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Malone still trying to get Kings to play defense
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Kings coach Michael Malone knew it wouldn’t be easy to turn one of the worst
defensive units in the NBA into a cohesive group.
That hasn’t made the process any less frustrating.
The Kings rank 28th in the NBA in scoring defense at 104.6 points per game
and tied for last in opponents’ field-goal percentage at 46.9 percent.
Malone, however, won’t back down from his message: The Kings must play
defense to climb from the bottom of the Western Conference standings and
eventually become a playoff contender.
Malone is using all his resources to get the message across, including
relying on players who have seen a team become multi-dimensional.
MM知道要把國王糟糕的防守變成銅牆鐵壁並不容易。
他所受到的挫敗並不少。
國王平均失分104.6分，排在聯盟第28名，
而對手命中率46.9%，聯盟中敬陪末座。
但MM的信念並未動搖，
國王必須貫徹防守才能從西區尾爬升到競爭季後賽席位。
MM用盡方法來傳達他的信念，
其中包括讓曾經親眼見過「轉變」的球員來幫他。
Malone asked forward Carl Landry to speak to the team about how the coach, as
a Golden State assistant, saw a team not known for defense embrace it.
“The question came up, in Golden State, Year 1 ... We weren’t a very good
defensive team, and we were a lottery team (in 2011-12),” Malone said. “The
second year, we became a better defensive team, and we became a tough out by
the Spurs in the second round.”
Landry joined the Warriors last season and played a big role in the
turnaround. He said the Warriors changed their approach.
“Golden State had a team whose identity in the past was to put up points and
outscore people as a unit,” Landry said. “But guys who were on the team in
the past understood that’s not going to get you anywhere, and last year
everyone bought in to defense.”
It has carried over into this season. Golden State is holding opponents to
43.4 percent shooting, fourth in the NBA.
Golden State used many of the Kings’ excuses for poor defense. The Warriors
lacked elite man-to-man defenders. The Warriors had offensive-minded players
who could not be expected to defend well.
MM請Landry跟全隊講MM在當勇士隊助教時，
如何見證勇士隊由不懂防守轉變為以防守為己任的球隊。
MM說：「第一年問題就來了，我們不是隻好的防守隊伍，
還在樂透區徘徊(2011-12)，但第二年我們的防守變更好了，
這讓我們能在季後賽第二輪和馬刺殺的難分難解。」
Landry上季加入勇士隊，在球隊的轉變中扮演了重要角色，
他說勇士隊改變了球隊的方法。
Landry：「勇士隊過去專注於得分，
但最後大家了解到這無法讓球隊變得更好，
所以去年，大家開始放心力在防守上。」
這項轉變持續到本季，勇士隊的對手命中率只有43.4%，聯盟第四。
“Carl talked about why we were so good,” Malone said. “It wasn’t because
we had great lock-down defenders. It was five guys always working as one,
covering for each other and communicating.”
Communication has been a problem for the Kings on defense. Good defensive
teams talk constantly.
The Kings have too many possessions in which the dialogue doesn’t take place
until a mistake has led to easy points for the opposition.
Malone and his staff encourage “ELC” communication on defense – early,
loud and continuous.
As the Kings improve in that area and in understanding and implementing
defensive game plans, they should improve on defense.
Malone liked what he saw in Saturday’s loss at San Antonio. The Kings have
shown flashes of being able to defend this season, but the defense usually
has been bad.
“Everybody on this team can score,” Landry said. “The Warriors had
scorers. But it’s going to take everyone, including myself, to get better
defensively.”
And it’s going to take time.
MM：「Landry跟大家說為甚麼勇士可以變這麼好，
這不是因為我們有某個大鎖型的球員，
而是場上五人能夠同心，互相掩護，互相溝通。」
溝通是國王的一大問題，好的防守球隊會持續溝通。
球員們在場上常常忘了提醒彼此，直到「錯誤」給對手輕易得分後才發現。
MM和他的教練團鼓勵球員貫徹「ELC」，Early(提早)、Loud(大聲)、Continuous(持續)。
星期六輸給馬刺的比賽，MM喜歡球隊在場上的防守表現，
本季國王常常會靈光一閃，證明他們的防守能力，只是多半沒能持續下去。
Landry：「隊上的每一個人都能進球，勇士也有許多得分好手，
現在是時候讓大家，包括我自己在防守上投入更多。」
當然，這需要點時間。
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