这是Seattle Times今年6/1的报导，虽然已经搬家了，但这篇报导感觉还是很温馨。 希望Oklahoma有一天也会拥有自己的冠军队伍。 原文连结：http://0rz.com/KpvA Sonics are gone, but 1979 title memories remain Has it really been 30 years? 已经三十年了吗？ The Sonics captured the NBA title and won the city's first major sports championship exactly three decades ago today, and for some, Seattle's 97-93 victory against the Washington Bullets on June 1, 1979, feels something like a dream. Not quite real, yet strangely familiar. 超音速得到总冠军（也是西雅图第一个职业运动冠军）已经整整三十年了。对某些人而言 ，1979/6/1那场以97-93打败华盛顿子弹队的比赛，就像是梦一样，有点不太现实，却异 常地熟悉。 "It doesn't seem like 30 years, but it doesn't seem like last week, either," said Hall of Famer Lenny Wilkens, who coached the Sonics to a championship. "Certainly time flies, and it was a great, great time. 名人堂教练╱球员Lenny Wilkens，也是1979年冠军队总教练说：「我感觉不像已经过了 三十年，但好像也已经不是上个礼拜的事。」1979年确实已经成为历史了，而且那是很美 好的记忆。 "It's a great moment in the history of Seattle sports. To win a championship and to see how enthusiastic the fans were at that time. How they supported the team, it's a great memory." Lenny Wilkens：「在西雅图职业运动历史上这是很棒的时刻。得到了总冠军，并且看到 如此多热情的球迷。他们是这麽的支持球队，那真是个很棒的回忆。」 Back then they were known as the SuperSonics, and they wore a green and gold logo featuring the city's skyline and the iconic Space Needle. Today, that team is called the Thunder and it plays in Oklahoma City, which proves so much can happen in one year, let alone 30. 那时，他们是超音速的知名球员，穿着绿色上有金色Space Needle（太空塔）的标志。现 在这只队伍改名叫雷霆，并且搬到了奥克拉荷马市。这证明了一年是会发生很多事情的， 更不用说是三十年了。 Former Sonics general manager Zollie Volchok, 92, clearly remembers the series-clinching win in Washington, D.C., that sparked a three-day celebration in Seattle capped by a parade along First Avenue. 高龄92的前西雅图GM Zollie Volchok，还清楚记得1979年西雅图垄罩着击败子弹队拿下 总冠军的欢欣气氛，在第一大道游行，连三天大吼大叫的庆祝。 He described the relationship between Seattle and the Sonics as an "unbridled love affair because we had a bunch of guys that were very approachable for the fans." 他描述西雅图跟超音速队之间的关系是：「因为超音速球员是一票对待球迷平易近人的家 伙，所以西雅图对他们也是无止境的喜爱。」 "It's never that easy to win a championship, and when you do, you want to savor it," Volchok said. "Certainly we had a great team, and when I say great team, I mean the guys that really worked hard and worked together." Volchok说：「赢得总冠军从来就不简单，而当你作到了，你会想要品味（胜利的感觉） 。我们毫无疑问是一只很棒的球队，当我说这是一只很棒的球队，我的意思是这些家伙真 的很努力并且合作无间。」 In Seattle, Fred Brown, Gus Williams, Dennis Johnson, John Johnson, Jack Sikma, Lonnie Shelton and Paul Silas were local legends, but the Bullets had brighter stars in Elvin Hayes and Wes Unseld. Plus, they were the reigning NBA champions after beating the Sonics 4-3 in the Finals the previous year. 在西雅图，Fred Brown, Gus Williams, Dennis Johnson, John Johnson, Jack Sikma, Lonnie Shelton和Paul Silas是本地传奇，但子弹队有着像Elvin Hayes和Wes Unseld这 样的巨星。而且他们1978年才以4-3打败了超音速队拿到总冠军。 The rematch, however, wasn't a contest. The Sonics lost the first game in the nation's capital 99-97 before taking the next four games. 两队再度交手，但比赛不同了。虽然输掉第一场，然而超音速连胜四场。 "Even though we returned with the same team from the year before, they improved more than we did and, truth be told, they had the better team," said Greg Ballard, a former Bullets reserve forward. "They came back with revenge in their minds." 前子弹队替补前锋Greg Ballard说：「虽然我们再度打入总冠军赛，面对与去年相同的对 手，但他们变得比我们强了。他们带着复仇的意志重回总冠军赛。」 The next year, the Sonics lost in the Western Conference finals to the eventual champion Los Angeles Lakers, and Seattle's title team slowly began to dissolve. 1980年，超音速在分区决赛中败给了当年的总冠军湖人，而这只冠军队也慢慢的解散。 Throughout the years, several championship-contending reincarnations emerged. 这些年来，超音速也有好几次挑战总冠军的机会。 The Sonics returned to the Finals in 1996, which rekindled the spark between the city and its NBA team. But the good times didn't last long, and a red-hot team that averaged 54 wins during nine full seasons in the 1990s turned cold and averaged 53 losses during its last three years in Seattle. 1996年超音速再度回到总冠军赛，也重新点燃了西雅图对超音速的热情。但好景不常，这 只1990年代每年平均拿下54场胜利的强悍球队，到了在西雅图的最後三个球季，变成了每 年平均吞下53场败仗的球队。 Volchock believes the NBA will come back some day. Volchock相信有一天NBA球队会回到西雅图。 "If I were to make a guess, it's about 4 to 5 years down the road," he said. Volchock说：「如果你要我猜，我想大概只需要花4-5年的时间（NBA球队就会回来）。」 Wilkens also thinks the NBA will return, but only if there's a state-of-the-art, multi-purpose arena available. He said the league still values Seattle despite the acrimony between commissioner David Stern and local elected officials. Wilkens也认为如此。他说西雅图对联盟而言仍然是有价值的，尽管David Stern跟西雅图 市议会之间的沟通仍有很大的差距。 "No one has forgotten what this city and that team had," Wilkens said. "Something that special never dies." Wilkens说：「没有人会忘记曾在这里存在过的冠军队伍。特别的东西是永远不会改变的 。」 -- 哲学的义务，是去除因误解而生的幻想。 --

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