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Inside the Sixers: Sixers plunge to new defensive depths
多恐怖？架恐怖！七六人的旋轉門
POSTED: December 13, 2009
By Kate Fagan
Inquirer Staff Writer
We know the 76ers are practicing behind the curtain.
We hear balls bouncing. Afterward, we see sweat dripping. For the final few
minutes, we even watch, glued to the glass windows in the gym at the
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine.
Now, exactly what the Sixers are practicing remains an A-list mystery.
在媒體鏡頭之外，七六人確實有練球。
過程中，聽得到籃球上下彈跳；事後，也看得到滿身大汗。甚至每段練習時間的尾聲
不過，七六人到底在練什麼？令人玩味。
For example, it would come as quite a surprise if they spent hours a day
diving into the intricacies of perimeter defense, defensive rotations, and
closing out on outside shooters.
Why?
舉個例子，如果他們每天有好幾個鐘頭，是花在研究外圍防守、補位輪轉，和三分線
空檔關門的技巧上，那可真讓人大吃一驚了。
為什麼咧？
Because through 23 games, the Sixers are on pace to become the worst
perimeter defensive team in NBA history - this according to the numbers,
which can be twisted, of course, but never lie outright.
If you're the coach of these Sixers, and that distinction belongs to Eddie
Jordan, you're probably not including this statistical nugget on your holiday
greeting card to general manager Ed Stefanski.
Through 23 games, the Sixers are allowing 101.3 points a game; opponents have
made 186 three-pointers at a rate of 41.3 percent.
The record for highest opponent three-point percentage belongs to last
season's Sacramento Kings - winners of 17 games, losers of 65 - who allowed
40.6 percent.
因為按照本季23場比賽的資料推算，七六人可能會成為NBA史上外圍防守最爛的球隊
--這是有數據基礎的。當然，數據可以被扭曲操弄，但數據絕不會睜眼說瞎話。
如果你就是七六人總教練--這份榮耀目前歸於達叔--你應該不會想把這份統計結果，
寫進給總裁Ed Stefanski的耶誕節卡片裡。
這23場比賽下來，七六人每場平均失分是101.3；至今，對手總共命中186顆三分球，
平均命中率是41.3%。
史上最慘的三分線"被"命中率記錄，目前由上一季17勝65敗的沙加緬度國王隊所保持
，是40.6%。
The Sixers are on pace to give up 663 three-pointers for the season, which
would be the third-most in NBA history. Before Wednesday night, when the
Detroit Pistons shot 1 for 8 from the three-point line, the Sixers were on
pace to give up 691 three-pointers, which would be tops in NBA history.
The record for most three-pointers allowed in a season belongs to the 2007-08
Washington Wizards, who allowed 683. The second-place spot belongs to the
2008-09 Wizards, who allowed 674 three-pointers. Jordan coached the Wizards
from 2003 to November 2008.
按現有資料推算，七六人本季將"被"投進663顆三分球，在NBA史上排名第三慘。如果
不是週三比賽裡，活塞隊投8中1，這個數字會變成"被"投進691顆三分球，那將是史
上最糟糕。
翻開單季"被"投進三分球的最差記錄--683顆--苦主赫然是2007-08年的華盛頓巫師隊
，而緊追在後的，則是2008-09年的巫師隊，674顆。而2003年到2008年十一月間，巫
師隊的總教練，叫做Eddie Jordan。
Last season, the Sixers allowed 92.1 points per game, 9.5 points per game
fewer than they currently allow.
These numbers are only hard evidence for what fans have deduced from
watching: This team has gone from a solid defensive team - although never
great at stopping the three - to a bad defensive team that can't stop the
three.
Plus - and this is a kicker - the Sixers can't score, resulting in a
disturbing combination of bad offense and bad defense. The Sixers average
96.2 points a game, 24th of 30 NBA teams. Of those bottom eight scoring
teams, the only one also surrendering more than 100 points a game is the
Minnesota Timberwolves.
Minnesota is 3-20, at the bottom of the Western Conference - bad company to
be keeping.
上一季，七六人每場平均失分是92.1，比現在低了9.5分。
對親眼看球的觀眾來說，這些數字只不過坐實了他們的感受：曾經堪稱紮實的團隊防
守--儘管三分線一向是罩門--現在已經煙消雲散，三分地帶更成了北港香爐。
不只如此--這點非常關鍵--七六人也不懂得分，換句話說，他們是防守差進攻也爛的
恐怖組合。七六人的每場平均得分是96.2分，在全聯盟30隊中排名第24。這些得分能
力墊底的八支球隊當中，唯一一支每場失分也超過100分的，是明尼蘇達灰狼。
灰狼的戰績是3勝20敗，在西區敬陪末座--跟他們"同患難"並不值得驕傲。
How did this happen?
The first answer that springs to mind is the Princeton offense: That thing
casts a mighty wide shadow and gobbles an awful lot of practice time. The
second answer is that Jordan, never known as a defensive coach, has seemed
particularly overcommitted to the offensive side. The third is the rotations,
which tend to exclude the team's best defenders and are often, at the end of
games, much smaller than the opponent's.
No move better represents this defense-second mentality than the addition of
point guard Allen Iverson. The day Iverson signed, one NBA general manager
relayed the following via text message: "And exactly how will the addition of
Iverson help the league's 23rd worst defensive team?"
It won't. But that isn't, and has never been, the primary concern.
怎麼會演變到這步田地？
蹦出腦海的第一個答案是普林斯頓：這玩意造成球員心裡一大負擔，也佔用大量的練
習時間。第二，達叔本來就不是注重防守的教練，現在更顯得太過強調進攻端。第三
，臨場調度問題。全隊最好的防守球員往往不得上場，而到了比賽尾聲的決勝關鍵期
，場上陣容又總是比對手矮小許多。
這種"防守能吃嗎？"的決策考量，最明顯的例子就是簽下AI。Iveson簽約當天，一位
NBA球隊總裁用手機簡訊傳來這段話："AI的加盟對全聯盟防守第23差的球隊，會有什
麼幫助？"
答案是沒有。但防守本來就不是教練最擔心的問題。
Since Iverson's arrival, Jordan has said he will switch his team into a
matchup zone to save Iverson's legs. A matchup zone isn't an aggressive
defense, it's a defense in which you hop around as if you're doing jumping
jacks and then eventually give up an open three-pointer. Jordan has also said
that when point guard Lou Williams returns from his jaw injury, he would like
to start a backcourt of Iverson and Williams because they would be a
"high-scoring" combo.
They would be. They'd also be the smallest starting backcourt in the NBA,
neither guy known for his lockdown defense.
Iverson報到後，達叔說過他會改守"區域盯人"，來節省AI的體力。區域盯人不是特
別積極的防守陣式，球員往往跳來跳去，好像在做jumping jack（超不整齊的jumping
jack 範例影片：http://0rz.tw/5T3Fc），結果最終還是被投進一顆大空檔三分。達
叔還說，當小威下顎傷勢復原歸陣之後，要讓Iverson和小威搭配先發，形成"高得分"
後場雙人組。
得分高沒啥問題。他們同時還會是全NBA最矮小的先發後場，兩個人也都不是什麼防守
悍將。
In the opening game of the season, the Orlando Magic made 16 three-pointers,
blowing out the Sixers. At that time, Jordan said the perimeter defense was
not yet a concern: It was one game, they made some tough shots. Give credit
to the Magic.
Since then, there has been a lot of credit doled out: to the Magic, the
Boston Celtics, the Phoenix Suns, and the Utah Jazz.
Jordan said after that first game that if it became a pattern, if it was
still a concern after 15 or 20 games, then it would be addressed.
Now, Jordan says, "We have to get better."
Sixers fans, however many are left, would appreciate it.
還記得對奧蘭多的開幕戰嗎？魔術以16顆三分球痛電七六人。當時達叔說，外圍防守
不是問題：這只是個案，剛好投進一些特技球罷了。要給魔術應得的讚美。
從此，我們不斷的讚美其他球隊：魔術、塞爾提克、太陽、爵士。
開幕戰敗後達叔說：如果三分線變成一個長期的罩門，如果15、20場比賽後，還是個
問題，那球隊會加以解決。
現在，達叔說："我們必須檢討改進。"
七六人球迷--無論還剩多少--應該會心存感激。
--
酸意正濃。
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