NBA辭彙趣談4之"七重天"

The Detroit Pistons' 79-61 victory against the Cleveland Cavaliers was the first of three Game 7's that will be played within 31 hours. This is the Seventh heaven for NBA fans.

活塞79比61戰勝騎士的比賽只是31個小時內三場「搶七」大戰中的第一場，「第7場」對NBA球迷來說簡直就是七重天。Seventh heaven: 七重天，極樂世界。

Dallas advanced to the Western Conference finals for the second time in four years, but with almost an entirely new team. Nowitzki is the only remaining starter from the team that was eliminated by the Spurs in 2003.

達拉斯小牛四年內第二次進入西部決賽，但是陣容已經面目全非。在那支2003年被馬刺淘汰的小牛隊的先發球員中，只有諾維茨基還留在隊中。

Steve Nash's aching back was a whole lot better, and that led to a painful night for the Los Angeles Clippers in the biggest game in that franchise's mostly sorry history.

在自己的背痛大為緩解之後，納什送給洛杉磯快艇隊一個痛苦的夜晚——儘管這是快艇隊傷心史上最偉大的一場比賽。

In a single half, the Detroit Pistons taught LeBron James everything he needs to know about defense in the playoffs.

只用了區區半場的時間，活塞便讓詹姆斯知道了他應該知道的關於季後賽防守的一切知識。

騎士第七場只得到61分、下半場23分、第三節10分，創了一系列的NBA新低紀錄。詹姆斯整個下半場只投中了一個球。他表示，在這個系列賽上，他看到了自己未來運動生涯所能看到的幾乎所有的防守方式。

hack-a-Shaq 砍鯊戰術。

「砍鯊戰術」由小牛隊前主教練老尼爾森發明，即採用犯規戰術對付奧尼爾，減少「鯊魚」投籃命中的機會。由於罰球是奧尼爾的「死穴」，所以「砍鯊」后，他雖然獲得了罰球的機會，但是命中的可能性非常小。本次總決賽前５場，奧尼爾44罰13中，命中率為20.5%。

Johnson was irate after Miami center Shaquille O'Neal appeared to bump Devin Harris on a driving layup attempt. He was briefly restrained by assistants to avoid a second technical and automatic ejection.
（總決賽第５場）小牛隊球員哈里斯準備上籃時被熱火中峰奧尼爾撞擊，這激怒了小牛主帥約翰許，他被主力教練們攔住，避免了第二次技術犯規和自動離場的處罰。

The Bobcats ranked 28th in attendance after their first season in the outdated Charlotte Coliseum, then moved into a new $265 million arena last season that has yet to secure naming rights.
山貓對在老舊的夏洛特體育館完成了第一個賽季，觀眾人數在30支球隊中排名第28。上賽季，他們搬進了造價2.65億美元新球館，但冠名權還沒有賣出去。

Under the new proposal, the top four seeds would be slotted by record among the three division winners and the team with the next-best record.

按照新的提議，三個分區冠軍和除此之外總戰績最好的球隊，將按戰績排序確定前四位種子。NBA正在醞釀修改季後賽球隊的排名規則。如果按照新的規則，馬刺本賽季仍排第一，小牛第二，這樣他們就不會在半決賽相遇。

Game 3s, in particular, cause headaches for the Pistons, who are 4-11 in those contests over the last five seasons. Their most successful season of Game 3s came in 2004, when they captured 3-of-4 of those games and won the NBA championship.

(系列賽)第三場讓活塞隊極為頭疼，過去５個賽季他們在這裡4勝11負。活塞最好的（系列賽）第三場戰績出現在2004年，4戰3勝並最終奪得NBA總冠軍。今年他們已經打過兩次系列賽的第三場，都輸掉了。算上輸給騎士的這場，活塞過去的11次客場第三戰輸掉了10次。

Jason Kidd's triple-double was the ninth of his playoff career, which tied him with Wilt Chamberlain for third place on the all-time list.

(第四場)基得獲得了職業生涯中季後賽的第九個三雙，這使他與張伯倫在（季後賽）三雙榜上並列第三。「魔術師」約翰遜以30次列季後賽三雙榜第一名。

Cassell entered the postseason with more playoff experience than the rest of his teammates combined.

卡塞爾的季後賽出場次數比快艇隊其他所有球員加到一起還多。作為一名征戰NBA13年的老將，卡塞爾擁有112場季後賽經驗，而快艇其他人的總數為110場。

Dallas cleared out for Nowitzki. He bumped against defensive nemesis Bruce Bowen and drew a key foul.

(第４場比賽結束前8.5秒，馬刺111比109領先)小牛隊拉開，讓諾維茨基單打防守對頭布魯斯·鮑文，諾維茨基與對手撞倒一起，造成對手犯規。

clear out: 拉開，指進攻球員都站在外圍，把禁區清空，讓本隊球星單打。

nemesis: 有報應、復仇女神的意思，在這裡指強大的對手。

The James-Wade rivalry has the potential to become a classic because the players are likely to face each other in the postseason for many years.

由於詹姆斯韋德之間的季後賽競爭將持續很多年，「詹韋對抗」具有成為NBA經典的潛質。

rivalry: 競爭，對抗。

classic: 經典。詹姆斯和韋德最近一次相遇是上個月的常規賽，詹姆斯47分、12個籃板、10次助攻，韋德44分、8個籃板、9次助攻。

sign-and-trade 先簽后換，NBA的一種交易球員的方式。

mid-level exception 中產階級條款，即允許球隊給任何一個球員一份等同於每年的NBA平均工資的合約，不受工資帽的限制。

One of the glaring questions this offsesason was whether Karl and Martin could repair the rift between them. Martin still has five years left on the seven-year, $93 million deal he signed before Karl joined the Nuggets.

（掘金隊在）假期面臨的棘手問題時主教練卡爾於馬丁的關係能否修復。球隊在卡爾到來之前與馬丁簽下的7年9300萬美元的合同，還差5年才到期。

After what he experienced on draft night, trade deadline day will be no sweat for Randy Foye. Foye was one of four players among the top seven picks who quickly learned one of the NBA's lessons on Wednesday night: Don't get too comfortable in one place. And he learned it twice.

在經歷了選秀之夜后，轉會截止日對蘭迪·福耶來說就根本不算什麼了。星期三的晚上，前7位新秀中的4人很快就被NBA上了一課：沒有哪個地方是久留之地。而福耶，則領教了兩次。

福耶在首輪第7順位被凱爾特人選中后，隨即被交換到開拓者隊。而開拓者隊馬上又用福耶從森林狼隊換來6號新秀羅伊。僅僅一個晚上，福耶就被交易了兩次。

"I'm surprised when the ball doesn't go into the hoop," West said toward the end of his career. "I think I should make every shot."

「如果哪個球沒進我才會感到意外，」韋斯特在退役前曾說，「我想每個球我都能投進。」

韋斯特在談到1970年總決賽第三場那記19米處的壓哨遠投時所表現出來的超強自信令人折服。

Hoop：籃筐。

Shaquille O'Neal grabbed and hugged him. Heat owner Micky Arison wrapped his arms around him. And Wade simply raised one finger high.

奧尼爾把韋德抓過來擁抱了他，熱火老闆阿里森把韋德摟在懷裡，而韋德只是把一根手指高高舉起。

這是韋德被宣布為總決賽MVP時的場景。

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