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Lakers fall to 0-3 in close games: 'There's obviously frustration'
湖人在拉锯战陷入0胜3败：“挫折感十分明显。”
After falling 124-120 to the Minnesota Timberwolves on Monday to close out a
road trip 0-2, Los Angeles Lakers coach Luke Walton admitted that his team's
early season doldrums are taking a toll.
"There's obviously frustration that comes with it," Walton said after his
team failed to protect a fourth-quarter lead and dropped to 2-5 on the
season. "I don't know what the level [of frustration] is, but it's going to
be a tough flight home.
湖人在星期一以120比124输给明尼苏达灰狼，这趟客场之旅0胜2败作收，湖人教练Luke
Walton承认季赛初期战绩低迷对他的球队有了负面影响。
“这带来明显的挫折，”在球队无法维持第四节的领先而让战绩来到2胜5败的赛后Walton
这样表示。“我不确定挫折到了什么程度，但这趟回家的航班会很难熬。”
"But like I told our guys, nobody feels sorry for us. It's up to us to figure
it out and start winning some of these close games. And we will. I can
promise you that. We will start to win some of these. But right now we're
taking a couple lumps in the meantime."
“但正如我告诉大家的，没人会同情我们。得靠我们自己改善并开始拿下一些小比分差的
比赛。而我们会做到的，我向大家保证。我们会赢得部分这样的比赛。但这段期间我们吃
了不少苦头。”
L.A. is 0-3 in games decided by five or fewer points after going 11-11 in
such contests last season before landing the biggest prize of the NBA
offseason in LeBron James. On Monday, the four-time MVP led the Lakers in
points (29), rebounds (10) and assists (7) but also had a team-high five
turnovers, including one with 1 minute, 43 seconds remaining, when he lost
control of his dribble and L.A. was called for a backcourt violation.
洛杉矶在五分差内的比赛成绩是零胜三败，上一季在没有LeBron James.的情形下，这样
的比赛战绩是11胜11败。这位4次MVP在星期一的比赛里拿下29分10篮板及7助攻，但5次失
误也是全队最高，包括1分43秒他的运球失误造成回场违例。
James echoed Walton's disappointment.
James跟Walton一样失望。
"Well, we got to get better," he said. "We know that. We talk about patience,
but we can't have [a] reoccurrence of the same thing. ... Doing the same
thing over and over and over and expecting a different result, you know,
that's insanity. So we have to get better. We can't just have the same
mistakes over and over again."
“我们一定要进步，”他说，“这是共识。我们提过耐心，但我们不能重复一样的事情。
一而再再而三的重复相同作为，并期待不同的结果，那就是疯了。所以我们必须成长。我
们不能反复同样的错误。”
Against the Wolves, those mistakes came in the form of fouling (the Lakers
were whistled for 24 fouls to Minnesota's 14, leading to a 30-15 disparity in
free throws attempted) and in failing to crash the glass (L.A. allowed 20
offensive rebounds and was out-boarded 51-48 overall).
对到灰狼，这些错误造成各式的犯规(湖人24次犯规、明尼苏达14次，也造成15和30次罚
球的差距)和争夺前场篮板失利(灰狼拿下20个进攻篮板，总篮板数也以51-48占优势)
"I mean, it's the same story," Walton said. "We got to get better at the
little things, and one of those things is paying attention to details,
following game plans. The game plan tonight: keep them off the free throw
line and defensive rebounding. And they hurt us with both of those."
“这是一样的情节，”Walton说，“我们必须从小事改善，其中之一便是专注于细节，照
计画执行比赛。今天的计画是让对方远离罚球现并巩固篮板，这两项却被对方迎头痛击。
”
The Lakers also had 18 turnovers, which led to 17 points for the Wolves,
something Rajon Rondo attributed to his team overthinking things.
"We're just not making the right plays at the right time," said Rondo, as his
team was outscored 21-15 in fast-break points partially because of its poor
decision-making when it had numbers. "I think we're trying to hit home runs
when we just need to make singles."
湖人也发生18次失误，这让灰狼得到17分，Rajon Rondo认为这是因为球队想太多了。“
我们就是没能在对的时间做对的事情，”Rondo说，球队因为不佳的选择而在快攻得分上
以15-21输给对手。“我认为在只需安打的时候，我们都太急着挥大棒了。”
L.A. also trotted out its fourth starting lineup in seven games, leading to
rotations that didn't always flow smoothly.
LA也在7场比赛排出了4套先发阵容，显然轮替名单运作的并不良好。
"Whatever role or whatever guys come in, we just have to be ready to go,"
Rondo said. "As a team, collectively, we're not doing things, we're not on
the same page. We're messing up pick-and-roll coverage. We're messing up
boxout assignments. So we got to do the intangibles and come in with a better
mindset."
“无论哪个球员去执行什么角色，我们就是必须做好准备，”Rondo说，“球队整体来说
并不在状况内，我们默契不佳，搞砸档拆防守补位，无法卡位巩固篮板。所以我们应该多
做苦力并据此保持正面心态”
Rondo had 13 points on 6-for-9 shooting and eight assists backing up Lonzo
Ball, who struggled for the second straight game with just four points on
2-for-6 shooting and one assist. L.A. was outscored by 11 points with Ball on
the court Monday and has now been outscored by 44 points with Ball on the
court this season, the worst plus-minus of any Lakers player, according to
ESPN Stats & Information research.
"I'm just not doing my job," Ball said.
Rondo从替补出发9投6中拿下13分及8次助攻，Lonzo Ball延续前场的低迷6投仅2中拿下4
分1助攻。加上Ball这场-11的正负分值，他本季在场的正负分值来到-44分，是湖人球员
中最低的。“我就是没把自己工作做好”Ball说。
Part of James' job with this young group is to lead by example as players try
to find their footing. He walked out of the locker room holding a copy of the
book "Leadership: In Turbulent Times" by Doris Kearns Goodwin, the same book
Lakers general manager Rob Pelinka was reading during training camp.
James陪着这只年轻球队的工作之一，便是帮助队友找到自己的定位。他带着Doris
Kearns Goodwin写的书“领导：紊乱时期”走出休息室，也是训练营时湖人总管Rob
Pelinka在读的书。
Before that, James was asked what his leadership looks like when his patience
wanes.
在这之前，James被问到一旦耐心渐失后，他会有怎样的领导风格。
"You probably don't want to be around when my patience runs out," James said.
"I'm serious."
“我没耐心时，你不会想待在我身边的。”James说，“我是认真的。”