http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/bk/bkn/5488872.html Jan. 26, 2008, 11:27PM Rockets in search of home improvement Toyota Center woes a concern with Jazz, Warriors hitting town 火箭在主场寻求改进之道 爵士.勇士来访唤起Toyota Center的惨痛回亿 By JONATHAN FEIGEN Copyright 2008 Houston Chronicle Mathematical realities insist each game is worth the same, no more or less than another as it is recorded in the standings. Human nature argues otherwise. 就胜败数字来说, 每场比赛在记录上对排名都一样重要. 但就人性而言则是另一回事. Some leap from the page and dwarf the agate-sized others. They test and even define, if temporarily, possibilities. 某些比赛胜败似乎腾於纸上倪视其他, 可以测试并决定一支球队(目前)的实力 With the Rockets having spent much of the season on the outside of the Western Conference playoff pack, there was no point in denying at least the symbolic importance of the games to come. Tonight against the Jazz and Tuesday against the Warriors not only pit the Rockets against the teams ahead of them on the playoff ladder, they also offer tests against teams that have given them fits. 火箭本季几乎都在西区季後赛种子之外, 因此这几场比赛毫无疑问具有重要的象徵性. 今晚和爵士及礼拜二对勇士, 不仅是火箭对上目前战绩较好, 排名较前的队伍, 也考验 火箭如何面对曾使他们难堪的队伍. The progress in the Rockets' recent four-game winning streak might put them in position to make a significant move. They do not contend they have made such a leap. 火箭最近的四连胜或许代表着他们更上一层楼的契机. 他们并不自满於目前战绩的跃进. "We found ourselves," Tracy McGrady said. "We know what it takes to win. It's coming down to a pivotal stretch in the season. Right now, we got to gain some ground. We all understand that. Tmac说, "我们找到了自己. 我们知道要为胜利做多少付出. 目前的连胜很关键, 我们 都了解, 要取得多一点进步" "We've got a few teams to catch. This is the time to be playing great basketball, and I think we're doing that right now. We have to continue to stay in the moment and play consistently." "我们要追上一些队伍, 所以我们必须打出水准, 我认为我们也正在这麽做. 我们必须要保持现在的表现并持续下去." If there are teams with potential to hit the Rockets with a cold slap of reality, they are the Jazz and Warriors. When the Jazz were last in Toyota Center, they left with a Game 7 victory in the first round of the playoffs last season, pulling out the win in the closing minutes. 如果有甚麽球队足以浇火箭冷水, 那肯定是爵士和勇士. 上次爵士作客Toyota Center时, 他们在最後几分钟超前, 带走了季後赛第一轮第七场的胜利. When the Warriors were last in Toyota Center, they blew out the Rockets in the fourth quarter on New Year's Eve. 除夕夜勇士来访时, 他们在第四节干掉了火箭. Out to avoid Hornets repeat 避免对黄蜂的历史重演 The Rockets believe they have made strides since then, particularly in closing out games. During their current winning streak, they won each game in the final minutes. But the Rockets have little margin for error, with the Western Conference depth of playoff teams unusually unforgiving. 火箭相信在对黄蜂之後, 他们有所突破, 尤其是比赛的末段. 这段连胜期间, 他们 每一场都在最後阶段胜出 但在西区队伍深度及争夺季後赛名单的无情之下, 火箭没有犯错的空间. "It's just our chance to close ground on these people and establish ourselves as being in the picture," Rockets coach Rick Adelman said. "If you don't do that, you're taking a step back again, and those teams move ahead of you. Adelman说, "我们有很好的机会缩小和这些球队的胜差, 并挤进名单中. 如果没有成功, 那我们的战绩会往後退, 这些球队会拉开和我们的距离." "I think they are very important games. It's like when we had New Orleans at home. We had that team ahead of us coming to our place. It's a chance to establish yourself against the people you're competing with. I definitely feel that way with these next games." "这几场比赛非常重要. 就像我们上次主场对NOH. 我们把位子拱手让人. 我深刻感受到, 接下来几场比赛是打败竞争球队并立足的好机会." In another Sunday home game two weeks ago, the Rockets started poorly against the Hornets and finished worse. 两个礼拜前另有一场星期天主场战黄蜂, 火箭开局凄惨, 结尾更糟. The Rockets have the worst home record of the 10 teams vying for playoff spots in the West. Even after beating the Spurs and Sonics in Toyota Center to begin the current win streak, the Rockets are 5-5 in their past 10 home games. 在西区争季後赛席次的10支球队里, 火箭的主场战绩是最烂的. 虽然打败马刺和超音速, 而开启这波连胜, 但近10场主场战绩只有5-5. "We've been used to winning 30 games at home," Adelman said. "When you have those kinds of home records and you win 30 games at home, you go .500 on the road, you're a 50-win team automatically. I was used to doing that. We always had a great home-court advantage." Adelman说, "我们经常会在主场赢30胜. 如果在主场能拿30胜, 并在客场有5成胜率, 你就是一支50胜的球队了. 我以前经常这样做. 而我们过去也总是有很好的主场优势." Not shooter-friendly 对手感不好 The Rockets have not played well enough to inspire fans with tickets to even fill the lower bowl at tipoff. They have cited Toyota Center itself for their poor shooting at home, saying opposing players have commented about it. "I really feel a lot of guys are not comfortable playing in this arena," McGrady said. "I hear guys saying things about how they're not comfortable playing in the arena, how it's not a good shooting arena for whatever reason. 火箭目前的表现并不足以让球迷在跳球前填满底层观众席. 火箭球员以场地为由解释 他们在家难看的命中率, 指出敌队球员曾如此评论. Tmac说, "我真的觉得很多人在这打不开. 我听到人家说他们出於各种原因,在这里打得 有多不顺, 这个场地有多难投." "I feel the same way. I really feel the same way. It's not just our guys. It's guys around the league. They hate our arena. Who was the last player to score 40 in our arena?" "我也觉得这样. 我真的觉得这样. 不仅是我们的球员. 是整个联盟的球员. 他们都讨厌 我们的球馆. 你还记得上次是谁在那拿了40分吗?" This season, that would be no one. Allen Iverson is the only Rockets opponent to reach 30 in Toyota Center. 本季还没有人. AI是唯一在Toyota Center拿到30分的敌队球员. Looking for home remedy The Rockets are 11-8 at home, making 43.2 percent of their shots. They are 13-11 on the road, making 45.2 percent. Asked if he thought shooting at Toyota Center was more difficult than in other arenas, guard Luther Head was hesitant but agreed with McGrady. 火箭主场11-8, 命中率43.2%. 他们客场13-11, 命中率45.2%. Head在被问到他觉得在Toyota Center投篮是否比在其他地方困难时, 他犹豫了一下, 但同意了Tmac的看法. "Uh, yes, I do," Head said. "Nothing's going to change. We got to get past it. You have to find other ways to do it, try to find other ways to shoot. I can see how people say don't look at it like that. I don't know what it is, but it is different. Head说,"呃, 对, 我觉得是. 但那不会改变. 我们必须克服它, 要试着用其他方式来 得分. 我知道人们会说不要这样想, 但它确实不太一样, 虽然我不知道是甚麽地方不同. "I think we need to get back there so we can get back to our winning ways there. We won the last two. We're not at the point we'd like to be at home." "我们必须回到那, 找回我们在主场赢球的方式. 最近两场我们都赢了, 但现在我们还不 到所希望的在主场打球的感觉." That will be more difficult in the final two games of the month but also undeniably important. But if the Rockets have two immediate goals — to play well enough to beat the Jazz and Warriors and to begin playing better at home. 月底的最後两场会更难打, 但不可否认地也更重要. 如果火箭想同时达成两个当前的目标: 打出能打败爵士和勇士的水准, 并开始在家打好. "It's a big-time stretch here," guard Rafer Alston said. "That's how we have to approach it. We have to play big-time basketball against these teams to get wins. We're playing better than we had been early in the season at home. But we have to get it going at home." RA说,"这会是波重要的连胜. 我们必须把它延续下去. 对上这些球队我们要打出最好的 表现才能赢球. 我们现在打得比季初在主场要好, 但我们要在主场给它持续下去." --

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