东部有六支强队，另外一些胜率将不过50%，雄鹿进步了不少，鹰队维持了阵容并能保持主场优势，公牛需要更长的磨合期来超过密尔沃基和亚特兰大。

The Bucks have improved, but the Hawks kept their roster together and should retain home-court advantage. The Bulls will need more perimeter shooting to move past Milwaukee and Atlanta.

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我们需要这个结果，这可以让球员在对抗强队时充满信心。

We needed a result like that to give the players belief that they can play and perform against the big sides.

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球队不再是联盟的强队，这使得湖人需要雇用一名大牌教练，而没有教练的名气要比杰克逊的大了。

No longer at the top of the league, the Lakers needed the buzz of a big-name hire, and there was none bigger than Jackson.

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