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CHICAGO — The Cavs had just extended their winning streak to 11 games with
yet another 20-plus point win.
But it wasn’t a celebratory visitor’s locker room inside Chicago’s United
Center. At least, not right away. Because the final score was in no way
indicative of Cleveland’s substandard performance, needing to rally from a
one-time 15-point deficit against a mediocre opponent missing six rotational
players.

骑士在芝加哥客场以20分以上的胜分打赢公牛，取得11连胜后并未马上在更衣室庆祝
因为最终比分并未反映骑士低于水准的表现，对面公牛躺了6个人
但骑士却一度落后15分需要苦苦追赶

“Unacceptable,” Donovan Mitchell said following the 139-117 triumph. “We
have to stop doing that. We are a talented team and we are winning these games
. But at some point it’s going to come back to bite us in the butt. We have
to come out sharper. We have to come out and set the tone. Those things can’t
happen.”

米丘:"这是难以接受的。""我们必须停止这种情况，我们有天赋赢得这些比赛，但这种
先大幅落后再来追分的方式，迟早会出问题。必须从开场就进入状况，设立明确的基调
，这种开场大幅落后的情况不该再发生。"

Only they have been. Frequently.
On Friday night, Cleveland went down 25-3 in the first five minutes against
mighty Boston, trailing for more than 38 minutes before a gutsy fourth quarter
rally that stunned the sellout TD Garden crowd. Sunday was similar, with
Portland scoring the first basket and leading the entire first quarter. The
young Blazers, fighting for a spot in the play-in tournament, were up double
digits at halftime and led for nearly 39 minutes overall, by a game-high 18 —
until the Cavs flipped a switch and prevailed in overtime.

Then came Tuesday night. Falling behind early for the third straight game. A
nasty trend.

这些事已经连续发生了

上周对青赛，开场5分钟就被打爆，3-25落后22分，前38分钟都是落后状态，直到第四节
才逆转
打阿拓也是，整个第一节都是阿拓领先，骑士半场落后双位数，第三节一度落后18分，
直到末节调整状态后拖入OT逆转
今天也是，连续三场 一个很糟糕的趋势

“It’s definitely a bad habit. We all know it is,” Jarrett Allen said. “We
have these slow starts that we need to get rid of. When we start playing teams
that are going to be in the playoffs, they are going to attack us early and
we can’t always go down first and have to fight back. Makes it so much harder
. But the thing about this team, we will develop a bad habit and we will
change it in a couple games. I’m not worried.”

Allen:"我们都知道这绝对是坏习惯，这种慢热的情况必须改掉，在面对季后赛等级的
队伍时，对面会快速进入状态，不能总是先落后再来追分，这会让比赛变得很艰难。
不过我们总是能尽速改掉坏习惯，所以对此并不担心。"

Allen has a point. A little more than a month ago, Cavs coach Kenny Atkinson
noticed some troubling slippage on defense, citing a lack of focus and
attention to detail. He told players that closeouts had to be sharper and
communication needed to be amplified. Over the last 15 games, Cleveland ranks
third at that end of the floor. Then came a pointed conversation about boxing
out — a result of seeing his team get out-muscled on the interior a few times
in February. The Cavs are 10th in rebounding percentage overall but fifth
since Jan. 29.

JA说的没错
大约一个月前，总教练阿金注意到防守出现令人担忧的下滑，指出球员缺乏专注跟对细节
的重视，防守沟通必须加强，收缩必须做得更好，在过去15场比赛中，骑士防守排行联盟
第三
之后2月时数次被对手内线压制，阿金也检讨了卡位问题，此后骑士的篮板数排名也有所
提升

The newest objective is starting fast.

“We held ourselves accountable,” Mitchell said. “It’s three games in a row
now. That’s the challenge. We’re winning games. But now that is the
challenge within that — coming out sharp.”

Missing their first seven 3-point attempts and 13 of the first 15, the Cavs
finished with just 24 points in the first quarter, tied for the sixth-lowest
output this season. A few minutes into the second quarter, they were behind by
15. They even trailed at halftime. Again.
It was a tie game with about seven minutes remaining — until the Cavs
outscored Chicago 32-10 the rest of the way.

“We have to be careful,” Atkinson admitted. “This league is too hard. We
had a great fourth quarter but for three quarters we were sleepwalking. If you
play with your food too much ... for a team with the best record in the
league, that’s not our identity.”
“We weren’t playing our type of basketball,” Allen added. “It just clicked
at the end.”

新的课题是快速暖机进入状态

米丘:"已经连续三场了，我们持续在赢球但仍须面临开场慢热问题，这是个挑战，我们需
要快速进入状态"

今天骑士的前七次3分出手都没进，前15次3分投篮只中2，第一节只拿到24分
是本赛季第6低，进入第二节后一度落后15分。
然后在末节剩下7分钟，处于平手后一波32-10爆打带走比赛

"我们必须要小心"阿金承认，"联盟竞争激烈，我们有个很棒的第四节，但前三节打得很
迷航，不能总是这样掉以轻心......这对一只联盟最佳战绩的球队来说，并非该有的风格
跟标准"

JA补充道"我们并没有打出应有的风格，直到最后才开始发力挽回。"

The Cavs, who rested Evan Mobley on the first night of a back-to-back, won the
decisive fourth quarter, 43-23. They built the lead to a game-high 24,
eventually overwhelming and outclassing the undermanned Bulls. It took just
seven minutes of high-level basketball to turn a competitive game into another
rout. Only it shouldn’t have gotten to that point.

骑士在B2B比赛的第一场轮休Mobley，以43-23的第四节表现取胜。只打了7分钟的高水准
表现，就把领先扩大至比赛最大的24分差，辗压了人手不足的公牛，把胶着的比赛变成
大胜，但这本并不应该这样发展。

“We came in after the game and talked about how we have to get off to better
starts,” sixth man Ty Jerome said. “Playing around with the game can come
back to bite us.”

Mitchell blamed the starters for not setting the tone. Darius Garland said he
’s sensing a lack of energy at the outset — walking the ball up the floor,
getting into sets slowly, not making the extra rotation.

Jerome:"我们赛后进行了讨论，我们必须在开局时做得更好，如果继续这样散漫下去
迟早会付出代价"

米丘认为先发球员们没有在比赛开始时设定好基调，没有展现出应有强度好好掌握节奏
Garland则感觉在比赛开局时球队缺乏精力，进入进攻战术速度过慢，没有做好轮转

Most nights, Tuesday’s result would lead to a joyful vibe. The Cavs currently
hold the NBA’s longest active win streak. The 51-10 mark is the 10th-best
start in league history. A 16th win by at least 20 points is a franchise
single-season record. The magic number for the Eastern Conference’s top seed
is 14.

But beyond the end result, that wasn’t a quality showing. The Cavs demand
better from themselves. They have bigger goals in mind. With about a month
remaining in the regular season, it’s about continuing to build habits.
Championship habits. Not bad ones.

大多数的夜晚，这场的胜利结果会令人感到愉快。骑士目前保持着NBA最长的连胜纪录
(11连胜)。51-10的战绩是联盟历史上第十好的开局，16场20分以上胜利是队史纪录。
东部第一的魔术数字还有14。

但除了结果外，这场比赛表现并不优质。骑士对自己有更好的要求，有更大的目标。离
例行赛结束大约还有一个月，球队需要继续养成好的、冠军级的习惯，而非坏习惯。

“I think it shows where our goals are and where we want to be,” Jerome said.
“We know how hard it is to get where we want to go, and we can’t keep
messing around like that with the game like that.”

Jerome:"我认为这表现出了我们球队的目标跟方向"
"我们知道达到冠军的目标有多困难，我们不能再这样打下去，必须更加专注投入比赛"