One of the worst feelings you have as a professional athlete is the feeling after losing a game to a team that you should have beaten. That happened last night against the lowly Boston Celtics. They had only won 13 games the whole year and were really struggling. We had just come off a very good win against the Orlando Magic on the road and were feeling good about ourselves.

 

The day did not start out good for us when we learned that T-Mac was going to miss the game with the flu. When you lose your best players (Yao, T-Mac)everyone must play a little harder and do a little bit more on the floor. We inserted Bonzi Wells into the lineup (he was the only one to have a good game for us), in place of T-Mac.

 

It was a nasty game. We are usually one of the best three point shooting teams in the NBA and we only made 1 of 22 three point shots! I have never seen that happen. Never! Rafer Alston, Luther Head, and me combined to shoot 5 of 33 from the field. Ouch! You aren't going to win too many games like that. Even as poorly as we shot the ball, we STILL had a chance to win the game in the fourth quarter but failed to make the winning plays that you must make to leave the floor victorious.

 

In the lockerroom after the game, everybody felt terrible. When we play a bad game, we feel that we let our teammates down. There is a bad feeling in the pit of your stomach when you leave the gym and you just want to go home and not talk to anyone. It is a terrible feeling, but it is a feeling that makes you want to try harder and do better the next time.

 

I'll talk to you guys later,

 

Shane

 

P.S. One of my Chinese friends has alerted me that there is some controversy about this blog. I can assure you that I write 100% of my blogs and no one writes them for me. The pictures that I post are my pictures and these are my words. Thanks for reading my stories, I hope you have been enjoying them!

 

作为一名职业球员，没有比输掉一场不该输的比赛更糟糕的了。昨晚当我们迎战排名靠后的凯尔特人时，就发生了这样的事情。他们这个赛季只赢了13场比赛，但他们打得却很顽强。当时我们刚刚客场战胜了魔术，自我感觉非常好。

 

昨晚一上来就很不顺，赛前我们得知麦蒂因为感冒将无法上场。当球队中最好的球员（姚明和麦蒂）双双缺阵时，其余的人必须个个都打得更加努力。我们用邦奇－维尔斯（他是昨晚惟一表现出色的火箭球员）顶替了麦蒂的位置。

 

这场比赛打得太衰了。我们队是联盟中最擅长投三分的球队，但我们三分命中率昨晚只有22投1中！我从来没遇到过这种事情。从来没有！阿尔斯通、海德和我加在一起只有33投5中。哦！这么打你哪能赢球。不过虽然我们打得非常差但在第四节仍有机会赢球，不过关键球我们没有处理好，将胜果白白送给了对手。

 

赛后回到更衣室，每个人都很难过。我们打得太差了，都觉得是自己把队友给毁了。我们带着一肚子的不快离开球馆，一言不发回到家。那种感觉太糟糕了，但它可以促使我们在今后的比赛中打得更加努力！

 

回见，

 

肖恩

 

另：我的一个中国朋友告诉我有人质疑这个博客的真实性。我向你们保证这儿的文章百分之百是我自己写的，没有人为我代笔。发的照片和文字都是我自己的。感谢你们的关注，我希望你们能够喜欢。