原文出处： http://www.nba.com/pistons/news/season_review_feb07.html -- Pistons put it in overdrive with an assist from the schedule-maker 赛程安排者协助活塞换档 High Gear 高速档 by Keith Langlois Editor’s note: Pistons.com looks back at the 2006-07 Detroit Pistons season with a month-by-month review, starting with training camp and concluding with the Eastern Conference finals, which the Pistons reached for the fifth consecutive season. Part V: February. 编者注：Pistons.com（活塞官网）以每月评论来回顾底特律活塞2006-07球季，从训练营 开始至东区决赛，这也是活塞第五次打入之东区决赛。第V部份：二月。 AUBURN HILLS, Mich. – By the standards of the rigorous NBA schedule, February was practically a vacation for the Pistons. They would play only 11 games. Saddled with a league-high 22 back-to-back game situations, the Pistons would have to play on consecutive nights only once in February. And the schedule-maker handed them only three road games for the month – two of them short hops to Cleveland and Milwaukee, the third a winter migration like many Michiganders make, to Orlando. AUBURN HILLS, Mich. –由严峻的NBA赛程标准，二月对活塞而言跟放假差不多。他们只 有十一场赛事。由联盟所排定的最多22场隔日（背靠背）赛事，活塞在二月仅仅只有一场 。赛程安排者在二月只排给活塞三场客场赛事–其中两场仅为短程赛事：作客克里福兰跟 密尔瓦基而已。第三场如同密西根侯鸟迁徙般，作客奥兰多。 So the Pistons looked to fatten up in February and take command of the Eastern Conference, starting with consecutive games to open the month against division rivals Milwaukee and Cleveland. 因此二月的活塞像被养肥一样，且在东区呼风唤雨，以连续的赛事来开启这个月撕裂密尔 瓦基跟克里福兰的序幕。 The Cleveland game was one that grabbed the attention of a battle-tested team that lived for such challenges. It would come on Super Bowl Sunday before a national television audience with media star LeBron James driving ABC’s hype for the game. It had all the trappings, in other words, to bring out the best in the Pistons. 要专注对克里福兰的对战试验组合以面临日後相同挑战。在美国橄榄球超级盃大赛超级星 期天到来前，全国电视观众看着媒体巨星LBJ藉ABC放话，说要让活塞打得绑手绑脚。 And so it did. The Pistons were at their surgical, methodical best in dominating the Cavs wire to wire, winning every quarter of the game, suffocating Cleveland defensively, executing offensively every time the home team appeared ready to inch back into the game. The team that liked to say it had six starters – Antonio McDyess had been sizzling since the NBA brought back the old leather basketball to replace the composite substitute on Jan. 1 – placed all six of them in double figures in winning 90-78 to put three games in the loss column between them at the Cavs. 果真上演绑手绑脚的戏码，活塞以他们精准、井然有序的态度控制骑士队，在该比赛里各节 都取得胜利，以窒息的防守伺候骑士队。每次执行令骑士不悦的防守策略时，骑士队宛如刚 回神到比赛中般。对活塞而言，拥有第六位先发– Antonio McDyess是相当高兴的事，从1 月1日NBA改回旧式皮制比赛用球以来，Antonio McDyess一直表现亮眼。六名先发均缴出双 位数得分，以90：78击败骑士，送给骑士主场对战三连败。 That win was Detroit’s third straight, and they would tack on four more to the list – the Celtics, the Lakers, the Raptors and the Clippers – before stumbling at The Palace on Valentine’s Day in the All-Star break getaway game. 该场胜利是活塞的三连胜，接下来有四场比赛等待他们–塞尔蒂克、湖人、暴龙及快艇。 在宫殿击败这些客队前，是在情人节到来的全明星赛。 “It’s what coaches always worry about with the All-Star break,” coach Flip Saunders said after San Antonio’s 90-81 win – the only loss the Pistons would suffer for the month. “You’ve got a lot of guys planning. You worry about being mentally sharp. When you’re playing well and you’re in town, everybody tells you how good you are all the time and you start believing it.” 教练桑得斯在90：81输给圣安东尼奥马刺队後说“全明星赛是教练们所担心的事”。这是 活塞该月以来唯一的一败。”在你对这群球员规划完毕後，你开始担心在精神上所遭受的 冲击。当你表现良好，走在镇上，每个人告诉你你一直表现得很棒，而且你也开始认同时 。” The Pistons had been 11-2 with Chris Webber in the starting lineup before the Spurs game, both losses in narrow decisions to a very hot Washington team. A year after sending four players to the All-Star game, the Pistons settled for two this time – guards Chauncey Billups and Rip Hamilton – and they picked up after the break pretty much where they left off, the San Antonio loss aside. The Pistons closed the month with four straight wins, including a memorable finale when Ben Wallace made his much-anticipated return to The Palace after signing with Chicago as a free agent the previous summer. 再与马刺对阵前，先发阵容拥有威爸的活塞取得11胜2负的成绩，而且都是因为裁判不公 输给状况火热的华盛顿巫师队。有一年四名球员参加全明星赛，而这次活塞仅两名球员参 加–枪西跟Rip–在明星赛後他们收拾心情，但却败给圣安东尼奥马刺队。随後活塞以四 连胜结束了二月的赛事，这四连胜里包括了芝加哥公牛队，这队伍签走上一冠军赛让我们 难以忘怀、表现突出的班蛙。 It was another stage perfectly set for the Pistons, but this time they kept stumbling over their lines – until one of the understudies came in and made everything right. 这又是活塞的另一个考验，但此刻他们在先发阵容上碰到了麻烦–一直到另一个角色融入 他们，才到达尽善尽美的状态。 Jason Maxiell, a player the Pistons’ front office had quietly suggested resembled Wallace for his toughness and hustle and swagger, entered the game with 7:46 left in the third quarter and the Bulls ahead by 14 and with the ball. Ben Gordon hit a jumper 12 seconds later to push the lead to 16, but with Maxiell wreaking havoc around the rim and proving a general nuisance to anything in red and white, the Pistons outscored Chicago 20-6 over the remainder of the quarter to climb back within two. 这个角色就是Jason Maxiell，活塞决策者轻声建议这像Wallace般结实、积极、霸气的球 员，於第三节比赛剩下7分46秒时上场，此时公牛领先14分，且持有球权。Ben Gordonm 12秒後跳投得手，使公牛取得16分领先，但是Maxiell大肆破坏篮圈四周，并使对手在禁 区（red and white）内感到十分困扰，在第三节剩下的时间内活塞拉出一波20：6的分数 超前了芝加哥公牛，回到两分差距的比赛。 By the time he exited with 6:53 left in the game, he’d amassed seven rebounds – or one fewer than Wallace grabbed in 28 fewer minutes – to go with four points and three blocked shots. 在终场前6分53秒，他已经累积七个篮板–这仅比上场28分钟的溪蛙少了一个–并得了4分 ，送出3个火锅。 “He was the player of the game,” Tayshaun Prince said. “Just great energy, blocking some shots, took some hard fouls. Those are the type of things we need. Chicago is a great energy team. To counteract that, I think you’ve got to bring Maxiell to make something happen. I think it was the perfect time to bring him in.” It was also the perfect way for February to roll out. 小王子说“他完全沉浸在比赛中”。”充满活力、轰几个火锅、制造对手犯规。这些都是 我们所需要的。芝加哥公牛是一支富有活力的球队。为了抵抗这样的球队，我认为你必须 让Maxiell挺身而出。我认为这是他杀出的最好时机。” 这也是二月里表现最好的一次。 照片 With a lighter schedule, the Pistons posted a 10-1 record in February. Allen Einstein (NBAE/Getty) 在轻松的赛程安排下，活塞於二月取得10胜1负的成绩。 ====== 有点类似交学校翻译作业的外电翻译 有翻错的地方敬请指教 --

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