[外電] Celtics provide Bryant fuel for Finals

[chochofish (丘丘魚)]

賽隊燃起了Kobe的鬥志！！！

PHOENIX – Kobe Bryant(notes) walked out of the hallway and into the swell,
and all around, they flocked to him. Kids wanted autographs. Their parents
wanted pictures. Steve Nash(notes), cradling his daughter, came over to offer
congratulations. Bryant signed and posed, and, finally, he was free. With the
Los Angeles Lakers’ bus idling nearby, waiting to ferry him to his next
grudge match, Bryant gave a farewell salute.

One score settled, one more to come.

Kobe走出了走廊，被人群團團圍住。小朋友要簽名，大人要合照。飄髮哥擁著
女兒來祝賀。終於，Kobe上了巴士，要把他載往下個回合。




Kobe Bryant averaged nearly 34 points against the Suns in the West finals.

Kobe幹了平均34分，讓太陽西沉！


 Bryant dismissed the Phoenix Suns from the Western Conference finals,
erasing the stain of two embarrassing, lost seasons, and now comes his
toughest test yet. He must do what is expected of all great Lakers. He must
beat the Boston Celtics.

Kobe把太陽幹掉了，而他現在面臨他最艱困的挑戰。他必須作到人們對他的期
盼，他必須幹掉波士頓。

Bryant says
he didn’t care who the Lakers met in the NBA Finals, and no one believes
him. Two years ago, the Celtics denied Bryant his first championship without
Shaq. They embarrassed the Lakers, closing the series with a 39-point rout,
and afterward Bryant sequestered himself and a few team officials in a back
room of Boston’s Garden. For nearly an hour, Bryant simmered as the Celtics
whooped and celebrated directly across the hall.

Kobe說他並不在意冠軍賽對上誰，但是誰會相信？兩年前，波士頓阻止了他拿
下沒有俠客的第一個冠軍，而且還以39分差來關門。賽後，Kobe把自己封閉了一小時，然
後有點起笑似的向賽隊祝賀。


Once Bryant finally emerged, he found Celtics forward Brian Scalabrine(notes)
hoisting the championship trophy. Bryant stopped to shake Scalabrine’s hand,
but there was no hiding the contempt on his face: This player – this Celtics
’ role player – held what Bryant wanted.

當Kobe出現時，他發現賽隊前鋒Brian Scalabrine抱著冠軍盃，Kobe向握手。
但是Kobe不隱藏他的藐視：這個咖，燃起了Kobe的鬥志！


“He’s the ultimate competitor,” Lakers assistant coach Brian Shaw said. “
Anytime he doesn’t accomplish a goal he sets out to accomplish, he takes it
harder than anybody.

“To get that close and then to go out the way we went out … that’s what
fueled him.”

「他是個不可思議的球員，當他答不到他所設定的目標，他會更努力追求。」
湖人助理教練蕭恩說道。
「他會更靠近那目標，並且極力爭取，那是他的燃料！。」


Beating the Orlando Magic for last season’s championship helped validate
Bryant, but it didn’t erase the memories of two years ago. More than any
team over the past decade, the Celtics made Bryant look mortal in the 2008
Finals. Everywhere Bryant went on the court, a crowd waited. He shot barely
40 percent over the six games and concluded the series with a 7-of-22
performance. He didn’t trust his teammates enough, and they didn’t give him
much reason to do so.

去年幹掉魔術，拿到冠軍，使得Kobe獲得了價值，但是這並無法抹滅兩年前難
堪的記憶。過去十年沒有一隊可以像2008年的賽隊，讓Kobe那麼難堪。整個系列賽他只有
40％的FG％，且最後一場FG只有4/22。他那時不夠信任隊友，而隊友，也沒有理由讓他信
任。


Ron Artest(notes) was in Boston for that game, and he walked into the Lakers’
 locker room afterward, surprising everyone. His message to Bryant: I can
help you. Artest saw what everyone saw: The Lakers’ frontline wilted under
the Celtics’ physicality.

阿泰那時在波士頓看球。賽後阿泰走向湖人的更衣間，嚇到所
有的球員（廢話，那麼兇的臉），他跟Kobe說：我可以輔佐你。阿泰說了一個大家都知道
的事實，湖人的鋒線在體能體力上輸給賽隊。

Andrew Bynum(notes) missed the ’08 Finals with a knee injury and, even in
his current limited state, should now help the Lakers counter better. So
should Artest, who likely will take on the assignment of defending Paul
Pierce(notes), a task that often fell to Bryant.

拜能他錯過了08年冠軍賽，因為他的玻璃膝蓋，而且如果他再現在的狀態內，
他可以或多或少幫助湖人。所以說，阿泰將接下防守包皮的任務，而這任務常常是kobe的
。



“There aren’t many people who can guard him,” Artest said. “I’m probably
one of the few people who has a chance.”

Artest also was struck by something else he saw that night in Boston two
years ago. Never had Bryant looked more frustrated. For Kobe there is only
one true standard for greatness: titles won. Once again, he had fallen short.

Bryant now enters these Finals seeking his fifth championship, which would
tie him with Magic Johnson. Two of Johnson’s titles came against the
Celtics. No matter how much Bryant tries to downplay the significance of the
opponent, deep down, he realizes what beating Boston would do for his own
legacy. The game’s greats have distinguished themselves in the league’s
most storied rivalry. Now it’s his turn.

「沒有太多人能防守包皮。」阿泰說。「我也許是少數能的。」
阿泰當時也被一個情括嚇到，那就是：困窘的Kobe。對Kobe來說，只有一個保
證--贏！

Kobe現在進入總冠軍賽，企圖贏取第五座冠軍，這將讓他與魔術強生齊名。強
生有兩座冠軍是幹掉賽隊而來的。無論Kobe想怎麼淡化這個重要的對手（指賽隊），他知
道這次幹掉賽隊，可以在他的傳其中更添加一筆。這系列戰將會讓湖人們成為聯盟中的傳
奇。現在機會到來了。



“The challenge is to win the championship,” he said. “The Celtics are in
the way.”

This is payback for Kobe, and no one does revenge quite like him. The Suns
know this as well as anyone. They knocked Bryant from the playoffs in 2006
and ’07 then felt his wrath in the West finals. Bryant averaged nearly 34
points while shooting 52 percent in what stands as one of his greatest series
ever. He instilled some urgency into the Lakers after they flat-lined in Game
4, then closed out the Suns in Game 6 with a display of shot-making unrivaled
in these playoffs.

“Kobe is so good,” Lamar Odom(notes) said, “he makes incredible normal for
us.”

「唯一的挑戰是贏得冠軍。賽隊已經上路了！」Kobe說。
沒有人可以像Kobe這般喜歡復仇。太陽知道Kobe比任何球員都強。他們曾經擊
倒06和07年的湖人。Kobe這系列平均幹了34分，52％的命中率，他在第四戰後告知隊友他
們面臨了迫切性，並在第六戰用不可思議的得分來關門。
「Kobe太棒了，他不可思議啊。」喇媽說道。


Twenty-four of Bryant’s points on Saturday came in the second half. After
the Suns closed within three late in the fourth quarter, he spun away from
both Grant Hill(notes) and Channing Frye(notes) and hit a tough fading shot.
With Hill again draped over him a minute later, Bryant pump-faked once then
rose and buried one more stunning dagger.

“Good defense,” Suns coach Alvin Gentry told Hill.

“Not quite good enough,” Bryant fired back. He grinned and swatted Gentry
on his rear. There would be no stopping him on this night.

“Right now he’s the best player in basketball,” Gentry said. “And it’s
not even close.”

24分的得分來自下半場。當地四節太陽追到只差3分時，Kobe轉身，甩掉了Hill和Fyre
，投進了超噁爛的後跳。一分鐘之後Hill繼續防守他，Kobe假動作，並且埋葬了太陽。「
好防守！」Gentry told Hill。「還不夠啦！」Kobe回嘴。Kobe對Gentry笑了笑，還打他
屁股。太陽無法阻止這傢伙。
「他是聯盟最佳球員！」 Gentry感嘆！


Bryant hasn’t lacked for fuel to burn in these playoffs. Someone suggested
Kevin Durant(notes) had already surpassed him in greatness. LeBron
James(notes) failed to make good on another MVP season. The Suns had twice
beaten him in the playoffs.

Now here come the Celtics. Bryant can say he doesn’t give a damn who he
plays, but everyone knows otherwise. This is different.

This is payback, and rarely does Kobe leave his scores unsettled.

Kobe在這季後賽，從未喪失鬥志。有人說KD已經超越他了，而LBJ又再一次
在MVP的光環下表現不佳。而太陽過去則是兩度幹掉湖人。
現在賽隊來了，Kobe說誰來都無所謂，但是大家都知道，賽隊對Kobe來說完全
不同。


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