moscow here we come

By snake at 5:43 pm on April 29, 2008 | 1 Comment

what a fantastic goal from scholes. from 30 yards, the ball went directly into the right top corner. nine years ago, scholes missed the champions league final because of suspension, and tonight, he made sure united advance to the final and he will also be a part of it.

2008-04-29 Tuesday
@Old Traffold

United 1, Barcelona 0

Manchester United: Van der Sar; Hargreaves, Ferdinand, Brown, Evra (Silvestre 90); Nani (Giggs 76), Carrick, Scholes (Fletcher 76), Park; Ronaldo, Tevez.
Scorer: Scholes (14)

FC Barcelona: Valdes; Zambrotta, Puyol, Milito, Abidal; Messi, Xavi, Toure (Gudjohnsen), Deco, Iniesta (Henry 60); Eto’o (Bojan 71).

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update: chelsea won at home 3-2 through extra time. so united and chelsea will fight on both fronts: premier and champions league.

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adjustment and attitude

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昨天看了湖人vs掘金, 第四场, 湖人3-0领先. 上半场湖人略占优势, 第三节被掘金扳回, 到第四节还有6分种左右的时候比分咬的很紧. 很佩服jackson的用兵, 第四节开始时候比分还很接近, 但jackson依然把kobe和gasol放在板凳上休息, 一帮替补支撑到8分种的时候, 再上主力. kobe今天手感不好, 才得了10来分, 命中率也不高. 但就在kobe上场后, 我就感觉到kobe要接管比赛了.

Not that he can’t do it — the final six minutes Monday were a tour de force at both ends. In that time he scored 14 points, blocked a shot, stole a pass and drew two offensive fouls.

He made a 3-pointer and a driving layup basket to break open a tie game, then hit a jumper over Kenyon Martin when the Nuggets briefly took a one-point lead. He turned his attention to defense and drew the fifth and sixth fouls on Martin by charging out hard and drawing illegal screens, knocking his primary defender out of the game.

Back on offense, he drew the fifth and sixth fouls on his next defender, Carmelo Anthony, by attacking off the dribble to draw blocking fouls — removing the Nuggets’ best scoring threat. His runner in the lane with 40.7 seconds left sucked the air out of Denver’s final charge, and his physical D on J.R. Smith and subsequent steal with 18.2 seconds left sealed it. And just for good measure, he rejected Linas Kleiza’s 3-point attempt at the buzzer.

“Is he good or what?” lamented a Nuggets official afterward. “You can talk about other guys, but he’s the best.”

湖人今年大有希望啊. 当然, 第一轮的横扫也有掘金的配合. 在最后的6分钟时间里, 掘金也就落后4分左右, 可一帮傻人就知道在三分线外出手. 还有30秒左右的时候, 掘金将比分追到差2分, 不老老实实回到自己半场打防守, 却选择在前场包夹kobe. 可掘金的包夹又不彻底, kobe轻松的就摆脱到了前场, 传给odom, odom给gasol, 篮下无人防守的扣篮! 防守打到这个份上, 也是应该回家练习练习去了.

以前老听到这种言论说nba不如college basketball, 因为不刺激, 没悬念, 季后赛是7场4胜, 还不是ncaa的单场淘汰. 但nba季后赛的原则就是不允许投机取巧, 要拿总冠军就必须有总冠军的实力. 在7场4胜的格式下, 最重要的两点就是调整和态度. 因为是跟同样的队伍连着打比赛, 经过头两场, 对于对手的长处短处大致都有了了解, 谁能最终获胜就取决于是否能扬长避短, 打出自己的优势. 同样也是因为跟相同的队伍连着打比赛, 战术上可能已经都是知己知彼, 谁能抢占优势就在于谁对胜利更加渴望, 在球场上更加卖力. 在第一轮的比赛里就为我们提供了无数这样的例子.

太阳vs马刺. 头三场马刺的pick and roll基本上把太阳都打暴了. 在第四场, 太阳的大个子总算加强了防守, 在挡拆的时候能跳出去阻拦一下控卫的带球, 好不容易扳回一场. 不过马刺应该能最终解决战斗, 太阳在第一场比赛里面犯下太多错误了.

火箭vs爵士. 火箭连输两个主场, alston受伤没办法, tmac又投篮又组织, 到了第四节都累趴下了. 第三场alston回归, 总算解放了tmac, 扳回一场. 但随后爵士又拿下第四场, 3-1领先, tmac的季后赛无胜绩的记录还得继续.

魔术vs猛龙. 魔术已经4-1解决了战斗. 猛龙从始到终都没有找到防守superman的方法, 大两双都被别人拿了3次, 前场篮板是一点办法都没有.

骑士vs奇才. 奇才在比赛前就宣称要hard foul lebron, 可是头两场下来, 一帮人就知道围着lebron犯规, 自己的进攻乱得没法看了. 还好在第三场, 端正了心态, 扳回一场. 轮到骑士的调整了, lebron在第四场最后时刻选择了传球, west三分命中, 骑士领先3-1.

小牛vs黄蜂. 唉, 这个系列看着chris paul蹂躏kidd, 让不得不感叹时光飞逝啊. 小牛的季后赛心理问题太严重了, 这帮人马必须得打散重来, 否则cuban花再多的钱也没用.

凯尔特人vs鹰队, 活塞vs76人. 这两个系列开始之前, 大家都是普遍认为低种子能赢一场就不错了, 而现在, 大比分都是2-2. 鹰队是打出了气势, 活塞则是太心不在焉了.

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workout note 02

By snake at 9:23 pm on April 26, 2008 | No comments

april 20th
normal run, 7k, rail trail, 1 hour.

april 22nd
basketball, 2.5 hours.
normal run, 7k, rail trail, 1 hour.

april 23rd
basketball, 4 hours.

april 25th
normal run, 7k, rail trail, 1 hour.

april 26th
normal run, 5k, rail trail, 1 hour.

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chelsea caught up

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2008-04-26 Saturday
@Stamford Bridge

United 1, Chelsea 2

Chelsea: Cech; Ferreira (Anelka 67), Terry, Carvalho, A.Cole; Essien, Ballack, Mikel, J.Cole (Makelele 87); Kalou (Shevchenko 81), Drogba.
Scorer: Ballack (45, pen 86).

Manchester United: Van der Sar; Brown, Vidic (Hargreaves 14), Ferdinand, Silvestre; Fletcher, Carrick, Anderson (O’Shea 65), Nani, Giggs; Rooney (Ronaldo 64).
Scorer: Rooney (57).

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scoreless draw

By snake at 12:06 pm on April 24, 2008 | No comments

before the game, vidic was having stomach problem and had to be send to hospital. he missed the game and are likely miss the chelsea game too. saf chose brown to replace vidic instead of pique. hargreaves was the right-back.

the game had a good start, but ronaldo missed a penalty shot in just 3 minutes. afterward the game was all barcelona, who had more than 70% of the possession. united’s defense was steady and barcelona rarely had good chances. the middle field seemed to have a hard time to keep the ball and the only bright star was scholes who had his 100th champions league game.

i think this is the game united will try to forget as soon as possible. 0-0 wasn’t end of the world. we can still win at old traffold, but we have to control the middle next tuesday.

2008-04-23 Wednesday
@Nou Camp

United 0, Barcelona 0

Barcelona: Valdes; Zambrotta, Marquez, Milito, Abidal; Deco (Henry 77), Toure, Xavi; Messi (Krkic 62), Eto’o, Iniesta

United: Van der Sar; Hargreaves, Brown, Ferdinand, Evra; Rooney (Nani
76), Carrick, Scholes; Park, Ronaldo, Tevez (Giggs 85)

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lakers vs nuggets game 1

By snake at 11:06 pm on April 20, 2008 | No comments

两点感受: 1. 掘金的防守太烂了. 2. 湖人的进攻太流畅了. gasol的36分里面, 不知道有多少是篮下的extra pass, 然后gasol不是扣篮就是近距离的放进篮筐. kobe表现一般, 投篮没什么手感, 但靠罚球还是得了32分. odom真的跟pippen很像, 什么活都能干, 那么大的块头, 还有抢下后场篮板, go coast to coast, 上篮得分这样的表演. 掘金如果不加强防守的话, 这个系列将会很快结束. 湖人的防守也不怎么样, 如果碰到马刺这样防守硬朗的队还是有麻烦的.

den.JPG vs lal.JPG

其它比赛: 猛龙输给了魔术, superman的大两双, 25分22篮板. 76人爆冷战胜了活塞. 凯尔特人轻松解决鹰队.

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suns vs spurs game 1

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第一场比赛就打了两个加时, 这个系列注定充满精彩和激烈.

pho.JPG vs sas.JPG

看了比赛, 感觉马刺教练popvich要比太阳的d’antoni高明多了. popvich在第二节和第四节采用了所谓的hack-a-shaq战术, 成功的将比分差距缩小. 当然这也有d’antoni的成全, 第四节的时候hack-a-shaq发生在还剩6分种多的时候, 那时太阳领先. d’antoni在shaq罚失两个球后, 立刻就把shaq放到了板凳上. 等到还剩2分种, 无球犯规将得到一次罚球并有球权, shaq才重新上场, 而那时马刺已经反超比分了. shaq在湖人的时候不是照样受到这样的待遇, jackson那时候不一样依然把shaq放在场上. 一来shaq罚球再差也有个50%的命中率, 而且经常在关键时候能两罚两中; 二来shaq在场上防守的威摄力还在, 放在板凳上使得stoudemire不得不放精力在防守, 而stoudemire又经常头脑发热喜欢pick up cheap foul; 三来马刺不可能有那么多犯规可以用.

太阳在常规时间和第一个加时最后都是领先三分, 这个时候防守最关键的就是不能让对手有三分出手的机会, 如果迫不得已放对手两分都可以. 可是连续两次, finley和duncan都获得了没有防守的三分机会, 分别命中. 第一次给finley机会还可以理解, 但两次都摔倒在一个地方, 实在让人难以想象. 第一个加时当ginobili突进去以后, 我盯着屏幕连”赶快犯规啊”都叫出来了. 结果ginobili分出来给到wild open的duncan手上… 领先三分的时候, 最保险的战术就是犯规, 即使马刺罚中两分, 但太阳获得球权, 他们的罚球命中率又不低, 比罚球太阳肯定不输马刺啊.

唉, 每次太阳vs马刺, 总有些不可思议的事情发生, 像去年horry犯规nash导致stoudemire和diaw的停赛. 每次这种事情发生, 受伤的总是太阳. 今天duncan的那个三分, 可是他这个赛季的第一个三分球…

其它比赛, 骑士战胜奇才, 黄蜂在中场落后12分的情况下反败为胜, 火箭输掉了主场优势. 看火箭的比赛真累啊…

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workout note 01

By snake at 10:02 pm on April 19, 2008 | No comments

april 16th
recovery run, 5k, rail trail, 40 mins.

april 18th
frisbee game, 2 hours; soccer, 2 hours.

april 19th
long run, 11k, rail trail, 1.5 hours.

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to win the champion at stamford bridge

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tevez saved one point for united away at blackburn, so we are back to three-point ahead of chelsea. a win at stamford bridge next saturday will almost secure united the champion because of the goal difference. vidic and nani are both back in action.

some good news before the game. ferdinand, brown and carrick all agreed new contracts at old traffold. ferdinand and vidic combination had proved to be crucial for the success of united, and ferdinand can be claimed the best defender in the world. brown had looked likely to leave on a free transfer in the close-season after previously rejecting a contract extension, but the manchester-born england international has now come to an agreement to stay with the club where he has spent all of his career and where he has been a regular choice at right-back this season in the absence of injured club captain gary neville. carrick has enjoyed an outstanding season, and hopefully we can win the second premier champions since he came from tottenham. another thing worth noticing is the trio are all english players. i always have a feeling that in order to win premier champions, you have to have at least some of the home-grown talents. that’s why arsernal hasn’t have too many success in recent years. international players may be cheap and more gifted, but you still need the fighting spirits on the pitch and the strong voices in the changing room from the english players.

and another news. i don’t think anyone will be surprised to hear this one: saha faces a further spell on the sidelines after injuring a hamstring in training.

important four games in next two weeks: away vs bacelona and chelsea, home vs bacelona and west ham.

2008-04-19 Saturday
@Ewood Park

United 1, Blackburn 1

United: Kuszczak; Brown (O’Shea 81), Vidic, Ferdinand, Evra; Ronaldo, Scholes, Carrick, Giggs (Nani 46); Rooney (Park 90), Tevez
Scorer: Tevez (88)

Blackburn Rovers: Friedel; Emerton, Samba, Nelsen, Warnock; Reid, Bentley, Vogel (Mokoena 86), Pedersen; Roberts, Santa Cruz
Scorer: Santa Cruz (21)

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final setup

By snake at 12:22 am on April 17, 2008 | No comments

终于搞明白了, 昨天帖子里开始的算法应该是正确的. 不过反正用不上, 爵士今天输给了马刺, 再加上火箭赢了快船, 3-6的最终排名是马刺, 爵士, 火箭, 太阳. 火箭还拥有主场优势. 另外小牛战胜了黄蜂, 锁定第七, kidd的第100次三双.

西部第一轮对阵:
lakers vs denver 4-1
new orleans vs dallas 4-3
san antonio vs phoenix 4-3
utah vs houston 4-2

湖人顺利取得西部第一, 进入1568半区, 正常发挥进入西部决赛应该没有问题. 黄蜂对小牛是新老得分后卫paul和kidd之间的较量, 缺乏季后赛经验是黄蜂的最大弱点, 但感觉解决小牛应该还是没有问题的. 马刺和太阳第一轮就碰上了, 相信很少有人预测到. 马刺最近战绩很马, 但好消息是ginobili和barry都伤愈复出了, 太阳hill上场受伤了, 第一轮能不能上还是问题, 看好马刺取胜. 这样的话, nash太可怜了, 不过还有t-mac陪伴. 火箭对爵士是去年季后赛的重演, 去年不行, 今年没姚明没alston, 估计更悬. 爵士的主场成绩实在太强了, 西部感觉不怕爵士的就是湖人了.

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