Giannis Antetokounmpo joined Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as the second Milwaukee Bucks player to win the Most Valuable Player award. The award was announced on Monday at a ceremony in Los Angeles.
继天钩贾巴尔后,字母歌成为了雄鹿队史第二位获得MVP的球员。周一洛杉矶的颁奖仪式上他获此殊荣。
At just 24 years old, Antetokounmpo became the third-youngest player to win MVP over the past 40 seasons, behind Derrick Rose and LeBron James. The native of Athens, Greece, is the fifth player born outside of the United States to win the award.
年仅24岁,他就获得MVP,过去40个赛季中,只有罗斯和勒布朗在24岁前获得过该奖项。土生土长于希腊雅典的字母哥,成为史上第五位获得MVP的海外球员。
Antetokounmpo received 78 of the 101 possible first-place votes. Houston'sJames Harden came in second with the other 23 first-place votes. Every voter had either Antetokounmpo or Harden No. 1 or No. 2 on their ballot.
101张MVP投票,字母歌获得了78票。火箭的哈登获得了其余23票,位居次席。所有的投票者不是选字母哥就是选哈登。
Oklahoma City's Paul George came in third, followed by Denver's Nikola Jokic and Golden State's Stephen Curry.
雷霆的乔治位居第三,紧随其后的是丹佛的约基奇和金州勇士的库里。
"MVP is not about stats and numbers. It is all about winning and all about making sure you go out there and do everything you can to win," Antetokounmpo said Monday night. "I think that is what we did as a team."
“MVP并非只关乎个人数据。要赢球,在球场上为了胜利倾其所有才能配得上MVP。”字母哥周一晚说,“我觉得那就是上赛季我们队作为一个整体所做到的事情”。
Antetokounmpo said his father's death and a challenge by Kobe Bryant on Twitter to win MVP fueled his motivation.
字母哥说他父亲的离世和科比在推文上关于赢得MVP的战书激发了他的斗志。
"Definitely Kobe, he is the one that started that flame," Antetokounmpo said.
字母哥说:“无疑,科比是点起这把火的那个人”。
Antetokounmpo averaged 27.7 points, 12.5 rebounds and 5.9 assists per game this season. He was voted a 2019 All-Star team captain alongside James. He became the first player to average 25 points and 10 rebounds per game on a team with the league's best record since Shaquille O'Neal did it as a member of the Los Angeles Lakers in 1999-2000.
本赛季字母哥场均27.7分,12.5个篮板,5.9个助攻。同詹姆斯一起成为了2019全明星队队长。他场均25分10篮板,帮助球队获得赛季最佳战绩,此前只有1999-2000赛季洛杉矶湖人时期的大鲨鱼完成这一壮举。
Antetokounmpo and the Bucks made it past the first round of the playoffs for the first time since 2001. They were eventually eliminated in the Eastern Conference finals by the Toronto Raptors.
从2001年开始算起,字母哥和他的雄鹿队本赛季首次突破季后赛首轮。最终在东部决赛他们负于多伦多猛龙
The "Greek Freak" averaged 25.5 points and 12.3 rebounds per game during the postseason.
季后赛期间希腊怪兽场均25.5分,12.3篮板。
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