Superman, Magic in Finals. A good sign for the Rockets? 魔术争冠军 火箭好兆头? ======================================================= Posted by Jonathan Feigen at May 31, 2009 10:06 AM ======================================================= The Rockets probably did not celebrate Saturday night. Other than whatever happiness they had for old buddy Rafer Alston, they likely did not see any connection between Magic victory, advancing them to the NBA Finals, and themselves. 在礼拜六当晚，火箭应该是不会因为魔术干掉骑士而办什麽庆祝活动啦。 除了为老战友--街球王--感到高兴之外， 魔术挺进总冠军赛是关我们屁事阿? This could, however, be a good sign. 但我眉头一皱， 觉得这可能会是一盏明灯。 A big man has won big. At a time the league seems to be legislating them out of contender status, a center is the best player on the best team of the Eastern Conference. And don't confuse the Magic's triumph for a Cavaliers failure. The Magic were the third seed in the East, but in head-to-head matchups with the presumed Finals teams, they won four of five games against the Cavs and Lakers. Companies that produce sneakers and flavored water might be shocked, but others should not be. 有只怪物他杀很大。 在这个联盟不太想让大个子夺冠的年代， 东区最好的球队的最棒的球员居然是个中锋。 不要再对魔术干掉骑士这档事感到百思不解了， 虽然他们只是东区第三种子， 但在季赛与骑士还有湖人的五场正面交锋中，魔术可是赢了其中的四场。 那些卖球鞋啦卖鲜果纯水啦的公司应该是会被吓到啦，但我们不应该对此感到任何意外。 As much as the Magic collection of 3-point shooters gave the Magic a matchup advantage that the Cavaliers could not solve, Dwight Howard makes the Magic work. If he could take a team to the Finals, it seems fair to wonder if this means Yao Ming can, too. 在东区决赛中，正是魔兽的存在，让骑士对魔术的三分雨攻势完全束手无策。 如果魔兽能把他的球队带到总冠军赛， 是不是说咱们的姚明也办得到呢? After Howard destroyed the Cavs on Saturday, it also seems impossible to not wonder how Yao has managed to dominate this guy. 在魔兽彻底摧毁骑士後， 我们不禁回忆起姚明在季赛是如何打爆魔兽的... Howard has always been thought to be just beginning to tap his potential. It is possible that no one has played the Dwight Howard that the Cavs faced. He might be improving with every post-season game. The playoffs have a way of speeding the process, something the Rockets missed all those years barely visiting the post-season. But the fact remains that the Rockets are the only other team truly built around their center and their center has dominated the Magic center. 大家都认为魔兽才刚开始挖掘他的潜力而已。 这个系列战骑士所遇到的魔兽是前所未有的强大。 他在季後赛是一场比一场更厉害。 季後赛的战场可以让一个球员成长得更快， 但是火箭近几年的季後赛不是没打到就是没打几场就提早放暑假去了。 不过事实摆在眼前， 火箭是唯一另外一支围绕中锋打造的球队，而且我们的中锋还打爆魔术中锋喔。 If the Magic can do it, does that mean the Rockets can, too? 魔术队做到了，这是否意味着火箭也可以勒? To be like the Magic, they might need to collect another 3-point shooter or two. They probably need to improve their depth and of course, find a stand-in for Yao. 要弄得像魔术这样的话，我们首先要搞来一两只三分射手， 然後要加强板凳深度，当然，还得帮姚明找个备胎。 For now, the idea of building around a center no longer seems an anachronism. The Rockets did not celebrate. They will have to earn that. But they could feel pretty good about what Orlando has done. 现在看来，围绕中锋来打造球队似乎也不是啥落伍事。 火箭不会庆祝魔术晋级。 我们也要努力争夺冠军。 但不妨看看魔术目前的表现，照他们这样做下去好像也还不赖。 ‧ ‧ ‧ The Magic success also offers a reminder of why Yao Ming needs to stay in the low blocks. There's nothing wrong with an occasional jumper. It has to remain the exception, rather than the rule. There's no reason to turn him into Zydrunas Ilgauskas. 魔术的成功又再一次提醒了火箭：姚明得要待在低位。 跳投不是错，但别用太多。 难道你们想看到姚明变得跟大Z一样吗? The more difficult decision still seems to be whether signing Ron Artest is the right move to be the primary off-season move. Hedo Turkoglu (he has an early termination option), Mickael Pietrus, Lamar Odom and Trevor Ariza will be Finals free agents to be at the position. 咱们眼前还有一个大难题：揪竟该不该续留阿泰? 火枪兵(有球员选项)、法国乔丹、喇妈还有阿里扎 都是打进总冠军赛，且即将恢复自由身的球员。 The Lakers will likely never let Ariza go. The Magic will have a tough time signing Turkoglu, but a tougher time letting him leave. Artest fits well with the Rockets, with an ability to be a complimentary player and also to take over at times. 湖人不太可能放掉阿里扎。 魔术应该会跟火枪兵慢慢卢，不过要是火枪兵真走了那魔术来年大概也没戏唱。 阿泰跟火箭其实还满合得来的，他打得很不错，关键时刻也能挺身而出。 Still, it's something to consider when the Finals begin. 当总冠军赛开打，还有一拖拉库的事要烦恼... ‧ ‧ ‧ Shaquille O'Neal's "Master of Panic" smack should have been dismissed as quickly as if he said it to a Labrador. Stan Van Gundy had said that O'Neal flopped, so naturally O'Neal did what he always does, and trash talked back like a child on a playground. 嘴炮王大欧的"恐慌大师"说早该被当成他是在跟一只拉不拉多狗喇赛来看待了。 大范甘迪也说大欧是因为提早放假没事做，只好发挥嘴炮王的能力， 就像球场上的小屁孩在互相斗嘴一样。 He does this all the time, and the shot at Van Gundy came during a week he also ripped Chris Bosh, Dwight Howard and others. But for some reason, his comment about SVG was treated as if he was revealing something from the inside. 大欧爱屁话你也不是不知道，在一个礼拜内，继对暴龙王Bosh以及魔兽放炮後， 他把炮口指向了大范甘迪。 但不知怎地，他对大范甘迪打的炮居然被当成是在揭发某些不为人知的隐情。 He was just making noise. That should have been obvious then, and has become obvious since, with the Magic reaching the Finals by repeatedly coming back from the toughest of losses, and so often executing better under pressure when other teams panic. 他真的就只是在打嘴炮而已。 在魔术藉由不断从失败中站起，而且在其他队早就挫赛的压力下仍能够保持执行力 而终於挺进总冠军赛後，大欧的言论，很明显的，只是一桩美丽的误会。 ‧ ‧ ‧ The Rockets seem pretty serious about their intention to find a draft pick. After their week at the draft combine in which players wondered why a team with no draft pick was interviewing them, the brass heads to Minneapolis for the Timberwolves' workouts. 火箭似乎是很认真的想弄来一个选秀权。 在被试训的球员都对被一个没选秀权的球队试训感到莫名其妙的集体试训後， 火箭派人去灰狼的训练营观摩观摩。 They have had this arrangement with the Wolves the past few years. They get to attend the Wolves workouts and Minnesota executives come to Houston for theirs. For the Rockets, it offers a chance to check out draft prospects that would never give a private workout for a team with a late first-round pick, to say nothing of a team with no pick at all. 我们跟灰狼最近几年都是这麽干滴，我们的人去明尼苏达勘查， 然後灰狼的人也来休士顿找能看上眼的新秀。 对火箭队而言，这种作法让我们有机会去看看只握有第一轮末段选秀权的球队 试训不到的潜力新秀，更不用说是像我们这种连选秀权都没有的球队了。 Either that, or Daryl Morey is just trying to make the scouts feel important. 要麽就是这样，不然就是莫神只是想让球探感觉其重要性。 ‧ ‧ ‧ Still no word from LeBron James. He decided to pout, rather than congratulate the Magic or answer questions from the media. 小皇帝连嗝都没打。 他决定摆出一张衰小脸，而不是祝福魔术或是回答媒体的提问。 It is easy to complain about the NBA's and especially it's sponsors' determination to promote stars, rather than teams. But it's just business, as the ratings records set and broken throughout the past month seem to indicate. Still, it will be interesting to see how the Finals do without the Kobe-LeBron showdown. 大家都在批评联盟，尤其是赞助商吹捧球星个人表现而非团队的举动。 但这就是商业嘛，看看过去这一个月，电视转播收视率还打破历史纪录勒! 接下来应该会满有趣的，我们来看看没有"皇帝战飞侠"的总冠军赛会变得怎麽个样子。 Then again, not everyone wanted to see Kobe-LeBron. 我再重申一遍，并不是每个人都想看Kobe对决LeBron这出剧本的。 Perhaps Cleveland and other long-suffering sports cities should not assume success, and just let it happen. 也许克里夫兰，还有其他在职业运动沉沦已久的城市不该对成功有过度的意淫， 他们应该顺其自然才是。 --

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