A season that began with a 5-1 start followed by a five-game losing skid is suddenly flowing in entirely different directions for the Washington Wizards. No longer streaky, the Wizards (8-9) have alternated thrilling wins, such as a 120-114 double-overtime victory at Detroit on Nov. 25, with ugly losses that have included a 100-82 defeat at Charlotte the following night. 球季开始以五胜一负展开序幕，接下来又五连败，对巫师而言，这是完全不同的走向， 连胜後又连败。不再连胜了，巫师已只是胜一场後，就败一场， 就像在11月25日在底特律赢得一场胜利後，再输了一场，接着再打赢山猫 That pattern has continued in the past six games, the latest being a 111-87 loss at Indiana Thursday night to a Pacers team that was playing without two starters and had several others arrive at Conseco Fieldhouse either just before or, in the case of forward Austin Croshere, during the game because of inclement weather. 以上那种情况持续出现在过去这六场比赛，最近一场是以111-87输给了溜马， 而溜马是在两位先发受伤的情况下出赛，不过他们还是赢了。 If the Wizards' inconsistency continues, they will beat the Chicago Bulls (9-9) at MCI Center tonight in the first meeting between last season's first-round playoff combatants 如果巫师这种情况继续发生的话，他们将会在MCI Center击败公牛。 (可惜输了，公牛今天以118-111击败了巫师) "It's hard to explain what we're going through right now," said Thomas, who played one of his strongest games Thursday night, scoring 10 points and grabbing four rebounds in 16 minutes. "I'm always going to take a positive approach. Obviously, we're good enough to win some of these games but then on nights like [Thursday], we break down on some things and that leads to a loss. We have to learn from our mistakes and apply those lessons to the next game." Elton Thomas说:这是很难去解释我们现在的情况， 在星期四的比赛表现出他最强悍的一面，上场16分锺得了10分和4篮板。 我总是很积极、乐观的。显然地，我们是可以在这些比赛中，赢得几场比赛， 但在像对上溜马那场比赛一样，我们在某些方面表现不佳，且导致了输球。 我们必须从错误中去学习且在下一场比赛中展现成果。 Prior to Thursday's game, Wizards Coach Eddie Jordan stepped to the dry-erase board in his team's locker room and jotted down the question: "Why were you successful?" Below that line, he wrote Toronto, San Antonio and Detroit. 在星期四的比赛前，总教练Eddie Jordan 在休息室的白板上写着这个问题: ”为什麽你们是成功的”，接着他写出暴龙、马刺、和活塞。 Toronto represented Washington's most recent win, a 119-111 overtime victory at MCI Center Tuesday night. San Antonio and Detroit were two of Washington's most impressive wins this season, the first a blowout victory at home over the defending champion, the second a true test of resolve on the road against last season's other finalist 暴龙给了巫师最近的一场胜利，在主场拿下了119-111的胜利。 马刺和活塞是两场巫师队本季最有意义的胜利，第一是击败了上季Nba冠军， 第二是在客场击败了上季东区冠军。 We wanted to remind them why we've won some big games so far, against San Antonio and Detroit and the last game since it was so vivid and recent in our mind," Jordan said after Thursday's game. "When those people made runs at us, we stayed organized, we stayed disciplined. We fought harder defensively and we didn't try to do it on our own. I guess the message didn't register tonight." Jordan在星期四比赛後跟他们说:我想提醒他们为何我们赢得这些大比赛， 像马刺、活塞等。当对手对着我们跑动，我们坚守组织着，我们坚守纪律， 我们更努力地防守着，我们试着不让他们进入到我们的地盘。 我猜这些画面并没在今天出现。 The Wizards lost a 16-point first-half lead because they broke down defensively, repeatedly giving the Pacers open shots in transition, on pick-and-rolls or on simple drives to the basket. Offensively, Washington started rushing shots, often after only one pass. Many of the shots went up with no one in position to grab an offensive rebound 巫师在上半场输了16分，因为他们在防守上表现不佳， 重覆给溜马投射的机会和挡切战术或在篮下的单打。攻击方面， 巫师队的投射通常在一个传球後就出手了。很多投射是没人在篮下的情况下出手， 形成没人抓篮板的情形。 During one stretch of the third quarter when Indiana's lead expanded from six to 12 points, Washington allowed three layups on one end and either missed a jump shot or turned over the ball on the other. In all, the Wizards missed their last 11 shots of the third quarter and found themselves down by 16 at the start of the fourth 在第三节的拉距战中，溜马把领先的幅度从6分拉到12分， 整个第三节巫师错失了最後的11次投篮且在第四节一开始就输到了16分之多。 "We have to get stops. Forget about the offensive end. Shots are going to fall and shots aren't going to fall. That's the nature of the game. But we have to start playing some consistent defense if we want to string some wins together. Nobody in here is happy with winning a game, losing a game, hovering around .500 all season. Who wants to do that? That's where we can start being consistent. Defense." “我们必须静下来思考。投篮会进或不会进，那是比赛的一部分。 但我们需要去做一些防守，假如我们想要一起赢得比赛。随一场比赛打赢， 接着又输一场的，对於这种情况，没有人会感到高兴的。整个球季都是五成胜率， 谁又想要得到这种结果呢???而就是我们要加强的地方，就是防守。 -- --

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