High-tech treadmill steps up rehab for Lakers' Bynum, Ariza
恢复现场：拜纳姆、阿里扎用高科技踏车
The NASA-derived device is gaining converts with an anti-gravity method that helps players recover from lower-body injuries.
由NASA（美国国家航空和宇宙航空局）研制的设备是在无重量的方式下帮助球员从下半身的伤病中恢复。
If it looks like something that was not designed for this planet, that's because it wasn't.
它看起来好像不是给行星设计的，因为它确实不是。
The anti-gravity treadmill that Laker players Andrew Bynum andTrevor Ariza have used during their rehab from lower-body injuries isderived from NASA technology that allows astronauts to maintain theirfitness during prolonged flights. The team's backup center Chris Mihm,who returned to action last month, also used this exotic treadmillduring his recovery.
The device looks a little quirky, with the athlete's lower halfof his body encased in something that resembles half of a kid'sinflatable bounce house. But it is also quickly becoming popular amongrehabbing athletes.
By strapping their lower bodies into a pressurized enclosure,the athletes reduce the pressure and weight on their legs while theyrun. Trainers can set the treadmill so an injured player can run atwhatever percentage of their body weight they so choose.
运动员们的下半身被一个有压力的东西包围住，当他们跑的时候，他们腿部的压力和重量就会减小。训练者可以选择实际加在腿上的重量是占身体重量的百分比。
Theprofessional's version is called the G-Trainer Pro, made by Alter-G,and was first used by the Washington Wizards two years ago. ShaquilleO'Neal, Yao Ming and Amare Stoudemire, among others, have used it since.
The treadmill is replacing swimming pools and other methods forplayers recouping from leg injuries. Instead of a player running in apool, where water lightens their body weight but also alters how fastan athlete can run in place, this new treadmill allows them to retaintheir natural stride and reduce the weight on their injury.
"Pools are kind of like that old 'Far Side' cartoon where thescientist has an equation that says 'Step 2', then a miracle happens,"said Jack Irving, vice president of sales and marketing for Alter-G,based in Menlo Park.
One minor thing before a weekend warrior rushes out to buy one: it costs a pretty cool penny.
勇士曾讨论了一周才决定买这台踏车：它需要相当大的一笔钱
The anti-gravity treadmill costs about $75,000 and mostprofessional teams rent one. The rental fee runs from $1,800 to $2,400a month.
一台无重量踏车约七万五千美元，所以大多数球队都会租而不会买。租金大约是一千八百到两千四百美元每月。
The Clippers' Elton Brand used the treadmill during his recoveryfrom his ruptured Achilles. When he returned to playing in March, thesame machine was shipped over to the Lakers practice facility so Bynum,among others, could begin using it.
He scored 23 points in opener for Nuggets, but it could leave a hole on the bench.
作为替补球员的他在季后赛首场为掘金砍下23分。
The Denver Nuggets have made the firstadjustment in the playoff series against the Lakers, with Linas Kleizaexpected to start in Wednesday's Game 2 at Staples Center.
丹佛掘金已经在季后赛对湖人的比赛中做出了第一步调整，在周三斯泰普斯的第二战时他们将排克雷扎为首发。
Kleiza, a bruising third-year forward, scored 23 points off the bench in Sunday's Game 1.
克雷扎，在NBA跌跌撞撞了3年的前锋，在周日对湖人的第一战中拿下23分。
The move gives the Nuggets more immediate scoring punch, but also has its drawbacks.
这个举动会给使掘金的得分能力显得更强，但也会带来不利。
Denver's bench becomes less impressivewith point guard Anthony Carter shifted there. And, because the Nuggetswill start only one guard in Allen Iverson, Lakers Coach Phil Jacksonsaid his team will probably add more full-court defensive pressureWednesday.
"[There are] little things that we can doto disrupt their advance of the ball and some things we like to do whenthere aren't as many ballhandlers out on the floor," Jackson said atTuesday's practice. He also said that Denver probably would play morezone defense.
As for the Lakers, they were relaxed and all smiles during Tuesday's media session.
在周二的媒体见面会上，湖人的球员们都很放松，他们满脸微笑。
"We are all stand-up comedians, I don'tthink anybody knows that about us," Kobe Bryant said. "We just lovebeing around each other and having fun."
“我们都是天生的喜剧演员，我想这一点没人知道吧，”科比说道。“我们就是喜欢在一起，玩的开心。”
He added that there was little concernamong the Lakers that some of the chippy play in Game 1 would spillover to Wednesday. Sunday's game featured five technicals, a flagrantfoul and Iverson's ejection. "For us, it's not something that we giveany thought to," Bryant said. "It's playoff basketball, intense andguys getting after it."
"If I'm Denver, I'm still sitting overthere comfortable because I know that our goal is to come here and geta split. So, it's our duty and the pressure is on us to not let thathappen."
“如果我是掘金的话，我会好好的坐在那儿，因为我知道我们的目标是来这赢球，不让这种事情发生是我们的职责。”
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Ronny Turiaf (sore throat) went through alimited practice and is expected to play tomorrow. D.J. Mbenga is alsoexpected to be available after taking a knee to his ribs duringMonday's practice. Turiaf played only three minutes in Game 1, andMbenga didn't play.
