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After struggling to a 4-7 start to the season, the Houston Rockets parted ways with coach Kevin McHale on Wednesday morning, league sources told Yahoo Sports.
McHale delivered the Rockets to the Western Conference Finals a year ago, but four straight blowout losses and a roster struggling to respond with effort pushed to the organization to make a move to salvage what had been expected to be a season of championship contention.
经过一个四胜七负的惨澹开季后，今天早晨，火箭队正式和Kevin McHale分道扬镳。
即使去年McHale把火箭带到了西部决赛，但被勇士扫地出门后，
又迎来了一个悲惨的开季，球团必须做出回应——
毕竟本季火箭的阵容可是被视为夺冠劲旅之一。
McHale signed a three-year contract extension a year ago and is owed approximately $12 million.
He went 193-130 in four-plus seasons with the Rockets and is the winningest coach, by percentage, in franchise history.
Assistant coach J.B. Bickerstaff will take over as the interim head coach, with assistant Chris Finch ascending to associate head coach, league sources told Yahoo Sports.
Bickerstaff was promoted to transform the league's second-worst defensive team.
Houston lost 111-95 to Boston on Monday night, and as much as anything, the Rockets have failed to get new point guard Ty Lawson playing well for them.
McHale在去年和火箭签下了一纸三年一千两百万的延长合约。
在冰箱执教的四季多内，火箭拿下了193胜130负的战绩。
另外，他也是火箭队史中胜率最高的总教练。
在过渡期间，助理教练 J.B. Bickerstaff会接替冰箱的位子，
首席助理教练则由Chris Finch接下。
而在这之前，Bickerstaff致力于改善火箭队糟糕的防守（联盟第二差）。
火箭队本周一对上赛尔提克的比赛中以111-95落败。
更糟的是，Ty Lawson打得并不好，并未符合火箭队当初对他的期待。
这也是Bickerstaff上任后得面临的挑战。
Bickerstaff is a rising star in the coaching profession and the son of longtime NBA head coach Bernie Bickerstaff.
He oversaw a Rockets defense that moved into the NBA’s elite a year ago. General managers around the league, including in Houston, believed it was just a matter of time until Bickerstaff was a successful head coach in the league.
There are no assurances long-term for Bickerstaff in Houston, but he has the opportunity to earn the job on a full-time basis. The organization has faith in a Bickerstaff-Finch partnership for now, and decided to make the move now to find a different voice to lead the locker room.
Houston has reached a softer spot in the schedule, and Bickerstaff will have a chance to stabilize the Rockets.
在这里先简单介绍Bickerstaff：
他是之前NBA著名教练Bernie Bickerstaff之子，现在也是教练界的一颗新星。
他负责监督火箭的防守，并且在一年前将其提升到联盟前段班的水准。
大部分的NBA GM（包括火箭队自己），都认为只要花上一些时间，
Bickerstaff就能在NBA发光发热。
当然，Bickerstaff能在休士顿待上多久，还是个未知数，
但他拥有赢得这份工作的机会，火箭球团对他有信心。
球团也希望在休息室里，能有个不同的声音来凝聚球员。
火箭队现在达成一个软性的短期目标了，
Bickerstaff也得证明他拥有让这只火箭顺利升空的能耐。
Nevertheless, the Rockets are pushing for results now, and several elite coaches with Rockets ties in the past – including Jeff Van Gundy and Tom Thibodeau – could lurk as future candidates. Another strong candidate with Houston ties, Charlotte’s Steve Clifford, could be a free agent this summer.
For now, though, the job and opportunity belong to Bickerstaff, who’ll have every chance to make it his own.
尽管，火箭是这么说的，
但过去火箭球团曾联系过的Jeff Van Gundy和Tom Thibodeau，
也可能会扮演程咬金的角色——他们都可能是未来总教练的候选人。
另外一位候选人则是黄蜂的总教练 Steve Clifford，他的合约将在明年夏天到期。
但现在，机会是属于Bickerstaff的。