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Keith Smart and Marcus Thornton have been in a battle the past few days –
for tickets.
聰明哥和MT過去幾天都在搶票。
The Kings head coach and shooting guard are natives of Baton Rouge, La., near
where the Kings play the New Orleans Hornets tonight.
他們兩個都是Baton Rouge人。
So, naturally, both said they are trying to secure as many seats as they can
in New Orleans Arena.
自然他們兩個都要盡可能地鞏固越多位子。
Not that it sounds as if their respective family members would mind sitting
together.
"My mom and his family all go to the same church," Thornton said. "His
brother plays the drums there. So we're all connected in some kind of way."
「我媽和他的家族都去同一個教堂，他的兄弟在那邊打鼓，所以我們在某些方面是有關係
的」MT說
Thornton and Smart's brother attended the same high school, Tara in Baton
Rouge, said Smart, 47.
MT和聰明的兄弟讀同一個高中，在Baton Rouge的Tara，現年47的聰明哥說。
Smart said he remembers "hearing about (Thornton), this kid who's playing
basketball, going to LSU and things like that."
聰明說他記得有聽過MT，有個傢伙在打球，然後去LSU。
Neither could recall when they first met.
"I've been knowing him personally for two, three years," said Thornton, 24.
"But I knew of him already."
「我已經認識他兩三年了，但我更早之前就知道他了」現年24的MT說
Smart, lightly recruited out of McKinley High in Baton Rouge after a wrist
injury cut his prep career short, said he followed a friend to Garden City
Community College in Kansas and made the basketball team there in a walk-on
tryout.
聰明因為手腕傷提早離開Baton Rouge，後來跟著朋友到Kansas。
He later transferred to Indiana, where he hit the game-winning shot in the
1987 NCAA Championship Game, which was played in New Orleans.
之後到印弟安那，然後1987年在NCAA冠軍賽投進致勝球，這場比賽就在紐奧良舉行。
Thornton was born about two months later.
MT在差不多兩個月後出生。
After spending two years at Kilgore Community College in Texas out of high
school, he returned home to play at LSU and was drafted in 2009 by the Miami
Heat, which traded his draft rights to the Hornets.
在德州的社區學院待兩年後，回家讀LSU，在09年被熱火選中，但這選秀權被交易到黃蜂
Thornton averaged 14.5 points in his rookie season in New Orleans.
在菜鳥球季平均14.5分
He became a fan favorite, but his minutes decreased in his second season, and
he was traded to the Kings before last February's trade deadline.
他變得受歡迎，但第二個球季時間銳減，之後就被交易到國王。
When Thornton, a restricted free agent after last season, re-signed with the
Kings following the NBA lockout, his mother was with him in Sacramento and
sought out Smart.
在封館後就和國王重簽，他媽那時候也在沙城，就發現了聰明。
"She came up and gave me a hug," said Smart, who had joined the Kings as an
assistant coach. "She said, 'Oh, I'm so happy you're here with Marcus!' "
「她就過來給我個擁抱，她說"我很開心你在這邊陪著馬可斯"」聰明那時是國王的助教
"It made her at ease to have somebody she knows and trusts," Thornton said.
「這讓她輕鬆，因為有她所認識和信任的人」MT說
Thornton sees it as a positive as well.
MT也認為這是正面的。
"Having somebody from your same hometown, same background, same area, is
always good," he said. "They know how it was when you grew up.
「有和你相同家鄉、同個背景和同個地方來的人總是一件好事，他們知道你過去是如何成
長的」MT說
"Everything's the same."
「每樣東西都是相同的」
Averaging a team-high 17.4 points this season, Thornton has been prone to
fits of scoring, as illustrated by his 18-point third quarter in the Kings'
win over the Warriors on Saturday night.
It was his second game back after missing four games because of a hematoma in
his left thigh, an injury for which he is still receiving regular treatment.
He said afterward the thigh is "not back to normal yet," but is "getting
there."
這是他回來後的第二場比賽，仍然在接受常規治療，還沒有恢復正常，但越來越好了。
Tonight will be Thornton's first game playing in New Orleans since he signed
the four-year deal with the Kings, worth approximately $33 million.
這是和國王簽下四年約後第一場在紐奧良的比賽。
Before he signed, there were reports during the offseason the Hornets might
be interested in going after Thornton again.
在簽約前，有報導指出黃蜂也對他有興趣。
Thornton said he "heard rumors of it, but I didn't pay attention to it. It's
free agency, so whatever happens, happens."
MT說他有聽到這乳摸，但並沒有在意，如果發生了就發生了
"It's always good to be back at home," Thornton said.
「回到家總是好的」MT說
"But I knew we (were) building something great with the Kings, so I was
really leaning towards coming back here. And I'm glad it happened that way."
「但我知道在國王正在建立很棒的東西，所以我想要回來這裡，我也很高興真的發生了」
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