Bernard King: Knee injury defined Hall of Fame career
Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY Sports
Bernard King finished his NBA career with an impressive — and now Hall of
Fame — résumé.
Bernard King有一个给人印象深刻的名人堂级别的履历。
Known for his scoring, King:
大家熟知的得分能力，Bernard King有以下成就：
‧ Led the league in scoring at 32.9 points per game for the New York Knicks
in 1984-85.
★ 在1984-85年以每场比赛平均32.9分领先全联盟
‧ Scored 50 points in back-to-back road games against the San Antonio Spurs
and Dallas Mavericks in 1984, lighting up George Gervin one night and Mark
Aguirre the next.
★ 1984年在两次背靠背比赛中对阵马刺与小牛的比赛中各得到50+得分
‧ Averaged 42.6 points in the New York Knicks' 3-2 series win against the
Detroit Pistons in the 1984 playoffs, including at least 40 points in each of
the final four games.
★ 在1984年季后赛3-2战胜活塞的系列赛中场均砍下42.6分，其中包括系列赛后四场
场均砍了40分。
‧ Finished his career at 22.5 points per game and 51.8% shooting from the
field.
★ 以场均22.5分和51.8%的命中率结束自己的职业生涯。
But, King said, it was what happened between a torn anterior cruciate
ligament in his right knee on March 23, 1985 against the Kansas City Kings
and his return two years later, on April 10, 1987, that defined his NBA
career. At a time before advancements in arthroscopic knee surgery and when a
torn ACL could equal the end of a career, King made one of the most memorable
comebacks in NBA history.
但是，King告诉我们，重新定义他职业生涯的时刻在于他1985年 3月23号对阵堪萨斯
城国王时右膝前十字韧带撕裂两年后1987年4月10日重返NBA。在一个十字韧带手术还
不完备而伤病几乎等于职业生涯结束的年代，King 的回归是NBA历史上最令人难忘的
时刻。
"It happened when it was open-knee surgery and three doctors told me I was
never going to play again and you need surgery just to be able to walk," King
said. "That's what I think about. I had the fortitude to work with my
therapist five hours a day, six days a week for two straight years —
climbing that mountain slowly, not quickly, step by step. And I made it back.
“一切开始的时候是一次手术时三位医生告诉我我永远无法打球，而且光是走路就要
靠手术支持，” King说道，“我是这样想的，我有毅力每天坚持5个小时的治疗，坚
持一周6天，坚持这样两年——一步一步地攀登这座高山，而我，回来了。”
"That's what I'm most gratified about when I think about my career."
“这是我回想我职业生涯的时候最欣慰的时刻。”
King's career as a four-time All-Star, two-time first-team All-NBA, one-time
scoring champion will be remembered thoroughly over the next few days,
leading into his induction on Sunday into the Naismith Memorial Basketball
Hall of Fame.
King的生涯四度当选全明星，两入NBA第一阵容，一届得分王。 这些荣耀都在周日的
奈史密斯名人堂入选介绍中被提及。
"He's one of the great scorers to ever play the game," said Washington
Wizards president Ernie Grunfeld, King's teammate at Tennessee and with the
Knicks. "He was almost unstoppable when he was at his peak. ... He had a very
well-rounded game and what set him apart in those days was that he was an
unbelievable competitor."
“他是最伟大的得分手之一”，他在尼克的老队友现在的华盛顿巫师总经理Ernie
Grunfeld说道。 “他在巅峰时期是不可阻挡的...他的比赛非常全面，令他区别于其
他球员的是他令人难以相信的进取心。”
King will be inducted along with Gary Payton, Rick Pitino, Jerry Tarkanian,
Guy Lewis, Sylvia Hatchell, Dawn Staley, Russ Granik, Richie Guerin, Oscar
Schmidt, E.B. Henderson and Roger Brown.
King将和Gary Payton, Rick Pitino, Jerry Tarkanian,Guy Lewis, Sylvia Hatchell,
Dawn Staley, Russ Granik, Richie Guerin, Oscar Schmidt, E.B. Henderson and
Roger Brown一起被提名进名人堂。
"It's a humbling experience," King said. "It's not something you can ever
dream about, and to know that what you've done in basketball or what I've
done warrants inclusion with the other greats who have played the game —
those who I watched growing up — Bill Russell, the Big O (Oscar Robertson),
Jerry West, Willis Reed. It's a very special experience and a wonderful time
in my life."
“这是令我心存谦虚的经历，”King在谈道入选名人堂时说道，“这不是你做梦能梦
见的，能和你看着他们比赛长大的伟大球员—Bill Russell，大O，Jerry West，Willis
Reed一样进入名人堂。这是我生命中最珍贵的时刻和最难忘的回忆。”
King's induction was perhaps delayed by his limited number of games played
because of injuries that forced him to miss the equivalent of three seasons.
He said he never obsessed about whether he would make it in to the Hall of
Fame. Incidentally, King is a test case for recently retired NBA star Tracy
McGrady, whose bouts of excellence were mitigated by injuries.
King的当选很可能因为他受伤时缺阵的三个赛季而被耽搁了。他说他从未刻意追求能
否进入名人堂。 有趣的是，King的生涯可以作为NBA刚退役的明星麦迪的教科书，他
的生涯也因为伤病大受影响。
"You can't ever determine when that's going to happen," King said. "It's not
something that's a right of yours. It's certainly something that I had hoped
would happen after I was nominated several times. Once you're nominated, you
hope to be included."
“你永远无法知道什么会发生，”King说道，“（进入名人堂）不是你的权利，当我
被提名之后这当然是我梦寐以求的。一旦你被提名，你就希望能被接纳进名人堂。 ”
Playing in an era with Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, Kareem-Abdul Jabbar,
Michael Jordan, Isiah Thomas and Julius Erving among others, King was a
dynamic scorer, propelled by his explosiveness and quick-release jump shot.
His tough-to-defend spin move, especially when he posted up, and his ability
to finish on fastbreaks were hallmarks of his offensive repertoire.
在Magic Johnson，Larry Bird，Jabbar，Michael Jordan，Isiah Thomas， J博士欧
文的时代打球，King也是一个伟大的得分手，他的看家本领是他的爆发力， 他敏捷的
跳投，他难以防守的晃动，特别是他快攻时独树一帜的终结能力。
He was an efficient scorer, too — not just a gunner. He shot 58.8%, 56.6%,
52.8%, 57.2% and 53% in consecutive seasons from 1980-81 through 1984-85. In
1984-85, he had the third-best player efficiency rating — a measure of a
player's per-minute productivity — behind MVP Bird and Rookie of the Year
Jordan, according to basketball-reference.com.
By the mid 1980s, King had electrified the NBA. A native of Brooklyn, King
was at home at Madison Square Garden. He dropped 60 and 55 points on the New
Jersey Nets and 52 on the Indiana Pacers in the same season.
他是个很高效的得分手。他在1980到1984年命中率连续的高达58.8%, 56.6%, 52.8%,
57.2% 和53%。他每分钟得分效率仅次于MVP年的Bird和新秀赛季的Jordan。1980年代
中期，King震撼了NBA。 作为布鲁克林人，同一个赛季他在对阵新泽西篮网的时候砍
下一次60分和一次55分，对阵溜马的时候狂杀52分。
King sustained his injury at the end of the 1985 season when he was 28 years
old and lost two prime years of his career. Even though he scored 30, 29 and
31 points in the final three games of the 1986-1987 season, the Knicks did
not bring him back.
28岁的King在受伤之后于1985年末回到了赛场，虽然他在1986 -1987最后的三场比赛
中得到30,29,31分，纽约也没有继续签下他。
"When you're challenged with an obstacle, I've always said that the pain is
not in the falling, the pain is in getting up," King said.
“当你遇到挫折时，我总是说：痛苦的不是在你被击倒在地时，而是在于你想站起来
的时候。”King说道。
He found a new home with the Washington Bullets and averaged at least 20
points in four consecutive seasons, including 28.4 in 1990-91. That season,
he made the All-Star team and was third-team All-NBA. King had 29 games of 30
or more points (fourth-best in the league) and 11 games of 40 or more points
(tied for the league-lead with Jordan) that season.
"He knew he didn't have the same explosive athleticism he had before the
injury, but he figured out how to make himself an extremely effective
player," Grunfeld said.
他在华盛顿子弹找到了新家，连续四个赛季得分20+，包括1990-91赛季场均28.4分。
那个赛季他当选全明星，有29场比赛得分30+，11场比赛40+。“他受伤之后爆发力没
有之前好了，但是他找到了更有效率的方法，”Grunfeld说道。
King retired after the 1992-1993 season and went about his life. He married,
had a daughter, who is now 15, and works a variety of jobs – occasional
basketball analyst on TV, started a software company with a business partner
and serves as an advisor for a sports agency.
Around the house, he is just Bernard or dad – a husband and father. Except
for occasional video highlights or stories, his wife, Shana, and daughter,
Amina, don't know much about his career.
1992-1993赛季之后他退役了，生命还要继续。 他结婚生女，女儿目前15岁，他先后
做过许多职业—当过电视篮球评论员，开过软件公司，也做过球队顾问。但在家的时
候，他就是Bernard或者是爸爸─ 一个丈夫，一个父亲。除了通过采访和杂志报纸，
他的妻子女儿并不太知道他过往的职业生涯。
"We never talk about my playing days. That's not anything we focus on," King
said. "It's 'When are you going to take the garbage?' and 'Help me with
homework.' Just like everyone else and that's the way it should be.
“我们从不回忆我的职业生涯。那不是我们关心的，”King说道，“我们老说的事'
你什么时候去倒垃圾？'或者'你什么时候帮我做作业？'就像平凡人一样。”
"But this is a tremendous honor and they know it."
“但是她们也知道名人堂是很值得骄傲的荣耀。”
STATISTICS: Bernard King's career averages
Season Age Tm G GS MP FG% 3P% FT% TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1977-78 21 NJN 79 39.1 .479 .677 9.5 2.4 1.5 0.5 3.9 3.8 24.2
1978-79 22 NJN 82 34.9 .522 .564 8.2 3.6 1.4 0.5 3.9 4.0 21.6
1979-80 23 UTA 19 22.1 .518 .540 4.6 2.7 0.4 0.2 2.6 3.5 9.3
1980-81 24 GSW 81 36.0 .588 .333 .703 6.8 3.5 0.9 0.4 3.3 3.8 21.9
1981-82*25 GSW 79 77 36.2 .566 .200 .705 5.9 3.6 1.0 0.3 3.4 3.6 23.2
1982-83 26 NYK 68 68 32.5 .528 .000 .722 4.8 2.9 1.3 0.2 2.9 3.4 21.9
1983-84*27 NYK 77 76 34.6 .572 .000 .779 5.1 2.1 1.0 0.2 2.6 3.5 26.3
1984-85*28 NYK 55 55 37.5 .530 .100 .772 5.8 3.7 1.3 0.3 3.7 3.5 32.9
1985-86 29 Did Not Play (injury—knee)
1986-87 30 NYK 6 4 35.7 .495 .744 5.3 3.2 0.3 0.0 2.5 2.3 22.7
1987-88 31 WSB 69 38 29.6 .501 .167 .762 4.1 2.8 0.7 0.1 3.1 2.9 17.2
1988-89 32 WSB 81 81 31.6 .477 .167 .819 4.7 3.6 0.8 0.2 2.8 2.7 20.7
1989-90 33 WSB 82 82 32.8 .487 .130 .803 4.9 4.6 0.6 0.1 3.0 2.8 22.4
1990-91*34 WSB 64 64 37.5 .472 .216 .790 5.0 4.6 0.9 0.3 4.0 2.9 28.4
1991-92 35 Did Not Play (injury)
1992-93 36 NJN 32 2 13.4 .514 .286 .684 2.4 0.6 0.3 0.1 0.7 1.7 7.0
Career 874 547 33.7 .518 .172 .730 5.8 3.3 1.0 0.3 3.2 3.3 22.5
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