http://www.nba.com/sixers/features/0506_midseason_report_060125.html 76ers Midseason Report By Derek Harper, Sixers.com Posted on Jan. 25, 2006 When a basketball team heads to the locker room during halftime of any particular contest, they look at certain things. They go over what has gotten them to the point that they’re at, whether that’s good or bad. They’ll focus on what has been working, while at the same time focusing on what hasn’ t. Halftime is a team’s opportunity to eliminate the negatives and increase the positives. 在任何比赛中，当篮球队在半场休息时回到更衣室，他们会做一番检讨。他们检视 让他们的比赛进行到此的每个关键，不管是好或坏。他们会注意哪些是有正面助益 的，同时哪些又是对球队没有帮助的。半场休息时是球队扭转乾坤的好机会。 The Sixers are at halftime. 现在正是七六人的半场休息时间。 After playing 41 games, exactly half of the regular season schedule, the Sixers have both negatives and positives to examine. 在41场比赛打完後，正当球季进行到一半，七六人这支球队有喜也有忧。 They have been scoring, sometimes effortlessly, the third most points in the league, but for much of the season, they have shown a porous defense, allowing the third most points in the league per game. 身为联盟得分第三高的球队，他们能得分，有时甚至做得相当轻松。不过大部分的 比赛他们的防守千疮百孔，让敌队得分也是联盟第三高。 They have been inconsistent, and at times, confused. But they are above .500 with a record of 21-20 and are only two games behind division leading New Jersey for the third playoff seed. And even with all of the up and down play, they are only behind Miami by 3.5 games for the second spot. With the exception of a Detroit team that is currently on pace to win 71 games, every team in the Eastern Conference is within striking range. 他们并不稳，有时甚至自乱阵脚。不过他们仍然有21胜20败，超过五成的胜率，并且 只落後欢乐大西洋组龙头、目前的东区第三种子篮网队两场胜差。就算放眼东南区， 他们也只落後热火队3.5场胜差。强如活塞这样正朝着71胜迈进的球队不谈，东区剩下 的队伍都还有得打。 That means that the Sixers are in a race for home court advantage in the playoffs. The Sixers are 14-7 at the Wachovia Center, as compared to 7-13 on the road, so a top-four seeding would definitely be to their advantage. The Sixers 14 home wins this season are the most amongst their Atlantic Division rivals. 这代表七六人还能够竞逐季後赛的主场优势。七六人在主场有14胜7败的战绩，比起 客场的7胜13败要好得多，如果拿到前四种子显然会占不少优势。七六人的主场胜场数 比起大西洋区的死对头们也是最多的。 Under new Head Coach Maurice Cheeks, the team has improved over its mark at the midway point from one season ago. Last year they stood at 19-22. 在新教头Maurice Cheeks的带领下，这支球队从去年季中的19胜22败进步到目前的境地。 The Sixers fought their way through a rocky first half of the season in which they suffered many heart-breaking moments, beginning with game one, when Michael Redd and the Milwaukee Bucks were able to erase a seven-point deficit in the final 70 seconds of regulation and win in overtime. They then dropped their next two games to teams heading in opposite directions, the Detroit Pistons who are heavy favorites to win the Eastern Conference, and the Charlotte Bobcats who have struggled their way to an 11-31 record. 七六人在跌跌撞撞的前半季遭遇到不少心碎时刻，从开幕赛被Michael Redd带领的公鹿 逆转，在正规赛剩下七十秒还七分落後的情势进入延长赛後，输掉这场比赛。接下来 两场比赛七六人也没能把握，分别输给两支天差地别的球队--极有希望再次称霸东区的 活塞和目前仍以11胜31败挣扎着的夏洛特山猫。 Things seemed to come together after the Charlotte game as the Sixers reeled off six wins in a row. The first four came against Indiana, Dallas, the L.A. Lakers, and the L.A. Clippers, all of whom would be in the playoffs if they were to start today. 而在三连败後开启了七六人的六连胜之旅，前四场的对手是溜马、小牛、湖人以及快艇， 都是目前在东西区排名前八的球队。 They couldn’t keep the run going in Miami, as they lost by 10, and suffered another last minute letdown to LeBron James and the Cavaliers. The Sixers record was then at 6-5, one game over .500, exactly where it is today. As of Jan. 12, the Sixers had lost six games by four points or less and given up nine fourth quarter leads, including five of eight or more points. 他们在本季第一次遭遇热火时终止了连胜，以十分落败，并且遭受另一次在最後一分钟 被逆转的痛楚，这次是LeBron James所带领的骑士队。七六人此时的战绩是六胜五败， 恰恰比五成胜率多出一胜，如同现在的战绩一般。截至一月十二日止，七六人输掉了， 六场差距不到四分的比赛，还搞丢了九场进入第四节时领先的比赛，其中有五场输了八 分以上。 After the Sixers most recent win against Sacramento, Allen Iverson addressed the team’s early struggles. 在七六人最近对国王队取得胜利後，Allen Iverson对球队球季开始的困境做了以下解释： “I said a week ago that we have given away like eight games this year,” Iverson said. “Games that we just didn’t know how to pull out, the close games we just couldn’t get. There were games that we were up and we gave away and there were games that we were down and came back only to still give them away. You just hope that all those games that we lost in the beginning we can win those games now. I’d rather play better at the end of the season then the beginning anyway...Forty-one games in you should know how to close out games…The situations are always different, some games were behind and we have to try and come back to win the game and sometimes were up and need to hold onto the lead. The cure for any frustrations is winning the basketball games and that’s what we need to concentrate on doing.” "我在一个礼拜前说过我们今年已经搞丢了八场胜利，"Iverson说 "有些比赛我们不知如何 反败为胜，比分差距很小的比赛我们无法掌握。我们有时领先但是最後失去胜利，但有时 虽然落後，眼看着就要追上却功亏一篑。你只能期望我们从现在起再也不要输掉这样的 比赛，我宁可能够接近季末时打得比开季时更好...四十一场比赛後你应该学会如何把握 球赛的最後...情形可能各不相同，有些比赛落後所以我们必须试图赶上并赢得比赛， 有时我们领先，但要学会保住领先到最後。赢得比赛是治癒困顿士气的万灵丹，而这正是 我们得专注的事。" Iverson and the Sixers have played a series of games over the last two weeks that show that those early struggles may have given this team the experience that they needed to be able to pull out close games. Iverson以及其他七六人球员们在过去两个礼拜的一系列比赛中，已经表现出他们在球季初 学到的经验，开始能够在比分差距不大的比赛中胜出。 On Jan. 13 the Sixers were able to erase a 16-point third quarter deficit to win one of the greatest games of the NBA season, a triple-overtime thriller against the Boston Celtics. Then, one week later, they were able to climb out of a six-point hole in the last 1:45 of regulation to force overtime and eventually beat the Grizzlies. Their very next game came on Jan. 22, a Sunday afternoon, and saw the Sixers come back from being down by 19 points with two minutes remaining in the third quarter to defeat the Minnesota Timberwolves with a buzzer-beater by Andre Iguodala. 一月十三号的比赛，七六人打出NBA本季最精采的比赛之一，克服了第三节一度落後16分 的劣势，在三度延长赛中击败塞尔蒂克。一个礼拜後，他们在正规赛剩下1:45时还落後 六分，但是七六人不但把比赛逼进延长赛，还在最後击败了对手。紧接着在一月二十二号 的比赛，这个星期天下午 （编按：真是一场惊心动魄的逆转秀），在第三节剩不到两分钟 时还落後19分的七六人，靠着Andre Iguodala比赛终了前的最後一抛击败了灰狼。 “We've been there, where we've been up 18 or 19 points,” stated Cheeks after the improbable win over Minnesota. “We've been there, where we've been up seven or eight points with two minutes to go in the game. So we've been in a lot of situations where we know the game could turn around... Chris' 'three', we shoot a foul shot and we get an offensive rebound, AI hits another 'three'. We had plays that turned the game around for us. And again, we've been in those situations before.” "我们有相同经验，我们也曾领先18、19分，" Cheeks在对灰狼神奇的胜利後如此评论。 "我们也曾在比赛进入倒数两分钟时还领先七、八分。所以我们过去的经验告诉我们比赛 还有转机...Chris的三分球，来个罚球再加上进攻篮板，A.I再来个三分球。我们几个好球 让比赛的情势转向我们这边。而之前，我们也曾遭遇如此情况。(意指比分差距很小。)" The Sixers have now won three games in a row and have a new defensive mindset. The whole team understands that they have not been losing games this season because of their offense, but because of their inability to stop the other team, and they have shifted their focus to that end of the floor. 七六人目前是三连胜的状态(那是在打败灰狼之後的事了...)并且有新的防守心态。整个 球队了解到他们赢球是因为他们的进攻，但他们却无法阻止对方得分，如今他们必须将 注意力转移到防守端。 “I think that we’re getting a little bit better on the defensive end,” said Cheeks after the Sixers win over the Kings on Tuesday night. “I think that’s where we’re going to make our move is on the defensive end. Again, (the game against Sacramento) was not one of our better defensive games. I think when and if we make our move, it’s going to be on the defensive end. We have to get a little bit better.” "我想我们在防守端有些改进"，在星期四晚上取得对国王的胜利後，Cheeks如此说道， (编按：不过对灰狼的上半场防守很糟)"我想我们该多在防守上下功夫。这场比赛还不算 是我们最好的防守比赛之一。如果我们什麽时候有什麽动作，那将会是在防守端。 我们还得再变得更好。" “We haven’t talked about offense in like two weeks," said Kyle Korver after practice on Jan. 25. "I don’t think that’s really our worry. We have a few staple plays that we run well. If we are able to get stops and break we’re going to be ok there. It’s not really cutting down on so many things on D, it ’s more like four or five plays. If we can cut down on that that’s eight or 10 points, that’s holding people from 100 points to 90 points, and then we know we’re able to win games. If we can keep on doing that we’re going to be ok.” The Sixers know what they’ve been doing well this season, and are trying to keep it going. They also know where they’ve struggled, and they’ re trying to eliminate what has hurt them. "我们大概两个礼拜没谈论过进攻，"KK在一月二十五号的练习後说，"我不觉得那是我 所担忧的。我们有一些还不错用的进攻套式。如果我们能够阻止对方的得分，我们就会 是一支不错的球队。我们不用要求防守做到太多事，只要能够再减少对方四五次的得手， 大概让对方的得分降到90到100之间，我们就能够赢得比赛。如果我们持续地在这上面 努力，我们就会变得更好。"七六人知道本季他们在哪些方面做得好，哪些方面还需要 改进。他们也知道他们在何处遭遇困境，也试图减少会伤害球队的元素。 The first half hasn’t been perfect, but it has shown signs of promise and improvement. They have a talented offense that allows them to play with any team in the league and have been improving on defense. 前半季并非完美，不过却透露出美好前景与进步的讯号。这是支有进攻天份的球队， 能让他们与任何联盟里的球队对阵，并且他们也在防守上改进。 While the team sits at 21-20, things are looking up. They are getting better in the areas that need improvement and face a second half schedule that gives them the ability to make a move in the Eastern Conference standings. Intermission is now coming to a close and the Sixers are preparing to hit the floor as a team on a mission. They’ve done their homework, they’ve spent the time on the practice floor, and they want to prove all of their doubters wrong. 这支球队目前21胜20败，情况却一片看好(编按：REALLY？)。他们在各方面都变得更好 并且下半季的赛程安排使他们有能力在东区排名更上层楼。中场休息就要结束，七六人 也准备好带着他们的使命上场比赛。他们已经完成他们的准备作业，他们花了时间在 练习上，而且他们要证明那些对七六人抱持怀疑的人是错的。 “We’re building an identity, and that’s going to be that we persevere,” said Chris Webber after the team’s last loss, coming at the hands of the New Jersey Nets. “You can’t teach heart, and you have to take a challenge. It’s that simple. You have to take a challenge and we’re going to do that. At the end of the season, or when we start to accomplish some great things, I just don’t want to hear people that weren’t with us being with us. Because we’re going to change this around, it will not continue. We’re going through this for a reason. We’re going through this for trial by fire so at the end we come out and we’re like gold. We’ve been tried by the fire and we come out and we’re going to stand strong. I put everything on the fact that we’re going to be OK. Anybody that says we’re not, great, they just don ’t love us, it’s that simple. I’m in Philly now, I’m a 76er, that’s the way it’s going to be. That’s the way it is for Allen. We believe, we die and bleed for this, we want to win. We’re going to do that. Nothing is easy in life. It’s going to feel so much better at the end when everybody acts like they knew it. We’re going to be alright.” "我们在树立一种特性，那就是，不屈不挠。，"在前次败给篮网後， Webber如此表示。 "心理层面没办法教，而且你必须接受挑战。就是如此简单。你必须 接受挑战而我们也正准备这麽做。在球季尾声，或当我们开始完成某些伟大的事， 我不希望听到有人本来并非与我们同在却跑来邀功。因为我们正试图改变，现况不会 持续。我们持续的努力於此是有原因的。我们将通过火焰般的试炼，最後的成果会如黄金 般耀眼。透过这样的试炼，我们会走过来并更加茁壮。以目前种种事实来看，我想我们 将会越来越好。任何认为我们不好的人，好吧，他们只是不爱我们，就这麽简单。我 现在是费城人，我是七六人的球员，将来也都会是。对Allen来说也一样。我们相信， 且为此流血、至死方休，我们要赢。我们要为此努力。生活里没什麽是容易的。不过当 人们了解这其中的难处时，会过得比较舒服。我们会更好。" p.s 最後这一段其实抓不太到Webber的意思，再麻烦版友补完。这篇文章是官网上面的， 无庸置疑的会有些客套话，大家看看就好 XD btw，hanway曾经问我为什麽要将翻译的部份用暗色处理，在此顺便跟版友交代一下， 我个人翻译纯粹是为了练习英文XD，一方面自己的英文还处於学习阶段，有不少瑕疵 ，也基於鼓励版友多看原文的想法，才会把自己的翻译以暗色处理。 -- It breaks your heart. It's designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything is new again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains comes, it stops, and leaves you to face the fall alone. --Angelo Bartlett Giamatti --

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