波蘭能在八強賽打敗西班牙成為下一隻歐洲的下剋上球隊嗎？ - 籃球

Can Poland be next European underdog to beat Spain in Quarter-Finals?
波蘭能在八強賽打敗西班牙成為下一隻歐洲的下剋上球隊嗎？


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SHANGHAI (China) - A spot in the Semi-Finals of the FIBA Basketball World Cup
2019 is at stake as 2006 champs Spain take on surprise unit Poland in an
all-European clash in Shanghai's Oriental Sports Center.

希望取得2019世界盃四強位置的2006年冠軍西班牙在上海東方體育中心進行的歐洲對決中
將遭遇黑馬波蘭的考驗。


Spain will be forewarned to remember the last time they went into a World Cup
Quarter-Finals as a favorite against another European foe. The Spanish were
playing at home in 2014 and watched as France came to Madrid and ended the
hosts' dreams of claiming a second title in front of their home fans.

西班牙將記取上一次他們身為熱門球隊進入世界盃八強對抗另一隻歐洲隊伍的教訓。當時
西班牙2014年在主場馬德里面對法國，並消滅了在自家球迷面前拿下第二冠的美夢。


It wouldn't be a surprise if head coach Sergio Scariolo or some of Spain's
veterans don't bring up that game.

如果總教練Sergio Scariolo或一些西班牙老將沒有提起那場比賽不是太驚奇。


Poland on the other hand will have the freedom of playing loose as all the
expectations will be on the Spanish. That will not make the task any easier
for Poland but Mike Taylor and Co. know they have already achieved more than
what many thought possible.

另一方面波蘭對於這場比賽將可以打得更開放，當所有人都把期待放在西班牙時。這讓波
蘭的任務相對輕鬆，但Mike Taylor和其他人知道他們已經達到超過許多人預期的目標。


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Team Overview - Spain: Spain have not yet lost in China, knocking off
Tunisia, Puerto Rico and Iran in Group C in the First Round before defeating
fellow European powers Italy and Serbia in the Second Round Group J for first
place with a 5-0 record.

西班牙：西班牙在本屆仍未嘗敗績，在第一輪C組擊敗突尼西亞、波多黎各及伊朗，而第
二輪J組則打敗歐洲強權義大利及塞爾維亞以5勝0敗成為分組第一。


Team Overview - Poland: Poland have been one of the surprises of the
tournament, taking first place in Group A with wins over Venezuela, China and
Cote d'Ivoire. Coach Taylor's men locked up a Quarter-Finals spot with their
victory over Russia in the Second Round Group I before dropping their first
game of the tournament against Argentina.

波蘭：波蘭已經成為本屆賽會最大驚奇之一，在A組打敗委內瑞拉、中國和象牙海岸取得
第一。Taylor教練的陣容遇上阿根廷嘗到首敗之前，在第二輪I組擊敗俄羅斯後鎖定八強
席次。


Key Matchup: Spain's Rudy Fernandez (and Sergio Llull) v Mateusz Ponitka of
Poland. While A.J. Slaughter is Poland's point guard, shooting guard Pontika
ends up creating most of the offense for the team. Fernandez (and Llull) will
need to be at the top of his game as Ponitka has been one of the best players
in this tournament.

關鍵對決：西班牙的Rudy Fernandez(及Sergio Llull) v 波蘭的Mateusz Ponitka。
當A.J. Slaughter身為波蘭的控球後衛，Pontika變成為得分後衛並成為球隊最佳攻擊手。
而當Ponitka成為本屆賽會表現最佳球員之一時，Fernandez (和Llull)必須在比賽中有最
好的表現。

As goes Ponitka, so go Poland


X-Factor: Experience. Poland had not played in the World Cup since 1967 while
it seems like Spain have been winning international medals over those last 52
years. Poland may not have any pressure, having already done more than most
people expected them to do. They will have to try no tot become overwhelmed
by the moment because this is old hat for Spain.

X因子：經驗。波蘭自1967年以來未曾參與世界盃，而過去52年來西班牙贏得多次國際賽
的獎盃。波蘭也許沒有壓力，已經超越人們的期待。他們將試著不被吞沒，因為對手是
老手西班牙。


Stats Don't Lie: Poland and Spain actually rank closely in many statistics
but one major outlier is Poland's three-point shooting as they are 27th at
29.9 percent with Spain at 31.0 percent for 21st. Also Spain are sixth in
assists at 21.6 per game compared to Poland's 21st-ranked 17.4 assists. Spain
also have been downright impressive with their team defense, giving up just
63.8 points a game, including keeping an Italian team averaging 92.3 points
to just 60 points and then shutting down the Serbian offense to 69 points
after they had averaged 103.3 points coming into the final Second Round game.
Poland are allowing 74.5 points a game after giving up 91 points to Argentina
- the first time they conceded more than 76 points.

數據不會說謊：波蘭和西班牙在許多數據方面都很相近，但有個主要的是波蘭的三分球
命中率是29.9%排名第27，而西班牙是31.0%排名第21。另外西班牙有平均21.6次助攻排名
第六，對比波蘭的17.4次排名第21較為突出。西班牙的防守也令人印象深刻，場均只讓對
手得到63.8分，其中包含平均能拿下92.3分的義大利只得了60分，及第二輪的最後一戰讓
平均能拿103.3分的塞爾維亞只得到69分。波蘭則是在對阿根廷被得了91分後，平均失分
來到74.5分，這是他們首次失分超過76分。


They Said: "We are far away from the offensive talent we had in previous
years. So if we want to compete against great teams we have to play not good
defense but great defense. This is our fate. This is our road map. If we
follow it, we can compete. In a single game you have a chance against
anybody, but only if you play really, really top defense." - Spain head coach
Sergio Scariolo

他們怎麼說："我們不像前幾年充滿進攻天分。所以如果我們想和那些強大的球隊競爭，
我們必須發揮很棒的防守。這是我們的命運。這是我們計畫的路線。如果我們遵循它，
我們就有競爭力。在一場比賽中你可以有機會對抗任何球隊，前提是你能做好真的很棒
的防守。"西班牙總教練Sergio Scariolo這麼說。


"I'm so proud of our team for what we have accomplished here, getting to the
Quarter-Finals. I think that's a big surprise for everyone. It's great
experience for everyone on our team to be at this level and on this stage.
You could see (against Argentina) we didn't respond how we needed to. We want
to learn from this game, what we can take from it and the adjustments we need
to make to play better against defensive pressure." - Poland head coach Mike
Taylor

"我對我們的團隊在這裡取得進入八強的成就感到驕傲。我覺得這對每個人來說都是驚喜。
在這個層級的舞台比賽對我們隊裡每個人都是很棒的經驗。你可以看到(面對阿根廷時)我
們沒有做到我們需要做的。我們想從這比賽中學習到，必須能夠調適並在防守壓力下打得
更好。"波蘭總教練Milk Taylor這麼說


"It's just another opportunity for us to go out and show that we can compete
against teams like this. Tonight (against Argentina) wasn't an example of
that. We feel we can compete better. And hopefully that's what we'll go out
and do on Tuesday." - Poland point guard A.J. Slaughter

"這對我們來說是另一個機會可以展現我們能和這樣的隊伍對抗。今晚(面對阿根廷)不就
是一個好例子嗎。我們覺得我們更有競爭力。並希望我們也能在週二有這樣的發揮。"
波蘭控球後衛A.J. Slaughter這麼說。


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