Western Conference Round 2 Playoff Preview: Los Angeles vs. Dallas

西部季后赛第二轮前瞻：洛杉矶VS.达拉斯

SEASON RECORDS
Mavericks: 57-25 (No. 3 seed in Western Conference)
Lakers: 57-25 (No. 2 seed)

赛季纪录

小牛：57胜25负（西部三号种子）

湖人：57胜25负（西部二号种子）

SEASON SERIES
Lakers 2-1, and Los Angeles dominated the last two between these teams in March (during the Lakers post All-Star Game hot streak).

赛季交手

湖人2-1领先，湖人后两场交手中全胜（在全明星赛之后）。

PLAYOFF SERIES
Mavericks: defeated the Portland Trailblazers 4-2
Lakers: defeated New Orleans Hornets 4-2

季后赛系列赛

小牛：4-2击败波特兰开拓者

湖人：4-2击败新奥尔良黄蜂

SERIES SCHEDULE (times Eastern)
Game 1 – Mon May 2 at L.A. Lakers 10:30PM (TNT)
Game 2 – Wed May 4 at L.A. Lakers 10:30PM (TNT)
Game 3 – Fri May 6 at Dallas 9:30PM (ESPN)
Game 4 – Sun May 8 at Dallas 3:30PM (ABC)
Game 5 * Tue May 10 at L.A. Lakers TBD (TNT)
Game 6 * Thu May 12 at Dallas TBD (ESPN)
Game 7 * Sun May 15 at L.A. Lakers 3:30PM (ABC)
* if necessary

赛程时间表（美国东部时间）

G1——周一 5.2 @洛杉矶湖人 10:30PM（TNT）

G2——周三 5.4 @洛杉矶湖人 10:30PM（TNT）

G3——周五 5.6 @达拉斯 9:30PM（ESPN）

G4——周日 5.8 @达拉斯 9:30（ABC）

G5*——周二5.10 @洛杉矶湖人 待定（TNT）

G6*——周四 5.12 @达拉斯 待定（ESPN）

G7*——周日 5.15 @洛杉矶湖人 待定（ABC）

*——如果需要的话

KEY INJURIES
Lakers: Kobe Bryant has a sprained ankle that is going to continue playing through. After a few days off he should be near 100 percent.
Mavericks: Caron Butler has been close to return after knee surgery and will push to be back for this series, although how much he can play even if he does return is a valid question.

主要伤病

湖人：科比依旧会带着扭伤的脚踝打球。在几天的休息之后，他应该会完全恢复。

小牛：卡隆·巴特勒在膝盖手术之后即将复出，将会赶上这个系列赛，即使他回来，能打成什么样子还是个问题。

OFFENSE/DEFENSE RANKING (points per possession)
Lakers: Offense 107.9 (7th in NBA); Defense 101.3 (6th in NBA)
Mavericks: Offense 107.6 (8th in NBA); Defense 102.3 (7th in NBA)

得分/进攻排行（场均）

湖人：进攻得分107.9（联盟第7）；限制对手得分101.3（联盟第6）

小牛：进攻得分107.6（联盟第8）；限制对手得分102.3（联盟第7）

THREE KEY LAKERS

Andrew Bynum. In the final couple games of the New Orleans series, the Lakers seemed to find their defensive stride again. Andrew Bynum is at the heart of that; his ability to contest shots at the rim and rebound is key. He will have a stiff challenge as he will have Tyson Chandler, one of the best defensive centers in the game on him. But Bynum needs to keep Chandler occupied so he is not the spectacular help defender Chandler can be.

Pau Gasol. He will be matched up on Dirk Nowitzki in a battle of two of the best power forwards in the game. Nobody stops Nowitzki, but if Gasol can make him work on the defensive end and contest those fadeaways he can at least make the big German less efficient it will go a long way to helping the Lakers chances.

Lamar Odom. He will come off the bench and get a lot of time on Dirk Nowitzki, he gives the Lakers another long defender to throw at him and one more comfortable out on the perimeter as a defender than Gasol. Both the Lakers and Mavericks bring scoring off the bench with their sixth men, but the Lakers with Odom bring more size and that can be key for Los Angeles.

湖人的三位关键球员

安猪    在对阵黄蜂的最后两场比赛中，湖人似乎找回了他们的防守。而安猪是防守的关键所在；他在篮下的干扰以及篮板是关键。他在比赛中将会碰到作为最好的防守中锋之一的钱德勒的强硬挑战。但是安猪需要压制钱德勒，让他不能做出很好的防守就可以了。

家嫂    在最好的大前锋的战斗中，家嫂将会对位到德克·诺维斯基。没人可以阻止诺维斯基，但是家嫂可以使他在防守之下尝试后仰跳投，那么他将至少会降低德国大个子的效率，而这将大大有助于湖人后面的比赛。

喇嘛    他会以替补的身份和诺维斯基对位一段时间，他给了湖人又一个防守诺维斯基的选择，一个比家嫂更舒服的防守。湖人以及小牛都需要他们的第六人从板凳上得分，但是湖人的喇嘛带来了高度而且可能使湖人的关键所在。

THREE KEY MAVERICKS

Tyson Chandler. He is potentially the difference maker in this series — he needs to be able to mark Andrew Bynum and still be a fierce help defender in the paint. He is going to have to own the boards. He was a dominant force in the Portland series (especially Game 5) but he going to have to play like that or better for Dallas to have any chance in this series.

Dirk Nowitzki. Obviously, Dirk is at the heart of the Mavericks offense. But he also will have to guard Pau Gasol on defense. Nowitzki would like to make Gasol work so hard on defense that his offense is less efficient. He’ll also have to rebound and make plays inside to negate the Lakers size up front. He was a force against Portland but he will have to play better this round.

Jason Terry. Last time these two met Terry’s biggest play was to push Steve Blake then start a little ruckus that got Matt Barnes ejected. He’ll have to do more than that now. No, we don’t mean push Kobe, we mean scoring. Terry carried the Mavericks offense for stretches against Portland with his quickness and shot making, and he will have to step up and score a lot against the Lakers to give them an edge in bench play.

小牛三位关键球员

泰森·钱德勒    他可能是使得这个系列赛变得不同的制造者—他需要对位安猪而且还依旧要在禁区做好防守。他在地面上比安猪有优势。他在与波特兰的系列赛中起到了很重要的作用（特别是在第5场），但是如果达拉斯要在系列赛中获得很多的机会，他不得不像那么接着打甚至要更好。

德克·诺维斯基    很明显，诺维斯基是小牛进攻的核心。但是他同样要在防守端对位家嫂。诺维斯基要防守家嫂上下功夫的话，他的进攻效率就会下降。他同时还要抢篮板以及他还需要打到内线来抵消湖人内线的优势。他在对阵开拓者的时候打得很有不错，但是这一轮他要打得更好。

贾森·特里    上一次两队相遇特里最大的表现是推了布雷克接着和巴恩斯引起了一个小小的骚动使得巴恩斯被驱逐出场。现在他需要比那时候做的更多。不，我们当然不是说要他推科比了，我的意思是他要得分。特里在对阵开拓者的系列赛中依靠他的速度以及投篮延续了小牛的进攻，而他要持续这中表现，而且要得更多的分来使得他们在板凳上压倒湖人。

OUTLOOK

The last two times these two teams met in the regular season, the Lakers dominated and won handily. In the second game the Lakers even sent a little message, having Pau Gasol in the game late in the fourth quarter well after the game had been decided. The Lakers wanted Dallas to know who was the alpha dog.

The Lakers went through a slump since then, but seemed to get that footing back at the end of the Hornets series. Los Angeles looked like a contender again.

Dallas played physical ball against Portland, but they have struggled to stand up to the Lakers brand of physicality in recent contests. The Lakers are longer, a little more athletic and with that more skilled. Plus, they have traditionally struggled to stop Kobe Bryant from going off (remember te 62 points in three quarters). It’s a tough combo to deal with. Dallas just doesn’t run into that and it throws them off their game. Dallas may be the deeper team, but that is not going to help much now when the stars can play 40 minutes a night.

Dallas could use some big minutes from Roddy Beaubois, who is back from another injury and had an off regular season but who provides the kind of quickness and playmaking the Lakers struggle to contain at the point. If not from Beaubois, Dallas needs to get that from somewhere.

Dallas in beating Portland stood up to a team that wants to be physical and Dallas closed the series out by winning on the road. That is what Dallas has to do to have a chance in the next round, they just have to do it against a much better team than they just faced.

前景

最近两队在常规赛中相遇，湖人都占据优势而且不怎么艰难的取得了胜利。在第二场中湖人甚至发出一个小小的信息，让家嫂在第四节末段比赛基本拿下的情况下上场。湖人想要达拉斯知道谁更难堪。

而湖人从那个时候开始陷入了一段低迷期，但是好像在与黄蜂的系列赛结束之后已经走出了低迷期。洛杉矶又回到了有力竞争者得行列之中。

达拉斯对阵开拓者时打得很有强度，但是他们很难在接下来的比赛中对付湖人的强度。湖人更高，更具机动性而且同时还更有技术含量。加上，他们还有要阻止科比得分的传统难题（还记得三节62分吗）。这个组合是个很难对付的难题。达拉斯只要不跟着湖人的节奏，还要打出自己的节奏。达拉斯或许阵容更深，但是现在当球星一晚上可以打40分钟的时候似乎这帮不上什么忙。

达拉斯可以给刚从常规赛中的伤病中恢复的后卫博布瓦更多的上场时间，他将会用速度使得湖人在这个点上很难去应付。如果不用博布瓦，达拉斯也需要从其他的点来帮助球队。

达拉斯在打败波特兰之后想要变得更有身体接触的球队，而且达拉斯也是用这些来赢得这次的系列赛的。而这真是达拉斯为了第二轮不得不做的，如果他们想赢的话，他们要做的就是对方一支比他们刚刚打败的球队更强的球队。

PREDICTION

Dallas can push the Lakers when Tyson Chandler is playing well. But unless they get something from Beaubois or some unexpected offense from somewhere, it’s hard to see how this ends much differently than the teams’ regular season meetings. Given the Lakers penchant for closing series out on the road, we’ll say

Lakers in 6.

预测

湖人用6场拿下