http://www.hoopchina.com/bbs/htm_data/2/0509/49630.html Michael Jordan让我感到心烦意乱。这并不是因为他似乎总能用伟大的投篮来击败我们，而是他在1989年今后赛和我们的比赛中投中的制胜球出现在了Gatorade的广告里。你可以从广告里看到我试图去阻止他。但是，我没有从刚广告里得到任何费用，当然我知道他一定得到了。
那天晚上距离比赛结束还有3秒钟。公牛队从中线发球，球馆里的每个人都知道Jordan会去接球。但是，试图去阻止他又是另一回事情。似乎每一年我们都有一支出色的球队，一起打出一个出色的赛季，碰到芝加哥公牛队和Jordan，然后输掉。很多人指责我们，因为我们永远过不了芝加哥这一关。事实上，没有球队可以。他们在第一个MJ时代拿到了三个戒指。并不是只有我们无法击败他们。
我们无法在季后赛击败公牛队，但这似乎和克里夫兰的球迷没有多大关系。他们以弱者自居，他们是蓝领阶层。很多大城市里有很多大公司，克里夫兰这里只有蓝领，也就是努力工作的那些家伙们。
球队里有许多这种蓝领，我们是一支团结的队伍。很幸运，我们在一起战斗了好几年。Mark Price，Ron Harper，Brad Daugherty，John "Hot Rod" Williams，Larry Nance —— 骑士队的球迷喜欢我们每一个人。
一个杂志说我们是"Mayberry RFD"，意思是在小镇里的"Andy Griffith Show"。我们队里有很多人来自小镇。事实上，我们在克里夫兰外的Richfield球馆打球，所以有些人住在克里夫兰的近郊。
几年以后，球员们变得很亲密。我们一起参加感恩节宴会，圣诞宴会，做了很多重要的事情。这一切让我们变得很棒。虽然我们没有得到总冠军，但是克里夫兰人认同我们，因为我们是一支团结的队伍，我们赢得了许多场比赛。当然只有得到总冠军才算真正的满意，不过他们对我们已经相当满意了。
我们就这样在一起。当我慢慢成长，队伍里每年却总是相同的球员。当然，自由球员有一些变化，球员们现在有些追逐金钱了。但是我们的教练，Lenny Wilkens，相信可以维持这支队伍。
当我们在季候赛遇到公牛队的时候，人们会说这是我们这支均衡的球队和一支一个人的球队之间的较量。尽管Jordan也总能得到好球员的支持。Scottie Pippen，Bill Cartwright，Horace Grant —— 那些家伙的确很棒。
当我们在1989年东区机后赛第一轮对阵公牛队时，比赛进行得势均力敌。前四场比赛我们各胜两场，然后进入第五场，也就是决胜的比赛 —— 我永远无法忘记的这场比赛。
整场比赛比分都很接近，尤其是在第四节。没有球队能将比分拉开。我们投中一球，他们会马上回敬一球。我们拼命防守，他们也拼命防守。我们一直以一分的差距交替领先。
双方交替领先一支到比分超过90分。Jordan的跳投使公牛队以99比98领先，但是我们还有6秒钟。我们叫了一个暂停，教练Wilkens制定了战术，其中的一个选择是把球交到我的手上。我找到了一条通往篮筐的路，冲了过去。我投中了一个反手上篮，使我们以100比99领先。公牛队立即叫了暂停。
能取得领先真是太好了，但是当我看到时钟还剩下3秒时，我说：“啊哦！”我们知道这时间太长了，他们可以有一次很好的出手机会。我们也知道这任务会落到Michael身上。
尝试去阻止Jordan是很难的。原来的防守原则是盯着对方的肚脐，它会告诉你对方会到哪里去。他（Jordan）对自己身体的控制太不可思议了。我试着待在他跟前，防他进内线。如果我遇到麻烦，我们有很多出色的盖帽手，例如Nance，Daugherty和Williams。我们是一支出色的团队防守球队。
这些年来，我对自己对付Jordan的方法颇为得意。当一个家伙每场出手30次，还能有50%的命中率的话，他的平均得分一定会很高。这样就不会有压力让你去把他的得分限制在20分。我们试图让他保持平均水平，而去限制其他人的发挥。但是这一次，限制其他人是没有用的。我们知道最后一击一定是Michael，所以我们决定在半场用双人包夹他。他们把球交给了左翼的Michael。Nance和我在防守他。事后回顾一下，你会说：“也许我们应该用一个更快的家伙替我来防守他。”Michael用一个假动作晃过了Larry，只有我一个人面对他了。如果我们用Price或者Harper也去防守他，也许会让Jordan感到更困难一些。
但是，Jordan带球冲向中路，我的防守也很好。他急停跳投，我举起手，伸出，伸展，尽力去接触到球的一部分。我居然让他改变了投篮。但是我是跑过去跳起来的，所以当我越过他的时候他仍然停在空中。如果当他出手时，我是直着跳起来的，那就可能是不同的结果。但是他似乎永远停留在空中，然后将球投了出去。
球进了，他跑向中线，挥拳庆祝，公牛队赢了，101比100。终于，这一投如此的著名，被称作"The Shot"。
因为这一幕频频出现在广告和集锦中，人们问我看到这些是否感到不舒服。我说我只对其中一部分感到高兴。我尽力去争取胜利，这是一场伟大比赛的一部分。现在我只要Michael把版权费分我一部分。 —— 和Chuck O'Donnell的谈话
Craig Ehlo印象最深的比赛 1989-05-07; Coliseum球馆, Richfield, Ohio
Quarter 1 2 3 4 Final
Chicago 24 22 23 32 101
Cleveland 28 20 27 25 100
Chicago MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA REB AST PF STL PTS
Horace Grant 28 6 10 0 0 5 1 6 1 12
Scottie Pippen 42 4 14 3 8 10 2 4 1 13
Bill Cartwright 31 6 7 4 5 5 1 4 2 16
Craig Hodges 42 4 12 0 0 2 4 4 2 10
Michael Jordan 44 17 32 9 13 9 6 3 1 44
Brad Sellers 25 1 3 0 0 3 3 3 0 2
Dave Corzine 16 1 4 0 0 3 1 0 0 2
Sam Vincent 8 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
Charles Davis 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 240 40 83 16 26 13 24 20 7 101
Cleveland MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA REB AST PF STL PTS
John Williams 32 2 5 3 4 6 3 2 1 7
Larry Nance 38 5 11 6 7 7 1 3 1 16
Brad Daugherty 33 3 9 2 2 11 6 4 2 8
Mark Price 40 8 14 4 4 6 7 1 1 23
Ron Harper 44 9 16 4 5 2 6 4 2 22
Craig Ehlo 27 9 15 2 2 2 4 1 0 24
Tree Rollins 15 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Mike Sanders 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Darnell Valentine 6 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0
Totals 240 36 71 21 24 10 24 28 20 100
FG%: Chicago .482, Cleveland .507
FT%: Chicago .615, Cleveland .875.
3P%: Chicago .455 (Pippen 2-6, Hodges 2-4, Jordan 1-1), Cleveland .583 (Ehlo 4- 7, Price 3-4, Harper 0-1).
Team rebounds: Chicago 13, Cleveland 7
Craig Ehlo职业生涯技术统计
G FG 3PT FT STL TO BLK RPG APG PPG
常规赛 873 .453 .369 .689 989 1,225 232 3.6 2.8 8.6
季后赛 76 .409 .343 .734 77 93 13 2.9 2.9 8.1
7楼翻译的第三段好像有点问题.
Cleveland的球迷似乎并不太介意我们总是无法在季后赛击败Bulls这个事实. 他们相信"下狗传说"(指小人物或不被看好的一方通过努力击败大人物或热门人物) Cleveland是个蓝领城市, 这儿的人的确很看得起(像我们这样)靠自己的努力打球的人.
后面的大概翻了下.
作为在NBA闯荡14年的职业球员, Craig Ehlo 说他有很多东西想传授给他的高中校队.
但是作为Washington州Spokane当地Rogers高中的校篮球队教练, 他头两年的执教记录
是1胜39负.
"我在努力成为好教练, 我的执教记录是1胜39负, 第一个赛季20场全负, 但是去年
我们赢了一场. 在我执教的学校没有必须赢球的压力. 这所内城学校收的都是周围
低收入区的孩子. 我手上没什么有天赋的球员, 所以再次教会了我要有耐心. 我在
Lenny Wilkens教练手下打了很多年的球, 我很高兴做他当年他向我们灌输的事情,
融入你手下球员的生活. 我不仅教他们如何篮球也教他们如何生活."
Elho在场上的位置是后卫, 先后为Houston Rockets, Cleveland Cavaliers, Atlanta Hawks,
和Seattle SuperSonics效力. 他形容他做教练取得的第一场胜利"棒极了". 那是赛季的第三场
比赛, 我认为我的球队终于打破了从比赛一开始就狂输的惯例. 最糟糕的的是下一轮我们轮空.
周二我们赢了, 周五轮空, 直到下个周二再比赛, 我们需要的激情和自信因此没能带到下一场.
但我们变得很有竞争力. 第一年我们从来都是一上来就输, 一点机会也没有, 大部分比赛都是
输个20分. 而过去一年, 我们都是输个五, 六分这样的.
不过如果有任何人知道如何克服逆境, 那个人就是Elho. 他最开始在Texas的Odessa College
念大学, 之后转学到Washington State, 1983年直到第三轮才被Houston挑中. 在他的新秀
年, Elho一共打了63分钟, 不是场次, 是分钟!
Rockets在1986年10月30日放弃了他. 他唯一能找到的工作是为CBA的Mississipi Jets打球.
Elho的篮球未来看起来一片黯淡. 他也可以很容易的用自己的个头找到一份平庸的工作, 每天
带着个公文包, 坐在办公桌后面.
但是几个月后, 1987年1月13日, Cavaliers把他从垃圾堆中救了出来. 克服重重困难, Elho
成为了80年代末90年代初最好的球队之一的一个关键人物. "很多人一直支持我, 我的妻子,
她的父母, 我的父母, Cleveland的球迷也很棒, 他们相信小人物通过努力也能成功, 这对我
帮助很大."
"我想我也就会成为一个平庸的球员, 打上三年半. 我当时就是这么想的. 但是我找对了地方,
找到了合适的位置, 就好像老的零件放在合适的地方又焕发了活力. 现在我住在Spokane, 看着
Richie Frahm成长, 他以前和Gonzage Bulldogs一起打球. 同样的事正发生在他身上. 我一直
向他强调耐性, 去等待, 找到他能起作用的地方, 因为现在他没有合适的位置, 有点让我想起
当年的我自己."
Elho成为了Cleveland的"全能先生". 远投? Elho在他的职业生涯投中621个三分, 参加了几次
NBA的三分大赛. 防守? 他防守凶狠, 经常被指派防守Michael Jordan或Clyde Drexler这样的
球员. 不论先发还是替补, 他都能有所建树.
89-90赛季是他打地最好的一个赛季, 平均一场13.6分, 5.4个篮板, 4.6次助攻.
在Cleveland打了七年后, Elho又先后为Hawks和Seattle打了三年和一年, 之后于96-97赛季结
束时退役. 职业生涯873场常规赛场均8.6分, 总共打了76场季后赛.
目前, 除了执教高中队之外, 他尽可能多的和他的妻子Jani和三个孩子待在一起, 也算是对当
年做职业球员未能尽享天伦之乐的一种补偿. 他的孩子, Erica, 12岁, 喜欢打排球讨厌篮球.
Austin, 9岁, 在AAU打篮球. Gavin, 5岁, 总是和Austin一块玩, 也喜欢篮球.
"幸运的是, 我打球的时代球员的工资很高, 使我现在能够参与到其他的一些事情之中, 例如青
少年体育(高中篮球), (我还想)建两个公园, 诸如此类"
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Message: 17
Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 19:35:28 -0700 (PDT)
From: r lee <judco12000@yahoo.com>
Subject: ehlo's unforgettable game
I'M UPSET AT MICHAEL JORDAN. Not because he always seemed to make big shots to
beat us, but because the game-winning basket he made against us in the 1989
playoffs has been in Gatorade commercials. You can see me trying to stop him in
the commercial, but I'm not getting any royalties and I know he is.
There were three seconds left on the clock that night. The Bulls had the ball at
midcourt, and everyone in the building just knew Jordan was going to get the
ball. However, trying to stop him was always a different story. It seemed like
every year we would have a good team, put together a good season, and go against
the Chicago Bulls and Jordan, and lose. A lot of people would point their
fingers at us because we could never get past Chicago. In reality, no one could.
They won three rings during the first MJ era. We weren't the only ones who
couldn't beat them.
The fact that we couldn't beat the Bulls in the playoffs didn't seem to matter
much to the fans in Cleveland. They believe in the underdog. They're blue-collar
people. Most big cities are corporate places. Cleveland was a blue-collar place.
They could really associated with guys who worked hard.
And we had a lot of hard-working guys on the team. We were a close-knit team
that was fortunate enough to play together for several years. Mark Price, Ron
Harper, Brad Daugherty, John "Hot Rod" Williams, Larry Nance--the Cavaliers fans
really seemed to take to all of us.
One magazine labeled us "Mayberry RFD," referring to the old "Andy Griffith
Show" that took place in a small town. We had a lot of guys who came from small
towns. And actually, we played outside Cleveland in the Richfield Coliseum, so
some of us lived in the suburbs outside Cleveland.
Over the years, the players grew very close. We did a lot of Thanksgiving Day
dinners, a lot of Christmas dinners, a lot of important things together. And
that's what made us so good. Although we didn't win a championship, the people
in Cleveland really identified with us because we were a close-knit team that
won a lot of games. Of course you're only truly satisfied if you win a
championship, but they seemed to be very satisfied with us.
And we stayed together. When I was growing up, teams had the same players every
year. Of course, free agency changed things. Players kind of chase the money
now. But our coach, Lenny Wilkens, believed in keeping the team together.
When we met the Bulls in the play-offs, people would say it was a matchup of our
well-balanced team against a one-man team. But Jordan always had a good
supporting cast, though. Scottie Pippen, Bill Cartwright, Horace Grant--those
guys were really good.
When we played the Bulls in the first round of the 1989 Eastern Conference
playoffs, the teams seemed very evenly matched. We split the first four games as
we went into the fifth and deciding game--the game I'll never forget.
It was a pretty close game throughout, especially in the fourth quarter. Neither
team could pull away. We'd make a shot, they'd come down and make a shot. We'd
make a defensive stand, they'd make a defensive stand. It was one lead change
after another, after another.
The lead changed hands as the score went through the 90s. Jordan made a jump
shot to give the Bulls a 99-98 lead, but we still had six seconds left. We
called timeout and coach Wilkens called for a play where one of the options was
to give the ball to me. I ended up finding a path to the basket and took it. I
hit a backdoor layup to give us the lead, 100-99. The Bulls immediately called
timeout.
Getting the lead was all well and good, but when I looked up and saw that there
were still three seconds on the clock, I said, "Uh-oh!" We knew that was too
much time, that they were going to get a good shot off. And we knew it was going
to go to Michael.
Trying to stop Jordan was tough. The old defensive rule is to look at the
bellybutton, and that will tell you where the player is going. He was amazing
with his body control. I just tried to stay in front of him, funnel him in. If I
got in trouble, we had great shot-blockers in Nance and Daugherty and Williams.
We were a great help-defense team.
I was real happy with the way I played Jordan over the years. When a guy shoots
30 times a game the way he did, and if he's a 50% shooter, his scoring average
is going to be up there. There was no real pressure to hold him to 20 points. We
wanted to hold him to his average and stop the other guys. But on this play,
stopping the other guys wasn't a concern. We knew it was going to Michael, so we
decided to double-team him off the inbounds play at halfcourt. They inbounded it
to Michael on the left wing. We had Nance and myself on him. In retrospect, you
say, "Maybe we should have had a quicker guy along with myself guarding him."
Michael faked out Larry on the first juke and got away from him, and that left
me by myself with MJ. If we had put a Price or a Harper on Jordan, too, maybe it
would have been tougher for Jordan.
But as Jordan drove across the middle, I was still on him pretty good. He
stopped and put up a jumper. I had my hands up, reaching, stretching, trying to
get a piece of the ball. I actually made him change his shot. But I was running
when I jumped so I just ran past him as he hung in the air. If I could have been
straight-up on him as he released it, it could have been a different story. But
he seemed to hang there forever and then let the shot go.
It went in and he ran over toward midcourt, pumping his fists. The Bulls had
won, 101-100. Eventually that shot became so famous, it's just referred to as
"The Shot."
Since it's on commercials and highlight shows all the time, people ask me if I
get sick of seeing it. I say I was just glad to be part of it. As much as I wish
we won, it was a great game to be a part of. Now if only Michael would cut me in
on the royalties.--As told to Chuck O'Donnell
Craig Ehlo's Most Memorable Game May 7, 1989; at the Coliseum, Richfield, Ohio
Quarter 1 2 3 4 Final Chicago 24 22 23 32
101 Cleveland 28 20 27 25 100 Chicago MIN FGM
FGA FTM FTA Horace Grant 28 6 10 0 0 Scottie Pippen
42 4 14 3 8 Bill Cartwright 31 6 7 4 5 Craig
Hodges 42 4 12 0 0 Michael Jordan 44 17 32
9 13 Brad Sellers 25 1 3 0 0 Dave Corzine 16
1 4 0 0 Sam Vincent 8 1 1 0 0 Charles Davis
4 0 0 0 0 Totals 240 40 83 16 26
Chicago REB AST PF STL PTS Horace Grant 5 1
6 1 12 Scottie Pippen 10 2 4 1 13 Bill Cartwright
5 1 4 2 16 Craig Hodges 2 4 4 2 10 Michael
Jordan 9 6
3 1 44 Brad Sellers 3 3 3 0 2 Dave Corzine
3 1 0 0 2 Sam Vincent 0 2 0 0 2 Charles
Davis 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 13 24 20 7
101 Cleveland MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA John Williams 32
2 5 3 4 Larry Nance 38 5 11 6 7 Brad
Daugherty 33 3 9 2 2 Mark Price 40 8 14
4 4 Ron Harper 44 9 16 4 5 Craig Ehlo 27
9 15 2 2 Tree Rollins 15 0 1 0 0 Mike Sanders
5 0 0 0 0 Darnell Valentine 6 0 0 0 0 Totals
240 36 71 21 24 Cleveland REB AST PF STL PTS
John Williams 6 3 2 1 7 Larry Nance 7 1
3 1 16 Brad Daugherty 11 6 4 2 8 Mark Price
6 7 1
1 23 Ron Harper 2 6 4 2 22 Craig Ehlo 2
4 1 0 24 Tree Rollins 0 0 2 0 0 Mike Sanders
0 0 1 0 0 Darnell Valentine 1 2 0 0 0 Totals
10 24 28 20 100 Field goals: Chicago .482, Cleveland .507. Free
throws: Chicago .615, Cleveland .875. Three-point goals: Chicago .455 (Pippen
2-6, Hodges 2-4, Jordan 1-1), Cleveland .583 (Ehlo 4-7, Price 3-4, Harper 0-1).
Team rebounds: Chicago 13, Cleveland 7. Craig Ehlo's Career Statistics
G FG 3PT FT STL Regular Season 873 .453 .369 .689 989
Postseason 76 .409 .343 .734 77 TO BLK
RPG APG PPG Regular Season 1,225 232 3.6 2.8 8.6 Postseason
93 13 2.9 2.9 8.1
Still 1,000 Wins Behind Lenny
AS A 14-YEAR VETERAN OF THE NBA, Craig Ehlo says he has a lot to offer his high
school team. But as a coach of Rogers High School in Spokane, Wash., Ehlo is off
to a 1-39 start over his first two seasons.
"I'm struggling as a coach," Ehlo says. "I'm 1-39. We went 0-20 my first year,
but we won one game last year. There's really no pressure to win at the school
I'm at. We're an inner-city school with some low-income areas. I don't have a
lot of horses, so it's teaching me patience again. I played for coach [Lenny]
Wilkens so long that I'm just happy doing the things he instilled, getting
involved in people's lives. So I'm trying to teach life skills along with
basketball skills."
The former guard for the Houston Rockets, Cleveland Cavaliers, Atlanta Hawks,
and Seattle SuperSonics says his first and only win was "Awesome. It was the
third game of the year and I thought we had finally broke that mold of falling
into a losing skid. The worst thing to happen to us is that we had a bye the
next day. We played Tuesday and won, had a bye Friday, and didn't play until the
next Tuesday, so the enthusiasm and confidence we needed didn't carry over. But
we were competitive, The first year we were never in games. We lost most of them
by 20 points. This past year, we'd lose by five, six, stuff like that."
But if there's anyone who knows about overcoming adversity, it's Ehlo. He
started at Odessa College in Texas, transferred to Washington State, but wasn't
drafted until the third round of the 1983 NBA draft by Houston. Ehlo played 63
minutes in his rookie year. That's minutes, not games.
The Rockets waived him on Oct 30, 1986. The only work he could find was with the
Mississippi Jets of the CBA. Ehlo's basketball future looked bleak. He could
have easily traded in his high tops for a briefcase and a job behind some desk.
But the Cavaliers rescued him off the scrap heap a few months later, on Jan. 13,
1987. Against all odds, Ehlo became a vital cog in one of the best teams of the
late 1980s and early 1990s. "I had a lot of people who supported me: My wife,
her parents, my parents," Ehlo says. "And then what made it so good was the fans
in Cleveland. They kind of believe in the underdog. Having that going for me
helped a lot.
"I thought I was going to be the average guy, three and a half years of playing.
I pictured myself like that. But I found the right place, the right fit. It's
the old cliche lust being in the right place. I live in Spokane and I see Richie
Frahm, who played with the Gonzaga Bulldogs (graduating after the 1999-2000
season). The same thing is happening to him. I just stress patience to him, to
wait and see where he can fit in, because right now he's not with anybody. He
kind of reminds me of myself."
Ehlo became the Cavs' "Mr. Everything." Long-range shooting? Ehlo made 621 treys
during his career and took a few trips to the NBA's three-point shooting
contest. Defense? He was ferocious, often assigned to guard the Michael Jordans
or Clyde Drexlers of the NBA. And he was comfortable starting or coming off the
bench.
The 1989-90 season was his best, when he averaged 13.6 points, 54 rebounds, and
4.6 assists per game.
After seven years in Cleveland, Ehlo played three years for the Hawks and one
season for Seattle before retiring at the end of the 1996-97 season. He averaged
8.6 points in 873 regular season games. He also played 76 playoff games in his
career.
These days, besides coaching, he's catching up with his wife, Jani, and their
three kids. Erica, 12, plays volleyball but hates basketball. Austin, 9, plays
AAU basketball. Gavin, 5, tags along with Austin and also enjoys basketball.
"Luckily, I played in an era of basketball that paid very well," Ehlo says.
"It's allowed me to get involved in some other things, like youth sports.
There's a couple of parks that need to be built, stuff like that."
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