来源:http://www.latimes.com 并再度感谢外电头头们提供╮(╯▽╰)╭ 湖人跟超赛还有机会再相逢。 Yes, it's only February. It's also never too early to start the hype. That actually started the day the Lakers traded for Pau Gasol. 现在才二月，yeah，但是提到这两支队伍的对战可能，总是不嫌早。特别是在 湖人找来了炮嘎兽这样的大个之後。 Lakers- Celtics in the NBA Finals. 想像一下，湖人VS超赛，总冠军战。 Then the Lakers started winning, started looking dominant, and suddenly had the best record in the Western Conference, 39-17. We knew the Celtics were good, and they still are, with the best record in the East, as well as the league, 43-12. 湖人开始赢球，突然地，开始主宰了西区，39-17。 而我们也了解超赛很棒，而且不但是东区第一，也是联盟的，43-12。 The whisper became a roar, a crescendo of anticipation, helped along by daily screams of delight from the NBA offices in New York. 这气氛逐渐加温，延烧到了在纽约的NBA办公室。 Valium and cold showers, David Stern. It'll be June soon. 洗完澡该吃药了，屎腾。六月很快就来了。(注:Valium是镇定剂) The Celtics played the Clippers at Staples on Monday night and won't get any closer than two time zones from L.A. the rest of the season. 超赛在周一晚上会对上快艇，而此後再也不会靠近洛城了。 Unless. 除非.. Lakers-Celtics. It still has that ring, probably always will. 嗯哼，你们知道的，还能在那儿碰上呢?<(￣︶￣)> The Lakers played the Celtics in the Finals six times in the 1960s and lost them all. It was the era of Jerry West and Elgin Baylor and, at the end, Wilt Chamberlain, against Bill Russell and the Joneses, Sam and K.C., as well as John Havlicek. 在60年代，湖人曾经在总冠军赛输给了超赛六次呢! 那是个有West，Baylor，到後来，还有张伯伦跟罗素竞争的年代。 (还有一些我没有提出的阿伯，很抱歉，我真的不熟╮(￣﹏￣)╭) The Lakers lost again in the Finals to the Celtics in '84, but then won in '85 and '87. Those were the Magic-Bird years, along with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, James Worthy, Kevin McHale, et al. It was Lakers Showtime and an era and rivalry often credited with sending the league to its current high levels of wealth and popularity. 到了84年，湖人又在一次送了金盃给超赛，不过85年和87年，就换他们请客了。 那是个有魔术，天钩，黑炫风渥锡，大鸟，长臂猿海尔的精采对战。 也是这段show time年代，带给了联盟更高层次的发展。 The Celtics went away then, as Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls dominated the East and the league, and in the early part of this decade, Kobe and Shaq got the Lakers three more titles. None, however, against the Celtics. 超赛渐渐没落，公牛群起，统治了那个时代。而最近十年的事。不用我说， 侠客+小飞侠，三连霸。而且，都跟超赛无关。 Now, the sense of here-we-go-again has Beantown and Hollywood getting giddy. 而现在，似乎该是重新上演这出好戏的时候了。 Yes, the Celtics will have a few hurdles to clear in the playoffs in the form of Detroit and/or Cleveland, maybe even Orlando. 没错，超赛有些麻烦要解决，比如坏孩子活塞，克里夫兰皇帝队，也有可能是 奥兰多超人(?)魔术队。 And yes, the Lakers' playoff task will be daunting, just to get to the Finals. Right now, San Antonio has the second-best record in the West, followed closely by Phoenix, New Orleans and Dallas. If it were a NASCAR race, they'd say they were separated by a coat of paint. 不过湖人这边更刺激啊!马刺紧追在後，然後是大太阳，黄蜂和小牛。如果说 这是车赛的话，可能就像在开碰碰车一样刺激。 Even more intriguing is the side story of a Lakers-Celtics Finals. Phil Jackson, Lakers coach. Has won a record nine NBA titles, six with the Bulls and three with the Lakers. It is a prestigious record, but he shares it with the late Red Auerbach, who was not always kind in his assessment of Jackson's coaching success. 更让人玩味的是，湖人跟超赛的小插曲。禅师爷爷，湖人现任教头。有9次冠军纪录。 这可是个响当当的纪录，但他总是愿意跟奥败气分享，而奥败气可不吃这一套。 他对禅师爷的执教总是稍嫌刻薄、质疑。 The tone was always something along the lines of: You had Michael Jordan, how could you lose? 就是这个调调:你有乔神，那A输? For Jackson, breaking the record against Auerbach's Celtics would be sweet, even if he might not admit it. 而打破奥败气纪录的当然很苏湖，即使他不承认。 Monday night, little more than a scrimmage for the Celtics in their 104-76 victory against a Clippers team that is injured and hapless and looking increasingly indifferent, offered a good chance to turn up the volume on the Lakers-Celtics hype. 周一的夜晚，洛城的兄弟被超赛做掉之後，也偷偷希望洛城老大可以帮他们报仇。 (注:原文说湖人VS超赛的宣传车更嚣张了，音量被调高) To that end, we put to use an NBA expert who shall remain anonymous because he wants it that way. Trust us on this. He knows more about the game and the league than all but perhaps a handful at Staples on Monday night. 而最後，我们要引用某位坚持要匿名之专家的说法。他比任何人都了解联盟手法 但是对於这场比赛倒是有点不解。 以上，翻译完毕。最後一段希望有专家解释，我照字面翻译看出不特别意思。 >_<感谢补完了，拜托。 --

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