Exactly 10 years ago, LeBron James single-handedly destroyed the Pistons
十年前的今天，Lebron James隻手摧毀了活塞鐵衛軍
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The Cavs and Pistons entered Game 5 of the 2007 Eastern Conference finals
tied up at two games apiece. It had been a tight, low-scoring series prior to
that game. The first four contests were each decided by six points or less —
but nothing could prepare NBA fans for what happened on May 31, 2007.
2007年的東區決賽，騎士和活塞2-2打平，即將進行第五戰的死鬥。在這之前，這是一個
非常接近而且低比數的系列賽，前四場比賽的差距不超過六分。但一直到當時都還沒有任
何一位球迷準備好接下來會發生的事情。時間是2007年5月31日。
With 6:05 remaining on the clock in the fourth quarter and the Cavs leading
79-78, LeBron James had 19 points, well short of his regular-season average
(27.3 points per game). Then, James took his game to another level.
東區決戰第五場第四節，離比賽終了還剩6:05分， 騎士79:78領先，Lebron拿了19分，還
遠不足他例行賽平均可以獲得的27.3分，但接下來，Lebron James 決定不讓了。
Through 16 minutes of the fourth quarter and two overtime periods, James
scored 29 of Cleveland's final 30 points, leading the Cavs to a 109-107
double-overtime victory. The one non-James point was provided by Drew Gooden,
who made one of two at the free-throw line with 2:49 left in the fourth
quarter.
從接下來的第四節到兩次延長加賽總共16分鐘，James拿了騎士隊最後30分的29分，率領
騎士最終以109-107拿下最後勝利。那唯一一分不是由Lebron拿下的分數是由Drew Gooden
在第四節還剩2:49秒的時候罰球兩罰中一所獲得的
It wasn't just the crazy scoring streak — it was how LeBron did it. Opposing
coaches hoped young LeBron would settle for jumpers as opposed to strong
drives toward the rim, but on this night, he did just about everything. He
finished at the basket with ease, drilled pull-up jumpers and stretched his
range out beyond the 3-point line.
這不僅僅是一場瘋狂的得分秀，更可怕的是Lebron展現出的全面性得分手段。活塞希望迫
使年輕的James採取更多的跳投而非坦克般的切入，但在那一晚，沒甚麼難得倒他。他乾
淨俐落地切入，刁鑽且旱地拔蔥式地跳投，射程遠及到了三分線。
Chauncey Billups, Richard Hamilton, Tayshaun Prince. Pick any defender. James
torched them all. The Pistons finished as the fifth-best team in terms of
defensive rating during the regular season and entered the NBA playoffs as
the No. 1 seed in the East. They had no answers.
Billups, Hamilton, Prince, 隨便任何一個防守者來防都被James蹂躪地體無完膚。東區
第一種子例行賽防守強度排名第五的活塞對他一點辦法都沒有。他們找不到解答。
"We threw everything we had at him," Billups said after the game. "We just
couldn't stop him."
Billups賽後說，"我們做了所有我們能做的"
"但我們就是擋不住他"
James finished with 48 points (18 of 33 from the field, 10 of 14 from the
free-throw line), nine rebounds, seven assists and two steals in 50-plus
minutes of game action.
比賽最終，James打了50分鐘，豪取了48分，外加9籃板，7助攻以及2抄截
"Why should I be surprised? I was making a lot of great moves," James said.
"They are definitely a great defensive team, but I was determined to attack."
“這沒甚麼好驚訝的”，James賽後說
“他們的確是很棒的防守團隊，但我決定切換成進攻模式了。”
Cleveland closed out the series with a 98-82 win in Game 6. The Spurs swept
the Cavs in the Finals, but the fact that James dragged the likes of Gooden,
Larry Hughes, Zydrunas Ilgauskas and Anderson Varejao to a championship
series is an impressive accomplishment by itself.
第六場比賽克里夫蘭以98-82結束了這個系列賽。然後在接下來的冠軍戰被馬刺橫掃。
但事實是，James能將這個由 Gooden, Larry Hughes, Zydrunas Ilgauskas 和
Anderson Varejao 組成的騎士拖進總冠軍決戰這件事本身就是個令人印象深刻的成就。
This was a transcendent performance by a once-in-a-generation talent. We
should have known then it would only be a matter of time until LeBron James
broke through that invisible barrier to capture a championship.
這是個由一個世代才能出現一次的天才所表演的卓越演出。
而一直到Lebron James度過了重重阻礙捧起了冠軍金杯的時候我們才明瞭，
奪冠對於他來說其實不過只是時間早晚的問題而已。
十年前的東區決戰第五戰highlight:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sx4z_pCA_6k
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