Changes Await Spurs

看板Spurs (聖安東尼奧馬刺)作者baseball624 (juicy)時間17年前 (2008/06/07 23:58)推噓30(30推 0噓 5→)

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Late Thursday night, in a cramped Staples Center locker room, Manu Ginobili talked about pain, Bruce Bowen mused on missed opportunities and R. C. Buford rifled through boxes of stale pepperoni pizza. 禮拜四晚間，在狹小的Staples Center休息室裡， Ginobili說到傷痛，Bowen正在沉思那錯過的機會， Buford則在不新鮮的義大利臘味香腸口味pizza盒子旁… (rifle through好難翻…) The Spurs breathed in an atmosphere of defeat that was as unappetizing as Buford’s lukewarm snack. Buford, the Spurs’ unassuming general manager, forced a half-grin as he filled his hands. He needed something to tide him over for the long flight back to San Antonio. 馬刺呼吸到了失敗的氛圍，跟Buford微溫的點心一樣令人沒有食慾。Buford，低調的總經理雙手合掌並且露出苦笑。他需要一些東西讓他能克服痛苦，回到聖安東尼奧。 They all felt a little empty. The Los Angeles Lakers — younger, quicker, maybe hungrier — needed only five games to eliminate the Spurs, the defending N.B.A. champions, from the Western Conference finals. 他們都覺得有一些空虛，湖人隊-年輕、快速、也許較有企圖心- 只花了五場比賽就在西區冠軍賽淘汰以防守著稱的NBA冠軍馬刺。 The Spurs have won a league-high four titles since 1999, but have never repeated as champions. A sympathetic reporter tried to console Ginobili by pointing to the Spurs’ knack for winning every other year (2003, 2005, 2007), suggesting they were due for another title next June. 從1999年以來，馬刺贏了最多的四次NBA總冠軍，但從來沒有連霸過。一個記者試著安慰Ginobili說馬刺只要隔一年就會拿一次冠軍(2003.2005.2007球季)，也就是說明年的六月會拿到冠軍的。 “If you can assure me that I’m going to win it next year, then I’ll be kind of happy,” Ginobili said. “But it’s not that easy.” “如果你可以確信我明年能贏，那也會是一種快樂”，Ginobili說”但沒那麼簡單” The Spurs can be sure of two things. They will remain a force in the West because of their All-Star threesome of Tim Duncan, Tony Parker and Ginobili. And they will fall short again without substantial changes in the supporting cast, which wilted as June approached. 有兩件事對馬刺而言是確定的事情，當六月凋零時，有明星賽三巨頭，Duncan、Parker、Ginobili ，他們仍然會是西區非常強勁的隊伍，不會有太大的改變。 Even before the series ended, team officials knew this summer would be a busy one. Four key players are free agents, all in their 30s — Fabricio Oberto, Robert Horry, Michael Finley and Kurt Thomas. 即使在系列賽結束之前，球隊高層知道這將會是繁忙的一個夏天，四個超過三十歲的球員都將變成自由球員，Fabricio Oberto, Robert Horry, Michael Finley and Kurt Thomas.。 Horry did not play in the series finale, and his storied career as one of the game’s clutch players might be over. Horry, who has won seven championship rings (three with the Lakers, two each with Houston and the Spurs), turns 38 in August. He was 0 for 9 in the conference finals. Horry沒能打到系後賽的結尾，他傳奇的生涯會讓許多球員難以超越(三年在湖人，兩年在火箭與馬刺。)，八月將滿38歲了。他在西區冠軍賽投九中零。 The 35-year-old Finley, who helped the Spurs win the title in 2007, also had his shooting touch desert him in the conference finals. Finley, who started ahead of Ginobili, averaged only 5.8 points in the series. 三十五歲的Finley，幫助馬刺在2007年拿到冠軍，在西區冠軍賽擔任在Ginobili 之前的先發得分後衛，他的手感也不好，系列戰平均只有5.8分。 If the Spurs opt for a youth movement, Thomas and several others could be gone. Oberto is 33, and Brent Barry is 36. Bowen remains a defensive force — he made Kobe Bryant work hard for his points all series — but he turns 37 in two weeks. 如果馬刺想要年輕化，那Thomas和許多球員就要離開，Oberto33歲，Barry36歲， Bowen的防守依然很好，他讓Kobe在季後賽很難得分-但他在兩個禮拜就要37歲了。 The Spurs had a tough first round against the Phoenix Suns, followed by an exhausting seven-game series against the New Orleans Hornets. They were slow to get to loose balls and short on offensive options. The age issue is unavoidable. 馬刺第一輪遇到太陽，七場對黃蜂疲累的比賽，他們開始變慢，容易掉球，也缺乏進攻的選擇。這是無可避免得議題。 The Spurs have already talked about adding younger players in the off-season. They also envision roles for two recent draftees, Tiago Splitter and Ian Mahinmi. 馬刺已經決定季後賽結束後要加入年輕的球員，已經展望兩個選秀會的年輕球員，Tiago Splitter 和 Ian Mahinmi.。 “Whatever’s going to happen is going to happen,” Bowen said. “不管將要發生甚麼”Bowen說 “It is risky to draw hard conclusions from this season, given how competitive the Western Conference was. But there is a sense that a shift is under way, with the young Lakers, the Hornets and the Utah Jazz supplanting the Spurs, the Suns and the Dallas Mavericks as the top powers. 這是個很難做出結論的球季，西區的競爭很激烈，但卻有一股氣，漸漸的在移動，年輕的湖人、黃蜂、爵士可能會取代馬刺、太陽、小牛、這些強權。 The Suns and the Mavericks fizzled in the first round and have far bigger problems than the Spurs. The Spurs might still be playing if Ginobili — arguably their best player this season — had not been playing with an ankle injury. 太陽跟小年第一輪就遇到了比馬刺嚴重的問題，只要Ginobil可以，馬刺仍然是可打的-他們這季打得最好的球員，腳踝受傷原本不該再打的。 He scored 30 points in a Game 3 victory, but averaged 8 points in the four losses. 他第三場拿了三十分，但四場輸的球賽，他平均只拿下八分。 “We got the feeling that we had an opportunity this year to win it, and if you let it go away, it hurts,” Ginobili said. “So we’re all disappointed.” “我們覺得我們今年有機會可以贏的”，如果你錯過了，那會很傷， Ginobili說”所以我們很失望” The key faces are not going anywhere. Duncan and Coach Gregg Popovich are signed through 2012, Parker through 2011, Ginobili and Bowen through 2010. There is time for another championship run or two, and perhaps a chance to accomplish the one feat that has eluded the Spurs — a repeat championship. 重點人物不會去哪裡，Duncan跟Pop都被簽約到2012年， Parker到2011年，Ginobili跟Bowen到2010年，還有機會再拿一兩次冠軍，或許可以完成連霸。 Their first title defense, in 2000, was derailed by an injury to Duncan, and ended with a first-round loss to the Suns. They stumbled in 2004 when the Lakers’ Derek Fisher hit a seemingly impossible buzzer-beater in Game 5 of the conference semifinals. Their 2006 run came down to a handful of controversial plays, and an overtime loss to Dallas in Game 7 of the conference semifinals. 最重要的防守，在2000年，因為Duncan受傷，在第一輪敗給太陽，2004年Fisher不可思議的四強賽第五戰最後一擊再度讓馬刺錯過，2006年，四強賽對上小牛，第七戰在延長賽落敗。 “We’re getting closer and closer, as far as the rounds go,” Bowen said with a smile. “我們越來越近”周而復始的”Bowen面帶微笑的說” Other than the Lakers — who are making their fifth finals appearance in nine years — no other franchise can match the Spurs’ sustained success this decade. The only gap is their inability to repeat. 除了湖人外-九年內打進五次總冠軍賽-沒有其他球隊可以跟馬刺在這十年內的成就匹敵，但他們就是沒辦法連霸。 Popovich called the three-peats by the Lakers and the Chicago Bulls “pretty impressive stuff, ” but said he never made it a goal. Pop說到湖人跟公牛的三連霸”令人印象深刻的事件”但他卻未達成 “I have never mentioned it one time,” he said. “Maybe that’s my problem.” “我從來沒提到”他說”或許那是我的問題” While the Lakers, the N.B.A.’s pre-eminent glamour team, go for their fourth title this decade, the boringly efficient Spurs will retreat to the shadows and plot their next makeover. 湖人，先前NBA輝煌的球隊，為了十年內的第四座總冠軍奮戰，馬刺則退了下來為明年的補強作計畫。 The dynasty may be aging, but there is still one major item on the bucket list. 這王朝也許老了，但他仍是單子上最重要的一個物件。 -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 218.161.60.31

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