[外電][WP] Just in the Nick of Time

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Young Improves in the Nick of Time With Arenas Out, Rookie Guard Makes His Mark By Michael Lee Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, November 20, 2007; Page E08 Washington Wizards rookie Nick Young was alone on a fast break in the third quarter against Portland on Saturday when he faced a tough choice for his first NBA slam dunk. 菜鳥 Young 在上一場比賽生涯第一次扣籃時面對了抉擇。 Should he pull out the off-the-backboard, between-the-legs dunk that wowed the veterans at practice a few weeks ago? Maybe he should go with a 360? How about doing something brand new? 是否該上演灌籃大賽？ Young took a few dribbles, planted his feet, sprang toward the rim and kept it simple. He whirled around the ball and hammered home a vicious one-handed dunk. 最後以一個簡單俐落的單手灌籃作收。 The sellout crowd at Verizon Center was amused but subdued. Most of his teammates applauded. Gilbert Arenas, watching the game in street clothes because of a sore left knee, curled his lips. 觀眾都笑了，而 Arenas 則是嘟起了嘴。 "Gil was mad I didn't do nothing" special, Young said with a laugh afterward. "He said, 'You got to do your dunks in the game if you want to get in the dunk competition.' I got to wait a little bit. I [had] to get that one in first." Young 笑著說：Arenas 很生氣我沒來個猛扣！他說假如我要參加灌籃大賽，我得先在比賽裡來幾招猛的才行。不過我想，我得先灌進再說。 After scoring a career-high 17 points on 6-of-9 shooting in the Wizards' 109-90 victory against Portland, Young said, "It feels like I belong" in the NBA. 17分！終於讓 Young 感覺自己在打 NBA 了！ He couldn't keep the grin off of his face at practice yesterday, but his teammates have done their best to keep him focused and grounded. "Don't get big-headed," Young said his teammates told him after the game. "They joke around a little bit with me. It's all fun. Gil said, 'You might go back to the bench.' " 喜孜孜~(￣▽￣)~(￣▽￣)~！但是隊友告誡他別得了大頭症！ Young has had limited playing time this season, with the exception of blowout losses against Boston and Denver. Coach Eddie Jordan tightened his rotation after the team started the season 0-5 and Young didn't play at all against Atlanta and Indiana. 除了在對超賽跟金塊的大比分落敗之外，Young 的出賽機會不多！開季0勝5敗讓老喬只用老球員，所以 Young 在對老鷹跟溜馬的時候連登場都沒有。 Young said the adjustment from being a focal point at Southern California to being a seldom-used substitute in the NBA has been "hard." He was disappointed that he played just four minutes against Minnesota on Friday, after his parents, Mae and Charles, had flown in from Los Angeles to see him play. Young 的獨白：從主力得分手變成不太常上場的球員，真的很難熬！對灰狼的比賽他只出賽4分鐘，而他的父母則在場邊觀賽，他很失望！ Forward Caron Butler could see the frustration on Young's face and pulled him aside. "In Minnesota, the best advice I could give him was believe in yourself and stay confident," said Butler, who is trying to help Young in the same way LaPhonso Ellis helped him when Butler was a rookie in Miami. "I see flashes of, honestly, greatness out of the young fella. He's very athletic, a natural scorer." Butler 看見了，把 Young 拉到一旁，告訴他要相信自己、相信自己的實力； LaPhonso Ellis 在 Butler 還是個菜鳥的時候也這樣幫過他； Butler 覺得 Young 是個體能勁爆的球員，同時是個天生的得分好手。 When the team found out about an hour before tip-off on Saturday that Arenas wasn't going to play, Arenas singled out Young and started knocking on a door. 賽前一個小時，Arenas 確定不會出賽，他找了Young。 "He said: 'Opportunity is knocking. [You] have to take advantage of it,' " Young said. 並告訴他：機會來了！好好把握！ Young entered the game midway through the third quarter and Antonio Daniels immediately looked to get him involved, passing up an open jumper to find Young behind the three-point line. Young hit the shot, and went on to score 10 points over the next six minutes. He connected on four shots in the period, which matched his field goal total through his first seven games, when he went 4 of 17 (23.5 percent). Young also recorded the first steal of his career in the third period. Young 在第三節中段上場，AD 準備拉他一把，餵球給他三分出手，球進了！之後他在六分鐘裡拿了10分！命中4球，跟他在前七場比賽裡一樣多！還完成了生涯第一次抄截！ "I was hustling. I dove on the floor. I was trying to get the attention of the coach, doing anything and everything I could out there, really," Young said. "You never know when I'm going to get thrown out there." 我拼了命的幹，做我所能做的每件事，希望能獲得老喬青睞，天知道我甚麼時候會被換下去冰。 Jordan said his plan is still to rely mostly on his eight-man veteran rotation, while playing Young at the appropriate times. Asked what he expected out of Young tonight against Philadelphia, Jordan said: "You know the direction the roller coaster goes right? That's what we expect. He had some tough nights, moments, early in the season. All of sudden, he's at the top of the game, we hope he stays up there for a while." 老喬將維持八人輪值，並適時讓 Young 加入！同時希望他能記住站上高峰的感覺，也別下來了。 Butler said the key for Young is staying humble. "That was one good night," Butler said. "In order to be a good player and great player in this league, it's got to be something that happens night in and night out. This league is about consistency." Butler 說：關鍵在於保持謙虛。有起有落，保持穩定才是成為偉大球員的辦法。 Then, Young can get more creative with his dunks. "I can do a lot out there. Once [Jordan] starts to think I can dunk more and get in the game more, I will," Young said. 然後，才開始花式灌籃！只要老喬覺得我可以這樣做，我會讓大家知道我有哪些招。Young 說到。 -- ███ ███ ███ ███ █ █ ███ 最新大碟★Unbreakable★即將發行 ▅▅█ █ █ █ █ ◢◤ █ █ ▅▅█ 台灣新好男孩官方部落格 █▅▅ ███ ███ █ █ █ █ █ █▅▅ http://blog.pixnet.net/bsbtw 新好男孩首波主打單曲Ｉｎｃｏｎｓｏｌａｂｌｅ -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 61.224.206.119