Celtics beat Pistons 88-79 in Game 1 of East finals - 波士頓塞爾提克 Boston Celtics

Celtics beat Pistons 88-79 in Game 1 of East finals
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BOSTON (AP)—Not even a week of rest could prepare the Detroit Pistons for
the hottest home team in the NBA.

即使多了近一週的時間，活塞在對上全聯盟在家最火熱的球隊時，還是看來準備不足

Kevin Garnett had 26 points and nine rebounds and Paul Pierce scored 22
points Tuesday night to give Boston an 88-79 victory over the Pistons in Game
1 of the Eastern Conference finals, the Celtics’ 15th straight home win.

ＫＧ得了２６分９籃板，皮爾斯２２分，超塞以８８－７９在東區冠軍賽率先取得一勝，
同時在主場是１５連勝

Despite having just one day off after an epic Game 7 that eliminated LeBron
James and the Cleveland Cavaliers from the conference semifinals, Boston
scored the first eight points against a Detroit team that waited six days for
the series to start.

雖然距離那場「皮爾斯－李伯榮」史詩般的大戰只有一天休息，波士頓還是在一開賽就連
得８分，比休息六天的活塞看起來還有活力

“Rest is not an option,” Garnett said. “So we don’t even think about that.
”
「既然沒時間休息，最好的方法就是想都不要去想」ＫＧ說

Kendrick Perkins had 10 rebounds for Boston and Rajon Rondo scored seven of
his 11 points in the fourth quarter, hitting a 3-pointer with 1:47 left in
the game after the Pistons cut the deficit to 83-75. Rondo also had seven
assists and five steals while outplaying Chauncey Billups, the MVP of the
2004 NBA finals, in his return from a right hamstring injury.

柏金斯抓下１０籃板，朗多則是在第四節拿下他全場１１分中的７分，包括在終場前１：
４７時的一記三分球，讓超塞把比分拉大成８３－７５。朗多也傳出７次助攻，偷了５球
，技壓前陣子扭傷的０４年決賽ＭＶＰ畢拉普斯

“I believe in him. I play him. I’m going to keep playing him,” Celtics
coach Doc Rivers said of his point guard. “I told him before the game, ‘
Stop worrying about them. Make them worry about you, too. You’re a hell of a
basketball player.”’

「我相信他，我會繼續重用他，」河流對他的後衛充滿信心，「在比賽前，我跟他說：『
別為他們擔心，要讓他們擔心你，你是個該死的天生球員』」

The Celtics earned home court through the playoffs with a league-best 66-16
regular season record and rode that advantage to seven-game victories in
series against Atlanta and Cleveland. On Tuesday they improved to 9-0 at home
in the playoffs, but they’re 0-6 on the road.

超塞因為他們季賽最佳戰績（６６－１６）而取得季後賽的全部主場優勢。主場優勢幫助
超塞在第一輪與準決賽都以七場擊敗老鷹及騎士，到目前為止他們在季後賽主場９－０，
但是客場是０－６

“They haven’t lost a game; they should be confident,” said Billups, who
missed the last 2 1/2 games of the Orlando series. “They have been very good
here at home. We are usually a really good team; we didn’t have a good game
today, but we look forward to Thursday.”

「他們（在主場）還沒輸過，因此他們在家一定信心滿滿，」畢拉普斯說，他在上個系列
戰對魔術時缺席了兩場半，「他們在家表現超棒。不過我們依舊是隻強隊，只是今天沒有
打出水準來，希望星期四會表現更好」

While Detroit rested, the Celtics have been playing every other day. Boston’
s 15 games is the most of any team still in the postseason.

活塞球員在家翹腳時，超塞幾乎都在比賽。超塞的１５場季後賽是目前存留四隊中最多的

“You have to figure, doing this every other day, you just get used to the
same routine of coming out, being out this late, playing basketball,”
Celtics guard Ray Allen said. “I think when you get that break in between,
you have to build yourself back up into it.”

「雖然賽程緊湊，你還是得適應。每天每天都是一樣的循環：起床，等到差不多這時候，
上場比賽，」雷槍說，「在比賽與比賽之間，你必須抓緊時間休息，好為下一場比賽做準
備」

Billups scored nine points with two assists, two steals and two turnovers in
his first game since May 7. Tayshaun Prince scored 16 points and Antonio
McDyess added 14 points and 11 rebounds for the Pistons, who have one more
chance to win in Boston on Thursday night before returning to Detroit for
Games 3 and 4.

畢拉普斯在他傷癒復出的第一場比賽拿下９分，２助攻，２抄截外帶２失誤。小王子１６
分，老麥則有搭撥搭撥的表現（１４分，１１板）。活塞在星期四還有個在超塞家贏球的
機會，接著就要回家去打第三，四戰

“This was the perfect game for them to come in and try to steal one,” said
Pierce, who scored 41 in the finale against Cleveland. “And we were aware of
that.”

「如果他們想要在我們家偷走一勝，這場比賽會是很好的機會，」皮爾斯說，他在對騎士
的第七場飆下４１分，「不過我們已經有所準備」

But Detroit looked rusty early, missing its first five shots while allowing
Boston to take an 8-0 lead on Allen’s drive with 8:36 left in the first.

活塞剛開賽時身手好像有點生鏽，前五次出手都不進，雷槍在第一節剩下８：３６上籃得
手後超塞以８－０領先

“We just didn’t seem to be in a good flow, it might have had something to
do with (the layoff). We were just a step slow,” Pistons coach Flip Saunders
said. “We didn’t get into the flow.”

「剛開始打的有點不順，這可能跟（休息過久）有點關係，我們只是需要長一點的時間暖
機」活塞教練桑德斯說

Billups hit a second-chance 3-pointer to end the drought and make it 8-3. But
he did not make another field goal—he had four points and no assists in the
first half—until there was 4:47 left in the game.

畢拉普斯之後投進三分，結束了這段得分乾旱期。但他在上半場就沒再投進任何一球，並
且以４分做收。直到賽前４：４７時他才再度投進

The Pistons quickly erased the first-quarter lead, even going ahead 13-12.
But they trailed 41-40 at halftime and scored just 17 points in the third
quarter, 10 from Richard Hamilton, while the Celtics took a 69-57 lead on
Eddie House’s 3-pointer with 2 seconds left.

活塞瞬間追上超塞，甚至還以１３－１２後來居上，不過他們在上半場以４０－４１落後
，並且在第三節只拿了１７分，光是鐵面人一個人就包辦１０分，超塞則是在房子在第三
節結束前２秒時投進三分後，以６９－５７拉開領先差距

Notes

Allen, who shot only 33 percent in the second-round series against Cleveland,
was 3-for-10 from the field. … The Pistons are 3-3 on the road in the
playoffs. … Hamilton, Detroit’s leading scorer in the playoffs, had just
three points in the first half and finished with 15. … New England Patriots
coach Bill Belichick was at the game, sitting near the Pistons bench. He
received a rousing ovation and a chant of “Bel-i-chick!” every time he was
shown on the scoreboard. … Detroit, which set an NBA record with just three
turnovers in its series-clinching win last week against Orlando, had three in
the first quarter and seven in the third.

上一輪命中率只有３３啪的雷槍今天投１０中３（剛好維持平盤．．．）．．．活塞今年
的季後賽在客場是３－３．．．活塞季後賽表現最猛的鐵面人上半場只得３分，終場他得
了１５分．．．愛國者隊總教練Bill Belichick也到場看球，他坐在活塞板凳附近，並且
獲得全場觀眾熱烈掌聲歡迎，每次他在大螢幕上露臉時全場都會大喊"Bel-i-chick!"．．
．活塞在上一輪對魔術的決勝一戰只失誤三次，創下聯盟紀錄，不過今天在第一節就失誤
三次，並且在第三節還失誤七次


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