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Why Pistons are even better than their 3-0 record
为什么活塞现在状况好过于他们的3-0纪录
Okay, I have to admit… even I’m surprised.
好啦，我得承认...连我都很惊讶。
Yes, I spent the entire summer selling optimism about the Detroit Pistons.
没错，我花了整个暑假表达我对活塞的乐观。
Yes, I predicted they’d win 42-50 games.
没错，我预测他们会赢42到50场比赛。
Yes, I thought they were going to be good.
没错，我认为他们会打得很好。
Yes, I wagered hard-earned American dollars in Vegas that the Pistons
would win at least 38 games.
没错，我在赌城花了我辛苦赚来的美金下注活塞至少会赢38场比赛。
I just didn’t think they’d start 3-0. Not against the Hawks, Jazz and
Bulls. Not while shooting so horribly.
我只是没想到他们开季会打出3-0的成绩。更何况是在对上老鹰、爵士和公牛，
投篮命中率又很糟糕的情况下。
While the season is incredibly young, what we’ve seen so far has actually
increased my optimism. This team doesn’t need to play extremely well on
offense in order to stay competitive. Against the very top teams in the
Eastern Conference. They don’t need Brandon Jennings or even a very
productive bench.
尽管球季才刚刚开始，但我目前所看到的已经让我更加地乐观。他们不需要在
进攻方面表现极度优异以维持竞争性。对抗东区的前几种子球队。他们不需要
建宁甚至不需要非常有效率的板凳。
The Pistons shot .375/.214/.500 against the Bulls. And won.
活塞昨天对上公牛的命中率是.375/.214/.500。而且他们赢了。
So how did they do it?
Roughly the same way they beat the Hawks and Jazz
-rebounding, defense and hustle.
那么他们是如何办到的呢？
跟他们击败老鹰和爵士的方式差不多
—篮板、防守和拼劲。
And that, my fellow Piston fans, is why we should all be feeling very
good about this team. They’re 3-0 less because of things that vary
from night to night (shooting percentages) and more because of the
things a team can bring night in and night out (effort and energy).
而我的活塞迷伙伴们，这就是为什么对这支球队我们应该要感觉很好。
他们现在3-0跟每晚都可能有变动的东西(命中率)比较没有关系；
这更要归功于一支球队每个晚上都能带来的东西(付出与能量)。
They out-rebounded the Bulls 61-50, and even more importantly,
20-8 on the offensive glass.
他们在篮板球以61-50大胜公牛队，更重要的是，进攻篮板的差距是20-8。
They had 104 shot attempts to the Bulls’ 84.
他们的投篮出手次数有104次，而公牛是84次。
They essentially flipped "efficiency" the bird and won in spite of it.
他们根本就是对“效率”比了个大中指然后在这个状况下赢球的。
By the way, this is the very same Bulls team that beat the Eastern
Conference champion Cleveland Cavaliers on opening night - on TNT -
while the Pistons were clobbering the (regular season) Eastern
Conference champion Hawks (on the road), and then crushed the
Brooklyn Nets (on the road) the following night.
顺带一提，这支公牛队跟那支在开幕夜的TNT转播中击败去年东区冠军骑士
(同一晚活塞在客场打垮了去年东区战绩第一的老鹰)然后又在隔晚客场冲
破篮网的公牛队是同一支公牛队。
And the Pistons don't even have Brandon Jennings back yet.
而且建宁还没有回来。
If there’s one element I wasn’t counting on (at all) this season,
it was the superb play of Marcus Morris. Truth be told, I’d never
really seen the guy play before he joined the Pistons. His numbers
looked OK but underwhelming. The response to that trade with the
Suns (which cost the Pistons essentially nothing) was a collective
"meh" by every sports journalist outside (and some inside) Detroit.
如果这一季有任何我没有考虑到的因素(田冈教练表示: )，那就是
Marcus Morris的超优异表现。老实说，我在这家伙加入活塞前从来没有好好
地看过他打球。他的数据看起来还可以但不会让人留下深刻的印象。每一个
不在底特律(甚至有些在底特律)的体育记者对于那笔跟太阳的交易(活塞基本
上什么都没损失到)的反应都是一口同声，很冷淡的“喔。”
And while I KNOW IT’S EARLY (#samplesize, #calmdown), Morris is
averaging 19.3 points and 7.6 rebounds through three games.
Against playoff-caliber opponents. While knocking down huge shots.
During crunch time.
我知道现在还早(#样本大小，#冷静下来)—Morris三场比赛平均19.3分
7.6篮板；对上的是季后赛等级的球队；在关键时刻投进关键球。
Andre Drummond, meanwhile, in spite of still shooting below 50
percent from the floor, is putting up 18.6 points and 16.3 rebounds
through three games. And while you might be tempted to argue those
numbers will come down, they’re eerily similar to what he put up at
the end of last season after Reggie Jackson came aboard.
同时装猛虽然场上命中率低于50%，三场比赛还是缴出了平均18.6分16.3篮板
的成绩。你可能会想要争论说那些数据会下降，但那些数据跟去年
Reggie Jackson加入后装猛在球季结束时的数据差不多。
Oh, and he had his fifth career 20-20 game tonight. There will be more.
噢对了，他在昨晚的比赛打出了生涯第五次20-20。还会有更多。
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope had a horrible shooting night, but also kept
Jimmy Butler in check (in spite of the sexy 23/11 stat line, Butler
shot 5-19 from the floor) and made yet another huge defensive play
to push the game into overtime. His fist-pump reaction was almost
the same he made after his block on Rodney Hood to close out the Jazz,
and just might look awesome in a forthcoming highlight video made by
yours truly.
KCP昨晚的命中率很惨淡，但他同时锁住了Jimmy Butler(虽然子龙的成绩23分
11篮板很漂亮，但他的命中率是19投5中)而且在正规时间结束前以一个重要的
防守把比赛逼进了延长赛。他那握拳大吼的反应跟他在对Rodney Hood的三分球
敲下关键火锅帮助球队击败爵士后的反应如出一辙，而且在之后的比赛高光里
可能会看起来很棒。
Reggie Jackson still has a ton of work to do. He had five turnovers
and took more than a couple ill-advised shots, and yet… still put up
22/7/7 and came up big down the stretch. The things he does well,
he makes them look so easy that it’s easy to take them for granted.
Don’t. He’s good. He’ll be a star in due time. He's a work-in-progress.
Reggie Jackson还是有许多工作要做。他有五次失误而且有很多糟糕的出手，
但…他还是缴出了22分7篮板7助攻的成绩。他让那些他做得很好的事情看起来
很容易达到，很容易让人们觉得是理所当然。不要这样觉得。他很优秀。
他之后会是个明星。他现在还在进步当中。
The sky is the limit for this team.
天空是这支球队的极限。
Their best players are ALL 26 years old and under.
Three of them are 22 and under.
他们最好的球员都在26岁以下。其中三个在22岁以下。
They’re still learning to play with each other.
They’re still rough around the edges.
他们还在学习如何跟彼此打球。他们还是有点粗糙。
KCP is still inconsistent. Reggie is still erratic. Andre is still raw.
Brandon Jennings is still in street clothes.
KCP现在还无法维持表现。Reggie现在还不稳定。装猛现在还不成熟。
建宁现在还穿着便服。
But they’re winning. Against good teams. Already.
但他们已经在赢球—而且是击败好球队。
If there's one thing I take from these first three games, it's that
the Pistons' "floor" is pretty high. Can anyone honestly look at this
team and think it will fail to break even?
如果我可以从前三场比赛得出一个心得，那就是活塞的“地板”相当高。
有人能够看着这支球队然后说他们的投资会无法回本吗？
They will continue to surprise, and win, and improve.
他们会继续让大家感到惊喜，继续赢球，继续进步。
We may be the only ones who know it, but that won't last long.
我们可能会是唯一知道这件事情的人们，但那不会持续太久。
Enjoy it, Pistons fans. This is just the beginning.
好好享受吧，活塞迷们。这只是开始。