Kevin說…

送上文章前，先來碎碎念一下今天的感想，這場比賽如果先撇開教練的戰術外，就算是輸了我也會為火箭隊的球員感到開心 !!!

今天的比賽白熱化，可以看出有季後賽的模擬考味道，在前一戰對上灰熊時，先發球員打得沒有活力，此役在面對灰熊的強悍防守，甚至都出現黑手或是直接將球破壞掉也不讓你將節奏帶起，很明顯灰熊已經慢慢在調整心態和強度來挑戰季後賽，反觀火箭隊球員彷彿還在沉浸進入季後賽的快樂氛圍，猶如”小紅帽遇到大野狼”一樣，在上半場我還不抱希望，想說可能又會被打爆。

但是，下半場的開局，我看到先發球員心態已經慢慢轉變，雖然離強悍還有一點距離，但是他們的防守、眼神、動作、態度，同時球員帶動球場上的球迷的心情，我想他們已經知道要準備好進入季後賽了，就是這種比賽氛圍，讓全部所有球隊都要爭取季後賽的主場優勢。

第四節撇開教練最後的13號戰術，我很開心看到JLIN已經能夠穩定的立足在第四節，投進2記關鍵3分球，同時他是整場比賽唯一一位火箭隊先發從比賽開始眼睛裡充滿火焰的球員，同時不斷帶給球隊能量和鼓舞氣勢的人，若是沒有JLIN的堅持，這場比賽可能很早在第四節就會淪為垃圾時間。

另外，我也看到瓊斯的努力是沒有白費的，在季初時就被下放到發展聯盟直到最近才被召回，但是他這幾場的表現真得值得讚許，當機會來臨時就能夠把握也不會急於表現，他最大的優點就是從防守做起，可以看到他搶了很多籃板球，幫助了球隊，今天最精采的表現就是一記3分冷箭和補籃，最後這場季後賽的模擬震撼教育，相信對每個球員收穫很大，也很慶幸能夠在季後賽前遇到灰熊，給小夥子們一記熊掌吃吃，讓他們早點準備。

最後先送上3段影片，再來看翻譯文章 !!!

* JLIN賽後訪問

* T-JOS漂亮的補扣籃 

* 火箭隊鎖定季後賽的最新宣傳影片 

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原文連結 : http://houston.culturemap.com/news/sports/04-08-13-jeremy-lin-unchained-nba-asian-discrimination-could-end-with-houston-rockets-playoff-run/

Jeremy Lin unchained: NBA discrimination could finally end with recent run
林書豪的解放 : 近期的表現，在NBA的歧視終於可以被停止

It started with James Harden sidelined, Chris Paul in town and Kevin McHale holding few other options. The Houston Rockets coach almost had to play Jeremy Lin heavy minutes. Lin — long discounted and downgraded — finally would be treated like a regular NBA starting point guard in Houston.
它的開始要從James Harden受傷之後，Chris Paul兵臨城下和Kevin McHale只有少數幾個選擇說起。休士頓火箭隊教練不得不讓JLIN有更多上場時間，在這之前，JLIN長時間不受信任和被打壓，最後終於在休士頓得到一位合格的NBA先發控衛應得的待遇。

Just like how Mike D’Antoni treated Lin for the few magical weeks that changed the underdog’s life last winter.
就像Mike D’Antoni對待JLIN一樣，去年的冬天，不可思議的幾週，徹底改變一位不被看好NBA球員的人生。

To his credit, McHale hasn’t stopped since either. He’s given Lin at least 29 minutes of playing time in six straight games. His reward? The Rockets have cruised into the playoffs for the first time in four years, going 5-1 over that stretch to lock the Los Angeles Lakers and the Utah Jazz into their own two team death match.
值得讚揚的是，McHale不管在任何時候從未信任JLIN並且持續打壓，但是他在連續六場比賽時給予JLIN至少29分鐘上場時間，他得到什麼樣的報答?火箭隊在四年後首次進入季後賽，近期戰績5勝1敗，已經鎖定戰績，讓洛杉磯湖人和猶他爵士兩隊進行最後一張季後賽門票的生死戰。

Lin’s averaged 17.8 points and 7.6 assists over this playoff clinch stretch, numbers he probably could have averaged for the season if he was guaranteed the type of playing time Harden and Chandler Parsons are. Those are close to the type of numbers that elite point guards put up, of course.
在近期爭奪季後賽門票的卡位戰，JLIN平均數據為17.8分和7.6次助攻，如果他能夠受到和Harden、Chandler Parsons一樣的重用，這些平均數據可能就是他在這個賽季的表現。當然，這些數據已經非常接近聯盟的頂尖後衛。

More than the stats, it’s the Lin moments that have steadied the Rockets playoff ship, even as Harden and Parsons have gone in and out of the lineup with injuries, though. It’s the cold-blooded, shot-clock-expiring 3-pointer he buried with two minutes left in Sacramento. It’s the dead-on shooting in that road rout of Portland. It’s the fearless drive to the rim off a scramble, the foul drawn and the two game-tying free throws against Phoenix Tuesday night.
比數據更重要的是，正當Harden和Parsons因為傷病關係在比賽陣容上不斷進出，是JLIN在關鍵時刻表現，讓火箭隊平穩的拿到季後賽門票。在對上國王時，剩下2分鐘的冷血壓哨3分球；精準的射籃大敗拓荒者；在週二的晚上對上太陽，無所畏懼的去衝擊籃框，獲得罰球機會並且沉穩投進關鍵的2球將比分追平。

The Rockets never get the chance to clinch on the brilliant Harden’s “game-winning missed shot” — as CSN’s postgame voices memorably kept referring to the freakish Jermaine O’Neal goaltending call — without Lin putting his head down and driving the possession before. No one called that moment for Lin. He made it himself.
若不是JLIN在之前衝擊籃下將比分追平，那麼火箭隊就沒有機會去進行戰術佈置讓身為球隊的一哥來執行”精彩的打鐵絕殺球”，CNS在賽後評論時，不斷提到怪腳Jermaine O’Neal的干擾球。

On a night when he’d talk about having “a really off game” in the postgame.
在那一個夜晚，JLIN在賽後訪問時說到”自己的表現還是不好”。

Lin’s NBA Reality
JLIN在NBA實際情況

It turns out Jeremy Lin is still pretty clutch — even far removed from Linsanity. Maybe McHale’s realized this. Maybe he’s over his phase of leaning on the limited, but suddenly much celebrated Patrick Beverley over Lin late in the fourth quarter.
即使遠離了林來瘋，依舊可以證明JLIN在關鍵時刻仍然可以扮演第四節先生。或許McHale了解到這點，或許他已經渡過在第四節關鍵時刻倚賴能力有限的Patrick Beverley而不選用JLIN的階段。

Six games is too small of a sample size to say for sure — especially with heavy minutes man Parsons having missed four of those games. But it’s an encouraging sign as the playoffs approach. Harden is the superstar who changed everything for the Rockets this season, but they have no chance of putting any kind of first round scare into Oklahoma City, San Antonio or Denver without Lin playing a major role.
使用六場的比賽數據當作樣本來確定真實性是太少的，尤其是球隊的主將之一Parsons缺席四場比賽。在季後賽即將來臨，至少它是鼓舞人心的一種信號。Harden是一位明星級球員，他改變火箭隊這個賽季很多事情，要是沒辦法讓JLIN發揮他的控衛價值，火箭隊在季後賽的第一輪面對雷霆、馬刺或者金塊將是沒有任何的威脅性。

In a week in which the 60 Minutes profile that detailed the discrimination Lin felt in the college recruiting process came out, the NBA discrimination he’s faced could finally be on its way to ending. And make no mistake, the tired belief that Lin really couldn’t be as good as he played in New York has always come back to stereotypes about Asians and basketball.
“60 Minutes”揭發JLIN在大學時招募過程受到歧視，而JLIN在NBA受到的歧視可能可以畫下休止符。別誤解，是那些陳腐的觀念認為JLIN再也打不出像在紐約的好表現，全部都是因為對亞洲人和籃球的刻板印象所造成的。

David Stern allowed for that possibility on Lin’s draft night. But it didn’t stop there. People who harp about Lin’s turnovers — while failing to recognize plays like that alley-oop in traffic to Greg Smith Wednesday night — don’t tend to make the same criticisms about other point guards.
David Stern承認JLIN在選秀時可能遭遇到歧視，但是歧視不會因此而停止。那些對於其他控衛不會有這樣批評的人，卻不停的去說JLIN的失誤問題，而且也無視JLIN在星期三的晚上，在人海中妙傳給Greg Smith的空中接力。

Someone might want to check out how the turnover numbers of the still-Houston-media-hyped, vastly-overrated point guard of a 23-55 Phoenix Suns team compare to Lin’s. If you think the Rockets would be better off with Goran Dragic rather than Jeremy Lin in the long run, you’re about as big a basketball deep thinker as Dick Vitale.
人們應該要去比較被休士頓媒體炒作、過於高估的太陽控衛（23勝55敗），拿他的失誤和JLIN做比較。如果你還認為有Goran Dragic的火箭勝於有JLIN的火箭，你大概就像大籃球思想家Dick Vitale一樣了。

Lin’s now shown what he can do when not chained to the bench for long stretches of the fourth quarter. Rockets general manager Daryl Morey still rightly lusts after a second superstar, but that quest will play out in the offseason. For these playoffs, there is no doubt that Lin needs to be the secondary focus.
JLIN已經展現他的價值，當他沒有再第四節很長的時間被束縛在板凳上也有很好的表現。火箭隊總經理Daryl Morey強烈渴望找尋第二球星，這個問題也是在休賽期後才會發生。當季後賽來臨時，JLIN無庸置疑的必須成為隊上的第二個焦點。

The Rockets need both Harden and Lin attacking the rim to have a puncher’s chance. They need them both moving the basketball, making sure guys like Parsons and Smith get open shots.
火箭隊同時需要Harden和JLIN去攻擊籃框，同時撕裂對方防線找尋機會，並且需要透過不斷轉移球，找到空檔的球員像Parsons和Smith然後去投籃。

It started with that win over the Clippers sans Harden, with McHale marveling at how well the ball moved. It carried over into this playoff clinch run. Now the Rockets coach has to make sure he doesn’t end it — and his team’s season — prematurely.
對上快艇時哈登缺賽開始，從McHale對於球的流暢性感到驚訝開始，轉入到季後賽的卡位戰，火箭隊教練必須確保一切自己不會去過早終結這個節奏和球隊的賽季。