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2.13 Cold, hard facts greet Spurs

Cold, hard facts greet Spurs

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Web Posted: 02/12/2007 10:35 PM CST
Johnny Ludden
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NEW YORK — After a three-day stay in sunny Florida did nothing to improve their record or disposition, the Spurs awoke here Monday to the chill of winter and the realization they likely won't warm up enough to land either of the Western Conference's top two playoff seeds.

Trailing Dallas by a staggering nine games and Phoenix by six, the Spurs are just as close to catching the Mavericks as they are to being caught by ninth-place New Orleans. On the Spurs' to-do list, "Win Southwest Division" could eventually be replaced by "Qualify for Playoffs."

"It's kind of hard now to challenge Phoenix and Dallas for the first seed," Manu Ginobili said. "We know that's going to be impossible at this point.

"But we still have room to improve and a long way to go. We really believe we can (turn the season around). We have to keep working hard and forget about what's been happening."

The Spurs didn't practice Monday, instead using the day as an opportunity to rest and recover before they close out their rodeo trip with back-to-back games against New Jersey and Detroit. The Spurs need to win both just to split the eight road games. In the four previous seasons, they never lost more than twice during their rodeo travels.

And while tonight's meeting in New Jersey might have looked appealing a week ago, the Nets are riding a three-game winning streak, while the Spurs have dropped consecutive games.

"Every single team is giving us problems," Ginobili said, "so we have to try to improve regardless of whether we're playing Dallas, Phoenix or whoever."

The Spurs find their current struggles all the more frustrating because last week coach Gregg Popovich thought the team was on the upswing. He was encouraged by the Spurs' competitiveness in losses to Utah and Phoenix and thought the team's defense had improved.

When the Spurs opened the second leg of their travels with a rout in Washington and took an 18-point second-quarter lead two nights later in Orlando, the team looked like it had begun to gain some traction. The Magic, however, shot 57.5 percent in the second half and won the game 106-104 on Dwight Howard's remarkable dunk over Tim Duncan with .2 seconds left.

"The Orlando loss was tough," Brent Barry said. "I don't know if I've ever lost a game in that fashion. I don't know if any of the guys in here will ever lose another game on an alley-oop play."

The Spurs still looked dazed on Sunday in Miami. Their defense again unraveled in the second half as Miami shot 52.8 percent for the game and Dwyane Wade scored 18 points in the fourth quarter.

The 100-85 loss marked the first time since Dec. 26-29, 2001, the Spurs had allowed 100 points in consecutive non-overtime games.

"It just seems like we keep letting down defensively when we should be getting stronger in the third and fourth quarter," Barry said. "We're not able to do that the last few games."

As has often been the case of late, the Spurs also have failed to finish their defense with a rebound. They were outboarded 50-32 by Utah, 51-41 by Phoenix and 46-31 by Miami.

That prompted Popovich to question the team's toughness. Miami's "physicality was much better than ours and they maintained it for the entire period of time," he said. "We didn't."

Asked if he agreed with Popovich's "too soft" assessment, Duncan said, "It's all in definition."

"I think we're playing hard," he added. "I don't think anyone's slacking off, and that's where it starts."

But with four losses in their past five games and an unimpressive 10-10 record since Jan. 1, the Spurs have entered, according to Bruce Bowen, "uncharted waters."

"That's a lot of games we're losing, and it's not us," Tony Parker said. "We just have to find some solution and keep working. That's all we can do. Keep working hard and keep our heads up."
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沙子,这篇文章让我来,我中午已经翻的差多了
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冷天、冷事,冷煞马刺

佛罗里达州阳光明媚,马刺在那儿呆了三天,却没有提升战绩、也没有提高士气。星期一早上,马刺众将士醒来,感觉到纽约冬天的阵阵寒意,而且意识到:想追上西部1、2号种子队,够呛!

与小牛队差了9场,与太阳队差了6场,马刺追小牛好比黄蜂追马刺!马刺目标可能从“西南赛区冠军”演变成 “季后赛门票”。

“现在去挑战太阳队和小牛队的头号地位,有点难度,”Ginobili说道,“我们都知道目前不太可能。”

“但我们还有空间去提升,还有很长的路要去走。坚信我们能改变目前的状况。卸下过去,努力打球,这才是我们要做的。”

客场之旅还有与网队和活塞背靠背比赛,为了备战,全队在星期一没有训练,而是进行休息和调整。马刺得赢下这两场才能使客场比赛胜率达1/2。而前四年,马刺在客场比赛从未输过两次以上。

今晚新泽西大战在一个星期前就令人期待,因为网队在三连胜势头上,马刺则有几个连续输球。

“每个队都能让我们吃苦头,”Ginobili说道,“因此我们不得不加强努力,不用去管对手是小牛队、太阳队、或其他队。”

上星期Pop刚夸球队在上升势头,就遇到眼下的困境,因此全队更加沮丧。在输给爵士队和太阳队的比赛里,Pop看到了球员的拚劲,认为队伍的防守质量好了不少。

客场之旅下半段,马刺便摧毁奇才队,两天后的比赛第二节领先魔术队18分,队伍看起来像动力火车。可魔术队在下半场就打出了57.5%的命中率,且Howard在最后0.2秒在Duncan头上灌篮,以106-104赢得比赛。

“这输的很惨烈,”Barry说道。“我不知道自己是否曾因那种方式输过球,我也不知道其他人是否曾输在一个空中接力大灌篮上。”

在星期天迎战热火队,马刺看上去老眼昏花,他们的防守在下半场被撕开了,热火竟打出了52.8%的命中率,Wade在第四节得了18 分,最终以85—100败北。

自2001年12月26-29以来,马刺第一次在无加时比赛中连续失分过百。

“当需要在3、4节更要加强防守时,我们防守却逐渐疲沓,”Barry说道,“最近几场比赛我们都没能做到加强防守。”

最近还有个一个难题——篮板,马刺篮板保护不力,对阵爵士50-32,迎战太阳51-41,面对热火46-31。

Pop因此质疑队员的强韧。热火“韧劲比我们强,而且整场都保持强悍作风,”他说,“我们却做不到。”

当问及Pop的“球风偏软”言论,Duncan说,“这只是一个概念解释。”

“我认为我们已经打得很努力了,Duncan补充道,“而且我认为没有人偷懒,从一开始就这样。”

但在最近的五场比赛中输了四场,从1月1号以来只取得10—10的战绩,马刺战舰驶入了一片“未知水域”( Bowen语录)。

“有很多比赛我们都输了,那不是我们,” Parker评论道,“我们需要找到良策,继续努力。那是我们能做的事。坚持努力打球,坚持昂扬斗志!”
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