The fickle finger of Deke: Rockets 94, Wizards 69.

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來源：http://tinyurl.com/yovoov The fickle finger of Deke: Rockets 94, Wizards 69. 老木的搖手指魂 It was a night when the Rockets needed somebody to puncture the silence, break through the gloom. 今天，是個如此的沈默、哀傷的夜晚，火箭需要有人來打破這局面... It came at end of a long day when they learned that Yao Ming was lost for the season with a stress fracture in his left foot, when it felt like all of the oxygen had been sucked out of their world. 當姚明本季因傷報銷的消息傳開之後，大家覺得這世界的氧氣彷彿被吸光似的。 The Rockets needed a breath of fresh air. What they got was a 41-year-old center with more miles on him than the space shuttle. 正當大家需要那口新鮮空氣時，那個比太空梭飛得更遠的41歲老中鋒出現了。 Same thing. Dikembe Mutombo. 一如往常，那個人就是 - 老木。 He's been playing basketball now since the days when Dr. Naismith was still climbing the ladder to take the ball out of the peach basket. 早在當年Dr. Naismith仍然得爬上梯子去把球從桃子籃取出來時，老木就在打籃球了。（Dr. James Naismith是當年發明籃球的人...1891年 XD） But it never gets old. 但老木永遠不老。 Twenty two seconds into an evening when the Rockets' heads were still spinning from the horrible news, Mutombo grabbed a loose ball and scored the game's first basket. 球賽開打22秒時，當火箭球員還沒從姚明報銷的噩耗中清醒過來時，老木一把抓下進攻籃板，把球幹進去拿下全場的第一分。 Ninety seconds later, Washington's Antawn Jamison tried an 8-foot jump shot and Mutombo swatted it like a mosquito. 90秒後，巫師的Jamison在8呎處跳投時，老木就像在打蚊子一樣，狠狠地巴了他一鍋。 Goaltending was the call. But message delivered. 雖然被吹了溝天頂，但似乎已經告訴大家了什麼.. At the 6:59 mark of the first quarter, 6-11 Andray Blatche went into the lane for a layup and Mutombo shot it down the way the Defense Dept. did that satellite. 在第一節還剩下6:59時，6-11的Andray Blatche衝到籃下想要上籃，老木就像防禦飛彈把間諜衛星射下來似的，再度把球給轟了出去。 Then Mutombo turned and he did the wag. He got out the famous finger and he shook it in Blatche's face again and again and again. 老木轉過身去，開始作他的招牌動作 - 搖手指 ._.\~/　他伸出他那超人氣的黃金食指在Blatche面前晃阿晃。 ._.\~/ Technical foul. No matter. 結果被吹了技術犯規，那又怎樣？ XD Five minutes into a night when they so desperately needed an emotional lift, Mutombo had launched the Rockets back into orbit. 球賽開打五分鐘之後，正當火箭球員們需要一個精神支柱的時候，老木站出來了，他讓火箭再次回到軌道。 "It felt good," he said with that warm, wide, liquid smile. 「哈哈，真是爽阿，」老木臉上帶著他那溫暖的咧嘴笑容。 He is part Yoda, part warrior, mixing the wisdom of the elder statesman with the kind of passion and fire that can ignite even a rookie like Carl Landry. 老木簡直是Yoda和勇士的合體，結合了那老頭的智慧和那激情，那激情的火箭也點燃了像Landry這樣的菜鳥。 Mutombo was the first teammate that Yao had phoned on Monday night, when he learned the bad news. 姚明禮拜一晚上知道球季報銷之後，第一個就是打給老木。 "(Yao) was just trying to find somebody to talk to and he wanted to talk to me, share with me what's going on," Mutombo said. "He's leaving all of this job to me to go and try to finish the season strong. 「姚明那時候只是想找個人聊聊，而他想到我，告訴我到底發生什麼事，」老木說。「他把這球季要走更遠的任務通通交給了我。」 "My response to him was 'Just go and take care of yourself and we're going to do what we have to do as teammates and as a team so that we don't disappoint you.' " 「我這麼跟他說『你好好照顧自己吧，我們會做好身為你隊友該做的，我們不會讓你失望的。』」 He came back for his 17th professional season at the urging of his children and he spent the first four months as a virtual hood ornanment, getting onto the court in just 15 games for a total of 113 minutes. 在他子女的勸說下，他今年再次回到球場打他第17個球季，但前四個月老木就像是火箭板凳席上的吉祥物，僅僅出賽15場比賽，總共只打了113分鐘。 Now the Rockets' season may be resting on his shoulders. 現在火箭這球季的希望已經落在老木的肩膀上了 A 12-game winning streak grew to 13 with the 94-69 thumping of the Wizards that he inspired. 在老木的率領之下，火箭以94:63幹掉巫師，取得13連勝。 But how far can the Rockets go now? How much of that championship gleam that was forming in their eyes can stay alive? 不過，火箭現在還能走多遠呢？他們眼中對冠軍渴望的閃爍究竟能持續多久？ "That is still a question we still have to figure out how we're going to answer," Mutombo said. "Yao is a big part of this team. We love him so much and we miss him. 「那依然是個問號，我們也必須想辦法找到答案。」老木說。「姚明是這球隊的一大支柱，我們愛死他了，現在真的很想他...」 "It's very painful right now to answer that question because he's not just a teammate. He's a good friend. This kid's been in the league more than 6 years and he wants to win so bad. He wants to win a championship. He has made all the All-Star teams and he just wants to go and play all the way to the end and see what it's like to win a championship. When you have these things happening to you, you just have to keep praying." 「現在要回答這問題還真痛苦，因為姚明不只是我的隊友，他是我的好麻吉。這孩子已經在聯盟打六年多了，他很想贏球，很想得到總冠軍。他每年都入選全明星隊，而他只想一直打下去，想知道拿到總冠軍是什麼滋味。當這種慘劇發生在你身上時，能做的也只有禱告了...」 The Rockets can all get down on their knees and hope that Tracy McGrady can catch some of the spark, the raging fire that burns inside their team elder. 火箭球員們也只能通通跪下來祈禱T-mac也能從老木內心裡那激情的熱火得到點火花。 He doesn't create drama. He never makes excuses. Mutombo simply accepts his role on the team and delivers when he's needed. Which was last season when Yao was out for 32 games and he helped put together a 20-12 record. Which is now. 老木從不演戲裝死，也不會找任何藉口。老木默默的接受自己在球隊扮演的角色，當球隊需要自己時，能馬上跳出來做出貢獻。去年姚明缺賽的吶32場比賽，老木替補上來幫火箭取得20勝12敗的佳績。現在又是時候了。 "It's about being professional," Mutombo said. "You get paid to play basketball, even though you don't get the minutes. As long as you continue to ride your bike, lifting weights and do extra things in practice, you can be ready." 「這就看你敬業的態度，」老木說。「即使都沒上場打球，但也是領人家薪水的。只要持續在練習時騎你的腳踏車，舉重和練些有的沒的，那就能隨時準備上場。」 The question now is: Could he make it to June? 現在問題是，老木有辦法撐到六月嗎？ "I think so," Mutombo said. "There's a lot left in my tank for me to go and help the team finish the season strong. I don't see why not." 「安啦，」老木說。「我可以為球隊帶來很多貢獻，讓球隊在這球季打出好成績，我看不出為什麼不行。」 Old hand. New hope. 老的老木，新的希望。 -- 老木魂 -- █ █ ███ █ █ █ ████ ████ ████ ████ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ ████ █ █ █ █ █ █ ██ █████ █ █████ █ █ █ Ｘ Japan THE LAST LIVE ▉▊▋▌▍▎▏ ~嘎抓~ -- -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 218.160.249.77 ※ 編輯: barkleyc 來自: 218.160.249.77 (02/28 04:16)

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