勇士…狀元籤不想要了嗎?
The veteran forward could see that his Golden State Warriors were improving in practice, and he could feel the camaraderie of the group building on a daily basis.
司職大前鋒的老將格林發現，勇士隊在訓練中不斷進步，他可以感受到球隊的化學反應一天天在建立起來。
So as the group went through a practice last week, he let Warriors swingman Alec Burks in on a little secret.
因此，上週的訓練過後，他向勇士的搖擺人亞力克-伯克斯透露了一個祕密。
"I told AB last week sometime, we were in shootaround, I said, 'AB, I just had an epiphany.'" Green said following Friday night's 105-96 win over the Phoenix Suns.
“上週有一次賽前投籃訓練的時候，我告訴過AB，我說‘AB，我突然有一種預感’”，說起週五晚上105-96戰勝菲尼克斯太陽的比賽時，格林這樣說到。
"He was like, 'What?' I said, 'I had an epiphany we were about to win five games in a row.'
“AB當時像是說‘你說什麼？’”。格林繼續說到，“我突然感覺我們能五連勝！”
And he was like, 'All right, cool.' And then last game he said, 'We're at three.' I just saw again, he's like, 'Hey man, we're at four.'"
AB的樣子像是說“可以，很棒”。接着下一場比賽他說到“這是第三場連勝”，剛剛我看了一眼他，他像是在說“嘿，哥們兒，這是第四場!”
The Warriors, who came into Friday's game with just eight wins, have won four in a row.
勇士隊在週五的比賽之前只取得了八場勝利，其中就包括這波四連勝。
It's their first win streak of the season. The confidence that has been waning at times from the group during an injury-riddled gap year is booming now heading into Saturday's home game against Luka Doncic and the Dallas Mavericks.
這是他們本賽季的首次連勝。在受傷困擾的空檔年裏，球隊的信心有時會減弱，但在週六主場面對擁有盧卡·東契奇的達拉斯獨行俠的比賽前，這種信心正變得高漲起來。
Green and the Warriors have gotten their season back on track by going back to the basics on the defensive end.
格林和勇士隊通過努力做好最基本的防守，讓他們的賽季回到了正軌。
The Warriors have the best defensive rating in the NBA since Dec. 19 (97.6 points per 100 possessions allowed), according to ESPN Stats and Information research.
根據ESPN的數據和信息研究，勇士隊取得了自12月19日以來NBA最好的防守評分(每100次進攻得到97.6分)。
"I think we're really flying around," Green said. "We're doing a great job of sticking to the game plan.
“我覺得我們真的飛奔起來了”，格林說到，“我們在堅持比賽策略方面做得很好。
One thing about defense is you're always going to give up something, so then it becomes what is it that you're willing to give up?
關於防守有一點要明白，想要做好防守就必須要放棄一些東西，因此問題就是你願意放棄什麼。
And I think the things that we've been willing to give up, we've been giving those up, and it's been working out for us."
我認爲，我們一直願意放棄的東西，我們一直在履行這樣的觀念，這對我們很有幫助。”
After a frustrating first half on Friday that saw Suns shooting guard Devin Booker score 17 of his game-high 34 points,
週五的比賽中，在令人沮喪的上半場，太陽隊的得分後衛德文·布克拿下了全場最高的34分中的17分，
the Warriors clawed their way back by forcing 27 turnovers against a Phoenix team that has now lost eight games in a row.
下半場，勇士隊憑藉頑強的防守造成太陽隊27次失誤才得以扳回了比分，使得太陽隊遭遇了八連敗。
The Warriors outscored the Suns 28-7 off turnovers, which is the season-best mark for Steve Kerr's team this season.
勇士隊以7-28的失誤擊敗了太陽隊，這是本賽季史蒂夫·科爾的球隊最好的成績。
The Warriors'defense forced the Suns into more turnovers than they had assists for the first time all year.
勇士隊的防守迫使太陽隊這一整年頭一回失誤比助攻還要多。
Aside from Green's usual solid play, the Warriors got a nice lift from D'Angelo Russell, who scored 31 points and has found an offensive rhythm over the past week.
除了格林一貫的穩定發揮外，德安吉洛·拉塞爾也爲勇士隊貢獻了強勁火力，拉塞爾在過去的一週中得到了31分，找到了進攻節奏。
Two-way guard Ky Bowman got the fourth quarter off to a fine start by stealing a pass and throwing down a big dunk that ignited the Warriors' bench, including injured stars Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson.
擁有雙向合同的後衛凱·鮑曼第四節打了一個良好的開局，搶斷了一個傳球，一個扣籃，點燃了勇士的整個板凳席，其中就有受傷的全明星球員斯蒂芬·庫裏和克萊·湯普森。
Green scoffed at the notion that the Warriors are feeling any pressure to pay off his epiphany of five straight wins on Saturday against a Mavericks team that beat the Warriors by 48 points on Nov. 20.
格林對“球員爲了兌現他所說的在週六的比賽中擊敗獨行俠豪取五連勝而倍感壓力”的說法嗤之以鼻，而獨行俠在11月20日的比賽中以48分的優勢擊敗了勇士隊。
"Pressure for what?" Green said. "We have nine wins." Green has set a tone the rest of his teammates are following: believing after a bad start to the campaign that they can compete against anybody right now.
“壓力？”格林說到，“我們有九場勝利。”格林爲他的隊友們定下了一個基調:在糟糕的開局之後，他們相信自己現在可以和任何人競爭。
"We still got nine wins," Green said. "Ain't no pressure. We still go out there and swing for the fences."
“我們還是贏了9場，”格林說，“不是沒有壓力。我們仍然會投入戰鬥並全力以赴”。
"This team is just really getting better, and it's exciting."
“這支球隊真的越來越好，這很令人興奮。”
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