Lionheart，King＆LeBron James——獅王雄心

最新 07-07

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?Before Eastern Conference Championship Ceremony, LeBron James took a moment to sit and recover after playing all 48 minutes in Game 7 with a 33-year-old body.

James had 35 points, 15 rebounds, 9 assists and 8 turnovers in Game 7. That"s an excellent game. It"s not an all-time James game -- it"s frankly a borderline top-10 performance just in this postseason. Reviewing just the columns, it"d be easy to let it fade into the crowd of James" immense playoff resume.

詹姆斯在東決搶七大戰里的「超神」表現只是他一個賽季以來背負騎士隊前行的一個縮影。縱觀整個東部賽區的季後賽，我們看到的是這些：被球迷戲稱為第一「詹吹」的蘭斯·史蒂芬森濃眉倒豎，虎目圓睜，像鉗工揮舞的扳手一樣，死鉗著勒布朗。他的世界裡，彷彿沒有別人，也沒有別的任務，只要鉗死勒布朗；這個賽季，范弗里特從默默無聞進化成猛龍的關鍵角色，這位美國國家隊後衛在季後賽里，殺氣衝天，雙目噴血，用他強壯的雙臂，試圖推搡勒布朗；馬庫斯·莫里斯，從未以防守著稱的凱爾特人強壯鋒線，在系列賽之前自封，是天下除萊昂納德之外的第二號勒布朗終結者，在系列賽里他奮力地伸展他的花臂，想要封阻勒布朗的每一次進攻。在三輪系列賽里，他們兩次把時常孤立無援的勒布朗逼到了搶七死角，只差一步，東方易主。這些分量壓在勒布朗肩上，勒布朗一路扛過去了，破空而起。這就有點像很久以前的一場比賽，2006年4月常規賽最後，也是我看球的開始，騎士在沖50勝，在新澤西對陣籃網；基德+卡特+傑弗森帶隊把騎士壓到最後時刻，勒布朗最後一分鐘也是如此：火車頭般的奔襲，掛著兩個人，打三分。全場安靜下來。籃網瞬間崩潰了，就像飛機繞著哥斯拉打了一圈，發現哥斯拉不動聲色拍了拍灰的感覺。除了勒布朗老了12歲以外，你還是能聽到對方球員心口破碎的聲音。他，還是那個王。

First round

Pacers

印第安納步行者隊

Let"s go back from the beginning. Young Pacers, every member of them, from their key player Victor Oladipo to other role players, had the experience of being looked down. They wanted to prove them-selves, they yearned for the salvation. They had passions and they are young, they fought with LeBron until the Game 7. They were like the heroes in the myth who strived to kill the tyrant. King』s guards had no turning back, the only other all-star player Kevin Love blocked by the no-fly zone（註：禁飛區）set by Thaddeus Young time after time.In the Game 4, Cavs still trailed in the forth quarter. At that rush hour, Kyle Korver saved the King, two three-point shoots helped the King. LeBron survived and finally ended the series.

沒人真正知道勒布朗到底怎麼想，沒人知道他是不是真的驚懼和懷疑過。但我喜歡這個故事，因為這才是人，這才是有血肉，有喜怒憂思悲恐驚七情的人。在這個故事裡，勒布朗是人，而不是變形金剛，不是在對凱爾特人系列賽里那樣的鋼鐵俠。也正因為他是人，他有人的情感和身體，他能最終殺出來，才是不可思議的奇蹟。

Second round

Raptors

多倫多猛龍隊

When LeBron met Eastern Champion of Regular Season, the evolving Raptors, he became the invincible king again. Raptors showed their fear again, a kind of fear deep in their hearts. All of their self-confidence were smashed by LeBron. May that was the destiny--last year the Raptors was also swept by Cavs. In the Game 2, he came back to the throne. 7 fade -away shots（註：後仰跳投）equalizing the Playoffs』 record, declared the return of the king. Although Anunoby shot the key 3-point ball to tie the score in Game 3, LeBron』s miraculous shoot totally routed Raptors. They could not win no matter what.

這既昭示了，33歲的勒布朗在技術上有著多大的進化和提升，他像所有偉大的得分手一樣，在職業生涯後期跳投越來越精準，尤其是背身單打之後的翻身後仰。同時也顯現了，勒布朗面對猛龍的心理優勢有多堅不可摧。勒布朗能投，但當他感受到壓力和危機時，他一定是去突破。他不停地投，而且出手就有，就是告訴你，他用任何方式都能擊敗你。

（猛龍的主帥凱西說：「我們的精神很疲憊。」）

Eastern Conference Finals

Celtics

波士頓凱爾特人隊

After that, LeBron met Celtics. They were the underdogs before thePlayoffs began and they were considered as the weakest team in Eastern Conference.Every team in bottom half wanted to choose Boston as their opponent. After two rounds, they proved they had great ambitions, they were tough and their fantastic coach and amazing rookies would help them win the game. LeBron and his teammates seemed to not be ready for the battle. As a result, they lost the first two games. Then Boston got the match point. Lebron did his best to win Game 6. In that particular game he got 46 points and successfully continued the series to Game 7. In Game 7, Cavs once trailed 12 points, while king』s shooters missed 10 shots. Boston showed the highest level of intensity and discipline, they forced LeBron to push his limits to end the game. Celtics is an excellent team, but the ending of Eastern Conference was like what LeBron said 「All of this has been planned」. I never saw a kind of dominance like that.

科比曾經這樣調侃過勒布朗，他把勒布朗稱為「Lebranium」（這一詞來源於漫威系列裡的振金「vibranium」一詞，是漫威世界裡最堅硬的材質之一）。科比認為勒布朗就像是由振金鑄造而成一樣，像振金一樣無堅不摧，

對於詹姆斯，我似乎已經找不到什麼合適的形容詞了，可能他的紋身算一個——「THE CHOSEN ONE」。「三旬老漢」是真的天選之子，無論這個夏天，勒布朗最終定格在哪裡，他在歷史浩瀚星河裡的排名都終將提升一個層級。

獅王，天選之子

The same respect is due for James. Through all the trials of this season, the details surrounding the weakening of his team, the weekly challenges that he had to navigate and an incredible burden he must shoulder, all of the trouble brought him to Game 7 in a preposterous position. People and the experts had said that the Cavs had no business being there. May be they thought the Cavs should"ve lost to the Pacers a month ago.

The Cavs had a long celebration in their locker room after the game. Teams haven"t gotten to celebrate much on this patch of land, be it TD Garden or in the adjacent lot where the Boston Garden once stood. After all, James has had a few of his darkest moments in that locker room.

Then he summed it up.

"It"s been roses," James said. "There have been thorns. There"s been everything that you can ask for. I"ve said this has been one of the most challenging seasons I"ve had."

從詹姆斯進入聯盟開始，不論情況有多麼糟糕，似乎只要有他在，你就能感受到他巨大的能量，讓你相信他能克服一切磨難。他在籃球方面展現出的震古爍今的影響力和能量甚至從場上延續到場下。

在ESPN工作的記者文霍斯特，講過這樣一個故事。有一次，他和勒布朗一起，坐騎士老闆吉爾伯特的私人飛機出去，趕上那天雷鳴電閃。文霍斯特平時天天坐飛機到處採訪，什麼天氣沒見過，一般的顛簸他都不當事兒。可那天，窗外雷電交加，飛機竄上蹦下，感覺顛的要翻個兒了。文霍斯特真的慌了，心想完蛋了，搞不好今天要交代了。正在驚慌的時候，他看見前面的勒布朗，穩坐如山，面色如水，正跟另外一朋友玩牌。文霍斯特說，他一下就踏實了，勒布朗在那兒呢！勒布朗職業生涯里一共7次在季後賽完成球進鈴響的絕殺。他以前打進絕殺之後，比如2009年絕殺魔術，會很興奮，回到更衣室，不停地講，不停說話。現在平時回更衣室沒什麼話，絕殺了回去也沒什麼話，放點兒音樂，很平靜，好像就應該這樣。

縱觀勒布朗15年的NBA生涯，他獲得的是這些：4座常規賽MVP獎盃、3座冠軍獎盃、3座總決賽MVP獎盃以及其他大大小小如最佳陣容等的榮譽和各種超神一般的記錄。對於其他球員來說，這已經足夠稱得上是歷史級的超級巨星了。但勒布朗永遠不會停止他對勝利的追求，總冠軍永遠是他最終的目標。現在，他即將開始他生涯的第9次總決賽之旅

Lebron will go into the NBA Finals as an underdog, no matter who the Cavs play against, for the seventh time in his nine trips. （註：在詹姆斯的九次總決賽之旅里，所在的球隊只有兩次是被看好的一方）People think there"s a better than average chance, this season won"t end in his fourth title and instead end in his sixth Finals loss. And for that, those people who hate LeBron can use it to batter him.

Some will say that Michael Jordan won six titles and Kobe Bryant won five (Bill Russell won 11 but is somehow usually not included in the counting discussion), and LeBron James has three, and that"s that.

Perhaps so, in the column, that is that.

"Jesus Christ, you think you"re frustrated? How would you like to get there eight times and not win?"

That"s what Jerry West said in 2011 when James called him after he lost his second Finals in his eighth season looking for a shoulder to cry on. West told James he"d wanted to quit several times after losing the first eight Finals he played in. That once when he was jogging in Los Angeles he was heckled by a passerby and he was driven to the edge of considering homicide. West is bitter about the history to this day; he frowns at the mere mention.

As he turns 80 on Monday, though, the historians have done him so much better. He was known as "Mr. Clutch," and more recently, "The Logo." Nuance, grainy highlights and oral history have made West"s legacy ironclad. He was done right.

OK, so not a championship in name, but it smelled just as sweet.

小編語：本次推送寫於總決賽開始之前，編輯完總決賽剛進行第一場。雖然騎士憾負，但勒布朗又一次折服了人們。51分，這是彩色轉播時代，喬丹之外，唯一的一個總決賽單場50+。這是經典一役，什麼都齊全了：技術、身體、天賦、勇決、擔當、責任，這是那種可以成為勒布朗生涯代表作的比賽。從比賽內容到數據，都是歷史級的偉大。NBA年復一年，而像老詹這樣的表現，是本世紀屈指可數的。很可惜因為種種原因，他沒贏，但如上所述，這是一場偉大到可以超越勝負而被歷史銘記的比賽。上一個總決賽揭幕戰50+，是1969年傑里·韋斯特的53分。這可能就是所謂的偉大到超越勝負。