[外電] Kings and Warriors conspire against crunch time

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Kings and Warriors conspire against crunch time http://0rz.tw/osVRO As a basketball fan, more than anything, I hope for close games. 身為一個籃球迷，我最喜歡看拉鋸戰。 Just looking at the scores, I'd rather watch the Kings win over the Warriors, for instance, instead of, say, the Lakers vs. Wizards game last night -- even though that last game featured the two teams that have been in the news more than any others over the last couple of months. 單看比分的話，我比較想看國王贏勇士這場比賽，而不是湖人對巫師的比賽，儘管湖人和巫師是過去兩個月來鎂光燈的焦點。 The reason is that the Lakers won by a boring 12 points, while the Kings hung on by what would seem to have been a pulse-pounding three. A single possession game -- the gold standard of crunch time! 原因在於湖人看似輕鬆地贏了12分，而國王則驚險地以3分獲勝，讓人嗅到擁有「關鍵時刻」比賽的味道。 The truth, however, is that taking your high expectations to the end of last night's Kings/Warriors is like ordering your favorite soup in a restaurant, only to have it served with a cigarette butt bobbing up and down in it. 然而事實是看到這場比賽的最後，你會覺得你好像走進你最愛的餐廳點了你最愛的湯，卻發現湯裡頭有根菸蒂載浮載沉。 Once you see it, it's the last thing you ever wanted. 暮然回首，你會發現你做了錯誤的決定。 This was in fact not a close game at all, but instead a blowout so badly handled that is posed as a close game. 這並不是一場戰況激烈的比賽，而是兩隊互相自爆讓比分接近。 The Kings owned the Warriors. They were up by 21 a few minutes before half-time, and at that point the game was essentially over. But there's a certain art to maintaining a lead, and the Kings muffed it so badly that the Warriors actually managed to crawl within a single possession in the final minute. But, in a cruel twist of fate, they did so without really ever threatening at any point to win, or even tie. 國王在家迎戰勇士，半場前領先達21分，通常這時候比賽應該就結束了。國王有相當大的優勢，但他們笨拙的處理讓勇士慢慢將比分追進，當比賽剩一分鐘時，只要一次進攻機會勇士就可以追平或超前比數。但造化弄人，勇士並沒有真的將比分扳平或超前。 Assuming you turned this one off at half-time, or never even considered watching, here is some of what you missed: 如果你在半場就轉台了，或者妳根本沒看這場球，以下是你錯過的部份： * With 3:11 left, the Kings were still up by ten but had become offensively challenged. The best shot they could find was an Ime Udoka 3-point shot. (Kevin Martin was on the bench in a slump -- and remember, it had been a blowout.) At the moment it left Udoka's fingertips, he was 16 of 56 on the season. He missed. Now, you will hear announcers talking about a four-point swing, right? That's when a team misses a shot and one end, and then gives up a made shot at the other end. If the make and miss were switched, it would have been a four point difference. Well, sometimes, you'll hear about a five-point swing -- if one of those buckets was worth three points. Udoka, at that moment (who could have known?) was in the middle of his own personal seven-point swing. That's right. He missed a 3, then he went to the other end and fouled Stephen Curry as Curry was following through on what proved to be a made 3 of his own. And Curry hit the free throw. Instead of Kings by 13, it was Kings by six. 比賽剩3:11秒時，國王領先10分，但瞬間就受到威脅，他們把球導到三分線空檔的南哥手上﹝馬丁表現不佳被放到板凳上，這也是這場比賽讓人失望的原因之一﹞，球從南哥的指間滑出，他本季三分球投56中16，他沒有投進，通常一支球隊錯失機會而對手立刻攻進兩分，主播通常會說這一來一往差了四分，有時候對手進的是三分球，那就會說這差了五分。但誰想的到南哥在這一刻讓這一來一往差了「七分」，他三分球沒進，攻守轉換後，他在三分線上對Stephen Curry犯規，進算加罰，Curry罰球也穩穩投進，原本國王應該領先 13分，但現在雙方只差6分。 * The biggest intrigue of crunch time was: What was Corey Maggette's technical all about? Being deftly guarded by Udoka, Maggette -- who is to drawing fouls as this guy is to drawing pictures -- had an attempt blocked nicely (and cleanly) from behind by Greene with 16 seconds left. The Warriors took a timeout before inbounding. Returning to the court, the Warriors, Maggette, the Kings' broadcasters and everybody else was mystified to learn that first Udrih had a date with the free-throw line at the other end, to shoot a technical free throw. The technical was on Maggette. The replays showed Maggette getting his shot blocked and then looking around not saying anything. Obviously, there was more to the story, but even in today's newspapers nobody seems to have any idea what it was about. A note about Maggette's getting to the line: He only made three buckets in the game, to go with 19 misses. Not a typo. And yet, thanks to his ability to draw fouls, he ended up with a decent 19 points. 關鍵時刻最大的疑點是Maggette的技術犯規，時間剩16秒時，Maggette面對南哥的防守硬上，然後被小綠從背後一掌搧掉，勇士叫了暫停，暫停後重新回到場上，國王的播報員和大家都對烏錐因為技術犯規被送上罰球線感到迷惑，Maggette被吹了一次技術犯規，重播畫面顯示Maggette被扒後，只是看看四周，嘴巴並沒有說甚麼，李組長眉頭一皺覺得事情並不單純，但今天的報紙都沒人提起這件事。Maggette今天22投3中，但因為他強大的製造犯規能力，他仍得到19分。 * From that point forward, the Kings offense was as follows: Beno Udrih miss. Tyreke Evans miss. Udrih miss. Evans miss. A Donte Greene made jumper! And then another Evans miss. Credit Stephen Curry with making things tricky on Evans. And credit the Kings fans with getting very excited every time Evans touched the ball, goading him into ever worse shots. Meanwhile, Corey Maggette and Cartier Martin hit some layups for the Warriors, and made some free throws. But by the time they got within two points, the game clock had descended to 24 seconds -- the time when the Kings could just hold the ball and win. So Golden State resorted to fouling Udrih. Which was sweet relief for the Kings, who had made one field goal in the game's final 4:54. Udrih misses would have been thrilling for hoops fans -- then Golden State could have made things interesting. Instead he made four straight and the game ended with the Warriors chasing around Kings, trying to foul them, but failing. 根據比分的進展，以下是國王的進攻過程：烏錐不進，reke不進，烏錐不進，reke不進。小綠跳投進了！然後reke又不進了，這方面Curry比reke聰明的多，每一次reke觸球，國王球迷就開始鼓噪，讓reke腦充血的做出一些離譜的投籃。同時勇士球員把握住機會慢慢追進比分，當分差剩兩分時，時間也剩不到24秒，國王可以拖延時間到比賽結束，勇士開始對烏錐犯規凍結時間，這是國王所樂見的，烏錐連進四球，比賽結束。 So, if you are also a crunch time junkie, and were disappointed that Mavericks vs. Bucks ended with a turnover followed by a miss, fear not. You didn't miss anything here. 如果你也是喜歡看最後關頭拉鋸的比賽，而且對於小牛和公鹿以失誤和不進收尾感到失望，不用怕，這場比賽沒有你不能錯過的鏡頭。 -- 因為這次的blog根本沒甚麼內容，所以在補上這篇。 -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 118.167.171.178