Paul Pierce Explained How His Feud With LeBron James Started: "I Spit At The
Cavaliers Bench"
ORLANDO SILVA
Paul Pierce and LeBron James engaged in a big feud ever since The King
entered the NBA in 2003. These two legends shared the court in many
opportunities, with Pierce dominating the first part of their rivalry, while
James leveled things up and surpassed the Boston Celtics icon after joining
the Miami Heat, scoring over 1,000 points on Pierce.
自從LeBron James進入NBA後，他與Paul Pierce之間的競爭就一直處於對立面。
前期是Pierce佔上風，但隨著LeBron後期加入熱火後，逐漸在與Pierce競爭中取得領先，
LeBron在Pierce身上得分超過1000分。
The bad blood between them was incredibly visible, and whenever they went at
it, fans knew they would see a terrific matchup. Many people have wondered
how it all started, and Pierce explained the origin of his beef with the 4x
NBA champion last year when he was still part of ESPN's 'NBA Countdown.'
Pierce近期解釋了他與LeBron之間恩怨的由來。
First, Kendrick Perkins had claimed it all started during LeBron's first
preseason in the league. Something happened at the end of a game between the
Cavaliers and Celtics, which prompted Pierce to spit at the Cavs' bench,
escalating the situation.
這件事起源是，
Kendrick Perkins提到恩怨的開始來自於LeBron進入NBA前的第一場熱身賽，
當時Pierce朝騎士的板凳區吐口水。
Pierce would confirm that story, saying it was a relief that social media
wasn't around at the time.
“I’m glad social media wasn’t out there, because I spit at their bench,”
Pierce said, via Heavy. “I probably would have gotten fined.”
“You know the crazy thing about it was, it was a preseason game, that didn’
t mean anything,” Pierce said. “I don’t know, me and LeBron going back and
forth, the bench is yelling at something. And I look over at the bench, and I
’m like, ‘That’s why y’all are on the bench’ or something, and I spit at
them.
Pierce也證實了的確有這件事，並慶幸當時社群媒體並不是很發達。
老皮表示：
「我慶幸當時的社群媒體並不發達，不然我朝他們吐口水可能會被罰款。
你知道嗎？此事瘋狂的地方在於這只是場季前熱身賽，根本代表不了什麼。
當時我與LeBron在攻防兩端來回對轟，而騎士板凳席開始向我叫囂，
我當時也不曉得怎麼了，我望向騎士板凳區，心想『難怪你們只能坐在板凳上』
然後我就朝他們吐口水。」
“And I’m not sure I hit somebody or not, but I spit in that direction. And
then it just kind of — tempers flared up, the next thing you know, we was in
the hallway, it was about to go down. That’s just kind of, like, the basis
of everything.”
「當時不確定我的口水究竟吐到誰身上了，但我確實朝騎士板凳區吐了口水。
大家都打出了火氣，接著在球員通道裡雙方差點就要打起架來了，
以上就是整件事情的起源。」
Curiously, Pierce was fined $15,000, according to the New York Times. After
that altercation, one of LeBron's most infamous rivalries started.
弔詭的是，根據紐約時報報導，事後Pierce被罰款了15000美元。
從那件事之後，就開啟了Pierce & LeBron競爭之路。
來源：https://reurl.cc/Gb8GAv
心得：年代久遠，還有人記得這件事嗎?