Odom carries Lakers on his aching back Lamar won't be blamed this time as Lakers win. http://tinyurl.com/pohy4d He has been criticized everywhere, particularly here, where even today, in a column praising him, we’ll start by noting that Lamar Odom ruined a perfectly tired sports cliché. Lamar Odom过去不论在哪都是受到批评，尤其是在这里，但今天这个专栏要对他赞扬，就从 他打破这些媒体的陈腔滥调开始。 You know the one about a team responding when its back is against the wall? Odom just responded when his back was against the all. 当球队被逼到墙角的时候，会有一个人跳出来。今天跳出来的就是Odom。 Everything – from the fate of his team to the state of his game to the health of his body – confronted Odom on Wednesday, and he responded by knocking the Nuggets onto their backs. Odom今日扛下所有的事，球队的命运、比赛的状况、身体的伤痛，他击倒了金块队。 The Lakers won the latest biggest game of their postseason – 103-94, taking a critical 3-2 lead over Denver – because of a hearty effort by their hurting forward. 湖人队赢下近来最重要的一场比赛，以103-94击倒金块，取得重要的3-2领先，这都是由於 他们带伤前锋的精彩表现所致。 “I know his back has been killing him even if he might be saying otherwise to you guys,” teammate Luke Walton said. “He really muscled through it tonight. He ended up being huge for us.” Luke Walton说"虽然或许他不是这样对你们说的，但我知道他的背伤仍然是要了他的命。他 今晚真的打得非常强硬。他最後的表现对我们是非常巨大的。" Here’s just how huge… 来看看到底有多巨大... They needed his strength. No one finished with more rebounds than Odom’s 14 in a game in which the Lakers, outrebounded by Denver by 18 (58-40) in Game 4, stayed nearly even this time (43-42). 他们需要他的强硬。没有人篮板抓的比Odom还多，他的14个篮板让湖人在Game 4以18个落後 对方(40-58)後，终於在这场可以跟对手几乎扯平了(42-43)。 They needed his offense. Odom scored eight points in the deciding fourth quarter, you know, normally Kobe time, on a night when Bryant didn’t make a fourth-quarter field goal. 他们需要他的进攻。Odom在具有决定性的第四节拿下8分，而这通常是Kobe time上演的时候 ，但本场Kobe在第四节一个FG都没有投进。 They needed his passion. Odom blocked four shots, had four offensive rebounds and capped a fourth-quarter slam dunk over Chris Andersen by unleashing a growl that came straight from his New York roots. 他们需要他的热情。Odom送出4记火锅，抓下4个进攻篮板，还有在第四节时一记在Chris Andersen头上的灌篮，然後忘情的大吼。 “In that time, in that moment, you’re caught up in the game,” Odom explained. “Sometimes aggression just comes out, and it came out with a scream after that dunk.” He did all this – and so much more (just read on) – with a bruised lower back that already has required one injection this postseason just so he could play. Odom解释"在那个时刻、那个当下，你整个融入比赛了。有时侵略性就是这样展现出来，随 着灌篮後的狂吼展现出来。" 他用受伤的背部做到了这些事，这个甚至一度要打针才能让他 上场比赛的背伤。 Odom is out there wearing padding, sometimes limping and often grimacing after contact. Odom必须穿着护垫，有时会一跛一跛的，而且常常在身体接触後露出痛苦的表情。 Yet, he continues to dismiss questions about his health, refusing to hide behind a reason so legitimate that it could be more explanation than excuse. 但是他不断把跟他健康有关的问题打发掉，他拒绝躲在可以顺理成章的把藉口变成合理解释 的理由後面。 “He’s got a big lump on his back,” Walton said. “I don’t know how bad he feels, but when there’s a big lump on your back that’s not supposed to be there, it can’t feel too good.” Walton说"他的背後肿了一大块，我不知道他到底有多痛，但当你的背後肿了一块不该肿起 来的东西，那绝对不会好受到哪去。" Odom’s spectacular night didn’t start that way. He missed four of his five first-quarter shots and nearly was forced to inhale what was supposed to be a dunk, his dunk. Late in the opening quarter, Odom drove, leapt and encountered Andersen. Odom的完美演出并不是一开始就很顺利。他第一节的前5投有4球都没进，而且还被没收了一 个灌篮。在第一节的最後，Odom切入，跳起来并对抗Andersen。 The Birdman, who has been so everywhere in this series that he has appeared to be The Birdmen, couldn’t have more completely blocked Odom’s dunk had he used a tennis racquet. 而在这个系列赛无所不在的鸟人，非常乾净的Odom的灌篮给盖了下来，就好像他手中有拿网 球拍一样。 At halftime, Odom was only 3 of 9 from the floor, and him starring in the second half seemed about as likely as the teams coming back out and playing pants and skins. But in the final four minutes of the third quarter, Odom hit a three-pointer that evened the score 73-73, and his late-game surge was underway. 在中场，Odom只有投9中3的表现，而第三节一开始的表现也只是让球队打出普通水准而已。 但到了第三节剩四分钟的时候，Odom投进了把比数扳平成73-73的三分球，而这也开启了他 接下来的高档演出。 A short time later, he fought for position down low and scored again. Then he grabbed a defensive rebound on Denver’s next possession. Then he grabbed another defensive rebound, this one leading to a Shannon Brown three-pointer. 没过多久，他积极的在低位要位并且再次得分。然後他在金块队的下一波进攻抓下了防守篮 板。然後他又抓下另一个防守篮板，而这一次让Shannon Brown打出了一个三分打。 Before it was over, Odom would block a Kenyon Martin drive, convert a three-point play to kill the Nuggets’ final, fading hopes and punctuate everything with that angry dunk over Andersen. 在最後阶段，Odom赏了Kenyon Martin一记火锅，然後用那记在Andersen面前愤怒灌篮的三 分打把金块最後的反攻气焰给浇熄了。 “I think I gave him a big head butt after that one,” Walton said. “The Birdman got him a couple times. He paid him back with that one.” Walton说"我想在那球之後我用头顶了他一下。鸟人之前有好几次都占了优势。但他靠着那 球把这些都讨了回来。" And Odom paid back the Lakers and Coach Phil Jackson for their patience and trust during his uneven time here. 而Odom也对湖人队还有Phil Jackson对他的信任、耐心并给他更多的上场时间有了回报。 When the Lakers are labeled as soft, the face on that label belongs to Odom. When they’re ripped as inconsistent, the image of that inconsistency belongs to Odom. When they’re mocked for lacking heart, the missing beat belongs to Odom. 当湖人队被贴上娘炮的标签时，上面的图案会是Odom的脸。当他们被批评不稳定时，人们浮 现不稳定的印象又会是Odom。当他们被嘲讽缺乏热情时，大家认为偷懒的人仍然会是Odom。 “I had to suck it up,” he said of the latest dark wave that followed his one-field goal performance in Game 4. “Couldn’t pick up the paper. Didn’t want to answer the phone. Couldn’t watch ESPN. I took it like a man. 在遭到Game 4投4中1表现随之而来的批评後，他说"我必须要承受这些。没办法捡起纸张， 不想接电话，无法看ESPN。我要像个男人一样承担这些。" “I just had to. This is my 10th season. Game 6. I haven’t been playing well. Put my focus cap on. Came out and just went after it." "我就是必须这样。这是我第10个球季了。Game 6要来了。我还是打得不够好。我要把专注 力拿出来并挺身而出。" OK, so this actually was Game 5, but Odom’s head probably was still spinning from the previous four quarters of almost must-win basketball. 没错，这就是他Game 5的表现，但Odom很可能还在为之前四节几乎应该要赢下来的球赛而头 痛。 He could be in his final days with this franchise, Odom eligible to be a free agent after the season and the Lakers more likely to pay big money to the younger Trevor Ariza. If that’s the case, he still has a chance to leave the most positive final impression – an NBA championship. And if he keeps playing like this, no one will accuse him of backing into it. 这可能是他在这里的最後一段日子，Odom本季後将会成为自由球员，而湖人队似乎比较可能 把大钱花在较年轻的Trevor Ariza身上。如果情况是照这样进行，他仍然有机会留下正面的 最终印象-NBA总冠军。而如果他能一直保持这样的表现的话，就不会再有人批评他了。 --

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