背水一戰 馬刺沒贏過
【記者黃顯祐／綜合外電報導】
馬刺隊在明星大前鋒鄧肯加盟後，成為NBA屬一屬二雄師，但他們雖在8季中搶下3次總冠軍，卻沒2連霸過，尤其是面臨背水一戰時，都只能投降。
在鄧肯沒有贏得NBA總冠軍的那5季，馬刺面臨背水一戰時，最後都輸球；今年會重演嗎？馬刺在與小牛隊的西區準決賽以1勝3敗落後，他們由第5戰開始就是背水一戰。
馬刺在第3、4戰的演出是夠棒的，但小牛卻更好，在小牛主場，小牛緊要關頭告捷，把馬刺逼近懸崖。
馬刺台北時間今天重回主場，卻是帶著3連敗歸來，這是他們本季最長連敗紀錄。
馬刺的防守大將包溫說：「我們感覺還不錯，大家的情緒都不差。」歐瑞也說：「令人驚訝！我們到球場練習，沒有人心情不好，通常面臨這樣的處境，大家都會發牢騷或怪東怪西的，但每個人情緒都很好，似乎想早一點上場，並拿下勝利。」
只差1勝就闖進西區冠軍賽的小牛卻不想放鬆，諾維茨基說：「你不會想看到扭轉比賽的時刻，首輪太陽與湖人就是相同的情況，太陽1勝3敗，大家都以為他們下山了，但太陽在第5戰告捷，讓整個對戰改變了。」
馬刺今天如果贏球將改寫隊史紀錄，除了上季總冠軍第7戰外，馬刺之前面臨背水一戰時戰績是5連敗，平均輸13.6分。
【2006/05/18 聯合報】
這個綜合外電,根本就是翻譯下面這篇阿
雖然我看原文的時候也不是很懂,不過這個人翻的也不怎麼樣
非常生硬!!!
原文
Spurs must buck their own history to keep Mavs series going
By JAIME ARON, AP Sports Writer
May 16, 2006
AP - May 16, 1:05 pm EDT
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DALLAS (AP) -- The San Antonio Spurs have accomplished so much in recent years that they needed something new to rally around this season.
Their pick: Trying to become back-to-back champions for the first time.
The mid-May update?
Well, now the Spurs are simply trying to avoid turning into roadkill as they usually do in their non-title seasons.
In all five seasons that Tim Duncan hasn't won the NBA title, the Spurs have been knocked out the first time they've faced elimination. It can happen again Wednesday night when they lug a 3-1 deficit into Game 5 of their second-round series against the Dallas Mavericks.
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"At one point we were talking, 'We gotta repeat. We gotta repeat,"' forward Robert Horry said Tuesday. "Now we're just thinking about playing good basketball."
The Spurs have been good the last two games, but the Mavericks have been better. Playing at home, Dallas won Games 3 and 4 in the closing seconds, pulling out a 123-118 victory in overtime Monday night.
San Antonio goes home for Game 5 carrying a three-game losing streak, the longest in a season that featured a franchise-record 63 wins. How the Spurs respond in Game 5 will determine whether this team deserves to be lumped in with the others that plummeted when pushed to the playoff ledge.
"We feel good," defensive stopper Bruce Bowen said. "Guys' attitudes are great."
"Amazingly," added Horry, "when we came in today, nobody was down. Usually when you come in guys are complaining or moaning about what's going on. Everybody was cheerful. Everybody is looking forward to getting back out on the court and getting a win."
The last game was the best of a series that keeps getting better.
San Antonio came out with Duncan and four players 6-foot-7 or shorter, then ran circles around Dallas, with Tony Parker doing most of the running. He finished with a career playoff-best 33 points, Duncan scored 31 and Manu Ginobili had 26 -- and it still wasn't enough for the Spurs.
They nearly had a storybook ending with former Mavs star Michael Finley answering two games worth of boos with a go-ahead 3-pointer with 15.4 left, but reigning Mavs star Dirk Nowitzki forced overtime with a pair of free throws, then Dallas' two point guards, Jason Terry and Devin Harris, made key plays in the extra period.
As much as this series has lived up to its billing, the Mavericks are eager to get it over with -- now.
AP - May 16, 1:05 pm EDT
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"You never want momentum in a series to change," Nowitzki said. "You saw it in the first round with Phoenix and LA. The Lakers go up 3-1 and it looks like they had it wrapped. Then Phoenix killed them in Game 5 and I think the whole momentum changed.
"So we can't be satisfied or relaxed. We've got to go out with the same energy and focus. We've got to show a killer instinct."
The Mavericks have thus far, going 7-1 this postseason. The only loss was by two points on the road. They've gone to overtime twice and haven't trailed in either one.
Nowitzki has scored at least 20 points in every game this postseason and in 36 straight games since Feb. 21. But he hasn't been doing it alone against San Antonio. Dallas has had a different leading scorer in every game.
The Mavericks also have held a rebounding advantage in all their playoff games, something coach Avery Johnson pointed to with pride Tuesday.
Still, it will take closing out the Spurs for him to sleep easy.
"As a coach, you're always thinking the other team is going to come out and play the perfect game and yours isn't," he said.
Johnson also won't be swayed by San Antonio's recent playoff history, some of which he was part of as the starting point guard.
The facts are interesting and a bit surprising for a team that's won two of the last three titles and three of the last seven.
In games the Spurs have had to win to keep a series going, they're 0-5, losing by an average of 13.6 points. San Antonio did avoid elimination by winning Game 7 of last year's NBA Finals, but that's a bit different because the series was ending either way.
The Mavericks' brief playoff history under Johnson includes victories in their last two games when they could be the eliminator. They won a Game 7 against Houston last year by 40 points and drubbed Memphis by 26 to close out a first-round sweep this year.
"Hopefully," Dallas' Jason Terry said, "the next game will be the last."
roadkill 客場殺手小牛客場勝率高
【記者黃顯祐／綜合外電報導】
馬刺隊在明星大前鋒鄧肯加盟後，成為NBA屬一屬二雄師，但他們雖在8季中搶下3次總冠軍，卻沒2連霸過，尤其是面臨背水一戰時，都只能投降。
在鄧肯沒有贏得NBA總冠軍的那5季，馬刺面臨背水一戰時，最後都輸球；今年會重演嗎？馬刺在與小牛隊的西區準決賽以1勝3敗落後，他們由第5戰開始就是背水一戰。
馬刺在第3、4戰的演出是夠棒的，但小牛卻更好，在小牛主場，小牛緊要關頭告捷，把馬刺逼近懸崖。
馬刺台北時間今天重回主場，卻是帶著3連敗歸來，這是他們本季最長連敗紀錄。
馬刺的防守大將包溫說：「我們感覺還不錯，大家的情緒都不差。」歐瑞也說：「令人驚訝！我們到球場練習，沒有人心情不好，通常面臨這樣的處境，大家都會發牢騷或怪東怪西的，但每個人情緒都很好，似乎想早一點上場，並拿下勝利。」
只差1勝就闖進西區冠軍賽的小牛卻不想放鬆，諾維茨基說：「你不會想看到扭轉比賽的時刻，首輪太陽與湖人就是相同的情況，太陽1勝3敗，大家都以為他們下山了，但太陽在第5戰告捷，讓整個對戰改變了。」
馬刺今天如果贏球將改寫隊史紀錄，除了上季總冠軍第7戰外，馬刺之前面臨背水一戰時戰績是5連敗，平均輸13.6分。
【2006/05/18 聯合報】
這個綜合外電,根本就是翻譯下面這篇阿
雖然我看原文的時候也不是很懂,不過這個人翻的也不怎麼樣
非常生硬!!!
原文
Spurs must buck their own history to keep Mavs series going
By JAIME ARON, AP Sports Writer
May 16, 2006
AP - May 16, 1:05 pm EDT
More Photos
DALLAS (AP) -- The San Antonio Spurs have accomplished so much in recent years that they needed something new to rally around this season.
Their pick: Trying to become back-to-back champions for the first time.
The mid-May update?
Well, now the Spurs are simply trying to avoid turning into roadkill as they usually do in their non-title seasons.
In all five seasons that Tim Duncan hasn't won the NBA title, the Spurs have been knocked out the first time they've faced elimination. It can happen again Wednesday night when they lug a 3-1 deficit into Game 5 of their second-round series against the Dallas Mavericks.
ADVERTISEMENT
"At one point we were talking, 'We gotta repeat. We gotta repeat,"' forward Robert Horry said Tuesday. "Now we're just thinking about playing good basketball."
The Spurs have been good the last two games, but the Mavericks have been better. Playing at home, Dallas won Games 3 and 4 in the closing seconds, pulling out a 123-118 victory in overtime Monday night.
San Antonio goes home for Game 5 carrying a three-game losing streak, the longest in a season that featured a franchise-record 63 wins. How the Spurs respond in Game 5 will determine whether this team deserves to be lumped in with the others that plummeted when pushed to the playoff ledge.
"We feel good," defensive stopper Bruce Bowen said. "Guys' attitudes are great."
"Amazingly," added Horry, "when we came in today, nobody was down. Usually when you come in guys are complaining or moaning about what's going on. Everybody was cheerful. Everybody is looking forward to getting back out on the court and getting a win."
The last game was the best of a series that keeps getting better.
San Antonio came out with Duncan and four players 6-foot-7 or shorter, then ran circles around Dallas, with Tony Parker doing most of the running. He finished with a career playoff-best 33 points, Duncan scored 31 and Manu Ginobili had 26 -- and it still wasn't enough for the Spurs.
They nearly had a storybook ending with former Mavs star Michael Finley answering two games worth of boos with a go-ahead 3-pointer with 15.4 left, but reigning Mavs star Dirk Nowitzki forced overtime with a pair of free throws, then Dallas' two point guards, Jason Terry and Devin Harris, made key plays in the extra period.
As much as this series has lived up to its billing, the Mavericks are eager to get it over with -- now.
AP - May 16, 1:05 pm EDT
More Photos
"You never want momentum in a series to change," Nowitzki said. "You saw it in the first round with Phoenix and LA. The Lakers go up 3-1 and it looks like they had it wrapped. Then Phoenix killed them in Game 5 and I think the whole momentum changed.
"So we can't be satisfied or relaxed. We've got to go out with the same energy and focus. We've got to show a killer instinct."
The Mavericks have thus far, going 7-1 this postseason. The only loss was by two points on the road. They've gone to overtime twice and haven't trailed in either one.
Nowitzki has scored at least 20 points in every game this postseason and in 36 straight games since Feb. 21. But he hasn't been doing it alone against San Antonio. Dallas has had a different leading scorer in every game.
The Mavericks also have held a rebounding advantage in all their playoff games, something coach Avery Johnson pointed to with pride Tuesday.
Still, it will take closing out the Spurs for him to sleep easy.
"As a coach, you're always thinking the other team is going to come out and play the perfect game and yours isn't," he said.
Johnson also won't be swayed by San Antonio's recent playoff history, some of which he was part of as the starting point guard.
The facts are interesting and a bit surprising for a team that's won two of the last three titles and three of the last seven.
In games the Spurs have had to win to keep a series going, they're 0-5, losing by an average of 13.6 points. San Antonio did avoid elimination by winning Game 7 of last year's NBA Finals, but that's a bit different because the series was ending either way.
The Mavericks' brief playoff history under Johnson includes victories in their last two games when they could be the eliminator. They won a Game 7 against Houston last year by 40 points and drubbed Memphis by 26 to close out a first-round sweep this year.
"Hopefully," Dallas' Jason Terry said, "the next game will be the last."
roadkill 客場殺手小牛客場勝率高
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