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來源: LA Times
網址: https://tinyurl.com/yzrbbwc9

First Person: DeMar DeRozan on Kobe’s 60-point game, It was like an ‘
Avengers’ movie
第一人視角: DeMar DeRozan講到Kobe的那場60分的比賽，就像是一場復仇者聯盟的電影

By DeMar DeRozan

I had felt this before, a stunned feeling, butterflies in my stomach. When I
was a kid in Compton with next to nothing, it would happen when the Lakers
games would be on KCAL 9. And five years ago, it happened again, this time at
my home in Toronto.
我以前有過這樣的感覺，一種目瞪口呆的感覺，忐忑不安的感覺。當我還是小孩子的時
候，住在鳥不生蛋的Compton，當湖人比賽在電視上轉播的時候就會出現。而在五年前，這
同樣的感覺又發生了，這次是我在我多倫多的家裡的時候發生的。

My team at the time, the Raptors, was playing in Brooklyn and left a bunch of
us behind with our playoff spot already sealed. So I was able to sit down on
my couch, turn on my TV and watch every second of my idol, and my friend,
Kobe Bryant play his last NBA game.


But there was just one problem — I couldn’t actually sit down.
但是問題來了--我根本沒辦法坐下來。

As I watched Kobe, the couch wasn’t good enough. I was too hyped, too
emotional. I had to get up. I mean, I had the chills.
當我看著Kobe打球時，沙發根本不夠好。我太興奮了，情緒大爆發，我得要站起來，我起
雞皮疙瘩。

I stood in front of my TV in Toronto, my hands on my head, my eyes getting
wider by the second. I thought Kobe would do something special. But … I
mean, come on … who does THIS?
我站在電視機前，我雙手抱頭，我的眼睛越張越開，我知道Kobe會做一些特別的，但是...
我的意思是，拜託~~誰會做這成這樣？

I’d known Kobe a long time. I knew how hurt he was, how tired he had to be.
Sixty points is crazy. Fifty shots are crazier. Thinking about it now, I
still can’t help it.
我認識Kobe很久了，我知道他身體有多痛，我知道他一定很累，拿下60分很瘋狂，更狂的
是出手了50次。現在想起來，我還是忍不住想笑。

I have to smile. It was just perfect.
我真的得要笑出來，那就是個完美。

https://imgur.com/Idy0MVi.jpg

It’s funny because I never really thought about how I was getting close with
Kobe. It just sort of happened organically.
這很有趣，因為我從來沒有想過說會跟Kobe這麼親近，一切就是這樣自然而然的發生了。

I went to his camp at Mater Dei. Klay Thompson was there too. At that camp,
Klay and I were some of the guys who stood out. There’s a photo that goes
around of me sitting there, listening to Kobe, one of the most knowledgeable
players ever. He was going to keep an eye on us.


I kind of ended up in this circle of guys on call for these pickup games. One
summer it was at Loyola Marymount. Another was at UCLA. I remember going to a
Lakers game and sitting in the back talking to Kobe. He’d reach out and send
shoes.


When I got to USC, we were the first team to have that Kobe sponsorship. It
was always just connected.
當我去南加大時，我們是第一支獲得Kobe贊助的球隊，這一切都是連結在一起的。

When we played for the last time in Kobe’s last season, I was able to gift
him some shoes. We had these all-gold Kobe 10s that we signed. I wrote a
personal message. We got them customized and had them in this case.
在Kobe的最後一季，我們最後一次打球的時候，我終於可以送他一些球鞋。我們有那些
Kobe第10代全金色有著我們簽名的鞋子，我在上面寫下我要給他的話，客製這些鞋子後放
在盒子裡。

It’s crazy because as a competitor, you take it for granted. You forget that
you’re playing against one of your idols. You kind of take a lot of moments
for granted and you look up and you’ll be on the court laughing and joking
and hugging your idol for that last time.


We talked before that game and just to see him walking away, but also to see
how happy he was too, knowing he was about to walk away from the game — you
know that I found so much inspiration and enjoyment with that. As a player you
’ll want to walk away from the game just being happy. And he was really
happy.


It was always a part of getting to play against Kobe, because I’m still just
that kid from Compton, hoping that tonight’s game would be on KCAL so I
could watch it. When I think about my journey to the NBA, I think about Kobe
because he was such an inspiration.
我心中始終有個部分是想跟Kobe對打的，因為我的心裡始終住著那個在Compton長大的小
孩，希望今晚電視有湖人的比賽，那我就可以看了。當我想到我一路以來的NBA過程，我都
會想到Kobe，因為他就是這樣一個啟發人心的人。

I didn’t text him or anything before that last game because I knew how
hectic it all was, but I knew that he was going to do something spectacular.
What? I wasn’t sure. I thought maybe he’d hit a game-winner.
我在他最後一場比賽之前沒有傳簡訊給他或是做其他的，因為我知道整個情況會有多忙
碌，但是我知道他會做一些神奇的事情。會是甚麼呢？我不確定，我那時候想說或許他會
投進致勝分之類的。

But this was crazy — I can’t think of a better finish. I’m a big Peyton
Manning fan; he’s my favorite quarterback. And yeah, he won a Super Bowl but
that wasn’t him at his best. He was throwing ducks and things like that.


Remember Michael Jordan’s last game, when his team was losing and the fans
were all rooting for him to go back in the game? Jordan mostly just stood up
and waved. So many of the guys I’ve been fans of, when they retire, they
just kind of go out quietly. This was different. This was like an “Avengers
” movie.
記得在MJ的最後一場比賽，他的球隊輸球，然後整場觀眾替他加油，希望他回到比賽場
上嗎？Jordan大部分時間就是站起來揮手。我是很多人的粉絲，當他們退休時，他們就是
安安靜靜的走。但是Kobe不一樣，這就像是一場"復仇者聯盟"的電影。

Twenty years from now, if you want to show someone what kind of player Kobe
Bryant was, it’s all in this game. That’s amazing, man.
20年後，若是要跟人家說Kobe是一位怎麼樣的球員時，就拿這場比賽吧，都在這裡面了。
那真的很棒！

https://imgur.com/YGRroRF.jpg

I remember after that game was over, I couldn’t stop thinking about him
shooting that many times. I took 38 shots once when I was 27. And I was
exhausted. Really. Imagine doing it on your last game after 20 seasons, only
you take 50. Crazy.


I know how hard that last season was. He couldn’t play in back-to-backs. The
losing. He had to preserve his energy in a lot of games while trying to give
fans one last show, especially on the road. He wanted to go out with an
awesome moment.


It’s still crazy thinking about how it all paid off. Great athletes don’t
get to go out this way with a game that’s just so perfect.
當想到這一切就這樣成真仍舊讓人覺得瘋狂，很多偉大的球員沒有辦法用這樣一個完美結
尾來結束他們的最後一場比賽。

It never gets to end this way, but Kobe, man, he was just different.
從沒有這樣結束的，但是Kobe做到了，因為他就是與眾不同。

Kobe最後一場比賽演說: https://youtu.be/Eg0mxPXIpLY
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這篇是DeMar寫的，登在洛杉磯時報上，紀念5年前Kobe退休戰拿下60分的那一日。

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