[外電] Officer realizes hoops dream

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原文出處： http://www2.dailynews.com/sports/ci_3097493 -- Officer realizes hoops dream 軍官的籃球夢成真了 HONOLULU - When his time in the Navy is done in another three years, Chief Petty Officer Lawrence Sivils said he wants to move back to his native Kentucky and start civilian life as a basketball coach. 檀香山報 -- 再當三年的海軍，軍官L.Sivils說他希望可以回到故鄉肯塔基當個籃球教練，恢復平民的生活。 After Friday, Sivils will have quite a story to tell his young players on the first day of practice. 禮拜五過後，Sivils在帶領球隊練習的第一天，他將有一個很棒的故事可以與他球隊的年輕小夥子分享。 What started with an e-mail request last month to the Lakers ended with Kobe Bryant - or "Mr. Bryant" as Sivils kept referring to him - standing just to the left of the 40-year-old officer in his re-enlistment ceremony. 故事要從上個月一封寄給湖人E-mail開始說起，四十歲的軍官Sivils邀請一直以來他最喜歡的球星 - Kobe來參加他延長服役期限的典禮。 Bryant came straight from the practice court to find an audience of Sivils' friends, family and fellow officers waiting. Sivils, who has served 19 years in the Navy, was honorably discharged and asked to say a few words before taking the oath to serve another tour. Kobe直接從練習場地過來找到場觀禮的Sivils的朋友、家人以及軍官們。已在海軍服役滿19年的Sivils在大家尊敬的目光中現身，而且被要求在進行延長服役宣誓前發表一些自己的心得感想。 "It's very cool to be a part of it and to see his family and his kids and his wife," said Bryant, who was asked to be Sivils' official witness. "You understand how special this is and the sacrifices that they make as a family." Kobe說"能成為在場觀禮的一份子並見到他的家庭、小孩和妻子是很酷的，參與其中，你就能清楚知道他有多了不起，而他的家庭為此犧牲又有多大。 Sivils, a former high school and junior college basketball player, has been deployed to Japan, England, Iraq, Hong Kong and the Philippines during his time in the Navy. He is stationed with a Navy SEAL delivery vehicle team at Pearl City, Hawaii. 過去曾是高中、專科籃球校隊隊員的Sivils，在海軍服役期間曾被派至日本、英國、伊拉克、香港及菲律賓。現在他則被配置在夏威夷的珍珠港，成為海軍交通工具運輸隊的一份子。 "He's just my favorite basketball player," said Sivils, who visited with Bryant at practice Thursday night and will attend next week's exhibition games against Golden State. "(He's) smart, intelligent and he's a good person." 曾在禮拜四晚上到場探視Kobe練習且將到場觀看下禮拜湖人與勇士練習賽的Sivils說 "他是我最喜歡的籃球員，他聰明、伶俐，更重要的，他是一個好人。"(編按：Kobe也被發卡了 XD) -- Under pressure: Much has been made about the return of coach Phil Jackson's favored triangle offense, but the Lakers have spent significant practice time during the first week of training camp working on a trapping, high-pressure defense. 曝在壓力之下：大部分的壓力來自於P.Jackson回鍋當教練後仍希望以三角戰術作為進攻主軸，不過湖人在訓練營的第一個禮拜已經花了絕大部分的時間在練習以高壓防守設下陷阱。 "We have to find pressure at some level on the court where we can apply it, " said Jackson, who inherited a team that gaveup an average of 101.7 points last season. "Otherwise, we're going to get beat. 接掌上一季單場平均失分高達101.7的湖人，教練Jackson說"我們在場上已經找到了我們可以讓對手感到受迫的防守方式，如果不這麼做，我們又將被打敗。" "We don't have a tremendously physical team. Kwame (Brown) is our physical specimen. We don't have a great shot blocker and we don't have any stopper like an (Ron) Artest or somebody. So we're going to have to do some things defensively in a coordinated way." 湖人並不是一個體能勁爆的球隊，像K.Brown那麼好的體能則是大家的努力目標。我們沒有擅於敲鍋的球員，也沒有像R.Artest或B.Bowen...等人的防守大鎖，所以我們必須以有好的團隊防守為努力目標。 The Lakers can afford to press and run because they have such a young team, with an average age on opening night of barely 25. They also have Lamar Odom ready to make use of his 6-foot-10 frame as what Jackson called "an ideal guy to be a rover." 湖人可以提供壓迫性防守及全場跑動，因為他們現在是平均年齡僅僅25的年輕球隊。他們也有像L.Odom這樣已經準備好充分運用他6呎10吋身材的球員，而Jackson認為他會是一個理想的防守者。 "I love the tempo that we're playing at," Odom said. "I think it's going to complement our agility and our athleticism." Odom說"他喜歡現在球隊打球的節奏，他認為這麼打可以讓大家更靈活而且更有活力。" Even though he hasn't been cleared by doctors, Odom tested his surgically repaired left shoulder in a scrimmage Friday. He even guarded Bryant for a stretch, good practice for a season in which Odom expects to match up against small forwards. 雖然醫生還沒聲明說Odom已經可以上場打球了，不過他已經迫不及待地在上個禮拜五的分組對抗中小試身手，測試接受過手術的左肩的復原狀況。他甚至試著防守Kobe一段時間，這對將在本季試著防守敵隊小前鋒的Odom來說是個不錯的練習機會。 "Nobody, nobody, nobody can check Kobe Bryant one on one," said Odom, who gave Bryant some problems trying to shoot over him."Nobody." 在Kobe試著投籃時防守他且造成他一起困擾的Odom說"沒有，絕對沒有，絕對沒有一個人可以一對一防守Kobe而且守得很好。絕對沒有！" Injury report: Rookie center Andrew Bynum suffered an abdominal strain, an injury Jackson said initially was a concern, and did not return to practice. Bynum is listed as day to day. 傷兵特報：菜鳥中鋒A.Bynum的腹部拉傷，Jackson說他才剛受傷，然後他未返隊參與練習且被放入逐日觀察傷兵名單之中。 -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 210.241.111.125