科比，带领湖人前进吧！
http://www.latimes.com/sports/basketball/nba/lakers/la-sp-lakers26apr26,1,1417971.story
掘金主场，湖人力图保持自己的优势，而科比则将尽其所能力助湖人加冕。
湖人目前2-0领先掘金，在七战四胜的赛制中占得先机。掘金的球迷们只得忍气吞声在主场静候湖人。
其实湖人刚开始也是呼吸加速的——当然是因为海拔问题。但是他们还是努力争取这场比赛的胜利。因为历史上还没有哪支球队0-3落后时还能翻盘的。这样他们就可以等待着火箭和爵士之间的胜者造访斯台普斯中心。
对于科比来说，这场胜利对其获得第四枚总冠军戒指意义重大。本周早些时候，这位10届全明星球员表示他现在对于冠军的渴望甚至超过2000年时那个21岁的自己。
“获得第一枚戒指的时候我还小，而且那个时候我是和别人一起庆祝胜利的。”科比指的是奥尼尔，“我和他都感觉到了自己身上的压力，他的压力甚至比我更大。现在这些压力都落在了我的身上，我要给球队带来一个总冠军。所以我想现在的我比2000年时更想获得一个冠军奖杯。”
科比能控制住自己的强烈欲望吗？
“这要看情况了。我们不是超人，有的时候无法很好的处理自己的压力。”科比说。
掘金回到主场后感觉应该会比在斯台普斯中心要好，有可能成为湖人晋级的阻碍。他们本赛季的主场战绩是33-8，西部第四好的战绩。
12月湖人做客掘金的比赛中，他们成功的让小艾的51分打了水漂，以111：107获胜。不过如今对抗强度高了许多。
基于自己的进攻基础之上，湖人希望今天掘金能加快节奏，多些上篮和三分。
他们做好了更多身体接触的准备，或者叫做“胁迫”，当然这是禅师比较温和的叫法。
过去的两场比赛掘金吃到6个技术犯规，而常规赛他们的技术犯规数是领先全联盟的54次。
“他们大概太情绪化了。”科比和马丁、JR·史密斯都上演了口水大战。“我们要明白一点，他们肯定会给我们造成很大的麻烦，可能是在第三场。因为在主场有一群支持自己的球迷，他们会更有动力的。那种情绪会变成最大的力量。我们要做的就是尽我们所能遏止住他们的这股力量。”
周五的比赛中，马丁不是很冷静，对拿下49分10助攻的科比颇有微词。
“如果他们第三场突然爆发的话，那么我们就还要再回到斯台普斯中心，但是我想我们会赢的。天气不是问题。”科比有些沮丧的说，“可是他们在主场无所不能，所以我们回到主场必须赢，这是底线。”
湖人也注意到很多球队2-0领先后都输掉了第三场。
但是他们仍然相信自己能够赢下客场。
“客场艰苦的比赛我们也打过不少，像爵士、小牛、掘金等等。我想这些经验能帮助我们赢下比赛。”科比表示。
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当记者问杰克逊对总冠军的渴望是否也超过职业生涯早期时，他竟有些害羞。
“8：30以后我还没吃过东西，现在我很饿，到午饭时间了，所以，我饿了。”他说。
杰克逊三年前重回湖人，他说这会是一个“和解、拯救和重新结合”的故事。
所以记者们仍不放过他，问他是否希望打破与红衣主教奥尔巴克共同保持的9枚总冠军戒指的记录。
“小伙子，一会再说吧。”杰克逊笑了笑，然后转身离开。
【原文】
DENVER -- The Lakers are expectingthe Denver Nuggets to pack their largest punch so far, an appropriatetime for Kobe Bryant to peer into the pressure of trying to be king ofthe ring.
The Lakers have cornered the Nuggetsby taking a 2-0 lead in a best-of-seven series that shifts today toDenver, where the Nuggets and their fans breathlessly await.
The Lakers will also breathe rapidlyat first -- altitude, of course -- but then they'll go after a victorythat would provide a chance to seriously study who's doing what to whomin that Houston-Utah series, seeing as how an NBA team has never won aseries after trailing 3-0.
It would also mean another step forBryant in his escalating quest to win a fourth championship. The10-time All-Star continued to express his feelings in big-pictureterms, following up some positive thoughts earlier this week with therevelation that he was "hungrier" for a championship now than he was asa fresh-faced 21-year-old in 2000.
"The first one I was so young, plus Iwas sharing that pressure with somebody else," Bryant said, referringto Shaquille O'Neal. "Me and Diesel both had the pressure on us to kindof get it done, he more so than I. Now the pressure's squarely on myshoulders to try and bring another championship here. It's somethingthat I accept. I think I'm a little hungrier now than I was the firsttime."
Can he handle the hunger?
"It comes with the territory. Youcan't be Superman and not deal with the pressure of dropping somebodywhen you go to rescue them," Bryant said.
Continuing the metaphor, the Nuggetsmust be the first-round villains, presumably more comfortable at homethan they were at Staples Center. The Nuggets were 33-8 at Pepsi Centerthis season, fourth-best home record in the Western Conference.
The Lakers managed to survive AllenIverson's 51-point splurge in a 111-107 victory here in December, butthe stakes are abundantly higher now.
The Lakers are expecting the Nuggetsto speed up the game by adding more layups, lob dunks and three-pointshots to an already frenetic offense.
They're also preparing for more contact, or "duress," as Coach Phil Jackson politely called it.
Denver has accrued six technicalfouls in two games, expanding upon the league-leading 54 it collectedduring the regular season.
"I think they're an emotional bunch,"said Bryant, who has had words with Kenyon Martin and J.R. Smith so farthis series. "What we have to understand is that could work against us,particularly in Game 3, because once they get the crowd behind them andthey gain momentum, their emotion all of a sudden now becomes theirbiggest strength. What we have to try to do is keep it quiet as much aswe possibly can."
Martin wasn't very quiet Friday whenasked what he thought of Bryant, who used the trash-talking as amotivational thrust on the way to a 49-point, 10-assist Game 2performance that was arguably the most well-rounded of his playoffcareer.
"People talk trash, it happens," said Martin, who sprinkled a few unprintable words into the mix.
"If we start up again in Game 3, thenwe'll revisit it, but I want to win a basketball game. I'm not worriedabout whether" Bryant was upset. "They did what they had to do at home,so it's our time to win at home, bottom line."
The Lakers are also on notice after five teams with 2-0 series leads lost Game 3.
Still, they believe they can win away from Staples Center.
"We've had some big games on the road-- Utah, Dallas, Denver, some other places that are tough to play,"Bryant said. "I think it helps because we understand how to get itdone."
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Jackson was coy when asked if he was also hungrier to win a championship now than earlier in his career.
"I haven't had breakfast since 8:30. I'm very hungry right now. It's past my lunch time. So, yes, I am hungry," he said.
When Jackson returned to the Lakersalmost three years ago, he said it would be a story of "reconciliation,redemption, of reuniting."
So he was asked again if he wasn't hungry to break the nine-championship tie he holds with Boston Celtics legend Red Auerbach.
"I'll see you guys later," Jackson said as he smiled, turned and walked away from reporters. |
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