Posted: Wed, May. 16, 2012, 4:11 AM (小木哥你都不用睡觉？) Time to believe in the 76ers John Smallwood, Daily News Sports Columnist http://tinyurl.com/73h2yea OK, I’M TIRED of all this talk and focus on the growth and development the Sixers have shown during these NBA playoffs. Blah, blah, blah. Yada, yada, yada. Booooooring. Enough, we’re harping on something that was a given. 够了够了， 我已经看了够多讲有关七六人在季後赛怎麽成长进步， 并且取得成功的报导与讨论了。 够了够了，继续碎嘴下去，拎北会烦死。 They were things that were going to happen by osmosis they moment Andre Iguodala sank those two free throws in Game 6 against the Chicago Bulls to send the Sixers to the second round of the playoffs. The first two games against the Boston Celtics were automatically learning experiences because, except for veteran Elton Brand, no key member of the rotation had ever been out of the first round. 就在伊姬两个重要的罚球让七六人过了公牛这关之後， 很多事情在不知不觉当中发生了。 在这个系列赛的前面两场， 对除了 EB 以外的所有七六人球员来说都是非常新鲜的， 因为没有任何轮替当中的球员曾经打过第二轮， 因此大部分的时间他们都在努力汲取经验。 Tonight, when the Sixers resume their series with the Celtics in Game 3 at the Wells Fargo Center, it will be another new adventure for this youthful squad. But assessing that growth is something for later. 今天晚上， 面对世仇的第三战将会在 WFC 上演， 这对年轻人来说会是另外一个进步的动力。 但是我们不要急着对这样的成长下定论。 Right now, the Sixers have a unique opportunity to do something special. The Sixers can advance to the Eastern Conference finals for the first time since 2001. The circumstances of how they arrived here don’t matter. The only thing that counts is that it’s right there for them. 现在的七六人有一个绝佳的机会，让这个故事变得更有趣。 我认为七六人有着自从2001年之後第一次的绝佳机会挺进 ECFS。 我们怎麽进入第二轮的不重要(指的是那些认为七六人靠伤兵晋级的舆论) 重点是我们现在已经是个第二轮球队，我们站在这里。 By beating the Celtics 82-81 on Monday in Boston, the Sixers have turned an already favorable match up into an infinitely winnable one. It is now a best-of-five series with the Sixers holding the home-court advantage. They beat the Bulls three times in South Philadelphia during the first round. It’s not inconceivable they can do the same to the Celtics. 在 G2 在波士顿珍贵的客场一分胜利之後， 七六人已经将原本普遍认为是有实力差距的系列， 扭转大部分人的评价为：他们有实力真正赢得这个系列赛。 现在这个系列已经从 best-of-7 变成 best-of-5， 而七六人有着主场优势。 在第一轮面对第一种子公牛时， 七六人在南费城Sports Complex连赢三场。 如果七六人对 C's 做出一样的事情，请千万不要感到讶异。 That’s a 4-2 series when you simply handle your business at home. The impression might be that because the Sixers are an eighth-seed, they are playing with house money, but it still stinks to lose house money when you could have brought it home instead. Beat the Celtics. Go to the Eastern Conference finals. 简单的说：只要七六人能把握自己的主场， 对费城来说这会是一个六场晋级的系列赛。 当然就大家的印象来说，我们是个老八，输掉当然没有差； 但是当你有机会赢的时候，如果输了，你一样会觉得很干。 所以，拜托， 赢下这个系列，让我们再度进入东冠系列赛吧！ Before the season, reasonable expectations were to get the franchise’s first winning season since 2004-05 and win its first playoff series since 2002-03. They’ve accomplished that. Yet there remain things in front of them that can still be won. 在这个球季之前， 我们就有理由期待这个球队能够真的突破五成，成为一个winning team， 并且拿下九年来第一个系列赛。 他们作到了。 而且他们目前表现出他们可以作到不只这样。 Seize the moment. Beat the Celtics. Go to the Eastern Conference finals. 抓住这个机会吧。 让我们打赢这城市宿命的敌人， 写宪法的干掉倒茶叶的是应该的！ 进入东冠系列赛吧！ “We’ve got to continue to prove ourselves and do it consistently; not just be a one-time thing,” said Iguodala. “ We have to play better basketball and keep playing with confidence to win more games.” Exactly, the Sixers have to keep playing with confidence. 「我们必须继续证明自己，并且坚守自己的打法； 不要让好的表现只是昙花一现， 我们必须持续鞭策自己打出更好的比赛内容， 并且保持自信，驱使自己赢得更多的比赛。」 -- Andre Iguodala 确切的说法就是： 七六人必须持续维持自己高昂的自信持续战斗下去。 Despite the star-power advantage the Celtics have on paper, this is an even matchup. Boston’s “Big Three” of Paul Pierce, Ray Allen and Kevin Garnett are future Hall of Famers, but all are closer to punching their tickets to Springfield, Mass. than being able to display the talents that paved their way. The Sixers’ youth and athleticism is an equalizer to the Celtics’ experience. 尽管算上C's的明星级老兵， 这仍然是一个双方棋逢敌手的对决。 Boston的三巨头的确是一只脚已经走进名人堂的球员， 但是他们接近名人堂的距离已经到了拿到车票准备上路前往春田市的程度。 简单的说，他们已经接近生涯的末端。 七六人拥有的年轻与运动力， 与三巨头拥有的经验与天赋，是刚好可以抵销的。 The first two games of this series, both one-point decisions, reinforced what three games the Sixers and Celtics played during the regular season had already showed — these teams are evenly matched. The Sixers have won three of five games this season with Boston. It easily could have been four. 在这系列的前面两场比赛，两场一分差的比赛。 如果加计季赛互相捉对厮杀的三场比赛的结果， 可以得到一个结论：这是他妈的棋逢敌手的对决阿阿阿阿！ 七六人加计季赛的话，目前五场比赛赢了C's三场。 而他们很有机会再拿下第四场。 This is no longer an issue of the Sixers overcoming a deficiency in experience. That went out the window on Monday when the Sixers executed well enough down the stretch to win a tightfisted affair. This is hard for people in Boston to concede, but the abilities of the teams are equal. These are no longer the Celtics players who won a title in 2008 and went to another NBA Final 2 years later. 经验差距的障碍目前已经不再是争论的话提了。 在星期一的时候，七六人就已经证明了， 他们可以在情势紧张的时候维持他们的专注力， 同时拿出足够水准的比赛内容取走胜利。 对波士顿球迷来说，有个他们拒绝承认但是极为明显的事实： 在两年岁月的摧残之下，现在这只 Celtics 已经不再是08那支冠军队了。 There’s no reason for the Sixers to blink when staring at these Celtics. What will decide the rest of this series is determination, heart and will. The Sixers simply have to want this more than the Celtics. 对七六人来说，他们已经没有闪避这支 Celtics 而不选择正面迎击的理由了。 现在能决定这个系列鹿死谁手的关键， 就在於决心、韧性与企图心。 年轻的七六人们必须要在这方面压倒 C's。 Fortunately for the Sixers, possessing those traits is not contingent on spending an extensive amount of time paying dues in the Association. Those are innate characteristics. Every player on the Sixers roster already has them. None of them could have made it to the highest level of basketball without having them. 幸运的是，对七六人来说， 维持上述心理层面的坚强并不需要太多额外的时间去准备。 这些东西是与生俱来的。 每一个七六人的轮替球员都已经拥有这样的正面特质。 而且只有当他们拿出这样的特质时，才能支撑他们打最高水准的篮球。 The deal maker will be the Sixers having enough confidence to believe they can beat Boston. And honestly, a lack of confidence should not be an issue with this team. The Sixers lack a lot of things, but confidence is not missing. 决胜的关键点就是七六人必须维持他们现在高昂的士气与信心， 并且坚决相信他们能够赢得这个系列赛。 而老实说，信心会不会消散对这只球队来说并不是大问题。 他们曾经失去了很多东西(指三四月的低迷)， 但是他们从来没有失去他们的信心。 “We like playing against Boston,” Sixers third-year guard Jrue Holiday said. “We think we match up well with them. “It’s like [the Chicago] series. Now it’s our time to come home. We have home-court advantage. We have to keep it here. We have our fans backing us, family and friends. A lot of confidence.” 「我们真的很喜欢跟波士顿对战， 我们总是认为我们对上他们能够打得非常好。 现在这个状况有点像是对上公牛的系列赛。 现在轮到我们回家了，我们有着主场优势。 而我们现在必须巩固这样的优势。 我们有着我们的球迷、家人与朋友支持我们， 让我们有着源源不绝的自信。」 -- Jrue Holiday Except for the Miami Heat, who have beaten them soundly over the past two seasons; these Sixers would likely echo Holiday’ s confidence no matter who they were playing. You can debate the merits of their beliefs, but Iguodala believes he’s a legitimate NBA star; Holiday believes he has the potential to be a elite-level combo guard; Evan Turner believes he will be on par with Kevin Durant not Shawn Bradley as a No. 2 overall pick; Lou Williams believes he’s like Allen Iverson and can make any shot he takes. 扣掉连续两季都打得不顺的火火， 七六人的每一分子绝对都同意 Jrue 这样充满自信的论调， 甚至无论他们对上任何对手都一样。 你当然可以质疑这样坚强信念的价值， 但是 Iguodala 总是相信他是一个真正的巨人； Jrue 总是相信他终究能够成为一个顶尖的双能卫； Evan Turner 总是相信他能成为像是 Kevin Durant 等级的榜眼， 而非 Shawn Bradley 那个级别的； Lao-Da Williams 也总是相信他能够像是他的老大哥 Iverson 一样， 对自己的每次出手都充满信心。 This series is no longer about what the Sixers could get out of it in the long term. Sometimes teams have unexpected opportunities. The Phillies had one in 2008. They rode it to the World Series title that broke the city’s championship drought. This is one of those moments for the Sixers. 这已经不再是有关七六人能够在这个系列学到多少， 对於长远的未来有着什麽样的影响。 天将降大任於斯人也， 机会总是会在你没有预期的时候突然出现。 费城人在 08 年拥有了一次这样的机会， 而且他们把握了这样的机会，拿下了世界冠军， 终结了这个城市四大运动的冠军荒。 现在这个时间点对於七六人来说是相似的：一个近在眼前的好机会。 They have enough right now to earn, not steal, a spot into the Eastern Conference finals. Do that. Beat the Celtics. The conversations about development, growth, and maturity can wait until later. And they’ll be infinitely more positive if we have to wait until June to start them. 他们不再是underdog，他们不再需要倚靠运气。 现在的高度足够他们作到任何他们想要做的事情， 一个进军东区冠军战的绝佳机会。 把握他吧，把茶叶党推下波士顿港，Beat the Celtics。 有关球队的成长啦、进步啦、成熟啦， 这种话题拜托就先放到一边去吧。 他们现在有无限的可能性，也许我们六月都还能看到七六人的比赛。 --

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