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Joran van der Sloot pleads guilty to extortion, provides details of Natalee Holloway's death_我的网站

一 |     Joran van der Sloot, the main suspect in the 2005 disappearance of Natalee Holloway, pleaded guilty Wednesday to federal extortion charges related to the Alabama teenager's disappearance and was sentenced to 20 years in prison.As a part of the plea deal, van der Sloot agreed to provide information about the 18-year-old's disappearance in Aruba to Holloway's mother, Beth Holloway.Van der Sloot said he killed Natalee Holloway on a beach, bludgeoned her face with a cinderblock and then disposed of her body in the ocean, according to a partial transcript of a proffer meeting he had with prosecutors on Oct. 3.Van der Sloot said Natalee Holloway had wanted to go back to her hotel that night, but he arranged for the two to get dropped off "a little bit further away from her hotel so we could walk back … and I might still get a chance to be with her," van der Sloot said in the meeting with prosecutors.As the two walked alone on the beach, van der Sloot said he "laid her down" and they began kissing, and then Holloway told him to stop.But he said he kept pursing her, and Natalee Holloway "knees me in the crotch," van der Sloot said, according to the transcript."When she knees me in the crotch I get up on the beach and I kick her extremely hard in the face," he continued.He said the teen was then "laying down unconscious, possibly even dead," according to the transcript.Van der Sloot told prosecutors he then found a cinderblock on the beach and "smashed" her head with it.He said he walked into the ocean up to his knees and pushed Natalee Holloway's body into the water.In court Wednesday, as van der Sloot pleaded guilty to federal extortion charges, Beth Holloway said, "Joran, for 18 years you denied killing my daughter," and now "you have finally admitted that you, in fact, have murdered her.""You are a killer. I want you to remember that every time that jail door slams," she said."Even if you have finally confessed ... you can't be tried here for her murder. But I do employ the court to give you the maximum sentence possible," Beth Holloway said.Turning to van der Sloot, she added, "By the way, you look like hell, Joran. I don't know how you are going to make it."She left the podium in tears.Van der Sloot, 36, apologized in court to the Holloway family and his own family, and said he hopes "the statement that I provided will provide some kind of closure.""I am not the same kind of person today as I was then, I have given my heart to Jesus Christ," he said.Natalee Holloway's dad, Dave Holloway, said in a statement, "Today's proceeding confirmed that this defendant murdered Natalee and then tortured and extorted those who loved her most.""He is evil personified," Dave Holloway said.The judge Wednesday accepted the plea agreement and said van der Sloot brutally murdered two young women who refused his sexual advances, but that his confession in the Natalee Holloway case cannot be used against him.The judge sentenced van der Sloot to 20 years in prison to run concurrently with the Peruvian sentence. He will also have to pay restitution to Beth Holloway.Van der Sloot initially pleaded not guilty to the extortion and wire fraud charges in June after he was extradited to the U.S. from Peru, where he had been serving a 28-year sentence for the 2010 murder of 21-year-old Stephany Flores.In 2010, van der Sloot was indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly trying to extort Holloway's family.Federal prosecutors alleged that in March 2010 van der Sloot contacted Beth Holloway through her lawyer, John Q. Kelly, and claimed he would reveal the location of the teen's body in exchange for $250,000, with $25,000 paid upfront. During a recorded sting operation, Kelly met with van der Sloot at an Aruba hotel, giving him $10,000 in cash as Beth Holloway wired $15,000 to van der Sloot's bank account, according to prosecutors.Then, van der Sloot allegedly changed his story about the night he was with Natalee Holloway, prosecutors said. Van der Sloot claimed he had picked Natalee Holloway up, but she demanded to be put down, so he threw her to the ground. Van der Sloot said her head hit a rock and he claimed she died instantly from the impact, according to prosecutors.Van der Sloot then took Kelly to a house and claimed that his father, who had since died, buried Natalee Holloway in the building's foundation, prosecutors said.Kelly later emailed van der Sloot, saying the information he had provided was "worthless," according to prosecutors. Within days, van der Sloot left Aruba for Peru.After court ended Wednesday, Beth Holloway told reporters, "I got the answer I’ve been searching for for the last 18 years. ... For me, reaching the end of the nightmare is better than closure."ABC News' Miles Cohen contributed to this report.。    

（原文发表于4月20日，作者为The Athletic网站的快船队记Law Murray，文章内容不代表译者观点）

快船一鼓作气冲过了常规赛的终点线，起初这个赛季在外界几乎无人看好。为了避开附加赛，这支拥有老将班底的球队必须激发出更强的求胜欲望与紧迫感。他们确实做到了，赛季最后21场比赛豪取18胜，包括收官阶段的8连胜。通过在勇士主场大通中心加时击败对手，快船锁定了西部前六席位，从而获得了五天休整期。

“想想你们当初是怎么看衰我们的？不是说我们只能拿30胜吗？”鲍威尔当时在勇士客队更衣室里对着所有人说道。

这支快船击碎外界质疑，成为西部五支近两年均锁定季后赛席位的球队之一，堪称精彩绝伦的逆袭故事。

二 | 从队内球星到教练组再到最年长的老将，每个人都明白眼前的机会部分源于过去的努力。

“这是实现终极目标的又一次机会，”35岁的哈登在近日训练中说道，“你懂我意思吗？这绝非理所当然。很多球员终其生涯都无缘季后赛，所以我永远珍惜每个时刻，每场比赛、每个回合、每个系列赛都是独特的战斗。

三 | 必须保持专注，就像我说的，既不过度亢奋也不妄自菲薄，这又是我创造非凡的契机。”

快船主教练泰伦-卢同样也意识到了这个机会。

“我们本赛季经历了太多，鲍威尔缺阵了22场，莱昂纳德缺席近50场。但球队仍能稳住阵脚拿下西部第五，这充分展现了我们的团队特质。

四 | ”泰伦-卢教练表示，“我为队员们感到骄傲。像哈登和祖巴茨这样带着伤病作战的球员，正式他们日复一日坚持奋斗球队才能走到今天，这对球迷、对球队、对所有球员都意义重大。打进季后赛永远意义非凡，因为你获得了争夺总冠军的入场券。”

“能保持健康走到这一步让我心怀感激，队友们在收官阶段的表现太出色了。”33岁的两届总决赛MVP莱昂纳德说道，过去四个赛季的尾声和本赛季初段，他都因右膝伤势困扰而缺席，“我绝不想辜负这个机会，要竭尽全力打出最佳表现，享受比赛乐趣，这就是我的全部想法。”

如今，“掌控球权”这个词成为了快船G2开打之前的关键课题。G1做客掘金主场，快船曾在上半场还剩5分11秒时手握15分优势，可以说完全掌控了比赛走势。但随后快船逐渐失去对球权的掌控，全场出现20次失误并让对手抢下了12个进攻篮板，最终在加时赛以110比112输掉系列赛首战。

莱昂纳德全场出现7次失误（创个人季后赛生涯最差纪录），其中最致命的当属终场前33.5秒时在快船替补席前的丢球。当时掘金控卫贾马尔-穆雷单人防守莱昂纳德，将球拍在后者身上出界导致球权转换，这次失误不仅葬送了快船96比95的领先优势，还消耗了挑战机会和一次暂停。

“他（穆雷）打到了球，”莱昂纳德赛后解释道，“然后球打在我身上出界了。”

还有一幕注定成为掘金球迷的经典记忆：约基奇为争夺球权与快船首席助教杰夫-范甘迪、资深训练师杰森-鲍威尔纠缠的场景，恰似两年前季后赛约基奇与太阳老板伊什比亚的冲突重现。

“我们必须打得更果断，加强进攻侵略性，”自2023年11月以来首次在掘金主场打比赛的莱昂纳德总结道，“就这么简单，大部分失误都是我们自身造成的，必须解决这个问题。”

快船刚开始备战首轮系列赛时，中锋祖巴茨被问及2020年西部半决赛失利的阴影是否仍有影响。那轮系列赛快船曾一度3比1领先，随后三场都在手握两位数优势的情况下遭逆转，错失队史首次西决机会。

“毫无影响，”祖巴茨斩钉截铁地回答，“现在的我已是完全不同的球员，积累的经验会让这组对决呈现全新面貌。”

外界长期对快船期望值偏低的部分原因，正是这类令人心碎的失利掩盖了他们的成就。虽然2020年失利的阴影与今年这轮系列赛无关，但快船需要用实际表现彻底埋葬那段历史。

五 | 祖巴茨说得没错，如今他已是更出色的球员。作为现役效力快船最久的成员，他亲历过太多次季后赛折戟。

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实际上，这支快船是赛季末段控制失误最出色的球队，他们常规赛的防守篮板率高居联盟榜首。另一方面，掘金自3月17日对阵勇士一役后，再未单场迫使对手出现超过20次失误；再往前追溯到去年11月20日，这场对阵勇士的胜利也是掘金唯一做到这点的比赛。

快船将这场20天来的首败归咎于自身失误。快船很清楚比赛计划就是冲击内线，前19分钟他们禁区得分34比16碾压对手，但随后的比赛却被掘金40比26反超。

“我也在试图找出原因，”当被问及失误频发的症结时，哈登表示（他认为问题更多出在快船自身而非掘金的防守），“真的，我们得搞明白到底怎么回事，会通过录像分析改进，为G2做好准备。”

首战失利应当为快船敲响警钟。他们已不再是那支高歌猛进杀入季后赛的黑马，常规赛收官阶段展现出的细节把控与紧迫感必须在季后赛重新激活。这不该成为一种心理负担，毕竟这只是篮球，本该充满乐趣，尤其对于这些本赛季已证明过自己的顶级球员而言。

但如果快船自认为是一支能把握机遇的强队，那么这场比赛的20次失误（更不用说挥霍两位数的领先优势）就该是本轮系列赛的最差表现，这已是快船连续第四次在季后赛对阵掘金时领先两位数遭逆转。

常规赛已成过去，对快船而言那是段辉煌征程，如今他们需要重新证明自己的季后赛成色。

七 | 这支球队配得上更高期待，是时候打出与之匹配的表现了。

“我们整体状态不错，”泰伦-卢教练在G1赛后表示，“球队只需做好分内之事：保护好球权、限制二次进攻，能做到这些就没问题。而面对联盟转换进攻第一的球队出现20次失误，输球是必然的。我们很清楚症结所在，必须做出改进。

八 | ”

原文：Law Murray

编译：李太白。

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