火箭专家费根搜狐专栏：阿泰正是休城冠军拼版

乔纳森-费根简介

    搜狐体育讯 导读：乔纳森-费根，是休斯顿惟一一家日报《休斯顿纪事报》的首席篮球记者，也是整个赛季跑满全部比赛的惟一一位记者。 在国内许多做NBA的媒体中，费根的名字恐怕是最耳熟能详的了，因为他的稿件的翻译版本充斥在各大网站和报纸上，是绝对的火箭专家。近日乔纳森-费根已经签约搜狐体育，搜狐也是目前国内惟一一家获权使用费根专栏文章的媒体。在以后的日子里费根将通过搜狐专栏与广大中国网友一起进行交流。

　　费根：火箭问题多多 阿泰是冠军拼版

　　就在大家陶醉于火箭队休赛期运作的情况下，很少有人注意到他们是带着一些缺陷与不足开始他们的常规赛季的，而现在这些缺陷与不足都暴露出来了。

　　里克-阿德尔曼此前已经看出这些问题了，所以他才不愿意多拿火箭队的“三巨头”与凯尔特人队的“三巨头”进行比较，阿帅更多哀叹的是，球队有四名先发球员在休赛期都接受了手术，这显然使得火箭队的很多战术演练都被荒废，也给球队造成了诸多不良影响，其中影响最大的当属沙恩-巴蒂尔，他因伤缺席了所有季前赛的比赛，而且此前的几场常规赛他都没有参加。阿帅已经看到并且指出了火箭队在季前赛当中进攻就存在问题，并且预料到了这种问题会持续多长时间。

　　火箭队的球员们并没有自欺欺人，他们在整个季前赛当中也看到了同样麻烦问题的迹象，他们希望在常规赛开始之前的最后几周能够解决这些问题，将整支球队凝聚成一个整体，因为这段时间他们的季前赛安排会相对轻松一些，他们希望通过这段时间的调整，然后在常规赛开始的时候球队能打出好的状态。

　　火箭队的球迷们因为龙恩-阿泰斯特的加盟收获了一个意外的惊喜，但同时也因此而变得有些飘飘然，他们认为阿泰斯特正是使火箭队成为具备夺冠实力球队的最后那块拼板，他们并没有注意到火箭队所存在的任何问题，也不想要听取任何这方面的信息，只是一味梦想着开始荣耀之旅的飞行。

　　我们不能指责他们，因为很少有球队的球迷像火箭队的球迷这样，这么长时间以来一直对火箭队保持忠诚而已经等待太长时间迫切地希望他们的忠诚能够获得回报。火箭队自从1997年以来一直就没有赢得过季后赛系列赛的胜利。他们在常规赛的成功，包括上个赛季火箭队的22连胜和常规赛总成绩55胜，让人们对火箭队有着很高的期望，在此前超过10年时间里，球迷对火箭队季后赛的期望值越来越高，但最终收获的都是失望。

　　姚明的回归和麦迪的健康恢复到相当不错的地步、阿龙-布鲁克斯和卡尔-兰德里的成长，再加上引进阿泰斯特都给人们增加了更大的希望。人们的怀疑都逐渐被移除，直至任何关于火箭队有可能存在麻烦问题的警告都会被人们所忽略的地步，看上去似乎火箭队的球迷们无法忍受、甚至不愿意去考虑火箭队再次让人们失望的可能性。

　　然而，问题是在享受胜利所带来更大回报之前，球迷们必须理解道路有可能是曲折的。建设一支优秀的球队、一支有实力冲击总冠军球队的过程并非在休赛期时就已经完成的了。火箭队确实经历了一个非常不错的夏天，签下了布伦特-巴里、通过交易得到阿泰斯特并且与兰德里续约。然而，在9月份的时候，火箭队就碰上了巴蒂尔因脚踝手术无法及时回归，10月份的时候当季后赛开始时，火箭队又打得磕磕绊绊，不是那么成功。

　　NBA球队不会因为他们的阵容看上去比别人强就一定能够赢球，或者是就一定能够持续稳定地赢球，每支球队都有自己的天赋。比网罗到更加出色的球员更为重要的一点是，他们必须把球队的人员融合成一支更加出色的球队。但是，这一现象目前还没有在火箭队身上发生，麦迪现在仍然在一直努力从他的膝盖手术当中恢复，这使得他的腿部力量比较欠缺，掌控比赛的信心也比较缺乏。现在火箭队的进攻已经大大削弱，原本阿德尔曼所带来的是他以前执教国王队时被证明过行之有效的跑动进攻，而现在变成了其他球员几乎都是站在那边等着麦迪来发起进攻，这就使得其他先发球员变得在场上无所适从，他们的能力发挥也受到了限制。

　　正常情况下，麦迪的确能够创造各种各样的得分机会，但是新赛季开始之后，即使在他出征洛杉矶16投1中那两场比赛之前，麦迪都没有发挥好引领火箭队进攻的作用。在出征洛杉矶之前的三场比赛当中，麦迪在他自己的个人得分方面确实是火箭全队最高的，但并没有发挥好带领球队的作用。这就使得火箭队的对手们可以把很大一部分防守注意力都集中到姚明身上，慢慢地姚明就在低迷状态当中越陷越深。阿泰斯特也还没有找到自己应有的位置，在与姚麦并肩作战方面还处于挣扎状态，不过他仍然希望在某些时候能够站出来掌控比赛。

　　火箭队的进攻在对湖人队的比赛当中几乎全盘崩溃，这使得他们的投篮命中率现在只有41.3%，跌到了全联盟的第27位。火箭队现在在场均得分方面也以93.57分，仅排在全联盟的第24位。然而，这并非只是投篮命中率下滑或者是麦迪膝盖存在问题造成的结果，这一切实际上在季前赛当中就已经开始出现了，当时火箭队的进攻已经出现困难情形，只不过很少有人注意到罢了。

　　在火箭队前几周出现问题之后，要提醒大家的是赛季还很漫长，仅仅7场比赛并不能决定任何东西。是的，这一点我们必须清楚，赛季还很漫长。火箭队在9月份的时候不是一支具备冲冠实力的球队，我们以这样的方式来看待火箭队是不管用的。火箭队自己也一直说，他们的“工作仍在进展当中”，这一点现在没有人会有争议了。如果有人前面一直注意到火箭队所存在的问题，那么现在火箭队陷入困境，这种情形就不会让他感到那么惊讶了。（搜狐体育 孔孟飞英翻译）

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　　费根专供搜狐原文：

　　By Jonathan Feigen

　　In the euphoria that came with the Rockets’ wonderful off-season, few noticed the shortcomings they brought with them to the regular-season. They do now.

　　Rick Adelman saw the problems. He recoiled at comparisons to the Celtics’ ‘Big Three.’ He lamented the obvious rustiness that came with the comebacks from off-season surgery to four starters, and the loss of Shane Battier for all of the previous and well into the regular season. He saw and pointed to the preseason struggles of his offense and how far it had to go.

　　Rockets players did not fool themselves. They saw the same signs of trouble through the preseason and hoped that it could all come together in the final weeks before the season began when they had a schedule relatively free of preseason games, allowing them to try to go back to work.

　　Rockets fans, giddy with the surprising addition of Ron Artest to provide the presumed missing piece of a championship-worthy team, did not notice any of this and did not want to hear about anything but a happy flight to glory.

　　They could not be blamed. Fans of few teams have waited as long to be rewarded for their loyalty. The Rockets had not won a playoff series since 1997. Their regular-season success, including last season’s 22-game winning streak and 55 wins, offers a nice diversion, but also increases hopes for the post-season that for more than a decade had set up Rockets fans for the crash of disappointment to come.

　　The return of Yao Ming and Tracy McGrady to relatively good health, the growth of Aaron Brooks and Carl Landry and the addition of Artest offered more than renewed hope. Skepticism was removed to the point that any warning signs of trouble to come were ignored, as if Rockets fans could not bear to even consider the possibility of another letdown.

　　The problem, however, is that the reward of winning is much greater when the struggles along the way are understood. Building a great team, a championship-worthy team, does not happen only in the off-season. The Rockets really did have a terrific summer, signing Brent Barry, trading for Artest and locking up Landry. September, when Battier was found to be unable to comeback from his off-season ankle surgery, and October, when the preseason was so ragged, was not so successful.

　　NBA teams rarely win, or at least don’t win consistently, because their rosters are better. Everyone has talent. Rather than better collections of players, they must be built into better teams.

　　That has not happened yet with the Rockets. McGrady has been working his way back from his knee surgery, leaving him without the leg strength and confidence to take over games. The Rockets offense has been reduced to a mix of the starters being unsure and limited when running the motion that Adelman brought with him from his days running the prolific Kings and standing around, waiting for McGrady to initiate the offense around him.

　　Normally, McGrady does trigger all sorts of scoring, but even before he went to Los Angeles and left with five points on 1 of 16 shooting in two games, he could not lift the Rockets’ offense around him. He had led the Rockets in scoring in the three games before hitting LA, but had not been able to lift the rest of the team. That let teams load up defensively on Yao, who fell into a slump nearly as deep. Artest still has not found his place, struggling with the balance of playing off McGrady and Yao, while still expected to take over at times.

　　The Rockets offensive meltdown against the Lakers dropped them to 27th in the NBA in shooting percentage, making just 41.3 percent of their shots. They are 24th in scoring, averaging 93.57 points per game.

　　This is not, however, the result of a few shooting slumps or McGrady’s balky knee. This all began in the preseason when the Rockets struggled but few seemed to notice.

　　With the inconsistencies of the first few weeks, there have been reminders issued that it is a long season. Nothing is determined in seven games. That, however, was the point all along. It’s a long season. The Rockets were not a championship-caliber team in September. It does not work that way. They kept saying they were “a work in progress.” No one will argue now. The struggles would not be so stunning if anyone noticed them all along.