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Pistons play with fire one too many times in loss to Bucks
- A strategy based on 10+ point comebacks isn’t really sustainable.
活塞玩火太多次 输公鹿也是刚好
- 输个十来分再来逆转的战略并非长远之计
The Pistons trailed the Miami Heat by 11 points in the second half. They gave
up a 19 point lead to the Atlanta Hawks to allow a tie ballgame in the final
four minutes. They trailed the Indiana Pacers by 11 points.
活塞在对上热火时下半场最多落后11分。他们对上老鹰时没能守住19分的领先，在终场前
四分钟被对方追平。他们对上溜马时一度落后11分。
It’s been living on the edge for the Pistons and on Wednesday night they
fell.
活塞最近的比赛一直在走钢索，而星期三晚上他们摔下来了。
That’s not to say that there’s shame in it or that the now 10-4 Pistons
suddenly suck. Just that they might not be the 63 win team that they were
heading into the game. They won a bunch of coin toss games and the quarter can
’t always land heads.
这并不表示这是很丢脸的事情或是目前战绩10胜4负的活塞突然之间烂透了。只不过从他
们这场比赛的表现看起来，到头来他们也许根本不是那支有机会拿下63胜的球队。他们赢
了不少场看起来像是丢硬币丢赢了的比赛，然而硬币不可能永远是正面。
And this team still has a few issues to iron out. Really it’s a bit
incredible that the Pistons managed to make it a game when they shot 35
percent from the field and the Bucks played pretty well. They benefited from
- brace yourself - taking advantage from a nice night from beyond the arc and
at the line.
而且这支球队还有一些问题需要解决。老实说在自己投篮命中率只有35%，而公鹿又打得
很好的情况下，他们还能够打到最后一刻才分出胜负还蛮神奇的。准备好知这一切都归功
于–准备好了吗?–他们那晚三分球跟罚球有把握住。
Langston Galloway managed to single handedly turn it into an interesting game
to open the fourth quarter. The Pistons opened it trailing by 13 points, but
in the first two minutes of the quarter he offered an assist on a Tobias
Harris bucket then hit two threes followed by three free throws. With a Khris
Middleton make in the mix, it was a five point game.
Langston Galloway只手遮天地把这场打卡下班的例行公事变回了一场紧张的球赛。活塞
在第四节开打时还落后13分，但在第四节的前两分钟内Galloway先是助攻给小哈拿下了2
分，接着自己又投进了两颗三分球外加三颗罚球。中间蜜豆汤也投进了一球，于是突然之
间这是场五分差的比赛了。(译按；后来查了Play-By-Play，Galloway投进第三颗罚球之
后，两队应该只差4分才对。)
The Pistons pushed and managed to tie, but could never get over the hump to
assert control over the game. It’s just tough to overcome that kind of a
deficit every night. Some nights you’re bound to fall short.
活塞顺利地追平了比数，但就是无法再进一步取得领先接管比赛。要每场都能够克服劣势
逆转比赛真的很艰难。终究是注定要在某些比赛逆转失败的。
It was the starting unit that let things get that way. The offense went cold
in the third quarter and let the Bucks push up their lead. Despite solid free
throw shooting and Andre Drummond offensive rebounding, it’s tough to keep
afloat with 4-17 shooting from the field.
这一切都要归咎于先发球员们。第三节一方面手感冰冷无法得分，另一方面又守不住公鹿
让他们不断扩大领先优势。纵使有不错的罚球和庄猛的进攻篮板，靠着投17中4的命中率
要不烙赛也难。
But the Bucks also just looked good. Giannis Antetokounmpo was/is one of
those rare players that you should just watch every time they step on the
court and Middleton had one of his better games of the season so far. Combine
that with the Bucks’ length making things difficult for the Pistons, it’s a
tough game to win.
但撇开自己烙赛不说，另一边公鹿的好表现也是毫无疑问的。字母人是少数一上场就是瞩
目焦点的球员之一，而蜜豆汤也打出了今年球季目前为止最棒的球赛之一。字母人跟蜜豆
汤再加上公鹿其他球员的发挥让活塞陷入了更大的困境，这是场很难赢下来的比赛。
End of the day, it was a mix of all of the good and the bad we’ve seen in
many Pistons games this season. It just feels a little worse since they weren
’t able to close things out.
整体而言，我们看到的这些都是今年球季活塞许多比赛里出现过的优缺点。只是看他们这
场比赛没能够好好把握赢下来，感觉比较低落了一点就是了。