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When the Warriors started 21-2 last season, Steve Kerr strongly dismissed the idea Golden State could match the 72 wins of the 1995-96 Bulls, a team he played for. As the Warriors coach put it, Michael Jordan just willed the Bulls to wins in a way nobody else could.
上个赛季当勇士赢得了21胜2败的开季战绩后,Steve Kerr并不认为勇士能够拿下72胜追平当年公牛的纪录。他认为Michael Jordan带领公牛拿下一个任何人都无法超越的成绩。
Kerr was right. Golden State finished 67-15.
最后证明Kerr是正确的,因为上赛季勇士拿下67胜15败的成绩。
Flash forward a year, and the 4-0 Warriors look even better. Stephen Curry is doing his best Jordan impersonation, scoring the most points through four games since Jordan.
放眼15-16赛季,Curry正试图效扮演当初Jordan扮演的角色,为球队攻下大量的分数并带领勇士打出开季4连胜。
Could they tie Chicago’s record this year?
Klay Thompson in a Q&A with fans (hat tip: Diamond Leung of Bay Area News Group)
勇士Klay Thompson被问到,现在的勇士能够追平当年公牛的战绩吗?
"That’s going to be a tough one. We’ll try. There are so many good teams. We’ll try. We did get 67 wins last year, which was an amazing feat. We might be able to get 70. It’s going to depend a lot on health, obviously, and a lot of lucky bounces that go our way. Seventy-two wins, that’s a lot of wins, man. I don’t know if that will be done again, but hey man, we might be the team to do it just because we reached 67 last year, and if we stay focused and we take every game serious, we should have
a chance to reach 70. It won’t be easy. It will be extremely difficult, but you know what? Why not?"
Klay Thompson:"那是一个艰难的任务。但我们会尝试达成。即使现在有那么多实力强劲的球队,我们还是会去尝试。去年我们获得67胜的战绩,今年我们有可能能达成70胜,要达成这项任务,首要条件是维持健康,还要有一些运气。我的意思是72胜是非常多的,我不知道这项成就有没有可能再被达成,但是我们有可能做到,只要我们持续专注在球场上,我们将有机会达成70胜。那并不容易,而且是非常困难。但是,我们没理由不去尝试。"
Winning 70 games in a season takes incredible talent. It takes players avoiding injury. It takes a strong mental focus to get up for so many games over a long regular season.The Warriors have the first trait, but who knows about the rest?
一支球队要在单季赢下70胜需要很多有天份的球员,同时也要避免球员受伤,更需要球员在整个漫长的赛季中都维持着非常强大的意志力。勇士队已经拥有第一项特点,但是他们还必须要满足剩下其他条件。
A strong four-game start – with the fifth game pending against the Clippers right now – doesn’t prove Golden State will remain healthy and energized. Especially once Kerr returns, the Warriors might willingly take the foot off the gas to preserve themselves for the playoffs. Even if they don’t intentionally, there’s still a lot of luck in health.
在强势的开季四连胜后,勇士第五场对上快艇,但是勇士强势的开季并不能代表他们能维持82场的健康与能量。尤其当Kerr回来后,勇士可能会为了保护球员而不让他们上场太多时间。即使他们不愿意,但他们需要拥有健康这项运气。