The NBA season is less that 2 months old. For struggling teams like the Memphis Grizzlies and LA Clippers, losing streaks and injuries have seriously dampenedhopes at a playoff run.
这个NBA赛季已经过了将近两个月的时间了。对于像灰熊和快船一样在深渊苦苦挣扎的球队，连败和伤病几乎磨灭了他们进军季后赛的希望。
Although it may be just a matter of time until talented teams like theOklahoma City Thunder, Milwaukee Bucks and Washington Wizards rise in the standings, the current forecast is looking cloudy for them.
尽管对像俄克拉荷马雷霆，密尔沃基雄鹿和华盛顿奇才这种天赋满满的球队来说上升到分区前几只是时间问题，但目前，他们却在不断输掉比赛。
Here's a look at five underperforming teams.
下面，来看看目前为止这五支表现不佳的球队都是什么样的状况。

LA Clippers
洛杉矶快船队
If your starting lineup on Dec. 1 contains only one of your five opening-night starters, there's good reason to panic.
如果到12月1号你的首发阵容只剩开局夜的五位首发中的一位，那你的确要经历一番恐慌了。
Blake Griffin appears headed for a two-month absence.Patrick Beverley has been lost for the season. Milos Teodosic won't be back before Christmas and Danilo Gallinari's status is uncertain.
首发格里芬缺席两个月的比赛。贝弗利赛季报销。奥多希奇圣诞之前不会回归，而加里纳利的情况也并不稳定。
The only true point guard on the roster is second-rounder Jawun Evans, and the Clippers' most prolific scorers now are Lou Williams and Austin Rivers. There's little in the way of roster flexibility, and the trade market for DeAndre Jordan may not be as fertile as the Clippers would like.
场上唯一的控卫是第二阵容的贾旺·埃文斯，而快船目前最有力的得分手是威廉姆斯和小里弗斯。现在快船阵容毫无灵活度可言，而小乔丹的交易也不会像快船所期待的那么可观。

Memphis Grizzlies
孟菲斯灰熊队
A pretty good sign of underperformance is firing a head coach coming off a playoff berth in his rookie season on the bench. Goodbye, David Fizdale, the victim of an eight-game losing streak and a frosty relationship with franchise center Marc Gasol.
灰熊表现不佳的一个明显标志就是炒掉一个在他执教的第一个赛季就带领球队进入季后赛的主教练。再见了，大卫·菲兹戴尔，一名因球队八连败以及与球队核心中锋加索尔的不和关系而背上责任的“受害者”
Mike Conley, their max-salaried point guard, remains out indefinitely with Achilles soreness; Chandler Parsons, who has been productive but overpriced in a limited role this season, left with soreness in his twice-surgically-repaired right knee. JaMychal Green hasn't been himself since returning from a high ankle sprain.
麦克·康利，灰熊的顶新控卫，由于跟腱疼痛还不知何时才能回归；钱德勒·帕森斯，这个赛季他有一定的得分能力但着实有限，并不值得顶薪的工资，而他也因他经过两次手术的右膝疼痛再次离开球场。杰迈克尔·格林，自从他高位踝关节扭伤恢复，回到赛场之后，就再也不像之前那样高效了。
Gasol provides a sliver of hope. Perhaps he'll flourish after Fizdale's firing, but make no mistake, the moody Gasol has been a major part of Memphis' recent problems.
只有加索尔还让灰熊保留着一丝希望。也许在菲兹戴尔被炒掉之后他会有更好的发挥，但别忘了，情绪化的加索尔其实是灰熊近期问题最重要的部分。
He's shooting below 40 percent during that span and certainly hasn't looked like a former Defensive Player of the Year.Gasol has a net rating of minus-13.7 during the skid; the Grizzlies have been plus-3.1 when he sits.
那段时间，他的命中率还不足40%，当然，防守方面他也不再有年度最佳防守球员的效率了。在灰熊战绩不断下滑的这段时间，加索尔在场上的正负值是负13.7，而他不在场时，灰熊的正负值是正3.1。

Oklahoma City Thunder
俄克拉荷马雷霆队
Most expected the fit between Paul George, Russell Westbrook and Carmelo Anthony to take some work, but it's been far rougher around the edges.
大多数球迷希望保罗·乔治，威少和安东尼之间良好的化学反应可以对球队有一些帮助，但实际情况却大相径庭。
The Thunder have real offensive issues, namely that they isolate far too much and take far too many midrange 2-pointers out of those isolations. Their free throw rate has suffered as a result, which all directly connects to them ranking 22nd in offensive efficiency.
雷霆的进攻存在很大问题，他们太注重个人单打，在这种情况下，他们得分也大多是个人中距离两分。结果就是，他们的罚球命中率直线下降，这和他们进攻效率跌至22名有直接关系。
Which is shockingly low for a team with that much talent. The worry is starting to creep in: Can those three stars play together?
一支拥有这样天赋的球队，排名却惊人地低。于是，便有了这样的忧虑：这三个人真的能在一支球队打球吗？

Milwaukee Bucks
密尔沃基雄鹿队
Aside from the fact that Giannis Antetokounmpo got caught on camera exchanging some angry words with an assistant coach, the reality for the Bucks is that the supporting cast around the early MVP candidate just hasn't been good enough.
除了字母哥被拍到和球队助教对骂以外，雄鹿目前的还存在的问题是，他们为这个MVP候选人配备的帮手还不够优秀。
Eric Bledsoe hasn't had a huge impact since being acquired from the Phoenix Suns. Khris Middleton has had some nice games, but there are also times where he is a nonfactor. There just hasn't been a lot of consistency within this group.
从菲尼克斯太阳队交易来的埃里克·布莱德索对球队没有多大的帮助。米德尔顿有过一些不错的表现，但有的时候他还是起不到什么作用。这个球队没有太多稳定性强的球员。
But there is always hope when Giannis is on your team. The problem is that he can only do so much, several of his teammates have to contribute more if the Bucks want to take another step in their evolution this year. The Bucks can't rely on the 22-year-old to carry them every night.
但是有扬尼斯在阵中就代表着还有希望。问题是他的确能贡献很多，但如果雄鹿想在今年更进一步的话，他的队友就必须贡献更多。雄鹿不能指望每场比赛都只靠这个22岁的小伙子来带领他们取胜。

Washington Wizards
华盛顿奇才队
The Wizards hope John Wall will BRB after PRP (platelet-rich plasma).
奇才队希望约翰·沃尔能够在进行富血小板血浆手术后尽快回归。
"I'm fine with John missing two weeks if this is going to make him better," center Marcin Gortat said. "Two weeks are not two months. We can cover for him for two weeks, and then he's going to come back stronger, better, healthy, and then hopefully we can go from there. That said, he's our leader."
“如果约翰缺席两周比赛能让他身体状况更好的话，那我没什么意见，” 奇才中锋马辛·戈塔特说。“两周又不是两个月。这两周我们可以代替他的位置，这样他回来的时候就会更强壮，状态更好也更健康，希望我们那时可以重拾状态。其实就是说，他是我们的领袖。”

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