我所经历的詹姆斯三次总决赛失利

我现场经历了詹姆斯的三次总决赛失利：2007年输给马刺，2011年输给小牛，2017年输给勇士。

三次失利，横跨10年。23岁的詹姆斯，变成了32岁的詹姆斯。当年的小詹，是现在的老汉。

2007年我和段旭一起，代表《篮球先锋报》采访。“未来是你的”，当邓肯在更

衣室外拍着詹姆斯肩膀，语重声长时，整个画面非常有仪式感。随后邓肯狡黠的一笑，“谢谢你把今年的冠军给了我们”。詹姆斯稍微一愣，随机哈哈大笑。

23岁，还有大把的青春，一次总决赛失利，有什么好担心的，说不定明年就可以杀回来，詹姆斯当时有足够的心情笑。“我要变得比现在更好”，这是詹姆斯赛后言论的主论调。那个时候，詹姆斯浑身散发着期待，渴望。只要年轻，一切都有可能。

詹姆斯当年的队友斯诺赛后说，“我们要珍惜这一时刻，不要想当然这一切都还会发生。” 当时包括詹姆斯在内，估计没有太把斯诺的这句话当回事，为什么不呢？

不过还是被斯诺言中了。

当时两队上场打球的球员，现役的还有三人：詹姆斯、帕克、吉诺比利。骑士的队员中，除了大Z和瓦莱乔，其他人都没有再进入过总决赛。当时骑士的二当家休斯，很快就淡出了联盟，不知所终。詹姆斯2010年夏天离开了骑士，在当时克利夫兰的球迷看来，他们再也没有机会看到詹姆斯穿着骑士的球衣，带领骑士进入总决赛，他们能做的，就是像吉尔伯特一样，诅咒詹姆斯在迈阿密不会成功。

2011年，我和沈知喻，王宁代表《体坛周报》报道总决赛。王宁是河南人，我记得老跟他调侃，用河南话说“俺想吃个伯格(burger)” ，每次都能把他逗笑。那个总决赛在我的记忆里，是支离破碎的，记住的都是一些现在回忆起来，并不寻常的画面：小牛场馆外球迷大锤砸汽车，诺维斯基超神第二场后迈阿密球迷的安静，以及詹姆斯在最后一场比赛后新闻发布会的言论。

“你们可以黑我，但是第二天醒来，我过我的生活，你还要过你的生活”，我手边没有当时具体的quote，但是我记得詹姆斯说的就是这个意思。2011年的詹姆斯，以及热火，几乎是除了迈阿密以外，全美国的公敌。从媒体到球迷，从来没有停止对詹姆斯的口伐笔诛，这一切终于进入了詹姆斯的脑袋，深深触动了他的神经。当时新闻发布会，我在现场，有个记者问他怎么看这么多人恨他，詹姆斯的那番话，几乎是条件发射一样的就回答了出来。

那次失利，詹姆斯把自己的痛苦，愤怒，都写在了脸上。

2017年总决赛，我和沈洋，王丽媛代表腾讯，采访总决赛，当时《篮球先锋报》和《体坛周波》的同事杨毅老师和王猛老师，已经成为了腾讯的解说嘉宾。王丽媛毕业没几年，沈洋是个资深记者，也年轻的很。腾讯从摄像到场边，一众来了一二十人。时代变了，球迷从翻看路边摊上的报纸，变成了刷自己的手机。

詹姆斯在新闻发布会上，开始的时候，声音有点沙哑，还不至于哽咽。“我把自己的一切都留在了场上，我没有什么好遗憾的，遗憾的是我们有些队友，第一次走这么远，没能举起奖杯”，詹姆斯说起输球，说起失利，更多的是坦然，没有2007的希冀，没有2011的仇恨，像是跳出五行外，在说别人的事情。

昨天我在腾讯写了一篇文章，我当时起得标题是《这不是我的时间》。32岁的詹姆斯，很清楚自己输给的是一只怎样的队，他形容这只勇士是最近三年最强，而且是历史上季后赛最强，并且还会持续很多年。怎么能击败这只勇士队，詹姆斯坦然，他也不知道，就像这个联盟的其他球队一样，都会为这个问题不停地找答案。

NBA的PR马克，负责告诉工作人员把话筒递给哪个记者。当马克说这是最后一个问题之后，詹姆斯主动说，你们再问我一个，因为我们会有几个月不会见面。最后一个问题，是关于杜兰特，詹姆斯笑了笑，“我很不高兴他能拿到第一个冠军”。

这一次的笑，和2007年在邓肯面前的笑完全不同，那一次的爽朗，变成了这一次的含蓄和调侃。

当詹姆斯离开球馆，走向大巴的时候，詹姆斯戴上了耳机，脸上没有太多表情，看不出他的内心世界，或许他只想活在当下。32岁，不会再有23岁时的期盼，这不是他的时间，他或许也不知道什么时候再有自己的时间，但是只要全部付出了，就没有什么好遗憾的。

PS，我把昨天詹姆斯赛后采访全文发出来，主要是给自己备份用，也供您参考。

Q. I know everyseason's different, every series is different, but two years ago you sat atyour locker for 45 minutes with a towel over your head after the game ended.Tonight you're in here already. Can you go through your emotions in the momentand how -- it sounds silly, how this feels.

LEBRON JAMES: Well,for me personally, I left everything on the floor every game, all five games.So for me personally I have nothing to be -- I have no reason to put my headdown. I have no reason to look back at what I could have done or what Ishouldn't have done or what I could have done better for the team. I lefteverything I had out on the floor every single game for five games in thisFinals, and you come up short. So it would be the same if you feel like you wrotethe best column of you your life and somebody picked another one over you.That's -- how would you feel? You know, so you wouldn't hold your head down,but you would be like, okay, it's just not my time. So Golden State is a worthyopponent, obviously been the best team in our league for the last three years,the best team this year, and they showcased that throughout the post-season,and we were another opponent in their way. It's just unfortunate for some ofthe guys on our team that's never been able to get this far and not be able tohold the trophy up. And those are things that kind of bother me more thananything. Guys like Kyle and Derrick and Deron and Kay and Edy. So, emotionsare all over the place right now.

Q. You guys areobviously competitors, you think you can overcome everything. Was there ever apoint in this series where you felt overmatched, like you weren't going to beable to do this?

LEBRON JAMES: No, Idon't think I've ever -- not one time did I feel like we were overmatched untilprobably like I looked up, there was like a minute 20, and we were down 13, Ibelieve, or something at that point. And I was like, okay, we left everythingon the floor, and it still wasn't enough. So that's -- they assembled a greatteam. We were able to get them last year, and they went out and got one of thebest players that this league has ever seen, so they did a good job of -- agreat job, their front office and their players, by doing that recruiting, thethings that they did in the summertime, and obviously it paid dividends.

Q. 32 years old, 14years in the league, and now there's this team out West that has won twochampionships the last three years. How do you view them when you look atwhat's your future in the league?

LEBRON JAMES: Well,it's a two-sided question because for me personally -- I don't know. I need tosit down and figure this thing out. And so I don't know as far as me personallyright now. But as far as that team, they're going to be here for a while.They're going to be around for a while. Pretty much all their guys are in their20s. Pretty much all their big-name guys are in their 20s, and they don't showany signs of slowing down. So there's going to be a lot of teams that's tryingto figure out ways to put personnel together to try and match that if they'reable to actually face them in the Playoff series, both Eastern Conference andWestern Conference. Because they're built for -- from my eyes, they're built tolast a few years. So we'll see.

Q. You said you havea sense of history about this. You averaged a triple-double in The Finals,never been done before. You referenced maybe the best. Was this your bestseries you've ever played?

LEBRON JAMES: I don'tknow. This is my 8th trip to the Finals, and I've had some pretty good ones inmy day. And like I said, I just try to do everything to just try to help thisteam win and more. For me to go out there and for the guys that allowed me tobe the leader that I am and allow me and trust me that I'm going to make theright plays and I'm going to do the right things and have the right intention,that's a compliment to a my guys, it's a compliment to the 14 guys that allowme to do at that and the coaching staff. And I just try to put in the work. Iput in the work individually, in the film room, in my mind, my body everysingle day to prepare myself for whatever obstacle that this ball club entails.Does it always result in us winning? No. This is my third year here, and wehaven't won every game. We haven't won every Finals, obviously. We lost two ofthem. So but like I've always told myself, if you feel like you put in the workand you leave it out on the floor, then you can always push forward and notlook backwards.

Q. You mentioned allthe energy you exert, and obviously you worked so hard. What do you plan ondoing to get away from the game for a little while, and how long before yourecharge your batteries and get back at it?

 LEBRON JAMES: I don't know. I probably won'tstop working out. I think it's just a lifestyle for me. So I probably will beback in my gym in the next couple days just because it's just who I am. As faras being back on the basketball court, I'm going to take a while. I don't needto be back on the basketball court right now. I need to get off of my feet andlet my joints and let my body kind of recover from being out on the floor for14 straight years. So but I'll train. I'll train all summer. It's just a partof who I am now, just a part of my lifestyle.

Q. Five years ago youbroke through, got your first championship against Kevin Durant. Having thoseburdens and those expectations to finally achieve it, I'm wondering if youcould offer your perspective what you think it must be like for him, havingexperienced something like that yourself?

LEBRON JAMES: It's agreat feeling. When you're able to work hard, you're able to put in the workand accomplish a feat like that, it's something that we all dream about.Growing up in our inner cities, a lot of hard work and through high school,through college, if you went to college, and through the NBA, you always hopethat you will be in a position to be able to not only compete for achampionship but win a championship, and it's a great feeling.

Q. Obviously youcan't control where free agents go and teams get stacked or whatnot. How youwould you look back at this season? How can you assess this season? LEBRONJAMES: Our team, our ball club? Q. Yes.

LEBRON JAMES: We hadsome good times. We had some bad times. We had some times where -- the biggestthing of this season is we weren't able to get healthy. When we finally gothealthy, the Playoffs was right around the corner. And we showed what we'recapable of doing when we got a full unit. It would have been great to see us ata full unit throughout the whole season so we can continue to build and buildthe camaraderie and build the chemistry out on the floor so you don't have towait until April to see what you're capable of doing. And, yes, we were able tohit the switch, but those games in January, those games in November, games thatpeople think that's not important, they're important to me, and they would havebeen important to our ball club. But, whatever, we figured it out and got tothe postseason as a two seed. We controlled home court and were able to win onthe road in the Eastern Conference Finals in Boston, and we were able to punchour clock into competing for a championship. And as a ball club and as anindividual, that's all you want, is an opportunity. Now, obviously, we ranagainst, like I said, a worthy opponent, one of the best Playoff teams thatthis league has ever seen, obviously, and we weren't able to get over the humpand accomplish what we ultimately wanted to do. But it's no such thing as afailed season when you put in as much work as we have done individually and asa ball club since September. Since late September.

Q. You just said Ineed to take some time and sit down and figure this thing out, big picture,Warriors, all of that. Does it feel like the puzzle pieces are out there, youjust can't see them yet?

 LEBRON JAMES: Well, I don't know. I'm not a --I'm not the GM of the team. I'm not in the front office, but I know our frontoffice is going to continue to try to put our ball club, put our franchise in aposition where we can compete for a championship year in and year out. Like Isaid, teams and franchises are going to be trying to figure out ways that theycan put personnel together, the right group of guys together to be able tohopefully compete against this team. They're assembled as good as you canassemble, and I played against some really, really good teams that wasassembled perfectly, and they're right up there. So we will see, but I will getaway from the game a little bit, probably watch some WNBA games, though. Can'tget away from it. I'll probably watch -- my son's tournament is this summer, soI'll be a part of the game. But as far as me actually playing, I won't. I won'tbe a part of the game much this summer.

Q. You've been a partof two super teams, the one you have here, the one you had in Miami, looking atRev #1 by #206 at 2017-06-13 04:35:00 GMT page 2 of 3 what the Golden StateWarriors have done, are you still a fan of the concept? Do you think it's agood thing for the NBA to build these teams how they brought in Kevin? You getwhat I'm asking?

LEBRON JAMES: No, notreally. I don't believe I've played for a super team. I don't believe in that.I don't believe we're a super team here. So, no, I don't really, I don't -- youguys want one more question before I leave and not see you guys for a longtime?

Q. It was mentionedbefore that Kevin Durant lost his first NBA Finals when you won your first NBAFinals. Kind of fast forwarding to right now, how is he a different player anda different person since you do know him personally, and even though you're --obviously you're upset because you lost, how do you feel about him winning thatfirst championship?

LEBRON JAMES: Well,I'm not happy he won his first. I'm not happy at all. But at the end of the dayfrom when I played him in the 2012 Finals to now, like I said, experience isthe best teacher in life, and he's just experiencing and experiencing andexperiencing. And it also helps when you are able to experience some thingswith this team as well. He felt like he needed to reassemble and reassess hiscareer and come here. So like I said, having -- getting that first championshipfor me was like having my first son. It was just a proud moment, something thatyou never, ever forget. And at the end of the day, nobody can -- no matter whatanybody says from now on in your career or whatever they say, they can nevertake away from you being a champion. That's something that they are alwaysgoing to speak about, about you. It may be like the last thing they may say,but they are always going to have to say that you're a champion. Like I said,when you put in the work and things pay off, then you can always be okay withwhatever else that happens in your career.