圓桌論壇：季候賽前兩輪之最



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Henry Abbott, TrueHoop
亨利·艾布特：



1. Dirk Nowitzki, Dallas
It's not fair. It's hard to imagine what he could have done better, but with how many different big-budget teammates, and with how many different coaches, will this man lead teams that shock with playoff underperformance?
Even when Dallas made it to the Finals -- a high point for most teams -- Nowitzki's team somehow managed to lose four straight to squander a 2-0 lead and become a tale of sadness. Dallas has now also lost in the opening round as the West's first (2007) and second (2010) seeds. Whether that says something about Nowitzki's game, leadership or fortunes, I don't know, but it's hard not to think these losses could come to define him.



1。德科·諾維斯基，小牛隊


這不公平。難以想像他本應該做的更好的事情，但是有這麼多的高薪隊友，以及這麼多不同的教練執教，這個人帶領的球隊在季後賽的衝擊下總是表現不佳。


即使是達拉斯打到了總決賽--對大多數球隊來說是個制高點--諾維斯基的球隊不知為何連輸4場葬送了2-0的大好局勢，成就了一個悲哀的傳說。達拉斯現在也曾以西部第一（2007）和第二（2010）的身份兩次在首輪就被淘汰。不管這對諾維斯基的比賽意味著什麼，領袖能力還是命運，我不知道。但不得不讓你認為這些失敗定義了他。



2. Brandon Roy, Portland
He rushed back from knee surgery to help his Trail Blazers for the final three games of the season, and may have helped to hasten their demise. In three gimpy games, Roy was literally one of the least productive players in the entire playoffs (player efficiency rating: 4.5). You can't blame him for trying, but you can admit that he was playing with a remarkable absence of athleticism.
A lot of Blazers fans wondered why players like Jerryd Bayless, Dante Cunningham and Martell Webster were in the game, and the answer was because in a world in which Portland coach Nate McMillan had to count on older players like Juwan Howard, Marcus Camby and Andre Miller, those youngsters -- and not Roy -- provided much-needed bounce, hustle and energy. Roy's fruitless 4-of-16 play in Portland's season-ending Game 6 will haunt all summer.



2。布蘭登·羅伊，波特蘭開拓者。


本賽季他從膝蓋手術匆忙回歸為開拓者出戰了最後三場比賽，這可能將球隊進一步推向滅亡。跛著打完的這三場比賽中，羅伊在數據上可能是整個季後賽效率最低的球員（球員效率評價：4.5）。你不能責怪他的嘗試，但是你也要承認他打的明顯缺乏競爭力。
很多的開拓者球迷疑惑為什麼像傑裡德·貝勒斯、丹特·坎寧安以及馬特爾·韋伯斯特這樣的球員都在場上，答案是因為波特蘭主教內特·麥克米蘭的世界裡只能指望諸如朱萬·霍華德、馬庫斯·坎比和安德烈·米勒這樣的老球員，那些年輕人--不是羅伊--提供了急需的活力、推動和能量。羅伊在波特蘭本賽季最後一場的表現--第六戰16投4中的成績將會在整個夏天困擾著他。



3. Tim Duncan, San Antonio
The Phoenix Suns don't have an Achilles' heel. They have an Achilles' half-acre.
With Robin Lopez out, it's fair to ask if there has ever been a playoff team so unprepared to stop a quality big man in the paint. The Suns are terrible when Jarron Collins is on the floor, and Channing Frye and Amare Stoudemire play mainly for their offense. So with one of the most favorable matchups any NBA star has faced in the playoffs, Duncan should have been dominating.
Instead he was merely solid on offense, and a liability on defense. (Compare Duncan's offense to, say, the Hawks' Al Horford, who is playing against the defensive player of the year, and one of the NBA's best defenses. Horford has a much better true shooting percentage and a better rebound rate to go with lower usage and turnover rates.)

In Duncan's 12th postseason, he slipped badly. Steve Nash made layup after layup, and the vast majority of the time -- because of injury, age or something -- Duncan didn't even have the wherewithal to jump, let alone block the shot. Although Duncan did manage to briefly slow Nash with an inadvertent elbow to the eye in Game 4, Duncan's defensive shortcomings proved a key factor in one of the NBA's best teams bowing out in a second-round sweep instead of vying for a title.



3。蒂姆·鄧肯，聖安東尼奧馬刺隊。


菲尼克斯太陽隊沒有一個致命的弱點，他們只有致命的半場進攻。

當羅賓·洛佩斯不在場上，完全可以質問有哪個季後賽球隊准備如此不足，擋不住一個禁區內的強大內線。當賈倫·科林斯在場上時，太陽隊非常可怕，錢寧·弗萊和阿馬爾·斯塔德邁爾負責了他們主要的進攻。當遇到任何一個球星都曾在季後賽面對過的最佳陣容時，鄧肯本該打出統治力。

然而他卻在進攻端毫無作為，防守也同樣失敗。（相比鄧肯的進攻，可以說老鷹隊的艾爾·霍福德，這個和年度最佳防守球員以及NBA最頂尖的防守者之一對抗的球員，在較少的出場時間內有著更高的投籃命中率、籃板數以及更少的失誤）。

在鄧肯的第12個季後賽，他表現太差了。納什一次又一次的上籃，大部分的時間裡--因為傷病、年齡或是其他的事情--鄧肯甚至跳都跳不起來，更不用說封蓋對手。盡管鄧肯在第四站鄧肯表面上稍微控制了納什，鄧肯防守端的不足很大程度上導致了NBA最好的球隊之一在第二輪被橫掃，而沒能爭奪冠軍。



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J.A. Adande, ESPN.com
J.A.阿當德



1. Joe Johnson, Atlanta
"The postseason is when players are made in this league. ... The best players step up."
Who said that? Joe Johnson, before the playoffs started. Who hasn't stepped up? Joe Johnson, the further the playoffs have gone. So far he's shooting 29 percent and averaging 12.3 points per game in the second round.
He was supposed to be a non-LeBron Plan B in free agency this summer. After this performance, why would anyone plan to spend big money on him?



1。喬·約翰遜，亞特蘭大老鷹隊


“季後賽是聯盟最鍛煉球員的時期，最好的球員堅持到最後。”

這是誰說的？喬·約翰遜，在季後賽開始前如是說。誰沒能堅持住？喬·約翰遜，季後賽的旅途已然終止。目前為止他的第二輪投籃命中率只有29%，場均得分只有12.3。


他曾被預計為這個夏天自由交易市場上得不到勒布朗的B計劃。但這個表現還能讓誰在他身上花大價錢？



2. Rasheed Wallace, Boston
Any hopes that he'd snap out of his lethargy once the playoffs arrived were quickly snuffed. It's as if he forgot the NBA has series, not single events like a college bowl game.

All three of his 3-pointers and 17 of his 42 postseason points came in Game 2 of the Cleveland series.
The Celtics need to scrap to survive against the Cavaliers, and it's almost like Wallace isn't part of the fight.



2。拉希德·華萊士，波士頓凱爾特人。


任何關於他在季後賽一開始就會擺脫死氣沉沉的期望都化為泡影。好像他忘記了NBA是打系列賽的，不想大學保齡球賽一樣的簡單。



他整個季後賽的三個三分和42分裡面的17分都是在和騎士對戰的第二場中得到的。


凱爾特人需要打敗騎士隊，但看起來華萊士沒有參與這場戰鬥。



3. Jason Kidd, Dallas
His points, assists and field goal shooting numbers all dropped from the regular season. When the Mavericks were in desperate need of someone to lead them in the right direction, he couldn't do it.



3。賈森·基德，達拉斯小牛隊


他的得分、助攻以及中投命中率相比常規賽都有所下降。當小牛隊極其希望誰來帶領他們走向正確的方向時，他都做不到。



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Kevin Arnovitz, TrueHoop
凱文·阿諾威特



1. Shawn Marion, Dallas
Marion voiced his displeasure with Rick Carlisle's willingness to bench him for long stretches during the Mavs' first-round debacle against the Spurs. "How can I be effective being pulled in and out like a rag doll?" Marion asked. Visit your local FAO Schwartz and you're bound to find a rag doll whose player efficiency rating (PER) exceeds 7.93, which is what Marion logged during his six postseason games.



1。肖恩·馬裡昂，達拉斯小牛隊


馬裡昂表達了他對裡奇·凱萊爾的不滿--在小牛第一輪和馬刺的苦戰中長時間的把他放在板凳上--“把我像洋娃娃一樣換上換下怎麼讓我有所貢獻？”馬裡昂質問道。去看看你們本地的FAO施瓦茨玩具主題店，你能找到一個球員效率值在7.93的洋娃娃，這也是馬裡昂在六場季後賽中的表現。



2. Richard Jefferson, San Antonio
Jefferson was nothing if not consistent: He followed his lackluster regular season with a similarly lackluster postseason, even underperforming his regular-season averages in most categories.
The foundation of the Spurs' success over the years has always been the quality of their decision-making at both ends on every possession. Jefferson's presence on the court seemed to muddle that, and the Spurs no longer have the margin of error to absorb such damage.



2。理查德·傑弗森，聖安東尼奧馬刺


傑弗森除了穩定以外一無是處：他季後賽延續了常規賽毫不出色的表現，甚至在大多數數據上比不上常規賽的表現。


馬刺近些年的勝利都基於每一個位置上攻守兩端的明確決策。傑弗森場上表現看起來打亂了這些，而馬刺的誤差限度容納不了這樣的破壞。



3. Paul Pierce, Boston
Pierce's failures aren't for a lack of effort, but it's hard to find an area of the game in which he's helping the Celtics. He's shooting 40 percent from the field for the postseason, and against Cleveland, that mark has dropped to 32 percent, with about as many turnovers (11) as assists (12) and rebounds (12) in the series.
As much as Pierce has struggled with his trigger, the stats on the defensive end are more telling. The C's are almost 15 points better defensively per 100 possessions in the postseason when Pierce is riding the pine.



3。保羅·皮爾斯，波士頓凱爾特人隊


皮爾斯的失敗不是缺乏效率，但是很難找到比賽中他幫到球隊的地方。他的季後賽中投命中率有40%，對陣騎士時，下降到了32%，失誤（11）和籃板（12）助攻（12）一樣多。


正如皮爾斯進攻端的艱難，防守一端的狀態更值得一提。在季後賽中，皮爾斯在板凳上時，凱爾特人的防守效率提高了15%。

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克裡斯·布羅薩德



1. Joe Johnson, Atlanta
Johnson, who was at least in the discussion as a player who might be able to get max money this summer, has fizzled not only against Orlando but, before that, was a disappointment in the last three games against Milwaukee.



1。喬·約翰遜，亞特蘭大老鷹隊


約翰遜，至少還在“夏天誰可能得到高價合同”的討論範圍內，不但在和魔術的比賽中極其失敗，之前和雄鹿的最後三場也令人失望。



2. Mo Williams, Cleveland
Mo's defensive struggles against Derrick Rose and Rajon Rondo have put Cleveland in a pickle. Making matters worse, he's struggled on the offensive end as well, particularly against Boston.



2。莫·威廉姆斯，克裡夫蘭騎士隊


小莫對德裡克·羅斯和拉簡·朗多的防守失敗讓騎士隊陷入窘境。進攻端的表現不佳讓情況進一步惡化，特別是對陣波士頓的時候。



3. Jason Terry, Dallas
The Mavs' second-leading scorer struggled badly in the playoffs, averaging just 12 points on 37 percent shooting and giving Dirk Nowitzki no support in Dallas' surprising loss to San Antonio.



3。傑森·特裡，達拉斯小牛隊


小牛隊的第二號得分手在季後賽極其差勁，場均12分，命中率 37%，在對馬刺的大敗中沒有給予諾維斯基任何幫助。



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Chris Sheridan, ESPN.com

克裡斯·謝裡丹



1. Joe Johnson, Atlanta
He hasn't looked like anything approaching a max player, which is what Johnson has been described as heading into this summer's free-agent market. And he disrespected Hawks fans by saying he didn't much care what they thought.



1。喬·約翰遜，亞特蘭大老鷹隊


他一點也不像一個重量級球員，一點也不符合之前他在今年夏天在自由交易市場低位的預測。他不在意別人想法的評論也得罪了老鷹隊的球迷。



2. Richard Jefferson, San Antonio
RJ regained some of his bark after Gregg Popovich called him out as a "dog," but he's still the hands-down winner of the least bang for the buck ($14.2 million salary) award. Trading him helped Milwaukee's John Hammond win the executive of the year award.



2。理查德·傑弗森，聖安東尼奧馬刺


傑弗森在波波維奇稱他為“狗”的時候確實狀態有些回升，但他仍然有毫無疑問最不劃算的合約（工資1420萬）。交易他讓雄鹿隊的約翰·哈蒙德贏得了年度最佳經理的獎項。



3. Michael Beasley, Miami
Beasley gave about eight good minutes total in the Heat's five games, exposing how much more he's worth to Miami going forward for his cap room (if they can move him before July 8) than for his skills.



3。邁克爾·比斯利，邁阿密熱火


比斯利在熱火的五場比賽只打出了8分鐘的良好表現，展現了他對邁阿密的價值到底有多大，他的技術到底值得未來付出多大的薪金空間（如果他們能在6月8號之前交易掉他）。



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Marc Stein, ESPN.com

馬克·斯坦



1. Joe Johnson, Atlanta
I don't buy that JJ has cost himself a ton of money with his postseason struggles because too many teams will have cap space this summer, virtually assuring that he'll get paid by somebody. But I'd argue that free agency would have been far more interesting if Johnson was playing well -- and not following up bad games by dissing Hawks fans to the media -- to attract a wider range of suitors.



1。喬·約翰遜，亞特蘭大老鷹隊


他季後賽的表現不值得我花大量錢在他身上，因為太多的球隊這個夏天有著足夠的薪金空間，事實上他很可能被某只球隊買下。但是我必須指出如果約翰遜打得更好的話，自由交易市場的競爭將會更加激烈，而不是在失敗的比賽之後在媒體面前公然讓老鷹球迷失望--只是為了吸引更多的合同。



2. Rasheed Wallace, Boston
Sheed-bashing has been a lot tougher in the Cleveland series … but I'm clearly not quite over the fact Adande, Sheridan and I all picked Sheed to win Sixth Man Award honors back in October.



2。拉希德·華萊士，波士頓凱爾特人


華萊士在對陣騎士的系列賽中的表現更加艱巨，但是我有些懷疑去年 10月份我們選擇拉希德當選最佳第六人的預測。



3. Jermaine O'Neal, Miami
I've always been a Jermaine O'Neal backer because he's a game-changer defensively when his body cooperates. But when he averages 13.6 points and 6.9 boards for the season -- and then shoots 9-for-44 from the field over the course of a five-game series with the Celts when Dwyane Wade is so desperate for help in Miami -- there's little backing I can provide.



3。傑梅因·奧尼爾，邁阿密熱火


我經常支持傑梅因·奧尼爾，因為他在身體狀況好的時候能用防守改寫比賽。但是當他賽季場均數據只有13.6分以及3.9籃板時--以及在和凱爾特人季後賽首輪的五場交鋒中，他只用44投9中的表現來支持極其渴望幫助的韋德--我不再支持他了。



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David Thorpe, Scouts Inc.
大衛·索普



1. Tim Duncan, San Antonio
We can't blame him, after all he's done. But it's still heartbreaking to watch him play now, while remembering the superstar he's always been before.



1。蒂姆·鄧肯，聖安東尼奧馬刺


看完他所有的表現之後，我們不能責怪他。但是他現在表現確實令人悲傷，讓人想起他以前經常上演的超級明星表現。



2. Miami's starters other than Dwyane Wade
I don't even know what to say about them, other than "don't make plans for wintering in Miami just yet."



2。邁阿密熱火除了韋德之外所有的首發


我甚至都不知道怎麼說他們，除了“不要計劃在邁阿密過冬了。”



3. Jason Kidd, Dallas
Coaches and management love to go for experience in the playoffs, but Kidd is proof that it does not always pay off. It's fair to speculate that playing Rodrigue Beaubois the 41 minutes a game Kidd played could have changed the results of the Mavericks' series with the Spurs.



3。賈森·基德，達拉斯小牛隊


教練和經理都喜歡有季後賽經驗的球員，但是基德證明了這並不總能成功。甚至可以說讓羅德裡格·布博瓦每場打上基德出戰的41分鐘也能改寫小牛和馬刺系列賽的結果。



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Henry Abbott, TrueHoop
亨利·阿伯特



1. Charlotte Bobcats
If you're the NBA's best defensive team but can't win a playoff game, your offense is abysmal. That's more or less how the Bobcats' offense looked.



1。夏洛特山貓隊


如果你是NBA防守最好的球隊但是卻贏不下一場季後賽，你的進攻糟透了。山貓的進攻看起來差不多如此。



2. Utah Jazz
During the regular season, the Jazz were exceptionally scary. In addition to being physical at all times, they moved the ball beautifully behind Deron Williams and shredded some of the NBA's best defenses.



2。猶他爵士隊


在常規賽，爵士打得極其令人恐懼。除了他們經常性的身體對抗，在德隆帶領之下他們的球運轉的也十分漂亮，打亂了NBA大多數最佳防守球隊的陣腳。



3. Denver Nuggets
One of the NBA's best regular-season teams had yet another "coulda-shoulda-woulda" postseason. With George Karl undergoing cancer treatments and watching from home, Adrian Dantley took over a tough-to-control team that played its best defense only sometimes and generally avoided the discipline and teamwork that made its offense most effective.



3。丹佛掘金隊


NBA常規賽戰績最好的球隊之一可能又打出了一個“早知如此，何必當初”的季後賽。喬治卡爾因治療癌症而不得不在家觀看他們的比賽，阿德裡安·丹特利接管了這只難以掌控的球隊，只在某些時候打出他們的最佳防守，大體上放棄了他們最有效率的進攻體系和團隊協作。



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J.A. Adande, ESPN.com
J.A.阿當德



1. Dallas Mavericks
The Mavericks had the second-highest payroll in the league this season. Of the NBA's seven most expensive rosters, only the Mavs and Knicks didn't reach the second round of the playoffs. That's not the company you want to keep.



1。達拉斯小牛隊


小牛隊有著NBA第二高的球隊薪金。在NBA前七個最昂貴的球隊中，只有小牛和尼克斯沒有打到季後賽第二輪。這不是你想要保留的隊伍。



2. Atlanta Hawks
The Hawks shouldn't be here. And by "here" I mean the second round of the playoffs, not this list of disappointing teams. They advanced past Round 1 only because the Bucks weren't ready for the moment (Brandon Jennings was tweeting about his nervousness the night before Game 7) and allowed Atlanta to slide by.



2。亞特蘭大老鷹隊


老鷹本不該出現在這裡。我說的"這裡"意思是第二輪季後賽，而不是這個令人失望的球隊名單。他們在第一輪成功晉級只是因為雄鹿沒有准備好而已（布蘭登·詹寧斯在第七場前因為緊張而發揮失常），老鷹這才偷走了勝利。



3. Denver Nuggets
With their coach off getting cancer treatment and players coming and going with injuries, no team had more legitimate excuses. Still, Denver looked like a sorry excuse for a high seed. Advice to the Nuggets: Next time you're in the playoffs, try playing a little defense.



3。丹佛掘金隊


球隊主教練去治療癌症，球員們從傷病名單中進進出出，沒有那支球隊有更合理的借口。但掘金仍然應該為高戰績而早失敗道歉。對掘金的建議：下次進入季後賽，試著去做些防守。



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Kevin Arnovitz, TrueHoop
凱文·阿諾維特



1. Dallas Mavericks
No team has polarized prognosticators more than the Mavs. This postseason, the skeptics won the debate. Dallas shot poorly, turned the ball over and generally endured rigor mortis in its half-court offense, playing well below its potential. As a result, the Mavs will have a lot of difficult roster decisions to make during the offseason.



1。達拉斯小牛


沒有哪知球隊的預言如小牛一般極化。這個季後賽，懷疑者贏得了辯論。小牛隊投籃差勁，總是失誤，半場進攻經常陷入死局，水平遠遠低於天分。最終，這個休賽季小牛的名單需要大幅調整。



2. Atlanta Hawks
How can a team that has maintained the same core of players for several seasons demonstrate no cohesion? The Hawks notched a moral loss in their seven-game sleepwalk against Milwaukee and now risk turning in one of the most humiliating performances ever in a conference semifinal series.
There isn't a darker cloud in the NBA than the one that hangs over Atlanta. The Hawks' incompetence is breeding all kinds of ugly items: Joe Johnson's potentially devaluing himself as a free agent, the crowd's merciless groaning at Philips Arena and Mike Woodson's tenuous status. This doesn't figure to end well.



2。亞特蘭大老鷹隊


這只球隊怎麼能在這麼多年維持同一個核心的情況下沒有任何的凝聚力？老鷹夢游般地贏得了對陣雄鹿的系列賽，而現在又險些上演NBA歷史上最慘不忍睹的分區半決賽。


亞特蘭大上空正掛著NBA最黑暗的烏雲。老鷹的無能造就各種各樣的肮髒事物：喬· 約翰遜悄悄地在自由交易市場貶了值，人們在飛利浦球館殘忍的嘲諷，麥克·伍德森的窘迫狀況。這不會有好結果。



3. Denver Nuggets
Denver featured an impressive collection of individual talent, but its team defense didn't work on any level. Against Utah, the Nuggets were far too easy to score on -- a product of strange decision-making on the court, bad timing and a lack of communication. Just like Dallas and Atlanta, Denver will do some soul-searching this summer to examine whether it truly has the pieces in place to contend.



3。丹佛掘金隊


丹佛的特色在於整合了一群天分獨特的球員，這令人印像深刻，但是這是球隊的防守毫無章法。對陣爵士，掘金太容易讓對手得分了--奇怪的半場策略，錯誤的時機以及交流的缺乏導致了這一結果。就像小牛和老鷹，掘金隊這個夏天需要深刻的自我反省，檢驗自己是否真的有競爭的實力。



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克裡斯·布羅薩德



1. Dallas Mavericks
The Mavericks have nothing to show for their active summer and blockbuster midseason trade. No matter whom they bring in, they always seem to come up soft.



1。達拉斯小牛隊


小牛隊夏季的活躍和賽季中旬的重磅交易沒有任何效果。不管他們引進了誰，他們看起來最後總會失敗。



2. Denver Nuggets
The Nuggets' demise is somewhat understandable, what with coach George Karl's bout with cancer and Kenyon Martin's late-season knee injury. Still, it was a disappointing finish.



2。丹佛掘金


掘金的終止是難以理解的，盡管喬治·卡爾因癌症缺席，肯揚·馬丁賽季晚期的膝傷讓他不能上場。這個結果仍然讓人失望。



3. Atlanta Hawks
The Hawks' horrible postseason could cost Joe Johnson millions and Mike Woodson his job. No one expected Atlanta to reach the Eastern Conference finals, but the Hawks were expected to go out like warriors in six games, not cream puffs who could barely edge the injury-riddled Bucks in Round 1.



3。亞特蘭大老鷹隊


老鷹令人厭惡的季後賽將會賠上喬·約翰遜數百萬以及麥克·伍德森的職位。沒人期望老鷹打到西部決賽，但是人們指望老鷹能在6場之後像勇士一樣出具，而不是只會欺負傷兵滿營的雄鹿隊的娘娘腔。



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Chris Sheridan, ESPN.com
克裡斯·謝裡丹



1. Atlanta Hawks
They got their doors blown off at home in Game 3 against Orlando, as they were booed by their own fans in the first minute of their biggest home game in a decade and looked like slugs in comparison to the energetic Magic.



1。亞特蘭大老鷹隊


他們對陣魔術的第三場讓對手打爆了自己的大門，他們在這個年代最重要的主場比賽的第一分鐘起就被自己的球迷狂噓，相比魔術的活力充沛他們的表現真是懶漢一群。



2. Dallas Mavericks
How will we remember them in this postseason? Their owner's hatred of the Spurs? Or how old and ineffective Jason Kidd and Jason Terry looked? Or Dirk Nowitzki's being prompted to opt out after another first-round loss?



2。達拉斯小牛隊


我們該以何種方式記憶他們這個季後賽的表現？他們老板對馬刺的憎恨？或是一個年老無用的賈森·基德和賈森·特裡？或是另一個促使諾維斯基推出的首輪淘汰？



3. Cleveland Cavaliers
Let's put it this way: You know who is not scared of them because they know they're deeper and can find exploitable matchups on each and every possession? The Orlando Magic, who are looking like the class of the East.



3。克利夫蘭騎士


我們如此想：你們知道誰不害怕這只球隊，因為他們知道自己更有深度，能在每個位置上找到可用的對位關系？奧蘭多魔術看來是東部最好的球隊了。



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Marc Stein, ESPN.com
馬克·斯坦



1. Atlanta Hawks
I can't decide what's more disappointing: Atlanta letting a depleted Milwaukee team take their first-round series to seven games & or the Hawks' total surrender once they realized they couldn't hang with Orlando.
Or maybe I'm just angry at myself for ever buying into the early-season notion that the East just might have four elite teams.



1。亞特蘭大老鷹隊


我不能發現更讓人失望的了：老鷹讓一個報廢的雄鹿把他們的第一輪系列賽拖到了第七場，而他們自己卻在發現敵不過魔術時完全放棄了抵抗。


或是我只是跟自己生氣，賽季早期我曾認為西部有四只精英球隊。



2. Charlotte Bobcats
Unlike Atlanta, Charlotte was armed with the requisite size and unquestioned coaching expertise to make the Magic work for at least five or six games. Or so we were led to believe going into that sweep. Dwight Howard's struggles to stay on the floor make the Bobcats' inability to win even one game that much more of a letdown.



2。夏洛特山貓隊


不想亞特蘭大，山貓有著必需的配置、毫無疑問的教練經驗讓魔術奮戰了至少5-6場。否則我們只能認為他們會被橫掃。霍華德努力留在場上讓山貓無法贏下一場比賽，只能束手就擒。



3. Dallas Mavericks
San Antonio's utter inability to deal with Phoenix has quickly hushed all that Greatest Seventh Seed of All Time talk, which was the Mavs' only source of consolation after getting blasted out of the first round. Denver's first-round ouster was a big disappointment, too, but expectations for the Nuggets were diminished before the playoffs even started because of the absence of George Karl and the compromised effectiveness of a hobbled Kenyon Martin. No such alibis for the Mavs.



3。達拉斯小牛隊


馬刺完全無法控制太陽讓那些“有史以來最佳的第七名”的論調悄無聲息，這是小牛隊第一輪被掃地出門的唯一安慰。掘金的第一輪失敗也很讓人失望。但是季後賽還沒開始時人們對掘金的期望已經減弱了，因為喬治·卡爾的缺席以及跛腳的肯揚馬丁的影響。小牛沒有這樣的借口。



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David Thorpe, Scouts Inc.
大衛·索普



1. Miami Heat
There is no avoiding that they should have put up a better fight against an aging Celtics team.



1。邁阿密熱隊


無法避免這個事實：他們本該跟老化的凱爾特人打得更精彩。



2. San Antonio Spurs
They had all season to develop firepower from their bench -- the bench that got outplayed so badly in their two home losses.



2。聖安東尼奧馬刺


整個賽季他們都致力於發展板凳的火力--而板凳卻在兩次主場失利中被大比分打敗。



3. Denver Nuggets
I always say that it's a coaches' league. But even without George Karl, Denver should have been able to rally together and fight for its ailing coach.



3。丹佛掘金



我經常說這是教練的聯盟。但是盡管沒有喬治·卡爾，丹佛應該有能力團結一致為生病的教練打好比賽。



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Henry Abbott, TrueHoop
亨利·阿伯特



1. LeBron James, Cleveland
He had one mediocre game, and it was almost like the world stopped. That's how you know the bar is high.



1。勒布朗·詹姆斯，克裡弗蘭騎士

他打的一場普通比賽，已經幾乎讓世界靜止，那你就知道他的標准有多高了吧。



2. Dwight Howard, Orlando
The Magic have hardly broken a sweat so far, and while Jameer Nelson has been amazing, I'll submit that Howard is the irreplaceable one.



2。德懷特·霍華德，奧蘭多魔術


魔術到現在為止幾乎還沒有火力全開，盡管尼爾森表現出色。我要說霍華德才是不可替代的那個人。



3. Rajon Rondo, Boston
The timing of this conversation helps his candidacy, but Rondo has been good throughout. The Celtics are overperforming, and Rondo's playoff production thus far, as determined by player efficiency rating, puts him ahead of Amare Stoudemire, Steve Nash, Kobe Bryant, Tim Duncan, etc.



3。拉簡·朗多，波士頓凱爾特人


這個對話的時間幫助了他上榜，但是朗多自始至終都很出色。凱爾特人現在發揮超常，朗多季後賽的貢獻至關重要，按照球員效率值排名，他超過了阿馬爾·斯塔德邁爾、史蒂夫·納什、科比·布萊恩特以及蒂姆·鄧肯。



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J.A. Adande, ESPN.com
J.A.阿當德



1. LeBron James
When the Cavs win, you can usually find every reason why in his stat line. He's encumbered by the team, plus four decades of Cleveland futility.



1。勒布朗·詹姆斯


當騎士贏球的時候，你經常可以發現所有原因都始於他。他被球隊拖累了，整個四十年騎士都無所作為。



2. Amare Stoudemire
Unstoppable off the dribble or from 20 feet in with the jumper. And now with the added bonus of rebounds, too.



2。阿馬爾·斯塔德邁爾


無法阻擋他的加速和20尺中投。現在他又在籃板上得到了加分。



3. Kobe Bryant
His return to form has the Lakers returning to championship contention. Most obvious link since candy and cavities.



3。科比·布萊恩特


他狀態的回歸讓湖人回到了冠軍的爭奪。像糖和蛀牙一樣明顯的聯系。



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Kevin Arnovitz, TrueHoop
凱文·阿諾維特



1. LeBron James, Cleveland
The Cavs are being tested by an aggressive Celtics defense. The only player on the team playing anywhere near the top end of his range is James. He's averaging 30.9 points per game (63.7 true shooting percentage) and his postseason player efficiency rating of 32.00 is actually higher than his regular-season mark.



1。勒布朗·詹姆斯，克裡弗蘭騎士


騎士正在被凱爾特人侵略性的防守考驗著，在所有位置上打得幾乎完美的人只有詹姆斯。他場均30.9分（63.7投籃命中率）他的季後賽球員效率值在32，比常規賽的水平高了不少。



2. Pau Gasol, Lakers
Gasol's aggressiveness was the most appealing feature of the Lakers' Game 4 win, and he's been consistently stellar throughout the postseason. The length of the Lakers' front line is often regarded as the team's most valuable collective asset, but when we talk about length we're really talking about Gasol. He's scoring efficiently, dominating on the glass, blocking shots, moving the ball incredibly well and generally executing every task to perfection.



2。保羅·加索爾，洛杉磯湖人。


加索爾的攻擊性在湖人第四場的勝利至關重要，他整個季後賽的表現一直搶眼。湖人鋒線的身高優勢經常作為球隊最有價值的共同資產，但當我們談到高度時我們其實是在說加索爾。他得分高效，主宰籃板，封蓋投籃，傳球驚人的好，每一個任務都完成的幾乎完美。



3. Jameer Nelson and Dwight Howard, Orlando
Nelson has Orlando's offense humming to perfection, while Howard is the fulcrum of a defense that's radically difficult to score against. The Magic's inside-out game is a juggernaut -- second only to Phoenix. Howard and Nelson are steering it.



3。傑米爾·尼爾森和德懷特霍華德，奧蘭多魔術


尼爾森將魔術的進攻推向完美，同時霍華德是防守的支點，根本上很難在他身上得分。魔術的內外進攻有強大的破壞力--太陽也只能屈居第二。霍華德和尼爾森掌握著它。



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Chris Broussard, ESPN The Magazine
克裡斯·布羅薩德



1. Rajon Rondo, Boston
The Celtics' point guard is dominating the Cleveland series and the Celtics are even with a superior team, even though Paul Pierce isn't giving Boston much.



1。拉簡·朗多，凱爾特人


凱爾特人的控球後衛已經統治了和騎士的系列賽，凱爾特人甚至成為了超級球隊，盡管保羅·皮爾斯沒有給球隊太多支撐。



2. LeBron James, Cleveland
LeBron is doing it all for Cleveland -- 30.9 ppg, 8.6 rpg, 7.4 apg, 2.1 bpg. Second to Rondo only because as the Cavs' leader, he hasn't gotten them to play with a sense of urgency every game.



2。勒布朗·詹姆斯，騎士


勒布朗為騎士全力以赴--場均30.9分、8.6籃板、7.4助攻、2.1蓋帽。次於朗多僅僅因為作為騎士的領袖，他還沒有帶領球隊每場都打出緊張感。



3. Steve Nash, Phoenix
Director of the most surprising team in the playoffs thus far.



3。史蒂夫·納什，太陽


至今指導著NBA最令人震驚的球隊。



Honorable Mention: Jameer Nelson, Kobe Bryant.



鼓勵獎：傑米爾·尼爾森、科比·布萊恩特



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John Hollinger, ESPN.com
約翰·霍林格



1. Jameer Nelson, Orlando
With Dwight Howard saddled by fouls, Nelson single-handedly destroyed Charlotte and Atlanta in consecutive series and further boosted Central Floridians' claims that the Magic would have won the title with a healthy Nelson last year.



1。傑米爾·尼爾森，魔術


當霍華德被犯規困擾時，尼爾森在連續的系列賽中一手打敗了山貓和老鷹，進一步提高了佛羅裡達中心的論調--魔術如果去年有著健康的尼爾森，本該奪冠。



2. LeBron James, Cleveland
Despite his team's ups and downs, it's hard to ignore how good James has been day-to-day, already submitting two epic performances in his nine playoff games with Game 3 against Boston and Game 4 against Chicago.



2。勒布朗·詹姆斯，騎士


盡管他的球隊起伏不定，無法忽略詹姆斯每天的表現有多出色，他已經在對陣凱爾特人的第三場和公牛的第四場打出了兩次史詩級別的表現。



3. Rajon Rondo, Boston
Had a solid first round and then kicked it up another notch to put the Celtics in a surprising 2-2 tie with Cleveland. In addition to the epic 29-18-13 triple-double on Sunday, he's one of the best defenders in the game, and except for one quarter of Game 1, has completely locked up Mo Williams.



3。拉簡·朗多，凱爾特人


第一輪表現就很出色，而隨後又為球隊增加了另一場勝利，和騎士 2-2打平。除了周日史詩般的29-18-13，他已經成為比賽中最好的防守者之一，除了第一場的一節，他完全凍結了莫·威廉姆斯。



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Chris Sheridan, ESPN.com
克裡斯·謝爾丹



1. Steve Nash, Phoenix
A killer one-eyed closeout performance, looking like a boxer in Round 15 back when they went 15 rounds. Hasn't let up in a single game (he is excused for sitting out the fourth quarter of the Goran Dragic game) through both rounds, but upped his old-aged brilliance to Gretzky-esque levels in the sweep of the Spurs.



1。史蒂夫·納什，太陽


獨眼殺手拿出了壓箱底的絕活，看起來就像在15輪制比賽的第15輪回歸的拳擊手。兩輪中沒有缺席一場比賽（在德拉季奇發揮出色的那場他才在第四節得以休息），在橫掃馬刺的比賽中將他老年的智慧發揮到了韋恩·格雷茨基的級別。



2. Rajon Rondo, Boston
I agree with Kendrick Perkins: He's become the best player on the Celtics. And despite his age clash with the Big Three, it's clear Garnett's intensity has been contagious in fostering Rondo's growth.



2。拉簡·朗多，凱爾特人


我同意肯德裡克·帕金斯：他已經成為凱爾特人最好的球員。盡管他的年齡和三巨頭不符，加內特明顯已經開始著重於培養朗多的成長。



3. LeBron James, Cleveland
He put the Cavs on his back in Game 3, and I have no doubt his arsenal is far from empty going into Games 5, 6 and 7 of the Boston series. I could see something Palace-esque coming Tuesday night and/or Thursday.



3。勒布朗·詹姆斯，騎士


他在第三場背起了騎士，我也毫不懷疑他仍有實力打好和凱爾特人的第 5、6、7場比賽。周二以及（或是可能）周四晚上我應該能欣賞到皇家級別的表現。



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Marc Stein, ESPN.com
馬克·斯坦



1. Rajon Rondo, Boston
There wouldn't be any second-round drama if not for this guy, who isn't just tormenting Cleveland at both ends but also backing up my claim from last year's playoffs that he's got more triple-double potential than anyone not named LeBron.



1。拉簡·朗多，凱爾特人


如果不是這個家伙，第二輪不會有任何戲劇性的事件，他不但在攻防兩端讓騎士十分為難，也驗證了我去年季後賽的預言--他是除了勒布朗以外最能拿三雙的球員。



2. Jameer Nelson, Orlando
Most consistent force on the runaway best team in the playoffs so far. There has to be a Magician on this list and it has to be Nelson, who is hushing all the Hedo-was-their-real-linchpin talk. At least so far.



2。傑米爾·尼爾森，魔術


目前為止季後賽最穩定的強勢球隊。應該有一個魔術師在這個榜單上，而這也應該是尼爾森，他讓所有“特克德魯才是真正核心”的論調歸於沉默。至少目前如此。



3. Steve Nash, Phoenix
The way he started and finished the San Antonio series and how the rest of the Suns are responding to his leadership edged Nash into the last spot on this ballot in spite of the usual ridiculous numbers from LeBron James (30.9 ppg, 8.6 rpg, 7.4 apg, 2.1 bpg).



3。史蒂夫·納什，太陽


他開始和結束與馬刺的系列賽的方式，以及球隊裡面其他的人對這個領袖的回饋，讓納什擠進這個榜單的最後一名，而不是經常貢獻超人數據的勒布朗（場均30.9分、8.6籃板、7.4助攻和2.1蓋帽）。



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David Thorpe, Scouts Inc.
大衛·索普



1. Jameer Nelson, Orlando
From Game 1 of the playoffs, he has been "the guy" for Orlando. His shooting, passing and scoring have all been at the elite level. More importantly, he's been the driving force in the locker room and on the court, as the "owner" of all that is good in Orlando.



1。傑米爾·尼爾森，魔術


從季後賽的第一場，他已經成為了魔術的“那個人”。他的投籃、傳球以及得分都在精英水平。更重要的是，他已經成為更衣室裡和場上的動力源頭，他作為“主宰”，奧蘭多狀態不錯。



2. Kobe Bryant, L.A. Lakers
Bryant's mentality through these playoffs has been perfect. He's producing for the Lakers at an elite level and working behind the scenes to keep everyone together while challenging and motivating his teammates to improve their play.



2。科比·布萊恩特，湖人


科比這個季後賽的智力堪稱完美。他為湖人的貢獻非凡，在幕後做了很多讓球隊團結的工作--挑戰和激勵自己的隊友，提升他們的能力。



3. Amare Stoudemire, Phoenix
Amare is, simply put, still the King of Finishing. The playoffs, especially in the closing games, have shown how important it is to have a bucket-getter like him. He's making plays that only a handful of guys in the world can make.



3。阿馬爾·斯塔德邁爾，太陽


簡單地說，阿馬爾是終結者之王。季後賽中，尤其是膠著的比賽，表現了有一個像他這樣的得分手有多重要。他的表現只有很少的人能達到。