Stephen A. Smith: “The Warriors’ Finals Streak Is More Impressive Than LeBro
n’s”
斯蒂芬‧A‧史密斯：勇士称霸西区比詹姆斯的更令人钦佩
The Golden State Warriors keep making history in the NBA with their performanc
es, this time we saw how the team coached by Steve Kerr absolutely dismantled
the Portland Trail Blazers and swept them off the Western Conference Finals, i
nscribing their names in the big stage for the fifth straight season.
金州勇士队持续在NBA创造历史，这次由柯尔执教的勇士瓦解了波特兰拓荒者，将他们横
扫出局，这让勇士队的名字将连续五年出现在冠军赛的舞台上。
They joined the 1960s Boston Celtics (10 in total) as the only teams to achiev
e such feat after they 119-117 over the Trail Blazers. Achieving this is nothi
ng easy at all, so what these guys did is something remarkable that will be re
membered for many years to come. Obviously, when we talk about streaks we alwa
ys think of one that was considered the biggest and most important one in the
league before this one took place, the LeBron’s 8-final streak.
赢了拓荒者后，勇士队成为继波士塞尔蒂克队(总共10次)后唯一达成这项成就的球队。这
项成就可不容易，想必好几年后，人们必会铭记起这些家伙的卓越表现。很明显的，在这
一切发生以前，当我们谈到东(西)冠连霸，总会想起辣个男人，东冠8连霸的詹姆斯。
As expected, comparisons between these two streaks were going to be made and w
e didn’t have to wait too much for it. On Monday’s edition of ESPN’s First
Take, Stephen A. Smith discussed this matter, explaining why he thinks the War
riors’ feat is more impressive than LeBron’s.
正如预期的那样，我们等不及要将这两者做比较。在星期一ESPN的节目中，史密斯解释了
为什么他认为勇士比詹姆斯更令人钦佩。
When asked which streak he believed was more impressive, Smith said: “It’s t
he Warriors.”
当史密斯被问到哪个更令人钦佩时，他说：“勇士。”
“Let me tell you something right now. First of all, Kevin Durant wasn’t alwa
ys there. Once upon a time would win the Championship with Steph and Klay, but
they had Andrew Bogut as a starter, they had dudes like Festus Ezeli coming o
ff the bench. Draymond and those guys, none of them were into their own; the W
estern Conference was considered considerably tougher than the Eastern Confere
nce.”
“让我来告诉你们一些事，首先，杜兰特并非一直在勇士。在很久以前，勇士赢得冠军时
，那时只有柯瑞和汤普森。先发还有波格特，板凳上则有费斯图斯‧艾泽里。追梦和其他
家伙则还没获得任何荣誉。而西区决赛普遍被认为比东区决赛更难打。”
Smith then explained what kind of rivals Golden State had to face in their jou
rney to win the first title of this team while LeBron had an easier path to fi
ght for the Larry O’Brien.
史密斯随即解释到勇士在夺冠旅途中必须面对哪些对手，相较起来，詹姆斯的旅途舒适多
了。
“You gotta think about what the Golden State Warriors have had to deal with.
It’s the Clippers, it’s the Rockets with James Harden and those boys, it was
Oklahoma City with Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook. Look at the Western Co
nference, it was tougher. Golden State didn’t know how to win yet.
“你想想勇士解决了哪些人。快艇、詹姆斯‧哈登的火箭、还有杜兰特和西河的雷霆，他
们都很硬。勇士不知道怎么赢的。”
LeBron James started his run to the Finals when he arrived in Miami with D-Wad
e and Bosh and there was nobody in the Eastern Conference (…) when you look a
t the Eastern Conference, there was really nothing there. The route to prosper
ity in the East was considerably easier than the route to prosperity in the We
st.”
“詹姆斯东冠连霸的起点始于迈阿密，那时迈阿密有伟德、波许，东区决赛里没个人能打
......你看看东区决赛，那里真的什么都不是。在东区，通往繁荣的道路比西区容易多了
。”
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