Spurs-Mavericks Preview After beating two of the NBA's worst teams this week, the Dallas Mavericks are ready to face some tougher competition. 達拉斯小牛在前兩場打敗了聯盟中墊底的球隊，接下來他們 的挑戰會越來越嚴苛。 The San Antonio Spurs certainly fit that description, particularly after they turned in an outstanding road win over the Western Conference's best team. 明天他們的對手就是聖安東尼奧馬刺，而且馬刺今天還在客 場以優異的表現擊敗了西區龍頭奧克拉荷馬雷霆。 These Southwest Division rivals match up for the third time this season Saturday night in Dallas, where they played an overtime thriller the last time they met. 這兩隊德州世仇明天將在達拉斯碰面，這是雙方本季第三度 交手，上次交手時主場的小牛在延長賽險勝。 Dallas (25-20) returned home after an 0-3 road trip and beat Washington and Charlotte this week. Neither victory was all that impressive, especially Thursday's 101-96 win over the league-worst Bobcats in which the Mavericks trailed by as many as 14 points. 小牛在客場連敗不止回到主場，打敗了華盛頓巫師與夏落特 山貓，不過兩場贏的都不漂亮，尤其是昨天以101-96打敗聯 盟爐主山貓的比賽中還一度落後到14分。 "The most important thing is to come out of it with a win," guard Vince Carter said. "When we're playing against a better basketball team, we'll have to be better." 後衛Vince Carter說："重點是我們最後贏球了，但當我們碰 上更強的球隊時，我們得打出更高的水準。" Dallas, which has won four straight at home, knows that the time to be better is now. The Mavericks play the Spurs (29-13) twice in the next four games, also facing Denver, the Lakers, Miami and Orlando over the next eight. 小牛已經拿下了主場四連勝，他們接下來真的得打的更好才 行，接下來四戰中他們要碰上29勝13敗的馬刺兩次。另外在 最近的八場比賽中要碰上丹佛金塊、洛杉磯湖人、邁阿密熱 火與奧蘭多魔術。 "All these games coming up, the next 10 games are against playoff teams and teams that are higher-echelon teams," coach Rick Carlisle told the Mavericks' official website. "So, everything we're doing is going to have to be at a high level." 教練Rick Carlisle表示："接下來大概有連續10場的對手是 季後賽強度的，我們所能做的就是打出高水準的比賽。" San Antonio played at a high level in leading by as many as 27 points before holding on for Friday's 114-105 win at West-leading Oklahoma City. Tony Parker scored 25 points and DeJuan Blair added 22. 馬刺今天就打出了一場高水準的比賽，他們做客西區龍頭的 雷霆主場，一度領先高達27分，並且以114-105獲勝。Tony Parker攻下25分而DeJuan Blair攻下22分。 "In the second half they made their run. We didn't put our heads down. We just kept going and we got the win," Blair said. Blair說："下半場他們急起直追，但我們也不退縮，我們堅 持下去並且贏得比賽。" The Spurs rested Manu Ginobili, who has struggled with a left oblique injury in recent weeks. Without him, San Antonio still had all five starters score in double figures and topped 50 percent shooting for the third time during this three-game win streak. 馬刺今天讓最近幾週受到左斜肌傷勢困擾的Manu Ginobili休 息，但是少了他，馬刺還是能夠讓先發球員全部得分到雙位 數，並且在最近的三連勝中命中率都在50%以上。 These teams met twice in January, with San Antonio cruising to a 93-71 home win in the first matchup. The Spurs then rallied from an 11-point deficit after three quarters to force overtime in a 101-100 road loss Jan. 29, when Jason Terry scored a season-high 34 points for Dallas. 小牛與馬刺在一月交手過兩場，第一次馬刺在主場以93-71大 勝。而第二次對戰馬刺在三節打完落後11分，卻在第四節演 出大逆轉，最後才在延長賽以100-101惜敗，那場比賽Jason Terry攻下本季最高的34分。 The clubs will have different lineups than they used two months ago. Starting Spurs forward Richard Jefferson was dealt to Golden State on Thursday as part of a trade for Stephen Jackson, although it's unclear when Jackson will begin his second stint with San Antonio. 兩隊的先發陣容都會與上次對戰時不同了，馬刺的先發小前 鋒Richard Jefferson被交易到金洲勇士，換來了Stephen Jackson，不過明天會不會是Jackson重回馬刺的首場出賽還 不是很確定。 Mavs center Brendan Haywood is expected to miss at least five games with a sprained right knee sustained midway through the third quarter Thursday. 小牛的中鋒Brendan Haywood預計將要缺陣至少五場，他在 昨天比賽的第三節因為右膝扭傷退場。 Ian Mahinmi, who played his first two seasons with San Antonio, will start at center for Dallas after doing so during a four-game stretch March 6-10 with Haywood out. 在生涯前兩個球季都待在馬刺的Ian Mahinmi預計將會擔當 先發，他在之前黑霧連續缺陣的四場比賽中就是先發中鋒。 "It's a little bit like last week when Brendan went down with that high ankle sprain," Mahinmi said. "It's an opportunity for us, me and Brandan Wright, to step up and give the team some good minutes." 小馬說："這就跟上禮拜黑霧腳踝扭傷的狀況很像，這是我 與Brandon Wright的機會，希望我們能站出來為球隊做出 貢獻。" Dirk Nowitzki has totaled 16 points on 8-of-25 shooting against the Spurs this season. The Mavs star has not been at his best through most of the season, but scored 27 points in each win this week. Dirk Nowitzki本季兩度對上馬刺總計只得到16分，投25中 8，不過那時候Dirk還不在他的最佳狀態，Dirk最近兩場比 賽都拿下27分帶領球隊獲勝。 明天黑霧不能上真是頭痛啊...希望主場可以拿下來 後面賽程更硬啊!! Let's Go Mavs!! --

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