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MONTA ELLIS SHOWS HE CAN PUT MAVS ON HIS BACK
Monta Ellis展現了他的領導能力
DALLAS — Leading the Dallas Mavericks in scoring each of the last three
games, starting shooting guard Monta Ellis has hit the ground running to
start the 2014-15 campaign while picking up where he left off at during the
team’s first-round playoff series against the eventual champion San Antonio
Spurs last season.
近三場都是小牛隊上的得分最高的球員，Ellis走出上季季後賽的失敗，在新的一季全力
以赴。
Joining the Mavericks (9-3) last summer as a free agent, Ellis would quickly
make himself at home while averaging at least 19.0 points per game for the
seventh straight year. But, after scoring 18 of his game-high 34 points in
the first quarter of Wednesday’s 105-102 road victory against the Washington
Wizards, Ellis may have announced to the rest of the NBA that he’s in for a
career year.
去年以自由球員身份加入的Ellis，很快的就融入了隊伍，連續七年場均得分可以達到
19.0，但是在以本季最高34分的表現帶領小牛擊敗巫師後，Ellis以精湛的表現向全聯
盟宣佈，今年是我最強的一年。（小歐尼爾表示：
“Monta kept us going in the first quarter,” Mavs coach Rick Carlisle said
after Ellis’ 6-of-7 shooting in the opening period made up for a 1-of-12
start by his teammates Wednesday night. “I mean, he had 18 points and we had
three other guys to score. And he just carried us on his back. We were not
playing well at either end, so that was much needed. Our game picked up in
the second quarter, and then second half was just a great basketball game.
You know, very close, very competitive and some of the top refs out there. It
was just like a playoff game. So, any time you can get in those situations in
mid-November, it’s going to make you a better team – win or lose.”
卡帥表示："Ellis第一節的表現讓我們保持專注"，在其他人1-12各種打鐵的表現下，
Ellis開場6-7的表現hold住了比賽。Ellis單節怒得18分，而除了他全隊只有三個人得分
，Ellis撐起了小牛，我們表現的很差，他的表現正是我們需要的。第二節全隊開始恢復
水準，而下半場則是很棒的比賽。非常接近的拉鋸賽，裁判的判決也很到位，就像一場
季後賽一樣，在11月中就可以有這種等級的球賽，無論輸贏對於整個隊伍都很有幫助"
Finishing the first half with 24 points while hitting seven of his first 10
shots, Ellis would singlehandedly will the Mavericks to a 54-53 edge while
12-time All-Star Dirk Nowitzki struggled to get into a rhythm with three
fouls at the midway mark. Ellis’ teammates then collectively came together
to help the Mavs finish off the victory, extending their overall winning
streak to five in the process.
當司機只有4-12，並且陷入犯規麻煩的狀況下，上半場7-10得到24分，Ellis隻手遮天讓
小牛保有54-53的小領先。優異的表現帶動了小牛，全隊開始發揮，將連勝推到五場。
But it’s Ellis’ first-half play that received the attention of his
teammates after the game as he once again displayed an ability to put the
squad on his back.
Ellis上半場的表現鼓舞了隊友，也讓隊友知道，他有能力帶領小牛。
“We had nothing going there. They came really out and set the physical tone,
and they took us out of our stuff a little bit,” Nowitzki explained after
being held to just 13 points on 4-of-12 shooting. “Every time that we had
somebody driving it felt like they had two or three guys in the paint, trying
to take our lob plays away. They wanted us to beat them over the top. And on
Monta they went under that screen-and-roll basically all night, but
definitely there in the first half. He kept stepping into those shots, and it
was the Wizards against Monta there in the first half. He definitely got us
in it.”
司機表示："我們表現的不佳，巫師的防守很紮實，讓我們有點不知所措。每次有人切進
禁區就遇到兩三個人，試著阻止我們的高位進攻。Ellis整晚不停pick N roll，但是上
半場，他不停的站出來得分，根本就是華盛頓巫師對上達拉斯Monta，他的表現鼓舞了
我們。
“I was making shots, the ball was going down and my team stayed with it,”
Ellis modestly added after the game. “How much I did in the first half, they
came and did in the second half. It was a total team effort to come out and
get this win. J.J. [Barea] hit some big shots, Dirk came back in and hit some
shots and Brandan [Wright] played an excellent game on both ends, so it was a
total team effort.”
"我射、我進、我帶領"
賽後Ellis表示："我上半場做了什麼，下半場隊友們馬上回饋，這場勝利是團隊的功勞"
"J.J 在關鍵時刻跳出來，司機回來後也投進了一些好球，Wright在攻守兩端都表現得
很棒，這是團隊的勝利！"
But, despite taking the attention off of his own play, Ellis is no stranger
to carrying the Mavs when needed.
這不是Ellis第一次在重要的比賽跳出來Carry小牛了。
During Dallas’ epic seven-game first-round playoff series against the Spurs
last season, Ellis led the team in scoring while posting 20.4 points an
outing. He also operated as the Mavericks’ closer in Game 6 of that series,
scoring 12 of his 29 points in the fourth quarter to force a decisive seventh
showdown following a 113-111 win.
在上季牛刺經典大戰中，Ellis場均來到20.4分，在G6更是在第四節得到12分，全場29分
帶領小牛以113-111打進了G7。
Averaging a team-best 19.7 points per game this season, the Mavericks will
undoubtedly continue looking in Ellis’ direction to take charge as defenses
line up to contain Nowitzki. And if Ellis can continue to will the Mavs to
victories, he could receive All-Star consideration for the first time in his
stellar career.
本季場均19.7分，小牛跟著Ellis以及司機的腳步繼續奮戰，如果Ellis能夠持續有這樣
高水準的表現，或許有機會入選生涯第一次的全明星賽。
“I didn’t realize how explosive he is and what a great scorer he is,”
center Tyson Chandler said of Ellis after rejoining the franchise in a trade
from New York this summer. “You know, watching him from afar, I didn’t get
to see him that much, so it always seemed like he scores in spurts. But he’s
a guy who can carry a team. He can carry an offensive load. He has it all. He
can knock down a jump shot, he can finish at the rim and he can also make
plays. So, he’s definitely a guy that you can run the offense through,
especially when we need to give Dirk a little bit of a break.”
拳王表示："再跟Ellis同隊以前，我不知道他是這麼具有爆發性以及這麼優秀的得分好手
，以前沒有很多機會觀察，感覺他只是在刷分，但是現在他已經是個能夠帶領球隊的球員
，他能夠跳投、自己切入finish，也可以配合團隊戰術，他是進攻面的完美球員，也分擔
了司機的責任。"