聖誕大戰 勇士VS騎士 有啥看點?
Cleveland Cavaliers at Golden State Warriors (3 p.m. ET)
克利夫蘭騎士VS金州勇士（美國東部時間下午3點）The Cavaliers and Warriors absolutely do not like Donald Trump.
如果要說騎士和勇士有什麼共同點的話，那就是他們都討厭唐納德-特朗普。This one should go over well before Christmas dinner when you're sitting down as a family for the rematch between the two teams that have met in the NBA Finals for three years running. But it's true. There's been an almost league–wide rebuke of the president, but no teams have been more outspoken than the two conference heavyweights— not even Gregg Popovich's San Antonio Spurs.
這第一個小故事適合在飯前講，當你和家人已經圍坐在電視機前，正準備看這兩支連續三年在總決賽相遇的球隊再次交手的時候。事實上，聯盟中反對現任總統的聲音有很多，但是像勇士和騎士這樣直言不諱的球隊還是比較少的，而且這是兩支當今聯盟中最具有影響力的球隊——影響力甚至超過了聖安東尼奧馬刺的格雷格-波波維奇。
Here's a syllabus of what's happened between the Warriors, Cavaliers and Trump since last Christmas, which doesn't even include Golden State coach Steve Kerr saying the day after the election results on Nov. 9, 2016: "The man who's going to lead you has routinely used racist, misogynist, insulting words."
我們貼心地爲你總結出了騎士、勇士和特朗普之間從去年聖誕節就開始的口水戰集錦，這裏還不包括2016年11月9日選舉結果公佈時，金州勇士的主教練史蒂夫-科爾說的那句：“即將領導美國的人，是一位種族歧視、貶低女性並經常侮辱他人的人”。Stephen Curry made fun of LeBron James in front of Kyrie Irving at Harrison Barnes'wedding.
在哈里森-巴恩斯的婚禮上，斯蒂芬-庫裏當着凱里-歐文的面開勒布朗-詹姆斯的玩笑。Trust me, your aunt will love the story about how a wedding dance shook up the NBA's best rivalry.
相信我，阿姨們肯定都特想聽，一場婚禮是如何蝴蝶效應般地，打破了聯盟中兩支總冠軍級別球隊之間實力平衡的。
Cavs-Warriors would undoubtedly be this century's best NBA rivalry if there weren't so much respect between them. Even Draymond Green, the guy who got suspended for punching LeBron in the groin, is friends with LeBron. Any self-respecting rivalry needs hate. Just ask Kevin McHale and Kurt Rambis.
如果球員之間沒有那麼多互相尊重的話，騎士VS勇士肯定算得上是NBA21世紀以來最精彩的對決了。即便像德雷蒙德-格林這樣，雖然他因爲拳擊勒布朗襠部而被禁賽，但他其實和勒布朗在場下是好朋友。真正的對決需要的是想撕碎敵人的那種仇恨感，就像凱文-麥克海爾和科特·蘭比斯之間那樣。So, we needed this 20-second video from ex-Warriors forward Harrison Barnes' August wedding:
所以，大家都想看到前勇士球員哈里森-巴恩斯婚禮上這段20秒的小視頻。That would be Curry mocking LeBron's mean-mugging workout videos, as a number of NBA players, including then-Cavaliers point guard Kyrie Irving, laughed along with the two-time MVP sharpshooter. As you may recall, Irving requested a trade from the Cavaliers a month earlier because he no longer wanted to play with LeBron, and James had to deny reports he would "be tempted to beat Kyrie's ass."
庫裏當時調侃了勒布朗曬出的訓練視頻，而現在的前騎士球員凱里-歐文，當時在邊上跟着這位兩屆MVP開心地起鬨歡呼。你肯定還記得，歐文曾公開表明自己不想繼續和勒布朗一起打球，但實際上在這次聲明之前一個月左右，歐文就已經向騎士隊提出了交易申請。而詹姆斯之後還否認了自己在採訪時說過“我會打爆歐文的”這樣的話。If ever there were going to be a reconciliation between Irving and James, Kyrie's laughter in that Curry video may have sealed his fate, and he was traded to the Celtics two weeks later. Curry called it an homage to LeBron, but for the sake of the rivalry, I'll just assume imitating someone behind his back while the teammate whom he's openly feuding with laughs alongside you isn't done out of respect.
如果說當時歐文和勒布朗之間還存一絲絲講和的可能性的話，視頻里歐文跟着庫裏一起起鬨的畫面就真的讓他再也沒有回頭路了。兩週之後，歐文被交易到了凱爾特人。庫裏說視頻沒別的意思，他只是在向勒布朗致敬，這話也太假了吧，你以爲我會相信揹着別人調侃模仿並和一名長期與他有爭執的隊友一起鬨堂大笑這種事情是“在致敬”？Durant also said recently the shot he hit over James to win Game 3 and all but seal Cleveland's fate in the 2017 NBA Finals felt like a "passing of the torch" moment, so that's sure to spoil LeBron's egg nog.
杜蘭特也說過，正是2017年總決賽第三場他面對詹姆斯投進的那個致命一球，讓騎士徹底喪失了奪冠的機會。在命中那球的一瞬間，杜蘭特說有點感覺自己像是接過了聯盟第一人的權杖。得了，今年聖誕節勒布朗在喝他的蛋奶酒的時候，肯定是要噁心一下了。更多精彩內容請關注微信公衆號、新浪微博：籃球英文堂
