Mavs try to end misery vs. West's best 小牛試圖中止對西區頂尖球隊的慘況 資料來源：http://0rz.tw/eBczg 網頁版：http://yen817cpbl.pixnet.net/blog/post/37728782 DALLAS – There’s no nice way to put it: The Mavericks have been miserable against the West’s best. Dallas has lost 13 of 14 games against the conference’s top five teams, including 0-11 against the top four seeds. Six of those losses came by double figures, five by 20-plus points. That’s a trend the Mavs have an opportunity to end with the 48-22 Los Angeles Clippers in town tonight. 沒什麼好說的，小牛本季對戰西區頂尖球隊就是一場悲劇。小牛對戰西區前五名的球隊14 場輸了13場，對前四名的球隊11場全敗，有6場比賽輸分達到雙位數，5場比賽被電了20分 以上，今晚的比賽對戰快艇小牛有機會中止這個情況。 “It’s time,” Shawn Marion said. “We’ve been right there scratching at the door of a lot of these best teams in the Western Conference. It’s time. We’re starting to get our continuity a little better and our defensive principles down. Gotta make it happen.” Marion：「是時候了，我們離那些西區強隊越來越近，我們的防守也越來越好，是時候打 敗他們了。」 Marion makes a legitimate point. The Mavs’ two meetings with elite West teams this month could have gone either way. Vince Carter’s 3-pointer at the buzzer rimmed out in a 92-91 loss to the San Antonio Spurs. The score was tied with a minute remaining in a 107-101 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder. 香妹的說法也沒錯，最近兩次面對西區頂尖球隊不再像之前那樣被痛宰，VC的三分絕殺落 空使得小牛91:92輸給馬刺，101:107輸給雷霆的比賽中在最後一分鐘還打成平手。 But close doesn’t count for a team fighting to get into the playoffs for the 13th consecutive season. For the Mavs to beat the odds and punch their postseason ticket, they must have some success against the West’s best, considering the 12 games left on the schedule include tonight’s meeting with the Clippers, home and road games against the Denver Nuggets and a home game against the Memphis Grizzlies. 不過差一點點並沒有用，小牛想要打連續13年打進季後賽還是得打敗那些西區強隊，剩下 12場比賽包括今天主場對快艇，對戰金塊主客場各一，還有在主場迎戰灰熊。 “We can be playing a college team – we need the win,” Carter said. “I think records really at this point go out the window because whether they’re the best team or the worst team, we have to win. We have to find a way. “We have, what, 12 games? It’s a small window. The games are so important. It can’t matter what it says on the opponent’s jersey.” VC：「我們必須像大學球隊那樣，一場都不能輸，管他是強隊弱隊那些數據都不重要了， 我們必須想辦法贏球。我們還有，嗯，12場比賽？機會越來越少了，不管對手是誰每一場 比賽都很重要。」 The Mavs have kept their playoff hopes alive by going 21-13 since being a dozen-year-low of 10 games under .500. That’s the fifth-best record in the West during that span. After eight wins in 11 games, the Mavs find themselves only a game and a half behind the eighth-place Los Angeles Lakers, losers of three in a row. 小牛在落後五成勝率高達10場後，至今的戰績為21勝13敗，這段成績可以排行在西區第五 。近11戰8勝後，只落後給第八名的湖人一場半的勝差。 Coach Rick Carlisle acknowledges the Mavs’ lack of success against the West’ s best, but it doesn’t do him any good to think about what’s already happened. He’d rather discuss the two days of meticulous preparation for the Clippers, focusing on details such as ball security and boxing out against their freakishly athletic foe. “Right now, we need to win one game,” Carlisle said, “and that’s tonight. “ 卡帥承認之前對戰西區強隊是非常失敗的，但他不去想已經發生過的事情，他寧可花兩天 做足對戰快艇的準備，專注在細節上像是持球的保護和做好卡位以對抗快艇那批體能魔人 。「我們絕對要贏球，就是今晚了！」卡帥說道。 ============================================================================== 至為關鍵的一場比賽 還剩不到半個小時開打 小牛加油!!!!! --

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