On this date (Dec. 20, 2005) 16 years ago, Kobe Bryant scored 62 points
against the Dallas Mavericks in three quarters. The Mavericks would go on to
play in the NBA Finals that season but on this night, Bryant outscored the
Mavericks by himself through three periods, 62-61. The Lakers were blowing
out Dallas 95-61 and with the game in hand, Bryant took a seat on the bench
after playing just 33 minutes.
16年前，2005/12/20，Kobe Bryant 在对小牛的比赛中，前三节就攻下62分。
尽管小牛最终杀入总冠军赛，但这个晚上，Kobe前三节得分62比小牛前三节总得分61
硬是多一分。
而两队分数前三节打完是95:61，Kobe仅出赛33分钟后就回板凳休息了。
Lakers assistant coach Brian Shaw, who was Bryant’s teammate from 1999-2003,
told me later for an ESPN.com story that he asked Bryant if he wanted to stay
in the game to score 70 points. Only three players in NBA history (Wilt
Chamberlain, Elgin Baylor and David Robinson) had ever scored 70 points in a
game but Bryant declined and sat out the entire fourth quarter.
当时湖人助教 Brian Shaw，是Kobe在1999-2003的湖人队友。
Shaw后来在一篇ESPN的报导中提到，他当时询问Kobe是否愿意上场拿到70分再下来休息。
而那时的联盟拿70分以上的球员只有3位：张伯伦、贝勒爷、海军上将。
但Kobe拒绝在第四节再度上场。
“After the third quarter, the players were on the bench and the coaches went
out and huddled on the court. Phil (Jackson) asked me to go ask Kobe if he
wanted to stay in the game and try to get 70 and then come out. So, I went up
to Kobe and said, ‘Hey, Coach wants to know if you want to stay in for the
first few minutes of the fourth quarter, get 70 and then come out.’ He
looked up at the scoreboard, and he said, ‘Nah, I'll get it another time.’
I looked at him and I kind of got mad. I said: ‘What?! You have a chance to
get 70 points. How many people can say they scored 70 points? Just stay in
the first few minutes and get another eight points, get 70 and then come out
of the game.’ He said: ‘I'll do it when we really need it. I'll get it when
it really matters.’
Shaw回忆起当时：
“第三节打完后，球员都在板凳上休息，Phil(Jackson)让我去问一下Kobe，是否想继续
留在场上拿个70分。
于是我走到Kobe面前说‘教练让我问你，你是否愿意第四节再上去拿个8分凑满70分，
然后我们就换你下来休息。’
Kobe抬头看了下记分板，说‘不了，下次吧’
我当时的反应有点不太高兴，我说‘什么？你今晚有机会拿70分耶，有多少人能有这种
机会你知道吗？你就等下前几分钟留在场上，再拿个8分，我们就换你下来休息。’
而Kobe当时回答‘等到球队真正需要的时候，我会去做。’”
Bryant smiled when I relayed that story to him.
“Brian was mad. He was like: ‘Man, are you crazy? You know what you could
score tonight?’ I just said, ‘I'll do it when we really need it.’ Brian
was like, ‘What?!’ It was something that just rolled off my tongue because
I trained extremely hard and the physical tools were there. I just felt like
I could have a game like that again.”
我把这个故事告诉了Kobe，他笑了。
Kobe表示：
“那时Shaw很生气，表情就像‘兄弟，你疯了吗？你知道今晚你能得多少分吗？’
而我只是回他‘当我们真正需要时我会去做。’
对我来说，那问题根本不需要思考，因为我的训练极其刻苦，
身体能力已到达那个层级了，我只是觉得我能再次创造出那样的比赛。”
One month later he did; scoring 81 points against the Toronto Raptors.
一个月后，就像他说的那样，Kobe在多伦多暴龙头上砍下81分。
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