53 年的等待：尼克斯队终于拿下 NBA 总冠军

昨天，美国的纽约尼克斯队，

Yesterday, America's New York Knicks

拿到了 NBA 的总冠军。

won the NBA championship.

这听起来，只是一个球队赢了球。

This sounds like just a team winning a game.

但是对纽约人来说，

But for New Yorkers,

这是等了整整五十三年的一天。

this was a day waited on for a full fifty-three years.

我们先简单说一下背景。

Let's first briefly cover the background.

NBA，是美国的职业篮球比赛。

The NBA is America's professional basketball competition.

也是全世界水平最高的篮球比赛。

It's also the highest-level basketball competition in the world.

里面有三十支球队。

It has thirty teams.

每年，这三十支队，打一整年。

Each year, these thirty teams play a whole year.

最后，只有一支队，能拿到总冠军。

In the end, only one team can take the championship.

拿到总冠军，

Taking the championship

就是一支篮球队，最大的荣誉。

is a basketball team's greatest honor.

纽约尼克斯队，是 NBA 里

The New York Knicks are, within the NBA,

一支非常有名、非常老的球队。

a very famous and very old team.

它在纽约，有无数球迷。

In New York, it has countless fans.

纽约人，对这支队的感情，特别深。

New Yorkers' feelings for this team run especially deep.

但是，有一个事实，

But there's a fact

一直让纽约球迷很痛。

that has long pained New York fans.

就是：尼克斯队，

It's that the Knicks

已经很久很久，没有拿过总冠军了。

hadn't taken a championship for a very, very long time.

上一次拿冠军，是1973年。

The last time they won a title was in 1973.

也就是说，到今年，

In other words, by this year,

他们已经等了五十三年。

they had waited fifty-three years.

这是 NBA 历史上，

This is, in NBA history,

最长的一次冠军等待。

the longest wait for a championship.

五十三年，是什么概念？

What kind of concept is fifty-three years?

是很多球迷，从小孩，等成了老人。

It's many fans growing from children into old people.

是有的人，等了一辈子，

It's some people who waited a whole lifetime,

到走的时候，都没能再看到。

and by the time they passed, never got to see it again.

但是今年，情况不一样了。

But this year, things were different.

今年的尼克斯队，特别能打。

This year's Knicks were especially strong.

他们一路过关斩将，

They cut through every round

打进了最后的总决赛。

and made it to the Finals.

总决赛，是七场四胜。

The Finals is best-of-seven.

谁先赢四场，谁就是冠军。

Whoever wins four games first is the champion.

他们的对手，

Their opponent

是另一支很强的队，圣安东尼奥马刺队。

was another very strong team, the San Antonio Spurs.

马刺队里，

On the Spurs,

还有一个全世界都关注的法国天才，

there's also a French prodigy the whole world is watching,

叫文班亚马。

called Wembanyama.

他个子非常高，技术非常全面。

He's extremely tall and extremely well-rounded in skill.

这个系列，他打得也很好。

In this series, he played very well too.

场均拿将近28分。

He averaged nearly 28 points.

但是，篮球是五个人的运动。

But basketball is a five-person sport.

最后，尼克斯队,

In the end, the Knicks

还是以四比一,赢下了系列。

still won the series four to one.

就在昨天，第五场，

Just yesterday, in Game 5,

尼克斯队，94比90,

the Knicks, 94 to 90,

赢下了关键的一场。

won the decisive game.

拿到了队史第三个总冠军。

They took the third championship in team history.

也是1973年之后，第一个。

And the first since 1973.

比赛结束的那一刻，

The moment the game ended,

整个纽约,都沸腾了。

all of New York boiled over.

很多球迷,在街上又哭又笑。

Many fans on the streets cried and laughed at once.

有白发苍苍的老人说:

Some white-haired old people said:

"我这辈子,终于等到了。

'In my whole life, I finally got to wait for it.'

说到这次夺冠,

Speaking of this title,

有一个人,绝对不能不提。

there's one person who absolutely must be mentioned.

他叫布伦森,是尼克斯队的核心。

He's called Brunson, the core of the Knicks.

他个子不算高,

He's not very tall,

但是特别能得分,特别关键。

but he's especially good at scoring, especially clutch.

最后一场,他一个人就拿了45分。

In the last game, he alone scored 45 points.

整个总决赛,他场均接近30分。

Across the whole Finals, he averaged nearly 30 points.

所以,他理所当然地,

So, deservedly,

拿到了总决赛最有价值球员,

he won the Finals Most Valuable Player,

也就是我们常说的 FMVP。

which we commonly call FMVP.

另外,这个系列,

Also, in this series,

还有一场比赛,会被记住很久。

there's one more game that will be remembered for a long time.

那是第四场。

That was Game 4.

那场比赛,尼克斯队上半场,

In that game, the Knicks, in the first half,

一度落后了29分。

were at one point behind by 29 points.

在篮球里,落后29分,

In basketball, being behind by 29

基本就等于,这场没戏了。

basically means the game is hopeless.

但是尼克斯队,没有放弃。

But the Knicks didn't give up.

下半场,他们疯狂追分。

In the second half, they chased points like crazy.

最后时刻,靠着一个补篮,

At the final moment, on a put-back,

在只剩1.2秒的时候,绝杀对手。

with only 1.2 seconds left, they hit a buzzer-beater on the opponent.

107比106,赢了。

107 to 106, they won.

这是 NBA 总决赛历史上,

This is, in NBA Finals history,

最大的一次翻盘。

the biggest comeback ever.

最后,我们一起想一想。

Finally, let's think together.

这个冠军,为什么这么动人?

Why is this championship so moving?

因为它不只是一个冠军。

Because it isn't just a championship.

它是五十三年的坚持。

It's fifty-three years of perseverance.

是几代人的等待。

It's the waiting of several generations.

是无数次差一点,

It's countless times of coming up just short,

但是从来没有放弃。

but never giving up.

说到底,

When it comes down to it,

体育最打动人的,

what's most moving about sports

从来不只是赢。

has never been only winning.

而是那种,

It's that spirit of,

哪怕等了五十三年,

even after waiting fifty-three years,

也要一直打下去的劲儿。

still wanting to keep playing.

最后我想问你。

Finally, I want to ask you.

在你的生活里,

In your life,

有没有一件事,

is there something

你已经坚持了很久很久?

you've persevered at for a very, very long time?

也许,你的那个"第五十三年",

Maybe your own 'fifty-third year'

也快到了。

is just around the corner too.