[外電] J.R. shoots to be more than a scorer
JR不只是得分手
ORLANDO, Fla. — The streak was going to end, although it didn’t have to.
The Knicks had the game well in hand, the Magic were waving white flags,
players were already exchanging handshakes.
比賽接近終了時刻，魔術球員已經投降，尼克球員也開始和魔術球員握手。
And the basketball was in J.R. Smith’s hands. And there was nothing but
empty hardwood between Smith and the basket.
而籃球在JR手上。在JR和籃框之間，空無一物。
Now, the version of Smith we saw last year in New York, that the rest of the
NBA had seen for years before that, it’s even money — at least — that
Smith takes advantage of the free pathway in front of him. Especially because
Smith was sitting on 18 points, sitting on a streak of five straight games of
20 or more.
現在，我們看到的JR，和過去幾年那個大家熟知的JR，有很大的不同。這樣的變化，從
JR終場前站的地方可見端倪──面前是無人阻擋的籃框，而他這場得到18分，且連五場
得超過20分了。
“In the past,” Smith said, “my priorities weren’t what they are now.”
「過去，」JR說，「對我最優先的東西，並非現在這些。」
Yes. This is a new year, a new season, a new Smith. He dribbled out the
clock. He handed the ball to a referee, then winced as he started to limp off
the court, about seven different parts of his left leg barking at him. The
Knicks had won, 114-106. That was enough. That was, in fact, plenty.
沒錯。新的球季，新的一年，新的JR。剩下的時間，他沒有去攻擊對手籃框，而是運球
直到哨響，然後將球交還給裁判，緩緩走出球場。尼克114-106贏了魔術。事實上，這
比分差距也夠大了。
“Do whatever you can to help the team win,” he said a bit later, after
icing his leg, after trundling around the locker, after dismissing his aches
and his pains as “another day at the office.”
「做任何能幫球隊贏球的事情。」他在冰敷膝蓋後說。他在休息室拖著沉重的步伐，緩緩
消除身上的疼痛後，說了這麼一句話。
“That’s what everyone on this team has embraced,” he said. “That’s what
I embrace.”
「這是每位隊上球員的信仰。這也是我的信仰。」
One more time, Smith’s old Nuggets teammate, a fellow named Melo, turned in
an MVP-worthy performance for the judges’ future consideration, scoring 40
points again, hitting one crucial shot after another as the Knicks engineered
a fourth-quarter comeback to quiet the feisty Magic.
JR的前金塊隊友甜瓜，再次做出衝擊MVP的勢態。他得了40分，一次又一次地為尼克送進
重要的得分，讓第四節尼克得以甩開糾纏不休的魔術。
But is anyone prepared to argue who the team’s second-most-indispensible
player is right now? Yes, Jason Kidd has nights when he turns back the clock
(last night, for instance), and Tyson Chandler, when fully engaged, is a
freak of nature in the paint. And certainly Raymond Felton’s absence has
only emphasized his importance.
不過，誰來爭論到底哪位球員才是尼克第二把交椅？沒錯，Kidd有幾場在關鍵時刻跳出來
(比如昨晚)，老錢也很恰當，畢竟他是禁區怪咖，肥頓的缺賽更凸顯了他的重要性。
But as the season has progressed, it is Smith who pops up night after night,
game after game, doing something — sometimes many things — to ensure the
Knicks win a basketball game, as they did last night for the 23rd time in 33
games.
但隨著季賽持續進行，JR才是每晚都挺身而出的人物。他為尼克隊做可以贏球的任何事情
，並為尼克隊贏下33場裡的第23場球。
Sometimes it’s scoring. Sometimes it’s passing. Sometimes it’s defense.
Always it is a revitalized approach to the game, one he talked about from Day
One.
他有時候得分，有時傳球，有時防守。他做的都是讓比賽甦醒過來的事情，從開幕賽就
是這樣了。
One that is a lot easier to talk about, in truth, than apply.
他做的一切，說得看似簡單，執行起來永遠困難得多。
“I won’t lie to you,” Smith said last night. “It’s been tough. It’s
been an adjustment. It hasn’t been easy at all.”
「我不會騙你，」JR昨晚說。「這些事情不容易。必須隨時調整。這些一點都不容易。」
But it has happened. For most of Smith’s career, he hinted at alternate
dimensions but was, in truth, a single-dimension wonder: if he came in and
sank his first couple of shots, he could carry you against anyone, drop 30 on
anyone. If he came in clanking, you were probably better off cutting your
losses and getting him out of the game as quickly as you could.
但變化已經發生了。JR大部份的生涯，都在用各種方式暗示你一個簡單的想法──只要他
上來幹進第一球，他就會試著轟下30分或更多。這樣等於，他開始打鐵的話，請馬上換下
他，否則他會繼續傷害球隊。
Last night? This was the perfect example of what Smith aspired to as a
player, contributing when his A-game was back on the team charter. He was in
early foul trouble, banged up his ankle, his knee, his thigh.
昨晚呢？他昨晚提早陷入犯規麻煩，飛進飛出也讓他身體各個部位碰撞在各個地方。但他
依舊繳出一場不錯的成績，而且也正是他蛻變的最佳佐證。
He hit a couple of shots but missed more, was off from 3-point range all
night. Yet still filled up the box score — 18 points, six rebounds, two
assists, two steals, five fouls which were reflected of how hard he played on
both ends of the floor.
他昨晚命中率不到五成，三分一球都沒進。但他仍舊有辦法得分──18分6板2助攻2抄。至
於五個犯規，則可說明他在攻防兩端的拚命程度。
“He’s a guy who wants to be coached,” Knicks coach Mike Woodson said. “I
think most guys in the league want that, but he’s done everything to make
sure he could take advantage of the things that have allowed him to get
better. He’s worked hard at it. It’s paid off.”
「他很受教，」武僧說。「我想，聯盟裡大部分的球員都是，但他是竭盡所能把握每個
進步的機會。他的努力開始有了回報。」
And he keeps getting better, keeps doing whatever’s necessary. Twice in
December, with Anthony on the sidelines, that meant hitting buzzer-beating
game-winners and adding a few salsa steps for extra flourish. Mostly, it’s
meant being precisely what a Sixth Man is supposed to be: a source of energy
and fire, a change-of-direction weapon that alters the flow of a game the
moment he reaches the scorer’s table.
而且，他還在不斷進步，不斷做任何需要的事情。十二月兩次甜瓜休戰，他都用制勝絕殺
和慶祝的舞步留住了勝利。大部份時間，他完美詮釋第六人的角色：能量的來源、熾熱的
火力、扭轉戰局的武器──只要他手感加溫的話。
An utterly indispensable piece of the pie. Who had that one in the preseason
pool?
完全就是不可或缺。在季前，誰能料到呢？
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