摆子的说法。当他们表现良好，请给予他们正面 的支持与肯定并向他们说这样做就对了，请继续保持。那就是我的想法。" Saunders actually sounded a little defensive as he gave that answer, perhaps because he knows he'll be hearing more of that same theme until the Pistons prove they've gotten past the intensity lapses that have been as much a part of their signature as anything over the past few years, an issue that speaks to Saunders' ability to get his team into the right mind-set. But after four games of the first round and two of the second, that mentality couldn't be sharper. The Pistons are looking as good as they ever have, and the Bulls appear to be utterly flummoxed as to how to stop them. 听起来老桑在回答问题时说得有些保守，或许那是因为他知道说再多大家也只会认为 他又在提那些陈腔滥调，除非活塞以实际行动证明他们已经克服了过去几年在众人心中已 成形的不良纪录，显示老桑确实有能力将他球队的错误心态矫正过来。但在第一轮的四场 比赛和第二轮的两场比赛後，那样的疑虑似乎已经不攻自破。活塞现在的状况和过去最好 时不相上下，而公牛看起来则是一副狼狈不堪，完全不知如何抵挡活塞大军的慌张模样。 Again, though, it's only 2-0, and things can change awful quickly in the playoffs when one team eases up and the other becomes desperate. 尽管再一次出现了2比0领先的情形，而且在季後赛当一支球队放松心情而另一支球队 陷入背水一战的情形时，情势很有可能急转直下。 Is that what's going to happen next when Game 3 rolls around Thursday night? 上述情形会发生在星期四晚上第三场比赛吗？ Right now, the Bulls' greatest hope may be that the Pistons switch into overconfidence mode. But from everything you're seeing and hearing from the Pistons, this time is going to be different. 现在公牛最大的心愿就是希望活塞再一次变成过度自信的状态。但从你所看到和听到 证据都显示，活塞这次是玩真的了。 --

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