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At 42-25, the Spurs can count themselves as pretty comfortably in the Western
Conference postseason mix — they’re five games ahead of the Pelicans, the
No. 9 team, and four-and-a-half ahead of eighth-seeded Oklahoma City. What’s
more, in the mess that is the middle of the West, the defending champs are
only four-and-a-half games behind No. 2-seeded Memphis.
戰績42勝25負，馬刺目前差不多可以把自己列入季後賽的名單。他們目前和分區第九的鵜
鶘有5場勝差，和分區第八的雷霆則有4.5場。更重要的是，在西區中段班的混戰中，這隻
追求衛冕的隊伍只落後排名第二的灰熊4.5場。
Injuries held the Spurs down for much of the early part of the season, and
their annual rodeo road trip did not go as well as usual — the Spurs were
just 4-5. While Tim Duncan continues to be among the most effective big men
in the league, he will be 39 next month. Manu Ginobili, meanwhile, is 37 and
again battling ankle trouble.
賽季初期，傷兵問題拉低了馬刺的戰績，他們的客場之旅也沒有拿出過去的水準，只打出
了4勝5負的成績。TD仍是聯盟中最有影響力的長人之一，而他下個月就要滿39歲了(4月25
日)。同時，Manu Ginobili也已經37歲，同時還在跟腳踝的問題搏鬥。
That’s fired up speculation, an annual rite in the NBA, around what’s next
for the Spurs. For much of the year, a rumor has simmered that the Spurs are
girding for the retirements of both Duncan and Ginobili, and, according to
league sources, are prepared to chase hard after one of the top free agents
on the market this summer: Grizzlies center Marc Gasol.
這些問題引起了一個例行的猜測