[外電] New guys lift Wolves to 92-79 win

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New guys lift Wolves to 92-79 win over Rockets (出處：http://ppt.cc/xiPf) MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Chris Johnson arrived in Minnesota on Friday night just hoping to provide a little bit of energy and make a solid impression in his latest effort to catch on with an NBA team. Chris Johnson在週五晚上抵達明尼蘇達,希望給球隊一個好印象. About 24 hours later, he was hearing chants of ''M-V-P! M-V-P!'' and teaming with another new face to carry the Timberwolves to a much-needed victory. 24小時後,他已經開始聽到"MVP!MVP!"的觀眾呼喊. 並與另一個新面孔一起為灰狼拿下重要的一勝. Chris Johnson and Mickael Gelabale signed 10-day contracts with Minnesota on Saturday morning, then scored the first 23 points of the fourth quarter to lift the Timberwolves to a 92-79 victory over the slumping Houston Rockets on Saturday night. Johnson跟Gelabale星期六早上跟灰狼各簽了十天短約---- 然後在星期六晚上,一起得了第四節的前23分,完美地解決了也在連敗的火箭. Johnson, signed from Santa Cruz of the NBA Development League, scored 13 of his 15 points in the fourth. Gelabale, a forward who arrived from France on Thursday, had 10 of his 11 points in the final 12 minutes to help the injury-plagued Wolves snap a five-game skid. 從D-League被叫上來的Johnson,狂砍了15分,其中13分是在第四節拿到的. Gelabale,週四才從法國飛來的外援,也怒得11分,其中10分是在第四節拿到的. 灰狼就靠他們一掃五連敗的陰霾! ''I don't think I drew it up that way,'' Johnson said with a big smile. "這的確跟我想像中的不太一樣"Johnson眉開眼笑地說. Neither did the Rockets, who were caught totally flat-footed by a pair of unknown players who showed more heart and hustle in 12 minutes than the entire Houston team has in about two weeks. 火箭也絕對料想不到,自己被兩個對手打工仔的熱情與拼勁打得落花流水. James Harden scored 18 points on 5-of-18 shooting for the Rockets, who have lost seven straight games. Houston shot 32 percent and committed 20 turnovers in another lethargic effort that had coach Kevin McHale scrambling to find anybody who could give them some energy. Harden 18投僅5中,得18分.火箭總共命中率32%,而且總共有20次失誤整隊疲弱的表現讓McHale找不到應對方法. Andrei Kirilenko had 21 points and 11 rebounds, and Luke Ridnour scored 16 points for the Timberwolves, who had lost each of their previous five by double digits and were playing with just nine healthy bodies. AK,21分11籃板,Ridnour拿了16分. They appeared to be running out of gas again when the Rockets closed the third quarter with a 10-2 run to cut Minnesota's lead to 63-59, but that's when Johnson and Gelabale improbably took over. 上半場打得普普通通,到了第三節狼們看似又要氣力放盡了. 但打工二人組就在此時開始接管比賽. The super-athletic Johnson gave the weary Wolves the shot of fresh-legged energy they desperately needed when he scored Minnesota's first eight points of period. He threw down a huge alley-oop from Ridnour and was serenaded with tongue-in-cheek chants of ''M-V-P! M-V-P!'' when he knocked down two free throws for a 71-62 lead. 跳跳人Johnson在第四節開頭帶給了灰狼活力,連得八分,撐住了整個球隊, 還跟ridnour來了一次完美的alley-oop,全場開始吶喊"MVP"!! ''I heard it,'' Johnson said sheepishly of the chants. ''I don't agree with it at all. It's just a great fan base. They showed great support tonight.'' "我確實聽到了" Johnson羞怯地說. "但我完全不同意呀,這只是fans展現他們支持的最好方式!" Gelabale picked up from there, the French Olympian converting a three-point play during an 11-point scoring binge of his own to hold off the Rockets. Kirilenko's putback with 1:35 to play was the first bucket by someone other than Johnson or Gelabale in the fourth. 接下來是Gelabale,先以一個三分打開始,自己連得了11分,一個人拼過了火箭 AK在比賽剩下1:35時的補籃,是第四節第一次除了打工二人組之外的得分. Getting outplayed and outhustled by two players who weren't in the league on Friday may have been rock bottom for the Rockets. 我們就這樣讓火箭墜落啦! Wolves owner Glen Taylor waited for coach Terry Porter, who is filling in for Rick Adelman while he tends to his hospitalized wife, to finish his postgame press conference and approached him with an outstretched hand. ''I wanted to come in here and see how you did this,'' Taylor said. ''Smoke and mirrors,'' Porter replied. ''Smoke and mirrors.'' 灰狼老闆Glen Taylor問Terry Portor是怎麼辦到的? Terry Porter說:"一切都是幻覺阿~~" NOTES: The Wolves were missing C Nikola Pekovic (bruised right quad), F Dante Cunningham (illness), G Alexey Shved (ankle), F Kevin Love (hand), F Chase Budinger (knee), G Brandon Roy (knee), F Josh Howard (knee) and G Malcolm Lee (hip). ... Lin scored 12 points on 3-for-12 shooting. ... Timberwolves F Derrick Williams had 11 points and five rebounds, and Ricky Rubio had seven points and six assists. Note: Peko, DC, Shved, Love, Budinger, Roy, Howard,還有Lee,這場全部都穿著西裝 Jeremy Lin 12投3中得12分, DW 11分5籃板, Rubio 7分6助攻. ------------------------------ Notebook: Timberwolves 92, Rockets 79 出處：(http://ppt.cc/7M_h) QUOTABLE: "I would have to go back and look, but I don't recall in my experience having two guys like that come in and step in and putting in the kind of work for us tonight on both ends of the floor. It wasn't just the offensive end, but both of them had tough assignments at the other end. Chris obviously did a great job of protecting the rim and Gelabale doing a great job guarding Harden." -- Acting coach, Terry Porter, on having two guys on 10 day contracts step up big. Quotable: "我努力地回想,但還是想不起自己有過類似的經驗---- 看到兩個完全的新面孔在第一場比賽就打得如此出色. 而且不只是進攻,Johnson的籃板跟火鍋都超棒,Gelabale守Harden也守很好" -- Terry Porter說. GOOD MOVE: To fill out their roster, Minnesota signed two players to 10 day contracts: Johnson, a center, and Gelabale, a forward. Johnson was with Minnesota in training camp and Gelabale was playing in Spain. Good Move: 抓來兩隻打工仔. BAD MOVE: Minnesota gave Houston free points at the end of both the second quarter and the third quarter. A traveling call and poor defense led to a pair of Harden free throws with 1.6 seconds to play in the second quarter. And a technical foul by Ridnour added one more. And a terrible foul by J.J. Barea gave Toney Douglas another pair of free throws with 0.4 seconds to play in the third quarter. Bad Move: 我們在第二節跟第三節最後都白白送給火箭兩分. 第二節先是一個走步,再來一個破防守讓Harden直接上罰球線. Luke技術犯規還多送了一分. 第三節Barea先自己投失一球,又做一次糟透了的防守犯規, 讓對手在剩0.4秒時罰了兩球. NOTABLE: The Wolves started their 12th different lineup tonight. Notable : Luke - Rubio - AK - DW - Stiemsma - 灰狼本季第十二套先發. UP NEXT: Monday @ Atlanta, Wednesday vs. Brooklyn, Friday at Washington. ---------------------------- 總算是拿下了一勝,好險火箭自己打得夠糟,不然我們自己實在也沒好到哪裡去兩個打工的表現太棒了!!就讓Rubio好好帶領狼群向前衝吧!! (Highlight: http://ppt.cc/Xhqc) -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 1.169.163.209 ※ 編輯: jerry84513 來自: 1.169.163.209 (01/20 13:46)