Kobe Bryant isn't the only NBA icon to limp into retirement
不僅是老科，眾球星的退休賽其實也都腳步蹣跚
The journey Kobe Bryant has been on for 20 years as one of the best ever to
play in the NBA will reach its conclusion Wednesday night at Staples Center.
The 37-year-old Bryant's greatest moments are behind him, and his last game
against the Utah Jazz is more of him getting to the finish line with a Lakers
team that has produced their worst record in franchise history.
So many of the game's icons have limped to the end of what have been
outstanding careers, their skills diminished by injuries and with no more
glory to display in their final games.
星期三在Staple Center，老科20年的職業生涯將畫下句點
這位戰績輝煌的37歲老將在過去留下許多偉大的時刻
但是伴隨他參與生涯對爵士最後一戰的 卻是創下隊史最差戰績的湖人隊
其實不只老科，那些在NBA上曾經叱吒風雲的球員
在NBA的最後一場比賽，大多也都因傷所困，無法發揮他們生涯中引以為傲的球技
"It's not a lot of fun when you can't play anymore," said TNT studio analyst
Charles Barkley. "You've been better than anybody else your whole life and
you're retiring for a reason — because you can't play anymore. It's kind of
like a relief more than anything. I'm sure Kobe knows this."
"當你無法再繼續打球並不是件有趣的事" Barkley說
但倘若你退休僅僅是因為你無法繼續打下去了，而不是技不如人
這對於曾經比任何人都強大的球員來說，其實也算是一種救贖
我想Kobe是了解這點的
Barkley finished his Hall of Fame career playing for the lottery-bound
Houston Rockets. He missed four months of the 1999-2000 season because of a
left quadriceps injury, but his goal was just to play in one final game.
So on April 19, 2000, Barkley, who was 37 at the time, played his last game
of a 16-year NBA career against the Vancouver Grizzlies.
He scored just two points on a put-back. Barkley had one rebound and one
assist in six minutes. He walked off the court to a standing ovation.
"I had gotten hurt earlier in the season, and I wanted to try to play one
[more] game," Barkley recalled. "It took me like six minutes to get one
rebound and one basket. That was tough. And if you've been watching Kobe
play, you know he's feeling the exact same thing."
名人堂球員Barkely在休士頓火箭結束了他的生涯
在1999賽季他因為左四頭肌受傷錯過了4個月的比賽
那時的他已經37歲，但他還想再打一場比賽
因此，2000/4/19
在對上溫哥華灰熊隊的比賽
六分鐘 一籃板一助攻 並靠著補籃拿了兩分
就這樣在全場起立鼓掌之下走出球場，並完成了他的NBA之旅
他說:"那個球季我很早就受傷了，我想試試看，至少再打一場看看
那兩分一籃板卻花了我六分鐘的時間，這真的很艱難
如果你有看到Kobe本季的表現，你會知道他在一樣的處境"
Many other NBA Hall of Famers exited with quiet performances in their
farewell games.
許多名人堂球員在他們的告別賽中，也都無法拿出最好的表現
The Lakers were chasing a third consecutive NBA championship in 1989, and
that helped lure Kareem Abdul-Jabbar back for his 20th season.
Abdul-Jabbar averaged 10.1 points in 22.9 minutes per game during the 1988-89
regular season, his skills obviously not what they were when he won six most
valuable player awards.
The Lakers were swept, 4-0, by the Detroit Pistons in the 1989 NBA Finals.
In his final game, the 42-year-old Abdul-Jabbar, the NBA's all-time leading
scorer (38,387 points), made only two of eight shots from the field and
finished with seven points and three rebounds in 29 minutes against Detroit.
Jabbar最後一個賽季，也就是他的第20個賽季，在22.9分的的場均上場時間中
也只剩下10.1分，他也早已不復當年他拿下6座MVP時的勇猛
最後，湖人在1989與活賽隊的總冠軍賽慘遭橫掃
在他的最後一場比賽中，8投2中得到了7分3籃板
Magic Johnson was in his prime when he retired at the start of the 1991-92
season after he announced he was HIV-positive.
But Johnson still had the itch to play, and at 36 he returned to the Lakers
midway through the 1995-96 season. Johnson played in 32 regular season games,
averaging 14.9 points, 6.9 assists and 5.7 rebounds.
The final game of his illustrious 13-year career was on May 2, 1996, when the
Lakers were eliminated in a second-round playoff series by Houston.
Johnson missed six of eight shots, had eight points, five assists, five
rebounds and four turnovers in 30 minutes off the bench.
Magic Johnson當被診斷出HIV時依然是當打之年，但他在1991-1992年季初即宣告退休
但他依然想打，於是，1995-1996球季，在32場例行賽中14.9分6.9助攻5.7籃板
Magic短暫的復出，而他的告別戰，則是在季後賽第二輪遇上火箭隊
8投2中，30分鐘得到8分5助攻5籃板4失誤，結束了他魔術般的職業生涯
Even the great Michael Jordan couldn't deliver the magic moments the
basketball world had come to enjoy in his final NBA game.
Jordan was then playing for the lottery-bound Washington Wizards — and he
was nowhere near the player who had led the Chicago Bulls to six
championships and had won six MVP awards.
In the final game of his career on April 16, 2003, the 40-year-old Jordan had
15 points, four rebounds and four assists in 28 minutes for the Wizards.
就算是史上最偉大的球員Jordan，在NBA最後一場比賽，也不再是那個6冠6MVP的紅衣光頭
2003/04/16 Jordan 40歲，穿著巫師隊的球衣，在28分鐘內拿下15分4籃板4助攻
結束了璀璨的他的NBA生涯
Larry Bird won three NBA championships with the Boston Celtics and was a
three-time MVP, but serious back problems caused him to miss 37 regular
season games in 1991-92. He retired after the season, though he suited up for
the Olympic "Dream Team" that won a gold medal that summer.
Bird's final NBA game was a Game 7 loss in Cleveland in a second-round
playoff series. He was obviously hurting and took only nine shots in 33
minutes and finished with 12 points, five rebounds and four assists.
Injuries finally took down Shaquille O'Neal, his 7-1 body unable to overcome
all that ailed him in his final season in Boston.
Larry Bird替Boston贏了3座總冠軍，但是背傷使的他錯過了1991-1992賽季的37場常規賽
他也在那一年宣告退休，不過他依然有參與當年的奧運他並替夢幻隊奪得金牌。
而他的最後一場比賽則是，那年的季後賽第二輪Game 7，最終敗給騎士
33分鐘的上場時間，由於背傷的原故，僅僅在33分鐘的出場時間得到12分5籃板4助攻
O'Neal had been a four-time NBA champion — three of those championships with
the Lakers — but he had to deal with a strained right calf and a hip and
Achilles' tendon injury during the 2010-11 season with the Celtics.
It was an inglorious end to a 19-year career for O'Neal.
The 39-year-old didn't score in his final NBA game, a second-round playoff
loss against the Miami Heat. O'Neal had zero rebounds and two fouls and
played just three minutes, 31 seconds before walking off the court and into
retirement.
最後則是O'Neal，Shaq的NBA最後一個賽季也飽受傷病困擾
這位拿過4座總冠軍的禁區霸主的告別賽並不光彩，由於拉傷右小腿和臀部
他的NBA告別賽沒有得到任何分數，僅僅在3分31秒的上場時間內賠上兩次犯規