DENVER -- Kobe Bryant's 3-pointer wasn't nearly as dramatic as LeBron James' but equally effective.
小飛俠(a.k.a. Black mamba，黑眼鏡蛇)的三分球雖然不如昨天小皇帝(LeBron James)的戲劇化，但同樣的有效。
Bryant's big shot over J.R. Smith gave Los Angeles a one-point lead with just over a minute left Saturday night and sparked the Lakers to a 103-97 victory over the Denver Nuggets for a 2-1 lead in the Western Conference finals.
小飛俠在丁尺(J.R. Smith)頭上投進的那顆三分讓湖人在比賽僅剩1分鐘的情況下取得1分的領先，最後湖人也以103-97沒收金塊，在西區冠軍賽取得2-1的領先優勢。
Bryant, who scored 41 points, went 5-of-6 on free throws to ice it after his 3-pointer gave Los Angeles a 96-95 lead.
這尾致命的黑曼巴全場攻下了41分，在投進了三分讓湖人以96-95暫時領先後，最後關鍵時刻罰球6投5中為湖人的勝利買了保險。
Carmelo Anthony scored 21 points but just three after halftime for Denver, which lost at home for the first time since March 9. He was 4-for-13 in his worst performance of the postseason.
甜瓜(Carmelo Anthony)全場拿下了21分，但其中下半場只攻下了3分，也使得金塊在3月9號後首次被攻破主場。甜瓜出手13次卻只命中4球的命中率是他今年季後賽至今最差的表現。
Before Saturday night, the Nuggets had been dominant at home in the playoffs. They ran away with all six games at Pepsi Center against the New Orleans Hornets and Dallas Mavericks by an average of 17.5 points.
在這場比賽前，金塊的主場百事中心在季後賽尚處於無敵的狀態，在前兩輪對黃蜂和小牛的6場主場比賽中他們的平均勝分高達17.5分。
But as Bryant said, "It's the Western Conference finals. It should be close."
但就如小飛俠說的: "這是西區冠軍賽，戰況將會非常膠著。"
The Nuggets -- who led most of the game but were done in by poor decisions and a failure to keep their composure -- fell behind by four points when Trevor Ariza stole Kenyon Martin's inbounds pass, was fouled by Anthony and sank two foul shots for a 99-95 lead with 36 seconds left.
雖然金塊整場大多都處於領先的狀況下，但在錯誤的判斷和無法保持沉著的情況下他們將優勢拱手讓人 -- 在亞里莎(Trevor Ariza)抄走了馬丁(Kenyon Martin)的場外發球並被甜瓜犯規的情況下，他穩穩的罰進了兩球讓湖人得以在剩餘36秒時以99-95暫時領先。
Chauncey Billups' two free throws made it 99-97, but Bryant sank two more free throws with 22 seconds remaining, Billups missed a 3-pointer and Bryant capped his big night with two more foul shots with 12 seconds left.
槍西(Chauncey Billups)的兩顆罰球讓金塊只落後兩分，但小飛俠在最後22秒時又站上罰球線並罰進了兩球。在下一波進攻槍西投了個麵包之後小飛俠在剩餘12秒時罰進了比賽的最後兩球。
Several hours before the game, Bryant was admiring James' buzzer-beater that gave Cleveland a 96-95 win over Orlando in the Eastern Conference finals, saying big-time players make big-time shots.
在比賽的前幾個小時小飛俠正在欣賞小皇帝投進的那顆絕殺三分，並表示看板球星就該投進這種關鍵性的球。
He showed that.
而他也身體力行了自己說的話。
The Nuggets had won 16 in a row at home, and now Los Angeles has grabbed back the home-court advantage.
金塊主場的16連勝劃下了句點，而現在湖人也重新搶回了主場優勢。
Game 4 is Monday night, when the Lakers and Nuggets will have the Pepsi Center to themselves after World Wrestling Entertainment moved Monday Night Raw to the Staples Center in Los Angeles because of the double booking that WWE chairman Vince McMahon milked for all it was worth.
第四戰將如期在星期一於百事中心舉行，因為在場地衝突下WWE的主席Vince McMahon最後讓步並將他們的Monday Night Raw移至了湖人主場史坦普中心進行。
That doesn't mean the crowd in Denver won't see some elbows, forearms and more trash talking like they did Saturday night, when there were five technicals called, including one on Smith for taunting Sasha Vujacic after swishing a 3-pointer at the third-quarter buzzer.
但丹佛的觀眾們將還是有機會目睹比這場更多的肢體衝突以及垃圾話。今天裁判單場就送出了多達5次的技術犯規，其中包含了針對丁尺在第三節末投進三分時對莎莎公主(Sasha Vujacic)叫囂的技術犯規。
The Nuggets took a 79-71 lead on Smith's bucket. Vujacic, who had just hit a 3-pointer of his own, his first points of the game, nearly stole Billups' pass, but Smith snared it, spun and swished the 3-pointer as the backboard lit up in red and he fell to the floor with the crowd going crazy.
丁尺投進這球後金塊以79-71的領先進入了第四節。在剛投進了本場第一個三分球後，莎莎差點又抄走了槍西的球，但丁尺一把抓了回來並在記分板亮紅燈前投進了這顆三分後倒在地上，全場也為之沸騰。
Caught up in the moment, Smith jumped up jawing at Vujacic and was T'd up.
在過於激動的情緒下丁尺起身並對莎莎噴了一些垃圾話，而代價便是換得了一次技術犯規。
Denver coach George Karl told ABC at the break that he didn't like the way the Nuggets had played the third quarter, saying they had lost composure with fouls and technicals and weren't playing smart.
金塊的教練卡爾(George Karl)在休息的時候對ABC表示他不喜歡球員們在第三節的表現。他們因為犯規和T而失去了冷靜，所以打的不是很聰明。
Before the fourth quarter started, Bryant swished the technical free throw, and the comeback had begun.
在第四節開始前小飛俠投進了技術犯規的罰球，而湖人的逆襲也隨之展開。
Ariza's 3-pointer gave the Lakers an 81-80 lead with 7½ minutes remaining.
亞里莎在比賽剩下7分半鐘時命中了一顆三分，讓湖人終於以81-80取得了領先優勢。
After Billups' four-point play -- a 3-pointer while getting bumped by Bryant -- gave Denver a 89-86 lead, Pau Gasol hit back-to-back jumpers over Nene to put the Lakers back on top, and Bryant's bucket made it 92-91 with three minutes left.
槍西在小飛俠的防守下完成了一次精采的四分打，讓金塊得以89-86領先。西班牙鬥牛士(Pau Gasol)這時跳了出來，連續投進了兩球，而在剩下三分鐘時小飛俠又進了一球讓湖人以92-91領先。
The Lakers were just 9-of-17 on free throws in the first half and Denver hit 17 of 20, but the Nuggets couldn't break free for one of their patented spurts, twice missing three shots on one trip downcourt when a bucket would have given them some cushion.
在上半場湖人的罰球表現不佳，罰17球只進了9球，而相較下金塊罰20球卻命中了17球。但金塊始終無法擺脫對手，在兩波各出手了三次可以擴大領先優勢的進攻中卻沒辦法取得任何分數。
Notes
Lakers C Andrew Bynum has been saying he wants to play more minutes and his coach said he can if he plays better defense. ... Bryant grabbed his right hamstring after Martin rejected his shot early in the third quarter, but he stayed in the game and quickly showed he was quite all right by hitting an uncontested 3-pointer.
湖人的中鋒霸男(Andrew Bynum)一直表示他想要多一點的上場時間，但禪師(Phil Jackson)表示首先他必須在防守端有更好的表現。在第三節前半馬丁封阻了他的一次出手後小飛俠似乎拉扯到了他的腿部肌腱，不過隨後他命中了一記三分以表示他沒有大礙。
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