[外電] On the Celtics and clutch plays

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On the Celtics and clutch plays

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Over on True Hoop, Henry Abbott wrote a post about one of his favorite topics:
The perception of Kobe Bryant as a clutch player versus the reality of his
numbers in ‘clutch’ situations.

Henry Abbott認為KOBE是最棒的關鍵球員，理由如下：

 Abbott’s main point is that Bryant makes about one-third of his shots in the
clutch, which is about average for every other player in the league.


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This is one those third-rail arguments that generate lots of heat and
discussions since Bryant fans will never concede on the clutch argument. They
have watched him make too many big shots. On the other side, this is manna for
Bryant opponents since they have likewise watched him miss contested shots with
the game on the line.

KOBE的擁護者看到了KOBE投進許多big shots ，但卻忽略了其他事實......

The thing that truly stands about Bryant is this regard is that if the game’s
on the line he’s going to take the shot. Abbott points to a five-year study
done by Roland Beech at 82games.com that shows that Bryant took 56 shots in
clutch situations and had just one assist. The other thing that stood about the
study? Paul Pierce had the most assists in those situations with nine.


而Henry Abbott所引用的數據有部分來自82games.com

根據這份數據，KOBE 高達56次出手外加一次助攻，而Pierce 32次出手有九次助攻。

(原文所附數據連結：http://82games.com/gamewinningshots.htm )


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(以下解釋KOBE 為什麼會有這麼高的出手次數：)

There are a number of different conclusions one can jump based just on those
numbers, but let’s start with the idea that Bryant, and therefore the Lakers,
are relatively easy to defend in late-game situations because everyone knows
that Bryant is going to take the shot. Maybe easy isn’t the right word, since
defending Bryant is no one’s idea of a good time. Let’s say instead that they
are predictable.

當KOBE拿到球的時候，每個人都知道他會出手，那並不是如何防守的問題，
而是KOBE的舉動是可預測的。


(而塞爾提克的情形是：)

The Celtics have their own version of Kobe in the clutch: Pierce at the elbow.
Time and again the Celtics return to sets that puts the ball in Pierce’s hands
near the top of the key where he attempts to work into his sweet spot at the
elbow for a 15-foot jump shot. There are good reasons for this, most
prominently is that Pierce is the Celtics’ best one-on-one player and the one
who is best able to create his own shot.

塞爾提克有專屬的關鍵球員──Pierce，用著習慣性的動作，在最喜歡的距離，
再依他個人的步調，然後出手。

PP是塞爾提克最擅長一對一，並且自己創造投籃機會的球員。

When it works, Pierce is a cold-blooded assassin. And when it doesn’t, fans
scream that it’s a predictable, low-percentage play.

(原文所附影片：http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFv9Fvbjy64)


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Despite this tendency, the Celtics and coach Doc Rivers also have a
well-deserved reputation for coming up with interesting plays out of timeouts.
Just this year alone there was the gorgeous Rajon Rondo lob to Kevin Garnett
that beat the 76ers and this motion set that gave Ray Allen a 3 that put the
Celtics ahead of Detroit.

The point is that in late-game situations opponents can never be too sure where
the Celtics are going. Sometimes they aren’t either. Most of Rivers’ plays
have multiple options that rely on his players reacting to the different looks
the defenses give them.

Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra noted in a radio interview that he had “great
respect” for the plays Rivers draws up out of timeouts. Spoelstra said, “They
always seem to come out with something. You don’t know which guy they’re
going to, and they execute well.”

Take for example that Pierce game-winner against the Heat in Game 3 of last year
’s playoffs. On the surface it seemed like an ordinary ISO play for Pierce,
but there were other factors.

“We had two plays called just in case they fouled,” Rivers said after the
game. “What we tried to get is Paul facing the basket because it’s very
difficult to commit a foul when you’re facing. If you reach and grab he’ll
throw the ball up. The whole play was for Paul, but we wanted activity.”

This, ultimately, is what you want out of late-game situations. A play with
movement and options that leads to the best shot available by the player who is
most willing to take it. Give Bryant this: He doesn’t shy away from the
moment. That may not make him a clutch shooter, but he is completely unafraid
of the situation. Perhaps, as Abbott suggests, to his detriment.



( 所以是Henry Abbott沒事寫那篇文章害KOBE被鞭嗎.....囧)

( 河流講話有時候還是很中肯的......)


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(湖人版有篇外電#1DH4CW3P 翻得很好，有興趣的可以去看一下 ~)



猜猜PP那九次助攻裡，有幾次給RAY了 XDDDDDDDDD


PAUL THE TRUTH ~

GO GO CELTICS ~
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