[外電] Bynum has made Kobe a championship believer

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By J.A. Adande ESPN.com

Kobe Bryant's 48 points in the Lakers' 123-121 overtime victory against the
SuperSonics weren't the most remarkable part of his evening. We've seen him
go for 40-plus before -- 86 times prior to Monday night, to be precise.
Kobe在對抗超音速的延長賽中，以48分幫助湖人以123-121取得最後的勝利。但這不是他
最令人稱道的一次。精確來說，在周一晚間之前他已經完成86次超越40分以上的任務了。

The newsworthy part came afterward, in an on-court interview with KCAL TV, in
which he talked about injured center Andrew Bynum. Bryant called Bynum a
"terrific, terrific player," then dropped this quote: "We're a
championship-caliber team when he's in the lineup."
賽後最有報導價值的是Kobe在場上接受KCAL TV訪問時提到受傷的中鋒Bynum。Kobe稱
Bynum是一個相當相當棒的球員，然後他下了一個註解：當Bynum在我們先發名單時，我們
將是一支足夠衝擊總冠軍的球隊！

For Bryant to speak of these Lakers in championship terms, now that's
significant. It was an unexpected bit of good news on the same day the Lakers
learned Bynum will miss the next eight weeks while recovering from the knee
injury he suffered Sunday night against Memphis.
當Kobe提到這支湖人和總冠軍這個名詞時，這是相當令人側目的。這也是湖人將要面對
Bynum受傷帶來八週缺席時間預期之外的一個算是好的消息。

Throughout their strong start to the season, Bryant was cautious with his
praise, reserving judgment. While Lakers fans said, "See?!", Bryant's remarks
were more wait-and-see. Now, halfway through the season, Bynum apparently has
shown enough for Bryant to use the c-word. It makes you wonder if his eyes
are no longer wandering, if he thinks the most realistic place to satisfy all
of his wants and needs is his current address.
經歷了強悍的開季後，Kobe對他口中一些稱讚的話顯得非常謹慎，而且保留評斷目前實力
的言語。當湖人迷說：看到了沒？，Kobe口中仍是"Wait-and-See"。而現在經歷半個球季
後，Bynum的表現讓Kobe不得不使用c開頭的這個字了。你會想要瞭解，是否他的眼裡已經
不再感到困惑了？他目前是否對他的渴望有了最實際的判定？

Until he publicly rescinds his trade demand, the clock still is ticking down
toward his early termination option in the summer of 2009. But the
second-hand movements get a little quieter whenever Bryant makes a statement
like that one. If he honestly thinks Bynum can develop into the best center
west of Dwight Howard, if he believes the Lakers can get back to the Finals
while he still is in his prime, then there's no reason for him to walk away
from the final two years and almost $48 million on his contract. Any team
with another superstar on the roster wouldn't have enough salary cap space to
give Bryant that kind of money. And any team close enough to a ring probably
wouldn't want to ship too many of those pieces to L.A. to bring in Bryant.
當他公開的說明他取消被交易的要求，而其實如果Kobe選擇2009年終止合約，那這個時鐘
也正在倒數計時著。不過目前這個消息是顯得比較沈靜的。如果如他所想的，Bynum可以
成長到成為西區的D. Howard的話，如果他相信這支湖人隊可以在他顛峰時重返總冠軍戰
的話，那他目前就沒有理由會在這兩年放棄他4800萬美元的合約，而其他擁有超級巨星的
球隊也沒有足夠的薪資空間容納Kobe的到來。而其他接近總冠軍的球隊也可能不會想要丟
掉其他的球員來換取Kobe的加入。

The Lakers never were eager to trade Bryant, only willing. So they coexisted
in an awkward truce. And it appears they have made the most unlikely
reconciliation since Tony and Carmella Soprano.
而湖人也從不渴望去交易Kobe走，除非Kobe想要。所以他們目前處在一個尷尬的停戰狀態
下。

Now comes the hard part. The Lakers are about to hit the most difficult
stretch of the schedule, including only three home games in February. Without
Bynum for the past game and a half, the Lakers were barely able to beat two
of the worst teams in the conference. It took all of Bryant's 85 points.
不過目前又來到了一個困境中。湖人之後將要面對賽程上最艱難的時刻，包含二月只有三
場主場比賽的賽程。失去Bynum後的近一場半的比賽中，湖人甚至很難打敗聯盟中的兩支弱
隊，而且全靠Kobe兩場比賽中拿了85分的幫忙。

It's not that he was able to do it. By now, it's obvious he could score 50
whenever he wanted. It's that he was willing to do it, that he feels vested
enough in this team's welfare to go all in for victory. He has showed
increasing trust in his teammates throughout the season; Monday, they turned
to him, and he bailed them out.
這不是他能不能做到這檔事，目前來看，只要他想，他隨時都能拿到50分以上。這也是他
過去被期待能做到的，這也是他在球隊中被賦予擁有的權力來全力為球隊獲勝的方式。不
過本季他對他的隊友們展現了更高程度的信任，但週一，隊友又再度對他求救，他又再度
拯救了球隊。

That victory in Seattle, secured when Bryant scored the final six points of
overtime, gave the Lakers a 26-11 record. It tied them with Phoenix for the
best in the Western Conference. The Lakers get the Suns at home Thursday. If
L.A. beats Phoenix, not only will it clinch the season series -- and
homecourt advantage in a tiebreaker situation, should they meet in the
playoffs -- but this young squad will have all the psychological ammunition
it needs to take on the team that ended their season the past two years.
週六對超音速的勝利，全靠Kobe在OT拿下最後的六分，將湖人推上26-11的戰績。追平太
陽成為西區的龍頭。週四湖人將在主場面對太陽，如果湖人能擊敗太陽，他們不止會在
本季對太陽的對戰中得勝，未來如果和太陽戰績相同時，湖人將會保有季後賽的主場優勢
。但這支年輕的球隊將需要全力的提升心裡的戰力，來對抗這支連兩場終結他們賽季的球
隊。

In their two months without Bynum, the Lakers will fall from the top of the
Western Conference. The question is, how much? How much fort-holding can
Bryant do, and how much will he have left when Bynum comes back? Will the
Lakers be able to recapture the flow that created this seven-game winning
streak they are on right now?
在他們失去Bynum的兩個月裡，湖人將可能從西區龍頭的地位掉下來。但問題是，會掉到
哪去？Kobe可以守住多少城池？在Bynum回來之前他可以撐在哪裡？湖人將可以重新找回
他們七連勝中流暢的跑動嗎？

Those are fair questions for anyone to ponder. As for the answers, Bryant
reminded us once again Monday: It's not about what anyone else believes. His
is the only opinion that matters.
這對每個人來講都是個難說的答案。不過就像Kobe在週一給大家的答案一樣，重點不在於
其他人怎麼想，他的信念才是湖人唯一的答案。

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