Thestory of the Lakers’ Western Conference Semifinal Series with theHouston Rockets was one of fast starts. The team that won the FirstQuarter won every game in this series.
湖人和火箭的西部半决赛是一轮开局制胜的比赛。只要其中的一只球队赢得了第一节，那么他就会赢得那场比赛.
The story, however, was anything but dramatic.
然而这轮故事只是一个戏剧
All but the first game were double-digit blowouts. One could havecalled it a comedy if one were following the travails of Ron Artest andDerek Fisher in a subplot that might be entitled, The Ejection Follies.
第一场比赛是一个双响炮。对于阿泰和费舍尔“辛勤劳动”的小插曲，你完全有权利把它看成一场闹剧。
But it was no laughing matter to most Lakers fans. To them, theseries felt more like a horror show as they likened the play of theirfavorites to "Jekyll and Hyde."
但对于大多数的湖人球迷来说这可没什么可笑的，对他们来说：这个系列赛感觉更像是是一场可怕的表演，因为他们把这个比赛联系到了他们最爱的“吉基尔和海德”。
But the main plot of this series was a mystery. A mystery that,despite its positive climax for the Lakers, leaves a lot of questionsstill to be answered.
How can the Lakers play so well at home and so awful on the roadwhen they had the NBA’s best road record during the regular season?
但是这个系列赛主要的情节是一个迷。这个谜是尽管湖人确实达到了顶点，但依然留下了一大堆问题问题需要解决。
湖人为什么可以在主场表现的如此之好而在客场却是打的那么糟糕，他们常规赛可是有着NBA最好的客场战绩？
How can a team at full strength like the Lakers have so much troublewith the Rockets who were without their star players, Yao Ming andTracey McGrady along with Dikimbe Mutumbo?
为什么像湖人拥有如此完整阵容的球队会被缺少当家球星姚明和麦蒂的火箭制造如此多的麻烦，额，他们还少了穆托姆博
How can a team that the Lakers swept in four games during theregular season rout the Lakers in three of their seven playoff games?
为什么在常规赛横扫火箭的湖人会被火箭在他们的七场季后赛当中赢了3场？
How can a team that aspires to be NBA Champions play light bulbbasketball, turning it on and turning it off as the spirit moves them?
为什么表现的像一个NBA冠军的球队会忽上忽下，像是情绪操纵着他们？
How can a future Hall of Fame coach with nine championship ringsallow his team to step on the court and play such uninspired,lackadaisical basketball?
为什么会是未来名人堂，拥有9枚总冠军戒指的教练会让他的球队站在球场上打着如此没有创造性，无精打采的篮球？
How can the same coach, after an entire season, leave a player onthe court who is so unfocused and so lethargic that he cannot makeswitches on defense, leaves his man wide open for uncontested jumpshots, commits turnovers, and fails to stick with the game plan onoffense?
为什么同样一个教练在整个赛季之后，会让一个球员在场上如此的没有精神，昏昏欲睡。他不应该在防守时开岔，让他防守的人进行空位跳投；不应该频繁失误，违反球队的进攻计划？
While today’s game settled the matchups for the Western ConferenceFinals, it did not go a long way in answering any of these questions.
然而今天这场比赛只是使西部半决赛解决，它没有解释任何以上的任何问题。
If anything...it has just left this viewer even more befuddled.
如果有什么的话，那只是让观众更加昏沉
Actually, a Rockets victory today, though disappointing for Lakersfans, would have at least given some insight into the team’s play. Thenwe could have said that they just plain quit.
实际上，火箭今天的胜利虽然让湖人的球迷非常失望，但它至少会给球队一些顿悟，然后我们可以说他们只是爽快的退出
Perhaps these questions will get answered in the sequel, co-starringthe Denver Nuggets opening Tuesday night at the Staples Center.
也许这些问题会在下面的比赛中得到解决，与掘金的比赛会在周二斯台普斯中心开战
The Nuggets are a far superior team to the Rockets. Playing inspiredbasketball, the Nuggets are at full strength and have breezed throughtwo playoff series losing only two games by two points each.
掘金是一只远胜过火箭的球队，打着激情的篮球。掘金的阵容非常完整，而且是从在两轮季后赛中只输了2场2分的比赛中冲出来的.
Their wins have all been double-digit blowouts except for a controversial last second victory in Dallas.
他们赢的比赛分差都在两位数以上除了对小牛有争论的第二场胜利
More importantly, the Nuggets are well rested. They wrapped up theirsemifinal series with the Mavericks last Wednesday in five games.
更重要的是，掘金得到了很好的休息.他们在上周三的西部半决赛中5场比赛拿下了小牛.
Unfortunately, now that the series with the Rockets has ended, I’mafraid that all we can say about the Lakers is, "They’re not who wethought they were."
不幸的是，与火箭的系列赛已经结束，我担心所有我们可以对湖人说的是：他们并不是我们认为的那支球队。
Then just who are they?
可是他们是谁？
Perhaps Kobe Bryant summed it up best when asked what he had learnedabout his team from the Rockets series. Bryant simply replied, "Thatwe’re Bipolar."
也许科比布莱恩特总结的最好，当被问到和火箭的系列赛他学到了什么的时候，他只是简单的回答：我们具有两面性。 |
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