FINISHING TOUCH http://tinyurl.com/7wrv2 By PHIL JASNER [email protected] Posted on Wed, Dec. 28, 2005 DENVER - This is about the story behind the story. The story is that the 76ers began a six-game Western swing last night with an emotional, 108-106 victory over the Denver Nuggets at the Pepsi Center. The story is that Allen Iverson knocked down a game-winning 20-foot jump shot with 4.2 seconds left. 故事之中另有情节。故事是说七六人队昨晚以108比106在Pepsi Center击败 金块，以一场激情的的胜利开启西区六场征战之旅。故事结局则是Allen Iverson 在最後4.2秒投进20尺的跳投。 The story is that Chris Webber put together a performance of 32 points, 15 rebounds and seven assists, that Iverson - despite spraining his right ankle early in the third quarter - slashed his way to 36 points, 10 assists and five steals, that Kyle Korver drained four three-pointers on his way to 18 points. 其中包括Chris Webber总共拿下32分、15篮板、7助攻；Iverson虽然在第三节 扭伤右脚踝，仍砍下36分、10助攻、5抄截；Kyle Korver则是投进四颗3分球 得到18分。 The story is that the Sixers have won seven of their last nine games, and are now 12-0 when they outrebound opponents. 七六人赢得最近九场比赛的第七场胜利，当他们篮板数赢过对方战绩是十二胜零败。 The story is the victory provides coach Maurice Cheeks with a terrific cushion as the Sixers prepare to play tonight in Portland, where Cheeks coached the previous 3 ½ seasons before being fired after 55 games of last season. 这场胜利让Maurice Cheeks带领七六人今晚对上波特兰之前，有很好的缓冲。 Cheeks上季打了55场被开除之前，在那边待三又二分之ㄧ个赛季。 But this is the story behind all of those stories: 下面则是故事背後的情节： With the score tied at 106, the Sixers called a timeout to devise one last play. 当比数战成106平手，七六人叫了暂停，策划最後一波进攻。 "I asked Allen if he wanted to do a pick-and-roll; he said, 'Do whatever you want,' " Webber said. "I heard Andre Miller [the Nuggets point guard] say, 'I got him. Don't switch.' I said, 'He's about to put you in the meat grinder. ' You don't say that to Allen. You only get him [hyped] even more. When he took the shot, I didn't try to rebound. I knew it [was going in]. I always know it, but this time I really did. Young players should shut their mouths in those situations." 「我问Allen是否要做个挡切，他说『你想怎麽做，就去做吧』，Webber说：「我 听到Andre Miller说；『我对上了，不用补防』，我说，『他想要让你变成人肉 三明治』，而你不能这样对Allen说，这样只会让他更加有斗志。当他出手，我就没有 打算抢篮板球。我知道这球会进。我总是知道而这次也是如此。这种时候，年轻 球员就是要闭上他们的嘴巴」。 This was, to coin a word, Iversonesque. 用个新词，这就是艾式风格。 "I thought I got a pretty good look," he said. "He [Miller] still had a hand in my face. I got a good look. I'll take it." 「我认为我看的很清楚」，他说：「Miller把手摆在我面前，但我看的很清楚， 我知道我会投进」。 This was the most outward emotion the Sixers have shown all season. For much of the game, the bench players were periodically on their feet, encouraging their teammates. Down the stretch, it was standing room only. 这场球是本季七六人最激情的一役，这场比赛大多数的时间，板凳区的球员 会偶而站起来激励队友，而最後阶段，板凳区只有站的空间。 They survived a career-high 45 points by the Nuggets' Carmelo Anthony, not to mention a 9-0, fourth-quarter burst by the Nuggets. They stayed alive despite missing six shots in succession, and despite center Samuel Dal-embert fouling out with 4:46 left. 他们在金块队Carmelo Anthony生涯新高的45分之下成功脱困，也不用提金块队 在第四节打出9比0的攻势了。虽然七六人连续六投不进；虽然Samuel Dalembert 犯满毕业，他们还是存活下来了。 "This is what we need to have to be an elite team," Webber said. "This [victory] was very big. It makes the Atlanta loss [last Friday night] hurt that much more." Webber说：「要成为一支精英球队，这就是我们需要的」。「这是场伟大的胜利， 这场比赛让我们觉得在亚特兰大吞下的败仗，影响更大」。 The Atlanta game, coupled with the Western trip, means seven straight games on the road. After the loss to the Hawks, Webber said the Sixers had to be smarter in late-game situations, understanding time and score. In a word, he meant poise. 亚特兰大的比赛和西区客场之旅表示他们连续七场客场比赛。输给老鹰队之後， Webber说七六人必须在比赛最後关头聪明些，理解场上时间和分数；也就是 他希望球队平稳镇定 "That's something the coaches have been working on," Webber said. "That's the word I used [coming] out of the last timeout. Poise. Act like you've been there before." Webber说：「这些是教练们一直以来要求训练的」，「这是我再最後一次暂停说出 的话：镇定。打出好球，就像你已经遇过这种情形一样」。 In effect, that's what they did. 结果，这就是他们做到的。 The Nuggets had one last gasp. Coming out of a timeout, they spread the floor with five shooters, with an obvious plan to try and get the ball to Anthony, who had already knocked down 17 of 30 shots and was 3-for-4 in the fourth quarter. Instead, the ball was swung to Earl Watson, who had been 5-for-10 to that point, including three of eight triples. 金块队还有一丝喘息的机会，他们叫了暂停，摆出5名射手打开进攻范围；明显地 想要把球传给Anthony。他已经30投17中；第四节4投3中。但是球最後传给 Earl Watson，他在那个位置10投5中，包括三分球投8中3。 Watson got one more look at a triple. Watson出手尝试另一颗三分球。 It bounced off the front of the rim as the buzzer sounded. 球打到篮框前缘，时间终了。 Afterward, someone asked Cheeks whether this had been vintage Iverson. 之後有人问Cheeks是否这就是典型的Iverson。 "I'm glad it was vintage Iverson," Cheeks replied. "But he's played like that all season." 「我很高兴Iverson打出身手」，Cheeks回答， 「但是这也是他本季一直以来的表现」。 And what did he see on Watson's attempt? 而对Watson最後一击的看法？ "He got a good look, but we had a hand up," Cheeks said. "It was going to be a rushed shot. Fortunately, he didn't make it." 「他得到一个很好的机会，但球员们把手举高」，Cheeks说：「这让他急着出手， 幸运地，他没有投进这球」。 Cheeks said the strategy down the stretch was to try to keep the ball out of Anthony's hands. Cheeks说最後阶段我们的战略就是不要让Anthony接到球。 "We double-teamed him really quick," Cheeks said. "But c'mon, 45 points - that's a special talent." Cheeks说：「我们很快就有人来协防，但是他得到45分— 这的确是特殊的天份」。 Maybe something good came out of John Salmons' emotional comments after the loss to the Hawks, questioning the Sixers' functioning as a team, banding together. 也许从John Salmons身上看到一些好的讯息，他在对上老鹰一役之後， 质疑七六人不团结的态度。 "This is a long trip," Salmons said last night. "We have to play as if all we have are each other - us against the world." 昨晚Salmons说：「这是很长的旅途，我们必须把队友看成自己人， 我们对抗全世界」。 The attitude of the bench reflected that. 这可以从板凳的态度反应出来。 "That's the most emotion I've seen since I've been here," Matt Barnes said. "I thought that set the tone. Usually, the first game on a trip is the most important. And Allen... his heart is contagious. What he does is finish. He's one of the best ever at that." Matt Barnes说：「我来到这里之後，这是我看过最热情的比赛。我认为这让 我们掌握了步调。通常客场比赛第一场是最重要的。Allen的心态可以传染。 他要做的就是结束比赛，他是这方面做的最棒的」。 Iverson wrote the finale to the victory, and Nuggets coach George Karl knew it. "In a nutshell, a great player made a great shot to win the game and we missed two wide-open shots at the end [both by Watson]," Karl said. Iverson最後写下这场胜利，而金块教练George Karl也知道。 Karl表示：「简单说，一位伟大得球员，投进伟大的一球，赢得比赛。而 我们二次空挡出手没进」。 The Nuggets also played without injured power forward Kenyon Martin and all but the first 6 minutes without center Marcus Camby, the league's leading rebounder, who aggravated an already injured right hand. 金块队前锋Kenyon Martin因伤缺席，6分钟的时候也伤了联盟篮板王Marcus Camby， 他因右手的伤势恶化退场。 "We rely on Marcus too much to rebound," Karl said. "Their gas tank was a little fuller than ours at the end." Karl说：「我们太依赖Marcus抢篮板」，「他们最後比我们更有能量」。 --

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