勇士可能被困在附加赛底部
An upset win Wednesday would’ve been a large boost. They could’ve pulled withi
n 1 1/2 games of the Mavericks, currently in the eighth spot, with a chance to s
till win the tiebreaker. They play each other two more times in the final month.
The Mavericks have a difficult back-to-back Thursday against the Oklahoma City
Thunder and are expected to be without Don i .
如能在周三赢得一胜对勇士有很大的帮助。他们能拉近跟目前第八的小牛的胜差至1.5场，
并仍有机会赢得tiebreaker。这两队在最后一个月还会再打两场。而小牛在明天要在没有77
的情形跟雷霆打艰难的背靠背。
But the win placed the Mavericks 3 1/2 games up on the Warriors (three in the lo
ss column) and made it extremely difficult for Golden State to win the tiebreake
r. Even if the Warriors win the next two games against the Mavericks — tying th
e head-to-head at 2-2 — the next tiebreaker is conference record. The Mavericks
are 22-18 against West competition, and the Warriors are 17-23.
但小牛今晚的胜利让他们领先勇士3.5场且让勇士很难赢得tiebreaker。即便勇士剩下两场
都赢，跟小牛打成2-2平手，那接下来比西区成绩，小牛是22-18，勇士则是17-23
The next most vulnerable target is the Sacramento Kings. They entered the night
in the seventh slot. But another win over the Lakers boosted their record to 38-
27, tying them with the Phoenix Suns for sixth. Both are four games up on the 34
-31 Warriors and, like the Mavericks, you can essentially add an extra game beca
use of the tiebreaker.
再下一个目标则是国王。他们在今晚之前排第七，但今晚对湖人的胜利让他们与太阳一起排
在第六，都是领先勇士4场，而且像小牛一样，你基本上可以因为tiebreaker而多加一场
The Suns went 3-1 against the Warriors this season. The Kings went 2-2 but have
a 9-6 division record compared with the Warriors at 5-9. That means the Warriors
either already have or likely will lose the tiebreaker to the Suns, Kings and M
avericks, the three teams sitting ahead of them at sixth, seventh and eighth, le
ngthening their climb.
太阳对勇士是3-1，国王对勇士是2-2，但同组成绩是9-6，优于勇士的5-9。这表示勇士对上
排名6、7、8的太阳、国王跟小牛是已经或是很有可能输掉tiebreaker
The Warriors have 17 games remaining. They face the Lakers twice in Los Angeles.
The first of those comes Saturday, with Curry and Green likely back. Both teams
have 31 losses. The Warriors can pass the Lakers this weekend and begin to take
control of ninth, which would at least give them home-court advantage in a No.
9 versus No. 10 elimination game.
勇士剩下17场比赛，将会在LA对上湖人两次。第一场是在这周六，咖喱跟嘴绿很有可能会回
归打这场。两队目前都是31败，这场胜利能让勇士超车湖人并开始掌控第9，至少让他们在
第9-10淘汰赛中取得主场优势
But the Warriors’ target has never been ninth. Exiting the break, it was sixth.
But the New Orleans Pelicans have played too well and the Suns and Kings have s
tabilized enough to distance themselves far enough away. It could still be withi
n reach if the Warriors rattle off something like 13 or 14 wins in their final 1
7 games, but who is ready to predict that? Here are some of the teams still left
on their schedule: Lakers twice, Mavericks twice, at Miami Heat, at Minnesota T
imberwolves, at Orlando Magic, vs. Pelicans.
但勇士的目标从来不是第9。明星赛后目标是要第6。但水鸟打太好，太阳跟国王也稳定拉开
一定的距离。如果勇士最后17场拿到13、14胜，才有机会。但谁会这样觉得？后续赛程要对
上湖人两次、小牛两次、热火、灰狼、魔术跟水鸟
“Yeah, it feels daunting,” Brandin Podziemski said. “Just for the fact that y
ou don’t want to be the 10th seed. The 11th seed is, I think, four or five game
s behind us. So for us to get that low I don’t think is going to happen. But yo
u don’t want to be the 10th seed and have to play two road games before you get
into an actual series.”
Podz说：对，感觉很可怕。你不想当第10。我想第11落后我们4-5场，所以我们不可能掉到1
1。但你不会想要第10，然后在进入真正季后系列赛前打两场客场
That’s the reality staring the Warriors in the face. Even though they’ve been
one of the league’s better teams, record-wise, over the past six weeks, all the
accumulated early-season sins combined with this recent 1-3 stretch have placed
them on the bumpiest playoff path possible.
这是摆在勇士面前的事实。即便他们是最近6周联盟较好的队伍之一，在开季挖的洞太大，
加上近4场1-3，让他们的季后赛之路变得最坎坷
Unless they hit a scorcher quickly, they’re staring at two straight elimination
games (either one or both on the road) and, even if they survive that, a quick
turnaround to face the top seed in the conference, rested and waiting at home. T
hat top seed could be the Denver Nuggets, who are 45-20, tied with the Thunder e
ntering Wednesday night.
除非他们能迅速爬升，否则他们将面临连两场淘汰赛（一场或两场是客场）。而且，即使他
们成功获胜，接下来会遇到主场的第一种子，可能是在今晚比赛前与雷霆共同排名第一的金
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