勇士利用布朗的專長來守住詹姆斯 - NBA

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Warriors leaning on Brown’s expertise to defend James
勇士利用布朗的專長來守住詹姆斯

Last July, when Warriors head coach Steve Kerr hired Mike Brown as his lead
assistant, some inside the NBA were perplexed.
去年七月，當Kerr雇用布朗當作首席助教的時候，一些人感到困惑

The biggest question: why Kerr would replace the offensive-minded Luke Walton
with Brown, a defensive guru, when Golden State already had Ron Adams —
perhaps the NBA’s top defensive assistant — on staff. But after watching
LeBron James engineer the biggest Finals comeback in NBA history at the
Warriors’ expense, Kerr was subscribing to the philosophy that a team can
never have too much defense.
最大的問題：為什麼Kerr要把進攻見長的華頓換成防守大師布朗？尤其是在勇士已
經有了Ron Adams－NBA最厲害的防守助教下。 但在看到詹姆斯創造了決賽史上最
大的逆轉後，Kerr決定信服一個哲學：防守永遠不嫌少

It was an astute call in hindsight. Ten years after Brown shepherded a
James-led Cavaliers team to the 2007 NBA Finals, he is overseeing a strategy
to contain the future Hall of Famer while the ailing Kerr is on an indefinite
hiatus from the bench.
事後諸葛來看這是一個非常有智慧的一步。在帶領詹姆斯進決賽十年後，他監督的困住
未來名人堂球星的策略而生病的Kerr則無限期的坐在板凳

Brown, who coached James in Cleveland for five seasons (2005-10), knows as
well as anyone that the Cavaliers depend on the 13-time All-Star’s ability
to attack the rim. That is why Golden State’s blueprint Thursday night for
Game 1 of the NBA Finals called for Kevin Durant — one of the league’s best
interior defenders — to blanket James around the basket.
布朗－執教了姆斯五年－跟其他人一樣知道騎士依賴13次全明星的能力去攻擊籃框。
這也是為什麼在星期四晚上，勇士隊的藍圖是要求腿杜－全聯盟最棒的內線防守者－在
籃框周圍把姆斯給包覆住

Forced to contend with Durant’s 7-foot-5 wingspan, James committed five of
his game-high eight turnovers while knifing toward the rim. A player who has
built much of his distinguished career on overwhelming opponents in the paint
went 2-for-8 on his drives. Asked after the game what stood out to him about
the Warriors’ approach, James responded succinctly: “K.D.”
被迫要跟腿杜 7尺5寸的臂展做對抗，詹姆斯在切入籃框送出了他8個之中的5個失誤。
一個以坦克切聞名的選手竟然切入8次只成功了2次。賽後被問到勇士的策略有什麼特別
的，姆斯只簡單的說：KD

Because Golden State didn’t send a wave of double-teams at James, it could
throw the rest of Cleveland’s offense out of sync with a switch-heavy
scheme. The Cavaliers’ Tristan Thompson, Deron Williams and Kyle Korver
totaled zero points on a combined 0-for-8 shooting. After hitting a
three-pointer less than two minutes into the game, J.R. Smith was scoreless.
Cleveland’s 34.9 percent clip from the field was its second-worst this
season behind its 34.1 percent dud in a Jan. 11 loss at Portland. For the
first time these playoffs, the Cavaliers failed to score 100 points. They had
more turnovers (20) than assists (15).
因為勇士完全不需要包夾詹姆斯，它可以對騎士剩下的陣容使出無限換防把它們的攻擊
節奏給毀掉。騎士的TT、D-Will、和KK總共拿到了0分，8投0中。在進了第一個三分球後
，JR拿不到任何一分。騎士34.9%的命中率是這一季第二差的。這是騎士第一次在季後賽
得不到100分，也是第一次它的失誤20次比助功15次多。

After breezing through the first three rounds with the best postseason
offensive rating in 40 years (120.7 points per 100 possessions), Cleveland
posted an offensive rating Thursday of 89.2. Philadelphia’s 100.7 points per
100 possessions in the regular season were a league-worst.
在季後賽前三輪騎士有著40年來最棒的進攻效率(120.7分/100球權)，但星期四騎士的
進攻效率只有89.2分/100球權。例行賽最爛的76人每100球權可以拿到100.7分

Though Durant guarded James for the bulk of the game, Andre Iguodala and
Draymond Green were solid in their stints on him. The center rotation of Zaza
Pachulia, David West and JaVale McGee helped hold the Cavaliers to 30 points
in the paint.
雖然大部分時間都是腿杜在守著詹姆斯，小AI和Green對姆斯的防守都很確實。三個中鋒
Zaza, West, McGee的輪替把騎士的禁區得分鎖在30分

Klay Thompson, whose shooting slump extended with a 3-for-16 showing from the
field, reinforced why he is one of the NBA’s elite perimeter defenders. He
guarded four different players, limiting them to a combined 1-for-12
shooting. Kyrie Irving, whose exploits against Golden State have been
well-chronicled, shot just 1-for-6 from the field when matched up against
Thompson.
K湯防守四個不同的對手，讓他們12投1中。厄文在對上K湯的時候，僅6投1中。

“The best thing about tonight, obviously, was just our defensive presence
and effort for 48 minutes,” Warriors point guard Stephen Curry said. “They
have two of the best scorers in the league, so you got to just keep pressing,
sticking to the game plan.”
"今晚最棒的部分，很明顯地在於我們的防守48分鐘一直都在"Curry說："他們有聯盟中
最棒的兩個人，所以你必須要不斷地失壓，並遵循著比賽計畫"

One of the league’s most affable coaches, Brown has avoided any temptation
to bemoan his two firings by Cleveland. In 2010, when Brown was first
dismissed by the Cavaliers, reports suggested that James played a role in the
front office’s decision.
身為聯盟中最慈祥的教頭，布朗並沒有為兩次被騎士炒掉而發怒。2010年布朗第一次被
炒，有消息指出是姆斯要求的。

In his 2011 autobiography, “Shaq Uncut,” Shaquille O’Neal — the Cavaliers
’ starting center much of that final 2009-10 season — wrote that James
never listened to Brown. Two months after Brown was fired by Cleveland in
2014 after one season, he followed the media coverage from his Westlake,
Ohio, mansion when James announced in a first-person essay in Sports
Illustrated that he was returning to the Cavaliers from the Miami Heat.
Last June, between Games 3 and 4 of the NBA Finals, Brown interviewed with
Kerr in the lobby of a hotel in downtown Cleveland. Less than a year later,
Brown is intent on making sure James — the 2016 Finals MVP for averaging
29.7 points, 11.3 rebounds, 8.9 assists, 2.3 blocks and 2.6 steals per game
— doesn’t orchestrate another series upset.
在俠客2011的自傳中寫到詹姆斯從來都不聽布朗的話。在布朗2014年被炒後兩個月，
姆斯宣布回到騎士隊。去年六月，在總冠軍賽第三和第四戰之間，布朗在克里夫蘭的
飯店接受Kerr的面試。一年後，布朗要確保詹姆斯沒有辦法再次演出大逆轉

“LeBron is obviously a very good three-point shooter, so we wanted K.D. to
make him try to drive at times,” Brown said Thursday, detailing his game
plan for slowing his former player. “We wanted (Durant) to try to use his
length at the rim and see if (James) can score over the top of him.”
"詹姆斯顯然是一個非常棒的三分射手，所以我們要腿杜讓他切入"布朗說，並揭露
他的比賽計畫來阻止他的前任球員："我們要腿杜在籃框邊緣利用他的長度，然後
看看姆斯有沒有辦法從他的頭上得分" (結果還真的沒辦法）


心得：
智將Kerr？
不過沒有KD的話，這招根本有弄不出來吧～

Rose、Rondo相對於姆斯，就好比姆斯相對於KD吧

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