Mavericks-Nuggets Preview After losing their first two home games this season, the Denver Nuggets seem to have recaptured their 2012-13 form at the Pepsi Center. 丹佛金塊在開季主場二連敗之後，最近他們找回了去年恐怖的主場威能。 One season removed from posting the NBA's best home record, the Nuggets will go for a fifth straight win on their floor Saturday night against the Dallas Mavericks. 去年他們拿下聯盟最佳主場戰績，而明天他們則是希望能在主場對達拉斯小牛 拿下最近的主場五連勝。 The Nuggets (5-6), who won their final 23 home games last season to finish 38-3 in Denver, had one of their best defensive nights this season in Thursday's 97-87 home win over Chicago. 開季5勝6敗的金塊，去年以主場23連勝作收，總戰績38勝3敗，昨天他們用本季 最佳的防守表現以97-87擊退芝加哥公牛。 Denver held the Bulls to 38.8 percent shooting - a season low for a Nuggets opponent - and limited them to only 14 points in the third quarter. 金塊讓公牛的命中率僅有38.8%，本季對手最低，而且第三節只讓公牛得14分。 The defensive effort helped the Nuggets overcome a 12-for-22 night at the foul line. They're 37 for 65 from the stripe in their last two games and remain among the worst in the league at 69.7 percent. 防守端的表現彌補了金塊罰球線上22投12中的低迷，最近兩場他們罰65中37， 本季的罰球命中率69.7%是聯盟最差。 They were also outrebounded 58-48. In their last two contests, they've been outworked on the offensive glass by a 41-23 margin. 他們在籃板其實也以58-48敗給公牛，最近兩場比賽，金塊在進攻籃板上總計 以23-41，差了有18個。 "I'm happy to get the win, but not happy with our two areas that seem to be our nemesis," coach Brian Shaw told the team's official website. "When we are playing good teams like the Bulls, those are areas that you can't continue to give the other team the advantage and expect to come away with the win. We're fortunate to be able to win the game." 金塊教練Brian Shaw在球隊官網訪問中說："我很高興能拿下勝利，但對兩個地方 不滿意(罰球與籃板)，這似乎是我們的罩門，當我們對上像公牛這樣的強隊，我們 不能期待每場比賽都打出這種表現還能贏球，我們今天贏的算運氣好。" Reserve Jordan Hamilton led the Nuggets with 17 points, while leading scorer Ty Lawson was held to a season-low 10 after averaging 28.5 in his previous two. Former Bulls guard Nate Robinson added 11 off the bench. 金塊的替補Jordan Hamilton攻下全隊最高17分，全隊得分王Ty Lawson只得10分， 最近兩場命中率28.5%，而去年效力公牛的後衛Nate Robinson則是從板凳跳出攻下 11分。 "Coach talked about (trying) to keep them under 85 points and continue to compete," Robinson said. "We needed this win to catapult us to get ready for our next opponent." Robinson說："教練說希望讓對手得分壓在85分，才有一搏的機會，我們用這一勝 證明我們準備好接下來的比賽了。" They can get to .500 for the first time this season with a third win against Dallas in four tries. Denver won its first two against Dallas last season before the Mavericks earned a 108-105 home win in the most recent meeting April 12. 金塊有機會在明天首度勝率破五成，同時拿下最近四次對上小牛的第三勝，最近一 次對戰是在4月12日，小牛以108-105在主場險勝金塊，不過前兩次對戰金塊都贏。 The Mavs (9-4) have won four in a row after Friday's 103-93 home victory over Utah. Dallas, which didn't win five in a row all of last season, improved to 7-0 at home for the first time since 2003. The Mavericks are 2-4 on the road this season. 9勝4敗的小牛則是拿下了四連勝，今天以103-93打敗猶他爵士。小牛去年沒拿下過 五連勝，而目前的主場開季七連勝是2003年以來最佳，不過本季客場僅2勝4敗。 They held the Jazz to 34 first-half points on 38.9 percent shooting but weren't able to maintain the intensity, allowing 59 points after the break as Utah got within five. 小牛讓爵士上半場只有34分，命中率38.9%，但沒辦法維持這樣的防守強度，讓 爵士下半場砍下59分，還一度追到五分差。 "It was disappointing, but wins are hard to get so it's a good win from that perspective," Mavs coach Rick Carlisle said. "Our execution was poor in the second half on both ends; it was pretty obvious." 小牛教練Rick Carlisle說："這樣的表現讓人失望，不過能拿到一勝還是可以接 受，很明顯我們下半場攻守都亂了套。" Monta Ellis scored 26 points, going 8 of 19 from the floor and 9 of 10 at the free throw line. The guard, in his first season with Dallas, has cracked 30 points in four of his last eight against Denver, including 38 on April 15 while with Milwaukee. He's averaging 26.8 points in those games dating to Jan. 5, 2010. Monta Ellis投19中8，罰10中9攻下26分，今年加盟小牛的Ellis最近八次對上 金塊有四場得分破30，包括4月15日以密爾瓦基公鹿球員的身分豪奪38分，在這 八場他平均能攻下26.8分。 Center Samuel Dalembert went 8 of 8 for 18 points with 12 rebounds against the Jazz. 中鋒Samuel Dalembert今天對爵士投8中8，攻下18分12籃板。 Filling in for the injured Brandan Wright, who is yet to play this season, Dalembert has 36 rebounds in his last three games. He's pulled down at least 10 in each of those contests after failing to reach double-digits in his first 10 games this season. 補上了本季因傷還未出賽的Brandan Wright，Dalembert最近三場共抓下36籃板， 也分別都超過10籃板，不過本季的前十場他的籃板都沒破10。 明天要到客場挑戰棘手的金塊...本季第五組B2B(連續四個週末) 希望連勝能延續 Let's Go Mavs!! --

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