Laker Winning Streak Is Still a Passing Phase <LA Times.com>
연승은 현재 진행형!!
Meanwhile, back in the frigid, unforgiving Midwest …
다시 조낸 추운 동부, 시카고로 왔삼.
The Lakers were supposed to be struggling at the halfway point of a brutal six-game trip, collecting losses as furiously as the latest snowfall, pinwheeling their arms fruitlessly on the way to the bottom of the Pacific Division.
말도 안되는 ㅆㅂㄻ 스케쥴의 6게임 원정. 이때쯤이면 조낸 힘들어하면서 대삽을 풀고 순위는 점점 곤두박칠 것 같이 보이기도 했을법 한데..
Then came the latest surprise, a 93-80 victory over the Chicago Bulls, another testimony to team basketball and another chapter unveiled of a briskly improving team Friday at United Center.
이건 뭐 조낸 잘해. 또 이겼어. 93-80으로 황소들을 이겼네. 팀 바스켓보을 통한 팀 성적의 향상을 꾀하고 있다는 또다른 증거가 나오고 있자나?
The Lakers have won four consecutive games, something not achieved since Derek Fisher was making miracle shots in the 2004 playoffs. And they are 3-0 on a trip that was expected to be a 2-4 exercise, at best.
4연승. 이게 말이돼? 2004년 박차들한테 날렸던 어부샷이 정점이었던 그때의 4연승. 그 후로 첨이야..
Near the end of it all Friday night, as Kobe Bryant watched patiently from the bench, Brian Cook was making reverse layups, Devean George was forcing turnovers and fighting for rebounds, and Luke Walton was logging assist after assist.
코비는 오늘 경기에서 인내심을 갖고 벤치에서 많은 시간을 보냈지. 요리사가 리버스 레이업을 넣고, 게오르게가 상대편으로 하여금 실책을 유발하게 하고 리바를 잡을려고 애쓰고, 루크가 계속 어시스트를 올리고.. 이런 것들을 말야...
On top of it, the Lakers continued their recent team-sharing theme, getting assists on 27 of their 38 field goals.
요즘 호수인들에게 불고 있는 팀바스켓볼의 패싱게임. 이것으로 또 승리를 거뒀어. 오늘 38개의 슛 중에 27개가 어시스트로 기록되었네..
Coach Phil Jackson, also in a giving mood on the trip, undertook his annual practice of handing out books to each Laker, among the titles Sun-Tzu's "The Art of War" (for Lamar Odom) and "Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking" (for Bryant).
필사마, 매년 선수들한테 책선물 해주는 걸루 유명하지.. 이 원정길에 책선물해줬는데... 옥돔이한테는 Sun-Tzu의 "전쟁의 미학 (The Art of War)" 이라는 책을, 코비한텐 "무시해라 : 생각하지 않는 사고의 위대함 (Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking)" 라는 책을 선물해줬지.
It was the art of passing that captured the night for the Lakers.
오늘 호수인들. 패싱 게임의 예술극치를 보여줬지.
"It's moving the basketball rather than holding it," Jackson said. "Kobe's getting assists and that's important too. I think that sets a tone for us."
필사마 왈, 공을 잡는게 아니라 공을 돌리는 거야. 코비가 어시스트 숫자를 늘려가고 있는것. 정말 정말 울 팀에겐 좋은 점이지...
Bryant wasn't at his best — 23 points on nine-for-21 shooting — and he sat out the first 7:12 of the fourth quarter as the second unit kept the Lakers safely ahead. But he had nine rebounds and eight assists and made two shots in the final two minutes that extended the Laker lead to beyond-catchable range.
코비.. 뭐 최고의 겜은 아녔어.. 21개 쏴서 9개 넣구 23득점. 글구 4쿼터 시작후 7분 12초동안 벤치를 달구고 있었지. 그들의 후보선수들이 리드를 지켜나가는 걸 바라보면서 말야. 그러나 9리바에 8도움. 그리고 막판 종료 2분 남기고 2개의 필드골을 성공시키며 따라잡히지 않을 점수차로 도망가게끔 했지.
"No, not at all," Bryant said when asked if he was surprised he sat that long. "As long as we can go out there and execute, we will be fine. We just move the ball, cut with a purpose -- we'll be OK no matter who is out there."
벤치오래 앉아있으니 놀랬삼??? 코비왈, 아니 전혀. 울팀이 잘 돌아가구 있음 그런건 전혀 문제 없어.. 공돌리고 제대로 컷하고.. 그런거 잘되고 있음 누가 코트에서 뛰고 있던 간에 상관없삼.
"I don't have to take 28, 30 shots," he said. "There's no need. Defenses are collapsing on me and we're doing a great job spacing the floor. [The other Lakers are] figuring out areas where they have to get to play off me and we're making defenses pay."
더이상 30개이상의 난사모드는 없삼. 상대편 수비수들이 나만 다구리 치려고 다가오는데.. 그럼 빈공간 많자나.. 울 동료들이 빈 곳을 찾아 들어가면 글루 찔러주면 된당.. 그럼 수비수를 관광보내는 거지 뭐..
Odom strung together another complete game in front of Scottie Pippen, who had his number retired by the Bulls in a halftime ceremony. Odom had 19 points, seven rebounds, four assists, and continued to show that, on some nights, he very well could play like Pippen, as Jackson hoped.
오늘 은퇴식을 치룬 스카리 앞에서 옥돔이는 또 한번 완벽에 가까운 플레이를 펼쳤지. 19점에 7리바에 4도움. 오늘 또 한번.. 필사마가 원하는 대로.. 난 제2의 핍이 될 수 있삼!! 이라는 걸 보여줬지.
All five Laker starters scored in double figures, even Chris Mihm, who had 10 points despite the usual foul trouble. Cook, back in the starting lineup after Sasha Vujacic was inserted there for two games, had 16 points, making eight of 11 shots.
호수인 선발멤버가 모두 두자리수 득점을 올렸어. 밈군도 또!또!또! 파울트러블에 걸리면서도 10점을 넣었지. 다시 선발 라인업에 올라온 요리사군. 11개중 8개를 넣는 고감도 슈팅으로 16점을 넣었어.
Just as suddenly, the big picture might not look so bleak.
갑자기 우리팀의 미래가 어둡지만은 않은 것 같은데??
"I thought we'd have a slow start," Jackson said. "We have a lot of travel time in the early part of the season. I didn't anticipate being above .500 in these first two months. We're happy we're here. They're really starting to play a lot better together."
필사마왈, 우린 그냥 슬로우 스타트를 한 것 뿐야. 시즌 초반에 조낸 이곳 저곳 경기 치루느라 왔다갔다했지. 솔직히 첫 2-3달은 5할이상의 승률을 기대하지 않았어. 근데 벌써 5할 넘겼네. 정말 요즘 다들 잘하고 있어.
The first quarter served as an affirmation of Bryant's last game, a victory against Toronto in which he had a season-high nine assists and a season-low 11 points. Friday, Bryant had only one point in the first quarter but accumulated five assists as the Lakers built a 33-19 lead.
1쿼터. 요즘 코비의 경향을 다시한번 보여준 쿼터였지. 득점은 1점만 하면서 도움은 5개나 기록... 33-19의 리드를 이끌었지.
Bryant's first basket of the game, a 12-footer from the wing, came with 5:56 left in the second quarter and provided a 35-28 Laker lead. He had all eight of his assists by halftime, when the Lakers led, 47-37.
코비의 첫 필드골은 2쿼터 5분 56초 남기고 나왔어. 전반에 8개의 도움을 기록했지.
Coincidentally, or maybe not, Bryant's effort came the same night that Pippen was recognized. Pippen, who served as an assistant coach during Laker training camp, recently criticized Bryant while serving as a cable-TV studio analyst, saying the Laker star was being "totally unfair to his teammates" by taking too many shots.
공교롭게도...아님 말거나... 코비의 이러한 노력은 핍이 오늘 주인공이 된 날 더 부각되었다는 것이야. 호수인 트레이닝 캠프때 어시스턴트 코치로 일했던 핍. 최근 케이블 티비 스튜디오에서 코비를 비난했지.... 지 혼자 조낸 많이 난사해서 팀 동료들을 다구리 치고 있다구...
"He's showing he's uncoachable," Pippen said.
오늘 코비가 이렇게 플레이하는걸 보고 피펜왈, 코비는 가르칠 것이 없엉...
Bryant, for his part, spoke reverentially of Pippen.
코비왈, 답례로, 핍에게 경의를 표했지..
"It was just an honor to be here," he said. "We saw history in the making tonight. I feel very blessed to be here to be able to see that."
코비왈, (핍의 영구결번식에) 함께있다는 것이 조낸 영광이삼. 역사가 이루어지는 걸 보았지. 이런걸 여기서 같이 볼 수 있다는 것만으로 축복받았다구 생각해..^^
첫댓글 휠사마 말에 힘이 나는군요. KBL의 신산과 뭔가 분위기가 비슷한데요 ㅎㅎ
정말 재미있네요. 잘 읽었습니다.
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