http://0rz.tw/1c45r Paul Pierce has long memory By Mark Murphy Like any athlete of his celebrated stature, Paul Pierce has enough memorabilia to stock Christie’s Auction House. 像任何有明星地位的运动员，Paul Pierce已经有够多东西可以放在佳士得拍卖行了。 But for now, the most important piece may also be the newest -- the game ball from Game 7 against Cleveland. 但是现在，最重要的一件可能是最新的－对克里夫兰第七战的比赛用球。 Celtics co-owner Wyc Grousbeck was so moved by Pierce’s 41-point performance, and his legendary shootout with LeBron James, that the gesture didn’t just sound good. Celtics老板 Wyc Grousbeck被Pierce 41分的表现所感动，他跟LeBron James的传奇决 斗，光是用手势不够好。 It had to be done. 必须要有所表示。 “I told him, ‘Thanks for sticking with us,’ and he said ‘Thanks for sticking with me,’ ” Grousbeck said yesterday of a bond that has grown stronger than ever with Pierce’s last two performances. “我告诉他’谢谢你坚持跟我们在一起。’然後他说’谢谢你坚持在我身上。’ ” Grousbeck昨天说，因为Pierce过去两场的表现，他们之间有些日渐强壮的联系。 At a time when several national pundits -- including former players Magic Johnson, Kenny Smith and Charles Barkley -- questioned whether the Celtics had someone capable of taking charge, Pierce attacked. 当几个全国自命权威的球评－包括前球员Magic Johnson、Kenny Smith和Charles Barkley －怀疑Celtics有没有人有能力接管比赛，Pierce反击了。 In the process, he became an inspiration. 在这个过程，他变成激励大家的人。 “I look at what he’s done as vindication for our years of sticking by him,” Grousbeck said. “From Day 1 I decided to stay by him, and I’m glad. His jersey is supposed to hang in the rafters here some day, and that’s not going to happen anywhere but here.” “我看到他的作为，像是替我们坚持在他身上的辩护。”Grousbeck 说”从第一天我就 决定要留住他，而我很高兴。他的球衣有一天应该要被挂在屋顶的天花板上，而这不应 该发生在别的地方，就是在这里。” Pierce, who only a year ago had mulled demanding a trade and who had seriously envisioned life in another city, now sounds relieved. Pierce在一年之前曾经仔细考虑要求交易，他曾经认真想像在别的城市生活，现在听起 来松了一口气。 Relieved that ownership and management didn’t pull the trigger. 松一口气是因为管理阶层和经理没有扣下扳机。 “It’s a great feeling when you know you can come through for them,” Pierce said. “In a lot of places the relationships between players (and management) can fall apart. A lot of guys sign long-term deals and then everything goes sour. “当你知道可以跟他们沟通良好是种很棒的感觉。”Pierce说””在很多地方，球员 ( 和总管)之间的关系是很失败的。很多家伙签了长约，然後事情就变走味了。” “I look at it this way -- I could be somewhere else, playing for a lottery team with my career rotting away. That kind of thing happens all the time. But once they did their part, it was time for me to do my part. It’s the both of us doing our part that is making this work.” “我用这种方式看待－我可能会在别的地方，替一支乐透区球队打球到我的生涯烂掉。 这样的事情总是在发生。但是一旦他们作好了自己的部分，就是我做好自己的部分的时 间了。是我们两边都作了自己的部分才有这个成功的。” A darker thought also settled in for Pierce as the Cleveland series dragged on, with the Celtics in real danger of not reaching the Eastern Conference finals. 当克里夫兰系列不断地拉长，Pierce 心中也有一点阴暗面，就是Celtics要进入东区决 赛真的有危险了。 He thought back to the team’s listless elimination by Indiana in the first round of the 2005 playoffs. 他回想起2005年季後赛第一轮被印第安纳无精打采地淘汰。 Pierce was at his petulant worst at the time, accented by his bizarre behavior while getting ejected during a Game 6 win at Conseco Fieldhouse. The team followed his lead in Game 7, going down without a fight in an emotionless loss at home. Pierce在那时莽莽撞撞地打的很差，第六战在溜马主场因为粗鲁的行为被驱逐出场。球 队在他领导下打到第七战，但是在家没什麽抵抗就冷漠地输了球。 Pierce was jolted -- haunted -- by the thought of dropping another Game 7 in front of a Garden crowd. Pierce是很慌乱的－忧愁不堪的－担心在花园观众面前又砸掉另一次第七战。 “Truthfully, I think everything started for me in Game 7,” he said of last Sunday’s win. “I had a lot of bad memories, and a bad taste in my mouth, from that Game 7 against Indiana, and everything that happened in that series. I didn’t want that happening again. “说真的，我觉得在第七战所有一切都回来了。”他说到上礼拜天的胜利。”我有很多 不好的回忆，我嘴巴里有苦苦的滋味，因为对印第安纳的第七战，还有所有在那个系列 发生的事。我不想要它再发生一次。” “So if I was going to go out, I was going to go out with guns blazing. It all carried over from that series way back then.” “所以如果我要打球，我就要站出去火力全开。那些从过去那个系列一直存在的事情。” Pierce has never forgotten what he means to this team. But those memories from 2005 drove home the idea of who he is expected to be at the toughest moments. Pierce从来没有忘记他对这支球队的意义。但是那些2005年以来的回忆，让他对於在最 艰难的时刻，自己被期待作些什麽有了想法。 “When I’m aggressive, it loosens up the whole team,” he said. “当我打出侵略性，会让整支球队解放开来。”他说。 This doesn’t merely apply to how he finishes at the rim. In addition to setting a nice backdrop for Kevin Garnett’s 26-point performance with 22 of his own, Pierce also had six assists, six rebounds and made one of his more concerted efforts of the playoffs to get to the line in Tuesday’s series -opening win against the Detroit Pistons. 这不仅仅在他攻击篮框时适用。除了以自己的22分替Kevin Garnett的26分掩护，Pierce 还有六助攻六篮板，在礼拜二对上活塞的第一战，也能维持一样努力地进攻篮框。 “Paul’s just making plays now, and it’s freed him up,” said coach Doc Rivers. “When you get to that point where he is now, you’re a pretty free basketball player. “Paul现在开始主动进攻，而这使他释放活力。”Doc Rivers教练说。”当你达到他现 在的境界，你就能是个随心所欲的篮球员。” “He’s more aggressive because we’re putting him in those spots. He’s getting better shots. Him and Ray (Allen) together have gone through that stretch where they thought they have to get themselves going. “他现在更加有侵略性，因为我们把他放在那些位置上。他的出手更好。他和Ray (Allen) 一起经历这些，觉得要让自己打出表现来。” “But just making plays can make a big difference.” “但是光是主动进攻就能带来很大的不同。” It’s not as simple as it sounds. 这不像听起来这麽简单。 But the Celtics captain is suddenly making the job look that way. 但是Celtics的队长忽然让这样工作感觉起来很容易。 --

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