篮球英文堂 第244期:哈登:球迷喊MVP时,啥感觉?

You've heard the MVP chants for years, but in a game like that when you're playing that well and the teams are playing that well,

你享受着MVP的呼声已经有好几年了，但是在这么精彩的一场比赛中，当你大杀四方，你的队友们也有非常出色的发挥，

and the crowds are into it, as simple as it is, did that get you going, did that drive you inspire you? No,

而且球迷也非常享受比赛，我只是想问，是这些呼声让你推动你前进吗？是它们给你动力，激励了你吗？不，

like something that anybody can say to get me going, like I'm already going, I've been going like this for the last 5 years and,

谁都可以说是这些东西给了我动力，我一直在保持前进，我过去5年都没有松懈过，

No, those chants, they are just, they're pretty normal.

那些呼声……挺正常的。

So I focus on like in game and what I need to do and worried about being the best one on the court every night.

所以我保持专注，比如在比赛中我需要做到什么，争取在每个夜晚都能成为球场上最变态的人。

James, Ricky also talked about how the Utah Jazz they just haven't been playing with a lot confidence, I got to think that some of that has to do with,

James，里基（卢比奥）也谈到尤他爵士在今天的比赛中有些信心不足，这让我不禁在想这肯定和你们的表现有关，

how big these wins have been that they both been blowouts, how's it feel essentially¹?

这两场都是大比分获胜，他们都是被痛扁，这到底是怎么样的感觉？

Yeah, you guys are very confident, but you've also taken away some of the confidence of the opposition²,

没错你们打得充满信心，但你们还击垮了对手的信心，

that's what you hope for in the postseason.

这就是季后赛我们希望拿出的表现。

You know obviously they have a different kind of swag at home though, so,

当然了他们在自己的主场肯定会有所不同，所以，

our swagger，our confidence is where it needs to be, we just need to bring it down to the road,

我们在需要信心的时候做到了，我们需要做的就是把这种信心带到客场，

and we all know how tough it is to win in Utah, but we've done it last year and,

众所周知，从爵士的主场带走胜利非常困难，但是我们去年就做到了，

I think we're focused and we're on another level toward defensively we're engaged,

我认为我们当前很专注，我们的防守很投入，在更高的水准，

you know and I mean, grant, they didn't shoot the ball well from 3 tonight but you know, they'll make some of those at home,

我是说，没错，他们今天三分确实投得不好，你们也知道，但是他们回到主场一定会有所改善，

you know we just can't let their runs to distract what we overall goal is.

我们不能让这些进攻高潮分散我们对终极目标的注意力。

1 essentially   

adv.本质上，实质上，基本上

参考例句：

• Really great men are essentially modest.真正的伟人大都很谦虚。
• She is an essentially selfish person.她本质上是个自私自利的人。

2 opposition   

n.反对，敌对

参考例句：

• The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
• The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。