原文转自──http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/news/story?id=6614490 By By Rick Reilly ESPN.com
MIAMI -- Pull for Dallas to win these NBA Finals because Miami will get forklifts of rings someday. This might be Dallas' last chance.
Pull for Dallas because it got screwed in the 2006 Finals worse than Bartman. To lose to the same team five years later would be tantamount to basketball waterboarding.
Pull for Dallas because Mark Cuban hasn't opened his mouth once.
Pull for Dallas because Dirk Nowitzki deserves this title more than anybody else on the floor, more than LeBron James, more than Dwyane Wade.
Pull for Dallas because Nowitzki stayed with his team, never took his talents anywhere but to the damn gym every day.
Pull for Dallas because Nowitzki has stuck it out through 13 seasons so far with this one team, stuck it out through all those depressing playoff springs, all those one-and-dones, all those words people called him -- "loser" "choker" "soft" -- stuck it out even when Steve Nash left, leaving Nowitzki with a lot of nobodies and some mops.
Pull for Dallas because when you ask Nowitzki why he didn't bolt the way everybody else does, he simply says, "Because this is where my heart is."
Pull for Dallas because Nowitzki didn't try to win a title the new way, didn't pick the best kids on the playground and take on everybody else, didn't get a bunch of super-human friends and schedule himself a ring, like you might a kegger or your birthday party.
Pull for Dallas because Nowitzki has this crazy idea about trying to win one the old fashioned way, by getting better.
Pull for Dallas because James is so heaven-sent talented that he'll get more than his share of rings before he's done.
Pull for Dallas because Nowitzki is much closer to done than starting now.
Pull for Dallas because 38-year-old Jason Kidd deserves one, too, despite what he says. "I want this more for Dirk than for me," says Kidd, who's played in three decades -- 17 years -- in this league without champagne in his hair. "All the work Dirk's put in, all the time. Man he deserves it more than anybody on this team. Plus, if he gets it, that means I get one too, right?"
Pull for Dallas because Kidd is the guy everybody likes, the Ray Bourque of the NBA, the one everybody wants to see hold the trophy over his head someday. If he doesn't win it now, in his third Finals try, he'll never win it.
Pull for Dallas because it has the best locker room in the NBA, not a whiner among them. There are more good guys in that room than in some divisions.
Pull for Dallas because it doesn't do pre-championship celebrations. Dallas has this crazy notion that you should actually hold the trophy in your hands before you throw the parade. Wouldn't it be nice to give them one?
Pull for these Dallas Mavericks because the way things are going, the Dallas Cowboys may never win a title again.
Pull for Dallas because it's clear they're the underdogs in this, sort of the way a squirrel is the underdog vs. an owl. You knew that after Tuesday night's Game 1, the way LeBron James was flying over people like Air Florida and Dwyane Wade was dazzling everybody else, the way he does in NBA Finals. You knew that the way they pulled away to that win in Game 1.
Pull for Dallas because its best player, Nowitzki, has a torn tendon in his left middle finger now and yet never once blinked when we asked if he'll keep playing.
Pull for Dallas because it's not about The Decision. It's about one team taking the easy way to a title and another team taking a way that just keeps getting harder.
Pull for Dallas, because, my God, how many good things can happen to Pat Riley in one lifetime?
简评：
06年达拉斯兵败城下，迈阿密人在德州捧杯，那一幕，不知道有多少人哭了。实话说，自己确实偷偷哭了。这是我头一次因为看着别人的失败而落泪，不过这一年，自己的挚友拥护的却是热火，当时自己并不了解热火，只是知道莫宁换了肾，却依然在韦德和胖子的支持下，在第三场第四节逆转牛仔13分，并成功完成了4：2的惊天大逆转。自己在家看最后一场的时候，那心酸的一刻，至今都难以忘怀。
07年黑八的一刻，当在ESPN看到德克在更衣室内的愤怒神情，我已经不知道该用什么词来形容这时候的心情了。无论德克在这个赛季多么无解，无论这支小牛队给达拉斯带来了多少欢乐，但是，他们自己把自己手中的胜利交了出去──常规赛最后一场放水金洲，并狠狠地抽了自己一把。
08年黑七，看着半场落后20分的小牛，看着被保罗打得找不到北的基德，说实话，这时候我在怀念哈里斯，这时候我在怀念斯塔克豪斯。
而后的几年，自己也麻木了。依然是达拉斯的球迷，不过看到被淘汰有如每天吃饭睡觉一般，虽然也会难过，不过不再会有很强烈的情绪。
但是这一切都随着德克在说出──我不会去任何地方，我会留在达拉斯，“因为我的心在这里”。
基德说──我希望拿到这个冠军，但是我更希望为德克圆这个梦，他比全场任何人都称这枚戒指。
11年5月，看着波特兰在自己的主场完成了23分逆转。这时的我心里的酸意却更胜寒意──倘若达拉斯拥有。倘若，达拉斯的领袖不是德克。倘若.....
而这一击，却又重新带起了自己看球的激情。随后面对湖人第一场的20分大逆转，面对雷霆的2场2逆转。如今面对热火的15分大逆转，才让我真正相信了──人是势力的。倘若牛仔们在第一轮就被黑掉了，相比以后偶看牛仔们的球也会越来越冷淡吧。
看着自己周遭的火箭球迷们，想必也是如此吧。
说起这个Deserve，我还是想说下James离开骑士对克里夫兰人的影响。
James之所以被人恨，是因为美国是以州为“国家”单位的──想想王晨当年离开中国，代表美国队参展乒乓球参赛时中国人的心情就很理解了。的确，球员有自己的选择，没有人可以侮辱自己的决定。不过，这个的前提是你要提前表达出对球队的情绪，而不是一边对球队效忠，却又出尔反尔地转战它方。倘若早先就表达了自己非走不可的意愿，想必，克城也为詹姆斯的出走带来一些拥有极高身体天赋的球员来继续圆球队的“冠军梦”。
Pull for Dallas because Nowitzki stayed with his team, never took his talents anywhere but to the damn gym every day.
说起球员天赋，现役球员包括科神相比都没有像詹姆斯这么好的身体天赋，不过，至少我是这么相信的，他还不为此值得这一枚戒指。
Pull for Dallas because James is so heaven-sent talented that he'll get more than his share of rings before he's done.
说起带伤打球，科比在手指带伤的同时也同样打出了出彩的战绩，可惜人心涣散，最终难以在此系列赛中求得一胜。
Pull for Dallas because its best player, Nowitzki, has a torn tendon in his left middle finger now and yet never once blinked when we asked if he'll keep playing.
说起库班，这也是这支球队的灵魂领袖之一。这也是目前为止我唯一见过的一个因为爱而建立球队，并为此不惜砸出天文数字的奢侈税，为此砸出本不应他出的款项。
Pull for Dallas because it has the best locker room in the NBA, not a whiner among them. There are more good guys in that room than in some divisions.
Pull for Dallas because Mark Cuban hasn't opened his mouth once.
说起球队之软，谁能够像德克这样历经数载，承受着偌大压力，却不曾执手反击？每当球队被淘汰，德克所做的只有──练球，再练球。然后在球场上把自己该投进的球投进，在无人能够打破分荒的时候找到机会。
Pull for Dallas because Nowitzki has stuck it out through 13 seasons so far with this one team, stuck it out through all those depressing playoff springs, all those one-and-dones, all those words people called him -- "loser" "choker" "soft" -- stuck it out even when Steve Nash left, leaving Nowitzki with a lot of nobodies and some mops.
同样，这样一支常规轮换阵容15个人的球队，却有10个NBA平均球龄超过10年的老将，而最惊人的是，在这些天赋异常的球员身上，却没有一个人拿到过一枚戒指。
主场，让三分雨来的更猛烈些吧！
主场，让达拉斯人沸腾吧！
主场，让帕特莱利哭吧。
主场，让我们为达拉斯祈福吧。
主场，让德克也为此而狂热一次吧！
正如Rick所说，这或许已经是这些老男人们最后的机会了。
─────────────────────────────────────────────────祈福──────2011/06/04 By EmiNarcissus
其实自己不想在总决赛结束前写这些东西，不过今天中午又重新看了一遍06年的第二场比赛，于是再次走马灯上相。于是自己决定，无论今年是否胜出，也要让自己心中的祝福说出来。过了这村就没这店了，就如Terry所说，我会将我打的所有比赛来当第七场来打，这是对我而言的九局下半。同样，这或许也象征着德克“王朝”（相对小牛而言）的最后时刻。
