※ 引述《jerod (KG4MVP)》之铭言： : Wolves look nothing like a winner : http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/sports/basketball/13929185.htm : WASHINGTON — If the Timberwolves were going to make a playoff run, : they probably had to start Tuesday night, the first game after the NBA : all-star break. : Coach Dwane Casey said he thinks it will take at least 42 or 43 victories : to get into the Western Conference playoffs. If that holds true, his club : will need to finish at least 19-10 following its latest meltdown, a 90-78 : loss to the Washington Wizards at MCI Center. 如果灰狼队要晋级季後赛，他们对於明星周後周二晚上的第一场比赛可说是志在必得。 教练Casey认为至少要42或43胜以上的战绩，才有把握能进西区季後赛。若上述为真的话 ，那他们在以78-90输给了巫师之後，必须要有19胜10败的战绩才有办法晋级。 : The Wolves haven't played at that level since their 12-6 start. : Minnesota led 32-15 after one quarter and by 19 points early in the second : quarter but was outscored 29-5 the rest of the quarter. The Wizards mixed : up their defenses, using a zone to stymie the Wolves, and led 46-41 at the : half. : "We hit a roadblock," Casey said. "We stopped being aggressive and started : settling for jump shots, stopped moving the basketball. That was the : difference in the game." 灰狼还是没能打出开季12胜6败时的水平。 对巫师的比赛，狼群在第一节取得32-15的优势，同时在第二节前段最多领先到19分，但 是却在接下来的比赛被打出一波29-5的攻势。巫师强化防守使得灰狼寸步难行，在中场逆 转战局取得了5分领先的优势。 Casey表示："我们遇到了一些障碍，我们变得不再具侵略性，减少了球的流动让进攻拘泥 於零星跳投。这就是比赛胜负的关键。" : It was Washington's biggest comeback of the season. Casey said it was : his team's fault for settling for jump shots, not the direct result of : Washington's defense. Minnesota shot 19 percent in the second quarter. : The Wolves still had a chance to win, down 78-74 with 6:42 to play, but : they went scoreless for 5:17 down the stretch and gave up an 8-0 spurt : that sealed the loss. Trenton Hassell's jump shot with 1:25 left ended : the drought. 该场比赛是巫师本季最大分差逆转秀。Casey认为原因在於球队将进攻方式局限於跳投， 而非因为巫师加强了防守。灰狼在第二节的命中率是难看的19%。其实，灰狼是有机会赢 得比赛的，在第四节剩下6:42时，他们将比分追近至仅剩4分之差，但却在接下来的5:17 进入了一分未得的乾旱期，最後是Hassell在1:25的跳投终於得分，但也被巫师拉出8-0的 攻势而输了该场比赛。 : The Wolves were 0 for 5 during the scoreless stretch and 2 for 9 during : the final 6:42 with four turnovers. That's not playoff-caliber basketball. : Fortunately for the Wolves, their division, the Northwest, is among the : worst in the NBA. So for now, they can cling to hopes of a turnaround. : "I think we're like 4? (games) behind Denver," Kevin Garnett said of the : race, or crawl, for first place. "If we can just get some sort of momentum …" : The margin is five games, after Denver's victory over Charlotte. And only : the most hopeful would say the Wolves might make the playoffs. There just : isn't much evidence to support that. 灰狼在该段得分乾枯期是5投0中，比赛最後6:42也仅是9投2中。这完全不像是一支准备进 军季後赛的球队。对灰狼来说幸运的是，他们位居的西北组是全联盟最弱的一个分组。所 以他们还有机会来个咸鱼大翻身。KG表示："我想我们还落後金块4场左右，如果我们能再 有冲劲一些...."其实，在金块赢了山猫之後，差距已经到了5场。只有极度充满希望的人 才会认为灰狼还有机会进季後赛，毕竟实在没有什麽证据能支持他们进季後赛。 : Even Casey has said he is going to tone down the playoff talk because he : wants his team to focus on each game. No approach Casey has used the past : two months has worked. : The Wolves are 2-8 in February, just 4-9 since their multiplayer trade : with the Boston Celtics on Jan. 26. They continue to talk about needing : more time to come together. : That process is taking longer than expected when the trade was made. At : that point, the Wolves were three games under .500. Now they are seven : under (23-30). 即使Casey表示他会要求球队要把重点放在每一场比赛而不是季後赛。但他过去已经花了 两个月的时间，却似乎没有看到球队朝他所说的目标前进。 灰狼在二月战绩是2胜8败，经过了与塞尔提克的交易之後也仅仅是4胜9败。他们依旧说着 需要更多时间来整合的那些陈腔滥调。 整合的过程似乎比交易刚完成时所预期的还要长。那时他们离五成胜率只差3场；但是他 们现在却差了7场(23-30)。 : Worse, there's a buzz growing among media members nationally that Garnett's : trademark fire and passion is all but extinguished. He didn't appear : particularly emotional Tuesday night. He took just two shots and scored : two points in the fourth quarter as he faced double-teams. : "I play off raw emotion, and people don't know that when you play off : raw emotion, it takes a lot out of you," Garnett said. "I play on both : ends. (Antawn) Jamison had 10 points, so I was proud of myself about that. : In my younger days I would get all riled up on a couple plays and didn't : have nothing come the second half. I learned to channel my energy in : different ways. I still curse. I just don't curse with the kids in the : front row no more." 更糟的是，有个关於KG那股招牌般的热情已经慢慢熄灭的谣言在蔓延着。他在周二晚上的 比赛表现不像过去那般令人感动。他在第四节面对巫师的包夹时，仅仅出手2次得到2分。 KG对此表示："我不过是照着自己的步调去打球，但人们却很难了解这样必须消耗多大的 精力。我让Jamison只拿了10分，我对此感到自豪。我以前往往会因为对手的几个动作被 激怒，导致接下来的表现失常。我已经学会如何把自己的能量化做不同的形式在球场上展 现。我还是会愤怒，只是我不再表现地像个孩子那样。" : So apparently that's the key to defeating the Wolves — gang up on Garnett : and make his teammates score. It's been a common scheme this season. : Ricky Davis led the Wolves with 25 points, but after Davis and Garnett, : the other eight Minnesota players combined for just 38 points. : Veteran point guard Anthony Carter, by the way, did not play in the : fourth quarter, as Casey opted to play third-year pro Marcus Banks, : acquired in the trade. 所以很明显的，打败灰狼的关键就是：联合阻止KG，让他的队友去得分。这在本季成了对 战灰狼很常见的一个策略。灰狼球员以Davis的25分为最高，在扣掉了KG和Davis之後，其 他的八名灰狼球员只贡献了38分。 : Veteran point guard Anthony Carter, by the way, did not play in the : fourth quarter, as Casey opted to play third-year pro Marcus Banks, : acquired in the trade. : For all his flash and potential, Banks had a reputation in Boston for : making poor decisions under pressure. In 12 minutes in the fourth, he : shot 1 of 3 with two assists and two turnovers. With Banks at the helm, : the Wolves had trouble setting up their offense. They committed two : shot-clock violations in the fourth quarter, and the clock was in : jeopardy of expiring on seemingly every possession. : "He will learn in those situations," Casey said of Banks. "He hadn't : been in those situations before in Boston as far as recognizing zone or : man, recognizing the sets we can run both against zone or man." : It's just one of the many problems this team is having 顺带一提，老将Carter在第四节坐了整节板凳，因为Casey选择让刚交易过来的三年级生 Banks在场上奋战。 虽然Banks有速度和潜力，但他在塞尔提克就因为抗压性不足而遭非议。在第四节里，他 3投1中还有2助攻却也发生了2次失误。灰狼在Banks的组织下，明显在进攻上面产生了一 些问题。灰狼在第四节就产生了两次24秒进攻违例，几乎每次灰狼的进攻都在24秒快用完 的情况下才仓促出手。 Casey对Banks的看法是："他在那样的情况下会有所成长，他在塞尔提克很少经历这样的 场面。不管是区域或是盯人，只要能够正确认知我们就可以与之对抗。" 而这也仅是灰狼目前遇到的众多难题其中之一。 KG中间那段话我是按照语义和感觉翻的，如有任何错误请不吝指教 <(_ _)> 小小心得： 翻这些文章翻的好心酸阿，几乎每一篇都把灰狼批的一无是处，这篇文章更是连之前 大家称赞的银行小弟也被批了一番，甚至连老大的奋战心态也质疑了。这真的是两年前进 军西区冠军战的那个灰狼吗？ 已经到了这步田地，我只能安慰自己狼是孤傲的动物，不被大家重视是家常便饭。但 我还是衷心希望每天能满怀期待的打开ScoreBoard阿......Orz --

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