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Los Angeles Lakers – Jeremy Lin Never Dreamed He’d be Backing Up Jordan
Clarkson
洛杉磯湖人隊 ─ 林沒想過他會打Clarkson的替補
Even teams that tank win from time to time. The Los Angeles Lakers beat the
Chicago Bulls 123-118 to get their moment in the sun, with Jeremy Lin doing
well off the bench, but his playing time despite the double overtime game
never came close to the point guard the franchise is backing, Jordan Clarkson.
儘管是支一次次坦掉勝利的球隊。洛杉磯湖人以123比118擊敗芝加哥公牛得到屬於他們的
美好時光，林從板凳出發打得很好，但儘管是場兩度進入延長賽的比賽，他的上場時間遠
遠比不上這支球隊正支持著的控球後衛Clarkson。
This isn’t a competition. Lin isn’t the kind of player to sulk while his
team is winning. He’s cheering on players that are inferior to him but get
to play more than him. But it has to hurt somewhere that it has once again
happened to him, and he’s finding himself coming off the bench and playing
less minutes than another point guard who doesn’t deserve his current role.
In fact, Lin is benched because he’s the better player of the two.
這不是一場競爭。林不是那種當他的球隊正在贏球時會生氣的球員。他為那些比他差勁卻
上場比他久的球員喝采。但再一次地，對他來說內心肯定有什麼地方受傷了，他發現他從
板凳出發並且比另一個不應得他現在角色的控球後衛的上場時間還少。事實上，林被降為
替補是因為他是兩個球員之中較好的那一個。
Not that Clarkson is doing badly. Without Kobe Bryant a huge shadow is lifted
off the team. Suddenly everything is quick, fast, almost fun. It’s not too
accurate or polished, but this team is better without the version of Bryant
they got on most nights. But that’s enough of the Bryant bashing. He’s
nothing but a cheerleader from now on, although his comments on Twitter or
through other media outlets will still have their consequences.
這並不是說Clarkson打得不好。沒有了Bryant，籠罩在這支球隊上的巨大陰影隨風消逝。
突然之間，一切都變得敏捷、快速，甚至饒富趣味。這並不會太過誇大或潤飾，但沒有了
多數夜晚Bryant所帶來的影響，這支球隊是更好的。從現在開始他不過是個啦啦隊長，儘
管他透過推特或其他媒體途徑所發表的一些言論仍然有著它們的影響力。
The Bulls playing awful defense and the Lakers pushing the ball into the
paint worked well for them. Jordan Hill scored 26 points to go with 12
rebounds, Wayne Ellington finished with 23, making it 25.5 per game for him
in the last two. Carlos Boozer scored 16 points against his former team in
only 28 minutes and Clarkson, getting 43 minutes from Byron Scott, finished
with 18 points on 6-of-15 from the field, coming in for Lin with 4:03 left in
regulation and never leaving again.
公牛防守很糟，而湖人將球交入禁區看來很管用。Hill得到26分12板，Ellington以23分
收場，過去兩場場均25.5分。Boo對上他的老東家在僅僅28分鐘上場時間內得到16分，而
Clarkson，從Scott給的43分鐘裡，15投6中得到18分，在常規時間剩下4分3秒的時候取代
林上場，並且沒再離開過。
Clarkson almost cost the Lakers the game. While he did make some shots, he
made plenty of mistakes that allowed the Bulls to complete their comeback and
force overtime. He bounced back in the second overtime but the Lakers seem to
be quite happy to see him go through the motions in crunch time and suffer
from his inexperience because it the long run it’ll get them a better,
higher draft pick and maybe somehow also polish a decent point guard for them.
Clarkson差點讓湖人輸掉這場比賽。儘管他的確投中一些球，他也犯了很多錯誤讓公牛得
以完成追擊並且將比賽逼入延長。他到了第二次延長賽才重新振作，但對於看到他撐過這
些危機時刻以及受他的缺乏經驗所苦，湖人看起來似乎很高興，因為長久下來這會讓他們
得到一個更好更高順位的選秀權，或許某種程度上也為他們擦亮了這個得體的控球後衛的
招牌。
Lin scored 11 points, adding five assists in 27 minutes of basketball. He had
good moments, he had a few that he’d like to forget. In the grand scheme of
things? His minutes are meaningless and irrelevant to the Lakers, clearly
showing they don’t see him as part of anything they’re trying to build. Try
being at your workplace with that sitting in the back of your head, knowing
you’re possibly the best player on this team which is exactly why you’re
being reduced into a bench player, and often taken out of games when things
are going too well.
林在27分鐘內得到11分5助攻。他有過一些好的時刻，也有過一些他寧可忘記的時刻。總
體來說呢？他的上場時間對湖人來說是沒有意義而且無關緊要的，清楚地顯示了他們不把
他視為任何他們正試圖重建的一部分。你靠著後腦勺坐著，試著融入你的工作環境，意識
到你可能是這支球隊裡最好的球員，而這正是你為什麼被降為替補、以及總是在打得太好
的時候被換下來的原因。
翻譯這篇文章純粹只是分享 希望有心人士不要再解讀成林迷黑隊友
林不受重用 我認為跟隊友真的沒有太大關係
NBA有400多個球員 沒有一個不是力爭上游 希望成為球隊的核心人物
在湖人正在重建的時空背景下 Clarkson得到了屬於他的機會 衷心祝福他
我對林很有信心 現在的他不管是在球技或心態上 比起過去都更加成熟
他欠缺的就只是一個合適他的位置 讓他把他的長處發揮出來
很多版友都會在推文裡面提到「保持健康」
這真的很重要 也是這個球季我最希望林能做到的
賽季過了一半 林在這一點上做得非常好 希望他能繼續保持下去
明天凌晨3點回麥迪遜廣場花園對戰尼克 祝福林有好表現!