NBA全明星赛艾弗森轻松摘得MVP英语美文

　　Iverson Overcomes Wooziness, Wins MVP

　　美国NBA全明星赛北京时间2月21日上午曲终人散，最终东部联队125：115战胜西部联队。同时东部联队来自76人队的艾弗森以全场15分、10次助攻和5次盖帽获得了本次全明星赛最有价值球员称号，这样，在2001年和今年东部联队两次获胜的比赛中，艾弗森“蝉联”了全明星赛MVP称号。

　　Allen Iverson woke up Sunday feeling woozy and lightheaded — classic symptoms of altitude sickness in the thin air of Denver. Several hours later, he was hoisting the Most Valuable Player trophy from the All-Star game, proving that even when he"s not at his best, he"s pretty darn good. The Answer proved to be just that again for the East All-Stars — finishing with 15 points, nine assists and five steals in a 125-115 victory. He has been selected MVP in the last two East wins — this year and in 2001.

　　美国NBA全明星赛北京时间2月21日上午曲终人散，最终东部联队125：115战胜西部联队。同时东部联队来自76人队的艾弗森以全场15分、10次助攻和5次盖帽获得了本次全明星赛最有价值球员称号，表明他即使不在自己最佳状态，依然能够打出赏心悦目的比赛。这样，在2001年和今年东部联队两次获胜的比赛中，艾弗森“蝉联”了全明星赛MVP称号。

　　据美联社2月20日报道，获得MVP称号的艾弗森赛后面对记者调侃说：“半场时我就说过，我的队友又该开玩笑说我从不知道累，但其实今天我真得很累。”但不管怎样，同以往参加的76人队的比赛不同，艾弗森在今天的比赛中并不需要像以往那样全力以赴，就像赛季初那样在一场比赛中狂砍60分。今天的比赛中，他所作的只是打打防守，投投篮以及给队友分分球而已。

　　“今晚我并不像以往那样是人们关注的`中心，这让我感到很轻松。”的确，有像奥尼尔和詹姆斯这样的超级明星作后盾，艾弗森的助攻显得轻松自如。在比赛中他可以随意做出各种杂耍般的传球，助攻队友得分。对此艾弗森表示：“和詹姆斯这样的球员同场比赛，你根本不需要传出十分完美的球。”虽然本场比赛艾弗森仅仅获得了4次投篮机会，对于艾弗森来说这并不是一场十分完美的比赛，但在明星汇集的大赛里能有如此表现，艾弗森应该知足了。

　　虽然艾弗森在今年全明星赛的表现同2001年帮助东部联队在落后21分时实现大逆转并以111：110击败西部联队时相比略显逊色，但艾弗森同以往相比已经更加成熟。

　　赛后记者询问艾弗森对于新星勒布朗·詹姆斯在未来的发展方面有何建议时，艾弗森语重心长地表示：“他已经站在世界最高点了。但我要说的是，你永远不要忘了那些将你托起到世界高峰的队友，他们也可以将你打入深渊。”对于自己的未来，艾弗森看得很淡，他说：“我已经老了。就这么简单。我不能总是保持在25、26岁的年纪。”

　　Allen Iverson woke up Sunday feeling woozy and lightheaded — classic symptoms of altitude sickness in the thin air of Denver.

　　Several hours later, he was hoisting the Most Valuable Player trophy from the All-Star game, proving that even when he"s not at his best, he"s pretty darn good. The Answer proved to be just that again for the East All-Stars — finishing with 15 points, nine assists and five steals in a 125-115 victory. He has been selected MVP in the last two East wins — this year and in 2001.

　　Next up, he"s expecting some razzing from his teammates.

　　"I said at halftime, my teammates were going to joke with me because I never get tired," he said. "I felt tired today."

　　Unlike most nights with the struggling 76ers, Iverson didn"t need to take over the game from a shooting standpoint. No need to pour in 60 points like he did earlier this season. Just play some defense, shoot a little and distribute. If only it were this easy every night.

　　"I didn"t get double teamed all night," he said. "I didn"t get the attention I usually get and it just makes it that much easier on me."

　　With teammates like Shaq and LeBron James catching his passes, all those assists were, indeed, much easier. He threw the ball behind his head, hit James and O"Neal for alley-oops, threw bounce passes between his legs. His best assist of the night didn"t even count; it was a save on the baseline and a toss to O"Neal who jammed, but it was nullified when referee Jack Nies said he had stepped on the line.

　　This MVP effort didn"t carry the same drama as his last one, in 2001. Then, he scored 15 points over the last nine minutes to lead the East to a 111-110 victory after trailing by 21.

　　But Iverson is more mature now, doesn"t feel the need to completely take over games, and never had to on this night.

　　"LeBron James is on top of the world," Iverson said. "I just told him to never forget that the guys who put you on the top of the world can put you under, too."

　　As for his own life — well, things have changed, and maybe his game has, too.

　　"I"m older. It"s simple as that," Iverson said. "You can"t expect me to stay 25, 26 years old forever."

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