Beard bounces back to keep 火箭 alive - NBA

James Harden erupts for 45 as Rockets topple Warriors, stave off elimination
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鬍子噴發出45分率領火箭擊潰勇士, 暫免淘汰命運

James Harden scored a playoff career-high 45 points and the Houston Rockets
led from start to finish to avoid elimination in the Western Conference
finals with a 128-115 victory over the Golden State Warriors in Game 4 on
Monday night.

Harden拿下生涯季後賽新高的45分, 帶領著火箭從開賽到結束都壓著勇士打, 128-115
拿下第四戰的勝利避免了被淘汰的命運

The Rockets used a playoff record-tying, 45-point first quarter to build a
big lead. They were up by 22 in the second quarter when Stephen Curry landed
on his head in a nasty spill and missed about 12 minutes before returning.

火箭一開賽就勢若奔虎的打出平NBA季後賽首節紀錄的45分早早建立起了領先, 第二節當
Curry搭飛機慘摔暫時離場12分鐘時火箭一度把領先擴大到了22分

His first field goal after returning came on a 3-pointer that got Golden
State within six points with less than 8 1/2 minutes remaining. But Harden,
who had 17 points in the fourth quarter, scored the next seven points as part
of 10 straight by Houston to push the lead to 114-98.

而當Curry再度回場後, 他第一顆命中的就是三分球, 這球讓勇士在第四節剩下8.5分鐘
時將落後縮小到了僅僅6分 (98-104), 可惜鬍子不饒人, 末節拿到17分的Harden, 隨即
在Curry這顆三分球後連得7分 (2罰+1顆三分+1次上籃), 火箭這波的10-0攻勢讓比分再
次拉大到114-98

Klay Thompson had 24 points and Curry added 23 for Golden State, which moved
a win away from its first trip to the NBA Finals since 1975 after routing
Houston 115-80 on Saturday night to take a 3-0 lead in the series.

But the Warriors couldn't put the Rockets away and will try again at home in
Game 5 on Wednesday night.

K湯 24分, Curry 23分, 打從1975後第一次打進總冠軍賽的勇士在系列賽3-0後還差一勝
才能重登舊時榮耀殿堂, 火箭還沒放棄, 勇士得回主場打第五戰謀求西區封王

Houston bounced back from a 3-1 deficit to the Clippers in the conference
semifinals. But they face a much bigger challenge in this series, as no team
in NBA history has won a playoff series after trailing 3-0.

次輪火箭從1-3懸崖中逆轉勝出, 但這次的挑戰更大, NBA史上還沒有隊伍能逆轉0-3劣勢

Dwight Howard had 14 points and 12 rebounds, and received a flagrant 1 foul
early in the third quarter after throwing an elbow at Andrew Bogut's head. He
would be suspended by accumulation of flagrant foul points if the NBA
upgrades it to a flagrant 2 after review.

草莓獸本場14分12籃板, 第三節因為對Bogut的頭部肘擊被判了1級惡性犯規, 賽後NBA
官方會重看這個Play, 如果升級成2級惡意犯規那草莓獸將會被禁賽

The Warriors made 20 3-pointers and Houston had 17 to set an NBA record for
most 3-pointers combined in a playoff game.

今天兩隊合力破了NBA季後賽單場三分球紀錄的37顆: 勇士20 + 火箭17

The Warriors used the Hack-A-Shaq technique on Josh Smith and got two
3-pointers from Curry to go on a 10-2 run to get within 10 with 4 minutes
remaining. A dunk by Andre Iguodala got them within eight with about 2
minutes left, but Harden answered with a 3-pointer to shut the door.

比賽剩4分鐘左右時勇士對Josh採用駭鯊客戰術, 期間Curry命中了兩顆三分率隊打出一
波10-2攻勢讓分差縮小到10分 (106-116), 稍後比賽剩約2分鐘時在小AI灌籃後分差甚
至只剩下8分, 但鬍子再次不饒人, 下波進攻馬上砍中三分狠狠關上了勇士希望之門

Houston led by 23 after one and a basket by Howard to start the second made
it 47-22.

首節火箭領先23分, 第二節一開始草莓獸的灌籃讓火箭來到本場最多的25分領先47-22

Four quick points by Thompson got Golden State within 55-36 when Curry was
injured after he jumped in the air as Trevor Ariza was about to go up for a
shot. Ariza saw him and stopped abruptly, causing Curry to be upended in
midair when he crashed into Ariza's shoulder. His head hit the court and it
propelled him up and back onto the floor where he remained for several
minutes.

在Curry暫時傷退前K湯迅速的拿下4分, 此時比數55-36, 在一次Ariza準備要上籃時他
看到Curry追了上來, Ariza突然停下, 使得Curry在半空中撞上Ariza的肩膀跌下來並且
頭撞到地板, 這讓Curry離開場上好幾分鐘

Curry looked dazed as he was attended to before slowly getting up and walking
off the court.

在他離場前, 神情看來有點撞呆了

He was called for a foul on the play and Ariza made both shots to extend
Houston's lead to 57-36 with about six minutes until halftime.

裁判吹Curry犯規, Ariza順利命中兩次罰球, 中場前6分鐘火箭57-36領先

Thompson picked up the slack with Curry out, hitting four 3-pointers in a
23-9 run that get the Warriors within 66-59 with about 30 seconds left in the
first half. But Terry hit a 3 as the shot clock expired to put Houston up
69-59 at halftime.

Curry離場後K湯接起勇士主攻重擔接連命中4顆三分球, 帶領勇士打出23-9攻勢, 使得比
分在中場前30秒只以66-59落後, 但J.Terry也砍中顆三分讓火箭得以在中場時領先10分

A putback dunk by Terrence Jones at the buzzer gave Houston a 15-point lead
entering the fourth quarter. The Warriors opened the final period with an
11-3 run, capped by two 3-pointers by Thompson, to cut it to 102-95.

第三節結束的哨音響起前, T.Jones的補灌讓火箭能以15分的領先進入第四節, 但第四節
勇士在K湯兩顆三分球的挹注下, 一波11-3的攻勢再度將分差拉近到102-95

The Rockets led by nine when Curry re-entered the game midway through the
third quarter just after coach Steve Kerr had received a technical foul.
Harden got cooking after that with six straight points and nine overall in a
15-2 spurt that pushed the lead to 93-71 with 3 minutes left in the quarter.
Harden sank two 3-pointers in that span and revved up the crowd with his
stirring the pot gesture.

但勇士今天不管怎樣努力, 都被鬍子一次次的cook off

這是本次季後賽鬍子第五場單場30+得分的比賽, 另外今天火箭先發全部得分上雙

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