AUS – Mackinnon, Smith out of Beijing Olympics for Australia http://0rz.tw/f43Wh 29/04/2008 SYDNEY (Olympics) – Australia’s men have been struck by a couple of thunderbolts with the news that veterans Sam Mackinnon and Jason Smith will be unable to play at the Olympics. 澳洲男籃隊得到一個晴天霹靂的消息, 兩位老將Sam Mackinnon和Jason Smith將不能 參加奧運. Mackinnon, 32, has blood clots on his lungs while Smith, the 33-year-old captain of the Boomers, needs surgery on a shoulder injury that he suffered in last year’s NBL play-offs. Mackinnon在他的肺有血塊,而Smith則因為去年NBL的季後賽,需要做肩部手術. The 1.97m Mackinnon, who played at small forward at the FIBA World Championship in Japan and averaged 7.8 points, 5.5 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game, is expected to return to the court for the forthcoming domestic league campaign in Australia. 197公分的Mackinnon在日本舉行的FIBA世界錦標賽當任小前鋒,每場平均7.8分 5.5籃板和3.3助攻,而且被期望能在即將來到的國內賽復出. He must now take blood-thinning medication for three months, though, and doctors have said he cannot play any contact sport during this time. 而他現在必須接受blood-thinning三個月治療,醫生也表示他在這段時間不能 參加激烈運動. Smith needs an operation on his rotator cuff and that will prevent him from playing for eight months. Smith則需要做小腿的手術,而且會有八個月無法打球. He poured in better than nine points a game in Japan and helped the Boomers survive Hamamatsu, where the toughest group in the competition was staged. 他在日本世錦賽提供至少每場九分,幫助袋鼠們在最硬的組中脫穎而出. Australia coach Brian Goorjian, meanwhile, knows the squad he will take to the Beijing Games faces a tough path to the quarter-finals after being drawn in Group A along with defending champions Argentina, European juggernauts Lithuania and last year’s EuroBasket winners Russia. 澳洲隊教練Brian Goorjian知道他在北京奧運將面對最困難的賽程,在A組面對上 屆冠軍阿根廷,歐洲勁旅立陶宛和去年歐錦賽冠軍俄羅斯. Iran, the winners of the FIBA Asia Championship, and one of the teams that will reach Beijing via the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Athens in July, complete the group. 和伊朗(亞錦賽冠軍)及另一個資格賽名額. "You don't feel hard done by because there's quality teams in both groups, but if you look at the two pools, the one thing that stands out to me is, I think, we're in the tougher pool," Goorjian said. Goorjian說"兩組隊伍都相當有資格,但是如果你仔細看,我覺得我們處在比較硬的組." "Our challenge is to get out of the pool and once you get out of the pool, the world's your oyster. "我們的挑戰是想辦法在這組晉級" "You're one game away from four teams left in it, so I've got my mind and my eyes firmly placed on getting out of that pool.” "輸一場可能就無緣晉級,所以我得把我的精力都放在如何從這組晉級" "It's a challenge, but I think we can do it." "這是一個挑戰,但是我想我們可以達成." Should the Boomers progress, they could face a quarter-final against Team USA, world champions Spain or hosts China. 假設袋鼠可以晉級,他們可能會在四強賽遇到美國隊,或世界冠軍西般牙或主辦國中國. --

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