Kobe Bryant isn't the only NBA icon to limp into retirement
不仅是老科，众球星的退休赛其实也都脚步蹒跚
The journey Kobe Bryant has been on for 20 years as one of the best ever to
play in the NBA will reach its conclusion Wednesday night at Staples Center.
The 37-year-old Bryant's greatest moments are behind him, and his last game
against the Utah Jazz is more of him getting to the finish line with a Lakers
team that has produced their worst record in franchise history.
So many of the game's icons have limped to the end of what have been
outstanding careers, their skills diminished by injuries and with no more
glory to display in their final games.
星期三在Staple Center，老科20年的职业生涯将画下句点
这位战绩辉煌的37岁老将在过去留下许多伟大的时刻
但是伴随他参与生涯对爵士最后一战的 却是创下队史最差战绩的湖人队
其实不只老科，那些在NBA上曾经叱吒风云的球员
在NBA的最后一场比赛，大多也都因伤所困，无法发挥他们生涯中引以为傲的球技
"It's not a lot of fun when you can't play anymore," said TNT studio analyst
Charles Barkley. "You've been better than anybody else your whole life and
you're retiring for a reason — because you can't play anymore. It's kind of
like a relief more than anything. I'm sure Kobe knows this."
"当你无法再继续打球并不是件有趣的事" Barkley说
但倘若你退休仅仅是因为你无法继续打下去了，而不是技不如人
这对于曾经比任何人都强大的球员来说，其实也算是一种救赎
我想Kobe是了解这点的
Barkley finished his Hall of Fame career playing for the lottery-bound
Houston Rockets. He missed four months of the 1999-2000 season because of a
left quadriceps injury, but his goal was just to play in one final game.
So on April 19, 2000, Barkley, who was 37 at the time, played his last game
of a 16-year NBA career against the Vancouver Grizzlies.
He scored just two points on a put-back. Barkley had one rebound and one
assist in six minutes. He walked off the court to a standing ovation.
"I had gotten hurt earlier in the season, and I wanted to try to play one
[more] game," Barkley recalled. "It took me like six minutes to get one
rebound and one basket. That was tough. And if you've been watching Kobe
play, you know he's feeling the exact same thing."
名人堂球员Barkely在休士顿火箭结束了他的生涯
在1999赛季他因为左四头肌受伤错过了4个月的比赛
那时的他已经37岁，但他还想再打一场比赛
因此，2000/4/19
在对上温哥华灰熊队的比赛
六分钟 一篮板一助攻 并靠着补篮拿了两分
就这样在全场起立鼓掌之下走出球场，并完成了他的NBA之旅
他说:"那个球季我很早就受伤了，我想试试看，至少再打一场看看
那两分一篮板却花了我六分钟的时间，这真的很艰难
如果你有看到Kobe本季的表现，你会知道他在一样的处境"
Many other NBA Hall of Famers exited with quiet performances in their
farewell games.
许多名人堂球员在他们的告别赛中，也都无法拿出最好的表现
The Lakers were chasing a third consecutive NBA championship in 1989, and
that helped lure Kareem Abdul-Jabbar back for his 20th season.
Abdul-Jabbar averaged 10.1 points in 22.9 minutes per game during the 1988-89
regular season, his skills obviously not what they were when he won six most
valuable player awards.
The Lakers were swept, 4-0, by the Detroit Pistons in the 1989 NBA Finals.
In his final game, the 42-year-old Abdul-Jabbar, the NBA's all-time leading
scorer (38,387 points), made only two of eight shots from the field and
finished with seven points and three rebounds in 29 minutes against Detroit.
Jabbar最后一个赛季，也就是他的第20个赛季，在22.9分的的场均上场时间中
也只剩下10.1分，他也早已不复当年他拿下6座MVP时的勇猛
最后，湖人在1989与活赛队的总冠军赛惨遭横扫
在他的最后一场比赛中，8投2中得到了7分3篮板
Magic Johnson was in his prime when he retired at the start of the 1991-92
season after he announced he was HIV-positive.
But Johnson still had the itch to play, and at 36 he returned to the Lakers
midway through the 1995-96 season. Johnson played in 32 regular season games,
averaging 14.9 points, 6.9 assists and 5.7 rebounds.
The final game of his illustrious 13-year career was on May 2, 1996, when the
Lakers were eliminated in a second-round playoff series by Houston.
Johnson missed six of eight shots, had eight points, five assists, five
rebounds and four turnovers in 30 minutes off the bench.
Magic Johnson当被诊断出HIV时依然是当打之年，但他在1991-1992年季初即宣告退休
但他依然想打，于是，1995-1996球季，在32场例行赛中14.9分6.9助攻5.7篮板
Magic短暂的复出，而他的告别战，则是在季后赛第二轮遇上火箭队
8投2中，30分钟得到8分5助攻5篮板4失误，结束了他魔术般的职业生涯
Even the great Michael Jordan couldn't deliver the magic moments the
basketball world had come to enjoy in his final NBA game.
Jordan was then playing for the lottery-bound Washington Wizards — and he
was nowhere near the player who had led the Chicago Bulls to six
championships and had won six MVP awards.
In the final game of his career on April 16, 2003, the 40-year-old Jordan had
15 points, four rebounds and four assists in 28 minutes for the Wizards.
就算是史上最伟大的球员Jordan，在NBA最后一场比赛，也不再是那个6冠6MVP的红衣光头
2003/04/16 Jordan 40岁，穿着巫师队的球衣，在28分钟内拿下15分4篮板4助攻
结束了璀璨的他的NBA生涯
Larry Bird won three NBA championships with the Boston Celtics and was a
three-time MVP, but serious back problems caused him to miss 37 regular
season games in 1991-92. He retired after the season, though he suited up for
the Olympic "Dream Team" that won a gold medal that summer.
Bird's final NBA game was a Game 7 loss in Cleveland in a second-round
playoff series. He was obviously hurting and took only nine shots in 33
minutes and finished with 12 points, five rebounds and four assists.
Injuries finally took down Shaquille O'Neal, his 7-1 body unable to overcome
all that ailed him in his final season in Boston.
Larry Bird替Boston赢了3座总冠军，但是背伤使的他错过了1991-1992赛季的37场常规赛
他也在那一年宣告退休，不过他依然有参与当年的奥运他并替梦幻队夺得金牌。
而他的最后一场比赛则是，那年的季后赛第二轮Game 7，最终败给骑士
33分钟的上场时间，由于背伤的原故，仅仅在33分钟的出场时间得到12分5篮板4助攻
O'Neal had been a four-time NBA champion — three of those championships with
the Lakers — but he had to deal with a strained right calf and a hip and
Achilles' tendon injury during the 2010-11 season with the Celtics.
It was an inglorious end to a 19-year career for O'Neal.
The 39-year-old didn't score in his final NBA game, a second-round playoff
loss against the Miami Heat. O'Neal had zero rebounds and two fouls and
played just three minutes, 31 seconds before walking off the court and into
retirement.
最后则是O'Neal，Shaq的NBA最后一个赛季也饱受伤病困扰
这位拿过4座总冠军的禁区霸主的告别赛并不光彩，由于拉伤右小腿和臀部
他的NBA告别赛没有得到任何分数，仅仅在3分31秒的上场时间内赔上两次犯规