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Kendrick Perkins: LeBron James vs. Paul Pierce Beef Began with Spitting
Incident
Kendrick Perkins说 LeBron James跟Paul Pierce之间的过节起因于吐口水事件
Even if it's a stretch to call Paul Pierce and LeBron James true rivals, it's
hard to dispute the two have a strong dislike for each other.
即使现在把Paul Pierce跟LeBron James两个人称作死对头有点过头，但是这两个人互相不
喜欢对方是个不争的事实。
From 2004 on, Pierce and James engaged in a sometimes-one-sided battle that
had two of the NBA's top players bickering back-and-forth. That dislike came
back up again this week when Pierce said James isn't a top-five player in NBA
history.
从2004年后，Pierce跟LBJ两个就开始互相呛来呛去。两个人之间的不爽因为这礼拜Pierce
这礼拜说LBJ在NBA史上排不到前五球员又再次被提及。
On Wednesday, Kendrick Perkins spoke with ESPN's Cassidy Hubbarth and Amin
Elhassan about the spark that led to the feud, noting Pierce was fed up with
all the "Chosen One" talk surrounding James' entry to the league. That led to
a fateful preseason night in 2004 when Pierce spit in James' direction on the
bench.
星期三的时候，Kendrick Perkins在ESPN的节目上说到那两个人的过节的起因，他说
Pierce在LBJ刚进联盟时，一堆围绕着LBJ讲到"天选之人"(Chosen One)的话题让Pierce受
够了。所以在2004年的热身赛的那一天晚上，Pierce往LBJ坐的位置方向吐了口水。
(Note: Perkins says the incident took place in 2003, but the two teams did
not meet in the preseason that year.)
(注：Perkins说那事件发生在2003年，不过那年热身赛两队并没有碰头。)
"Paul is talking noise to the bench, right?" Perkins said. "He's talking big
noise to the Cavs bench, and they're sitting over there, Bron and them,
they're all sitting over there. ... Paul actually spits over there at the
bench, right? The ultimate disrespect."
“Paul那时候对着板凳喷垃圾话，”Perkins说。“他对着骑士板凳区狂喷，骑士球员坐在
那边，有LBJ跟其他人，所有人都坐在那边...然后Paul就真的对着骑士板凳区吐了口水。
那真的是不尊重到极点。”
Pierce was fined $15,000 by the NBA for his actions, but that was hardly the
end of it. The Cavaliers and Boston Celtics were playing on Ohio State's
campus that night, and both locker rooms were located next to each other.
According to ESPN's Brian Windhorst in 2012, Pierce had to be carried away
from James in the hallway after the game to prevent a fight.
Pierce因为那举动被联盟罚了15000镁，但是事情还没完。那晚骑士跟赛提在俄亥俄州大比
赛，两队的休息室就在隔壁。根据ESPN记者Brian Windhorst在2012年的报导，在赛后
Pierce在走道上得要被拉走，远离LBJ，不然就要打起来了。
Perkins had the good fortune of playing with Pierce in Boston for a number of
years as well as one season with James in Cleveland. He says the disrespect
between the two is still palpable.
Perkins有幸在赛提跟Pierce打过几年球，也在骑士跟LBJ打过一个球季。他说这两个人之
间的互相不尊重依旧存在。
"Ever since that moment," Perkins said. "LeBron James and Paul Pierce hate
each other. They don't speak to each other. Even now, today."
“从那之后，”Perkins说。“LBJ跟Paul Pierce两个人就互相讨厌，他们彼此是不会讲话
的，直到现在。”
Which brings Perkins back to Pierce saying James isn't a top-five player in
league history. The former forward believes it's entirely personal. It always
has been. Maybe it always will be.
然后回到Pierce说LBJ不是联盟史上前五球员的话题，Perkins认为这完全是针对性的，一
直都是这样，或许将来也会是如此。
For the record, Perkins believes James does belong on that list—whether he
believes James is the greatest of all time, is a different argument.
要强调一下，Perkins认为LBJ应该要在那前五的名单上的