歷史今天:1959年魔術師約翰遜出生(8.14)

【英文原文】

Earvin "Magic" Johnson, Jr. (born August 14, 1959) is a retired American professional basketball player who was a point guard for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). After winning championships in high school and college, Johnson was selected first overall in the 1979 NBA Draft by the Lakers. He won a championship and an NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award in his rookie season, and won four more championships with the Lakers during the 1980s. Johnson retired abruptly in 1991 after announcing that he had HIV, but returned to play in the 1992 All-Star Game, winning the All-Star MVP Award. After protests from his fellow players, he retired again for four years, but returned in 1996 to play 32 games for the Lakers before retiring for the third and final time.

【中文譯文】

“魔術師”約翰遜，（生於1959年8月14日）是一名已退休的美國職業籃球運動員，他在洛杉磯湖人隊的位置是得分後衛 。贏得高中和大學冠軍後，約翰遜在1979年NBA第一次全面選秀大會上被湖人選中。在新秀賽季，他贏得了總冠軍並且拿到了NBA總決賽最有價值球員獎，然後在上世紀80年代爲湖人贏得了四次冠軍。約翰遜在1991年退休後，突然宣佈他已感染艾滋病毒，但在1992年的全明星賽他又回到了賽場，並贏得了全明星賽最有價值球員獎。在他的同伴們的建議下，他又退休了四年，但1996年在他第三次退役前，約翰遜再次返回賽場且爲湖人打了32場比賽，而這次也成爲他職業生涯中最後一次退役。