[情報] Dice想要爽上加爽！

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McDyess longs for 'icing on cake' Posted on March 9, 2011 at 1:14 am by Jeff McDonald in Antonio McDyess, Spurs http://tinyurl.com/4rvqyha At some point tonight, if Gregg Popovich is willing, Antonio McDyess will rise from his seat on the Spurs' bench, strip off his warm-ups, head to the scorer's table and reach a plateau he once thought impossible. 今晚，如果Pop願意的話，Dice會從馬刺板凳站起，脫下衣服，走向計分台，並寫下一個他本來以為不可能達成的偉大紀錄。 His 1,000th regular-season NBA game. 他的第一千場NBA例行賽。 "I'm blessed to have made it this far," said McDyess, the Spurs' 36-year-old reserve forward. 這位36歲的老將表示：「我很高興走到這一步。」 It is an interesting coincidence that McDyess' milestone is likely to come against the Detroit Pistons, who visit the AT&T Center tonight. It was in Detroit that McDyess' career, once left for dead, was revived. 巧合的是，Dice的里程碑很可能在今晚主場迎戰活塞的時候達成。Dice的NBA生涯就是在活塞起死回生的。 There was a time, a decade ago, when McDyess would have felt blessed to just make it to 500. 十年前，Dice還很慶幸終於出賽500場。 Betrayed by his left knee, which required a pair of major surgeries before his 30th birthday and wiped out nearly 2 1/2 seasons, McDyess seriously considered retirement in 2003-04, at the age of 29. 他被他的左膝蓋背叛了，就在他的30歲生日前夕，他要接受手術，而且將會缺席二又二分之一個球季，Dice非常慎重的考慮是否要在03-04球季退休，當年他29歲。 The Pistons scooped McDyess from the scrap heap that offseason, breathed new life into his career and, the following season, nearly gave him an NBA championship ring. 活塞在休賽期將他從垃圾堆裡撿了回來，給他一個全新的NBA生涯，而且就在接下來的球季，差一點就給他一個總冠軍戒指。 Which is what will make tonight so bittersweet for him. 這也就是為什麼他今晚會感到悲喜交集。 The Pistons and Spurs have taken divergent paths since their meeting in the 2005 NBA Finals. The Spurs have remained on the short list of title contenders and enter tonight's game with the league's best record (51-12). 自從馬刺和活塞在2005年的總冠軍賽碰頭後，這兩支球隊走上了截然不同的道路。馬刺依然在冠軍的熱門名單中，並以聯盟最佳戰績51勝12敗來面對今晚的比賽。 After breaking an eight-season playoff streak last year, Detroit (23-41) is on pace to miss them again. 而活塞，在上季中止了連續八季進入季後賽的紀錄後，本季23勝41敗的戰績，很可能會再次被拒於季後賽門外。 "It's kind of tough to see those guys struggle," said McDyess, who spent five seasons in Detroit. "I've still got a lot of friends over there." 在活塞待了五個球季的Dice表示：「看他們這樣奮戰其實有點難過，我在那邊還是有一些朋友。」 The Pistons' struggles haven't just been relegated to on the court. Detroit coach John Kuester has feuded with star guard Richard "Rip" Hamilton, benching him for 23 of 24 games at one point. 活塞的奮戰不只是在球場上，教練John Kuester和Hamilton吵架，曾經24場比賽中有23場都把他冰在板凳上。 On Feb. 25, Kuester faced a team mutiny when six players missed shootaround before a game in Philadelphia with excuses of varying validity. 2月25日，Kuester面臨球員集體抗命，六位球員在賽前練習時缺席，各有各的理由。 Throughout the Pistons' soap operatic season, McDyess has been in frequent contact with some of his former teammates, Hamilton in particular. 在活塞隊上演肥皂劇的過程中，Dice和他的一些前隊友們一直有聯繫，尤其是Rip。 McDyess' assessment of the situation: "It's a bad time up there." McDyess said he feels most sorry for Hamilton, who has returned to the rotation, logging 26 minutes in each of the past three games. Dice認為那裡的情況非常不妙，並且表示他最為Hamilton感到難過。Hamilton已經回到輪替中，過去三場比賽每場都有上26分鐘， "Rip is a winner," McDyess said. "He just likes to step on the court and give you what he's got, regardless of the situation. To see him on the bench is hard for me to imagine." 「Rip是個不認輸的人，」Dice說，「不管情況如何，他就是要站上球場並且竭盡全力，我很難想像他被冰在板凳上。」 As the state of affairs in Detroit has unraveled, McDyess finds himself inching closer to perhaps his best shot at a championship since the 2005 Finals. 就在活塞隊的情況逐漸撥雲見日時，Dice也正逐漸接近總冠軍，這可能是自2005年總冠軍賽以來最好的機會。 The Spurs, barring unforeseen collapse, are likely to earn the Western Conference's top seed and home-court advantage throughout the postseason. 馬刺除非發生意料之外的崩盤，應該會以第一種子之姿進入季後賽，並擁有所有的主場優勢。 If the Spurs do cash in their spectacular regular season for NBA title No. 5, McDyess will be a reason. Though he is logging a career-low 17:48 per game and averaging lows in scoring (4.9 points per game) and rebounding (five per game), McDyess' defensive versatility has been invaluable. 如果馬刺真的拿到了隊史第五座總冠軍，Dice無疑將是功臣之一，雖然他本季的上場時間來到生涯新低的17:48，平均得分4.9、籃板5也已經低於平均，但他的多樣化的防守是無價的。 "He's an even better on-ball defender than we expected," Popovich said. "We knew he was tough. We knew he was a good rebounder. He can hit an open shot. But he can guard a bigger variety of people than we thought." 「他的對球防守比我們預期的還要好，」Pop表示：「我們知道他很硬，我們知道他很會搶籃板，他空檔也都能把握，但他能防守的人比我們想的更多。」 McDyess has played so well in his 14th season that some in the organization - including Popovich and team captain Tim Duncan - have wondered if maybe he ought to rethink his planned retirement at the end of the season. Dice的第14個球季實在打得太好了，以至於隊上很多人，包括Pop和老大，都覺得他應該重新考慮球季結束後就要退休的事。 For now, McDyess is still leaning toward quitting. He doesn't expect his career games-played meter to surpass 1,018. 目前Dice仍然是打算退休，他不打算讓自己生涯的出場數字超過1,018。 If this is to be his last season, McDyess - who has also appeared in 94 career playoff games - would like to go out with the one thing the Pistons could never give him. A title, he says, would be "icing on the cake." 如果這真是他的最後一個球季，已經出場過94場季後賽的Dice想要帶著活塞無法給他的東西一起退休，「如果能拿一個冠軍」Dice表示：「那就是爽上加爽了。」 "I would have accomplished all my goals," McDyess said. "I would be speechless." 「如果我能完成我的所有目標，」Dice說：「那我也無話可說了。」給馬岱一個冠軍吧！ -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 114.43.145.225

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