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May 25, 2012 10:12AM
Posted By John Schuhmann
PHILADELPHIA – As the Philadelphia 76ers were preparing for Game 6 of the
Eastern Conference semifinals against the Boston Celtics, head coach Doug
Collins showed them film of the 1982 conference finals series between the two
teams.
和塞爾提克的第六戰開打前夕，76人教頭Doug Collins借古喻今，給子弟兵看一卷了
帶子(http://0rz.tw/wXWM8)，那是兩隊在1982年東區決賽相遇的景況。
The Sixers actually lost Game 6 at home in ’82. In fact, they were up 3-1 in
the series and dropped two straight and it was the second straight year they
had done that. In 1981, the Celtics came back from a 3-1 deficit in the
conference finals, won by a point in Game 7, and went on to win a championship.
故事要從81年說起。當年前4戰打完，76人取得3-1的聽牌優勢，熟料超賽連下兩場，硬是
把戰線拉長到第七戰決勝負，最後不但淘汰76人(http://0rz.tw/cv6XO)，還勇奪總冠軍。
隔年，東區決賽，冤家又碰頭，歷史又重演，前4戰76人再度3-1領先，再度兩戰皆墨，
再度給逼到了客場，面臨一翻兩瞪眼的第七戰。
So as the Sixers were heading back to Boston for Game 7 in ’82, they were
getting trashed by the Philly fans and media. And few believed they could win
a Game 7 in the Boston Garden.
不難想見當時76人壓力有多大，費城媒體群起幹樵，痛罵他們關門無能，球迷更是愛深
責切、罵聲隆隆。沒人看好他們能在波士頓花園拿下系列賽勝利。
But they did. Andrew Toney earned his “Boston Strangler” nickname with 34
points, the Sixers won Game 7 by 14, and the “Beat L.A.!” chant was born.
然而，76人在一片唱衰中贏了，以14分客場贏球。專打塞爾提克的 Andrew Toney 強取
豪奪34分，打出他「波士頓殺手」的代表作。精采對決之後，連波士頓花園的球迷都忍不
住為76人喝采，希望他們為東區爭氣，擊敗當時西強洛杉磯湖人隊。「Beat L.A.!」的
口號於焉誕生，響徹球場。
So Collins used that tape as motivation for his team, asking them, “How bad
do we want to get back to Boston and Game 7, when all the odds say that you’
re not going to win a Game 7?”
用心良苦的 Collins教頭，藉由這段歷史來激勵子弟兵，讓他們思考這個問題：「當歷史
與我們為敵，當數據預言我們將落敗，我們有沒有決心回到波士頓，創造奇蹟，在客場拿
下第七戰？」
Yes, the odds seem to be stacked against Philly. There have been 108 Game 7s
in NBA history, and the home team has won 87 (80 percent) of them. Furthermore,
the team that has won Game 6 to force Game 7 has only won the series 35 times
(32 percent).
是的，歷史對戰數據，對七六人明顯不利。ＮＢＡ史上有108次的系列賽第七戰，其中87場
（即80％的機會）都是客隊輸球。再者，第六戰贏球，把戰局逼到第七場的球隊（如這次
76人），通常都是劣勢中苦撐的隊伍，只有35次（即32％的機會）贏得系列戰。
This will be the seventh Game 7 between the Celtics and Sixers, including one
in 1959, when the Sixers were the Syracuse Nationals. Boston has won four of
the previous six, but the last Game 7 between these two teams was that Philly
win 30 years ago.
這次是史上第７度，綠衫軍跟76人在第七戰決一生死（包括'59年那次，只是當時的76人還
叫雪城國家隊。）前６次交手，綠衫軍拿下４勝，但最近一次相遇，則是76人那場跌碎世
人眼鏡的勝利，詳情如下圖。
綠衫軍vs七六人，第七戰對決史
Year Round Home PTS Away PTS Winner
1982 Conf. finals Boston 106 Philly 120 Philly
1981 Conf. finals Boston 91 Philly 90 Boston
1977 Conf. semis Philly 83 Boston 77 Philly
1968 Div. finals Philly 96 Boston 100 Boston
1965 Div. finals Boston 110 Philly 109 Boston
1959 Div. finals Boston 130 Syracuse 125 Boston
Five of the six winners above went on to win the next round, with the lone
exception being those ’82 Sixers. In four of the five cases, that next round
was The Finals. The ’77 Sixers went on to beat the Rockets in the conference
finals, but then lose to the Blazers 4-2 in The Finals.
６次決戰中，有５次兩方的勝者在下一輪又勝出，唯一例外的是'８２年的七六人。５次中
則有４次，兩方的勝者下一輪就可爭奪總冠軍。唯'77年76人贏了塞爾提克後，在西區決賽
中射下火箭，但在爭冠戰中４－２惜敗波特蘭拓荒者。
Of course, neither Andrew Toney nor Larry Bird nor Bill Russell will have
anything to do with this Game 7. This is the sixth Game 7 in the last five
years for the current Boston core, and they’re 3-2 in the previous five, 3-1
at home. The lone home loss came in the 2009 Eastern Conference semifinals
against Orlando, with Kevin Garnett out with a knee injury. The other loss came
in L.A. in the 2010 Finals, with Kendrick Perkins out.
當然，兩隊接下來的第七戰，將不復見昔日名將的身影。沒有Andrew Toney，沒有大鳥柏
德，也沒有靠防守幫超塞拿下１１個冠軍的自由鬥士Bill Russell。取而代之的是現今的
塞爾提克三巨頭，此役是他們５年來第６次決戰Game 7。前５次３勝２負，其中有４次在
主場，贏了３場，唯獨在'09年的東區半決賽，主場負於奧蘭多魔術隊，當時KG因膝傷無法
出賽；另一次是'10年的冠軍決戰，兵敗ＬＡ，彼時少了Kendrick Perkins。
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