By sitting out his first chance to play against his former team on Friday at Staples Center, Gasol hopes he'll be of more help to the Los Angeles Lakers as this year's playoffs get closer. 在湖人周五主场的比赛中,加索尔将错过首次对上老东家灰熊的机会。随着本赛季季后赛的临近，加索尔希望能够给湖人带来更大的帮助。
Gasolis expected to miss his eighth straight game Friday because of asprained left ankle. He said before the Lakers' 108-95 loss to Charlotte on Wednesday that he aggravated the injury earlier in the week and he didn't expect to play until next week. 加索尔因扭伤了左脚踝将连续缺席第8场比赛。他在湖人周三以95：108输给山猫的比赛前曾经表示，在本周初他的伤势加重，直到下周才会复出。
Gasol said Thursday he was disappointed to learn he will miss facing the Grizzlies. 他在周四表示，自己很失望将缺席对阵灰熊的比赛。
"Iwas definitely looking forward to playing," Gasol said. "It was hard toaccept that I wasn't going to be a part of the game. ... It would havebeen nice and special."
Gasol spent 6 1/2 seasons with Memphis(18-53) before being traded to the Lakers in early February. Despitethree postseason appearances from 2004-06, the Grizzlies failed to wina playoff game, and rumors circulated that Gasol was unhappy with thesituation in Memphis, where the Grizzlies currently have thesecond-worst record in the conference.
TheLakers (49-23) are 4-3 without Gasol in the lineup and are likely beingcautious about bringing him back too soon for fear of risking furtherinjury, especially considering the tight playoff race they're in. 湖人在加索尔缺阵的情况下最近4胜3负。由于害怕伤势加重，湖人不敢让他太早复出，特别是考虑到球队将要面临激烈的季后赛竞争。
Los Angeles is tied with Houston and San Antonio for the second-best record in the West, trailing conference-leading New Orleansby one game. The Lakers are two games into a five-game homestand, whichthey opened with Wednesday's surprising loss to a sub-.500 Bobcatsteam.
The game was the third in four days for Los Angeles, but Lakers forward Luke Walton said that didn't explain the team's poor play with so much on the line. 那场比赛是湖人四天中的第三场，但湖人前锋沃顿表示这不应该是湖人表现得如此糟糕的借口。
"Ifyou don't show up ready to play, that's what's going to happen," hesaid. "There's no excuse for us to come out on our home court and nottake care of business."
“如果你没有准备好比赛的话，那就只有会输球了。”沃顿说，“我们不能为球队在主场比赛的糟糕表现找借口。” Kobe Bryantwas ejected in the loss after picking up two technical fouls in a spanof 29 seconds late in the fourth quarter. He had 27 points before theejection but his departure didn't factor much in the final result,considering Los Angeles trailed 99-86 with 3:40 to play.
Bryant has 15 technicals this season, and one more means an automatic suspension. 科比本赛季已经得到了15次犯规了，再得到一次的话将会自动停赛一场。
The Grizzlies are coming off a 107-106 overtime loss to Sacramento on Wednesday. The Kings hit two free throws with 7.6 seconds remaining for the win. 周三，灰熊在萨克拉门托以106-107加时输了比赛，国王在比赛还有7.6秒时罚中两球取得了胜利。
Hakim Warrick had 26 points and eight rebounds, and Kyle Lowry added 16 points and five assists, but the Grizzlies had 24 turnovers and were outscored 30-16 at the free-throw line. 瓦里克得到26分和8个篮板，罗里得到16分和5次助攻，不过灰熊有24次失误，而且在罚球线上以16-30输给对方。
"I'mglad they did not buckle under and didn't quit," coach Marc Iavaronisaid. "They are making plays and playing together. ... I am encouragedby what I saw." “很高兴球员们没有屈服，没有放弃。”主教练Marc Iavaroni表示，“他们打得很努力，相互配合。……看到这些我倍受鼓舞。
The Lakers have won both games against the Grizzlies this season, including a 100-99 victory on Jan. 13. Andrew Bynum hurt his knee in that game and has yet to return from the injury.
以下来自湖人官网GAMENOTE The Lakers currently lead the season series with Memphis (2-0) after splitting last
season’sseries with Memphis (2-2) for the second time in series history. Priorto 2004- 05, the Lakers had never lost a series to the Grizzlies buthave since lost twice and split once. This will be the 49th meetingbetween the two franchises and the 26th since the Grizzlies moved toMemphis with Los Angeles leading the all-time series 36-12. In theirlast 10 games versus the Grizzlies, the Lakers are 5-5. The Lakers are6-4 in their last 10 home games against the Grizzlies and are 12-4all-time at STAPLES Center. Under head coach Phil Jackson, the Lakersare 22-8 against the Grizzlies. Individually, Kobe Bryant is averaging22.9 points for his career against the Grizzlies in 42 games (35starts). Last season in Memphis, Kobe Bryant scored a series-high 60points, becoming only the third player in NBA history to score 50 ormore points in three consecutive games en route to a 121-119 victory.The Lakers’ 121 points tied for the mark for most points given up bythe Grizzlies to the Lakers. Earlier last season on January 9, Memphisscored a series-record 128 points en route to a 128-118 victory overthe Lakers at FedEx Forum. Memphis’ 128 points were the most the Lakershave ever given up to the Grizzlies, surpassing the previous mark of112 established at Vancouver on January 15, 2001. On 2/1/08 the Lakersacquired Pau Gasol from Memphis in exchange for Kwame Brown, JavarisCrittenton and Aaron McKie. Gasol remains the franchise leader in 12statistical categories, including points (8,966), rebounds (4,096) andblocks (877) in six-plus years with Memphis.
Trailingby 4 points early in the second quarter, the Lakers would go on a 16-0run midway through the second period, and led by 11 points beforelosing Andrew Bynum to
asprained left knee with 8:52 remaining in the third quarter, whileMemphis would use a 0-14 run to take the lead with 4:59 left in thefinal period, but the Lakers were able to hold on after a Kwame Brownfree throw gave them the lead with 9.2 seconds remaining as the Lakersdefeated the Memphis Grizzlies 100-99 at Staples Center. Kobe Bryantscored a game-high 37 points while becoming the 44th player in NBAhistory to record 1,000 three-point field goals. Lamar Odom recorded adouble-double with 10 points and 10 assists while Andrew Bynum finishedthe game with 10 points on 5-of-7 shooting and 9 rebounds in 20 minutesbefore leaving the game in the third quarter. Mike Miller led the wayfor Memphis with 27 points on 11-of-16 shooting, while Pau Gasoltallied 21 points, 18 rebounds, 8 assists and 4 blocks. The Lakerslimited Memphis to just 11 free throw attempts while allowing just 4Memphis fast break points, but lost the second chance points battle8-21 while getting outrebounded by Memphis 44-50 (21-32 in the secondhalf). With the win, Phil Jackson tied Bill Fitch for sixth all-timewith his 944th career victory, while the Lakers moved to a season-high14 games above .500 while recording their longest winning streak, sixgames, since the 2003-04 season.
