上季在NBA大放异彩，球季结束后与火箭签下高薪的林书豪，在新球季尚未开打时，就传出火箭的教练对林书豪感到不满，原因是教练认为林书豪在动完左膝盖的手术后，复健不够努力，让他在球场上的状况不是很理想。

　　在上周四火箭对上雷霆的热身赛，林书豪跟联盟中的顶级后卫Russell Westbrook放对，在上半场比赛Westbrook只打了16分钟就得了19分，林书豪就好像人型立牌一样，被Westbrook予取予求。

　　火箭对林书豪在热身赛的表现相当不满意，攻守上都有待加强，尤其是防守上，如果林书豪在例行赛上对上像是Westbrook这样速度型的后卫，可能会再度面临被打爆的情况，这是火箭队所担心的。

　　在新球季尚未开打时，林书豪跟火箭队就有这样的新闻出现，可说是为新球季蒙上了一层阴影，但林书豪对于他在防守上的表现似乎不是那么担心，他表示说:「我的速度和爆发力还没展现出来而已。」不过离NBA开季越来越近，豪小子必须尽早找回状态，来消除球队对他的疑虑。

　　Jeremy Lin returns to action, turns in a Lin-like performance

　　林书豪重回战场，展现林式演出

　　By Howard Megdal

　　The flash-in-the-pan theories about Jeremy Lin never made perfect sense.

　　林书豪只是昙花一现的论调，从来就说不通。

　　There‘s the idea that he only succeeded because he didn‘t have talented players around him, which, for a point guard, is actually a detriment, not a help. If anything, his impressive assist rate was reduced by the limits of the players around him to finish last season, when he took over a Knicks team missing Carmelo Anthony and Amar‘e Stoudemire.

　　有人认为他的成功只是因为身边没有更出色的队友，但对控卫而言，缺乏出色队友其实是有害无益。扛下了Carmelo Anthon和Amar‘e Stoudemire双双缺阵的尼克队，只可能会因为队友的局限而减损了原本可以更好的助攻率。

　　Then there was the idea that once the league got a better look at him, the opposition could totally shut him down. Never mind that in this age of omnipresent video, that process takes minutes, not months.

　　又有人认为只要联盟各队认清他的底细，对手就能完全封死他。却无视在这个时代，视讯早已随手可得，认清林的底细只需几分钟，用不着几个月。

　　But the Jeremy Lin who pulled on a Houston Rockets jersey in a game for the first time on Wednesday night reinforced the reality of Jeremy Lin, after months of discussion about what he is or isn‘t.

　　而在星期三晚上，首度身穿休斯敦火箭队制服上场比赛的林书豪，在世人对他品头论足了几个月之后，再次证明自己是真材实料。

　　Lin played 19 minutes, scoring three points and tallying six assists and three steals, as the Rockets opened their preseason with a 107-105 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder. He also did pretty much everything, for good and ill, that he did throughout his brief tenure in a Knicks uniform.

　　林上场19分钟，取得三分，六助攻，三抄截，火箭也在首场热身赛中以107比105击败雷霆队。林几乎重现了上季效力于尼克队时的种种表现，好坏皆然。

　　Almost immediately, Lin displayed the court vision and passing ability that helped him stand out for the Knicks, finding Omer Asik, a defense-first center, on a break. Asik caught Lin‘s outlet pass in stride and confidently finished for the Rockets‘ first field goal of the game.

　　林一上场即展现他那曾协助尼克夺胜的场上视野与传球能力，找到已先过半场的防守型中锋Omer Asik。迈步中的Asik接到林的长传，稳稳取得分数，为火箭攻下第一球。

　　Lin‘s defensive limitations were on display as well, though. The Rockets elected to let Lin defend Russell Westbrook one-on-one, and Westbrook seemed to relish taking him on, something that could become a pattern this season. Quickly, Westbrook reached double digits in points, and Lin committed two fouls.

　　然而，林的防守局限也同样显露无遗。火箭决定让林一对一防守Russell Westbrook，Westbrook似乎也很乐于和林较量，本季可能会经常看到这样的场面。Westbrook的得分很快就来到双位数，林却苦吞两次犯规。

　　But Lin stayed in the game, and continued to bring his own skills to bear upon it. At one end, a great penetration and kickout to Kevin Martin, the perimeter shooter. At the other end, a reach-in and steal to start a fastbreak down the other end.

　　但林紧追在后，继续以他的球技来影响战局。有时见他大胆切入，适时分球给中距离射手Kevin Martin。有时见他巧手抄截，发动一次漂亮的快攻。

　　Lin got to the basket at will, which is another one of those skills that somehow got lost in the whole “Lin will wake up from this dream“ narrative. It‘s an incredibly important skill, few have it, and it isn‘t going away.

　　林能轻意地切入篮下，这是众多高唱“林迟早会从美梦中醒来“的人，视而不见的另一项技能。一项无比重要的技能，具备的人不多，而且不容易失去。

　　Lin did play just the 19 minutes in part because the Rockets are bringing him back slowly from his knee surgery. That‘s a prudent move, and evidence of a different approach to Lin‘s health than the one taken by the Knicks, who were willing to play Lin against Miami in last season‘s playoffs before he was fully healthy.

　　林的确只打了19分钟，部分原因是火箭队想让他动过手术的膝盖慢慢适应回来。这是明智之举，也证明了他们在林的健康方面，与尼克队有着不一样的作法。尼克在上季季后赛时，竟愿意在必要时让尚未完全康复的林上场面对热火。

　　Lin‘s Rockets may not win many games in 2012-13; his teammates, though talented, are raw.

　　林的火箭队或许难在2012-13球季取得太多胜利；他的队友天赋虽高，却经验不足。

　　But the talk about whether Lin was a fluke should subside somewhat, as he gets to play some more. Lin is real.

　　但只要林多打几场球，就越少人会怀疑他是否纯属侥幸。林是真材实料。

　　（编辑：迷路）