科比:與鄧肯二十年來的對決從未改變
When the buzzer sounded to end San Antonio's 109-87 triumph over the Los Angeles Lakers on Friday, guard Kobe Bryant trotted toward the scorer's table, with Gregg Popovich meeting him halfway.
當今天聖安東尼奧馬刺以109比87擊敗洛杉磯湖人隊的比賽終場哨響起時，科比·布萊恩特一路小跑到技術臺，在走到一半時和波波維奇主教練相遇。The two embraced for a few seconds. Then Popovich whispered something into Bryant's ear that made him laugh.
兩人深深的擁抱在了一起。然後波波維奇在科比耳邊私語了幾句，科比報之以大笑。While the San Antonio Spurs coach declined to share details of the conversation, saying "absolutely not" when asked to do so, perhaps the usually gruff Popovich wants to cherish the bittersweet moment for himself, as fans watched one of the very last battles between Bryant and Tim Duncan, two of the greatest players of their generation.
之後當被要求透露兩人談話的細節時，這位馬刺隊的主教練斷然拒絕，也許波波維奇想要自己獨享這段甜蜜的時刻，就像觀衆們享受這一時代最出色的兩名球員--科比和鄧肯--這麼長時間以來的競爭一樣。
For Bryant and Duncan though, Friday's matchup wasn't much different than the others have been for nearly two decades: lots of trash-talking.
然而對科比和鄧肯來說，週五的這次對決，和他們二人20年來的其他對決並沒有什麼不同，依然充斥着垃圾話。"He's a smartass like me," Bryant said of Duncan after the game. "He's just a little more quiet about it. But we share a great deal of sarcastic remarks. It's still the same over the years; still the same smartass stuff.
“他和我一樣，都是很聰明的球員。”賽後科比談論到鄧肯時表示。“他就是有點兒沉默而已。但是我們還是會互噴垃圾話。這麼些年來，一切都還是熟悉的配方，熟悉的味道。”"San Antonio has forced us to be our absolute best whenever we played against them. We constantly think about them throughout the course of the year and are always looking at what they are doing and how they are playing. We have had some epic battles."
“無論在什麼時候遇到他們，馬刺隊總是會迫使我們做到最好的自己。我們也會不斷地思考一年來他們的表現，並且持續關注他們在做什麼以及他們怎樣打球。我們兩支球隊之間有過許多史詩級的比賽。”The matchup Friday night didn't qualify as such. Together, Duncan and Bryant scored a total of 17 points and combined for 10 rebounds.
兩人週五的這場對決可以說並不像往常一樣精彩。鄧肯和科比加在一起也就只有17分，10個籃板球的數據。Bryant said at last, "I love coming here. I know San Antonio about as well as I know Los Angeles. It's kind of like my home away from home."
科比最後表示：“我喜歡來這裏。我瞭解聖安東尼奧就像瞭解洛杉磯一樣。這裏對我而言。是遠離家鄉的家鄉。”
