Young Improves in the Nick of Time With Arenas Out, Rookie Guard Makes His Mark By Michael Lee Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, November 20, 2007; Page E08 Washington Wizards rookie Nick Young was alone on a fast break in the third quarter against Portland on Saturday when he faced a tough choice for his first NBA slam dunk. 菜鸟 Young 在上一场比赛生涯第一次扣篮时面对了抉择。 Should he pull out the off-the-backboard, between-the-legs dunk that wowed the veterans at practice a few weeks ago? Maybe he should go with a 360? How about doing something brand new? 是否该上演灌篮大赛？ Young took a few dribbles, planted his feet, sprang toward the rim and kept it simple. He whirled around the ball and hammered home a vicious one-handed dunk. 最後以一个简单俐落的单手灌篮作收。 The sellout crowd at Verizon Center was amused but subdued. Most of his teammates applauded. Gilbert Arenas, watching the game in street clothes because of a sore left knee, curled his lips. 观众都笑了，而 Arenas 则是嘟起了嘴。 "Gil was mad I didn't do nothing" special, Young said with a laugh afterward. "He said, 'You got to do your dunks in the game if you want to get in the dunk competition.' I got to wait a little bit. I [had] to get that one in first." Young 笑着说：Arenas 很生气我没来个猛扣！他说假如我要参加灌篮大赛， 我得先在比赛里来几招猛的才行。不过我想，我得先灌进再说。 After scoring a career-high 17 points on 6-of-9 shooting in the Wizards' 109-90 victory against Portland, Young said, "It feels like I belong" in the NBA. 17分！终於让 Young 感觉自己在打 NBA 了！ He couldn't keep the grin off of his face at practice yesterday, but his teammates have done their best to keep him focused and grounded. "Don't get big-headed," Young said his teammates told him after the game. "They joke around a little bit with me. It's all fun. Gil said, 'You might go back to the bench.' " 喜孜孜~(￣▽￣)~(￣▽￣)~！但是队友告诫他别得了大头症！ Young has had limited playing time this season, with the exception of blowout losses against Boston and Denver. Coach Eddie Jordan tightened his rotation after the team started the season 0-5 and Young didn't play at all against Atlanta and Indiana. 除了在对超赛跟金块的大比分落败之外，Young 的出赛机会不多！ 开季0胜5败让老乔只用老球员，所以 Young 在对老鹰跟溜马的时候连登场都没有。 Young said the adjustment from being a focal point at Southern California to being a seldom-used substitute in the NBA has been "hard." He was disappointed that he played just four minutes against Minnesota on Friday, after his parents, Mae and Charles, had flown in from Los Angeles to see him play. Young 的独白：从主力得分手变成不太常上场的球员，真的很难熬！ 对灰狼的比赛他只出赛4分钟，而他的父母则在场边观赛，他很失望！ Forward Caron Butler could see the frustration on Young's face and pulled him aside. "In Minnesota, the best advice I could give him was believe in yourself and stay confident," said Butler, who is trying to help Young in the same way LaPhonso Ellis helped him when Butler was a rookie in Miami. "I see flashes of, honestly, greatness out of the young fella. He's very athletic, a natural scorer." Butler 看见了，把 Young 拉到一旁，告诉他要相信自己、相信自己的实力； LaPhonso Ellis 在 Butler 还是个菜鸟的时候也这样帮过他； Butler 觉得 Young 是个体能劲爆的球员，同时是个天生的得分好手。 When the team found out about an hour before tip-off on Saturday that Arenas wasn't going to play, Arenas singled out Young and started knocking on a door. 赛前一个小时，Arenas 确定不会出赛，他找了Young。 "He said: 'Opportunity is knocking. [You] have to take advantage of it,' " Young said. 并告诉他：机会来了！好好把握！ Young entered the game midway through the third quarter and Antonio Daniels immediately looked to get him involved, passing up an open jumper to find Young behind the three-point line. Young hit the shot, and went on to score 10 points over the next six minutes. He connected on four shots in the period, which matched his field goal total through his first seven games, when he went 4 of 17 (23.5 percent). Young also recorded the first steal of his career in the third period. Young 在第三节中段上场，AD 准备拉他一把，喂球给他三分出手，球进了！ 之後他在六分钟里拿了10分！命中4球，跟他在前七场比赛里一样多！ 还完成了生涯第一次抄截！ "I was hustling. I dove on the floor. I was trying to get the attention of the coach, doing anything and everything I could out there, really," Young said. "You never know when I'm going to get thrown out there." 我拼了命的干，做我所能做的每件事，希望能获得老乔青睐， 天知道我甚麽时候会被换下去冰。 Jordan said his plan is still to rely mostly on his eight-man veteran rotation, while playing Young at the appropriate times. Asked what he expected out of Young tonight against Philadelphia, Jordan said: "You know the direction the roller coaster goes right? That's what we expect. He had some tough nights, moments, early in the season. All of sudden, he's at the top of the game, we hope he stays up there for a while." 老乔将维持八人轮值，并适时让 Young 加入！ 同时希望他能记住站上高峰的感觉，也别下来了。 Butler said the key for Young is staying humble. "That was one good night," Butler said. "In order to be a good player and great player in this league, it's got to be something that happens night in and night out. This league is about consistency." Butler 说：关键在於保持谦虚。有起有落，保持稳定才是成为伟大球员的办法。 Then, Young can get more creative with his dunks. "I can do a lot out there. Once [Jordan] starts to think I can dunk more and get in the game more, I will," Young said. 然後，才开始花式灌篮！ 只要老乔觉得我可以这样做，我会让大家知道我有哪些招。Young 说到。 -- ███ ███ ███ ███ █ █ ███ 最新大碟★Unbreakable★即将发行 ▅▅█ █ █ █ █ ◢◤ █ █ ▅▅█ 台湾新好男孩官方部落格 █▅▅ ███ ███ █ █ █ █ █ █▅▅ http://blog.pixnet.net/bsbtw 新 好 男 孩 首 波 主 打 单 曲 Ｉｎｃｏｎｓｏｌａｂｌｅ --

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