There was a rush of people proclaiming that the game didn't mean much.

有人急忙宣稱，這款遊戲意義不大。

LeBron James said.

勒布朗-詹姆斯說。

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This won't define who we will be for the rest of the season and for the long haul.

這不會定義我們在本賽季餘下的時間和長遠的時間裡會成為誰。

And he is right.

他是對的。

The Lakers are missing two of their five starters during a rough section of the schedule and on the Utah side, well, even Donovan Mitchell has been reminding people that being good in February does not guarantee being good in June.

湖人隊在這段艱難的賽程中缺少了五名主力中的兩名，猶他那邊，好吧，就連多諾萬-米切爾也一直在提醒人們，2月份表現好並不能保證6月份表現好。

Yes, the Jazz have won 22 of their last 24 but they also had a stretch of winning 21 or 23 back in 2018.

是的，爵士隊在過去的24場比賽中贏了22場，但他們在2018年的時候也曾有過一段21或23場勝利的經歷。

And they still got their butts handed to them in the second round of the playoffs that year.

而那一年的季後賽第二輪，他們還是被打得屁滾尿流。

And all of that is smart and reasonable analysis.

而這些都是聰明而合理的分析。

But here is what is also true if you have not climbed aboard the rolling, rollicking freight train that is the Utah Jazz experienced this season.

但是，如果你沒有登上猶他爵士隊本賽季所經歷的那輛滾滾而來的貨運列車，這裡也是事實。

Boy, are you missing out?

孩子，你錯過了嗎？

This team has all the bells and whistles, a young superstar who's as inspiring off the court as he is on it.

這支球隊擁有所有的鈴鐺和哨子，一個年輕的超級明星，他在球場外和球場上一樣鼓舞人心。

A two time, maybe soon to be three time defensive player of the year, the MBA's leading sixth man and one of the league's most crafty coaches, despite having already played the toughest part of their schedule.

一個兩屆，也許很快就會成為三屆的年度最佳防守球員，MBA的首席第六人和聯盟最狡猾的教練之一，儘管他們已經打出了最艱難的部分。

The Jazz Air not just top five in the league and offense their top five in defense to which is saying something in a season where some other teams, entire defensive strategy, seems to be just rolling over and playing dead isn't working.

爵士隊的空氣不只是聯盟前五名，進攻他們前五名的防守到這是說的東西在一個賽季，其他一些球隊，整個防守策略，似乎只是翻滾和玩死不工作。

Are they gone yet anyway?

他們到底走了沒有？

That is certainly not the Jazz, whose connectedness on that end of the floor is pretty dazzling.

這當然不是爵士隊，他們在場上那端的連貫性是相當耀眼的。

Rudy Gobert, obviously the key there.

魯迪-戈伯特，顯然是那裡的關鍵。

Not only does he have tremendous instincts, his defender we don't talk enough about the fact this band has a wingspan of nearly 8 ft.

他不僅有巨大的本能，他的後衛我們還沒有談夠，事實上，這個樂隊的翼展接近8英尺。

Can you picture one of those giant Humvees in your mind?

你能在腦海中想象出那種巨型悍馬的樣子嗎？

Yeah, where do you go?

是啊，你去哪裡？

Bears arms stretch wider than that, and not even just by a little bit.

熊的手臂伸得比這還寬，甚至不只是一點點。

Good luck getting past him.

祝你能通過他。

Meanwhile, no team in the league is better at smothering an opponent at the three point line, and no team in the league is better at brandishing the three ball, either.

同時，聯盟中沒有一支球隊更善於在三分線上悶死對手，聯盟中也沒有一支球隊更善於揮舞三球。

The Jazz just set a record making 50 threes over their last two games.

爵士隊剛剛在過去兩場比賽中創造了製造50個三分球的紀錄。

In fact, Utah leads the league in both threes attempted and threes made, spreading out and exhausting opponents so thoroughly they may want to start putting some cots and blankets in the visitor's locker room.

事實上，猶他州在三分球嘗試和三分球製造方面都領先於聯盟，分散和徹底地消耗了對手，他們可能想開始在客隊的更衣室裡放一些床和毯子。

So what is the steam entering engine that's powering this locomotive?

那麼，為這臺機車提供動力的蒸汽輸入發動機是什麼？

Some of it is flat out talent in addition to the Stars and, yeah, shock, Donovan Mitchell is a real one.

有的除了明星隊之外，還有一些是平平無奇的天賦，是的，震驚，多諾萬-米切爾是一個真正的。

The front office has put together a deep roster where guys like Jordan, Clarkson are playing the best ball of their career and others, like, say Derrick Favors, have bought into adjusted roles on a lot of it is also continuity.

前臺組建了一個深度的陣容，像喬丹、克拉克森這樣的人打出了職業生涯最好的球，而其他的人，比如說德里克-費沃斯，已經買入了調整後的角色，這在很大程度上也是延續性。

Yes, Mike Conley recently missed six games with hamstring issues, but as a whole, the Jazz have remained largely healthy.

是的，邁克-康利最近因為腿筋問題缺席了6場比賽，但就整體而言，爵士隊基本保持了健康。

They've only played three starting lineups all season.

整個賽季他們只打了三個主力陣容。

Compare that to the Nets and Rockets, who each had to play 19, and that continuity actually extends even further back.

對比網隊和火箭隊，他們每個人都要打19場，這種延續性其實還要更久遠。

We all remember last year when Gobert became the first NBA player to test positive for Cove, it acting carelessly enough along the way that it caused riel divisions inside the locker room.

我們都還記得去年戈伯特成為第一個NBA球員科夫檢測呈陽性的時候，它一路上表現得很不小心，以至於引起了更衣室內部的里爾分歧。

But it's what happened after.

但這是後來發生的事情。

That's really worth noting that Gobert was both publicly and privately contrite, not just talking the talk, but walking the walk that the team was then thrown in the bubble together, where they forced that they were just forced to iron things out.

這一點確實值得注意，戈伯特公開和私下都很懺悔，不光是說說而已，而是走著走著，球隊就被一起扔進了保麗龍裡，他們在那裡被迫，他們只是被迫打鐵。

Re bond friendship, slowly reforming over bad coffee and monster games of Ping Pong.

再債券的友誼，在糟糕的咖啡和打乒乓球的怪物遊戲中慢慢改革。

Of course, they then flopped a bit in the playoffs, snarfing up a 31 series lead to Denver, and that performance has many around the league still a bit skeptical of whether the dress are true contenders now, or just a really hot team built for the regular season.

當然，他們隨後在季後賽中有些翻盤，以31個系列賽的領先優勢被丹佛搶走，這樣的表現讓聯盟很多人還是有些懷疑，現在的打扮是否是真正的競爭者，還是隻是一支為常規賽打造的真正的熱門球隊。

And it's a fair question to at least ask, and last night's game isn't going to tell you the answer.

而這至少是一個公平的問題，昨晚的比賽並不能告訴你答案。

Playoff basketball is just different.

季後賽的籃球就是不一樣。

We don't know yet whether a Donovan and Rudy 12 punch is enough to best a LeBron and A D or Co y M P G combo, or eventually match up against K D Kyrie and James Harden.

我們還不知道多諾萬和魯迪的12拳是否足以最好的勒布朗和A D或Co y M P G組合，或最終與K D凱里和詹姆斯哈登相抗衡。

That is a lot of cases.

這是很多的情況。

They're the truth, though, Is that right now, the answer to that isn't actually knowable, and it also doesn't really matter yet.

不過，他們是事實，就是現在，答案其實並不可知，而且也還不重要。

Yes, eventually we will see where this freight train is headed.

是的，最終我們會看到這輛貨運列車的走向。

But for right now, what we really should be doing is enjoying the ride.

但現在，我們真正應該做的是享受這段旅程。

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感謝觀看ESPN在YouTube上的體育直播和優質內容訂閱ESPN plus。