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PHOENIX -- Sporting a small wound over his right eye, Phoenix Suns point guard Steve Nash was backed up against a wall as he met with reporters after practice Monday. Nash That's where Nash's Suns will find themselves if they don't play better in Game 4 of the Western Conference finals Tuesday night. They're feeling bruised, but not beaten, after a 95-88 Game 3 loss to Dallas on Sunday left them trailing 2-1. 在第三戰輸給小牛之後他們會感到沮喪但不會被擊倒 Afterward Nash, who got cut early in the game, said the Suns needed to show more fight. On Monday, Nash said he wasn't trying to send a message through the media because he had told his teammates the same thing. "I think at times we've been a little too passive," Nash said. 之後Nash透過媒體告訴隊友 "有時候我們想的有點太過消極了" The Suns have to change that quickly or they will be eliminated one step short of the NBA Finals for the second consecutive season. 太陽隊必須改變快攻的步調不然將再次於西區冠軍戰被淘汰 "It's a must-win-game situation Tuesday night," Phoenix coach Mike D'Antoni said. "We win that, it's a two-out-of-three series. Obviously they have home court, but we've shown that we can win there." Mike D'Antoni說我們前三戰中已經輸了兩場第四戰一定要拿下來在這個系列賽中很明顯的小牛有主場優勢但是我們會讓他們看到我們還是可以拿到勝利 Nash said one reason for the Suns' struggles is the absence of guard Raja Bell, who has missed the past two games with a strained left calf. Bell is not expected to play in Game 4. Nash說太陽還有一個必須奮鬥的原因那就是Raja Bell的缺席他錯過了兩場比賽而且不敢奢望他可以在第四戰上場 Bell scored only eight points in Phoenix's 121-118 Game 1 victory at Dallas. But he brings a fire that the Suns have lacked in the past two games. It was Bell who floored Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant in Game 5 of the opening round, drawing a flagrant foul and a one-game suspension. The Suns won that gam e and the next two to rally from a 3-1 deficit. 雖然在第一戰Bell僅有8分的進帳但是太陽需要他的拼戰精神在對上湖人時他在第五戰撂倒了Kobe 也使他禁賽一場不過太陽還是驚險晉級 Bell said he agreed with Nash's assessment that the Suns had their shoulders slumped in the second half Sunday night, when they scored only 36 points. Bell同意Nash對他們處境的看法在星期日晚上他們在下半場只得到36分這是一個沉重的負擔 "I did see it a little bit, and I don't know what to attribute that to," Bell said. "I think we have to find that [energy] from whoever's suited up." Bell還說我們必須找到與我們相稱的活力 Phoenix seemed to slump after an altercation late in the first half between the Mavericks' Jason Terry and the Suns' Tim Thomas. Thomas had drawn a flagrant foul from Josh Howard, who hit Thomas in the face as the Phoenix forward drove to the basket. As Thomas headed to the free throw line, he walked through a gro up of Mavericks, and he and Terry exchanged shoves. Both players were assessed technicals. 這段主要敘述幾個技術犯規的經過 Thomas走過Terry和司機中間使他們雙雙被判了一個技術犯規 Terry 以下幾段是關於Terry的就不翻了 "It's just a situation where we're standing together and he walks right through us," said Terry, who had been suspended for one game for throwing a punch in the second round against San Antonio. "Hey, stuff happens in a game. It's the Western Conference finals and guys are going to do whatever it takes. "That was just a situation where it was kind of edgy. The momentum was shifting either way. They benefited from it more than we did." Actually, the altercation sparked the Mavericks. They trailed by 10 points afte r Thomas made his free throws but pulled to 52-47 at the half. Including a 12-2 burst at the start of the third quarter, Dallas outscored the Suns 17-2 after the technicals were assessed. In each of the series' first three games, the Mavericks have trailed at halftim e but rallied to lead in the fourth quarter. In Game 1 they let the Suns come back to win, but in the past two games Dallas has outscored Phoenix by a combin ed 106-82 after intermission. That gap indicates that the Mavericks are adjusting to the Suns' up-tempo style , and that Phoenix has been unable to cope. Phoenix had 13 assists in Game 3 after averaging 23.5 the first two games. The Suns did not record a steal Sunday night, which was a big reason why they were held to four fast-break points (Dallas had 14). When the Suns don't run, they're done. The Mavericks sense that, which is why they've committed to hustling back on defense. "We still had some malfunctions, and they just didn't make some of their shots ," Dallas coach Avery Johnson said. "Sometimes stats are a little bit misleading. We think, compared to Game 1, which was pretty bad, our transition defense has improved, but it wasn't flawless." Throughout their 54-win season and the first two rounds of the playoffs, the Su ns have maintained that they don't worry about their opponents' strategy, and t hat they can dictate the pace whenever they want. They still believe that, even though the Mavericks have proved them wrong in th e last two games. "We're not working the ball," Nash said. "We're kind of just falling asleep at the wheel. We're not playing our style." 來源http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/playoffs2006/news/story?id=2462503 -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 61.64.159.11 ※ 編輯: ILoveNBA 來自: 61.64.159.11 (05/31 20:40)