http://0rz.tw/904YY Spurs' defense makes smooth transition Web Posted: 11/02/2008 12:00 CDT By Jeff McDonald - Express-News To the disengaged scoreboard watchers throughout the NBA, results of the Spurs' first two games look awfully similar. 在看NBA記分板，Spurs前兩場的結果是如此的相似 One was a 103-98 loss to Phoenix, the other a 100-99 loss at Portland. 一場在Phoenix以98-103輸球，另一場99-100輸給Portland The first came down to a potential game-tying 3-pointer that missed, the second came down to a potential game-tying 7-footer that suffered the same fate. 首先有機會一次三分球追平，但沒進；第二次一個七呎投籃可以贏得比賽，但結果一樣 To Spurs coach Gregg Popovich, however, those two losses were as disparate as night and day. 對Spurs教練Gregg Popovich來說，這兩次輸球是完全不同的 After the Spurs lost to Phoenix in the opener, Popovich left the AT&T Center seething about his team's lack of attention to transition defense — apathy that led Phoenix to score 15 points on dunks or layups. He was smiling as he left Portland's Rose Garden on Friday night, which should tell you all you need to know about his assessment of the Spurs' defense. 在開幕戰輸給Phoenix後，Popovich離開AT&T Center時對於球隊忽視防守的輪轉非常激動 ，Phoenix用灌籃或上籃得到15分。星期五晚上，離開Portland的Rose Garden球場時他微 笑著，那場比賽告訴他，關於Spurs的防守 “Between the beginning and the end of the game, the defense was really solid, ” Popovich said. “The first half, we really dug a hole with the boards and turnovers. But the defense was solid.” “在比賽時，我們有堅固的防守”Popovich說“上半場，我們的確遇上籃板球和失誤的問 題。但防守的很好” The Spurs allowed 13 offensive rebounds and committed 14 turnovers against Portland. As a result, the Blazers attempted 14 more field goals than the Spurs, who lost despite shooting nearly 56 percent from the field. 與Portland的比賽，Spurs丟了13個進攻籃板、發生了14次失誤。和結果符合的是， Blazers比Spurs多了14次出手機會，儘管投籃命中率接近56%，但仍然輸了 Still, the Spurs finished the game better than they did against Phoenix, rallying from a 12-point deficit in the fourth quarter. They had a chance to win as time expired, but Michael Finley's 7-foot jumper skipped off the rim. 然而，相較與Phoenix的比賽，在結束時Spurs做的更好，在第四節克服了12分的落後。在 時間到點前有個機會，但Michael Finley錯失了這個七呎的跳投 “That's a shot we would kill for any day of the week,” Popovich said. “Sometimes they just don't go in.” “那記投籃可以讓我們贏下任何一天的最佳好球”Popovich說“有時候他們只是沒有進” (kill for any day of the week，不知道我有沒有弄錯意思) Good start for Mason: Two games into his Spurs career, Roger Mason Jr. is proving himself to be a steady option off the bench. Mason好的開始：在Spurs生涯的前兩場比賽，Roger Mason Jr. 正在證明他是穩定的板凳 選擇 Mason scored 14 points in the loss to Portland, connecting on 6 of 7 field-goaltries. That came on the heels of a 12-point outing in the opener against Phoenix. 開幕戰對上Phoenix有12分的表現。緊接著在輸給Portland的比賽中，Mason7投6中，得到 14分 Mason has logged at least 29 minutes off the bench in each of the Spurs' first two games. For the second game in a row Friday, he was in the game during crunch time. 在頭兩場比賽，Mason從板凳出發，出賽均逾29分鐘。星期五的第二場比賽，關鍵時刻他 仍在場上 Mason, signed from Washington in the offseason, says his acclimation to his new team is still “a work in progress.” Popovich expects Mason's role to grow as he gains confidence. Mason，季外從Washington簽來，(Mason)說他在適應新球隊上仍在進步中。當得到 Popovich信任後，期待Mason所扮演的角色可以更吃重 “Right now, he's trying to get comfortable and see where his piece of the pie is,” Popovich said. “He wants to fit in first, so he's tiptoeing around Timmy (Duncan) and Tony (Parker). “現在，他正試著找到自己在球隊中的定位，且變得更愉快”Popovich說，“他想要先適 應，所以他慬慎的跟著Timmy和Tony” “I'd rather have to talk to him about taking a bad shot than have to beg him to shoot it.” “我寧可告訴他關於選擇一個不好的出手，而不是叫他投籃” Chasing history: The Spurs are 0-2 for the first time in the Duncan era. When their season resumes Tuesday against Dallas, the Spurs will be aiming to avoid going 0-3 for the first time since 1973-74, when they started the season 0-4. 歷史追溯：在Duncan的時期，Spurs頭一次在前兩場比賽都輸球。星期二對上Dallas時， Spurs要避免自從1973-1974以來首次開季3連敗，當時是0-4 --

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