'Unfamiliar territory' for Kobe Bryant
By Ramona Shelburne | ESPNLosAngeles.com
Kobe Bryant has never slept much. In a few years, when basketball is over for
him and there is nothing left to chase, maybe then he'll sleep.
Kobe從來睡的就不多。幾年之後，當他的籃球生涯結束以及世界上再沒剩下什麼他可以追
求的東西的時候，也許那時他會去好好睡一覺吧。
For now, rest is nothing more than a function. He sleeps in staccato
segments. A few hours at night, a few more in the middle of the day if
there's time before a game. Off-days are miserable. Those in his inner circle
are used to short, late-night text messages that name a time and a place. The
expectation? Be there quick. Kobe wants to work.
在現在這種情況下，休息只不過是一個職責罷了。Kobe的睡眠時間都是些斷斷續續的片段
。晚上睡幾個小時，如果在比賽前還有空的話，那麼白天就再多睡幾個小時。連休息的日
子也是悲慘的。Kobe的內部圈子裡的人都習慣了那些言簡意賅只寫著一個時間和一個地點
的，深夜發來的短信。言下之意是什麼呢？趕快給我過來。Kobe要工作了。
It's how he deals with things even when there's nothing to deal with.
這就是Kobe對待事情的態度，哪怕實際上沒有任何事情需要處理。
But on this night there was a lot to work through. This was the night after
Kobe Bryant had failed. After he had turned around for a pass that never came
from Metta World Peace at the end of Game 2 of the Los Angeles Lakers Western
Conference semifinal series against the Oklahoma City Thunder.
但是這一夜卻有一大堆工作要搞定。這是Kobe失敗之後的那個夜晚。是西區半決賽湖人打
雷霆第2場終場前，Kobe轉過身準備接慈世平的傳球，但那個球從來就沒有傳出的那個夜
晚。
Steve Blake had popped wide open in the corner. With Kobe covered on the far
side of the court, Metta almost had to pass it to Blake. Still, Kobe was mad.
His turnovers in the final few minutes allowed the Thunder to seize control
over a game they had no business winning. They were his mistakes to atone
for. Bryant has always been OK with those terms. All the great ones are. Just
put the ball in his hands and whatever comes of it, he'll live with.
Blake在底角投出了一個空位投籃。因為Kobe在球場的遠端被防守人照顧著，慈世平幾乎
是不得不把球傳給Blake。誠然，Kobe有些氣急敗壞。他在最後幾分鐘裡的失誤讓雷霆掌
握了他們幾乎沒可能贏下的比賽的主動權。那些都是Kobe犯的錯誤，他要彌補它們。Kobe
一直以來在那些情況下都表現尚可。所有偉大的球員都是這樣的。只要把球交給他而且不
論結果是什麼，他會承擔。
But instead of getting the last shot, instead of getting that chance to fix
things, the ball never came to him. Blake missed. The Lakers lost. The most
important game of the season and he didn't even get a chance to settle it.
There was no way to sleep after that.
但是這回沒有出手最後一投，沒有得到彌補過錯的機會，球沒有交到他手上。Blake錯失
了這個絕殺。湖人輸了。Blake甚至沒有得到給本賽季最最重要的比賽一錘定音的機會。
在那一切發生之後，睡覺？沒門！
This Oklahoma City team was too good. Its stars were too much like him.
這支雷霆隊太出色了。他們的球星和Kobe太像了。
"They grew up watching me," Bryant said. "It's like I'm playing a mirror
image of myself in [Russell] Westbrook, [James] Harden and [Kevin] Durant.
You've just got to dig deep and fight 'em back."
“他們是看著我打球長大的，”Kobe說。“和Westbrook, Harden和 Durant
比賽就像是在和我自己的鏡像在比賽一樣。你必須要明白這些並且做出反擊。
”
So the next night he went to shoot. He texted a friend, asking to meet him at
the Lakers' practice facility. And for two hours, while everyone else in this
brutally scheduled series was catching some rest where they could, Kobe
Bryant put up shots. This is his routine the night before a game. It cleanses
the palate. It helps him move on.
所以第二天晚上，他跑過去練投籃了。他給一個朋友發了短信，要求他趕到湖人隊的訓練
場和他見面。然後整整2個小時，當這輪賽程安排可以用殘忍來形容的季後賽裡的其他人
隨處都在抓緊時間休息的時候，Kobe在定點跳投。這是他在比賽的前夜裡的習慣。
這可以一掃之前的陰霾。這還可以幫助他前進。
He said nothing during the workout. Not one word. At the end of it he was
drenched in sweat. His shot felt good. It was enough. He went home and slept
a few hours.
在訓練裡，他一言不發。一個字都沒說。在訓練結束的時候，他渾身被汗水浸透。他的投
籃手感很不錯。所以訓練量已經足夠了。然後他就回去了，小睡了幾個小時。
"This is what I do," Bryant said. "I've always done this."
“這就是我的方式，”Kobe說。“我一直都在幹這個。”
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"We want to win and win now," Bryant said after the Lakers' ouster. "I'm sure
we'll figure it out. We always have and I'm sure we will again."
Kobe Bryant figured out how to make himself into a great player a long time
ago. His routines, his preparation, his approach have all been honed and
refined over the years. It's the other stuff that gets to him. The things he
can't prepare for or forget with a night of shooting in the gym. The place he
finds himself now after the Lakers were eliminated in Game 5 of the
best-of-seven series.
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“我們想要贏球，現在就想要，”Kobe在湖人被淘汰後說道。“我確信我們會把問題找出
來的。我們總是能夠（把問題）找出來而且我確信我們會再一次找出來。”
Kobe很久以前就找到了怎麼樣才能讓自己成為偉大球員的方法。年復一年，他的日常訓練
計劃，他對比賽的準備，他的方法都已經被磨練得爐火純青了。這回困擾他的是其他的問
題。困擾他的是那些他沒辦法提前準備或者用一個晚上在體育館裡的投籃就能忘記的事情
。困擾他的是湖人在7場4勝的系列賽的第5場就被淘汰回家之後，他發現的自己現在所處
的位置。
For the second straight year they weren't good enough.
連續第二年湖人還不夠出色。
For the second straight year Bryant couldn't fix them.
連續第二年Kobe沒能拯救湖人。
It was wrong from the beginning. All jumbled and strange with the failed
trade for Chris Paul on the eve of training camp. He probably should've known
then this wasn't meant to be. But knowing and accepting are two different
things.
事情從賽季一開始就不在正軌上。所有的事情都隨著訓練營開始的前夜那樁失敗的換CP3
的交易而變得混亂和陌生。他也許本應該在那之後明白事情本不該變成這樣的。但是知道
和接受畢竟是兩碼事。
"It's kind of unfamiliar territory," Bryant said when it was all over. "I'm
really not used to it."
“這有點像是一個陌生的領域，”當一切都結束的時候Kobe說道。“我真的不習慣。”
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