来源：http://tinyurl.com/yovoov The fickle finger of Deke: Rockets 94, Wizards 69. 老木的摇手指魂 It was a night when the Rockets needed somebody to puncture the silence, break through the gloom. 今天，是个如此的沈默、哀伤的夜晚，火箭需要有人来打破这局面... 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. 当姚明本季因伤报销的消息传开之後，大家觉得这世界的氧气彷佛被吸光似的。 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. 正当大家需要那口新鲜空气时，那个比太空梭飞得更远的41岁老中锋出现了。 Same thing. Dikembe Mutombo. 一如往常，那个人就是 - 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. 早在当年Dr. Naismith仍然得爬上梯子去把球从桃子篮取出来时，老木就在打篮球了。 （Dr. James Naismith是当年发明篮球的人...1891年 XD） But it never gets old. 但老木永远不老。 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. 球赛开打22秒时，当火箭球员还没从姚明报销的噩耗中清醒过来时，老木一把抓下进攻 篮板，把球干进去拿下全场的第一分。 Ninety seconds later, Washington's Antawn Jamison tried an 8-foot jump shot and Mutombo swatted it like a mosquito. 90秒後，巫师的Jamison在8尺处跳投时，老木就像在打蚊子一样，狠狠地巴了他一锅。 Goaltending was the call. But message delivered. 虽然被吹了沟天顶，但似乎已经告诉大家了什麽.. 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. 在第一节还剩下6:59时，6-11的Andray Blatche冲到篮下想要上篮，老木就像防御飞弹 把间谍卫星射下来似的，再度把球给轰了出去。 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. 老木转过身去，开始作他的招牌动作 - 摇手指 ._.\~/　他伸出他那超人气的黄金食指 在Blatche面前晃阿晃。 ._.\~/ Technical foul. No matter. 结果被吹了技术犯规，那又怎样？ XD Five minutes into a night when they so desperately needed an emotional lift, Mutombo had launched the Rockets back into orbit. 球赛开打五分钟之後，正当火箭球员们需要一个精神支柱的时候，老木站出来了，他让 火箭再次回到轨道。 "It felt good," he said with that warm, wide, liquid smile. 「哈哈，真是爽阿，」老木脸上带着他那温暖的咧嘴笑容。 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. 老木简直是Yoda和勇士的合体，结合了那老头的智慧和那激情，那激情的火箭也点燃了 像Landry这样的菜鸟。 Mutombo was the first teammate that Yao had phoned on Monday night, when he learned the bad news. 姚明礼拜一晚上知道球季报销之後，第一个就是打给老木。 "(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. 「姚明那时候只是想找个人聊聊，而他想到我，告诉我到底发生什麽事，」老木说。 「他把这球季要走更远的任务通通交给了我。」 "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.' " 「我这麽跟他说『你好好照顾自己吧，我们会做好身为你队友该做的，我们不会让你失 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. 在他子女的劝说下，他今年再次回到球场打他第17个球季，但前四个月老木就像是火箭 板凳席上的吉祥物，仅仅出赛15场比赛，总共只打了113分钟。 Now the Rockets' season may be resting on his shoulders. 现在火箭这球季的希望已经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. 在老木的率领之下，火箭以94:63干掉巫师，取得13连胜。 But how far can the Rockets go now? How much of that championship gleam that was forming in their eyes can stay alive? 不过，火箭现在还能走多远呢？他们眼中对冠军渴望的闪烁究竟能持续多久？ "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. 「那依然是个问号，我们也必须想办法找到答案。」老木说。 「姚明是这球队的一大支柱，我们爱死他了，现在真的很想他...」 "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." 「现在要回答这问题还真痛苦，因为姚明不只是我的队友，他是我的好麻吉。这孩子 已经在联盟打六年多了，他很想赢球，很想得到总冠军。他每年都入选全明星队， 而他只想一直打下去，想知道拿到总冠军是什麽滋味。当这种惨剧发生在你身上时， 能做的也只有祷告了...」 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. 火箭球员们也只能通通跪下来祈祷T-mac也能从老木内心里那激情的热火得到点火花。 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. 老木从不演戏装死，也不会找任何藉口。老木默默的接受自己在球队扮演的角色，当球队 需要自己时，能马上跳出来做出贡献。去年姚明缺赛的呐32场比赛，老木替补上来帮火箭 取得20胜12败的佳绩。现在又是时候了。 "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." 「这就看你敬业的态度，」老木说。「即使都没上场打球，但也是领人家薪水的。 只要持续在练习时骑你的脚踏车，举重和练些有的没的，那就能随时准备上场。」 The question now is: Could he make it to June? 现在问题是，老木有办法撑到六月吗？ "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，」老木说。「我可以为球队带来很多贡献，让球队在这球季打出好成绩，我看不 出为什麽不行。」 Old hand. New hope. 老的老木，新的希望。 -- 老木魂 -- █ █ ███ █ █ █ ████ ████ ████ ████ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ ████ █ █ █ █ █ █ ██ █████ █ █████ █ █ █ Ｘ Japan THE LAST LIVE ▉▊▋▌▍▎▏ ~嘎 抓~ -- --

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