[外電] What's wrong with the Suns?

[jeromee ( 迷途小書僮)]

一、前言

    我想有很多版友想知道太陽陷入低潮的原因，而剛好美國NBA數據大師Hollinger有討
論到這個問題，原文頗多但重點不多（一篇騙錢的文章），我採摘要式的翻譯，若版友對
原文有興趣者，可自行參閱本人所附原文。

    同樣的這是要付費的文章，故不附連結。



二、本文重點摘要

1.三分球命中率大幅下降

    在慘敗的兩場中，三分球是40投14中。原本太陽的三分命中率比聯盟中10支球隊的總
命中率還要高，經過這兩場，太陽只比2支球隊的總命中率還要高。


2.Nash不斷強調我們是重建中的球隊，如果可拿50勝將是一個不可思議的球季。


3.太陽面對高位檔拆的換位防守顯得不知所措（重點）

    防守太陽的鐵律就是讓Nash高得分低助攻，使Nash無法透過助攻與球的流動讓其他球
員參與進攻。

    事實上前教練D'antoni（奸笑）與騎士隊都是使用同樣的技巧抑制太陽。

    而Gentry、Nash、阿罵都承認這是一個亟待解決的重要問題。

    由於目前高位檔拆的直接換位防守已確實造成太陽的困擾，可以預見的是將會有更多
的球隊採取同樣的策略來對付太陽。（你還是沒講如何解決啊？）




三、個人心得

    眾所皆知，高位檔拆的直接換位防守所要付出的代價就是錯位，會有大個對小個的情
形。如果是這樣的話，我們的問題還有一個，我們的大個有善用這個優勢嗎？

    答案是，有。阿罵通常都用中距離跳投解決這個問題，他準的時候這就不是什麼大問
題，所以我的看法跟Hollinger不太一樣。

    首先太陽在對尼克時並不是進攻的問題，明眼人都看得出來是「防守、失誤與進攻籃
板」的問題，或許D'antoni有效減低了命中率，但這絕對不是主宰勝負的關鍵。45.5%的命
中率不算差，不可能指望每一場球都要有5成甚至6成以上的命中率才能贏球。

    實際一點，先把防守做好跟籃板抓好吧！不要一旦不準就等於放棄比賽了。

    最後，我要為阿罵說句話。他說他有苦練防守，這我相信，事實上據我實際觀看比賽
的過程，我認為他的防守是有進步不少。但他那糟糕的籃板卻使他的努力防守功虧一簣，
要知道，成功防守只是第一環，如果你的防守籃板拿不下來，你還是沒有終結對方的攻勢
。坦白說，我對阿罵的防守有期待，但籃板是絕望了。

    如果想更近一步知道阿罵防守是否有所進步的板友，我推薦這篇文章

    http://0rz.com/yJF5

    他很細的針對與暴龍比賽中，阿罵的防守表現去評析。看完後，或許會有不同想法。

    當然http://www.brightsideofthesun.com/ 我也很推薦，有些分析還蠻到位的。




四、原文

In the wake of blowout losses to the Knicks and Cavs that sullied a
league-best, 14-3 start, the Suns find themselves asking whether this was
just a road-heavy, early-season schedule finally getting the better of them,
or whether something more nefarious was at work.

Phoenix fell behind by four touchdowns in the first half of Wednesday night's
107-90 defeat to the Cavs; combined with Tuesday's 27-point defeat in New
York, the Suns were beaten 183-117 over a period of six quarters. Ouch. The
stumble dropped Phoenix from first in the Power Rankings on Tuesday all the
way to 12th Thursday morning and from the league's best record to a tie for
fourth best.

Certainly the Suns were due to see a dip in the scorching shooting
percentages they posted in the early part of the season. As recently as last
week, their 3-point percentage was better than 10 teams' field goal
percentages, but after shooting 14-of-40 from distance in their past two
defeats, they're at a somewhat more realistic 43.6 percent from downtown --
now ahead of only two teams' field goal percentages.

Additionally, they've hit their first patch of health woes. Losing Leandro
Barbosa to an ankle injury that will keep him out until around Christmas has
taken some of the steam out of a surprisingly productive bench. That was
particularly noticeable Wednesday with Jason Richardson laboring through a
scoreless first half and Grant Hill looking, well, like a 37-year-old on the
tail end of a back-to-back.

Perhaps that's why Steve Nash spent part of his postgame comments on couching
expectations for the surprising club.

"We're a team that was picked out of the playoffs," he said -- three times --
"and we have to keep building. If we get 50 wins, it will be a phenomenal
season."

“

Nash We need to get home and get a little time in the gym. We've had one
practice in the last six to eight weeks. The home games feel like road games
because you're just stopping in for a day or two. But if we can just get
through the 17 of 26 in decent shape, it will set the table [for us].
” -- Steve Nash

All that is true (well, sort of -- six of 10 of us picked Phoenix to barely
slip into the postseason), and that's why the Suns' 14-3 start came as such a
surprise. It was inevitable that they'd fall back to earth a bit.

And while nobody was making excuses, there was a pervasive sense in the Suns'
locker room that road weariness might have caught up to them. Phoenix is in
the midst of playing 17 of its first 26 games on the road, with no homestand
longer than two games, and 12 of its past 16 games were away from home. In
that span, Phoenix had the misfortune of playing the Lakers, Magic and Cavs
on the second night of back-to-backs, and was blown out of the gym all three
times.

"We need to get home and get a little time in the gym," Nash said. "We've had
one practice in the last six to eight weeks. The home games feel like road
games because you're just stopping in for a day or two. But if we can just
get through the 17 of 26 in decent shape, it will set the table [for us]."

Perhaps that's why the reaction to Wednesday's defeat was more muted than the
one after the Knicks game. Nash said he was "embarrassed" after the loss to
the Knicks; this one, he said, was merely "disappointing."

Nonetheless, the Suns walk away from the two defeats -- their two
lowest-scoring games of the season -- with one very important tactic to
address: what to do when teams switch against their high pick-and-roll.

The book on defending the Suns long has been to make Nash a scorer instead of
allowing him to get his teammates involved. Adding credence to that approach,
former Suns coach Mike D'Antoni used that tactic to generate a surprisingly
strong defensive effort from his woe-ridden club in the New York game.
Cleveland followed that game plan to a T as well, holding the Suns to a mere
28 points in the first half.

That partly was a matter of missing open shots -- Richardson in particular
had several open looks from outside that he'd normally put down. It partly
was due to carrying road-weary legs and missing the one player, speedster
Barbosa, most qualified to offset that.

But the other part of the equation is the Suns need to get better at
attacking switches.

"They did a lot of switching and created some havoc for us," Amare Stoudemire
said. "We couldn't figure out how to keep our style of play going. That's the
last two nights. Teams switch, and we have to figure out how to counteract
that switch."

"We just get stagnant," Nash said. "We were indecisive. ... We haven't found
a place we can attack them that other guys can get opportunities. Right now,
it's more of a one-on-one situation for me. We don't want to turn it into
[that] because it often means a lack of opportunities for my teammates."

The Suns still walk away from their two-game losing streak with the league's
top-rated offense, and they'll benefit hugely later in the season from all
the road games they're getting out of the way early.

So while they head home -- ever so briefly -- for Saturday's game against
Sacramento, the Suns still feel pretty good about their first quarter of the
season.

"It's a blip on the radar," coach Alvin Gentry said. "We're struggling right
now. It's things we've got to get corrected, but it's not anything we can't
do."

Many of those things will correct themselves. The Suns play 10 of 12 at home
starting just before Christmas, when Barbosa is set to return. And there's no
chance they'll miss as many wide-open jumpers as they clanked in the first
half Wednesday night.

Attacking the switches, however, could prove more trying. They should get
plenty of practice. With this being the only tactic that has slowed down
their offensive juggernaut, the Suns are likely to see more of it in coming
games until they prove they can solve it.





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◆ From: 124.12.81.195
推 bll135      :push
推 Lyndsey     :深夜認真推一個
→ Lyndsey     :這兩場比賽因為輸了不忍心載低調來看= =
→ Lyndsey     :可是就小弟看兩場對暴龍的比賽(也是對手採取直接換防
→ Lyndsey     :Amare也會在低位要球單打對方後衛 也滿有把握的樣子
→ jeromee     :L版友所言甚是，但對於禁區較強勢的球隊（如騎士），
→ jeromee     :阿罵切入的比例會減少，或是說，他切入的失誤會變多
→ nashill13   :的確如果加強一點....點 籃板能力 就可以剋服這缺點
推 mea7211     :阿罵低位十次有8~9次都是用右手發動 除非是mismatch
→ mea7211     :不然對手的防守難度不高 協防的陷阱也很好做
※ 編輯: jeromee         來自: 124.12.81.195        (12/05 01:25)
→ mea7211     :他如果能加強左手的運球 會讓低位威脅性大增 還有就
→ mea7211     :是護球的意識太差 常常在禁區或搶籃板時被撥掉…
→ Lyndsey     :都是英文我的天有點吃力= =
推 thegod13    :應該可以先往外傳導(2.3號)  再傳給啊罵 以減少失誤?
推 kulama      :推 這兩場一場沒空看 一場只看到後面打得還好
→ kulama      :看了這篇文章就比較知道問題了
推 olalaolala  :推
推 andy1203    :推推~加油啊~
→ ediotediot  :竟然還有文章要收費，板大實在太屌了
推 jlcsn       :書僮外電推~~
推 f840824     :?
推 ericshay    :真的太偉大了 推文章啊!!
→ chadey      :如果防守只是指對持球人的防守就太狹隘了
→ chadey      :卡位搶籃板 站位防止對方空切 和站前不讓對方好接
→ chadey      :都是防守的重點 阿罵認真的時候 一對一確實守得不錯
→ chadey      :但是籃板保護太差 對尼克那場又籃下一直漏人
→ chadey      :整體來看 阿罵的防守還是很抖
→ chadey      :再講到對方換防之後的mis-match 太陽進攻執行的很差
→ chadey      :換防之後 要嘛就Nash打對方高個 要嘛就阿罵吃後衛
→ chadey      :老大老了 吃大個的效率儘管還不是錯 但確實慢慢下降
→ chadey      :重點就在於 換防之後 阿罵打對方後衛的成功率
→ chadey      :對暴龍那場打Caldron打得不錯 對騎士卻不理想
→ chadey      :有幾點可以討論 1.要球位置不佳+給的不夠及時
→ chadey      :2.對方補防很快 防守圈縮得快
→ chadey      :3.阿罵傳球視野不夠 弱邊上來幫忙之後常常就被夾到
→ chadey      :當然 最近外線低潮也是主因 對方就縮得更緊
→ chadey      :個人認為 這時候Hill跟Richardson應該要空切進來接球
→ chadey      :外線不準應該要有不同的打法才對 空切可能會是個辦法
推 chadey      :大推J大精闢的文章
→ chadey      :阿罵的問題還是在於他的心智 看了這麼多年好像沒長大
推 jlcsn       :哇~樓上要不要回一篇文XDDD
→ sneak       : 卡位搶籃板 站位防止對 https://daxiv.com
→ muxiv       : 老大老了 吃大個的效率 http://yaxiv.com