詹姆斯湖人首戰 不僅僅是場籃球賽
LeBron James doesn't play games. LeBron James orchestrates cultural events. And Sunday night's game was the beginning of a societal whirlwind that will define this Los Angeles Lakers season.
勒布朗·詹姆斯打的比賽，不簡簡單單是一場籃球比賽，而更像是大型的文化活動。而週日晚上的比賽則是一個社會旋風的開始，它將定義洛杉磯湖人的這個賽季。As we arrived in the city Saturday afternoon, the energy was unavoidable. LeBron James is all people were talking about in sunny San Diego, from the beach to the streets to the bars and the hotel bars.
當我們星期六下午到達這個城市時，能量是不可避免的。在陽光明媚的聖地亞哥，詹姆斯是所有，從海灘到街道，到酒吧和酒店酒吧的人們所談論的對象。James jerseys were part of the fashion statements that fans wore to the CRSSED Music Festival (featuring Duke Dumont and Kiiara) in town during the weekend.
球迷們穿着詹姆斯球衣，成爲週末在城裏舉辦CRSSED音樂節（包括杜克杜蒙特和基亞拉），所展示的時尚態度的一部分。
Every time James even dribbled the ball, people stood up. Kids with phones raced to the aisles to record the moment.
甚至每次詹姆斯運球時，人們都會站起來。拿着手機的孩子們跑到過道前記錄這一時刻。“Western Conference finals this season,” said the Uber driver, “or it's a disappointment for me.”
“這個賽季至少得打到西部決賽，”這位優步司機說，“否則我會失望的。”Each time James scored points (nine) or logged a rebound or an assist, a roar washed over the arena. As a franchise, the Lakers have always worked best when celebrity drove its success — and there's not a bigger household name in basketball than No. 23, the three-time All-Star Game MVP.
每次詹姆斯得分(9分)或拿下一個籃板或助攻時，一陣歡呼聲就會席捲整個場館。作爲一支球隊，湖人隊在超級球星推動球隊取得成功的時候總是表現得最好——在籃球比賽中，最家喻戶曉的名字莫過於那個獲得過三次全明星比賽MVP的23號。
As expected, the crowd in San Diego's Valley View Casino Center (capacity 16,100) was overwhelmingly pro-Lakers. The lines to get in featured fans in a dizzying array of jerseys, T-shirts and other purple and gold ensembles, and there was an irrefutable excitement not felt since the final days of Kobe Bryant's 20-year reign.
不出所料，聖迭戈谷景賭場中心(可容納16，100人)的人羣壓倒性地支持湖人隊。特點鮮明的粉絲陣容，由一系列令人眼花繚亂的球衣、T恤衫和其他紫色和金色的組合組成，這是自科比·布萊恩特結束20年統治的最後一戰後，人們從未感受到的一種不可辯駁的興奮。The expectation of a championship, even if many don't expect it this season, is a feeling Lakers fans haven't felt in half a decade. And that's an eternity in the franchise Jerry Buss helped transform into a pop culture stalwart.
對總冠軍的期望，即使很多人本賽季並不期待，也是一種過去五年湖人隊球迷都沒有感覺到的期待。球隊長久以來的贏球氛圍也在老巴斯的努力下，融入到了球迷文化當中。This is the spirit James brings with him wherever he goes. It also makes you wonder. If all this happened in San Diego, then imagine the insanity of the Lakers' home opener, 18 days away, against a legit title contender.
這就是詹姆斯無論走到哪裏都帶着的精神。這也讓你好奇。如果這一切都發生在聖迭戈，那麼想象一下湖人18天后主場首場比賽對一個真正的冠軍爭奪者的瘋狂。Celebrities will pack courtside and settle to be peppered among the rows closest to the floor. Rabid collectives of Lakers fans from near and far will make the trip to their revitalized mecca.
名人們會擠在場邊，在離地板最近的幾排中間安頓下來。來自四面八方的湖人隊球迷將前往他們復興的麥加。Beyond that, though, the Lakers will of course struggle at many points — it's a team that was largely pieced together on the fly. They'll have their chapters of dominance and of controlled chaos, but regardless, Staples Center will be the vibrant cultural hub that, at its foundation, it has always been. Both scenarios can and will be honest representations of an evolving Western Conference powerhouse.
除此之外，湖人隊當然會在很多方面苦苦掙扎-這是一支匆忙拼湊在一起的球隊。他們將有他們的統治和控制混亂的篇章，但無論如何，斯臺普斯中心將是充滿活力的文化中心，在它的基礎上，它一直是如此。這兩種情況都可以而且將是一個不斷髮展的西部強隊的真實代表。更多精彩內容請關注微信公衆號、新浪微博：籃球英文堂
