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Tim Duncan has flecks of gray in the stubble on his face. Manu Ginobili’s
hairline is sprinting a customarily frantic fast break in reverse on his
scalp. Even the one-time teen-aged phenom Tony Parker has what polite company
calls laugh lines running from the corners of his mouth.
TD的脸上出现了斑点，鬼切的发线也回不去了，就连曾经的小伙子TP，嘴角也出现了细纹
Time waits for no one, not even the Spurs. Yet here is the so-called Big
Three simultaneously pushing back against the sunset and deeper into the
record book.
时间从来不等人，然而三巨头在这里，对抗著时间，继续将自己写进NBA的历史里。
TimTonyManu.
TDTP鬼切.
The years have practically blended them together into one multi-syllabic name
with a single identity.
这些年来，他们的名字已经近乎完美的融合在一起。
They were together again in the fourth quarter Wednesday night, side by side
on the Spurs’ bench, spectators to watch the mop-up crew in a 112-77 rolling
of the Thunder that wasn’t that close.
他们在周三晚上比赛的第四节里，坐在一起欣赏著一场112-77的胜利。
It was their 111th playoff victory as teammates, leaping Duncan, Parker and
Ginobili past Lakers Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Magic Johnson and Michael Cooper
as the winningest postseason trio in NBA history.
这已经是他们第111场的季后赛胜利，超越了由贾霸、魔术强森、库柏写下的原记录。
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One minute an Argentine, a Frenchman and a swimmer from the Virgin Islands
were learning the fundamentals of a basketball language and, a dozen years
later, it is as if they were all born speaking a common tongue.
上一刻，一个阿根廷人、一个法国人、和一个来自维京群岛的泳将，还在学习著篮球的语
言，经过这些年后，他们就像是为了在一起打球而出生。
Everyone moves. Everyone cuts. Everyone passes the ball like it was
radioactive. Everyone finds the open man. Everyone is for everyone.
每个动作、每个片段、每个传球、全部人为了彼此而跳动。
There is a video tribute to the Spurs circulating online called
“The Beautiful Game.”
网络上，有一部记录马刺的影片：“完美的比赛。”
Truth is, on nights like Game 2 of the Western Conference finals, all that’s
missing are a sash, a tiara and a runway to show off their stuff.
而在对雷霆的第二场比赛里，马刺就像只缺了伸展台来展现他们的艺术。
Of course, the last time the Spurs held a 2-0 lead in this same round of the
playoffs in 2012, they went to Oklahoma City and the bottom dropped out as
they lost four straight and the series.
我们当然记得，2012年马刺也曾2-0领先雷霆，却在前进OKC主场之后，连输了四场。
Not now.
但不会是现在
The Thunder are playing without James Harden, gone off to Houston, and the
fact that there are scant offensive options behind Kevin Durant and Russell
Westbrook is obvious and makes it lopsided. That OKC is also playing without
its shot-blocking, rim-protecting anchor in the middle Serge Ibaka, due to a
calf injury, practically makes it unfair.
胡子登高飞去火箭队了，OKC的进攻在找不到第三进攻点的情况下显的支离破碎，而他们
最可靠的禁区守护者伊巴卡也因为受伤而无法上场。
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There are explosive devices on timers up and down the Spurs’ roster. In
Game 1, it was those huge paws of Kawhi Leonard that grabbed control and
would never let go. In Game 2, Danny Green strafed them with seven 3-pointers
that probably made the Thunder defenders want to hit the deck and just cover
their heads.
在马刺的阵容里，永远有能带来贡献的球员。第一场比赛里，可爱的双手紧紧控制住了比
赛。而第二场小绿的七颗三分，让OKC的防守球员只能难堪的闭上了眼睛。
It is simple, timeless, elegant basketball that can only come from years spent
together and a core of star players who are unique in an era of free agent
team-hopping and trophy-chasing.
简单、永恒、优雅的篮球，来自于长期结合在一起的伙伴对团队的追求、奖杯的渴望。
“We take nothing for granted,” Parker said. “We know how lucky we are.”
"我们从不视什么为理所当然" 跑车说 "我们知道自己是多么的幸运"
The milestone as the winningest combination ever?
对于成为在季后赛获胜最多场的组合?
“Until you said it I have never heard about it, so I haven’t thought about
it,” said Duncan. “It’s a wonderful accomplishment, as a lot of the things
we’ve done as a trio. But our only focus, our only concern right know is
winning this series and moving on.”
"你不说我跟本就不知道这件事" TD说 "这是一项伟大的成就，就像我们三人一起完成过
的那些一样，但我们现在，只想专注在赢得系列赛并继续前进"
They have been able to keep moving — never once missing the playoffs in
their dozen years together, seven times reaching the conference finals, five
trips to the NBA Finals and four championships — because they have all
chosen to give up some chunk of money and some piece of individual glory for
the whole.
他们已经能够继续前进