如果賽季結束，MVP花落誰家？

夥伴們記得設置置頂，及時看到更新

看籃球，搞定英語

看完本篇文章

您將提升732字英文閱讀量

完成7個重點知識點學習

如果賽季結束，MVP花落誰家？

在三月七號之前，聯盟裡關於“誰才是MVP”的討論並沒有太多分歧：東部字母哥和他的雄鹿本賽季表現更佳，高於上個賽季也高於目前聯盟的其他球隊以及球員。一時間字母哥衛冕MVP寶座似乎是板上釘釘的事情。但三月七號湖人和雄鹿的比賽結束之後，洛杉磯的那個老頭兒再度來到喧囂之上，通過這場比賽，雷霸龍詹姆士可以像以前一樣，不管是最後問鼎，還是露個臉喊一嗓子“Taco Tuesday”，都可以再和年輕人比劃比劃。

No player in history has dominated like LeBron James this late in his career, but few players have dominated like Giannis Antetokounmpo, period. We examine this year’s loaded race and break down our full (hypothetical) ballot.

歷史上沒有哪個球員能像雷霸龍·詹姆士在職業生涯的晚期還能擁有如此統治力，但更少少有球員能像字母哥那樣主宰一切（2K及現實中）。我們考察了今年的選情，並分析了全部的(假設的)選票。

知識點：

hypothetical英 [ˌhaɪpəˈθetɪkl] 美 [ˌhaɪpəˈθetɪkl] adj.假設的;假定的

I don’t have a ballot for the NBA’s year-end awards. If I did, though—and if we had to vote based on the roughly 80 percent of the season that we actually got to see—here’s how I’d have filled it out.So, without further ado, let’s hand out some hypothetical hardware. First up: the big one.

我沒有NBA年終獎項的投票權。但是，如果我有投票權——那麽我就必須根據這個賽季我們實際看到的大約80%的比賽來投票。那麽，廢話少說，現在讓我分發一些我心中的硬貨。按照慣例，先發大頭。

Most Valuable Player

1.GiannisAntetokounmpo, Bucks

2.LeBron James, Lakers

3.James Harden, Rockets

4.Anthony Davis, Lakers

5.Kawhi Leonard, Clippers

What LeBron did this season has no precedent in the annals of NBA history. No player age 35 or older has ever turned in a better box plus-minus. James topped them all in scoring (25.7 points per game) and assists (10.6), leading the league in dimes for the first time in his career while propelling the Lakers to the top of the Western Conference. And as he showed on more than one occasion—most notably during a four-gamestretchjust before the shutdown in which he powered signature wins over Zion Williamson’s Pelicans, Antetokounmpo’s Bucks, and Leonard’s Clippers—his best can still be better than anyone else’s. (I’m not sure I’d have picked anybody over a healthy LeBron-ADcomboin a seven-game series.) He absolutely deserves to be in the MVP conversation.

雷霸龍本賽季的所作所為在NBA歷史上是前無古人的。35歲或35歲以上的球員從來沒有像他一樣交出這麽好的答卷。詹姆士在得分（場均得分25.7分）和助攻（場均10.6次）上都領跑全聯盟，這也是他職業生涯第一次在助攻上傲視聯盟，同時也帶領湖人隊登上西部的榜首。就像他不止一次地表現出來的那樣——最引人注目的便是在本賽季停擺前的四場比賽中，他為湖人先斬胖虎領銜的鵜鶘隊，再連克字母哥的雄鹿隊和卡哇伊的快船——他的最佳狀態仍然可以超越任何人。(在七場系列賽中，我不覺得有任何一個組合能阻擋健康的詹眉組合。)他絕對配得上MVP的稱號。

知識點：

stretch英 [stretʃ] 美 [stretʃ] v.拉長;拽寬;撐大;抻松;有彈性(或彈力);拉緊;拉直;繃緊n.一片;一泓;一段;(連續的)一段時間;服刑期

combo英 [ˈkɒmbəʊ] 美 [ˈkɑːmboʊ]n.小型爵士樂隊;小型伴舞樂隊;混合物;(尤指食物的)雜燴，組合餐

Antetokounmpo has been the best player on the best team in the league—best by winning percentage, and best by a mile in net rating. Giannis’s 2019-20 ranks fifth all time in player efficiency rating and ninth in BPM. He followed up last season’s MVP run by cranking his usage up to Harde年n levels while maintaining Harde年n scoring efficiency, which seems pretty good for a guy who allegedly lacks skill and only scores because he’s big. And oh, by the way, he’s also the multipositional defensivemenaceat the heart of one of the best defenses in NBA history. He began his MVP encore by playing even better than he did last season, and he never stopped; he’s been the most consistent superstar in the NBA all year long.

字母哥是聯盟中最好的球隊裡最好的球員——他們有著最出色的勝率和最好的淨勝率。本賽季的字母哥在歷史球員效率榜上排名第五，同時在BPM榜上排名第九。在上賽季MVP之後，他將自己的使用率提高到了哈登的水準，同時保持和哈登一樣的得分效率，這對於一個被公認為缺乏技術和得分能力的人來說是非極其驚豔的，因為他實在是太大隻了。順便提一句，他也是NBA歷史上最具威脅的防守核心之一。他打出了比上個賽季更好的表現，開始了他的MVP蟬聯表演，他也從未停止過;他是今年NBA最穩定的超級巨星。

知識點：

menace英 [ˈmenəs] 美 [ˈmenəs] n.威脅;危險的人(或物);令人恐怖的氛圍;危險氣氛;煩人的人(或事物);引起麻煩的人(或事物) v.對…構成危險;危及;威脅到

Harden’s a lock. His individual production dipped a bit from last season, when he authored the seventh-highest-scoring campaign in NBA history on an unprecedented combination of usage and efficiency. Only a bit, though: Harden still averaged 34.4 points, 7.4 assists, and 6.4 rebounds per game, and led the league in VORP for the second straight season, points per game for the third straight, and win shares for the fourth in a row. He can run hot and cold, and he may rub some people the wrong way, on and off the court, but Harden’s unde年bly one of the most prolific offensive forces the sport’s ever seen—a virtual guarantor of a top-five-caliber offense all by himself. He slots in third.

哈登亦是MVP的鎖定名額之一。與上賽季相比，他的個人得分略有下降，當時他史無前例地將使用時間和個人效率結合在一起，創造了自身在NBA歷史上得分第七高的賽季。雖然得分只有一點點下滑:哈登仍然場均得到34.4分，7.4次助攻，6.4個籃板，並且連續第二個賽季領跑VORP，連續第三個賽季領跑得分榜，連續第四個賽季領跑勝利貢獻值。他手感時冷時熱，他也可能在場上場下和某些人碰瓷摩擦，但不可否認，哈登仍是運動史上從未見過的最高產的進攻手之一，一個真正全靠他自己發動頂級前五進攻體系的定心丸。他應排在第三。

I’ll admit: I worried some about logical inconsistency when it came to Davis’s candidacy. After all, didn’t I, in this same space last season, drop both Kevin Durant and Stephen Curry off the five-man ballot due to their team’s “abundance of riches”? But these Lakers aren’t those Warriors—with two fewer All-Stars in thestarting lineup—and it’s impossible to ignore that both LeBron’s renewed interest in playing defense and L.A.’s rise to third in the league in defensive efficiency came once Davisgot to town. (Besides, teammates in the top five of MVP voting isn’t that rare; it’s happened a bunch over the years, from Bill Russell and Bob Cousy in Boston to Westbrook and Durant in Oklahoma City back in 2015-16.)

我得承認:當涉及到濃眉的候選資格時，我有些擔心邏輯上的不一致。畢竟，上個賽季，在同樣的情況下，我不正是因為勇士的“家裡有礦”而把凱文·杜蘭特和史蒂芬·柯瑞都從MVP五人候選名單中剔除了嗎?但是這支湖人隊與勇士有著本質區別——在首發陣容中少了兩名全明星——而且我們不可能忽視雷霸龍對努力防守重新拾起了興趣。戴維斯一上場，湖人的防守效率就上升到了聯盟的第三位。(此外，隊友同時得到MVP評選前五名的情況並不少見，甚至可以說是屢見不鮮：從波士頓的二老比爾·拉塞爾和鮑勃·庫西，再到2015- 2016賽季俄城雙少威斯布魯克和杜蘭特。)

知識點：

starting lineup首發陣容got to town這裡指 上場

I went with Kawhi, though, in recognition of both his own killer offensive season—career highs in points and assists per game, while acting as the primary playmaker for the NBA’s no. 2 offense—and his ability to make an impact on the other end of the floor that Doncic simply can’t match. Doncic turned in the flashier highlights and moreeye-poppingstat lines, but, as is his way, Leonard quietly and methodically went about his business, leading the Clips to the West’s second seed—5.5 games ahead of Doncic’s seventh-place Mavericks—with his combination of brute force, pristine footwork, a seemingly unerring line-drive midrange jumper, and a reemerging on-ball mean streak that made him one of the league’s most daunting defenders as the season wore on.

我選擇卡子哥，既是認可他殺手級別的進攻賽季——場均生涯得分助攻最高，同時扮演著NBA第二進攻球隊的主要控球手——也是認可他在球場另一端的影響力，這一點東（pang)契奇就不能與之相比。雖然東契奇交出了更奪目的高光集錦，更多令人吃驚的統計數據，但是，正如卡哇伊自己的方式，他不苟言笑地，有條不紊地繼續自己的事業，帶領快船走到西部第二——領先東契奇排名第七的獨行俠隊5.5個勝場——隨著賽季深入，卡子哥憑借他的力量，複古的腳步動作，順著一條毫無偏差的直線—駕馭著中距離跳投，更別提他潛心打造的持球命中率。這些都讓他成為聯盟最可怕的防守者。

知識點：

eye-popping英 [ˈaɪ pɒpɪŋ] 美 [ˈaɪ pɑːpɪŋ] adj.使人瞠目的；驚人的

因為全球疫情盛行，NBA的剩餘比賽被推遲。等到重返賽場時，一切又是未知。可能是字母哥和詹皇的較量，也有可能其它人的爆發。但如果本賽季直接結束，你心中MVP是誰呢？

Enjoy the Process

感恩，我們在一起，做美好的事物

素材：李浩翻譯：馬瑞龍編輯：王卓健

籃球英文堂提醒所有夥伴不要過度恐慌，同時要做好防範，少出門，勤洗手，外出一定戴口罩。

相信政府，相信偉大的中華人民，相信偉大的前線醫療戰士，我們必將打贏這場病毒戰爭。