Boring but brilliant Spurs Excerpt: Jerry Zgoda, Star Tribune Sunday, March 30, 2008 http://0rz.tw/3f3QD 马刺这个九年内拿了四次冠军。连续九季拿到五十胜以上的球队，似乎是各个 在交易截止日前卯足了劲交易重量级的球星，包括Gasol, O'Neal, Kidd等等， 而试着追赶上马刺如Ginobilis鬼之步伐般脚步的球队交易之主要原因。 Champions four times in the past nine years, 50-game winners for nine consecutive seasons now, the Spurs seemingly inspired a frantic arms race before last month's trading deadline that featured Pau Gasol, Shaquille O'Neal and Jason Kidd, among others, changing teams just to keep up with the Ginobilis. "这是奉承的话啦" 教练Popovich说。"我可不确定真实性有几分" "That's flattering," Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said. "But I'm not sure how much truth there is to it." 即使马刺是这麽一支既充满天份，却又有点单调乏味的球队，但他们总是能在季後赛中 出线，就像是其他的球队，像是Lakers, Suns, Warriors也许能带来high的气氛， 但马刺总是能端出真正的牛肉给他的球迷(得到冠军)。 So gifted and so dull at the same time, the Spurs strangely enough are both a favorite and an afterthought in a looming conference playdown where the Lakers and the Suns and maybe even the Golden State Warriors will bring the sizzle and the Spurs will provide the steak. "毫无疑问的，湖人现在的确是打出最好的球的球队，但你知道吗？每年总是有一两支 球队-像是活赛和马刺-人们不太谈论他们，但他们总是默默的就打进了最後的决赛" 灰狼的後卫Marko Jaric这麽说 "Definitely, the Lakers right now are playing the best basketball, but you know what?" Wolves guard Marko Jaric said. "Every year there a couple of teams -- Detroit, San Antonio -- nobody talks about and they always seem to get to the finals or the conference finals." 最近在ESPN的一个广播节目上问到一个问题："为甚麽马刺是一支如此无趣的球队？" 这个解答并没有共识。一些说法是，因为马刺呈现的阵中的明星，Tim Duncan其健全 又低调的特质。马刺的阵中有太多低调的球员，而他们防守的是如此该死的好，而现在 防守的比赛不是人们所爱看的。 A recent segment on an ESPN Radio program asked this question: Why are the Spurs so boring? There was no consensus. Some theories: They've taken on the personality of superstar Tim Duncan, who is so fundamentally sound and so unexpressive. They have too much character and no characters. They're just so darn good defensively, and who pays to watch defense? "他们不会因为对手改变他们打球的方式" 前马刺後卫Beno Udrich说 "他们坚持他们的策略，而且的确有效。Poppy已经在那边十年了，而这套方式也在马刺 run了十年，我想" "They never change their stuff for anybody," said Sacramento guard Beno Udrih, a former Spur. "They stick with their principles and it works. Poppy's been there for 10 years. It works for them for 10 years, I think." 几乎除了本季之外的每一季，马刺总是步伐缓慢的前进，直到明星赛之後才开始大爆发 ，然後加速他们螺旋桨升空。这一季，在最近六连胜(已经七连胜了)之前马刺才经历 了四连败。 Nearly every season except maybe for this one, the Spurs increasingly have paced themselves until the All-Star break, then revved their turbines. This season, their current six-game winning streak was preceded by a four-game losing streak. "他们今年也许没有表现出往年那种王者的决心，但他们是一支我不会小看的季後赛队伍。 "他们有好的基础，好的指导教练，他们就是这麽的稳" Jaric说。 "They don't show the determination like they used to, but they are one of the playoff teams I would not trust," Jaric said. "They have a good foundation. They have good coaching. They are just solid." 而他们今年也是卫冕的冠军，由他们的三巨头-Duncan, Ginobili,还有Parker领军。 他们三个在过去的五年都是并肩作战。 And they are the defending champs, with their triumvirate of Duncan, Manu Ginobili and Tony Parker together for the past five seasons. "他们已经共同经历这些(季後赛)许多，许多次了" 灰狼的教练Randy Wittman说。 "不是一次，也不是他们的部份成员，而是他们全都经历过这些。他们知道在前方等着 他们的是什麽挑战，也知道什麽在等待着他们去争取(冠军金盃)" "They've been through all this many, many times," Wolves coach Randy Wittman said. "Not once, not some of them. They all have. They know what's ahead and what's in store for them." 只有湖人在1979-91，还有赛尔提克在1979-88年有过更多连续+50胜赛季的纪录。 Only the Lakers from 1979-91 and the Celtics from 1979-88 have had more consecutive 50-victory seasons. --

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