※ [本文转录自 Celtics 看板] 作者: bri (.....................) 看板: Celtics 标题: [外电] Restless, ringless Garnett battles his inner A-Rod 时间: Tue May 6 12:02:44 2008 http://0rz.tw/e043Z Restless, ringless Garnett battles his inner A-Rod BOSTON -- Just in case you're wondering how many pallet loads of pressure Kevin Garnett has on his Mass Pike-wide shoulders, turn to Page 5 of Sunday's Boston Globe sports section. 如果你想知道KG那个像麻州快速公路宽的肩膀上有多少压力负担，可以翻到礼拜天的波 士顿环球报运动版第五页。 Buried deep, deep in his column, Globe resident hard-ass Dan Shaughnessy issued KG a chilling reminder of what happens if the best player on the best team in the NBA can't beat the worst team in the playoffs. 环球报老屁股 Dan Shaughnessy在他的专栏深处，给KG一个令人心惊胆跳的提醒，有关 於联盟中最好的球队中最好的球员，如果不能在季後赛赢得最差的球队。 Wrote Shaughnessy: "As for Garnett, I have only two words of warning: Alex Rodriguez." Shaughnessy写到”对於Garnett，我只有两个字的警告：Alex Rodriguez。” A-Rod? Did he really invoke the name of the ringless New York Yankees third baseman whose bat has a habit of appearing on the back of milk cartons during the postseason? A-Rod ? 他真的提到那个没得过冠军的纽约洋基队三垒手，那个习惯在季後赛棒子会登 上牛奶盒後面那个寻人启事的球员吗？ It wasn't personal; it was business. Shaughnessy, who has covered more Celtics games than there are parquet slats at the Garden, had it right about Garnett. 这不是私人恩怨，这是公事公办。Shaughnessy看过的Celtics比赛比主场地板的数量还 多，而他说的对。 The big three is really the big one. Garnett would never say it (in fact, he goes out of his way never to say it), but Paul Pierce and Ray Allen aren't going to lead the Celtics to their own Duck Boat parade. They'll help -- a lot -- but Garnett is the guy. 三巨头其实只是一巨头。KG从来不说(事实上，从来不说也是他的方式)，但是Paul Pierce 和Ray Allen不会带领Celtics前进总冠军後的鸭子船大游行。他们会有所帮助—很大— 但是KG才是那个人。 Garnett delivered the pizza in the Game 7 blowout of the Hawks (yawn -- another double-double), and he'll have to deliver it in Round 2, when the Celtics face the Cleveland LeBrons at the Garden, starting on Tuesday night. If he doesn't, the third-winningest season in Celtics history could become so much landfill. Garnett在第七战大胜老鹰队的比赛打的很好 (另一个两个两位数)，而他在第二轮要继 续保持，Celtics从礼拜二开始要在主场迎战骑士队和LeBron James。如果他办不到， Celtics队史第三的单季胜场数会像是个垃圾掩埋场。 The A-Rod comparison gives you some idea about the hoops anxiety level in this town. On a scale of Nervous, Scared and Wicked Scared, the Celtics and their fans were somewhere between Option 1 and 2. They're better now, but that can change if a rested LeBron James and the Cavaliers win the first game of this next series. 跟 A-Rod的比较给你一点这城市对篮球的兴奋的想法。如果你在紧张、害怕、超级害怕 间有个衡量方法， Celtics和他的球迷会是在第一项和第二项中间。他们现在比较好了 ，但是这可能会改变，如果休息充沛的LeBron James和骑士队赢了系列战的第一场球。 Boston doesn't hold a grudge. I mean, they forgave Billy Buckner. And all it took was 22 years. 波士顿不会记恨。我的意思是，他们原谅了Billy Buckner，才花了22年嘛。(红袜队一 垒手，1986年世界大赛第六场十局下半两出局，一个火车过山洞让大都会逆转比赛，进 而输了第七战和世界冠军。) Garnett and the Celtics could do without another come-to-Jesus series like the one they just had against the Hawks. The Hawks were supposed to be the playoff equivalent of collar dandruff -- just brush them away with a flick of the hand -- but it didn't work out that way. Garnett和Celtics可以不用像刚跟老鹰队打完的系列赛一样那麽累。老鹰队应该差不多 是季後赛的领子上面的头皮屑—用只手就可以拨掉—但是事情不是这样的。 Instead, Garnett, the 12-year veteran, worried himself sleepless the night before Sunday's clincher. This isn't a complete shocker. Under normal circumstances, Garnett is more fidgety than a lie detector needle. He plays as if he spent the pregame with his arm connected to an IV tube with cappuccino drip. 取而代之，12年经验的KG，在礼拜天的比赛前一个晚上担心的不能睡觉。这不完全是个 吓人的事。在正常状态下， Garnett是比测谎仪上的指针还要不安的。他打球的方式就 好像，赛前他的手臂跟卡布奇诺机器的管子连在一起一样。 "I didn't know about his passion," marveled Hawks rookie Al Horford. “我以前不知道他的热情”老鹰队的菜鸟Al Horford惊叹道。 Even so, sleep isn't usually a problem for Garnett. Then again, neither are the Hawks. 即使如此，睡眠不常是Garnett的问题。同样地，老鹰队也不该是。 "Been up for damn near 24 hours," said Garnett after the Celtics finally found a bottle of Head & Shoulders to use on the stubborn Hawks. “我大概24小时没睡觉。”Garnett在Celtics终於找到一罐海伦先度丝，用在顽强的老 鹰队身上後说。 Garnett isn't anywhere near A-Rod territory yet, but he understands what's at stake as May moves toward June. The Celtics haven't won an NBA championship since the 1985-86 season. That's scary long. That's Greg Kite long. Garnett还没到A-Rod的境界，但是他了解当五月结束进入六月有多重要。Celtics自从 1985-986年球季还没赢过冠军。这长的吓人。像Greg Kite一样长。 Had the 37-win Hawks eliminated the 66-win Celtics, then you're talking Hickory High beating South Bend Central in "Hoosiers." And Garnett would have been blamed -- not that he isn't used to it. It happened in Minnesota too. 如果37胜的老鹰队淘汰了66胜的Celtics，就好像”疯狂教头草地兵”里的剧情。而 Garnett会被怪罪—他不是没有这样过。这在明尼苏达发生过。 Garnett has never won a thing. He doesn't phone it in during the postseason (Garnett could end water droughts with his sweat levels), but he also has a ring finger doing nothing these days. Garnett还没赢过任何东西。他在季後赛没有打过电话(什麽？) (根据Garnett的流汗程 度，他可能会脱水)，但这些日子以来，他还有根空空没戴戒指的手指。 But Garnett isn't alone. The big three are the big zero when it comes to NBA championships, or even NBA Finals appearances. Pierce, who ended his media boycott Sunday (and all of our lives are richer because of it), and Allen have taken the career sombrero when it comes to title runs. 但是Garnett不孤单。当提到NBA总冠军时，三巨头变成了大三零，即便总冠军决赛经验 也是。Pierce在礼拜天结束了他对媒体的抵制(我们的生活因此更充实)，而提到总冠军 时，Allen戴上了他的墨西哥大盘帽。 Celtics coach Doc Rivers, who has been coaching in this league nine years, finally won his first playoff series. Afterward, the team presented Rivers with the game ball. Even with the locker room door shut, you could almost hear the sigh of relief. Doc Rivers教练已经在联盟里执教九年了，终於赢了他季後赛第一个系列战。在比赛後 ，球队把比赛用球给了Rivers作纪念。即便休息室们关着，你彷佛都可以听到如释重负 的叹息。 Nobody was more relieved than Garnett. Pierce might be the team captain, but this is Garnett's team, his time, and probably his best chance to win a championship. 没人比Garnett更如释重负。Pierce也许是球队的队长，但是这是Garnett的球队，他的 球队，也许也是他赢得冠军的最好机会。 Remember, this is a Celtics team that won more games than anyone this season, had the biggest one-year turnaround in league history (plus-42), and clinched its playoff spot two months ago. Anything less than at least a trip to the Finals is going to feel like a failure. And it should feel that way. 记住，这支 Celtics球队今年比任何队赢的都多，有史上最多的胜场进步，两个月前就 取得季後赛资格。任何比打到决赛差的结果都感觉像是失败。而的确应该这样感觉。 So Garnett tossed and turned. He beat himself up about the Game 6 loss at Atlanta. He played out the possible Game 7 scenarios. 所以Garnett在床上翻来覆去。他自责第六战输给了亚特兰大。他模拟第七战的可能情境。 "I think that's who he is, that's how he's built," said 14-year veteran P.J. Brown, who spent part of his pregame sitting in front of his locker and eating a homemade peanut butter and jelly sandwich. "He knows what's at stake. He knows that there are limited opportunities in this league that you're going to get to try to be a champion. That's what he dreams about. That's what he thinks about day and night." “我认为他就是这样的人，这就是他成长的方式。”14年经验的老将P.J. Brown说，他 在赛前花了一段时间坐在置物柜前，吃着自制的花生果酱三明治。”他知道什麽是重要 的。他知道在这个联盟，要尝试着当个冠军的机会是有限的。这就是他的梦想。这就是 他日日夜夜所思考的” Rivers knew what was happening with Garnett. He'd done the sleepless thing when he was a player back in the day. As a coach, it's different. Rivers知道 Garnett怎麽了。他在作球员的时候也经历过睡不着觉的事。作为一个教练 ，这是不相同的。 "I slept 10 hours," Rivers said. "Took an Ambien and I was out like a rock." “我睡了10个小时。”Rivers说”我吃了颗安眠药，然後睡的像颗石头。” Rivers pulled Garnett aside before the game. He did the same thing with a couple of other Celtics, but the words seemed to apply to Garnett the most. Rivers在比赛前把Garnett拉到一边。他作了些像他对其他Celtics球员所作的事，但是 这些话似乎对Garnett最适用。 "Just wanted everybody to know that we were going to win the game and that we're OK," Rivers said. "Don't try to do more than what you've done. Just play your role. Don't try to be Superman. Each teammate will get your back." “我只是想要每个人知道我们会赢这场球，然後我们很好。”Rivers说”不要尝试的比 你已经作的事多。只要扮演好你的角色。不要想要去当超人。每个队友都会在你背後帮 助你。” Garnett wasn't Superman, but he didn't have to be in the Celtics' 99-65 Game 7 win. Gino (don't ask -- just YouTube "Gino and Boston Celtics and dancing") could have beaten the Hawks Sunday. Garnett不是超人，但是他在第七战的胜利也不用是超人。Gino (别问了—在youtube上 找”Gino和Boston Celtics和dancing”)礼拜天都可以打赢老鹰队。 So we now return to our regularly scheduled NBA playoffs, which means LeBron versus the People's (and networks') choice: the humbled, sleep-deprived and slightly embarrassed Celtics. It took about three games longer than anyone thought for the Celtics to get here, but at least they made it. 所以我们现在回到NBA季後赛的常规，也就是 Lebron对抗众民(还有媒体)所望：谦虚的 、睡眠不足的、有点困窘的Celtics。这比人们以为的Celtics多花了三场比赛才到这， 但至少他们达到了。 Don't figure on any 34-point blowouts against the Cavaliers. Garnett, Pierce and Rivers are already reminding everyone that the Cavs won the Eastern Conference last year. They do it out of respect, but maybe also to deflect some of the expectations placed on the No. 1-seeded Celtics. 不要想34分大胜骑士队了。Garnett、Pierce和 Rivers已经开始提醒每个人，骑士队是 去年的东区冠军。他们是出於尊敬，但也许也是将人们对第一种子的期望转向一些。 As for Garnett, more sleepless nights might be on the way. But he survived the Hawks. He survived a Game 7. 至於 Garnett，也许未来会有更多失眠的夜晚。但是他从老鹰队存活下来。他从第七战 存活下来。 For now, A-Rod is still on his own. 到目前为止，A-Rod还是孤单一人。 --

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