[外絮] Kobe的最後比賽 DeRozan:像是Avengers電影

來源: LA Times 網址: https://tinyurl.com/yzrbbwc9 First Person: DeMar DeRozan on Kobe’s 60-point game, It was like an ‘ Avengers’ movie 第一人視角: DeMar DeRozan講到Kobe的那場60分的比賽，就像是一場復仇者聯盟的電影 By DeMar DeRozan I had felt this before, a stunned feeling, butterflies in my stomach. When I was a kid in Compton with next to nothing, it would happen when the Lakers games would be on KCAL 9. And five years ago, it happened again, this time at my home in Toronto. 我以前有過這樣的感覺，一種目瞪口呆的感覺，忐忑不安的感覺。當我還是小孩子的時 候，住在鳥不生蛋的Compton，當湖人比賽在電視上轉播的時候就會出現。而在五年前，這 同樣的感覺又發生了，這次是我在我多倫多的家裡的時候發生的。 My team at the time, the Raptors, was playing in Brooklyn and left a bunch of us behind with our playoff spot already sealed. So I was able to sit down on my couch, turn on my TV and watch every second of my idol, and my friend, Kobe Bryant play his last NBA game. 那時候我還是暴龍球員，球隊去籃網比賽，因為球隊已經拿下季後賽席次，所以有一些球 員沒有隨隊。所以，我就可以坐在我自己家裡的沙發上，打開我的電視，好好享受我的偶 像，我的好朋友Kobe Bryant打他最後的一場NBA比賽。 But there was just one problem — I couldn’t actually sit down. 但是問題來了--我根本沒辦法坐下來。 As I watched Kobe, the couch wasn’t good enough. I was too hyped, too emotional. I had to get up. I mean, I had the chills. 當我看著Kobe打球時，沙發根本不夠好。我太興奮了，情緒大爆發，我得要站起來，我起 雞皮疙瘩。 I stood in front of my TV in Toronto, my hands on my head, my eyes getting wider by the second. I thought Kobe would do something special. But … I mean, come on … who does THIS? 我站在電視機前，我雙手抱頭，我的眼睛越張越開，我知道Kobe會做一些特別的，但是... 我的意思是，拜託~~誰會做這成這樣？ I’d known Kobe a long time. I knew how hurt he was, how tired he had to be. Sixty points is crazy. Fifty shots are crazier. Thinking about it now, I still can’t help it. 我認識Kobe很久了，我知道他身體有多痛，我知道他一定很累，拿下60分很瘋狂，更狂的 是出手了50次。現在想起來，我還是忍不住想笑。 I have to smile. It was just perfect. 我真的得要笑出來，那就是個完美。 https://imgur.com/Idy0MVi.jpg It’s funny because I never really thought about how I was getting close with Kobe. It just sort of happened organically. 這很有趣，因為我從來沒有想過說會跟Kobe這麼親近，一切就是這樣自然而然的發生了。 I went to his camp at Mater Dei. Klay Thompson was there too. At that camp, Klay and I were some of the guys who stood out. There’s a photo that goes around of me sitting there, listening to Kobe, one of the most knowledgeable players ever. He was going to keep an eye on us. 我去了他在Mater Dei的訓練營，K湯也在那裏。在訓練營裡，我跟K湯是其中幾個人表現突 出的。有張照片是我坐在那裡，聽著幾位最有知識的球員之一的Kobe講話。Kobe是要來看 我們的訓練的。 I kind of ended up in this circle of guys on call for these pickup games. One summer it was at Loyola Marymount. Another was at UCLA. I remember going to a Lakers game and sitting in the back talking to Kobe. He’d reach out and send shoes. 我最後成為那群常被叫來打練習賽的名單裡的一位。有一年夏天是在Loyola Marymount， 另外一次是在UCLA。我記得有一次我去看湖人的比賽，坐在後面跟Kobe聊天，他主動聯繫 我，然後送我鞋子。 When I got to USC, we were the first team to have that Kobe sponsorship. It was always just connected. 當我去南加大時，我們是第一支獲得Kobe贊助的球隊，這一切都是連結在一起的。 When we played for the last time in Kobe’s last season, I was able to gift him some shoes. We had these all-gold Kobe 10s that we signed. I wrote a personal message. We got them customized and had them in this case. 在Kobe的最後一季，我們最後一次打球的時候，我終於可以送他一些球鞋。我們有那些 Kobe第10代全金色有著我們簽名的鞋子，我在上面寫下我要給他的話，客製這些鞋子後放 在盒子裡。 It’s crazy because as a competitor, you take it for granted. You forget that you’re playing against one of your idols. You kind of take a lot of moments for granted and you look up and you’ll be on the court laughing and joking and hugging your idol for that last time. 很瘋狂的是，身為一個競爭者，常常認為會是理所當然。忘記了是跟你自己的偶像打球， 就把那些跟他打球的時刻視為理所當然，當在球場時，你會跟這位偶像開玩笑，跟做最後 一次的擁抱。 We talked before that game and just to see him walking away, but also to see how happy he was too, knowing he was about to walk away from the game — you know that I found so much inspiration and enjoyment with that. As a player you ’ll want to walk away from the game just being happy. And he was really happy. 我們在那場比賽前有聊天，然後看他離開，但是也看到他有多開心，他知道他就要離開籃 球場了--你知道我發現那有多啟發人心，多讓人開心嗎？身為一個球員，大家都想離開籃 球場時就是開開心心的，而他真的很開心。 It was always a part of getting to play against Kobe, because I’m still just that kid from Compton, hoping that tonight’s game would be on KCAL so I could watch it. When I think about my journey to the NBA, I think about Kobe because he was such an inspiration. 我心中始終有個部分是想跟Kobe對打的，因為我的心裡始終住著那個在Compton長大的小 孩，希望今晚電視有湖人的比賽，那我就可以看了。當我想到我一路以來的NBA過程，我都 會想到Kobe，因為他就是這樣一個啟發人心的人。 I didn’t text him or anything before that last game because I knew how hectic it all was, but I knew that he was going to do something spectacular. What? I wasn’t sure. I thought maybe he’d hit a game-winner. 我在他最後一場比賽之前沒有傳簡訊給他或是做其他的，因為我知道整個情況會有多忙 碌，但是我知道他會做一些神奇的事情。會是甚麼呢？我不確定，我那時候想說或許他會 投進致勝分之類的。 But this was crazy — I can’t think of a better finish. I’m a big Peyton Manning fan; he’s my favorite quarterback. And yeah, he won a Super Bowl but that wasn’t him at his best. He was throwing ducks and things like that. 但是60分這真的太瘋狂--我想不出有更好的結尾了。我是Peyton Manning的大粉絲，他是 我最喜歡的四分衛，他拿過超級盃冠軍，但是那不是他的巔峰時刻，他丟出的球是搖搖晃 晃的。 Remember Michael Jordan’s last game, when his team was losing and the fans were all rooting for him to go back in the game? Jordan mostly just stood up and waved. So many of the guys I’ve been fans of, when they retire, they just kind of go out quietly. This was different. This was like an “Avengers ” movie. 記得在MJ的最後一場比賽，他的球隊輸球，然後整場觀眾替他加油，希望他回到比賽場 上嗎？Jordan大部分時間就是站起來揮手。我是很多人的粉絲，當他們退休時，他們就是 安安靜靜的走。但是Kobe不一樣，這就像是一場"復仇者聯盟"的電影。 Twenty years from now, if you want to show someone what kind of player Kobe Bryant was, it’s all in this game. That’s amazing, man. 20年後，若是要跟人家說Kobe是一位怎麼樣的球員時，就拿這場比賽吧，都在這裡面了。 那真的很棒！ https://imgur.com/YGRroRF.jpg I remember after that game was over, I couldn’t stop thinking about him shooting that many times. I took 38 shots once when I was 27. And I was exhausted. Really. Imagine doing it on your last game after 20 seasons, only you take 50. Crazy. 我記得當那場比賽結束時，我無法停止想到他出手了那麼多次，我曾經在27歲的時候出手 過38次，在那之後我累爆了。想像一下在NBA場上20季後，在最後一場比賽出手50次，那真 的很瘋狂。 I know how hard that last season was. He couldn’t play in back-to-backs. The losing. He had to preserve his energy in a lot of games while trying to give fans one last show, especially on the road. He wanted to go out with an awesome moment. 我知道他的最後一季有多艱難，他沒辦法打背靠背，球隊是在輸球的。他在很多場比賽得 要保留體力，同時試著想要讓很多球迷享受，看他打最後一次，尤其是在客場。他想在場 上的時候就是美妙的時刻。 It’s still crazy thinking about how it all paid off. Great athletes don’t get to go out this way with a game that’s just so perfect. 當想到這一切就這樣成真仍舊讓人覺得瘋狂，很多偉大的球員沒有辦法用這樣一個完美結 尾來結束他們的最後一場比賽。 It never gets to end this way, but Kobe, man, he was just different. 從沒有這樣結束的，但是Kobe做到了，因為他就是與眾不同。 Kobe最後一場比賽演說: https://youtu.be/Eg0mxPXIpLY -- 這篇是DeMar寫的，登在洛杉磯時報上，紀念5年前Kobe退休戰拿下60分的那一日。 -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc), 來自: 114.136.79.75 (臺灣) ※ 文章網址: https://www.ptt.cc/bbs/NBA/M.1618371425.A.9D5.html