[外電] Rockets just warm enough.

看板Rockets (休士頓火箭)作者TMcGrady1 (傳球第一。)時間19年前 (2006/11/25 18:43)推噓7(7推 0噓 0→)

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Rockets just warm enough Shooting a bit better than Wizards will do in eighth victory 火箭熱機還不夠，只是籃子比巫師準些就取下了第八勝。 By JONATHAN FEIGEN Finally, Rafer Alston came up with a plan to win this weird brickathon. 最後，對於拿下這場詭異的比賽，RA有了頭緒。 With the ball and the game in his hands in the last half-minute, the Rockets guard figured he'd fire away and do what everybody had been doing much of the night. He thought he'd miss. 球在他的手中，最後的30秒，他知道他掌握著這場比賽最後的勝負關鍵，他算計著，就像其他人今晚做的一樣，他必須出手。但他以為他中不了籃子。 "If you can get a shot up, you never know," Alston said. "Maybe Yao (Ming) or Shane (Battier) would get the rebound, and we could get a second opportunity." 「一但當你出手，什麼事都有可能，」Alston說，「也許姚或是Battier 會拉下這個籃板，然後我們可以再打二次進攻。」 They didn't have to. After all the shots he and pretty much everyone else missed Wednesday at Toyota Center, Alston nailed his 3-pointer with six seconds left to help lift the Rockets to an 86-82 win over the Washington Wizards. 但他們不需要這麼做。當他和其他人在Toyota center的星期三晚上投失了好幾球之後，Alston拿下了這顆三分球，並且剩下六秒鐘，幫助火箭以86-82 氣走了巫師隊。 At the time Alston launched, he had made three of 15 shots, which was just a little bit better than the Rockets as a whole had shot in the fourth quarter. 當Alston投出這顆球，他的命中率是投15中3，僅僅比火箭整隊的第四節命中率好一點點。 Another lead withers 又一次消失的領先優勢 That was enough for the Rockets to blow another hefty second-half lead, this time as much as 15. But having gotten so accustomed to that and emerged from a very strange night of basketball with their fourth win in five home games, they did not seem to worry about style. 這一次的15分領先，足夠讓火箭再次玩掉他們的下半場。不過，在這樣一場奇怪的比賽中贏得五場中的第四場的主場勝利，他們似乎以對此習以為常，看起來他們對這樣的比賽風格並不擔心。 "It would concern me if we were losing games," said guard Tracy McGrady, who had 13 points, 12 rebounds and eight assists. "I will take a win any way I can get it." 「如果我們輸了這場比賽，我會很在意。」小麥說，他今晚拿下了13分，12籃板，8 次助攻，「為了能拿下勝利，我已盡我所能。」 Even with a four-point lead with six seconds left after Alston's shot, the Rockets could not yet claim the win. There were still several oddities to go before that. 即使在最後六秒時，Alston的三分球幫助火箭以四分領先，對於火箭來說，仍然不能保證勝利，在那之前，仍有可能有許多詭異的事情會發生。 First, Washington's Gilbert Arenas, who had made one of 10 shots before knocking down his previous 3-pointer and three free throws, banged a 3 in off the backboard with 3.8 seconds left. 首先，在前一個三分球和3個罰球之前投10中1的Arenas，在剩下3.8秒時竟投進了一個三分球，還是個大擦板！ Then Luther Head — who had missed six of seven shots before his 3-pointer had been the first field goal either team managed for nearly four fourth- quarter minutes — was quickly fouled and made his first attempt to put the Rockets ahead 84-82. 然後，海德 — 在第四節前半，兩隊沒有任何得分的四分鐘裡，投進了三分球，但在那之前，他7球中投失了6球 — 很快地他被犯規，並送上罰球線，投進了他的第一顆罰球，將比分拉至84-82。 Rockets coach Jeff Van Gundy had Head miss his second attempt with three seconds left, figuring the Wizards could not get a rebound and decent shot in that little time. 火箭總教練Jeff向Head打pass，讓Head故意miss他的第二顆罰球，算計著巫師沒有辦法在剩下的三秒鐘內摘下籃板並投進clutch shot。 Instead, they could not get the rebound. Caron Butler wandered under the rim as the ball floated over his head. Head scooped it up on a bounce, was fouled with 1.3 seconds left, and made both attempts to seal the win. 可是巫師連籃板都沒搶，當球通過Butler頭上時，他在球框底下猶豫了。Head搶到了這個籃板，並在剩下1.3秒時再次被犯規，他兩罰俱中並保住了勝利。 "There is room for improvement, but I don't want our guys to get to the point they can't enjoy winning and are being graded on how pretty it is," Van Gundy said. "Sometimes it's like you're stuck in mud." 「還有進步的空間！但我並不想破壞他們享受勝利的美妙。」Jeff說，「有時候那樣做會讓人覺得你是個老古板！」（按：但事實上你是= =） The Wizards were so caught in the muck that the Rockets spent the first half needing only to get a hand up and chase rebounds. 巫師也對火箭感到不解。努力拼鬥了上半場卻只為了最後搶一個籃板球？ The Wizards not only made 11 of 44 shots — the worst shooting half against the Rockets this season — their 28 first-half points were one more than the fewest the Rockets had ever allowed in a half. 巫師半場的投44中11，不僅是火箭這季對手中的最低命中率，所得的28分也是這季火箭對手中所得的最低分。 The Rockets misfired their way around the court, too, but got an enormous jolt from rookie guard Vassilis Spanoulis, who finished with 10 points, several strong defensive stops and rave reviews. 火箭一樣沒帶準心上場，可是得到10分、防守強悍並得到高度評價的V-span，卻帶給火箭很大的驚喜！ Raves for Spanoulis 對Span的大力誇贊！ "Billy wasn't good — he was outstanding," Van Gundy said. "He's not ready for Springfield yet. But I thought he was really good. Making the two 3s, you're going to always look good when the ball goes in, but if you watched him move his feet against some very hard guys to guard, he was able to stay in front of the ball, and that's one thing we've struggled with all year. 「Span不只是好，而是非。常。好！極為出色！」Jeff說，「他雖然還沒準備足夠，但我覺得他已十分出色。投進了兩個三分球，也許你會覺得稀鬆平常，但當你注意到他快速的腳步可以跟上強壯的後衛，而且防守時仍能保持在球的前方！這就是我們整年努力想做好的事。」 "I couldn't have been happier with how he played. I think that's his greatest strength right now: his defensive ability. He's gotten more disciplined. He gave us a great boost off the bench." 「對於Span今天的表現我樂極了，我認為現在他的防守強度正值巔峰狀態，而他現在更加地訓練有素，給予我們充份的板凳深度。」 The Rockets had pushed the lead to its largest when Chuck Hayes, in his first game back from a hyperextended left knee, chased the rebound of a missed 3 and passed to McGrady at the top of the arc for a trey that put the Rockets up 65-50. 當Hayes因他的左膝膝傷，重新回到場上時，火箭取得了最大領先，抓下一個三分球的籃板並傳給弧頂的小麥，小麥的三分球讓火箭取得65-50的最大領先。 But with the Rockets leading by 12 in the fourth quarter, the Wizards rolled to a 13-2 run, beginning with a powerful Butler slam and ending with an Arenas 3-pointer that cut the Rockets' lead to 72-71 with 5:43 left. 但當火箭以12分領先進入第四節時，Butler的強力灌籃讓巫師打出了一波13-2的攻勢，當Arenas投進三分之後，火箭只剩下72-71一分領先，那時剩下5分43秒。 It took more than three minutes for anyone to score. The Wizards missed their next six shots and two free throws. Over a span of more than seven minutes, the Rockets made one of eight attempts. 此後的三分多鐘內竟無人得分，巫師投失了6球和兩個罰球，而火箭，在七分多鐘內竟投 8中1！ With that, Head sank three free throws and his late 3-pointer, Alston made his late 3, and the Rockets left with a win ... and without a care about how it looked. 而Head送出的三次罰球和遲來的三分球，Alston的三分球，讓火箭留下了勝利...儘管這場比賽是多麼的難看。 -- 看來火箭還是有很多問題，費根好像很生氣。：( -- This is my 「Career Night」。 Magic PLAYER POS MIN FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A REB AST PTS T.Mcgrady G 46 20-37 5-14 17-26 10 5 62 -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 59.117.38.244