[外電] Rockets’ missed chances let Spurs off hook

看板Rockets (休士頓火箭)作者clydeli (...)時間17年前 (2009/03/15 14:04)推噓8(8推 0噓 9→)

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http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/6311841.html 大家可以先看看原文的一些賽後心得~ 剛好週末有空待會兒我會翻譯兼賺P幣~ XD - The Rockets got good shots, the sort of shots that wins these sorts of games. They had Aaron Brooks flying past Tim Duncan to the rim for the lead. They had Ron Artest wide open on a 3-pointer for a tie. They just could not get the shots they wanted to go. Both missed. The difference, however, was not just the shots that missed with seconds to go and the Rockets desperately trying to catch the Spurs; it was that with five minutes left and the game tied, the Spurs got those shots on every possession. The Spurs made just enough so that when Brooks and Artest missed, San Antonio held on to beat the Rockets, 88-85, before 18,300 Saturday at Toyota Center. “That’s a difference between a great team and just a good team,” Yao Ming said. “We still need to improve that.” Late look The Rockets did get a last chance when Shane Battier tied up Tony Parker for the rebound of Artest’s miss. Battier won the jump and the Rockets called time out to set up a last play with 4.2 seconds left. They inbounded to Yao who shoveled the ball to Brooks, but he had time only to sling a heave toward the rim that fell well short. “We were in position to win the game,” Brooks said. “We were so close. I think we did a better job today, but they made the plays.” The Rockets, however, lamented the ones that got away on their previous attempts to take a lead or force overtime. They had rallied back from an 11-point second-half deficit and, with five minutes left, Luis Scola scored on a drive to tie the game 77-77, the 35th time the game was tied or the lead changed hands. Spurs take charge That was when the Spurs went to work, putting the game in Duncan’s and Tony Parker’s hands. Between them, they scored the Spurs’ final 17 points, Parker getting the last nine with Duncan assisting on six. Though Yao held Duncan to 15 points on 7 of 18 shooting, with the game tied, Duncan hit a jumper then twice passed to Parker, who finished with layups. Parker’s second layup drew a Scola foul for a three-point play that gave the Spurs a 7-0 run to an 83-77 lead with 2:45 left. “They executed very well,” Rockets coach Rick Adelman said. “We had that stretch where they got the lead, and now you’re fighting from behind. Against that team, it’s very difficult with Tim and Parker. You just have to maintain your focus. We just have to respond. We have to come back. We could have won the game. We didn’t.” One more try The Rockets, however, did come back again, with Yao hitting a left-handed hook and Brooks finishing a drive. After Parker sank a jumper with 90 seconds remaining, Brooks twice drove to the rim. Though he missed on both shots, Scola got the rebound of the first, drew a foul and made both free throws before Yao slammed home the second Brooks drive to pull the Rockets to within one with 43.6 seconds left. Finally, the Rockets got the stop they needed, taking away the back cut so that Parker launched and missed from 18 feet with 28.9 seconds left. The Rockets had Artest open, but when Brooks did not see him, he took off for the rim. “I saw I was one-on-one with Tim Duncan,” Brooks said. He was at the free throw line, so I thought I could get past him. I could have got a foul on that play. I thought for sure they were going to call a foul. They didn’t, but it’s the fourth quarter and I guess they’re not going to make those calls. “It’s my fault. I missed my read. Ron was open. I guess I just tripped and fell on my own.” Parker seals win The Rockets sent Parker to the line and he pushed the lead to 3. Artest, however, got a wide-open look with 9.9 seconds left, but missed. “I thought Aaron got fouled, and that’s a good look at the end of the game, wide open,” Artest said. “It was a great look. I will take that wide-open shot all day, but I couldn’t get it to fall.” Moments later, the Rockets were out of last chances, left instead to lament the difference between themselves and the team they are chasing. “They’re the Spurs,” Shane Battier said. “They’re going to be solid. They ’re not going to beat themselves.” -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 219.68.83.170

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