圣诞大战 勇士VS骑士 有啥看点?
Cleveland Cavaliers at Golden State warriors (3 p.m. ET)
克利夫兰骑士VS金州勇士（美国东部时间下午3点）The Cavaliers and Warriors absolutely do not like Donald Trump.
如果要说骑士和勇士有什么共同点的话，那就是他们都讨厌唐纳德-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.
这第一个小故事适合在饭前讲，当你和家人已经围坐在电视机前，正准备看这两支连续三年在总决赛相遇的球队再次交手的时候。事实上，联盟中反对现任总统的声音有很多，但是像勇士和骑士这样直言不讳的球队还是比较少的，而且这是两支当今联盟中最具有影响力的球队——影响力甚至超过了圣安东尼奥马刺的格雷格-波波维奇。
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."
我们贴心地为你总结出了骑士、勇士和特朗普之间从去年圣诞节就开始的口水战集锦，这里还不包括2016年11月9日选举结果公布时，金州勇士的主教练史蒂夫-科尔说的那句：“即将领导美国的人，是一位种族歧视、贬低女性并经常侮辱他人的人”。Stephen Curry made fun of LeBron James in front of Kyrie Irving at Harrison Barnes'wedding.
在哈里森-巴恩斯的婚礼上，斯蒂芬-库里当着凯里-欧文的面开勒布朗-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，阿姨们肯定都特想听，一场婚礼是如何蝴蝶效应般地，打破了联盟中两支总冠军级别球队之间实力平衡的。
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.
如果球员之间没有那么多互相尊重的话，骑士VS勇士肯定算得上是NBA21世纪以来最精彩的对决了。即便像德雷蒙德-格林这样，虽然他因为拳击勒布朗裆部而被禁赛，但他其实和勒布朗在场下是好朋友。真正的对决需要的是想撕碎敌人的那种仇恨感，就像凯文-麦克海尔和科特·兰比斯之间那样。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员哈里森-巴恩斯婚礼上这段20秒的小视频。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."
库里当时调侃了勒布朗晒出的训练视频，而现在的前骑士球员凯里-欧文，当时在边上跟着这位两届MVP开心地起哄欢呼。你肯定还记得，欧文曾公开表明自己不想继续和勒布朗一起打球，但实际上在这次声明之前一个月左右，欧文就已经向骑士队提出了交易申请。而詹姆斯之后还否认了自己在采访时说过“我会打爆欧文的”这样的话。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.
如果说当时欧文和勒布朗之间还存一丝丝讲和的可能性的话，视频里欧文跟着库里一起起哄的画面就真的让他再也没有回头路了。两周之后，欧文被交易到了凯尔特人。库里说视频没别的意思，他只是在向勒布朗致敬，这话也太假了吧，你以为我会相信背着别人调侃模仿并和一名长期与他有争执的队友一起哄堂大笑这种事情是“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.
杜兰特也说过，正是2017年总决赛第三场他面对詹姆斯投进的那个致命一球，让骑士彻底丧失了夺冠的机会。在命中那球的一瞬间，杜兰特说有点感觉自己像是接过了联盟第一人的权杖。得了，今年圣诞节勒布朗在喝他的蛋奶酒的时候，肯定是要恶心一下了。更多精彩内容请关注微信公众号、新浪微博：篮球英文堂
