[外電] 尼克出發徵收分區,城市

[mywu (吳嘉)]

原文網址:http://tinyurl.com/bzsfmvx

Fifteen days. That’s all it has been. Fifteen days ago it seemed — and
sounded — like we were staring at a genuine basketball revolution. It seemed
— and sounded — like we had officially rebranded ourselves a two-team town,
that the Nets and Knicks were on even footing, co-stars in the refurbished
City Game.

15天. 這是自從上次籃網與尼克碰頭之後的天數.15天前,我們好似看了場真正的籃
球革命.我們重新包裝自己,打造成兩虎相棲的城市.尼克與籃網,有如兩大明星,各執一方
得出演這改版的城市之爭遊戲.

Fifteen days later, we see a different landscape. We see the Knicks, suddenly
reformulated as NBA darlings, safely ensconced in first place, six wins in
the seven games since their last trip to Brooklyn. We see the Nets, hobbled
(though not as hobbled as the Knicks), enter the night having lost four
straight.

15天之後,我們看到了不同的局勢.一夕之間,尼克成了NBA寵兒,安全的佔據第一名,自
上次到布魯克林作客後,在七場比賽中取得了六次勝利.而籃網則是步履蹣跚(當然跟尼克的
那些老人比,還不至於到步履蹣跚這情況)連續輸了4場比賽,再次的跟我們相見.

Suddenly, Part Two of this four-chapter passion play feels less a battle for
the hearts and minds of the city’s basketball fans and far more an
opportunity for both teams to make important statements: For the Nets, to
calm worry that their recent dreadful play is anything but a speed-bump
aberration, that they’ll be fine, no hassle, no worry. And for the Knicks, a
simple two-part message:

突然的,對這個城市的球迷而言,第二回合不像是兩隊互爆的戰爭,而是給他們機會做
出宣言:

籃網:大家不要擔心,最近慘澹的成績只是不小心撞到電線桿的凸槌,請大家安心.

尼克:我們只有簡單的兩點要說.

This is our division.

這個分組是我們的

This is our town.

這個城市是我們的.

Until further notice. No matter what Jay-Z might say.
以上. 管嘻哈歌手(籃網金主)Jay-Z怎麼說.

When last we saw these warring basketball factions on the same floor the Nets
were crowing about an overtime victory and their ascendant placement atop the
Atlantic Division and the Knicks were answering questions about whether their
fast start was a past-tense phenomenon, an quirk of timing and circumstance.

當我們上次看到這兩派籃球人馬在同個木板地板廝殺的時候,籃網正因為延長賽的勝
利與大西洋分區排名上升到第一而狂喜不已.尼克呢,則需要為之前迅速取得的好成績是
否只是天時地利人和這類問題作辯護.

That night 15 days ago and that outcome — an occasionally ugly but often
entertaining 96-89 overtime win for the Nets — seemed to strengthen the
narrative that had arisen around this nascent inter-borough rivalry: The Nets
had arrived, they had fired a Fort Sumter-level warning shot across the
Manhattan Bridge.

15天前的晚上,那偶爾醜陋但很有娛樂性的96-89籃網延長賽勝利似乎加深了人們對
這新產生的小鎮之爭的敘述:籃網降臨了.它們朝著曼哈頓橋射出了足以造成美俄冷戰的砲
響來表示他們的來臨.

The two teams left Barclays Center that night tied for first place and the
Nets kept blazing two nights later, walking into Boston and slapping around
the Celtics. It’s hard to say how these things work in the minds of voters,
but it wasn’t long after that Nets coach Avery Johnson was named Eastern
Conference coach of the month, edging out Knicks coach Mike Woodson, both
teams sitting at 11-4 as November bled into December.

在兩隊離開Barclays Center球場共享同組第一之後,籃網持續掃蕩,大步的走進
波士頓,把塞爾蒂克的臉打的腫腫的.這些事情對要選邊站的球迷所會帶來的影響是很難說
的,尤其是當不久之後,籃網的教練 Avery Johnson 把尼克教練 Mike Woodson擠出去得到
當月東區最佳教練.兩隊在11月進入12月時都取得11-4的成績.

A funny thing has happened since then.

自那之後,有趣的事情發生了

The Nets stopped winning. Literally. Eleven and four has become 11-8 in an
eye blink, and while its true the Nets’ struggles have coincided nicely with
the absence of Brook Lopez and his most recent foot problems (with two of the
losses coming against last year’s Finalists, the Heat and the Thunder), it’
s also true they have played consecutive lousy games at home against the
Warriors and Bucks, teams they should be able to beat in Brooklyn even with a
couple of pieces gone.

勝利之神離開了籃網.11勝4敗一眨眼間就成了11勝8敗. 沒錯,籃網在戰績上的掙扎
跟Brook Lopez的缺席與他最近腿受傷有關聯(2場比賽輸給了去年季後賽最後隊伍,熱火與
雷霆),但說籃網在主場與勇士跟公鹿比賽時打的零零落落的也沒錯. 即使缺少了幾名大將,
籃網應該也是有能力拿下這兩場勝利而不是輸掉比賽.

Barclays ought to be another fascinating culture study tonight. Back on Nov.
26, though most generously broke the crowd down as 60-40 Nets, it was really
more a 50-50 split, though that was still a tremendous upgrade for the Nets
from the old Jersey quotas. Still, Nets fans in the house delighted in the
win, shrugged off (rightfully) the laments of their Knicks neighbors that
Jason Kidd didn’t play (to say nothing about Amar’e Stoudemire and Iman
Shumpert). No Nets fan was more giddy than the team’s most famous
shareholder.

今晚在Barclay球場也會是項研讀多采多姿場邊文化的好機會.在11月26日,球迷對球
球隊的支持比例最多可以分成6成尼克,4成籃網,雖然實際上應該是五五平手.但跟之前換
城市相比,支持率還是增加許多.當然,籃網球迷對於贏了尼克很是高興,很快把鄰居尼克對
老基沒出賽的哀怨(對於阿罵跟香波的缺席倒是啥都沒說)從肩膀上拍掉.沒有人比籃網最
有名的金主更開心了.

“The city,” Jay-Z tweeted, “is under new management.”

"這個城市的管理者",Jay-Z在tweeter 說著,"要換人做了"

Fifteen days later, it certainly feels like the old administration has
re-taken the deed, reclaimed control, resumed its position as Big Brother.
These things can change, and quickly, and it certainly wouldn’t hurt the
Nets to close out the Brooklyn portion of this four-game regular-season
series with another reminder they aren’t in North Jersey any longer.

15天之後,一切看起來就像是舊管理者重新接管,掌權,拿回老大哥的位置.當然,在
萬事變化莫測,在這季與尼克的4次對戰中,籃網也有可能再取下一城提醒大家他們已經搬離
North Jersey.

“These guys are now 0-1 to us,” Johnson said yesterday. “They’re going to
try to come in and even it, just like we’ve talked about the same thing to
other teams.”

"對我們而言他們的成績就是0勝1負"Johnson昨天這麼說."他們會想要來這打平成績,
就跟那些被我們打敗然後再次對戰的隊伍一樣.

Even, as in the scoreboard. As the past 15 days have shown, it’ll take more
than one night’s work to truly gain even footing. It takes time to install
new management.

即使跟計分板寫的一樣好了.15天過去了也只是說明想要換新管理員可不是只靠一個
晚上就能夠達成的事情.

OS:整篇文寫的好像兩派人馬在爭奪土地一樣,連標題也聳動,我們是打籃球不是在拍黑幫
電影阿~

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