https://youtu.be/v9kDvLM6xJ0
Q: Kyrie, we talked to Luka earlier about your performance in the fourth
quarter. He said you were born for these moments because you shine in the
fourth quarter. So, for one, I guess what does it mean to hear your teammates
talk about you like that? In the end, in that fourth quarter, is it just
something that's simple? Does a switch flip on for you? Why are you so
comfortable?
我们刚刚和Luka聊过，他说你是为了第四节而生的第四节先生，你有什么想法?
每当打到第四节，为什么你总是能发挥得很好? 你是有一个开关吗?
KI: I appreciate his words. Luka is funny, man. I feel like we're both born
for this, if you ask me. It's just basketball, man. You've got to give the
game what it needs at times. I felt like in that fourth quarter, we had a good
run going. Those guys were pressuring the basketball up the floor. So, when
we got into the paint, I felt like we just had to convert, get a few stops. We
were playing a back-and-forth game for a little bit with them. But I had
confidence in our guys when we got stops in that fourth quarter. When we got
on transition, we just had to continue to push and get some easy ones. Down
the stretch, that's where we make our money, man. Since the All-Star break, we
've been up there with some of the top teams in the league. We're finishing
clutch games. We have a great clutch record. So, I think we have that poise
now. We're showcasing just our skill sets out there. A lot of teams have to
guard the depth that we have. A lot of teams have to guard each one of us. You
've got to pick your poison. So, in the fourth quarter, when I'm being
aggressive, I know it opens opportunities, not only for myself but for my
teammates.
首先谢谢Luka，他总是这么幽默。如果你问我，我觉得我们两个都是这样的人，这就是篮
球，你必须适时发挥。
我觉得我们在第四节打出不错的节奏，我们在全场施压，所以当我们打进禁区时，我觉得
我们都可以转换成分数，第四节和他们打得很拉锯，但我对我们的人有信心，当我们进攻
时，我们只需要持续加压，并拿下简单的分数，这就是我们打球的方式。
从明星周后我们一直保持联盟前段班的气势，我们拿下很多关键的比赛，我们在关键时刻
有很不错的表现，所以我觉得我们找到了我们的平衡，我们展现了我们所拥有的实力，其
他队伍必须提防我们的深度，必须盯防我们每个人，他们只能选择他们最终必须要面对我
们哪一个。所以到了第四节，只要我打出积极度，不只对我自己，也能帮助我的队友们找
到机会。
Q: You're known for being a historian of the game.
KI: Thank you.I am one of the few, I am one of THE FEW that is actually a
historian of the game. Go ahead.
Q: With teams being 154-0 undefeated when they go up 3-0, what's the
significance of that stat? How does that feel, just being 3-0 in this position
right now?
你被称作是球场上的历史学家....
喔谢谢，我的确是少数能被称作历史学家的球员。
NBA的纪录，首先拿到3-0的队伍至今154胜0败，这个数据有多了不起? 你对于现在队伍有
3-0的领先有什么感觉?
KI: It means absolutely nothing right now. That's not even something I'm
thinking about. Going into Game 4, it's still 0-0. That's the type of
motivation and mentality we have in that locker room. It's not just me. We
feel like the job isn't finished. We're going against one of the greatest
teams in the world. They still have the capability of beating us on any given
night, and we have to treat them like that. It's a time to celebrate after the
game, but once I get up here, it's on to the next thing. I'm thinking about
my recovery work, putting my kids to bed, watching film, and just getting
ready for this war.... a war-like battle that's going to come next game. I'
ve got to appreciate where we are, but at the same time, don't take it for
granted. Don't take the other team for granted because they're pretty sure
they're going to watch this interview. They're going to study all our habits
and see if we lay down a little bit and get comfortable. I don't want to get
comfortable at all. I want to push forward even more so and have our best game
, Game 4, and live with the results after that.
这完全没有任何意义，这甚至不是我现在正在思考的事情。
你知道的，不只对我，对我们全队而言，我们依然会带着0-0的感觉进入G4。这就是我们的
休息室现在的气氛。比赛还没结束，我们仍然在面对世界上最好的球队之一，只要有机会
他们随时有能力能打败我们，所以我们也要带着这样的认知面对他们。我们赛后当然能庆
祝，但当我现在在这里时，我想的是我要怎么让身体恢复、送小孩上床，接着看影片，让
自己准备好面对下一场战争....战斗。我们对于现在的领先要抱持感恩，但不能视为理所
当然，不能看轻对方，因为我知道他们也会看这个访问，他们会去注意我们所有的习惯，
并且确认我们是否松懈了。我完全不想让自己松懈，我反而要给自己更大的压力在G4打出
更好的比赛，并接受比赛的结果。
(很明显他发现war这个用字不好，中途改口)
Q: In the fourth quarter, you don't show any emotion. You stay focused on it
all the time. How do you manage to stay in the zone for so long?
第四节，你没有表现出任何情绪，持续让自己专注在比赛中，你是怎么样让自己保持在这
种zone的状态里这么久的? (口音很重的英文)
KI: Thanks for talking to me. Thanks for speaking that, I know you're giving
your best.
Yeah, in the fourth quarter, you get a chance to see your competitors' emotions.
You get to see what they're made of. You get to see the plays that they run
in the clutch. It's just a chess match. I think that's the approach I take
throughout most of the game, but especially in the fourth quarter. When the
game is in the balance, they're taking the lead, we're taking the lead. There
are a few foul calls that are called that slow the game down. But you just got
to pay attention to all the little things. I feel like you put yourself in a
great position. Also, when we come into our huddles, whether we're on the
floor or whether in timeouts, we are constantly communicating and we're
constantly giving each other that reassurance and confidence that we're a
good team, too, and we got to finish the job.
谢谢你的提问，谢谢你用英文提问，我知道你尽力了。
在第四节，你会看到你的对手的情绪，你会看到他们的一切，你会看到他们关键时刻做的
Play，这就像是一场棋局，我想这是我最常在比赛中使用的方法，特别是第四节。当比赛
胶着，我们互换领先，会有几个犯规让比赛慢了下来，但你必须要去注意那些细节，我觉
得你必须把自己放在更宏观的角度。而当我们在沟通时，不管是在球场中或者暂停时，我
们会不断的保持交流，同时给彼此安心感和信心，让彼此知道我们是一支强大的队伍，所
以让我们能好好把比赛拿下。
Q: You mentioned that Luka is also born for those clutch situations. What do
you see that makes him uniquely suited to be a closer, especially at this
stage?
你提到了Luka也是一个天生的关键终结者。你觉得是什么让他能在现在的舞台上成为这么
特别的终结者?
KI: I mean, I think he's shown it over and over. Whether he's made them or
missed them, he's taken them. And that's the confidence you need to have,
especially in those clutch situations. You've got to have that confidence, and
you can't be thinking about anything else other than your mechanics and your
fundamentals. You know, putting us up ahead to give us that separation, to
give us that peace of mind. So, you know, when he's getting it going and he's
making threes or he's driving to the basket, he's getting to the free throw
line and creates opportunities for all of us. And when he gets it out in
transition and he starts going and we see Luka get up there and get into his
Luka sprint, that makes a big deal for us and makes a big difference for us.
And it makes my job a lot easier, especially when I'm coming to transition and
those guys are a little tired. So, again, we don't play your turn, my turn,
but when we get those opportunities to push in transition or get Luka Iso on
the wing or at the top of the key, it's our time to take advantage of it.
我想他已经展现过很多次了。不管他投进还是没有投进，但他总会承担这样的关键出手。
而这样在关键时刻的自信正是他需要的。为了要让球队领先，你必须要有这样的自信，除
了自己的技术和基础之外，不能去思考任何别的事情。而当他进入那个状态时，不管是三
分球、切入上篮制造罚球机会，或者替我们其他人创造进攻机会，我们会看到他在快攻时
进入那个“Luka冲锋模式”，那会让我们的进攻变得不同，对我而言也会让我变得轻松不
少，尤其是换我进攻时，对方会因为Luka而变得更疲倦。所以，虽然我们并不会说好互相
轮流，但当我们看到有机会快攻，或者让Luka在两侧或弧顶单打时，我们会去把握这样的
机会。
Q: Y'all have gone up against, you know, two of the top three seeds in this
playoffs. You guys look like you're the favorite though, the way you're
playing, just so much confidence. What goes into that mentality? Just a
confident mentality despite being an underdog in a lot of the series that you'
ve played?
你们在系列赛中对上了前三种子中的两队，而你们看起来都像是有优势的那方，打起球来
非常的有自信。是什么让你们有这样的自信，即使你们实际上是underdog?
KI: I mean, if you look at our regular season, I don't think it tells the
whole truth of who we are, you know, and who we were. I felt like, you know,
the second half of the season, everybody got to kind of see what we were made
of. But if you look at the beginning of the season, I mean, we were on pace
for having a great season still. You know, I think we would have finished one
two three. That's plain hypotheticals, you know, if I don't get injured or
if Luke is not laboring a little bit or if we don't go through kind of those
big transitions that we had in the season where we had lineup changes. You
know, so I take all that into account when I look at who we are now. We've
grown over the past few months. This has been a journey for us. And, you know,
I like to think that, you know, being in fifth took some pressure off of us
coming into this postseason. You know, everybody was looking at the top three
seeds. So I felt like we snuck in there a little bit and surprised a few teams
. But the guys in the locker room all have always had that utmost confidence
in one another. And when we started getting into some tough games and we were
able to battle it out and come out with some wins, I think that really sparked
a new confidence for us. You know, guys making tough shots towards the end. I
mean, I think you guys remember that Cleveland game, right? You know, now it'
s in Cleveland history. It had to be against me. But I look at my teammates
and I'm telling them, I'm like,"I was so pissed we lost there."But I want them
to remember that, you know, what that felt like where we took our foot off
the gas pedal a little bit. Max Strus hits a 59 footer, you know, breaks
our heart and we go and lose in Indiana. So some of those moments, I think,
that could have broken our team really made us who we are. And I'm grateful for
these guys just continuing to battle and our coaching staff getting us
prepared. And upper management doing a great job just feeding us confidence.
So it's a full-team effort.
我觉得，如果你只看例行赛的我们，那并不是我们的全部。我觉得到了后半球季，人们才
有机会看到我们真正的实力。刚开季时我们的确打出了一个强势的开场，如果纯粹以假设
来说，如果我没有受伤、Luka没有因为我们必须进行各种阵容调整而累积的疲劳，我想我
们有机会是前三种子的。在看待我们的实力时我会把这些都考虑进去。而我认为我们的队
伍在这几个月成长了很多，而我更喜欢把第五种子这件事视为是一种压力的转移，人们总
是看着前三种子，而我们在这个位子更能打个出奇不意。
而我们队上的人对彼此都有无比的信心，而在我们面对一些关键的比赛，我们奋斗并拿下
一些胜利时，我认为那让我们有了更多的信心。你知道的，当他们在关键时候投进那些关
键的出手。你们还记得吧？对上骑士队的比赛。这已经是骑士队的历史，而我离开了所以
现在我已经是对手了，但当下我和我的队友们说“输掉这场我真的超不爽的”但我希望他
们能记得这个痛，我们在那个当下松懈了，所以我们让Max Strus投进了那个59英尺的出
手，击败了我们，然后又接着在印第安纳输了(?) 所以我觉得，这些本来有可能击溃我们
的时刻反而造就了现在的我们，而我也很感谢我们的人永不放弃奋斗，也感谢教练团让我
们随时保持状态，球团上层也做好他们的工作，这是一个团队的胜利。
https://youtu.be/9FjvUOttXMg
Q: At this point in your career and just honestly in your life, what do the
Dallas Mavericks mean to you? From the coaching staff to the guys that you get
to call teammates.
以你现在的球员生涯阶段来说，你觉得小牛队的团队及队友对你来说的意义是什么?
KI: I feel like it's a great chapter that's being written right now. You know,
I'm enjoying every step of the way. I'm not taking anything for granted. I'm
enjoying the hot weather right now. I'm enjoying the Dallas community and the
fans here. You know, we talked about this early in the season, just how much I
felt embraced. But I think it's going a little deeper than that. It's really
helped me grow as a human being and find my peace out here. It's good to
breathe fresh air, get outside. You know, seasonal depression is real when you
're growing up up north. I spent 12 years in the Eastern Conference, you know,
in three cold cities that deal with four seasons. So you come out here and
you're able to get outside and ground yourself a little bit more and spend
some time with your family. Watch your kids run outside and wife's happy. You
know, they say abouta happy wife? Happy life. You know, so I don't take those
things for granted. You know, it comes with it and we're laughing about it.
But on a serious note, I've just been able to grow and understand that all
these things don't happen without a lot of the work that goes unseen. Just
doing the inner work, doing the spiritual work and enjoying the game and
putting that in perspective as well. You know, feels good.
我认为现在是我生涯中一个很棒的篇章，我非常享受这一切，并没有把这一切视为理所当
然。我很享受这边温暖的气候、达拉斯的社群以及这边的粉丝，就像我们在季初谈过的，
我感受到自己在这里是被欢迎的。而现在我觉得事情又更深了一层，我认为这边让我找到
了心灵的平静，也让我成为更好的人，能够在这边呼吸新鲜空气，走出户外。对于我这种
在北方长大的小孩来说，季节性忧郁是真的。我在东区待了12年，在三个北方寒冷的城市
中度过四季。所以当你来到这，你能够走出户外，多陪陪家人，看你的小孩在外面玩，老
婆开心，你知道他们说老婆只要开心就？你的生活就会顺遂。所以我不会把这些视为理所
当然，我们很享受这一切。但认真说，我成长了并了解到，如果背后没有许多看不见的努
力，这一切都不会发生。所以我们必须做好我们内在的功课、灵性的功课，并且享受比赛
享受生活，感觉很好。
Q: Kyrie, over here to your right. Thank you for your time this evening. We've
talked to you about being a leader on this team. Right? A multitude of times.
So it's not a new conversation. How do you navigate the complexities of being
a leader? Because we know it doesn't always look the same way every day. How
do you navigate knowing when to push, when to pull and everything in between?
身为一个领导者，你如何处理成为领导者的复杂性? 你如何知道你何时该加压，何时该退
让，以及介在这两个状态中间时该怎么处理?
KI: I mean, I mean, we throw around that word leader and leadership so often,
especially in this industry. You know, I genuinely feel like, you know,
leaders are chosen sometimes, but leaders emerge out of the group, too. And,
you know, when you get that role or people start calling you a great leader or
start asking you about leadership, you got to understand that when you're in
that position, failure is going to be part of it. Making mistakes is going to
be part of it. And, you know, almost like embarrassment is part of it, too,
because sometimes you going get it right. Sometimes you going get it
completely wrong. So I think I've come to a place in my life where I've just
accepted it. You know, this is what comes with it. You know, the thing that I
always think about when I am leading the guys with some of the other leaders
on the team is just protecting them and allowing them to fail, too, and feel
what pain feels like, too. So I think all of these words that we're throwing
out are just words. But when you're in the middle of it and you've got to
figure it out and you don't have it all figured out, that's when you're made,
you know, right there. So it feels good that I have the support system, though
, that I'm not doing this alone. It's never a lonely job. I used to think
leadership was just about me, me, me, and taking on the brunt of all the
responsibility. No, that's not even close to it. You know, you got good people
around, good family, good friends, and they love you unconditionally.
Anything's possible in this world.
在这个产业中，我们常常在提领导者、领导力这些字眼，但我真心觉得，虽然有时领导者
是被选上的，但有时领导者也会是从团队中自然产生的。所以当你被人们称为领导者，或
者人们开始问你关于领导力的问题时，你必须知道在这个位子上，失败是其中一部分，
犯错也是其中一部份，感到丢脸也是其中的一部份。因为有时你会是对的，但有时你会
是完全错误的那一方，所以我觉得到我现在的人生阶段，我彻底接受随之而来的一切。
当我在和其他领导者带领队上这些人时，我认为我是在一边保护着他们，一边让他们体验
失败，一边让他们知道“痛”是什么感觉。当我们在这边大谈领导时，这些都只是空话，
但当你身处其中时，你必须要自己去找出这到底是什么意思，而当你无法找到答案时，这
就是你塑造自己的领导力的时候了。我很感谢我身边所有支持我的人让我不用独自面对这
一切，这不该是个孤独的工作。我过去认为领导就该是“我怎样、我怎样、我怎样”，并
且承担下所有的责任，不，完全不是这么一回事，你身边有很多好人、家人、好友，而他
们会无条件爱你，这世界上没有不可能的事情。
Q: Kyrie, it feels like, especially since the trade deadline, that you guys
keep finding new ways to win. You learned to win with defense, you learned to
win when players were out. The first two games of the series, you learned to
win even when you weren't hitting threes. Tonight, you guys didn't have Derek
Lively for a lot of the game. Jason Kidd said it was going to be about shot-
making down the stretch. Is there a through-line that runs through all of this
ability to keep finding different ways to win? Even if it looks very
different than the...
自从交易截止后，你们似乎总是能找到新的赢球方法，你们透过防守赢球、在有人受伤时
赢球，在系列赛前两战，你们找到了投不进三分球时的赢球方法。今天，你们在失去一直
都在的Lively的状况下，Jason Kidd说这会是一场由关键时刻的关键投篮决定的比赛。
这一切是不是有什么主线贯彻其中让你们找到各种赢球的方法?
KI: A through-line? What do you mean?
主线? 什么意思?
Q: A through-line or a theme. What's the cause in this roster?
主线或主题，球队的成功原因。
KI: You got some, as we say, we got some bad MFers in that locker room. We got
some guys that don't care about doing the dirty work and doing the little
things for us to win. And have always preached selflessness in our locker room.
And this was before I even got here. So when I got here, the culture was still
being birthed a little bit. You look at their success before I got here at
Western Conference Finals. We could get together. We're trying to figure out
our tandem. And then we come into the season. I think a lot of us took that as
motivation and wanted to be in the best shape possible.
And I think that's what's allowing us to be in the situation or the
circumstance we're in now. We're in great shape. We're conditioned mentally
and emotionally. And, you know, we've worked on our strategy since the All-
Star break. And I think that's helped. We've built trust. And every day that
we go into practice, we actually hoop against each other. We play not a lot of
teams. Still practice hard. You know, so I think we're very old school in our
mentality. And when we're led by Jason Kidd, he reminds us that, you know,
the older eras that came before you, man, just go study them. Go watch them.
Go study some of the greatest to play. And not the greatest to ever score, but
the greatest to play games. You know, Robert Horry, Scotty Pippens or the
world. Go study some of the guys that don't get recognized as the main guy.
You know what I mean? And once you play that role and you get used to it, I
think winning becomes the most important thing. So we just want to be
remembered as a great team, not just great performers and individual accolades
. You know, that'll come. But we just want to be remembered as a great team
that put defense first.
你知道的，我们队上有些motherfxckers，我们队上有人不介意去做那些脏活、或者各种能
让我们赢球的小细节，同时我们队不断强调著无私的概念。这些甚至是在我来到这里之前
就有的，在我来之后，这个文化还在逐渐形成。看看他们在我来之前的成功，他们打进了
西区决赛，接着我来到这里，我们聚在一起，试着找到我们的默契。接着来到这季，我们
许多人把这一切视为动力，尽力保持在最佳状态，我想正是这些让我们能来到现在这样的
领先状态，我们让我们的身体和心灵保持在良好的状态，而我们从明星周后就开始专注在
我们的团队策略，我认为这个帮助很大，我们建立了信任。
而每天我们训练时，我们真的会彼此对抗，很多队伍并不会这样做，我想我们在心态上是
非常老派的队伍，Jason Kidd带领着我们，他不断提醒着我们之前的时代的人是怎么打球
的。我们该去研究他们、去看他们的比赛，去研究那些伟大的play，而不单单只是那些伟
大的得分手，而是包含那些伟大的配角，像是Robert Horry, Scotty Pippen 或其他世界
上不被视为主角的那些人。只要你适应了这样的角色，赢球就会是最重要的事。而我们希
望被认为是一支伟大的球队，而不是伟大的球员或个人荣誉，那些自然会来的，但我们希
望我们被认为是一支把防守放在第一顺位的球队。
Q: I was asking Jason about kind of what makes you and Luka work so well. One
of the things he said was your willingness to be kind of a second, to be a 1B
on this team. Is that a role that you feel like you've always been...
我问了Kidd为什么你跟Luka可以合作的这么好，其中他提到的一点是你愿意去担任副手，
一个队上的第二，这是你习惯的角色吗?
KI: He said a 1B?
他说1B?
Q: A 1B. Is that a role you've always been, you know, comfortable
accepting, or has experience, age, all you've gone through made fitting into
this role a little bit easier?
1B,这是一个你一直以来习惯的角色吗? 还是你至今的生涯、年纪让你更能适应这个角色?
KI: To be honest with you, I don't care. At this point in my life, being a 1A
or 1B or being seen as a second option, I leave that for, you know, the words
that everybody throws around. I just look at it as just winning basketball,
doing the little things, what it takes, man. You know, ever since I was young,
I've always felt like I'm one of the best in the world because I'm able to
play with other great players. I don't ask for the ball. I demand it. I will
play defense. I will do all the other things that don't show up in the stat
sheet, and that's always what I've wanted to be remembered as. Everything else
that people have thrown on my career has been up to them and what they've
seen, and I have to take that. You know, I have to take that for a criticism,
but how I feel as a person when I go out there is confident and an effort that
we'll play with the best in the world. I don't care who's out there. It could
be Wilt, MJ, Steph, Bron, you know, whatever team, and I feel like, you know,
if I get a few of my friends from around the way, you know, hey, we might not
have a chance that day, but, you know, I think just enjoying the game and the
competition is what comes with it, so that's really what I'm getting at is
just enjoying the competition and enjoying, you know, the failures and the
success that come with it too.
老实说，我根本不在乎。到了我现在的阶段，我才不在乎我是球队的王牌、副手或再之后
的选择。世人要怎么说就随他们去说，我纯粹是为了赢球。
从我小的时候，我一直觉得我是世界上最棒的球员之一，因为我能够和其他厉害的球员合
作，我会掌控球权，我会打防守，我会做那些数据表上看不到的事，而这些正是我想要且
想要被以此记住的样子。其他世人看着我的生涯所做出的评论，都是他们的事情，而我也
都接受，你知道的，我必须接受那些批评，但做为人我会带着自信去和世界最强的选手们
竞争，我不在乎对方是谁，可能是张伯伦、MJ、Curry、LBJ，不管对上哪一队，只要我是
和我的兄弟们打球，或许我们不一定有机会能赢，但我都会享受比赛和当下的竞争，这就
是我现在的感觉，就是享受比赛，并且享受无论输或赢的结果。
Q: So, of course, you're a student at a game when it comes to history.
How do you just take in, you know, the accolades when people talk about you and
Luke as possibly the greatest backcourt in NBA history?
对于有人把你和Luka称为有可能是历史上最强的后场组合，你有什么想法?
KI: Who said that?
谁说的?
Q: It's a lot of talk about that. It's a lot of talk that you
and Luke are possibly the, you know, greatest backcourt in NBA history.
很多人在这样说，说你们有可能是史上最强的后场组合
KI: I mean, it doesn't mean anything if we don't win a ring together, and I
say that very responsibly too, you know, not saying that we aren't great now,
but there are other backcourts that are more deserving right now for that
recognition, and I think once we put a good run together and we can look back
on it and reflect on it, then that'll be our time, but right now I want to
show a lot of respect to the guys that have come before us and have actually
did it, and our time will come. You know, we just got to keep putting in the
work and continue to feed each other that positive affirmation energy, and we'
ll go from there, man, but right now we're just focused on enjoying the moment
, enjoying how well we're playing as a team, and, you know, you're seeing some
special basketball from me and Luka, but we wouldn't be here without our
teammates, so full-on team success, man.
你知道的，如果我们最后没有赢下总冠军，这一切都不重要。而我为这句话负责。
并不是说我们现在并不强，但历史上还有更多后场组合比我们现在更值得这样的称号。如
果我们今年成功了，那我们可以好好回顾、好好谈论并享受这件事。但现在我只想对于在
我们之前成功的人们致上敬意，我们的时代会来的，但我们还需要继续努力，我们要保持
现在正向的能量，并且享受当下，享受我们队伍打出的比赛。或许你们看到了一些我和
Luka打出的好表现，但没有队友的好表现我们不会在这，所以这是全队的胜利。
You guys get home safe.
Enjoy Dallas! Cuz I will~~
你们回家小心，好好享受达拉斯，因为我正要去享受啦~~
心得:
永远强调团队的谦虚KI