Things are looking up for the Lin crowd 对於林迷而言，林的情况正在改善。 (原文连结︰http://ppt.cc/dNVh) By Randy Harvey March 25, 2013 12:01 AM One year ago Sunday, a remarkable chapter in sports history ended. Linsanity. 一年前的星期天，一个运动史上卓越的章节画下句点。 那就是林来疯。 It was actually a short story. A young Asian-American point guard from Harvard, released by his first two NBA teams, went from the end of the bench for his third team to become one of the most brilliant comets ever to streak across the New York City skyline. 那真的是一个很短暂的故事。一个来自哈佛大学，年轻的亚裔控球後卫；曾经被他的前 两只球队所释出，却在他的第三支球队中从板凳最深处杀出，成为一颗最闪烁的慧星划 过纽约的天际。 But on March 14, 2012, he injured his knee, ending his season after a mere 28 games in the starting lineup and, ultimately, his days as a member of the Knicks. 但是，在2012年3月14号当天， 他的膝盖受伤，进入先发球员名单当中仅仅28场比赛， 他的球季就结束了，最终，他作为尼克一员的日子也跟着结束了。 There has been no revival in Houston. 林来疯并没有在休士顿复活。 However, we do not come here today to bury Linsanity but to praise Jeremy Lin. 然而我们今天并不是要来埋葬林来疯，而是要赞美林书豪。 He has not been all-world like his devoted fans around the globe believe or even an NBA All-Star. But the Rockets don't believe they would be where they are, a half-game out of sixth place in the Western Conference, if they didn't have him. 或许他已经不再是全球忠实林迷信仰的重心，甚至也不再是NBA的全明星球员。但是火 箭绝不相信如果他们少了林书豪，可以爬到目前距离西区第六只有半场胜差这个位置。 "I think the first month and a half, he was trying to figure out our system, and we were trying to figure him out,'' coach Kevin McHale said before Sunday night's game at Toyota Center against San Antonio. "But he has played really, really solid since - not always with glamorous statistics but really helping the team play well.'' McHale在星期天主场对马刺比赛之前说道︰「我想前一个半月他还在适应我们的体系， 我们也在找出使用他的方式。但在那之後，他表现的非常非常出色，虽然不一定总是有 亮眼的数据，但他的确帮助球队使球队打的更好。」 Lin would not have one of his better games against the Spurs. He looked like the "round peg in the square hole'' McHale said he had been early in the season. 林在对马刺的比赛中表现并不出色，McHale说过林在季初看起来就像〝方形孔中的圆形 木桩般格格不入〞，而林今晚的表现就像季初那个样子。 Boost from Beverley 来自比佛利的能量 The Rockets still won 96-95, beating the conference leaders for the first time in four tries this season in large part because of the game Patrick Beverley played off the bench when Lin was sitting there. 火箭还是以96比95一分之差拿下了比赛，本季四次交手第一次击败这个西区龙头；其中 一个很重要的致胜关键是比佛利从板凳跳出来。 While Lin did not score in the first half, finishing the game with six points in 27 minutes, Beverley almost single-handedly prevented the Rockets from lagging too far behind by connecting on four of four shots, including two from 3-point range, for 11 points in 11 minutes of the first and second quarters. 林在上半场没有得到任何分数，同时他全场上场27分钟只攻下6分。 而比佛利在第一节 及第二节期间连续4投4中，包括2记三分球，在11分钟内便攻下11分， 几乎以一人之力 力保火箭不至於落後太多。 Beverley didn't score again after halftime. James Harden took it from there offensively, finishing with 29 points. That included the game-winning field goal with 4.5 seconds remaining, although McHale called a blocked shot by Beverley that set off the Rockets' late rally "probably the biggest play of the game for us.'' 比佛利在下半场便没有再添得任何分数。胡子接下了攻击重任，整场拿下29分，并在终 场结束前4.5秒投进了一个绝杀球， 虽然McHale认为比佛利那个追魂锅才是激发火箭让 火箭在最後阶段爆发最重大的演出。 "Pat gave us a huge lift off the bench, especially on a night where I really wasn't doing much of anything,'' Lin said. 「小贝今天从板凳上来带给我们巨大的提升力量，特别是在今晚我没有帮助球队太多的 情况下。」林书豪如此说道。 Until Sunday night, Lin had been doing a lot during this critical stretch of seven consecutive - and nine of 10 - games at Toyota Center. They are 5-1 during the homestand, a record they probably couldn't have achieved without Lin, whether it was through his inspirational pep talk during a timeout against Phoenix, the second-half comeback he led against Utah when the Jazz smothered Harden, or the three consecutive 20-point games he had for the first time since he was in New York, igniting mini-sanity. 一直到星期日晚上，在这个关键的主场系列赛以及过去10场里面的9场比赛中，林已经 带给球队不少帮助。他们在主场取得5胜1败的佳绩，而如果没有林， 火箭也不会取得 这样的成绩，比如说对上凤凰城时，暂停时间激励队友的喊话， 或者是对上爵士在胡 子被压制时，带领球队在下半场展开反扑， 甚至是离开纽约後第一次连续三场得到20 分所点燃的微林来疯等等。(记者好像没有提到对灰狼那一场。) Rockets general manager Daryl Morey, who is on a European tour seeking out the next Omer Asik or Donatas Motiejunas, spoke by phone Sunday about adjustments Lin has had to make since arriving in Houston. 为了寻找下一个Asik或D-MO而前往欧洲考查的火箭GM莫雷， 在星期天时透过电话谈到 林来到火箭後所必须要作的调整。 "With Linsanity, Jeremy knew he had to have the ball in his hands in order for the team to win,'' Morey said, referring to Lin's role without other playmakers on the floor because of injuries. "He was required to freelance.'' With the Rockets, the ball more often has been in Harden's hands. 「林来疯时期，林知道他必须有球在手来帮助球队获胜。」在提到去年尼克因伤兵问 题而缺少组织者时林所担任的角色，莫雷说道﹕「他需要被解放。」 但是在火箭，球权大部分在哈登的手里。 "It took some time for chemistry to develop,'' Morey said. "But the coaching staff has done a good job of getting both of them more comfortable with each other and putting Jeremy in the right places where he can be successful.'' 「要让球员间产生化学效应需要一点时间。」莫雷说，「但是教练团作的不错，让这 两人能够更舒适的跟彼此搭配，同时把林放在能够使他成功且正确的位置上。」 Healthy knees help More significantly, Morey said Lin has finally recovered from knee surgery last April to repair a torn meniscus. Morey说更重要的是，林终於从他去年四月开刀治疗他的膝盖伤势中康复了。 Earlier this season, Lin fans weren't bashful in expressing their displeasure with McHale and assistant coach Kelvin Sampson, who took over the team on an interim basis, for letting Lin sit on the bench too often for too long. 球季刚开始时，一些林迷毫不犹豫的表达他们对於McHale及Sampson时常长时间把林冰 在板凳上的不爽。 Some of that had to do with Lin's inconsistency. But even he acknowledged at one point his "speed, explosiveness and agility'' were not at the level they had been before the injury. 其中一些原因是因为林自己的不稳定。即使是他本人也一度察觉，他的速度、爆发力及 敏捷性都还没有恢复到他开刀前的水准。 "We had a series of back-to-back games and a couple of stretches of four games in five nights, and the coaches learned he needed more rest,'' Morey said, scoffing at the theory of some Lin fans that McHale and Sampson didn't use him more because they disagreed with his signing. "It took him awhile to get back to 100 percent. He's there now. 莫雷表示〝我们有一堆背靠背的比赛，也有几次在五天之内打了四场比赛，教练团知道 林需要更多的休息〞， 同时他对於部分林迷所谓McHale及Sampson冰林是因为他们不同 意莫雷签下林的说法嗤之以鼻。“他需要时间恢复到百分之百的健康，而现在他已经是 了〞。 "It's been a big part of our evolution as a team that Jeremy just continues to improve.'' He might not quite be a comet, but he could very well become a star. 〝林持续进步是球队进化的一大部分”。 他或许不会是颗慧星，但他很有可能成为一个明星。 --

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