Denver Nuggets guard Steve Blake is making a good impression on his new team.
덴버 너게츠 가드 스티브 블레이크는 새로운 팀에서 인상 깊은 활약을 펼쳤다.
Blake looks to turn in another strong effort Friday when the Nuggets host the Eastern Conference-leading Cleveland Cavaliers.
블레이크가 가세한 너게츠는 금요일에 동부 컨퍼런스 1위팀 클리블랜드 캐벌리어스와 격돌한다.
Blake was acquired by Denver (18-17) on Jan. 11 in a trade that sent Earl Boykins to Milwaukee. He averaged just 3.6 points and 17.6 minutes in 33 games for the Bucks this season.
덴버(18-17)는 지난 11일 블레이크를 데려오면서 얼 보이킨스를 밀워키로 트레이드시켰다. 그는 이번 시즌 밀워키에서 33게임에 나와 평균 17.6분에 3.6득점을 기록했다.
However, Blake had 13 points in almost 29 minutes in his Nuggets debut last Friday, a 90-86 loss to Houston. He then scored a career-high 25 points in just over 36 minutes in Sunday's 109-93 victory at Portland.
하지만, 블레이크는 지난 금요일 너게츠 데뷔전에서 29분여 동안 뛰며 13득점을 올렸지만, 휴스턴에 86-90으로 패하고 말았다. 그는 일요일 포틀랜드 원정에서는 36분 동안 뛰며 개인 최다인 25득점을 올리며 109-93의 승리를 이끌었다.
"It's better than good," Blake said of his new home. "It's been a lot of fun. We're playing the style I like to play. Coach (George Karl) is letting me get the ball and push it. And with the players we have on this team, you can't help but be successful."
"매우 좋다," 블레이크가 새로운 팀에 대해 말했다. "많이 재밌을 것 같다. 우리의 플레이 스타일은 내가 선호하는 플레이다. ~."
Blake said that playing with guard Allen Iverson, who was acquired in a December trade with Philadelphia, has helped him improve.
블레이크는 가드인 앨런 아이버슨과 함께 하게 됐다, 그는 지난 12월 필라델피아에서 트레이드된 바 있다, ~.
"I'm loving it right now. He's making me a better player," Blake said. "You can't ask for much more than to play with a great player like that."
"나는 지금 이 순간이 좋다. 그는 매우 훌륭한 선수다," 블레이크가 말했다. "~."
Iverson had 32 points against the Trail Blazers and is averaging 27.3 in 12 games with the Nuggets. However, Denver is just 4-8 since acquiring him, likely due in part to the absence of Carmelo Anthony, who leads the NBA with 31.6 points per game but is serving a 15-game suspension for his involvement in a brawl with New York on Dec. 16.
아이버슨은 트레일 블레이저전에서 32득점을 올렸고 너게츠로 온 후 12게임에서 평균 27.3득점을 기록하고 있다. ~.
Anthony is due to return on Monday against Memphis and scrimmaged with the Nuggets on Wednesday.
앤소니는 오는 월요일 멤피스전에 돌아온다~.
"I'm just waiting for this whole process to be over," said Iverson, acquired three days after Anthony was suspended. "I'm excited for him. I'm ready for him to get back and do what he loves to do. I know it's been tough on him sitting out like that. I'm ready for him to get back on the court and, for selfish reasons, ready for him to help. There's 30 points out of the lineup - that's a lot."
~. "나는 그의 활발한 모습을 보고 싶다. 나는 그가 돌아오기만을 기다리고 있다. ~."
Anthony's close friend, LeBron James, will be looking to make up for a lackluster performance when he comes to Denver on Friday. James, who is averaging 26.8 points per game, had 23 and shot just 8-of-21 from the floor in Cleveland's 94-76 loss to Portland on Wednesday.
~. 제임스는, 이번 시즌 게임당 평균 26.8득점을 기록하고 있다, 클리블랜드는 수요일 포틀랜드전에서 그가 23득점(8/21)을 올렸지만 76-94로 패하고 말았다.
"My legs weren't under my jump shot," James said. "For some reason, I just couldn't get under it. I started to attack late in the game but it was too late."
"~."
The Cavaliers (23-15) own the best record in the East, but have dropped three of four and are 2-3 on their current seven-game road trip. Cleveland shot just 35 percent and had a season-low seven assists against the Trail Blazers.
캐벌리어스(23-15)는 동부에서 최고의 성적을 내고 있다, 그러나 최근 4게임 중 3번을 졌고 원정 7연전에서 2승 3패를 기록중이다. 클리블랜드는 35%의 슛률과 시즌 최저인 7개의 어시스트로 트레일 블레이저스에게 패하고 말았다.
"We ought to feel embarrassed with our performance," coach Mike Brown said. "There was no effort whatsoever on our part. They kicked our behinds in every single category."
"~."
Denver is 4-2 against Cleveland since the 2003 draft, when James was chosen first and Anthony third.
덴버는 2003년 드래프트에서 제임스와 앤소니가 입문한 이후, 클리블랜드를 상대로 4승 2패로 우위에 있다.
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