Three formidable foes form Spurs’ ‘Hell Week’ 压力测试周来了 Posted on March 25, 2013 at 11:33 pm by Jeff McDonald From http://goo.gl/s4RTO After a short flight home from what was a disappointing loss in Houston on Sunday night, the Spurs took Monday off as a day of rest and recovery. 在火箭客场输了令人失望的比赛後，马刺回到San Antonio，Popo给了周一放假让众马刺 球员好好调适。 They certainly could use it. 马刺球员也的确需要这个假期。 Hell Week has arrived at the AT&T Center, with the Spurs steeled for a brutal homestand against three of the NBA’s top six teams sure to test both their grip on the No. 1 seed in the Western Conference and their preparedness for the playoffs. 本周的马刺将在主场面对三场重大挑战，这三支来访球队都非善类，目前都排在全联盟前 六名之内，这三场重大挑战也直接影响马刺能否继续保持西区第一的位置。 (抱歉，这段我翻得比较不像原文，刻意的，不想太文诌诌) The Denver Nuggets arrive on Wednesday fresh off a 15-game winning streak that ended Monday in New Orleans. By the time LeBron James and Miami come to town Easter Sunday, the Heat could be eyeing consecutive victory No. 30. 首先是才刚创下15连胜的丹佛金块将在周三晚上来访(但才刚在客场输给黄蜂结束连胜)， 接者是目前正在寻求27连胜的LeBron James及他的热火在复活节的礼拜天来访，当天如果 热火幸运的话(一直保持连胜)，他们会在该场比赛寻求拿马刺来当第30场连胜的祭品。 In between, the Spurs face a Los Angeles Clippers squad that earlier his season rattled off 17 wins in a row. 金块跟热火中间，还夹一个主场面对也曾在本季创造过一波17连胜的快艇。 (备注：有件事值得提醒，热火赛後隔天就是背靠背，且对象是也不好玩的客场灰熊) “I don’t really care about the streaks,” Spurs guard Manu Ginobili said. “ What I do know, we are facing three of the best six teams in the league, and we’re not playing that well.” Manu说：「我不是很在乎连胜这件事，我所知道的是我们即将面对三支联盟强队，而目前 的我们打得实在不很好。」 It is an end-of-March gantlet that feels like some kind of NBA-sanctioned fraternity hazing prank. 这一系列三月底的连续强队挑战，甚至有点像是NBA赛程上刻意安排来要来捣乱马刺的把 戏。 With Oklahoma City lurking two games back in the loss column, this could be the telltale week in the Spurs’ quest to retain the West’s top seed. 虽然目前西区第一的竞争仍由雷霆队以多输两场落後马刺，但这一星期过後是否还是如此 ，便不一定了。 Denver’s franchise-best streak, which began Feb. 23 in Charlotte, catapulted the Nuggets as high as third in the West. 金块刚刚结束的15连胜，是从2月23日在黄蜂队开始拉起，而目前他们已经升到西区第三 的位置。 Miami’s streak, which kicked off Feb. 3 at Toronto, hit 27 and counting with Monday’s win over Orlando and trails only the 1971-72 Los Angeles Lakers (33) for longest in NBA history. With it, the Heat have brushed past the Spurs in the hunt for the league’s top mark. 热火的连胜更不用多说，从今年2月3日在多伦多客场起，包括昨天在客场赢魔术，目前已 经连续27场连胜，也在历史连胜纪录上排到第二，正紧追第一的1971-72年湖人创下的33 连胜。再者热火也想要碾过马刺，确保自己的全联盟第一种子优势。 The Clippers are a pedestrian 24-16 since their streak went belly up New Year ’s Day in Denver but still own the league’s fifth-best mark. 快艇从新年在客场输给丹佛金块後，今年至今打出23胜16负战绩，也是目前全联盟今年第 五佳的战绩。 备注：快艇进入今年後的战绩是23W16L。 The Spurs have won four of their last five and came within one defensive stand in Houston of entering Wednesday’s game on a tear of their own. But they are still trying to re-establish the momentum they had before All-Star point guard Tony Parker sprained his ankle March 2. 虽然马刺在最近五场赢了四场，但最近一场输球则是上一场在火箭队客场最後四秒眼睁睁 被James Harden投进关键超前球。但马刺还是想重新找回在Parker 3月2日脚踝扭伤前的 全队打球能量。 “It’s going to take some time,” said Parker, who is averaging 22.5 points in two games since returning from a three-week hiatus. “I’m going to do my best to get back at 100 percent. The whole team, it’s definitely going to take some time.” 重新归队後两场比赛平均得分为22.5分的Parker说：「(找回全队打球能量)需要一些时间 ，我正在尝试把自己的马力开到100%，全队也需要一些时间重回最佳状况。」 A year removed from winning 20 in a row, spanning the end of the regular season and the start of the playoffs, the Spurs know better than most the combination of skill and luck needed to put together such a lengthy winning streak. 去年的马刺在20场连胜後(包含正规赛跟季後赛)，结果最後四场在技术及运气都不如人 情况下，惨遭淘汰，也留下一个20连胜後接者4连败的惨况。 “I don’t think anybody goes into any streak saying, ‘Hey we’re going to make a run of 20-some odd in a row,’” forward Tim Duncan said. “You take it game by game, and it builds. You start feeling good about yourself, and you start realizing what you’re doing, and it kind of goes from there.” Duncan说：「我不认为有任何人可以说：我们即将创造出一次20连胜。连胜都来自於每一 场比赛努力夺下胜利，在连胜中的球队的确会有比较大的信心，也开始了解自己在场上扮 演什麽角色，我想现在的马刺就是有点要回到这样的感觉。」 The Spurs’ longest win streak this season is 11 games, from Jan. 13 to Feb. 6. At the time Parker went down, the Spurs had won 17 of their previous 20. 本季马刺最长连胜为11连胜，从1月13日到2月6日。而在Parker缺赛前，马刺则在20场比 赛赢了17场。 Spurs coach Gregg Popovich downplays the significance of a winning streak, deeming it superfluous to the pursuit of a championship. But he acknowledges streaks require a certain tunnel vision to accomplish. Popo则对连胜没太大感觉，认为一切都还是冠军为重。但他也知道要创造连胜还是有点运 气成分才得以完成。 “You just keep playing,” Popovich said. “If you win a whole lot in a row, you win a whole lot in a row. Then you play the next game as if you’ve lost four or five in a row.” Popo说：「你所该作的就是打球，如果(运气够好能让)你连续赢一串比赛，你就可以赢一 串比赛。但也有可能当你打下一场比赛前，你已经背者四或五连败的压力。」 Every long winning streak comes with its share of near-misses. For win No. 24, for instance, Miami had to rally from a 27-point second-half deficit at Cleveland. Denver’s streak would have ended at 13 if not for Corey Brewer’s six-points-in-9.2-seconds act that salvaged a win over Philadelphia last week. 但至少有个硬道理，每一个球队的连胜都有可能随时停止。以热火第24场连胜而言，热火 在下半场还落後27分下逆转骑士。而如果上周Corey Brewer没有在主场面对76人时，在 9.2秒砍下6分的表现，恐怕丹佛的连胜也停在13。 For the Spurs to survive Hell Week still atop the West, they know they will have to do better than simply dealing out close calls. 对马刺而言，想在这压力测试周存活过来并继续保持西区第一的位置，马刺很清楚他们必 须比现在打得更好。 “It’s going to be a tough week,” Ginobili said. “Hopefully, we start to do better and have a successful week.” Manu说：「本周一定很艰困，希望我们可以开始找回状况，并到最後欢笑收获。」 [email protected] Twitter: @JMcDonald_SAEN ※ 编辑: keepstudying 来自: 173.29.143.201 (03/27 05:53)