不負責任翻譯，有錯請指教<(_ _)> : Celtics grab lead, then refuse to let go : By Marc J. Spears : Globe Staff / December 1, 2007 : MIAMI - Temperatures were in the 80s yesterday. Inside air-conditioned : AmericanAirlines Arena, things got even hotter for the Celtics last night : as they cooled off dramatically in the fourth quarter. 昨日華氏80幾度的天氣。在擁有空調的美國航空比賽場內，賽事由於C's在第四節熄火的表 現，讓場上出現了戲劇化的火熱情緒。 : After being up by as many as 28 points, the Celtics overcame a late freeze, : holding on for a 95-85 win over the Heat in front of a sellout crowd of : 20,022 and a national television audience. 在最多領先28分的情況下，C's克服了有一些熄火的狀況，以95-85的差距在滿場的觀眾 以及全國電視機前面的觀眾前贏了Heat。 : Boston entered the fourth with a 22-point lead. Miami, however, made the : Celtics nervous by slicing the deficit to 7 points and outscoring them, : 24-12. C's帶著22分的領先進入第四節，然而Heat卻在第四節帶給C's危機，一度把差距追近至7分 ，甚至在第四節以24-12得分超過C's。 : "Great win," Celtics coach Doc Rivers said. "Obviously, that's not the : way we wanted to finish the game. Hectic, ugly basketball the last five : minutes. But we'll take the win." Doc Rivers說"這是場偉大的勝利。很明顯的，這並不是我們想要的第四節，在最後五分 鐘毫無頭緒的亂打一通，但是我們還是拿下了勝利。" : After opening the season 8-0, the Celtics finished November with a 13-2 : record and became the 10th team in franchise history to have two or fewer : losses in the month. Boston also improved to 4-0 in the second of : back-to-back games and 3-0 in home-road back-to-backs. 在開季八連勝之後，C's昨天以13勝2敗的成績打完了11月的賽事，成為隊史紀錄第十支 單月只輸低於兩場的球隊。除了戰績進步之外，C's也改善了在一系列back-to-back中對戰 的能力而獲得了4-0的成績，也在主場接客場的back-to-backs中得到了3-0的勝利<這段我 可能翻錯，有沒有高手麻煩告訴我正確的意思> : Paul Pierce scored a game-high 27 points, while Kevin Garnett added 23 : points and nine rebounds. James Posey, who played for the Heat the previous : two seasons, had 6 points and five rebounds off the bench in his return. : The Celtics' key players didn't have to play big minutes Thursday night : as they hammered the visiting Knicks, 104-59. While that helped make playing : on back-to-back nights easier, traveling here was still tough as the Celtics : didn't get to their hotel rooms until after 4 a.m. The Heat (4-11) had not : played since Tuesday. PP昨天拿下全場最高的27分，而KG拿下23分九籃板，James Posey這位曾經在Heat打過兩年 球的人，從板凳出發得到了六分五籃板。由於在對Knicks的客場中大勝，所以C's的主力球 員在這次的背靠背中打起來體力充沛，但是由於抵達飯店的時候已經是凌晨四點了，然而 Heat在前一天並沒有比賽。 : Despite the imperfect conditions, Pierce was ready to go. : "I feel pretty fresh today," he said before the game. "I didn't have to : grind it out yesterday." 儘管在這種不利的情況下，PP在賽前依然精神奕奕:”我感到相當精力充沛，昨天的比賽 並沒有帶給我太大的疲憊。” : Pierce definitely looked fresh in the first half. In 15 minutes, he scored : 18 points on 5-of-7 shooting, nailing all three 3-pointers and all five : free throws. The Celtics held a 59-41 lead at the half after making eight : 3-pointers and causing Miami to turn the ball over 11 times. PP在上半場看起來生龍活虎，15分鐘內得到了7投5中得到18分，包括了所有的三分球跟 5次罰球。C's上半場投進了八顆三分球跟造成了Heat的11次失誤，帶著59-41的18分領先 進入第三節。 : "We wanted to make sure we got off to a good start," Pierce said. "If you : look at the last couple of road games we had, teams have been jumping on : us. We wanted to come off with a better start than we've had. So we did : that." PP說:"我們想要擁有一個好的開始，當我們輸球了，球隊便會被人們所責罵，所以我們努 力去獲得好的開始以獲得更好的成功" : Said Rivers, "It's funny, at halftime we talked about [boxer] Meldrick : Taylor, the fight years ago with [Julio Cesar] Chavez and he started dancing : in the 12th round and got knocked out. We almost did that. We let our guard : down." Doc Rivers:"很有趣的，中場休息時間我們談論到一個拳擊選手Meldrick Taylor在五年前 和Chavez打得一場比賽，在第十二輪的時候Meldrick竟然開始跳舞因此被擊倒。我們有點 像那樣, 我們讓防守者手足無措。 : The Celtics opened the third quarter with a 12-5 run, with Pierce and Garnett : splitting the points, and took a 71-46 lead on a Pierce trey at 8:49. Boston : went up, 83-55, on two free throws by Pierce with 1:08 left in the third and : finished the quarter leading, 83-61. C's第三節開始因為PP跟KG的連續得分，打出一波12-5的領先優勢，以71-46領先Heat。而 後在第三節1:08的時候，藉由PP2的兩次罰球，C's繼續擴大到83-55的28分領先，第三節 結束，以83-61的差距進入第四節。 : Rivers sat Pierce, Garnett, and Ray Allen during the fourth quarter in the : rout of the Knicks. This time as the fourth began, Pierce and Garnett were : on the bench while Allen was still in the game. But closing games has been : an issue at times for the Celtics after they've gotten big leads. Doc Rivers在對Knick的時候讓KG、R.Allen跟PP坐在板凳上休息，而今天Doc Rivers讓 R.Allen繼續在場上，而讓KG、PP防守開特力。但是在比賽快要結束的時候，Heat突然 追了上來。 : Four straight Heat 3-pointers, three by Jason Williams and one by Daequan : Cook, sliced the deficit to 83-67 with 11:14 left. Soon after that, Garnett : and Pierce were back in the game - as were the Heat. Heat連砍了四顆三分球，其中J-will包辦了三顆而Daequan Cook也砍了一顆，比數來到了 83-67在還剩下11:14的時間。在這之後，KG跟PP立刻被叫上場。 : "Miami just made a run," Pierce said. "We had to settle down. We were trying : to rush things. We had a chance to put them away. But they came with a : barrage of threes. We were looking for them to kind of lay back up and let : our guard down." PP說:"Heat製造了一波攻勢，而我們必須要穩住情勢。我們嘗試發動攻勢，我們曾有機會 可以擺脫他們。然而他們回敬我們一連串的三分球。我們找尋可以擺脫他們的方法，並且 徹底的執行防守。" : The Celtics scored their first point of the fourth when Pierce hit one of : two free throws with 9:40 remaining, making it 84-70. They didn't manage a : field goal until a Garnett putback with 6:22 left gave them an 86-72 lead. : "We knew they were playing at home in front of their crowd," Garnett said. : "It's a very competitive team with competitive players. We anticipated that." : Said Miami coach Pat Riley, "We were down 28 points in the game. We were : getting blown out. This team has a lot of pride." C's藉由PP的兩罰中一獲得第四節的第一分，比分維持在84-70。直到第四節6:22的時候， KG才跳出來，投進一顆兩分球，比數來到86-72。KG說:"我們早就預期到了，Heat是一支 擁有極具競爭力的球員的強力隊伍，尤其是在他們家鄉父老的面前。" Pat Riley則說:"我們在比賽中一度輸到差了28分，我們要中止這種情況。這支球隊有一 大堆驕傲的人。" : Another 3-pointer by Williams trimmed Boston's advantage to 86-79 with 3:56 : left. Two Allen free throws calmed the Celtics' nerves and pushed them ahead, : 90-81, with 2:14 to go. Posey sealed the win with two free throws with 51.4 : seconds left for a 93-83 lead. 在剩下3:56的時候，J-will又投進了一顆三分球，進一步的將C's的領先優勢縮減到86-79 的差距。在比賽剩下2:14，R.Allen兩次兩罰的機會讓球隊重新取回優勢，90-81，Posey 在最後51.4秒的兩罰決定了C's這場比賽了勝利。 : "I'm sure we'll watch this tape," Garnett said. "There is a lot to learn : from it." : Said Riley, "We came up a little bit short." KG賽後說:"我很確定我們一定會重看這場比賽的帶子，有一大堆東西需要我們從這場比賽 中學習。" Pat Riley說"我們就差一步就可以贏了。" -- 感謝我老弟從旁協助呀...... 下一篇 等我有精神在翻譯!! 另外感謝k2大的指正，感激不盡 --

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