復仇快船 格里芬重回斯臺普斯中心

"It was nice to get that game over with," Griffin said. "I kind of compare it to the first game of the year in a way. There's such a big hype leading up to it, and then once it's done, you have to play 81 more. Now we have to play 41 more or whatever it is. It's over and I'm moving on, they're moving on."

"重回故地比賽的感覺很好”，格里芬說到，“從某方面講, 我會把它和賽季的第一場比賽做比較。首戰會吸引很多人關注。但打完以後, 你還有81場比賽要打。現在我們還有至少41場要打。這場打完就結束我還要繼續打下面的比賽，他們也是。”

The sold-out crowd at Staples Center received Griffin warmly during player introductions. During the first timeout of the game, the Clippers honored Griffin with a video tribute, a compilation of career highlights and some of his trademark endorsement campaigns. After the presentation, Griffin received a rousing standing ovation and waved to the crowd.

斯塔普斯中心座無虛席。在球員入場介紹環節，觀衆們十分熱情的歡迎格里芬。在比賽中的第一個暫停時，快船播放了一個視頻來感謝格里芬的貢獻，剪輯了他生涯的高光時刻和一些生涯代表作。在那之後，全場爲他起立鼓掌，他也向球迷們揮手致意。

"I didn't see All of it, but I saw bits and pieces," Griffin said of the video. "It was really cool to be welcomed back like that. It means a lot. I appreciate all these fans here."

“我沒全看，只看到了一部分”，提及視頻，格里芬說到，“感覺很棒。能受到這樣的歡迎，對我來說意義重大。我感謝這裏所有的球迷。”

During the summer of 2017, the Clippers signed their homegrown star to a five-year maximum contract, pitching Griffin with an elaborate presentation that had the primary theme of "Clipper for Life."

在2017年的夏天，快船和他們自己培養出來的巨星——格里芬簽下了五年頂薪合同，並精心準備了發佈會，希望格里芬能終生留守快船。

Six months later, Griffin was traded to Detroit in a package deal in exchange for Tobias Harris, Avery Bradley, Boban Marjanovic and a 2018 first-round pick. Griffin learned of the transaction from a third party and has expressed misgivings about the process.

但僅在六個月後，格里芬就被打包交易到底特律，換來了托比亞斯-哈里斯，艾弗裏-布拉德利，博班-馬里亞諾維奇和一個2018年的首輪籤。而格里芬甚至是從第三方知道這個交易的。因此他表達了對於以前的承諾的質疑。

Prior to the game, Clippers owner Steve Ballmer waited for Griffin to conclude his warm-up routine. As Griffin finished, Ballmer called out to his former superstar from the sideline and extended his hand.

賽前，快船老闆史蒂夫-鮑爾默等待着格里芬完成熱身。等格里芬好了以後，鮑爾默從邊上走來向格里芬打招呼，並想要握手。

Rather than greet Ballmer, Griffin made his signature nonstop sprint after his final shot from the court through the tunnel and to the locker room. At his postgame news conference, Griffin maintained that his longtime ritual took priority over any perceived snub.

對於鮑爾默的問候，在球場完成最後一投後，格里芬直接跑過了球員通道並跑進了更衣室。在賽後的新聞發佈會上, 格里芬堅持認爲, 他長期的習慣比任何的打擾都要重要。

"For nine years now, as soon as I'm done doing my pregame shooting, I make sure there's a path, and I take off running to the locker room and I don't stop running," Griffin said. "I don't change that for anybody ... That's what it was, plain and simple. It wasn't anything planned."

“這九年裏，每次我完成我的熱身投籃，我都會盡快沿着路跑回更衣室，並且不會中途停頓”，格里芬說到，“我不會爲誰改變......老實說，就是這樣而已，很簡單。沒有針對誰的意思。”

Griffin was drafted first overall by the Clippers in the 2009 NBA draft. After missing the entirety of his first season to injury, he stormed onto the scene in 2010, winning Rookie of the Year in a unanimous vote and was selected to the All-Star Game five times as a Clipper.

在2009年的NBA選秀大會上，格里芬被快船隊用狀元籤選中。在因病缺席一整年的比賽後，2010年，他王者歸來，全票贏得了年度最佳新秀。

During Griffin's tenure with the team, the Clippers enjoyed their most successful stretch in franchise history, including six consecutive playoff appearances.

在快船期間，他五次入選全明星。他還在快船的時候，這支球隊打出了隊史最佳的一段時期，連續六年闖入季後賽。

"Blake, individually, is the one who started it all," Rivers said. "He's the dunk contest winner. He wore a Clipper jersey. People understood. And now when you hear our name, you don't think of those bad Clippers before Blake.

“格里芬，是爲快船贏得聲譽的人”，快船隊主教練裏弗斯說到，“人們意識到，他穿着快船的隊服贏得了扣籃大賽的冠軍。如今你再聽到我們球隊的名字，你不會想起，在格里芬之前，處境艱難的那支快船隊。

So for me, Blake is the one who started that, so any success we had, in my opinion, from this point forward, is due to Blake, (DeAndre Jordan) and Chris (Paul) — and in that order."

所以，對我來說，他是開創這一切的人。我們所創造的任何勝利，在我看來，都要感謝我們這位大前鋒，感謝格里芬（小喬丹）和克里斯（保羅）。”

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