http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/bk/bkn/5461858.html Fourth quarters a recurring nightmare for Rockets 第四节梦魇再现 By JONATHAN FEIGEN Copyright 2008 Houston Chronicle With the words dripping painfully from him, Yao Ming had become 7 1/2 feet of anger and disappointment. 当字句痛苦地从姚明口中吐出时, 7尺6寸的他只有愤怒和失望. The Rockets, despite playing at Toyota Center, had blown fourth-quarter leads to lose to the Hornets and 76ers, the latter a team that had not won this month. 火箭虽然在家打球, 但却搞砸第四节的领先, 连续输给黄蜂和76人, 後者这个月到比赛前 还没赢过球 They had fallen to 20-19, 10th in the Western Conference, and deeper into a pattern of blowing late leads. More than another frustrating loss, Yao saw an entire season taking on water. 火箭战绩20-19, 掉到西区第10, 也掉入搞砸领先优势的循环中. 对姚明来说这不仅仅 是又一场令人挫折的失败而已, 他看到的是整个球季的沉沦. "It's like a big ship is sinking and sinking," Yao said. "There is a big hole below, and it needs fixing immediately." 他说, "这就像一艘大船不停地下沉. 因为船底有个大洞, 必须要立刻补起来." With that, Yao not only pointed to dire circumstances after the Rockets' latest titanic collapses. He also channeled the iconic Micheal Ray Richardson line, now a part of sports lexicon, to describe a team spiraling downward: "The ship be sinking." 姚明引用了Micheal Ray Richardson (按: 尼克队78-82教练)形容球队往下探底的格言 "船在往下沉", 指出了火箭在最近的崩盘後糟糕的情况. When asked how far his Knicks could fall, Richardson said: "The sky's the limit." Richardson在被问到他的Knicks会掉到哪去的时候, 他说, "到天际" Yao, however, saw light coming through the darkness. 然而姚明在黑暗中看到一丝曙光透出 "I feel bad," he said. "I feel bad. It was like a dark time in my life. "We will get it changed. We will turn this up." The Rockets' despair was not, however, simply about two tough defeats. 他说,"我觉得很干, 这是我生命中的黑暗时刻. 我们要把它扭转过来" 火箭的失望不仅仅是两场惨痛地败仗而已. From the home losses to the Mavericks in Games 3 and 4 in the 2005 playoffs to the Game 7 loss to the Jazz last spring, the Rockets have had crushing defeats at Toyota Center despite holding fourth-quarter leads. When they collapsed in Dallas in the fourth game of this season, Yao said: "I think we're just not tough enough to win this game in the fourth quarter. I think that's how we lose in Game 7." 从05年季後赛第3.4场主场输给小牛到去年第7场输给爵士, 火箭在Toyota Center一直有 在第四节领先情况下最终惨败. 本季第四场比赛在达拉斯崩盘, 姚明说,"我想我们就是 不够硬才会输在第四节. 我想去年第7场我们就是这样输的." A month later, when they collapsed in Philadelphia, he said the Rockets were too "soft" to withstand an opponent's run. 一个月後, 当他们在费城输球, 他说火箭太软, 挡不住对手的连续攻势 When they lost again to the 76ers on Tuesday, Yao could not speak at all, uncharacteristically bolting from the locker room before it was opened to the media, frustrated not just by the loss but by the lack of progress in the Rockets' greatest shortcoming. 礼拜二输给76人, 姚明无言了. 他一反常态在开放给媒体前就从更衣室冲出来, 不仅 对输球, 更对火箭最需要改进的部分毫无进步感到挫折. Last season, in the last six minutes of games with teams leading by eight or fewer points, the Rockets were last in the NBA in point differential per possession. 上季在球队最後六分钟保有8分以内领先时, 火箭每次持球的分数差是NBA最後一名 Tuesday's collapse was presumed to be enough to drop them back to last this season. 礼拜二的输球看起来足以让他们本季掉回最後一名. "That's just how we are," guard Rafer Alston said after the loss to the Hornets, like Yao needing a day before he could speak at all. "Down the stretch, our mental toughness is not up there with Dallas and San Antonio. RA在输给黄蜂後, 和姚明一样需要一天时间才有办法开口, 他说,"我们就是这样子, 比赛最後阶段我们的心理层面比不上DAL和SAS" "That's been typical of my three years here. That's why I was so disappointed and didn't stay around to talk. Because it's sickening to keep losing games the same way for the last three years." "我在这里的三年, 这已经是我们的特色了. 这就是为何我如此失望并且没有留下来接受 采访. 过去三年一直用同样的方式输球让人作呕" Alston was specifically citing the Hornets' unfailing ability to pick-and-roll the Rockets to death in the crucial final minutes. But by Wednesday, there was an increasing sense that time was already running short in a season not quite to the midpoint. Alston特别提到黄蜂在最後几分钟不断把火箭P&R到死的能力. 礼拜三时, 对这个还不到一半的球季又多了一些时间急迫感 "We haven't played well," forward Shane Battier said. "Everyone talks about potential. Well, the season is halfway over. Potential is over. We need to play basketball. We need to play well. If we don't, it's going to be a long second half to the season." 前锋Battier说,"我们打得不好. 每个人都在提潜力, 但, 球季已经过去一半, 潜力期已经 过了, 我们必须要把球打出来, 我们要打得好. 如果没做到, 剩下的球季将会非常漫长." A day at the movies With that in mind, the Rockets met rather than practiced Wednesday, mostly in a video session with coaches. When they left Toyota Center, with two practice days remaining before facing the Spurs on Saturday, they returned to the now familiar hope that a shocking loss could inspire a turnaround. 抱着这种想法, 火箭队礼拜三大部分时间都和教练团研究录影而非练球. 当他们离开 Toyota Center时, 他们又找回最近熟悉的, 在输球後开启另一个新局面的希望. "I think it was a dark time for everybody, for us as a team," forward Luis Scola said. "It was a game we expected to win. We were 16 up in the third quarter. We're trying to be a championship contender. We cannot let this happen. 前锋Scola说, "我想这对队上每一个人来说都是一个黑暗时刻. 我们本来预期要赢的. 第三节结束我们领先了16分. 如果我们想要像一只争冠的球队, 就不能让它再发生." "It's a tough loss. But it's not over. On the other hand, we cannot keep saying that the season is long, we're going to get by, we're going to catch up. If we keep saying that and we never do it, we'll get to the point there's not going to be time. It's going to be over. And it will be too late. We have to realize we have to do it now. "这是一场大败, 但这还没结束. 反而是我们不能再说球季还长, 我们会熬过来, 会 追上来. 光说不练的话, 永远都不会It's time. 而是结束. 那就太晚了. 我们要了解 现在就该付诸行动了." "Sometimes, you need to see the danger. You need to feel the dangerous position to react. We need the reaction. It's going wrong. We need to see that and get a little scare and try to bring it back." "由时候你必须看到危险, 感觉到危险有多靠近才会反应. 我们需要做出反应. 我们走偏 了, 我们必须要知道这件事, 并且要感到一点害怕, 试着把它拉回来." Running out of time When the Rockets were humiliated in Philadelphia last month, trailing by as much as 31 before the reserves made the 100-88 final score look much better than the game, they returned to Toyota Center to beat the Pistons. They lost their next three games but believed they were playing better, leading to a five-game winning streak and eight wins in 11 games. The sense now, however, is they can't keep falling back to get a running start. 时间所剩不多 上个月火箭在费城被羞辱, 最多落後到31分, 终场前垃圾时间把比数追到100-88, 让分数不会像比赛内容一样难看. 回到主场他们击败活塞. 他们输掉接下来三场但 他们相信他们打得越来越好, 开启了五连胜, 并且是11战中8胜. 现在他们感受到的则是他们不能一直以连败开启连胜. "Obviously, we lost a game we should win, the last two," Yao said. "It was very frustrating. We need to find a way. The season is halfway. Those games will never come back. There's not much time left. 姚明说, "明显我们输了该赢的比赛, 那两场. 非常令人沮丧. 我们要找到方法, 球季已经过了一半, 那些比赛已经赢不回来了. 时间所剩不多." "I remember the last time we lost in Philadelphia — after that it was like, 'OK, it's hurting us.' And we had pretty good times after that game. I'm not saying this is a good loss. A loss is a loss. A loss is bad. I think we will do the same thing as last time, and hopefully we will do it for longer." "我记得上次在费城输球. 之後大概就像是'好吧, 这样满痛的.'然後我们有了非常好的 一段时间. 我不是说这是一场好的败仗. 输了就是输了, 就是烂.我想我们会作和上次 一样的事, 也希望我们会有更长的连胜." --

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