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Dillon Brooks calls NBA playoff series loss 'motivation,' says Grizzlies are
'coming' for Warriors in future

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SAN FRANCISCO -- After Memphis bowed out of the NBA playoffs with a 110-96
loss to Golden State in Game 6 of their conference semifinals series Friday,
Memphis forward Dillon Brooks said the Grizzlies are hot on the trail of the
Warriors.
灰熊季後賽G6以110-96輸給勇士下台一鞠躬後，前鋒Brooks說灰熊仍是勇士的強烈競逐者
。

"We're young, and they're getting old," Brooks said. "They know that we are
going to come every single year."
「我們很年輕，他們正在變老」
「他們都知道，我們每一年都會來(挑戰他們)。」

Brooks, 26, is the eldest of the Grizzlies' top eight scorers this season,
during which the upstart Memphis squad won 56 games and finished with the
West's No. 2 seed.
26歲的Brooks是本季灰熊得分前八名中最老的，本季竄起的灰熊贏下56場勝利，且得到西
區第二的位置。

After seven consecutive postseason appearances during the 2010s with their
"Grit 'n' Grind" squad, the Grizzlies began to rebuild in 2018 around a
younger core. Over the past four drafts, Memphis has added Ja Morant, Jaren
Jackson Jr., Desmond Bane and Brandon Clarke to a roster that included Brooks.
灰熊2010年以來，以「Grit & Grind」團隊球風連續7季進入季後賽，2018年開始重建。
過去四次選秀，灰熊得到Ja、JJJ、Bane和Clarke，這些人和Brooks組成團隊。

The Grizzlies lost Morant, their star third-year point guard, following their
Game 3 loss to the Warriors after he suffered a bone bruise to his right
knee. The Grizzlies responded valiantly, leading the Warriors at Chase Center
for most of Game 4 then thrashing them in Game 5 at Memphis, when they led by
as many as 55 points and won by 39.
Ja在G3因為右膝骨頭挫傷傷退，但灰熊勇敢應對，在G4幾乎整場領先，G5更是領先達55分
，最後勝39分。

"A hundred percent," Brooks said when asked if Morant's presence might have
changed the outcomes of Game 4 or 6. "Ja is one of the best point guards in
this league -- you guys know that -- obviously it would change, but we made
do with what we had."
「100%的。」Brooks談到Ja缺席是否會改變G4到G6的比賽結果。「Ja是聯盟最好的控衛之
一--你們都知道的--明顯(缺席)會有所改變，但我們只能以現在陣容盡我們的全力。」

On Friday, Memphis fought Golden State neck-and-neck until the game's closing
minutes, when a late shooting spurt by the Warriors vaulted them to the
14-point victory.
G6灰熊跟勇士打得一來一往，直到最後關鍵幾分鐘，勇士浪花狂射將比數拉開，最後以14
分差帶走勝利。

"This is good motivation, good learning, playing against two of the best
shooters in history," Brooks said. "Going against them was an amazing
feeling. It's big for us, and we're going to take this throughout the summer
and be ready to do it again."
「跟史上最佳的兩個射手對戰是很好的動力、很好的學習。」Brooks說。「跟他們比賽超
棒的，這對我們意義重大，我們會帶著這些度過夏天，並準備好再來一次。」

Brooks, who pummeled an airborne Warriors guard Gary Payton II en route to
the basket in the opening minutes of Game 2, became an instant villain in the
Bay Area. Payton suffered a fractured left elbow on the play, while Brooks
was assessed a flagrant foul 2, ejected from the game and suspended for Game
3 in San Francisco. When he returned to action, Brooks was booed heartily by
the Chase Center crowd each time he touched the ball.

guard Klay Thompson jawed at each other constantly, Brooks and his Grizzlies
teammates congratulated the victorious Warriors after the final buzzer.
Following the game, Warriors guard Stephen Curry praised the Grizzlies' young
talent and capacity to contend in the coming seasons.
儘管鬧出此風波，G6賽後Brooks仍舊跟KT咬耳朵，Brooks跟灰熊隊友們向勇士恭喜道賀。
Curry也讚賞灰熊本季展現出來的的年輕天分與能力。

"I have a lot of respect for every single guy on the team in terms of how
they are built as a group, the individual talent," Curry said. "They have a
lot of energy, a lot of potential in terms of winning at the highest level.
They were the higher seed for a reason. They had an amazing regular season
and dominated throughout the course of those 82 games. For us to be able to
come out of the series with a W, like there's definitely respect. There's
definitely an understanding that they made us better; I'm sure we made them
better."


Curry and Morant have established a mutual admiration over the course of the
series, with Curry lauding Morant's maturity following Game 1 in Memphis.
After the game, Morant tweeted that the Warriors were his "fav matchup" and
that he was "looking forward to more battles 30," referencing Curry's jersey
number.
Curry跟Ja也互相讚賞，Curry在G1後稱讚Ja的成熟。賽後Ja也在推特說跟勇士對戰是最棒
的組合，且追尋更多更Curry對戰的機會。

"His numbers are crazy," Curry said. "The sky's the limit. Like I said, they
are going to be around for a long time, fighting for Western Conference
prowess. So we'll enjoy this and keep moving toward our goal, but you have to
understand that they are going to be around for the long haul and he's a
problem. So definitely an amazing matchup, fun, entertaining, high-level
basketball, all the antics and pettiness and all that stuff, I love all of
it."




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