一騎絕塵殺破狼!!!

If given a choice between game-planning for Harden or James in a seven-game series, 30 out of 30 teams would pick Harden within five seconds of being posed the question.

如果要在七勝制系列賽中在詹姆斯和哈登之間做出選擇，30支隊伍中無一例外地都在五秒內選擇了哈登。

Harden showed everybody why he da MVP.

哈登向大家展示了他爲什麼會成爲MVP。

I want this man to average 45 and 10 throughout these playoffs to silence the critics.

我想讓這個人在整個季後賽中以平均每場45分和10個籃板的賽績來讓批評家們閉嘴。

I was thinking the same shit. Harden is amazing.

我TM也是這麼想的！哈登簡直太神奇了！

Timberwolves coach Tom Thibodeau on James Harden's defense: "I think Harden is very underrated. I was around him with Team USA. He's got toughness, he's got size and he anticipates."

森林狼隊主教練湯姆·錫伯杜談到了哈登的防守:“我認爲哈登的防守被嚴重低估了。我曾和他一起在美國國家隊待過。他很強硬，身體條件好，而且會提前做準備。”。

James Harden on his mentality during his 44 point performance in Game 1. - "If you have that aggressive mindset, good things will happen. If they gave me space, where I could get my shot off, I shot it. I was feeling it. If they pressure me enough, I would try to get by them and create for myself or for someone else. Whether it's tonight or 82 regular season games, that's how I need to play."

詹姆斯哈登在第1場比賽中拿到44分後談到他的心態：“如果你有那種攻擊的心態，好事就會發生。他們給我空間，我就得趕緊投籃，我投了籃，如果他們給我施加壓力，我會試着去繞過他們，爲自己或爲別人創造投籃機會。而且無論是今晚還是82場常規賽，這就是我要做的。”

The Minnesota Timberwolves kept their first playoff game in 14 years close, but Houston had too much from MVP front-runner James Harden and lob mate Clint Capela.

明尼蘇達森林狼隊在14年後首次進入季後賽，但是擁有MVP領跑者哈登和他的空接基友卡佩拉的火箭擁有更大的優勢。

Wolves couldn't take advantage of a poor team shooting night from Houston. An even bigger deal was Towns being completely dominated by the rim running speed, and rebounding quickness of Clint Capela who finished with 24 and 12.

森林狼隊並沒有從火箭隊昨晚不佳的投籃中獲得優勢。一個更大的代價是其內線唐斯完全被火箭超快的速度所控制，卡佩拉也憑藉籃板球的優勢拿到了24分12籃板。

This will be a problem for Minny going forward. Wolves made it interesting at the end but Rockets take a 1-0 series lead with a 104-101 win.

這將是明尼蘇達繼續前進所要面臨的一個問題。狼隊在比賽結束時表現的使比賽有了懸念，但是火箭仍以104-101的比分以大比分1-0領先。

That was the worst game I've ever seen from CP3. Literally almost threw the game away...

這是我看過保羅表現最糟糕的一場比賽。他簡直在比賽中找不着北……

Think of it this way, he'll probably never have a game that bad again this series, and y'all still won.

但是換個角度想，他可能永遠不會再有這樣一場糟糕的表現，而即使這樣你火都贏了。

Chris Paul on Rockets winning despite a tough shooting night - "We've had games like this throughout the season. The biggest thing, and our team knows, we don't stop shooting. We still take the shots that we get. Coming into game 2, guess what? We're gonna shoot them again. We have that confidence and we've played that way all season long."

儘管今晚保羅投籃手感不佳，但火箭仍在比賽中取得了勝利——“我們整個賽季也經歷過這樣的比賽。”最重要的是，我們的團隊也瞭解，就是我們會不停投籃。我們有了機會就會投籃。進入第二場，你猜怎麼着?我們還是會投籃。我們有這樣的信心，我們整個賽季都這樣打球。”

As Chris Paul walks back to his locker from the shower, James Harden heads from locker room towards the shower and he asks Paul to wait so they can do media together at the podium. Paul says out loud. "No problem. You dropped 44, I'll wait as long as you need bro."

當克里斯·保羅從浴室走回他的更衣室時，詹姆斯·哈登從更衣室走向淋浴間，他讓保羅等一下他，待會兒一起去接受媒體的採訪。保羅大聲說：“沒問題,兄弟,你今天可是投了44分，你要我等多久都行啊。”

keep running toward their dream cuz it's not over until you win!!!!!!

繼續朝着夢想前進,夢想未盡，則戰鬥不止!!!!!!

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