Mavericks-Grizzlies Preview
The only teams giving the Memphis Grizzlies any trouble lately reside in
Texas. Now there's another one coming to town which gave them plenty of
problems last season.
曼斐斯灰熊本季除了面對德州球隊以外都沒有太大的問題，但明天的對手
是德州鐵三角之一的達拉斯小牛，上季小牛也帶給灰熊不少麻煩。
The Dallas Mavericks were the last visiting team to win a regular-season game
in Memphis - about 10 months ago - until another Lone Star state stalwart
recently did. The Grizzlies must beat them Tuesday night to avoid having more
losses through 10 days of December than they had in all of November.
小牛與灰熊上次對決是在上季的封關戰，明天灰熊不希望輸球，否則這將
讓他們在12月10日就拿到與整個11月一樣多的三場敗仗。
This season series opener features Southwest Division rivals off to strong
starts and one game apart in the standings - just as they finished last
season. Memphis (16-4) ended up with the better record thanks to a 106-105
overtime victory over Dallas (16-6) to close the regular season, grabbing the
No. 7 seed in the Western Conference playoffs while dropping the Mavericks to
eighth.
這是西南組的兩大強權本季首度對決，跟上季結尾一樣，兩隊目前的場差
是一場，灰熊的戰績16勝4敗，小牛的戰績是16勝6敗。上季灰熊在最終戰
的延長賽以106-105氣走小牛，拿下第七種子，讓小牛掉到老八。
Mike Conley's two free throws with 1.1 seconds left were all that prevented
Dallas from sweeping the season series. The Mavericks had won each of the
first three meetings by at least 12 points, joining San Antonio as the only
West teams to defeat the Grizzlies by double digits more than once.
Mike Conley在最後1.1秒的兩顆罰球讓灰熊得以拿下上季對戰的唯一一勝，
小牛拿下上季前三次對戰的勝利，且至少贏了12分，是西區除了聖安東尼奧
馬刺之外，第二支能夠兩度贏灰熊超過10分的球隊。
The Spurs also are the only team to hand Memphis a home loss this season,
winning 107-101 on Friday. That snapped the Grizzlies' regular-season home
winning streak at 22, which dated to a 110-96 defeat to Dallas on Feb. 5.
馬刺也讓灰熊吞到本季主場首敗，上周末以107-101在客場打敗灰熊，終止
了灰熊在主場的跨季22連勝，是今年2月他們以96-110敗給小牛之後首次在
主場吞敗。
Memphis bounced back with a 103-87 home win over Miami on Sunday behind John
Leuer's 20 points and 12 rebounds.
灰熊昨天以103-87主場打敗邁阿密熱火扳回顏面，John Leuer拿到20分12
籃板。
However, that game came against a struggling, sub-.500 team. The Grizzlies
were coming off the loss to San Antonio and a 105-96 defeat in Houston, their
only two games since Thanksgiving that weren't double-digit victories. A loss
to Dallas would drop them to 1-3 in December after opening 15-2.
然而，這畢竟是對上勝率不到五成的球隊，灰熊在敗給馬刺之前一度以96-
105在客場敗給休士頓火箭，他們自感恩節以來只有兩場比賽勝分不到雙位
數。如果明天他們敗給小牛，就會讓12月的戰績掉到1勝3敗，在此之前他
們的開季是15勝2敗。
The potential emergence of a 3-point threat like Leuer and the continued
growth of Conley and Courtney Lee could take pressure off big men Marc Gasol
and Zach Randolph. Gasol had two points Sunday, 17 below his team-leading
average, while Conley and Lee combined for 35 on 15-of-17 shooting.
如果Leuer、Conley和Courtney Lee能帶來的三分球威脅會讓內線球員Marc
Gasol和Zach Randolph輕鬆許多。Gasol昨天只拿到2分，比本季平均低了
17分，而Conley與Lee一共投17中15拿到35分。
"In order to get better each year, you've got to improve on something," said
Lee, averaging a career-high 12.6 points. "Everybody knows that's our DNA, to
get it down low to the big fellas and let them go to work. It opens up
everything for everybody else."
Lee本季的場均得分是12.6分，是他的生涯新高，他說："我每年都希望增進
一些能力，來讓自己變得更好。大家都知道這是我們的球風，就是把球塞給
大個子，這讓外線的空間變大許多。"
Dallas relies more on the perimeter, having attempted 111 more 3-pointers
than Memphis.
小牛更是依靠他們的外線火力，他們比灰熊在三分線外多出手了111次。
Monta Ellis has at least 30 points in half of the past six games as the Mavs
have gone 5-1. Dallas hopes the inconsistent Chandler Parsons is starting to
come around after scoring 28 on 11-of-14 shooting in a 125-102 win over
Milwaukee on Sunday. He was 4 of 6 from 3-point range after a 14-for-50 slump
(28.0 percent).
Monta Ellis在最近六場比賽有三場至少得30分，小牛在這段時間是5勝
1敗。小牛的先發Chandler Parsons不是很穩定，但昨天他投14中11得到
28分，球隊希望他能就此找到手感，他昨天三分球投6中4，擺脫了前幾
場比賽投50中14(命中率28%)的低潮。
"He is just really working at it," coach Rick Carlisle said of Parsons, who
had a career-high 34 points and an NBA single-half record 10 3-pointers Jan.
24 against Memphis.
小牛教練Rick Carlisle談到Parsons："他真的很努力。"Parsons今年1月
24日曾在對上灰熊的比賽半場砍進10顆三分球，是NBA的紀錄，並拿下生
涯最高的34分。
Carlisle also was pleased with not having to play his starters in the fourth
quarter other than Dirk Nowitzki, who left with 9:12 to play and scored 21.
卡帥說他也很高興昨天的第四節大部分先發球員都不用上場，除了Dirk
Nowitzki還打到倒數9分12秒，昨天Dirk拿下21分。
"Our depth guys were able to finish the game for us, which really helps with
the week that we have coming up," Carlisle told the team's official website.
"... Now we've got to get ready for some really physical, high-level teams in
the next several games."
卡帥在官網訪問說到："我們的板凳深度幫我們終結比賽，這讓我們接下
來的艱苦賽程做好準備，之後有很多硬仗要打。"
This game is the first of two on back-to-back nights with travel involved,
hosting New Orleans on Wednesday, before facing league-best Golden State on
Saturday.
小牛在打完明天的比賽後將連夜趕回達拉斯，迎戰紐奧良鵜鶘，之後他們
將對上聯盟霸主金州勇士。
賽程加溫中 明天繼續加油吧!!
Let's Go Mavs!!