翻译：勒布朗詹姆斯如何走出11年的失利让自己变得伟大的

WHERE IS LEBRON JAMES?

It's Game 4 of the 2011 NBA Finals, and the Miami Heat are down three to the Dallas Mavericks with 6.7 seconds left in the fourth quarter. James, in his quest for his first NBA championship, has scored only 8 points, looking lost on the floor at times. But now, with one shot, he can tie things up and keep the Mavericks from evening the series -- if only he can get free for a look.

勒布朗·詹姆斯在哪里？

这是 2011 年 NBA 总决赛的第 4 场比赛，迈阿密热火队在第四节还剩 6.7 秒时落后达拉斯小牛队3 分。詹姆斯在寻求他的第一个 NBA 总冠军的过程中只得到 8 分，此前他看起来迷失在场上。但是现在，只要一投，他就可以把事情搞定，让小牛队无法在系列赛中领先——如果他能把球投进就好了。

Jason Terry won't let it happen. As Heat forward Mike Miller takes the ball on the inbound, Mario Chalmers sets a screen for James, but Terry fights right through it. Miller pump-fakes in the direction of James, then passes to Dwyane Wade, who fumbles the ball and pes to prevent a backcourt violation. He barely manages to get the ball back to Miller as James watches in the corner. Miller throws up a desperation 3, which misses the rim and lands with a thud. Game over. A defeated James, who shot the ball only once in the fourth quarter, slowly walks to the locker room.

The Heat never recover, losing the final two games. James' critics grow louder than ever -- where was he when his team needed him the most?

贾森特里不会让它发生的。当热火队前锋迈克米勒在界内拿球时，马里奥查莫斯为詹姆斯设置掩护，但特里直接通过它。米勒朝詹姆斯的方向假动作，然后传球给德维恩韦德，后者接球俯冲以防止后场违规。詹姆斯只是在角落里注视，他勉强把球传给了米勒。米勒投出一记绝望的三分球，但没命中篮筐，砰的一声落地。比赛结束。第四节只投了一次球的詹姆斯缓缓走向更衣室。

热火队再也没有恢复过来，输掉了最后两场比赛。詹姆斯的批评声比以往任何时候都大——当他的球队最需要他的时候，他在哪里？

His career since that Mavericks series has provided the resounding answer. Eleven seasons and four championships later, he's quickly approaching Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's record for the most points scored in league history. The Lakers have struggled since winning a title in 2020, but James has remained dominant.

This is the oral history of James' worst performance -- Game 4 of the 2011 NBA Finals -- and how he used it to unlock his greatness.

他在小牛系列赛后的职业生涯给出了响亮的答案。在 11 个赛季和 4 个总冠军之后，他正在迅速接近贾巴尔保持的联盟历史得分最高纪录。自 2020 年赢得总冠军以来，湖人队一直在苦苦挣扎，但詹姆斯仍然占据统治地位。

这是詹姆斯最糟糕表现的口述历史——2011 年 NBA 总决赛第 4 场——以及他如何利用它来释放他的伟大。

JAMES BECAME ONE of the most hated players in sports after leaving his home state to take his talents to South Beach and form a superteam with Wade and Chris Bosh in 2010. He was nicknamed "LeFraud" and found himself in uncharted territory for a beloved basketball prodigy.

In the 2011 playoffs, the Heat eliminated the Sixers, Celtics and Bulls, each in five games. Miami then won Game 1 of the Finals at home. James had 24 points, nine rebounds and five assists. But in Game 2, Miami blew a 15-point, fourth-quarter lead. James had only two points in the final period.

The Heat squeaked out a two-point win in Game 3, but James again had just two in the fourth. Miami held a tenuous 2-1 lead in the series.

2010 年，詹姆斯 离开家乡，将自己的才华带到南海岸，与韦德和克里斯波什组成超级球队后，成为体育界最令人讨厌的球员之一。

在 2011 年的季后赛中，热火队在五场比赛内分别淘汰了 76 人队、凯尔特人队和公牛队。迈阿密随后在主场赢得了总决赛的第一场比赛。詹姆斯得到24分、9个篮板和5次助攻。但在第二场比赛中，迈阿密在第四节领先 15 分。詹姆斯最后一节只有两分。

热火队在第三场比赛中险胜两分，但詹姆斯在比赛第四节再次只得到两分。迈阿密在系列赛中以 2-1 微弱领先。

In the regular season, Miami's Big Three -- James, Wade and Bosh -- scored two-thirds of its points. Dallas was led by future Hall of Famers Dirk Nowitzki, its star, and Jason Kidd, its leading assist man, and future Defensive Player of the Year Tyson Chandler. But the Mavs needed to throw everything they had at James and company, including different lineups cooked up by head coach Rick Carlisle and imaginative defensive schemes spearheaded by assistant Dwane Casey.

Former Sixth Man of the Year Jason Terry remained a reserve, where he was joined by guard DeShawn Stevenson, who had started the first three games of the series. Stevenson was replaced by a hard-nosed 5-foot-10 guard named J.J. Barea.

在常规赛中，迈阿密的三巨头——詹姆斯、韦德和波什——得到了球队三分之二的分数。小牛队由未来的名人堂成员德克·诺维茨基 ( Dirk Nowitzki ) 和杰森·基德 ( Jason Kidd ) 领导，杰森·基德是球队助攻王还有未来的年度最佳防守球员泰森·钱德勒 (Tyson Chandler)。但是小牛队需要把他们在詹姆斯和他的伙伴们身上拥有的一切都投入进去，包括主教练里克卡莱尔制定的不同阵容和助理德万凯西带头的富有想象力的防守计划。

前年度最佳第六人杰森特里仍然是替补，他和后卫德肖恩史蒂文森一起参加了系列赛的前三场比赛。史蒂文森被一位身高 5 英尺 10 英寸、名叫 JJ 巴里亚的后卫所取代。

In the locker room before the game, Carlisle tasked his squad with overwhelming the Heat as a collective. He'd make sure to use the whole roster to do so. Meanwhile, Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra implored his players to simply outwork the Mavs.

The game began with Nowitzki hitting a fadeaway along the right baseline. Then another fading jumper along the left baseline. Then a jumper from the right wing. The Heat, on the other hand, didn't score until more than two minutes passed. James scored his first four points in the opening period on a tip-in and two free throws. The first quarter ended with a 21-21 tie, but Nowitzki's Mavericks set the tone for the rest of the game.

赛前在更衣室里，卡莱尔要求他的球队以集体压倒热火队。他会确保使用整个球员名单来做到这一点。与此同时，热火队主教练埃里克斯波尔斯特拉恳求他的球员们超越小牛队。

比赛开始，诺维茨基在右侧底线后仰跳投命中。然后是左底线的另一个金鸡独立跳投。然后是右翼的跳投。而热火，直到两分多钟后才得分。詹姆斯在开场阶段凭借一次补篮和两次罚球得到了他的前四分。首节打成21-21平，但诺维茨基的小牛为接下来的比赛定下了基调。

The Heat's offense was disjointed in the second quarter. During a 9-0 Dallas run midway through the period, Miami had four straight turnovers caused by confusion and clutter: an offensive foul drawn by Kidd on James, a shot clock violation, an errant pass that evaded a cutting James and a stolen bounce pass intended for James, who was the roll man in a pick-and-roll with Chalmers.

James' only shot in the second, a running heave that slammed off the backboard, came as the halftime buzzer sounded. The Heat led 47-45 at halftime.

热火第二节进攻打得乱七八糟。在此期间达拉斯打出 9-0 的小高潮，迈阿密连续四次失误导致进攻混乱和防守混乱：基德造成詹姆斯的进攻犯规，进攻超时，切掉詹姆斯的传球以及专为詹姆斯设计防止他传球的防守策略，他是与查莫斯挡拆的挡拆球员。

詹姆斯在第二节的唯一一次投篮是在中场休息哨响起时的抢投。半场结束热火47-45领先。

But the Heat did have Wade, who made all five of his shots in third. Meanwhile, James had his best all-around quarter of the game, collecting four points, four rebounds and three assists. With just over a minute left in the quarter, he muscled Terry near the free throw line and made a 15-foot jumper over him. It was decisive and defiant. They also were his last points of the game.

The Heat went on an 8-1 run to end the third quarter and entered the fourth with a 69-65 lead, but James -- who was just 3-of-10 from the field to that point -- was still riding shotgun.

但是热火队有韦德，他在第三节五投全中。与此同时，詹姆斯打出了他全场最好的一节比赛，得到4分、4个篮板和3次助攻。在本节还剩一分多钟的时候，他在罚球线附近强行用力顶住特里，并在他头顶 15 英尺处跳投命中。这是果断和挑衅的。这也是他本场比赛的最后一分。

热火队以 8-1 的小高潮结束了第三节，并以 69-65 领先进入第四节，但詹姆斯——当时他场上只有 10 投 3 中——仍然在发挥作用。

But James spent much of the last 12 minutes of the game in neutral -- standing passively in the corner or swinging the ball around the perimeter.

A little more than three minutes into the fourth, the Mavericks subbed out Barea in favor of Kidd, who joined Nowitzki, Stevenson, Terry and Chandler. Carlisle and Casey then used both zone and man defenses. Against those looks, James missed the only shot he took in the period, a contested jumper over Stevenson with 2:25 left.

但詹姆斯在比赛最后 12 分钟的大部分时间里都处于游离状态——被动地站在角落里或在外线挥动球。

第四节开始三分钟多一点，小牛队用基德换下了巴里亚，小牛场上是基德，诺维茨基、史蒂文森、特里和钱德勒。卡莱尔和凯西随后使用了区域联防和人防。詹姆斯错过了他在这段时间里唯一一次投篮，这是在比赛还剩 2 分 25 秒时对史蒂文森的一次有争议的跳投。

The game's final 14.4 seconds put that failure on full display.

After Wade missed a potential tying free throw and Nowitzki made a layup, the Heat had two possessions down by three. James was a spectator in the right corner for both. On the first, Dallas conceded a dunk to Wade (the Heat's only field goal in the last seven minutes); Mike Miller's airball ended the second -- and the game, 86-83 in favor of Dallas. The series was tied at 2. Both plays were run for Wade.

The question on everyone's minds: What happened to LeBron James in Game 4? James, through a representative, declined to be interviewed for this story.

James [on "The Shop"]: [In the series], I literally lost myself in the moment.

比赛的最后 14.4 秒充分展示了这一失败。

在韦德错过一个可能扳平比分的罚球和诺维茨基上篮得分后，热火队两回合落后三分。詹姆斯是两人对攻的旁观者。首先，达拉斯让韦德扣篮（热火队最后七分钟唯一的投篮命中）；迈克米勒的三不沾结束了第四场比赛 - 86-83 达拉斯将系列赛打成 2 平。这两场比赛都是韦德撑起的的。

每个人都在想的问题是：勒布朗詹姆斯在第 4 场比赛中发生了什么？詹姆斯通过一位代表拒绝就此故事接受采访。

詹姆斯： [在系列中]，我真的迷失了自己。

Before Game 5, which James called the biggest moment of his career thanks to his Game 4 struggles, a video surfaced that showed James and Wade coughing as they walked through the tunnels inside the American Airlines Center in Dallas. Many perceived this as mocking Nowitzki, who played Game 4 with a fever.

At the time, James and Wade deflected questions about their intentions. In 2021, Wade claimed it was more of a dig toward the media than Nowitzki but admitted he doesn't like watching it and would tell his son to avoid making the same mistake. Last year, Nowitzki denied seeing the video until after Game 5, but his teammates say the video helped seal the Mavericks' championship fate.

在第 5 场比赛之前，由于他在第 4 场比赛中的挣扎，詹姆斯称之为他职业生涯中最重要的时刻，一段视频浮出水面，显示詹姆斯和韦德在穿过达拉斯美国航空中心内的隧道时咳嗽。许多人认为这是在嘲笑诺维茨基，他在发烧的情况下打了第 4 场比赛。

当时，詹姆斯和韦德回避了有关他们意图的问题。2021 年，韦德声称与诺维茨基相比，这更像是对媒体的挖苦，但他承认自己不喜欢看，并会告诉儿子不要重蹈覆辙。去年，诺维茨基否认在第 5 场比赛之前看过这段视频，但他的队友说这段视频帮助小牛队锁定了冠军的命运。

Nowitzki scored 29 points in Game 5 and had 21 points and 11 rebounds in Game 6. The Heat were outscored by a combined 35 points when James was on the floor in those two games. Nowitzki captured the Finals MVP for the Mavericks, who won the series 4-2 en route to their first NBA title.

Three days after the series, ESPN published a piece titled: "Does LeBron James need a sports psychologist?" James then disappeared into the offseason and wouldn't return to the court for a meaningful game for more than six months because of a lockout.

诺维茨基在第 5 场比赛中得到 29 分，在第 6 场比赛中得到 21 分和 11 个篮板。在这两场比赛中，詹姆斯总共只得到 35 分。诺维茨基为小牛队赢得了总冠军并获得MVP，小牛队以 4-2 赢得系列赛，获得了他们的第一个 NBA 总冠军。

系列赛三天后，ESPN 发表了一篇题为“勒布朗·詹姆斯需要运动心理学家吗？”的文章。詹姆斯随后在休赛期消失了，并且由于停摆超过六个月没有回到球场参加一场有意义的比赛。

On Christmas Day 2011, in a season-opening rematch with the Mavs, James collected 37 points, 10 rebounds and six assists in Miami's 11-point win.

Redemption, though, would have to come in the postseason. When the 2012 playoffs arrived, James tuned out the noise by reading books instead of consuming media -- both traditional and social.

Then came perhaps his best game ever: a 45-point, 15-rebound demolition in a Game 6 road win over the Celtics, who were leading the 2012 Eastern Conference finals 3-2. It was one year to the day from Game 4 of the 2011 Finals. James' Heat won Game 7, too. They went on to win an NBA title, the first of James' car1eer.

2011 年圣诞节，在赛季揭幕战与小牛队的比赛中，詹姆斯得到 37 分、10 个篮板和 6 次助攻，帮助迈阿密以 11 分获胜。

不过，救赎必须在季后赛中到来。当 2012 年季后赛到来时，詹姆斯通过读书而不是社交媒体（包括传统媒体和社交媒体）来消除噪音。

然后也许是他有史以来最好的一场比赛：在客场击败凯尔特人队的第 6 场比赛中，他砍下 45 分、15 个篮板，凯尔特人队在 2012 年东部决赛中以 3-2 领先。距离 2011 年总决赛第 4 场比赛已经过去一年了。詹姆斯的热火也赢下了第 7 场比赛。他们接着赢得了 NBA 总冠军，这是詹姆斯职业生涯中的第一个冠军。

In 2012-13, James set career highs with 56.5% shooting from the field, including 40.6% from 3. Miami went on a 27-game winning streak and won its second straight title. James won the regular-season and Finals MVPs for the second year in a row. James and Wade became one of the best duos of all time, their success drawing a blueprint for future superstar unions. And James is at least in the conversation -- avert your eyes, MJ loyalists -- as the best player ever.

James [tweeted about Game 4 on May 17, 2022]: I hit the reset button, went back to the basics, worked on things in my game I needed to get better at so the defense couldn't just sit on one thing. Hours and hours and hours every day in the offseason on it.

To be able to be in a packed arena on the road, with 20,000, 22,000 screaming fans going crazy, to be able to find a moment -- two minutes, one minute, 30 seconds, whatever -- to be able to close my eyes, to be able to relax myself, calm myself. It's like meditation, basically. It has worked tremendously for me in my career.

2012-13 赛季，詹姆斯以 56.5% 的投篮命中率创下职业生涯新高，其中三分球命中率为 40.6%。迈阿密队取得了 27 连胜，并连续第二次夺冠。詹姆斯连续第二年获得常规赛和总决赛 MVP。詹姆斯和韦德成为有史以来最好的二人组之一，他们的成功为未来的超级巨星联盟描绘了蓝图。詹姆斯至少在人们谈话中被称为有史以来最好的球员。

詹姆斯 [在 2022 年 5 月 17 日发布了关于第 4 场比赛的推文]：我按下了从头再来的按钮，在我的比赛中做了一些我需要做得更好的事情，这样对手防守就不能只用做一件事。休赛期的每一天都在不停地工作

能够在客场拥挤的赛场上，20,000、22,000 名疯狂尖叫的球迷，能够找到一个时刻——两分钟，一分钟，30 秒，不管怎样——能够闭上眼睛，能够让自己放松，让自己平静下来。基本上，这就像冥想。它在我的职业生涯中对我产生了巨大的影响。