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Pistons play with fire one too many times in loss to Bucks
- A strategy based on 10+ point comebacks isn’t really sustainable.
活塞玩火太多次 輸公鹿也是剛好
- 輸個十來分再來逆轉的戰略並非長遠之計
The Pistons trailed the Miami Heat by 11 points in the second half. They gave
up a 19 point lead to the Atlanta Hawks to allow a tie ballgame in the final
four minutes. They trailed the Indiana Pacers by 11 points.
活塞在對上熱火時下半場最多落後11分。他們對上老鷹時沒能守住19分的領先，在終場前
四分鐘被對方追平。他們對上溜馬時一度落後11分。
It’s been living on the edge for the Pistons and on Wednesday night they
fell.
活塞最近的比賽一直在走鋼索，而星期三晚上他們摔下來了。
That’s not to say that there’s shame in it or that the now 10-4 Pistons
suddenly suck. Just that they might not be the 63 win team that they were
heading into the game. They won a bunch of coin toss games and the quarter can
’t always land heads.
這並不表示這是很丟臉的事情或是目前戰績10勝4負的活塞突然之間爛透了。只不過從他
們這場比賽的表現看起來，到頭來他們也許根本不是那支有機會拿下63勝的球隊。他們贏
了不少場看起來像是丟硬幣丟贏了的比賽，然而硬幣不可能永遠是正面。
And this team still has a few issues to iron out. Really it’s a bit
incredible that the Pistons managed to make it a game when they shot 35
percent from the field and the Bucks played pretty well. They benefited from
- brace yourself - taking advantage from a nice night from beyond the arc and
at the line.
而且這支球隊還有一些問題需要解決。老實說在自己投籃命中率只有35%，而公鹿又打得
很好的情況下，他們還能夠打到最後一刻才分出勝負還蠻神奇的。準備好知這一切都歸功
於–準備好了嗎?–他們那晚三分球跟罰球有把握住。
Langston Galloway managed to single handedly turn it into an interesting game
to open the fourth quarter. The Pistons opened it trailing by 13 points, but
in the first two minutes of the quarter he offered an assist on a Tobias
Harris bucket then hit two threes followed by three free throws. With a Khris
Middleton make in the mix, it was a five point game.
Langston Galloway隻手遮天地把這場打卡下班的例行公事變回了一場緊張的球賽。活塞
在第四節開打時還落後13分，但在第四節的前兩分鐘內Galloway先是助攻給小哈拿下了2
分，接著自己又投進了兩顆三分球外加三顆罰球。中間蜜豆湯也投進了一球，於是突然之
間這是場五分差的比賽了。(譯按；後來查了Play-By-Play，Galloway投進第三顆罰球之
後，兩隊應該只差4分才對。)
The Pistons pushed and managed to tie, but could never get over the hump to
assert control over the game. It’s just tough to overcome that kind of a
deficit every night. Some nights you’re bound to fall short.
活塞順利地追平了比數，但就是無法再進一步取得領先接管比賽。要每場都能夠克服劣勢
逆轉比賽真的很艱難。終究是注定要在某些比賽逆轉失敗的。
It was the starting unit that let things get that way. The offense went cold
in the third quarter and let the Bucks push up their lead. Despite solid free
throw shooting and Andre Drummond offensive rebounding, it’s tough to keep
afloat with 4-17 shooting from the field.
這一切都要歸咎於先發球員們。第三節一方面手感冰冷無法得分，另一方面又守不住公鹿
讓他們不斷擴大領先優勢。縱使有不錯的罰球和莊猛的進攻籃板，靠著投17中4的命中率
要不烙賽也難。
But the Bucks also just looked good. Giannis Antetokounmpo was/is one of
those rare players that you should just watch every time they step on the
court and Middleton had one of his better games of the season so far. Combine
that with the Bucks’ length making things difficult for the Pistons, it’s a
tough game to win.
但撇開自己烙賽不說，另一邊公鹿的好表現也是毫無疑問的。字母人是少數一上場就是矚
目焦點的球員之一，而蜜豆湯也打出了今年球季目前為止最棒的球賽之一。字母人跟蜜豆
湯再加上公鹿其他球員的發揮讓活塞陷入了更大的困境，這是場很難贏下來的比賽。
End of the day, it was a mix of all of the good and the bad we’ve seen in
many Pistons games this season. It just feels a little worse since they weren
’t able to close things out.
整體而言，我們看到的這些都是今年球季活塞許多比賽裡出現過的優缺點。只是看他們這
場比賽沒能夠好好把握贏下來，感覺比較低落了一點就是了。