前几天,望月去逛了Research Triangle的另外两座大学及城市,位于首府Raleigh的北卡州立大学与位于Durham的杜克。周五,她没再出Chapel Hill,任自己随心所欲地走,感受当地浓厚的篮球气氛。从身边开过的许多车辆上,都有北卡教堂山分校吉祥物的标志,或者是“Go, Tar Heel”的标语。
比如:“It’s the same 94 feet in the NBA. It’s the same basketball, the same two hoops. But you can’t replicate this. This is college basketball. It’s pure. There are no nights off. This is nothing like it.”
旁注的话亦然:“He couldn’t stay away. In the middle of his first year in the NBA, he simply had to return to Chapel Hill for the Caroline-Duke game in the Smith Center. He was playing for pay in every basketball player’s ultimate destination. But he had to experience an atmosphere beyond any price tag – game night in Chapel Hill.”