Rockets just warm enough Shooting a bit better than Wizards will do in eighth victory 火箭热机还不够，只是篮子比巫师准些就取下了第八胜。 By JONATHAN FEIGEN Finally, Rafer Alston came up with a plan to win this weird brickathon. 最後，对於拿下这场诡异的比赛，RA有了头绪。 With the ball and the game in his hands in the last half-minute, the Rockets guard figured he'd fire away and do what everybody had been doing much of the night. He thought he'd miss. 球在他的手中，最後的30秒，他知道他掌握着这场比赛最後的胜负关键， 他算计着，就像其他人今晚做的一样，他必须出手。 但他以为他中不了篮子。 "If you can get a shot up, you never know," Alston said. "Maybe Yao (Ming) or Shane (Battier) would get the rebound, and we could get a second opportunity." 「一但当你出手，什麽事都有可能，」Alston说，「也许姚或是Battier 会拉下这个篮板，然後我们可以再打二次进攻。」 They didn't have to. After all the shots he and pretty much everyone else missed Wednesday at Toyota Center, Alston nailed his 3-pointer with six seconds left to help lift the Rockets to an 86-82 win over the Washington Wizards. 但他们不需要这麽做。当他和其他人在Toyota center的星期三晚上投失了 好几球之後，Alston拿下了这颗三分球，并且剩下六秒钟，帮助火箭以86-82 气走了巫师队。 At the time Alston launched, he had made three of 15 shots, which was just a little bit better than the Rockets as a whole had shot in the fourth quarter. 当Alston投出这颗球，他的命中率是投15中3，仅仅比火箭整队的第四节命中率 好一点点。 Another lead withers 又一次消失的领先优势 That was enough for the Rockets to blow another hefty second-half lead, this time as much as 15. But having gotten so accustomed to that and emerged from a very strange night of basketball with their fourth win in five home games, they did not seem to worry about style. 这一次的15分领先，足够让火箭再次玩掉他们的下半场。不过，在这样一场奇 怪的比赛中赢得五场中的第四场的主场胜利，他们似乎以对此习以为常，看起 来他们对这样的比赛风格并不担心。 "It would concern me if we were losing games," said guard Tracy McGrady, who had 13 points, 12 rebounds and eight assists. "I will take a win any way I can get it." 「如果我们输了这场比赛，我会很在意。」小麦说，他今晚拿下了13分，12篮板，8 次助攻，「为了能拿下胜利，我已尽我所能。」 Even with a four-point lead with six seconds left after Alston's shot, the Rockets could not yet claim the win. There were still several oddities to go before that. 即使在最後六秒时，Alston的三分球帮助火箭以四分领先，对於火箭来说，仍然 不能保证胜利，在那之前，仍有可能有许多诡异的事情会发生。 First, Washington's Gilbert Arenas, who had made one of 10 shots before knocking down his previous 3-pointer and three free throws, banged a 3 in off the backboard with 3.8 seconds left. 首先，在前一个三分球和3个罚球之前投10中1的Arenas，在剩下3.8秒时竟投进了一 个三分球，还是个大擦板！ Then Luther Head — who had missed six of seven shots before his 3-pointer had been the first field goal either team managed for nearly four fourth- quarter minutes — was quickly fouled and made his first attempt to put the Rockets ahead 84-82. 然後，海德 — 在第四节前半，两队没有任何得分的四分钟里，投进了三分球，但在那之 前，他7球中投失了6球 — 很快地他被犯规，并送上罚球线，投进了他的第一颗罚球，将 比分拉至84-82。 Rockets coach Jeff Van Gundy had Head miss his second attempt with three seconds left, figuring the Wizards could not get a rebound and decent shot in that little time. 火箭总教练Jeff向Head打pass，让Head故意miss他的第二颗罚球，算计着巫师没有办法 在剩下的三秒钟内摘下篮板并投进clutch shot。 Instead, they could not get the rebound. Caron Butler wandered under the rim as the ball floated over his head. Head scooped it up on a bounce, was fouled with 1.3 seconds left, and made both attempts to seal the win. 可是巫师连篮板都没抢，当球通过Butler头上时，他在球框底下犹豫了。Head抢到了这 个篮板，并在剩下1.3秒时再次被犯规，他两罚俱中并保住了胜利。 "There is room for improvement, but I don't want our guys to get to the point they can't enjoy winning and are being graded on how pretty it is," Van Gundy said. "Sometimes it's like you're stuck in mud." 「还有进步的空间！但我并不想破坏他们享受胜利的美妙。」Jeff说，「有时候那样做 会让人觉得你是个老古板！」（按：但事实上你是= =） The Wizards were so caught in the muck that the Rockets spent the first half needing only to get a hand up and chase rebounds. 巫师也对火箭感到不解。努力拼斗了上半场却只为了最後抢一个篮板球？ The Wizards not only made 11 of 44 shots — the worst shooting half against the Rockets this season — their 28 first-half points were one more than the fewest the Rockets had ever allowed in a half. 巫师半场的投44中11，不仅是火箭这季对手中的最低命中率，所得的28分也是这季火箭 对手中所得的最低分。 The Rockets misfired their way around the court, too, but got an enormous jolt from rookie guard Vassilis Spanoulis, who finished with 10 points, several strong defensive stops and rave reviews. 火箭一样没带准心上场，可是得到10分、防守强悍并得到高度评价的V-span，却带给火 箭很大的惊喜！ Raves for Spanoulis 对Span的大力夸赞！ "Billy wasn't good — he was outstanding," Van Gundy said. "He's not ready for Springfield yet. But I thought he was really good. Making the two 3s, you're going to always look good when the ball goes in, but if you watched him move his feet against some very hard guys to guard, he was able to stay in front of the ball, and that's one thing we've struggled with all year. 「Span不只是好，而是非。常。好！极为出色！」Jeff说，「他虽然还没准备足够， 但我觉得他已十分出色。投进了两个三分球，也许你会觉得稀松平常，但当你注意到 他快速的脚步可以跟上强壮的後卫，而且防守时仍能保持在球的前方！这就是我们整 年努力想做好的事。」 "I couldn't have been happier with how he played. I think that's his greatest strength right now: his defensive ability. He's gotten more disciplined. He gave us a great boost off the bench." 「对於Span今天的表现我乐极了，我认为现在他的防守强度正值巅峰状态，而他现在更 加地训练有素，给予我们充份的板凳深度。」 The Rockets had pushed the lead to its largest when Chuck Hayes, in his first game back from a hyperextended left knee, chased the rebound of a missed 3 and passed to McGrady at the top of the arc for a trey that put the Rockets up 65-50. 当Hayes因他的左膝膝伤，重新回到场上时，火箭取得了最大领先，抓下一个三分球的篮 板并传给弧顶的小麦，小麦的三分球让火箭取得65-50的最大领先。 But with the Rockets leading by 12 in the fourth quarter, the Wizards rolled to a 13-2 run, beginning with a powerful Butler slam and ending with an Arenas 3-pointer that cut the Rockets' lead to 72-71 with 5:43 left. 但当火箭以12分领先进入第四节时，Butler的强力灌篮让巫师打出了一波13-2的攻势， 当Arenas投进三分之後，火箭只剩下72-71一分领先，那时剩下5分43秒。 It took more than three minutes for anyone to score. The Wizards missed their next six shots and two free throws. Over a span of more than seven minutes, the Rockets made one of eight attempts. 此後的三分多钟内竟无人得分，巫师投失了6球和两个罚球，而火箭，在七分多钟内竟投 8中1！ With that, Head sank three free throws and his late 3-pointer, Alston made his late 3, and the Rockets left with a win ... and without a care about how it looked. 而Head送出的三次罚球和迟来的三分球，Alston的三分球，让火箭留下了胜利...尽管这 场比赛是多麽的难看。 -- 看来火箭还是有很多问题， 费根好像很生气。：( -- This is my 「Career Night」。 Magic PLAYER POS MIN FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A REB AST PTS T.Mcgrady G 46 20-37 5-14 17-26 10 5 62 --

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