作者twrre ()
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标题[外电] Close losses spun Wolves into big deal
时间Tue Jan 31 03:07:34 2006
※ 引述《jerod (KG4MVP)》之铭言:
: http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/sports/basketball/13744459.htm
: The Timberwolves' first half of the season fell well short of their goals.
: The most striking admission of that mediocrity came when they traded Wally
: Szczerbiak, a longtime fan favorite who was having a career season, to the
: Boston Celtics on Thursday.
灰狼队在上半球季并未顺利达成他们的众多目标。他们也做出了令人震惊的交易:
将整个生涯都在灰狼阵中并长期受到球迷欢迎的Szczerbiak在星期四送到了波士顿。
: As they prepare to face Szczerbiak and the Celtics tonight at Target Center,
: the Wolves are desperate to fix their season, plagued by inconsistency and
: the inability to win close games. With the team struggling at 19-21 at the
: time of the trade, Szczerbiak became the casualty.
同时他们即将在主场面对拥有Wally的塞尔提克,灰狼队本季在关键时刻的糟糕表现使得
球队以些微差距输了好几场比赛,同时也陷入了19胜21负的窘境中,这也让Wally成为了
交易标的。
: "If we had won a number of those close games, we probably wouldn't have
: thought about doing the trade," owner Glen Taylor said. "Looking at the
: results, which were below our expectations, we felt we had to do something.
: Wally was a player other teams wanted."
灰狼队老板Glen Taylor说到:"如果我们能够赢得一些低分差的比赛的话,我们很可能
不会做出这个交易,光就结果来说,这样的表现是不够让人满意的,我想我们必须做些
交易,而Wally就是那个其他队会想要的球员。
: The Wolves hope the trade will improve their team. Many areas need an upgrade,
: as the first half of the season revealed.
: The Wolves might have had unrealistic expectations entering the season. Many
: experts had the team pegged for a record hovering around .500 and a finish
: in the middle of the pack in the Northwest Division.
按照上半季球队的表现来看,灰狼队会希望这个交易能够在许多方面都使球队获得改善
,球队似乎在球季开打前仍然抱持着不切实际的预期。许多球评都预测灰狼本季大约会
以五成左右的胜率排在西北组中间的位置。
: But from the day the Wolves hired coach Dwane Casey on June 17, Taylor and
: Wolves vice president of basketball operations Kevin McHale said they
: believed this team should make the playoffs and, they hoped, make a run
: past the first round.
: Now the Wolves (20-22) are searching for answers, three games behind
: first-place Denver in the division with five of the next seven games on
: the road. If the playoffs had begun Sunday, the Wolves would have been
: sitting at home.
去年6月17日,灰狼队聘用Dwane Casey为总教练时,老板Taylor和篮球事务总裁McHale
都相信本季灰狼队能够进入季後赛,并希望可以顺利突破第一轮。但是现在,灰狼队仍
然以三场胜差落後给西北组的龙头金块队。如果季後赛在周日开始的话,灰狼队将会回家
开始放暑假。
: Casey took over bent on reshaping the Wolves into a defensive team. He
: has succeeded in that regard.
: Teams are averaging 91.2 points against the Wolves, the fourth fewest
: in the NBA. The Wolves also rank in the top 10 in field-goal percentage
: defense (43.8).
: But numbers don't tell the full story. Their defense has been porous in
: the fourth quarter over the past 21 games, outscored by an average of five
: points (27-22) as opponents shot 49.1 percent.
: Casey's team has lost seven games when leading after three quarters, the
: most in the NBA. The Wolves are 0-6 in games decided by three or fewer points
Casey表示会把重点放在防守方面,他在某些层面的确做到了,灰狼队平均每场让对手
得到91.2分,在联盟中排名第四;对手的命中率为43.8%,也排在联盟的前十位。但是
事时并未如前面的数字表现的那麽顺利,他们在第四节的防守可以说是千疮百孔,对手
的命中率达到49.1%,灰狼的平均得分也比对手少了五分。灰狼队已经输了七场前三节
领先,到第四节却被逆转的比赛,这也是全联盟最多。在三分差距已内的比赛,灰狼的
战绩是难看的0胜6败。
: Casey hopes the acquisition of Ricky Davis from Boston in the Szczerbiak
: trade will improve the Wolves' mental toughness in close games.
: "I think Ricky Davis' offensive aggressiveness will help that a lot,"
: Casey said.
: Davis averaged 19.7 points a game in Boston. He is a slasher who can attack
: the basket and go one on one against defenders, not unlike former Wolf Latrell
: Sprewell.
: "He reminds me a lot of Gary Payton as far as that type of grittiness and
: toughness," Casey said. "That's what you need, night in and night out, to
: be successful."
: Davis also can quickly switch on defense to provide help.
: "Athleticism is always a good thing," Wolves all-star Kevin Garnett said.
: "And we have a lot of it, so it helps in both offensive and defensive
: situations."
Casey期望从波士顿交易过来的Ricky Davis可以改善灰狼在低分差比赛时所展现的心理
素质。他说:"我想他的进攻企图心能对球队产生很大的帮助"。Davis本季在塞尔提克有
19.7分的PPG,他是个可以进行一对一作战的球员,类似之前的Latrel Sprewell。Casey
表示:"他那股不服输的毅力和强悍总让我联想到Gary Payton,想要能够在每场比赛中
获胜的话,那会是你所需要的东西"。Davis也可以很快在防守端提供贡献,KG表示:"热
爱比赛绝对是件好事,现在我们有足够的斗志,相信很快就能在攻守两方面产生帮助"。
: In the seven-player trade, Mark Blount, Marcus Banks and Justin Reed also
: came to Minnesota, and Michael Olowokandi was traded to Boston along with
: rookie Dwayne Jones.
: Minnesota's reserves have provided little production, and that's where
: Blount can help. Friday's 96-92 victory at Houston ended a streak of 15
: consecutive games in which opponents' reserves had outscored Minnesota's.
: Casey said Blount would have an opportunity to compete for the starting
: center role. But even if he comes off the bench, he can be effective, as
: he showed with 18 points during Saturday's 102-88 loss at San Antonio.
: Blount made midrange jump shots and looked like much more of a threat on
: offense than Olowokandi. Blount, a 7-footer, averaged 12.4 points a game
: this season for Boston. The Wolves are hungry for more scoring to complement
: Garnett.
在这笔交易当中,灰狼同时得到了Mark Blount、Marcus Banks和Justin Reed三名球员
;而一并送走了Michael Olowokandi和新秀Dwayne Jones。
灰狼队目前的板凳深度不足,这也是Blount能够贡献的地方。在星期五击败火箭的比赛
当中,球队也中止了连续15场比赛板凳球员得分低於对手的惨况。Casey表示Blount有机
会出任球队的先发中锋,不过即使如此他还是能做出不少贡献。就像星期六出战马刺的
那场比赛中,Blount得到18分,他展现了中距离跳投能力和胜过Olowokandi非常多的斗志
。身高七尺的Blount,本季在波士顿每场平均得分是12.4分,他将会是灰狼队热切期盼的
那位Garnett的禁区夥伴。
: The trade gives this team a chance to reverse the close losses.
: "All in all, yeah, it's like a fresh start," Garnett said. "You've got whole
: new players, new atmosphere."
: Said Casey: "I'm optimistic once we jell together and get some more time
: together that we'll be fighting, hopefully, for playoff position. But we
: have to get it together pretty quick."
这笔交易让灰狼有机会大幅减少以低比分差距输球的比赛场数。KG说到:"那的确是一个
很大的改变,就像一个全新的开始,有了很多新球员,就连球队气氛也都焕然一新。"
Casey则表示:"在球队团结起来之後,我想一切都会变的乐观,甚至是回到季後赛的行
列当中,但重点就是我们必须要加快球队凝聚的速度。"
如果有翻译的不好的地方,还请大家不吝指教!!!
另外关於交易的一点小心得:
我想这笔交易目前看来是相当不错的,至少老大目前所表现出来的态度是这样的。
光看Blount和软糖这一部分就觉得已经成功一半了,希望还有一些後续的交易。
把人满为患的PG拿去换一个苦力或是炮台都可以。
总之,灰狼加油!!
Go Go Go!! T-Wolves!!
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