勇士可能被困在附加賽底部
An upset win Wednesday would’ve been a large boost. They could’ve pulled withi
n 1 1/2 games of the Mavericks, currently in the eighth spot, with a chance to s
till win the tiebreaker. They play each other two more times in the final month.
The Mavericks have a difficult back-to-back Thursday against the Oklahoma City
Thunder and are expected to be without Don i .
如能在週三贏得一勝對勇士有很大的幫助。他們能拉近跟目前第八的小牛的勝差至1.5場，
並仍有機會贏得tiebreaker。這兩隊在最後一個月還會再打兩場。而小牛在明天要在沒有77
的情形跟雷霆打艱難的背靠背。
But the win placed the Mavericks 3 1/2 games up on the Warriors (three in the lo
ss column) and made it extremely difficult for Golden State to win the tiebreake
r. Even if the Warriors win the next two games against the Mavericks — tying th
e head-to-head at 2-2 — the next tiebreaker is conference record. The Mavericks
are 22-18 against West competition, and the Warriors are 17-23.
但小牛今晚的勝利讓他們領先勇士3.5場且讓勇士很難贏得tiebreaker。即便勇士剩下兩場
都贏，跟小牛打成2-2平手，那接下來比西區成績，小牛是22-18，勇士則是17-23
The next most vulnerable target is the Sacramento Kings. They entered the night
in the seventh slot. But another win over the Lakers boosted their record to 38-
27, tying them with the Phoenix Suns for sixth. Both are four games up on the 34
-31 Warriors and, like the Mavericks, you can essentially add an extra game beca
use of the tiebreaker.
再下一個目標則是國王。他們在今晚之前排第七，但今晚對湖人的勝利讓他們與太陽一起排
在第六，都是領先勇士4場，而且像小牛一樣，你基本上可以因為tiebreaker而多加一場
The Suns went 3-1 against the Warriors this season. The Kings went 2-2 but have
a 9-6 division record compared with the Warriors at 5-9. That means the Warriors
either already have or likely will lose the tiebreaker to the Suns, Kings and M
avericks, the three teams sitting ahead of them at sixth, seventh and eighth, le
ngthening their climb.
太陽對勇士是3-1，國王對勇士是2-2，但同組成績是9-6，優於勇士的5-9。這表示勇士對上
排名6、7、8的太陽、國王跟小牛是已經或是很有可能輸掉tiebreaker
The Warriors have 17 games remaining. They face the Lakers twice in Los Angeles.
The first of those comes Saturday, with Curry and Green likely back. Both teams
have 31 losses. The Warriors can pass the Lakers this weekend and begin to take
control of ninth, which would at least give them home-court advantage in a No.
9 versus No. 10 elimination game.
勇士剩下17場比賽，將會在LA對上湖人兩次。第一場是在這週六，咖喱跟嘴綠很有可能會回
歸打這場。兩隊目前都是31敗，這場勝利能讓勇士超車湖人並開始掌控第9，至少讓他們在
第9-10淘汰賽中取得主場優勢
But the Warriors’ target has never been ninth. Exiting the break, it was sixth.
But the New Orleans Pelicans have played too well and the Suns and Kings have s
tabilized enough to distance themselves far enough away. It could still be withi
n reach if the Warriors rattle off something like 13 or 14 wins in their final 1
7 games, but who is ready to predict that? Here are some of the teams still left
on their schedule: Lakers twice, Mavericks twice, at Miami Heat, at Minnesota T
imberwolves, at Orlando Magic, vs. Pelicans.
但勇士的目標從來不是第9。明星賽後目標是要第6。但水鳥打太好，太陽跟國王也穩定拉開
一定的距離。如果勇士最後17場拿到13、14勝，才有機會。但誰會這樣覺得？後續賽程要對
上湖人兩次、小牛兩次、熱火、灰狼、魔術跟水鳥
“Yeah, it feels daunting,” Brandin Podziemski said. “Just for the fact that y
ou don’t want to be the 10th seed. The 11th seed is, I think, four or five game
s behind us. So for us to get that low I don’t think is going to happen. But yo
u don’t want to be the 10th seed and have to play two road games before you get
into an actual series.”
Podz說：對，感覺很可怕。你不想當第10。我想第11落後我們4-5場，所以我們不可能掉到1
1。但你不會想要第10，然後在進入真正季後系列賽前打兩場客場
That’s the reality staring the Warriors in the face. Even though they’ve been
one of the league’s better teams, record-wise, over the past six weeks, all the
accumulated early-season sins combined with this recent 1-3 stretch have placed
them on the bumpiest playoff path possible.
這是擺在勇士面前的事實。即便他們是最近6週聯盟較好的隊伍之一，在開季挖的洞太大，
加上近4場1-3，讓他們的季後賽之路變得最坎坷
Unless they hit a scorcher quickly, they’re staring at two straight elimination
games (either one or both on the road) and, even if they survive that, a quick
turnaround to face the top seed in the conference, rested and waiting at home. T
hat top seed could be the Denver Nuggets, who are 45-20, tied with the Thunder e
ntering Wednesday night.
除非他們能迅速爬升，否則他們將面臨連兩場淘汰賽（一場或兩場是客場）。而且，即使他
們成功獲勝，接下來會遇到主場的第一種子，可能是在今晚比賽前與雷霆共同排名第一的金
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