Congratulations to the Houston Rockets for winningtheir 22nd game in a row. No matter how biased you are, you can’t denywhat the organization is doing is quite an accomplishment. However, forus Lakers fans, we need to keep perspective! There is a few things Ihate to see in reactions…
首先让我们恭祝火箭队取得22连胜的优异成绩，不管我们带有什么样的偏见，也阻挡不了联盟所作的一切成就了火箭的连胜。作为湖人的球迷，我们需要冷静而一分为二的看问题，但是有一些话题我还是不得不拿出来和大家探讨一二......
1. Stop Blaming The Referees: Statistically speaking,the average NBA/Laker fan are more afraid of the Zebra animal than anyother animal out there. Yes it’s an easy out, but don’t forget Alston’scareer performance today. That being said, once you get past ouratrocious on-ball defense today, you can’t help but wonder how theLakers were a marble ball in a pinball machine today getting bouncedaround and not getting calls; yet at the end of the day, you have toplay through it. 1、不要责怪裁判：NBA或者湖人球迷都比较害怕神经刀型的球员，今天阿尔斯通职业生涯新高的表现就让大家难以忘记。我们也明白，一旦我们陷入了别人的防守怪圈，我们就可以理解为什么湖人队今天像打实心球一样是如此的艰难，也会明白为什么湖人队很难得到裁判的哨子，我们必须要面对这些。
2. No Bynum, Gasol, Ariza: I said it after Gasol wentdown but going 1-3 in this trip would be a successful trip consideringthey are still without their emerging and defense-shifting centerAndrew Bynum who was involved with six points in their last meeting.Secondly Trevor Ariza who is considered the best perimeter defenderbehind Kobe Bryant and lastly, Gasol, who suffered the sprain twonights ago and left the Lakers with limited post-presence. When youlose two “legit” 7 footers to injury and you’re playing some of the topteams in the West, it’s very difficult to overcome the challenges whichpresent themselves, especially when the Lakers have struggled when theyget away from their inside-out game. These three players returning,hopefully healthy, before and into the playoffs will shift the power ofthe entire west back in our hands once again. Be patient. 2、没有拜纳姆、加索尔、阿里扎：在加索尔没有受伤前我说过他在湖人队三分之一赛程的比赛的完美的，因为那时候拜纳姆的缺阵在攻防转换方面对湖人队的影响还没有暴露出来；被认为是除了科比之外外线最好的防守球员阿里扎也因伤缺阵；此外，两天前扭伤脚踝的加索尔也缺席了湖人队的比赛。缺失了两个内线的大个子，却要长途跋涉去面对残酷的西部豪强客场之旅对湖人队来说难免是一次强大的考验。等到这三位大将在季后赛开打前后完全康复回归之后，那时候的湖人将不可一世，大家请耐心等待。
3. Respect the streak: I’d hate to repeat myself, butgive the Rockets credit. No Yao, no problem. Looks like Apollo 13 stillremains the only time where Houston had a problem seemingly. This 22game win streak is pretty damn impressive once again considering theinsanity of tightness of the Western conference. 3、尊重别人的连胜：我实在不愿意在去重复我们必须去相信火箭的话语。没有姚明，就没有问题。就像阿波罗13号仍然存在太空一样（70年“阿波罗13号”迅速升空，殊不知由于一个致命的错误——失氧，致使他们面临前所未有的考验，必须把握仅有的4天时间重返地球）火箭队的问题只是现在没有暴露出来罢了。一次22连胜的纪录似乎让人们忘记了西部竞争的惨烈。
The Rockets went from 10th place to 1st place.Congratulations to them… while it is impressive the Rockets, andMcGrady, will have to prove they are better than 1st round slaughter.When this streak ends, and I believe it will by the end of the week,how will they respond?I guess my point of this little piece was not toget frustrated over this loss. It sucks, it hurts, it’s upsetting… butdon’t forget: We are the only team in the West who has had battledaround the #1 spot without a full team.
恭喜火箭队，因为他们终于从西部第十跃居西部第一了，他们的的赛程太好了，然而麦蒂如果想挺进季后赛第二轮的话，似乎还有很多的地方需要提高吧。我想这个周结束他们的连胜一定会被终结的，那时他们会作何反应呢？想想这些我们也不必为今天的失败而耿耿于怀了吧，不要忘记：我们可是西部唯一一支队员从没有整齐过却长期占领西部头把交椅的队伍！
As I mentioned before, when this team gets healthy,the Lakers will re-establish themselves as the best team in the Westernconference… playoffs will be a formidable challenge, but assuming weare healthy, they’ll be saying it and saying it loud and clear…“Houston, we have a problem.” 就像我一直说的那样：当我们健康的时候，我们绝对是西部最好的球队！季后赛是充满挑战的，只要我们健康，人们将不得不承认这样的事实：“休斯顿，见鬼去吧！”
