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作者：Marc Stein
Summer Scoop: New Orleans Pelicans
Five burning questions and answers about the New Orleans Pelicans' immediate
future in the wake of their season-ending loss at home Saturday night to
top-seeded Golden State that completed a first-round sweep:
在被第一种子金州勇士于季后赛第一轮横扫后，五个关于纽澳良鹈鹕亟需解决的问题：
1. Wasn't the playoffs, for these Pelicans, just about getting to the playoffs?
1. 对鹈鹕来说，这季的目标是否只是能进入季后赛？
Of course it was.
当然是。
You were never going to hear any of the Pels admit such a thing while they were
still engaged with the Warriors, but a sweep doesn't really diminish the most
notable achievement of the season, which was catching and then overcoming
Oklahoma City for the eighth and final playoff spot in the West.
你当然不会听到任何鹈鹕的球员在和勇士的系列赛期间承认这件事，但是即使惨遭勇士剃
光头，依然不会减损鹈鹕本季最大的成就，就是在季赛最后关头击败雷霆取得西区老八的
位置晋级季后赛。
They couldn't have done it without OKC's many injuries, true, but don't forget
that the Pels had their share. Jrue Holiday missed 42 games during the regular
season and Game 2 of this series. Ryan Anderson missed 21 games. The
otherworldly Anthony Davis missed 14 for a franchise that had to bring a halt
to mighty San Antonio's 11-game win streak on the final night of the regular
season just to claim its first playoff berth since Chris Paul's farewell season
in town in 2010-11.
确实，如果不是雷霆伤兵一堆，鹈鹕也无法拿到季后赛门票，但是别忘了鹈鹕的伤兵问题
也不比雷霆少。Jrue Holiday错失了42场季赛和第二场季后赛。Ryan Anderson错失了21
场季赛。Anthony Davis也错失14场季赛，但最后他们在例行赛最后一场击败了11连胜气
势正旺的马刺，是自从10-11球季后且是Chris Paul离开后第一次打进季后赛。
In Davis' third season, New Orleans found a way into the NBA tournament and
played the Warriors tougher than the series scoreline would suggest. They'll
have to live with pain that lingers from squandering that 20-point lead in the
fourth quarter of Game 3, but make no mistake: The 67-win Warriors had to work
to shake these guys.
在Davis的第三个球季，鹈鹕总算进到季后赛，他们和勇士打了四场计分板上看不出来的
艰苦比赛，且要承受Game 3原本领先20分最后却败光的痛苦。
They had to work even on a night like Game 4, which saw Stephen Curry shoot a
ridiculous 5-for-5 on contested 3-pointers. The Pels, even with their spirit
presumed to be broken after the Game 3 heartbreaker, scrapped to within eight
points of Golden State in the fourth quarter after falling behind by 21.
他们也要在像Game 4这样的状况下打球，Curry在这场有鬼神般的三分命中率。即使鹈鹕
可能早在Game 3后就因为20分大逆转而心碎，他们在一度落后21分后依旧可以在第四节紧咬
勇士8分。
They got broomed, in the end, but they battled.
最后他们还是被横扫了，但他们曾经奋战过。
2. Will the Pelicans sign Davis to a max contract extension this summer?
2. 鹈鹕是否会在今夏以顶薪合约续约Davis？
That is most certainly the plan.
这应该是鹈鹕最确定的计画。
League sources say that the Pels will be as aggressive as possible on July 1
in presenting Davis with a five-year maximum contract that makes him New
Orleans' designated player.
league source说鹈鹕在7/1会给Davis一份五年的最顶薪合约来留住这位鹈鹕指标球星。
Given that the 22-year-old was voted to start in February's All-Star Game and
will likely earn All-NBA first-team status when voting results are announced
in coming days, Davis would be in line to start his max deal at 30 percent of
the league's salary cap as opposed to a mere 25 percent as long as he earns
just one of those same honors next season