Williams 和 Stockton 的一週間得到了回報

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OAKLAND, Calif. — If there was any sense Wednesday night that the presence of John Stockton was lurking in the Delta Center, perhaps it was with just cause. 如果禮拜三晚上有什麼 Stockton 出現在達塔中心的感覺的話，可能是這個原因。 Because as rookie point guard Deron Williams led the Jazz to a 93-82 season-opening win over the Dallas Mavericks, he was doing so with a week's worth of wisdom from the master. 因為帶領著爵士隊以 93-82贏小牛的 Williams , 是因為跟著個有智慧的長者一個禮拜，所以才能夠如此。 Williams, the No. 3 overall selection in last June's NBA Draft, made the revelation this week in a personal season-long blog he is writing for a popular basketball Web site called RealGM.com. 今年六月在第三順位被選中的 Williams , 在著名的籃球網站 RealGM.com 上，有個會持續一整個球季的 blog ，他在上面自我揭露了這件事。 "Before training camp started, I spent a week with John Stockton at his home in Washington," Williams blogged before Wednesday's opener. "We talked about playing in the NBA, the types of things to expect, how to prepare for games, foes and the season. We even worked out together." 「在訓練營開始之前，我花了一個禮拜在 Stockton 華盛頓的家裡。」 Williams 在禮拜三開賽之前「部落格」到。「我們討論了在 NBA打球的事，有哪些要期待的，如何準備比賽，還有整個球季。我們甚至一起練習了一番。」 With longtime Jazz point Stockton watching in spirit, then, Williams had to have made the NBA's all-time steals and assists leader proud. 在這個之前打了爵士隊很久的控衛的精神看照之下，現在 Williams 必須要讓這個 NBA總計抄捷和助攻第一名的人感到驕傲。 He rallied Utah from four points down in the fourth quarter, finishing with 18 points while playing 14 of his 26 off-the-bench minutes at the end. 他把爵士隊從第四節開賽落後四分的劣勢救起來，並且得了十八分，還有在總共打了 26 分鐘的比賽裡，在比賽結束前連打了 14 分鐘。 That and Mehmet Okur's game-high 27 points helped ensure not only that the Jazz won, but also that they did so with a certain sense of confidence they simply did not exude throughout a miserable 26-56 season in 2004-05. 因為這樣，還有 Okur 全場最高的 27 七分，讓爵士隊不只是贏球罷了，還有有種重新獲得去年慘澹的 26 勝 56 敗之後，一種叫自信的東西。 On a personal level, Williams' effort probably came as no great shock to himself. Just earlier in the week, in fact, he practically foreshadowed the showing. 在個人的層次上， Williams 的貢獻其實他自己不太驚訝。這個禮拜的前幾天，他事實上預知到了這件事的發生 "I always feel comfortable at the end of games," Williams said last Monday. "That's when I tend to show up a lot." 「我總是在比賽後期感到很有自信。」 Williams 在禮拜一說。「那個時候我會覺得我很想表現。」 And show up he did, looking a lot like a seasoned pro despite the fact he was merely making his NBA debut — against, as it happened, his longtime favorite team, the Texan's very own hometown Dallas Mavs. 而表現出來的是，他表現的像是個打了很多季的老將，即便這只是他 NBA生涯的首次出賽，對上的是 ---- 他喜歡很久的球隊，他家鄉的達拉斯小牛。 "I've been in those types of positions before," the 21-year-old Williams said afterward. "I've taken over (late in a game) before, and I feel comfortable playing in those moments. 「我之前曾經到這樣的位置。」21歲的 Williams 說。「我曾經（在比賽後段）控制比賽過，而且我認為在那個時刻打球很舒服。」 "It was fun," he added, "a dream come true for me to be playing on an NBA floor." Williams wasn't the only one having a good time. 「那很好玩。」他補充。「能夠站上 NBA的球場對我來說就像個美夢成真。」「Williams不是唯一一個過的好的。」 From a team perspective, coach Jerry Sloan reveled in a watching the Jazz do what they did not most of last season. 從整隊的角度來看， Sloan教練說他看到了爵士隊去年很多時候都沒做到的事。 "We started off well last year, and then things kind of fell apart and we didn't fight back," he said. "It was too much hard work to try to fight back, because we dug a hole for ourselves. 「我們去年開季的很不錯，然後之後就走了樣，而且我們沒有打回來。」他說。「對我們來說那樣的努力太難了，以致於我們回不來，因為我們為自己挖了一個洞。」 "(Wednesday) night we got ourselves in a hole — and we fought back." Last year, Sloan said as the Jazz prepared Thursday morning for tonight's road opener at Golden State, "I don't think they would have worked that hard. 「（禮拜三）晚上我們自己跳進了個洞 ---- 而我們跳了出來。」去年， Sloan在禮拜四早上準備對勇士的比賽時候說，「我不認為我們有這麼努力。」 "They had confidence in what they were doing — but they didn't have confidence in everybody else. They really were selfish. They were a very selfish team last year to finish out the season." 「他們對於自己在幹嘛有自信 ---- 不過他們對於其他人就沒有了。。他們（之前）真的很自私。他們後來整季就是個非常自私的球隊。」 Not so for the start of this season. 目前為止開季還不是。 "You've got to compete — and I thought we competed pretty well to do it to get the win. We worked pretty hard," Sloan said. "We got some loose balls, went after the ball, blocked some shots." 「你必須要努力競爭 ---- 而我認為我們競爭要贏的努力還不錯。我們打得很努力。」 Sloan說。「我們搶了幾個球，追球，巴鍋。」 In other words, the Jazz played the same sort of basketball they did during many of the 19 seasons in which retired-in-2003 Stockton was around. "We shared the ball (Wednesday) night," forward Matt Harpring said. "The ball was moving, and we were executing, as opposed to just trying to go one-on-one." 另一種說法是，爵士隊和 2003 年退休的 Stockton 在的那十九個球季，所做的努力一樣。「我們有一起分享球。」 Harpring 說。「球在流動，我們有在執行（戰術），而不是想要個人單打。」 "I think what we do is just 'catch it' in the fourth quarter — we just (caught) a good rhythm," forward Andrei Kirilenko added, "and everybody was believing in each other." 「我想我們在第四節想要做的就是『跟上』 ---- 我們用個好的節奏跟上了。」 Ak 補充，「而且每個人都互相信任。」 And it wasn't just that strong finish that had everyone with the Jazz so giddy. With Keith McLeod starting at the point over Williams, Utah jumped to an early 19-11 lead — including one run with scoring on eight of nine possessions. 而那其實不是每個人都可以滿意的後段比賽。（其實看不太懂，幫一下啦）在 McLeod 而不是 Williams先發的情況下，爵士隊一開始打了 19-11 ，包括一陣是九次進攻八次進球。 "We got off to a terrific start, the way we executed and got the ball where it was supposed to go and did the right things," Sloan said. "That was exciting." 「我們開賽打的不錯，他們執行戰術，並且讓球到應該要到的地方，還有做了對的事。」 Sloan說。「那真的很令人興奮。」 Perhaps not as exciting, though, as it was for Williams to spend some quality time with Stockton. 也許沒那麼興奮，對 Williams 和 Stockton 的花的那些重要的時間來說。 "Don't be fooled by his size, he is still strong enough to play. He's in great shape," Williams blogged. "I know that not many players get the opportunity to spend time with the greatest player at their position and I really appreciated the opportunity." 「不要被他的體型騙了，他還是強壯的可以打球。他身材還是保持的很好。」 Williams「部落格」到。「我知道不是很多球員可已有機會和他們位置上最偉大的球員一起打球，而我真的很感謝這樣的機會。」 -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 140.112.200.252