Can Lakers rely on anyone besides Bryant, Gasol? http://tinyurl.com/o7qm4h After another display of unnecessary lack of roughness by the Lakers in a not-so-must-win situation, it's time to go back to the drawing board. It's time to re-evaluate what they have here as far as championship mettle so as to determine who should be the focal points going forward. 湖人再次於不是非贏不可的情況下，展現出不該出現的疲弱，是該回頭重新規畫藍圖的時候 了。是時候該重新評估誰能帶給球隊冠軍，用以決定誰會是讓湖人繼續前進的關鍵。 Which Lakers do you trust the most right now to come through with a play – whatever the situation or motivation, at home or on the road, hell or high water? 誰是你現在最信任的球員？不論是狀況或鬥志、主場或客場、身處地獄或是面對海嘯。 From 1-14, let's rank them that way … 從1到14名，讓我們來排出順序... 1. Kobe Bryant. Obviously. 1. Kobe Bryant。不用說。 2. Pau Gasol. He posted his seventh consecutive playoff double-double Monday night. The last Laker to do that was Shaquille O'Neal, and all the way down to the unsteady free-throw shooting this postseason, Gasol is giving the Lakers the old one-two punch. In the Game 4 loss to the Nuggets, Bryant and Gasol had 55 of the Lakers' 101 points, 17 of their 40 rebounds and nine of their 19 assists … and just one of their 10 turnovers. 2. Pau Gasol。他在季後賽連續七場拿下double-double。上一個達成的湖人球員是 Shaquille O'Neal，雖然在季後賽同樣有著不穩定的罰球命中率，但Gasol讓湖人重新打出 過去的one-two punch。在Game 4輸給金塊的這場比賽，Kobe和Gasol得到了湖人101分中的 55分，40個籃板中的17個，以及19個助攻中的其中9個...，而在10個失誤中只貢獻出1個。 3. Um … OK … well, let's see … 3. 恩...好吧….，讓我們來想想看... This is not a good sign for the Lakers that it's this hard to come up with a No. 3., and the reason is not that there as so many wonderfully dependable candidates from which to choose. Hmm. 選出第三名是如此的困難對湖人隊而言不是個好現象，而且這不是因為值得依賴的球員太多 而無法取捨的關係。嗯。 Let's go to the bottom and work our way from there. That's usually a good plan of attack when the rankings get difficult. 讓我們從最後一名看起吧。當排名很困難的時候，展開攻擊通常是不錯的方法。 14. Sun Yue. Even the Chinese media don't talk to him as much as before. 14. 孫悅。就連中國媒體都不像之前那麼常談論他了。 13. Adam Morrison. Like Sun, Morrison has not appeared in the postseason. 13. Adam Morrison。就像孫悅一樣，Morrison還沒在季後在出場過。 12. DJ Mbenga. He has got to be rooting for Orlando to bring a Dwight Howard matchup to town. 12. DJ Mbenga。他能做的就是為魔術隊加油，讓Dwight Howard過來撒野。(否則他不會有 上場機會) 11. Josh Powell. When called upon, he has made some shots but made some mistakes. Phil Jackson gave him a surprise chance to start the second quarter Monday night, choosing a very odd time to play Lamar Odom at small forward – which Jackson has avoided all season – with Powell and Gasol at the power positions. 11. Josh Powell。當他上場時，他能投進一些球，但也會產生一些錯誤。Phil Jackson在 Game 4的第二節一開始突然給了他上場的機會，讓Odom在非常怪異的時機打小前鋒，讓 Powell和Gasol打大前鋒，而這是Phil整季都避免去做的事。 With Gasol, Powell, Odom, Sasha Vujacic and Shannon Brown out there, Powell was hesitant, and Gasol was nonexistent after having played the entire first quarter. Before Andrew Bynum and Bryant came back to replace Gasol and Powell, Denver went on an 8-0 run to take a 30-19 lead. 此時有Gasol、Powell、Odom、Sasha和Brown在場上，讓Powell打得猶豫不決，而Gasol也在 打滿整個第一節後消失。在Bynum和Kobe回到場上換下Gasol和Powell之前，金塊已經打出一 波8-0，把比數拉到30-19。 10. Hmm. This one's not so easy either, because you could throw a lot of unproductive guys down here at No. 10. Another telling statement on the state the Lakers. 10. 嗯。這個位置也不好選，因為你可以放一堆沒有甚麼貢獻的傢伙來這個地方。 Brown is the player who currently plays the least, and Jordan Farmar is the guy who has played the next-fewest minutes to Powell this postseason. Brown was impressive early in the postseason, but he has tailed off and hasn't bothered Billups at all. On Monday night, Brown was just brutal, especially when Jackson believed his team "was fine" with a 77-70 deficit after Bynum's interior attack briefly energized the Lakers to start the fourth. Brown是現階段打最少的球員，而Farmar則是整個季後賽的上場時間僅僅比Powell多一點點 的球員。Brwon在季後賽初打出令人印象深刻的表現，但只是曇花一現，現在他完全無法對 Billups造成任何麻煩。Brown沒有用頭腦打球，尤其是當Phil仍堅信第四節初Bynum強攻禁 區後，湖人追到77-70落後，球隊'沒有問題'的時候。 Then Billups drove on Brown and Bynum for a three-point play. Brown turned the ball over trying to force a pass to Bryant. And Brown let Billups do what he loves most – and the coaches have harped on to no end: walk with momentum into a 3-point shot, which he sank for a sudden 83-70 Denver lead. So … 隨後Bullups就在Brown和Bynum面前切入，打了一波三分打。再來Brown在傳球給Kobe時發生 失誤。然後又讓Billups做他最愛做的事，投進三分球，也讓教練碎碎念個不停。他突然讓 金塊隊變成83-70的領先。所以... 10. Shannon Brown. 10. Shannon Brown。 9. Luke Walton. Definitely worse than last spring in defending Carmelo Anthony and shooting 32.1 percent from the field for the postseason, which is even worse than Derek Fisher's 34 percent. 9. Luke Walton。在防守Carmelo Anthony的表現顯然比不上去年春天的時候，而季後賽的 投籃命中率則是32.1%，這比Derek Fisher的34%還要低。 8. Jordan Farmar. Can be a huge spark, but who knows if he's going to do the right thing or whom he can defend? 8. Jordan Farmar。他能打得活力十足，但誰知道他會不會去做對的事，或是到底有誰是他 能守住的？ 7. Sasha Vujacic. Described the other day by Gasol as "different." He keeps getting court time because he defends with real zeal, which few Lakers do. Yet the supposed sharpshooter is even worse than Walton and Fisher at 27.2 percent shooting. 7. Sasha Vujacic。幾天前Gasol用'不一樣了'來形容他。他仍然保持住上場時間，因為他 的防守真的很拼，這是很多湖人球員缺乏的。然而本該有具威脅性的外線，目前只有27.2% 的命中率，比Walton和Fisher還低。 That leaves the recently hot in Ariza, the biggest upside in Bynum, the most experienced in Fisher and the highest paid in Odom. Let's wrap this up … 現在還剩最近很火燙的Ariza，內線的大個子Bynum，最有經驗的Fisher和拿最多薪水的Odom 。讓我們繼續看下去... 6. Derek Fisher. A month ago, he was a viable No. 3 given his outstanding postseason resume. Now, not only does he keep missing shots, he keeps forcing shots. If Brown missed his next 24 shots from 3-point range, he would still be shooting better than Fisher's 22.9 percent! 6. Derek Fisher。在一個月前，若他能展現出過往出色的季後賽表現，可以排在No.3。但 現在，他除了投不進球，還不斷的嘗試投籃。如果Brown接下來的24次三分線出手都不進的 話，他的命中率仍然會比Fisher的22.9%來得高。 Even more disappointing for the Lakers is that Fisher hasn't done what he has made him so valuable to them: getting the ball where it's should go. Fisher ranked fourth in the NBA in assist-to-turnover ratio in the regular season behind such ball-handling luminaries as Jose Calderon, Jason Kidd and Chris Paul. Fisher's ratio was 3.6, whereas in the postseason it is 1.9 … putting him behind Walton (2.7), Farmar (2.2) and Bryant (2.0). 而更讓湖人隊失望的是，Fisher沒有展現出他對球隊最有價值的地方：讓球流動到該去的地 方。Fisher在正規賽中的助攻失誤比是全NBA第四名，只落後給Jose Calderon、Jason Kidd 和Chris Paul這些控球天才。Fisher的助攻失誤比是3.6，但季後賽是1.9，這還讓他落後給 Walton(2.7)、Farmar(2.2)還有Kobe(2.0)。 5. Andrew Bynum. Gasol and Bynum finished Game 4 by combining to make their final 11 shots, and that's what the Lakers should carry into Game 5. Bynum disagrees with Jackson about that weak conditioning, but there's no denying that Bynum doesn't run consistently hard, for whatever reason. 5. Andrew Bynum。Gasol和Bynum在Game 4最後的十一次出手都進了，這是湖人應該要帶進 Game 5的東西。Bynum對Phil說他體力不夠表示不同意，但不論任何理由，都無法否認Bynum 沒有盡力在場上跑動。 Still, there's no denying that Bynum is playing much better lately, even if he estimates he's only 85-90 percent healthy. And if Odom's bruised back doesn't get better again – he aggravated it in Game 3 – then Bynum deserves to play much more based on his substantial ability to make plays. 此外，也無法否認Bynum最近打得更加出色了，就算他估計自己只恢復到85-90%的程度。 Odom在Game 3讓背傷加劇，而如果無法再次復原的話，基於Bynum擁有的豐富攻擊能力，他 應該要打更多時間。 4. Lamar Odom. He has never been and will never be someone to count on because he prefers to exist on the "intermittent" wiper setting. It is no coincidence that his two worst games of the postseason have come after the Lakers have won road Game 3s, when guys have to find motivation from within to deliver in the Game 4s. 4. Lamar Odom。他從以前到現在都一直不是一個可以依賴的球員，因為他比較喜歡當個時 隱時現的搗亂者。他季後賽打得最差的兩場球，出現在湖人隊兩度在客場贏得Game 3，而球 員必須要找到Game 4繼續努力的動機時，這絕對不會是個巧合。 But with experience and an appreciation for this championship opportunity, Odom will at least make something happen more often than Bynum. 但擁有經驗而且想把握住奪冠的機會，Odom至少會比Bynum做出更多該有的貢獻。 3. Trevor Ariza. This postseason should be making it clear in Mitch Kupchak's mind to keep prioritizing the younger, still-improving Ariza over Odom when they're free agents this summer and Kupchak has that already-too-high future payroll. Besides Ariza's unique defensive skills, Jackson spoke early Monday night about Ariza's magnificent shooting in the playoffs and said this about some guys and the postseason's heightened importance: "Their game elevates." 3. Trevor Ariza。這個季後賽應該會讓Mitch Kupchak明白留下更年輕而且還在進步中的 Ariza的優先順序是排在Odom之前的。除了Ariza無可取代的防守技巧外，Phil也說Ariza在 季後賽的投籃非常出色，就像某些傢伙一樣，在更加重要的季後賽，他們的表現更會提升。 Yet Ariza and Odom both lost focus Monday night, they both can't hit free throws, they both turn the ball over too much, and they both are not full strength because of injuries. Especially with this hip and groin pain, Ariza is not at all a strong No. 3, a guy you want to bank on giving you something almost whenever you need it. 但是Ariza和Odom在Game 4都失去專注力，他們都無法投進罰球，他們都失誤太多，他們都 因傷而不夠強壯。尤其是在臀部和鼠蹊部的傷勢，讓Ariza無法成為一個有力的No. 3，無法 成為一個不論何時你有所求時，可以指望他給予回應的人。 This is why the Lakers, the NBA's best road team in the regular season with plenty of No. 3 options at the ready, have lost three of their past four road games in totally noncompetitive fashion. There's no one besides Bryant and Gasol whom the Lakers can trust anymore. 這就是為何這支擁有許多No. 3選擇，全NBA客場戰績最佳的湖人隊，在最近的四場客場中以 毫無競爭力的方式輸掉其中三場的原因。除了Kobe和Gasol外，湖人再也沒有可以相信的人 。 It's also why the Lakers should be rooting for Orlando to win the East, which would give all these fledgling Lakers the comfort of home-court advantage in the NBA Finals … if they can make it. 而這也是為何湖人應該要為魔術隊加油的原因，讓這個還未成氣候的湖人隊能在總冠軍賽中 ，擁有舒服的主場優勢...如果他們打得進去的話。 --

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