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Worn Carmelo watches dreaded Jeremy Lin light up Knicks
http://nypost.com/2016/01/23/
weary-knicks-get-hit-with-a-familiar-storm-linsanity/
紐約郵報的文章通常比NY Times搧情些，因此也比較有趣。文章太長先翻部分。
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Knicks got hit by a storm Saturday night —
but this one wasn’t called Jonas. You may have heard of it:
Linsanity.
尼克星期六晚上遭到暴風雪侵襲，不過這場風暴名字不是瓊娜。你或許曾經聽過這名字
「林來瘋」
An off-his-game Carmelo Anthony sat the fourth quarter with a sore
left knee — or a sore ego — but way before that, Hornets guard
Jeremy Lin continued to light up the Knicks. This time, Lin racked
up 26 points, five assists, made all 10 of his free throws and
was a game-high plus-23 as the Hornets rolled, 97-84, at Time
Warner Cable Arena.
表現有失水準的安東尼第四節完全坐在板凳上，原因是左膝痠痛（或者是他的自尊心酸
痛？），但早在那之前，黃蜂的林書豪持續在點亮尼克。這次，林豪取26分，5助，10罰全
進，+-值是全場最高的+23，而黃蜂最終在時代華納館場以97-84取勝。
Anthony, who never jelled with Lin when they were teammates, sat
out the fourth with a blue towel over his head after not showing
much life on the second night of a back-to-back. Anthony, who had
surgery on his left knee last February, said after Saturday’s
loss it was just “general soreness” and not related to his torn
patellar tendon.
當林還在紐約當隊友的時候，安東尼從未對林吼叫過。他第四節坐在板凳席上，用一條藍
色毛巾蓋著臉，在背靠背的第二個晚上毫無生氣。關於去年二月才動過手術的左膝，他星
期六晚上說「就只是一般的痠痛」，而不想把它與舊傷扯上關係
“Nothing to be worried about. Not really too concerned about it,’
’ said Anthony, whose milestone of passing Gary Payton for 30th
place on the NBA’s all-time scoring list went completely
overshadowed by the defeat.
「不需要擔心，真的不需要擔心」 安東尼說。當天他其實達成了一個里程碑：超越裴頓
成為NBA有史以來得分第30高的球員，但這個成果完全被輸球掩蓋過去。
Knicks coach Derek Fisher seemed unalarmed and admitted he might
have had Anthony sit anyway because his team trailed by 21 points
after three quarters. Fisher was uncharacteristically direct after
getting thumped for a second straight night, wondering if the
Knicks have been reading too many press clippings.
尼克教練費雪也同意「他的傷的確不需要擔心」，不過承認即使沒有這個痠痛，因為球隊
已經落後21分，還是會在三節以後把安東尼放在板凳上。費雪連輸兩場球之後說話變得比
較直接，跟他平常小心謹慎的作風不同。很好奇，尼克球員是否看太多新聞了。
“I don’t know if he would have come back in the game without the
sore knee,’’ Fisher said. “We just weren’t playing with
enough energy. We looked completely worn down and worn out. … I
think we are feeling the impact of a little bit of success and how
much more it requires to go beyond this next barrier, beyond a
.500 team.’’
「我不曉得若是沒有膝蓋痠痛問題，安東尼是否會在球賽末尾振作起來」 ，費雪說「我
們就是沒有打出足夠的能量，球員們看起來很疲倦而且無力...我想我們感受到，在一波小
成功之後我們需要投入更多以超越下一個障礙，超越0.500的贏球場次」
It was a long week for the Knicks: two overtime games and a
back-to-back that included the club flying through Winter Storm
Jonas after getting wiped out by 28 points by the Clippers on
Friday. The Knicks didn’t get to their hotel until 3:15 a.m.
Saturday. They looked uninspired and now they are stuck overnight
in Charlotte because of the blizzard.
這個禮拜對尼克而言很漫長，兩次延長加時，一次背靠背，包括星期五飛越暴風雪瓊娜到
洛杉磯卻被快艇慘電28分。直到星期六早上3:15他們才進入旅館休息。他們看起來真的是
毫無精神。而現在又因為天氣的關係困在夏洛特。
“We just weren’t there tonight,’’ Anthony said. “Similar game
to what we had [Friday] night. This league is up and down. Right
now we got to right this ship.’’
「我們今晚就是心不在焉」安東尼說，「跟星期五晚上那場類似。在這個聯盟球隊就是這
樣上上下下，現在我們必須好好把這艘船開到正確方向」
Anthony finished with nine points, taking just 11 shots, making
four and playing passively. He was a minus-14 and it probably didn
’t sit well watching Lin’s star rise.
最後數據，安東尼得到9分，出手11次中4，打得相對消極。正負值是-14，而且看到林書豪
像明星般的表現，很可能在板凳上也坐不安穩。
**** 以下沒談林書豪，就不翻了 ****
“I was feeling it physically at shootaround Friday and felt it
before the game — certain things I normally would be able to do,
I wasn’t able to do,’’ Anthony said.
The loss to the depleted Hornets dropped the Knicks to 22-24 and
showed how valuable Lance Thomas has become. Thomas has missed
three straight games with a sprained left knee and the club’s
spirit and energy has suffered in each one. Thomas has become a
legitimate “3 and D’’ guy.
“He’s very important for our team,’’ said Kristaps Porzingis,
who was relatively quiet with 13 points, four rebounds and three
blocks. “Defensively, maybe that’s what we miss: the energy he
brings every game. You see how important he is for us.’’
The Knicks were facing a battered Charlotte squad missing Al
Jefferson, Cody Zeller, Nicolas Batum and Jeremy Lamb. Perhaps the
Knicks went overboard in not letting Thomas play.
Thomas had a strenuous workout 90 minutes before tip-off,
indicating he was ready. Fisher said before the game he thought it
likely Thomas would play, but the medical staff nixed it.
“I went through a full workout before the game,’’ Thomas said.
“I felt really good. I was real happy where I was at. It was just
little tender. It’s always the training staff’s call. They’re
the ones protecting us. The way I felt, I felt I would be able to
play tonight but they wanted to give me as much rest as possible
so I can play a full game [Tuesday] instead of playing limited
minutes.’’
Anthony and Thomas should be ready by Tuesday to face the Thunder,
but Fisher was very clipped when asked specifically why Thomas
didn’t suit up.
After a slow start, New York product Kemba Walker lit up in the
second half to score 26 points for the Hornets. Meanwhile, the
Knicks had a no-show performance from Arron Afflalo, who scored 10
points, not hitting his first field goal until late in the third
quarter.
“Maybe it’s more mentally than physically,’’ Porzingis said.