http://0rz.tw/9d42h Paul Pierce’s big night speaks volumes Paul Pierce never spoke so much as a word last night, yet somehow managed to issue two powerful statements. Paul Pierce昨晚没说一个字，但是他还是发出了两份很有力的宣言。 Statement No. 1: Before the Celtics met the Atlanta Hawks in Game 5 of their best-of-seven playoff series at the Garden, a press release was issued in which Pierce addressed the suddenly infamous “menacing gesture” from Game 3. 宣言一：在第五战前，一份有关第三战Pierce那个突然很不名誉的”威吓手势”的声明 ，被发布给记者。 A gang-related salute? A simple locker room gesture that’s been in play all season? 跟帮派有关的致意？一个整季以来都在比的简单休息室手势？ “I 100 percent do not in any way promote gang violence or anything close to it,” the Celtics captain said. “I am sorry if it was misinterpreted that way at Saturday’s game.” “我百分之百没有宣传帮派暴力，或是任何跟此有关之事物。”Celtics 的队长说”我 对於礼拜六的比赛外界有任何曲解，感到抱歉。” Statement No. 2: The game was just seconds old when Pierce’s play had every single person with any kind of emotional or financial attachment to the Hawks saying, “Uh oh.” 宣言二：才开赛没多久，Pierce的打法就让所有跟老鹰队有情感，或是金钱连结的人说 了声”欧喔”(糟糕)。 It was, in a way, a throwback to the bad old days of the 2006-07 season, when Pierce was a one-man show for a bottom-of-the-barrel outfit. 在这方面，这就好像是回到了2006-2007年球季那些不舒服的老日子，那时 Pierce总是 一人独秀，因为跟他一起的球员很糟。 Look! There’s Pierce, scoring at will! Look! There’s Pierce, playing hard on defense, hauling in rebounds! 看！那是Pierce，得分如入无人之境！看！那是Pierce，认真地防守，努力地抓篮板！ There was no talk on this night about hand gestures being gang-related, no talk about fines being levied by the NBA’s various deans of discipline. 今晚没有任何手势跟帮派相连的谈话，没有被NBA罚款的谈话。 Pierce, instead, was a one-man gang in the first quarter, scoring 10 of his game-high 22 points in what would be a systematic, 110-85 dismantling of the Hawks that sends this series back to Atlanta with the Celtics a victory away from advancing to the Eastern Conference semifinals. 取而代之地，Pierce在第一节就是个单枪匹马的大盗，得了本季季後赛新高的22分中的 10分，在这场以110-85有系统地摧毁老鹰队的比赛，把系列战送回亚特兰大，而距离东 区准决赛只剩一场。 “Pierce got it started for them early,” said the Hawks’ Josh Smith, echoing words that surely were spoken by thousands of Celtics fans as they emptied out of the Garden. “At the beginning of the games lately he hasn’t been getting himself involved in the offense early on, and that’s probably been the cause of him not doing well.” “Pierce很早就启动。”老鹰队的 Josh Smith说，回应着上万名Celtics球迷离开球场 时会说的话”在最近几场球，他没有很早就把自己融入进攻之中，这可能是他最近打的 不好的原因。” Well, OK, there’s that. 好吧，就是这样了。 But when you issue a one-page statement before the game about The Gesture, and then you throw on your coat after the game and walk out of the building without saying a word, it’s not because you want to get home in time to watch Leno. 但是当你在比赛前发布了一份有关那个手势的一页长的声明，然後你在赛後穿上外套， 不发一语离开球场，当然不是为了要赶快回家赶着看雷诺谈话秀。 Pierce likes to talk. And he’s good at it. He’s lively and he’s personable, and he speaks about the game and his game with passion. That he didn’t talk last night was a gesture in and of itself, if you know what we mean. Pierce喜欢说话。而且他很会说话。他是活泼而且风度好的，他会谈谈比赛，还有他对 比赛的热情。他昨晚没说的，是一个手势还有它的意义，如果你了解我们在说什麽。 And that’s why, in the end, the NBA’s decision to fine Pierce $25,000 for aiming that hand gesture at the Hawks’ Al Horford in Game 3 may turn out to be a rallying cry for the Celtics. 这就是最终NBA决定要对Pierce朝Al Horford比那个手势罚25,000美金，也许会使Celtics 重整旗鼓的原因。 “The way he came out early,” offered Kendrick Perkins, “we just rode on his back. He had great focus. We fed off of him tonight. You could see it in his eyes that he really wanted this one.” “他早早就启动”Kendrick Perkins说”我们只要骑在他的背上。他有绝佳的专注力。 我们今晚从他那边得到很多力量。你可以从他的眼睛看的出来，他真的很想拿下这场。” James Posey agreed that Pierce was the catalyst last night. James Posey同意Pierce是今晚的刺激因素。 “When he gets aggressive like that, it’s hard to stop him,” he said. “But we’ve seen him do this before. We’ve see him get like this in practice.” “当他像这样富侵略性，要挡住他很难。”他说”但是我们以前就看过他这样了。我们 在练习时就看过他这种状态。” For the record, there didn’t appear to be any hand gestures by Pierce last night, unless he was hailing a cab on Causeway Street after the game. 纪录上，Pierce昨晚没有比出任何手势，除非他比赛後在Causeway街上招了台计程车。 But by virtually all accounts, Pierce used the gesture - in which he maneuvers his right index finger and thumb into a circle and raises his three other fingers together - throughout the regular season. 但是事实上，Pierce整季都在用这个手势—弯曲他的食指跟拇指形成一个圈圈，另外一 起举起三支手指。 Let’s apply some common sense here. 用点常识吧。 Either the gesture is gang-related or it is not gang-related. And if it is gang-related, it’s inappropriate during an NBA game whether it’s being aimed at your own teammates, the opposing team, the referees or a pregnant woman in the fourth row. 这个手势，跟帮派不是有关就是没关。如果这跟帮派有关，在 NBA比赛里就是不适当， 不管你是不是朝着你的队友、你的敌队、裁判，还是坐在第四排的孕妇。 If the league truly is up to speed on gang-related hand gestures, they would have been wise to penalize Pierce the first time a piece of video popped up showing ol’ No. 34 doing it. 如果联盟真的想要跟上时代处理帮派相关手势，当一开始的影片显示34号这样作的时候 ，就该睿智地处罚他。 The NBA has boxed itself in on this one. Now every gesture, however innocent it appears, is open to interpretation. Gestures to an opponent, to a teammate, to a game official need to be looked at. NBA 现在有点作茧自缚。现在每个手势，不管看起来有多无辜，都得被公开检验。朝对 手比的手势、朝队友、朝比赛裁判比的手势都要拿来检验。 And this practice should begin in November, not during the playoffs. 而这个练习十一月就该开始，而不是季後赛。 But the NBA has spoken, and now Pierce is not speaking. 但是NBA已经说话了，所以现在Pierce不说话了。 That is, not speaking off the court. 也就是，不在场下发言。 On the court, he can be heard loud and clear. 在球场上，他可以大声又清楚地被听见。 --

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