现在我正坐在前往俄克拉荷马城的飞机上。昨晚我们遗憾地输给了马刺，加上前一场负于小牛，我们遭遇到两连败。火箭队的战绩目前是8胜8负。

　　我们可以从两个角度看待这个战绩。悲观的看法是：我们在一些比赛中功亏一篑，眼睁睁看着胜利溜走，比如对老鹰和对国王的比赛。乐观的看法是，我们本赛季拥有一套全新的阵容，队员的平均年龄在联盟排名倒数第三，却居然能够在客场击败湖人，在主场击败开拓者。在这些比赛中我们显示了自己的才华和斗志。

　　在我看来，实际情况介于以上两者之间。我认为我们打得拼劲十足斗志旺盛，球风无私且防守凶悍。每个人都能感觉到自己为胜利做出了贡献，同时也在比赛中收获了乐趣和兴奋。绝大多数情况下，只要我们打出这样的精神头，就能带来胜利。在那些失败的场次中，我们打得无精打采。球传不开，比赛节奏缓慢。本赛季如果我们想获得成功，就必须打快。我们必须打得凶悍。我们必须对对手持续施加压力。当我们打得不顺的时候，难免情绪低落。这时候我们不应该放弃拼到底的决心。在新赛季开始后，当我们投篮屡屡不中时，防守就会变得消极被动。我们必须跑起来，暴风骤雨般地投三分，轰炸篮筐，制造犯规，尽情投入地比赛。这才是能让我们赢球的打法。

　　我们还有许多比赛要打，现在赛程只进行了15%。火箭在12月必须保住50%的胜率，我们就机会，因为1月份的赛程相对轻松。要想做到这一点，唯一的方法就是拿出斗志和团队精神。好消息是我们已经证明可以打出这样的水平。坏消息是我们还没有习惯这样的打法。我觉得我们能行！

　　感谢你的点击，回见。

　　肖恩

　　原文如下——

November 28, 2009

Sitting on a plane headed for Oklahoma City right now. Just lost to the Spurs last night for our second tough loss in a row after taking a beating from the Mavs earlier in the week. Our record is now 8-8.

There are 2 ways to look at this record. The pessimistic viewpoint that would focus on the games that we just didn't bring the energy or execution and let the wins slip through our fingers, like against Atlanta and Sacramento. We could very easily have won 3 to 4 more games than we have now. The optimistic viewpoint would focus on the fact that we have a brand new team, we are the third youngest team in the league and have had great wins against the Lakers on the road and Portland at home. We have shown flashes of brilliance and competitiveness during these great wins.

In my mind, the truth lies somewhere in the middle of these two viewpoints. I think that when we play with great energy and spirit, we share the basketball and play tough defense. Everyone feels like they are a part of the victories and we play a fun and exciting brand of basketball.  For the most part, our victories have come when we have played with this energy I speak of. In our losses, it seems like we play listlessly and spiritless. The basketball does not move and we play a slower style of basketball. For us to be successful this year, we must play fast. We must play daringly, and aggressive. We must put constant pressure on our opponent. There will be times when we cannot make a basket and those times will be frustrating. But this frustration should not deter our determination to play an aggressive. In this young season, when we fail to consistently make shots, it has affected the defensive end of the court where we become passive. We must run, take a large number of 3 point shots, attack the rim, draw fouls and play with a somewhat reckless abandon. This is the style that will give us the best chance to win.

We still have a lot of basketball to play, only 15% of the year has been played. We must stay around the .500 winning percentage for the next month if we want to take advantage of the easier schedule that we will have when January rolls around. The only way to do this is to play with incredible spirit and togetherness. The good news is that we have shown that we are capable of playing this way. The bad news is that we are not consistent with this style of play yet. I feel we can be this team.

Thanks for reading, talk to you soon.

Shane