(原文完成於04/25/2011。原作者為Andrew Pierluissi。譯者當然是敝人在下我)

四年前，達拉斯小牛以第一種子的身分被老八金州勇士隊痛宰創下了聯盟七戰四勝制以來第一次第一種子在首輪落馬的不光彩紀錄。小牛隊在六戰中輸給了金州勇士隊。

今年聖安東尼奧馬刺也面對著同樣的困境。相信與否，這兩個系列賽之間有很多的相似處。

在2007年，小牛也是在第一輪就被勇士隊逼到了1-3的絕境。小牛隊在第五戰漂亮的贏了一場球，結果在第六戰就以大比分輸給了勇士被送回家放暑假。

當時達拉斯小牛隊的主要問題是，雖然他們是當年聯盟最佳球隊，他們和勇士隊的對戰成績卻不太理想。

Baron Davis以及Stephen Jackson所率領，年輕有活力的勇士隊在季後賽中把小牛的一些弱點放大並且從那裏擊敗了他們。

現在年輕有活力的灰熊正在對馬刺隊做著同樣的事。

聖安東尼奧馬刺隊一直到了球季最後一場比賽輸給了公牛之前都擁有著聯盟最佳的戰績。進入季後賽後，他們被多數球隊視為頭號對手，即使他們季末的戰績只是差強人意罷了。

紙上談兵的話，馬刺隊絕對勝出。他們的問題是缺少了內線防守球員以及強大的禁區。很不幸的，那正是孟菲斯灰熊的最大優勢。

聖安東尼奧的最佳球員現在正被灰熊隊的惱人的防守給打得灰頭土臉。

今晚輸給了灰熊後，馬刺隊將以1-3落後的情勢返回聖安東尼奧。他們不但陷入了大麻煩中，他們上一場比賽也是以慘敗收場。

目前的局勢看來對馬刺隊很不有利，灰熊看起來極有信心，而他們也可能在第五戰就讓馬刺打包回家。

每個NBA球迷都知道小牛隊在2007年的悲劇(以及2006)後發生了什麼事。那如果馬刺輸給了第八種子孟菲斯灰熊，在他們身上又會發生什麼事呢?

馬刺王朝終於要結束了嗎?

只有時間可以給我們答案。就現在看來，為有奇蹟可以扭轉一切。

 

附上原文網址:http://bleacherreport.com/articles/678409-san-antonio-meltdown-spurs-next-texas-team-to-make-infamous-history

 

沒想到會打得這麼慘.......

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動輒得咎
江湖上行走總是要小心一點

丟臉??? like 2007 mavs ??? not exactly, you have to consider the age factor to make fair comparison

2007 dirk was in MVP form and was supposed to carry his team past the warriors, he failed and that's embarrassing

2011 duncan is 35 yrs old and way past his prime, most ppl are not expecting timmy to play like he used to, tony parker and ginobli are just role players, if they once looked like elite PG and SG to you in the past during those championships years it's because they played with the greatest PF of all time ...

奇蹟正在上演中

原本灰熊有機會在本戰以4:1晉級

但Hill神奇的3分球將馬刺帶入延長賽而贏得這場勝利

現在整個氣勢已經開始轉變

這真是神奇的一輪

your_airness:

丟臉??? like 2007 mavs ??? not exactly, you have to consider the age factor to make fair comparison

2007 dirk was in MVP form and was supposed to carry his team past the warriors, he failed and that's embarrassing

2011 duncan is 35 yrs old and way past his prime, most ppl are not expecting timmy to play like he used to, tony parker and ginobli are just role players, if they once looked like elite PG and SG to you in the past during those championships years it's because they played with the greatest PF of all time ...

Parker跟Ginobli根本算聯盟頂級的後場好嗎= =

今年馬刺能打那麼好跟Duncan說實在沒什麼關係

 

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這世代的經典

your_airness:

丟臉??? like 2007 mavs ??? not exactly, you have to consider the age factor to make fair comparison

2007 dirk was in MVP form and was supposed to carry his team past the warriors, he failed and that's embarrassing

2011 duncan is 35 yrs old and way past his prime, most ppl are not expecting timmy to play like he used to, tony parker and ginobli are just role players, if they once looked like elite PG and SG to you in the past during those championships years it's because they played with the greatest PF of all time ...

基本上這確實很丟臉

不需要找理由解套了

 

自從季後賽七戰制以來

我認為....任何一個戰績第一的球隊

在季後賽七戰被墊底的老八給擊敗 

都是『非常難堪』的紀錄。

 

馬刺真的要好好反省一下。 

雖然我的話不好聽

我覺得當年的小牛比較丟臉   (上面有人講了)

馬刺還好

我覺得前幾年就有比馬刺更丟臉的 

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佩服當年馬刺跟活塞當年的防守 尤其大班
nba季後賽終於比較平均了真是開心
謝謝板友解決我的問題 不一一謝過囉

your_airness:

丟臉??? like 2007 mavs ??? not exactly, you have to consider the age factor to make fair comparison

2007 dirk was in MVP form and was supposed to carry his team past the warriors, he failed and that's embarrassing

2011 duncan is 35 yrs old and way past his prime, most ppl are not expecting timmy to play like he used to, tony parker and ginobli are just role players, if they once looked like elite PG and SG to you in the past during those championships years it's because they played with the greatest PF of all time ...

是嗎 我覺得馬刺比較丟臉

小牛??小牛本來就是一支很會打季賽的球隊.但是季後賽強度根本不符合他的季賽成績.這在他們被老八以前也不是新聞

Dirk這個MVP最後輸在恩師Nelson跟勇士人來瘋式的狂風爛炸意外落馬.小牛本來就是Nelson一手建構起來的球隊

而且小牛我感覺還比較像是大將軍意外輸在刺客的刀下.

而馬刺已經是九年四冠的隊伍.這組核心已經是後喬丹時代以來最穩定最強的組合.只要他們保持健康每年基本上都有問鼎分區冠軍的能力

今年馬刺真的是一刀一刀死在灰熊手上.鄧肯被打成這樣當然年紀不如顛峰是其一原因.但是那就代表鄧肯就應該被打成這般老狗樣嗎

我覺得是絕對不  三個總冠軍mvp在手的鄧肯  還有這樣一支優秀的隊伍   被一支從來沒在季後賽拿過任何一場勝利的隊伍打下去

真的是非常丟臉

asd:

但Hill神奇的3分球將馬刺帶入延長賽而贏得這場勝利

是Neal....

 

當然被老八的話不怎麼風光 但馬刺至少在過去幾年留下了四個金盃

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馬刺的敗點我看的跟痞客幫的作家差不多

但我認為最大的關鍵是Duncan完全就是老化太嚴重了

進攻在籃下放槍太多球且沒有過去那樣絕對的進攻優勢，傳球跟防守的判斷也出了很大的問題

再來是Popo的問題

很明顯他對於灰熊並沒有準備好

過去什麼時候在季後賽看他調度亂了?

防守的重點也沒有抓好，灰熊不只是禁區優勢

後場還有板凳與活動力跟外線都是教練沒有準備好

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本年度最智障發言來自中鋒布朗(Kwame Brown)，他在球隊以84:92輸給洛杉磯湖人隊後說：「我們上次交手時贏得比較多(美國時間2/14，山貓隊109:89贏球)，所以今天輸球不代表他們真的擊敗我們。

Danielde340:

your_airness:

丟臉??? like 2007 mavs ??? not exactly, you have to consider the age factor to make fair comparison

2007 dirk was in MVP form and was supposed to carry his team past the warriors, he failed and that's embarrassing

2011 duncan is 35 yrs old and way past his prime, most ppl are not expecting timmy to play like he used to, tony parker and ginobli are just role players, if they once looked like elite PG and SG to you in the past during those championships years it's because they played with the greatest PF of all time ...

Parker跟Ginobli根本算聯盟頂級的後場好嗎= =

今年馬刺能打那麼好跟Duncan說實在沒什麼關係

parker and ginobli = elite backcourt ???

look at spurs past playoffs records once TD got old and let parker and ginobli take charge

2009 out in 1st round vs mavs

2010 swept by phoenix suns, a team they used to toy with

2011 struggle against memphis

parker and ginobli they can't carry the spurs, i must repeat that if you think they are good it's because playing with TD makes them look good

if jason kidd or steve nash had what parker has they would've had a ring as well

duncan doesn't need parker and ginobli to win a ring, they're just supporting cast which can be replaced by others

i am not even a spurs fans, but if i was and i could choose i would rather have the 1999 spurs in this year's playoffs

your_airness:

Danielde340:

your_airness:

丟臉??? like 2007 mavs ??? not exactly, you have to consider the age factor to make fair comparison

2007 dirk was in MVP form and was supposed to carry his team past the warriors, he failed and that's embarrassing

2011 duncan is 35 yrs old and way past his prime, most ppl are not expecting timmy to play like he used to, tony parker and ginobli are just role players, if they once looked like elite PG and SG to you in the past during those championships years it's because they played with the greatest PF of all time ...

Parker跟Ginobli根本算聯盟頂級的後場好嗎= =

今年馬刺能打那麼好跟Duncan說實在沒什麼關係

parker and ginobli = elite backcourt ???

look at spurs past playoffs records once TD got old and let parker and ginobli take charge

2009 out in 1st round vs mavs

2010 swept by phoenix suns, a team they used to toy with

2011 struggle against memphis

parker and ginobli they can't carry the spurs, i must repeat that if you think they are good it's because playing with TD makes them look good

if jason kidd or steve nash had what parker has they would've had a ring as well

duncan doesn't need parker and ginobli to win a ring, they're just supporting cast which can be replaced by others

i am not even a spurs fans, but if i was and i could choose i would rather have the 1999 spurs in this year's playoffs

我想 論經驗.能力 Parker和Ginobli這對組合是聯盟top應該是不用懷疑

馬刺今年能打那麼好的原因

明眼人應該都看的出來是因為他們雄厚的後場戰力

Duncan老化已經很嚴重

季後賽到目前被老八打成這樣

他的老化是很大的原因

現在卻怪後場兩個不夠好 好像說不太過去

而說他們不能帶領馬刺  我也不太能認同

05.07兩座冠軍 他倆的功勞可不會比Duncan少

馬刺的核心無庸置疑是TD 但Parker和Ginobli絕對也是絕佳的副手

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這世代的經典

Duncan的退化才是這個系列輸掉的最大因素,對手那兩個年輕體壯的內線已經不是Duncan所能處理的,而且Parker和Ginobli雖說已經是NBA不錯的後場,但他們真的也不年輕了,比起聯盟裡的後場組合,他們應該排不到前5了,年老的A-咖的組合遇到年輕的B+咖,不見得就有啥特別的優勢

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用心打球的圓球境界

現在比較受觀注的是馬刺的下一部，老化的現象確實浮上檯面，不過值得慶幸的也有多名年輕球員有突出的表現

如：希爾。尼爾。史普利特。布萊爾...都可能逐漸分擔三老的上場時間～

我倒認為０７年小牛相較之下比較令人印象深刻一點，畢竟當年小牛可以說是意氣風發，例行賽第一，前一年也拿下了西區冠軍，但沒人想到小牛會這樣被勇士淘汰，尤其勇士第二輪就被爵士給淘汰了，雙方實力也有點差距

但是今年馬刺固然拿下西區第一，但卻也不是聯盟第一，季末三巨頭接連受傷，還吞下Duncan時期第一次的６連敗，聲勢早就有點大不如明星賽前了，在例行賽最後一場馬刺得分王Manu還受傷了， 馬刺對上灰熊早就被認為會很難過（雖然很少人會覺得馬刺會被淘汰），而且，灰熊擊敗馬刺之後，後面對上雷霆甚至其他球隊都是有機會的，老實說灰熊要拿下西區冠軍甚至總冠軍都不是完全不可能

所以在此消彼漲之下，０７年小牛的強勢ｖｓ感覺完全專門來刺殺小牛的勇士，及今年馬刺有點聲勢衰退ｖｓ灰熊年輕力壯，還是小牛應該會比較被認為丟臉一點 

 

 

締造丟臉記錄??

雖然作為一個刺迷對於馬刺被灰熊以第八種子在首輪終結，

覺的很失望，但我一點也不覺的丟臉....

看看今天剛打完的另一組西區二輪的結果.....那才會讓人感到丟臉...

最少馬刺是很認真的打球，很想拿下勝利.....

灰熊打的比馬刺出色，勝出是應該合理的。

只能說馬刺遇到剛好相剋的對手......

誰規定第一種子一定要打敗老八??

如果是這樣，直接把冠軍給戰績最好的球隊不就好了??

最少我家的馬刺輸的很抬頭挺胸....

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天佑刺迷....