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San Antonio Spurs lost their advantage when Clippers beat them in Game 4
http://www.latimes.com/sports/clippers/la-sp-spurs-fyi-20150428-story.html

第四戰馬刺輸掉了比賽同時也輸掉了對戰優勢

One view is that San Antonio squandered an opportunity to push the Clippers to
the playoff ledge.

有個觀點是說馬刺浪費掉能把快艇擠退到懸崖邊的好機會

Now the Spurs and Clippers stand tied at 2-2 in the best-of-seven series,
both teams knowing the winner of Game 5 on Tuesday night at Staples Center
will leave one of them on the brink of elimination.

現在馬刺跟快艇在搶七大戰中以2比2扯平局面, 雙方都很清楚拿下第五戰的人就可以把
對方推向淘汰邊緣

"The whole point is to get to four," said Spurs forward Tim Duncan after the
Clippers' win Sunday to even the series. "You get three, you have a better
chance, obviously. It's not over until you get that fourth game.

石佛TD說, 重點是拿下四場勝利, 很顯然的三勝只是代表你有更好機會勝出而已, 第四
勝沒到手之前比賽都還沒終止的

"The close-out game is going to be tough no matter which way it goes. But the
one in front of us right now is this fifth game. It's on the road. It's on
their home court. That's good for them, obviously. But we've won there
before."

無論比賽未來會以什麼形式呈現, 我想關門戰一定會是很艱難的, 但現在我們面前要面
對的就只是第五戰, 還是在客場, 快艇的主場這對快艇來說很有利, 但我們有在那贏過

Before the start of Game 4 on Sunday, the Spurs appeared to be in control of
the series.

第四戰賽前, 這系列的主導權看來是在馬刺手上的

They had won two straight games, had taken away the home-court advantage from
the Clippers with a stirring overtime victory in Game 2 in Los Angeles and
had the next two games in AT&T Center, where the Spurs were 33-8 during the
regular season.

馬刺連贏兩場, 第二戰靠著延長賽的勝利把主場優勢從快艇手中搶了過來, 接著回馬刺
主場打接下來的兩場比賽, 而本季馬刺主場戰績是33勝8敗

The Spurs won Game 3 with ease, riding the wave of Kawhi Leonard's brilliant
performance.

靠著超新星--可愛--亮眼的表現推動全隊的氣勢, 馬刺也輕鬆的拿下第三戰

But they failed to capitalize on the momentum, with the defending NBA
champions making uncharacteristic mistakes in Game 4 while continuing to
shoot poorly.

但第四戰準頭不見, 讓馬刺錯失了一股作氣取得聽牌優勢的好機會

"We've got things we can clean up real easily," Duncan said after Sunday's
game. "So we have to do that and get ready for their best shot."

第四戰後TD21表示, 我們有著能解決對手的武器, 所以我們必須得那樣做並且準備好迎接
快艇最好的表現

Making some shots would help.

如果能多投中些球, 肯定是會很有幫助的

For the series, the Spurs are shooting 44.5% from the field, and an unsightly
31.8% from three-point range.

這一系列賽, 馬刺團隊出手命中率44.5%, 可是三分僅有31.8%

Spurs guard Danny Green, after a 0-for-6 Game 4, is making only 29% of his
shots in the series.

丹尼小綠第四戰6投0中, 這系列賽他僅僅29%出手命中率

But at least there has been a Tony Parker sighting for the Spurs.

但幸好馬刺還有法國跑車在

Parker began the series out of sorts, going seven for 28 from the field for
17 total points in the first three games while dealing with injuries to his
left ankle, left thigh and right Achilles' tendon. He responded with 18
points on seven-for-15 shooting in Game 4.

這系列賽一開始Parker因為幾個傷痛的關係手感冰冷, 前三戰僅僅28投7中拿下17分, 但
第四戰回溫有著15投7中拿下18分的好表現

"It was great to see him going to the basket and making plays for us," Duncan
said. "That'll pay big dividends for us the rest of the series. Something
else they'll have to game-plan for."

對此TD21表示, 他很開心看到Parker又再像從前那般切入籃下來跟我們一起玩~ 這對我
們打這系列剩下的比賽很有幫助啊~

Since Gregg Popovich has been San Antonio's coach, the Spurs have won 11 of
14 best-of-seven series when tied at two.

自從波波當馬刺總教練後, 14次馬刺遇到2比2平手時他們贏了11次 = =+

They have to win two more games to advance, the same as the Clippers.

現在馬刺跟快艇都得再拿下兩場勝利才能晉級下一輪

"It's hard because we were in a great situation, but it happens," the Spurs'
Manu Ginobili said. "They are a good team. It's not like we were supposed to
have it easy. They are tough, and we're going to have to play much better and
not make so many mistakes. We need to try and get that home-court advantage
back."

馬妞表示, 這是個挺艱難的處境, 但有時就是會這樣, 快艇是支好球隊, 我們不太可能
輕鬆勝出, 他們相當的強硬, 我們得打得更出色並且更加少犯錯才行, 得努力試著把主
場優勢搶回來啊~~

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