[外電] Allen’s belief in himself never wav …

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※ [本文轉錄自 Celtics 看板] 作者: yuhuilu (WhereAmazingHappens) 看板: Celtics 標題: [外電] Allen’s belief in himself never wavered 時間: Fri May 30 18:01:54 2008 http://0rz.tw/4849Q By Adrian Wojnarowski BOSTON – Down the corridor moved Ray Allen late Wednesday, talking about the calm, the peace, the balance, that comes with his regular routine of shooting the ball on game night. It never changes. Hot streaks. Slumps. Whatever. When there are three hours until tip, he can be found alone with his thoughts and a rebounder. 星期三比賽結束後，雷槍談到他的冷靜和穩定，是來自於每次賽前的例行練投。不管他的手感發燙或是發冷，這從未改變過。只要距離開賽還有三個小時，你就可以看到他獨自一人在練球。 When the rest of his teammates are still driving downtown, Allen is cutting across the floor, the sweetest of strokes lifting shots, delivering the parquet the night’s first droplets of sweat. 當其他的隊友還在過來球場的途中時，雷槍已在場上奔跑、投進好幾個空心球，讓地板上出現今晚最早的汗滴了。 “What I want,” Allen said, “is to feel the shots that I’m going to make, see the angles, and the spots, and the contact that is going to come for me.” Now, Allen wears a suit and tie and slides his hip into you, as though you’ re one of those imagery defenders that come for him. 「我所要的，」雷槍說：「是去感受我的每一個投球，去找到角度和位置，以及看見即將靠近我的身體碰撞。」而現在，雷穿著正式服裝打著領帶，將他的屁股靠過來，彷彿我就是那個要過去防守他的人。 “Some guys, they just go out there, take some shots, just standing there, and that’s preparing them for the game.…” 「對有些人來說，他們只是上場練投一些球，然後就站在那裡，然後這樣他們就準備好上場了…」 Whatever has happened in these playoffs, whatever shots stopped dropping, Whatever has happened in these playoffs, whatever shots stopped dropping, whatever doubts descended, Allen stayed the course. His hours of shooting, his preparation, it never waves in good times and bad. This is his blanket, his ticket out of turbulence. Hundreds of shots every day, and finally, there was a three-pointer in Game 5, and another, and his coach, Doc Rivers, thought to himself, “He’s going to be good tonight.” 不管季後賽發生什麼事、不管球投不投得進、不管別人是否懷疑，雷槍的練習從不間斷。無論打得好不好，他練投的時間和賽前的準備都一樣。而這是他的保護傘，也是他遠離混亂的方式。每天投幾百球的他，終於，在第五戰投進了，而且是好多顆三分球，河流也認為：「他今晚會表現的很好。」 Mostly, Ray Allen was back for the Boston Celtics. 最重要的是，雷槍回來了！ There wasn’t a moment to waste. 沒有一刻被浪費。 He saved the season. 他挽救了這個球季。 From all over the floor, from his familiar Garden spots, Allen was on his way to 29 points when everything started to crumble around him, around the Celtics. The 17-point lead had dissipated, down to one, and with 1:23 left, the Detroit Pistons were threatening to get the ball back, get the lead and get out of the Garden with the carnage of a crushing Celtics collapse. With the shot clock winding down, with Rip Hamilton closing fast, with his foot on the three-point line, with the Garden gasping, Allen let loose one of those rainbow jumpers that made him an All-Star, an Olympian, an All-American. 在他熟悉的花園球場上，超賽開始瓦解時，雷槍正要取得他今晚的第29分。前面領先的17 分幾乎用盡，只剩1分之差，終場前1分23秒，活塞虎視眈眈地想奪回球、取得領先、血染花園。計時器開始倒數，鐵面人迅速逼近，雷槍腳踩著三分線，觀眾幾乎要窒息… 雷槍投出了如彩虹弧線般的球，證明了他是個全明星、奧運選手、以及全美國的球員。 He let loose one of the jumpers that the Celtics, along with Kevin Garnett, believed could deliver them to the NBA Finals. One game away now for Boston in the Eastern Conference finals, a 106-102 survival test that pushes the Pistons to brink for Game 6 on Friday. Boston leads the series 3-2, and as Kevin Garnett, with 31 points insists, “If he plays like that, it’s tough to beat us.” 他投出了一顆整個超賽-包括KG-都相信是帶領他們進總冠軍賽的球。以106-102險勝的超塞距離總冠軍賽只差一場，也讓活塞面臨淘汰的邊緣。KG說：「如果他一直保持這樣的狀況，要打倒我們很困難。」 So much of the Celtics struggles in these playoffs have centered on Allen’s shooting struggles. The thing is, he wasn’t just struggling to make shots, he was struggling to get shots. He had missed 42 of his past 51 three-pointers until hitting five of six on Wednesday, until that foot on the line made it 103-101. 超賽在季後賽中所面臨的掙扎，都圍繞在雷槍的冷手感上。問題是，他不只手感冷，他還拿不太到球。過去幾場他共投出了51顆三分球，有42顆沒進，直到上一戰的6投5中。最後一球因為踩線，差點也是顆三分。 “Biggest shot of his career,” Rajon Rondo said. 「這是他生涯中最重要的一擊。」軟豆說。 Before leaving the locker room, Allen was thinking back to the two bang-bang three-pointers in the first quarter that led him out of the slump, and told Rondo that he was able to get those shots because Boston beat Detroit on the boards, passed the ball out and started the fast break. For so long, it’s been tough to find the easy ones. Now, the Celtics were getting the ball to Allen on the move and letting him make shots in transition. 離開休息室前，雷回想著第一節那兩顆打破低潮的三分球，告訴軟豆：他可以投進球，把球傳給他打快攻。超賽已經好久都找不到簡單得分的方式，而現在，就是把球快傳給雷，然後讓他得分。 Allen heard the gravely voice of the man responsible for recruiting him to the University of Connecticut, Howie Dickenman. Most of the old Huskies can take or leave Jim Calhoun, but they all love Dickenman. On his way to the Garden on Wednesday, Allen called Dickenman, now the coach at Central Connecticut State, to make sure the coach had the tickets he needed for Game 5. 在比賽前，雷槍聽見一個嚴肅的聲音，來自帶他進康乃迪克大學的教練Howie Dickenman 。他在上場前打給Dickenman，問這位現任的康乃迪克州教練有沒有拿到第五場的門票。 “Ray,” Dickenman growled. “I was just telling my assistants: You’re going to have 27 points tonight.” 「雷！」Dickenman對他咆哮：「我剛剛告訴我的助理們，你今晚會拿到27分。」 The Celtics will need it again. They were fortunate to survive Game 5, and unless they get something special out of the Big Three, they’ll be right back at the Garden for Game 7 on Sunday. 超賽需要美好的事再發生一次。他們幸運地在第五戰存活下來，但除非三巨頭有什麼突出表現，否則他們會再回到花園打第七戰。 The Celtics were desperate for Allen to arrive into these playoffs. “He never changed his routine,” Rivers said. “He kept working on his game, he kept believing every day. Hell, if that had been me, I’d have been a basket case as a player. Most players would have been. But that’s the difference between the good ones and the great ones.” 超賽極度渴望雷在季後賽回神。「他從沒改變過他的例行工作。」河流說：「他一直很努力，每天都保持信心。真要命，如果是我的話，我可能就崩潰了吧！大部分的球員大概也一樣。但這就是好球員和偉大球員之間的差別。」 And perhaps, that’s the difference between the conference finals and a date with destiny with the Los Angeles Lakers. Once more, Allen left the first droplets of sweat on the parquet floor. Once and for all, the shooter made his shots. Garnett is right: Hard to beat Boston this way. 而也許，這也是東區冠軍戰與對湖人的命運之戰兩者之間的差別。再一次，雷讓地板上出現最早的汗滴；而再一次，這位偉大射手要將手中的球射進籃框裡。KG是對的：「這樣要打倒波士頓，很難。」 -- 令人感動的真男人...雷槍請繼續保持下去吧!! -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 61.218.159.184 -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 61.218.159.184