Paul Pierce Explained How His Feud With LeBron James Started: "I Spit At The
Cavaliers Bench"
ORLANDO SILVA
Paul Pierce and LeBron James engaged in a big feud ever since The King
entered the NBA in 2003. These two legends shared the court in many
opportunities, with Pierce dominating the first part of their rivalry, while
James leveled things up and surpassed the Boston Celtics icon after joining
the Miami Heat, scoring over 1,000 points on Pierce.
自从LeBron James进入NBA后，他与Paul Pierce之间的竞争就一直处于对立面。
前期是Pierce占上风，但随着LeBron后期加入热火后，逐渐在与Pierce竞争中取得领先，
LeBron在Pierce身上得分超过1000分。
The bad blood between them was incredibly visible, and whenever they went at
it, fans knew they would see a terrific matchup. Many people have wondered
how it all started, and Pierce explained the origin of his beef with the 4x
NBA champion last year when he was still part of ESPN's 'NBA Countdown.'
Pierce近期解释了他与LeBron之间恩怨的由来。
First, Kendrick Perkins had claimed it all started during LeBron's first
preseason in the league. Something happened at the end of a game between the
Cavaliers and Celtics, which prompted Pierce to spit at the Cavs' bench,
escalating the situation.
这件事起源是，
Kendrick Perkins提到恩怨的开始来自于LeBron进入NBA前的第一场热身赛，
当时Pierce朝骑士的板凳区吐口水。
Pierce would confirm that story, saying it was a relief that social media
wasn't around at the time.
“I’m glad social media wasn’t out there, because I spit at their bench,”
Pierce said, via Heavy. “I probably would have gotten fined.”
“You know the crazy thing about it was, it was a preseason game, that didn’
t mean anything,” Pierce said. “I don’t know, me and LeBron going back and
forth, the bench is yelling at something. And I look over at the bench, and I
’m like, ‘That’s why y’all are on the bench’ or something, and I spit at
them.
Pierce也证实了的确有这件事，并庆幸当时社群媒体并不是很发达。
老皮表示：
“我庆幸当时的社群媒体并不发达，不然我朝他们吐口水可能会被罚款。
你知道吗？此事疯狂的地方在于这只是场季前热身赛，根本代表不了什么。
当时我与LeBron在攻防两端来回对轰，而骑士板凳席开始向我叫嚣，
我当时也不晓得怎么了，我望向骑士板凳区，心想‘难怪你们只能坐在板凳上’
然后我就朝他们吐口水。”
“And I’m not sure I hit somebody or not, but I spit in that direction. And
then it just kind of — tempers flared up, the next thing you know, we was in
the hallway, it was about to go down. That’s just kind of, like, the basis
of everything.”
“当时不确定我的口水究竟吐到谁身上了，但我确实朝骑士板凳区吐了口水。
大家都打出了火气，接着在球员通道里双方差点就要打起架来了，
以上就是整件事情的起源。”
Curiously, Pierce was fined $15,000, according to the New York Times. After
that altercation, one of LeBron's most infamous rivalries started.
吊诡的是，根据纽约时报报导，事后Pierce被罚款了15000美元。
从那件事之后，就开启了Pierce & LeBron竞争之路。
来源：https://reurl.cc/Gb8GAv
心得：年代久远，还有人记得这件事吗?