[外電] Kevin Durant的另一面

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The other side of Kevin Durant http://ppt.cc/rOqq Originally Published: January 4, 2013 By J.A. Adande | ESPN.com You know what I call Kevin Durant's six technical fouls this season? A good start. "Everybody wanted me to be mean and wanted me to have an attitude, so you can't get mad at me for having a few techs," Durant said. He said it lightheartedly. He went on to say that he knows kids are watching and he needs to set a good example. Then he adopted a puppy from the local animal shelter. Okay, so he didn't adopt a dog Friday. That's what the old Durant would have done. The new Durant stomped on the pathetic pooch that is the 2012-13 Los Angeles Lakers, dropping 42 points, eight rebounds and five assists, as the Oklahoma City Thunder pushed the Lakers a step closer to the brink with a 116-101 victory. So cold, yet so good to see from him. It's part of the edgier Durant, the one accompanied by a Nike campaign that insists he is "not nice." He picked up the first ejection of his career on Jan. 2, when he yelled at official Dan Crawford, who quickly dismissed him with two technical fouls. Four days later, I happened to be watching the Thunder play the Toronto Raptors when Durant was T'd by responding to a charge call against him with "That's f---ing bulls---." "It's something new for all of us," Thunder coach Scott Brooks said. "I never thought I would have to answer a question about Kevin's technicals." All for the better. Not that there was much to dislike about Durant before. A two-time scoring champion by the age of 23, looked up to by youngsters, respected by the old heads. Only it wasn't quite enough. Not enough to get him a most valuable player award, not enough to win a championship. Michael Jordan wouldn't be Michael Jordan without the petty, vindictive side of him we saw in his Hall of Fame induction speech. Kobe Bryant doesn't do soft and cuddly. They probably have more championship rings than close friends, and they're fine with that. There are certain truisms in the NBA. You need multiple superstars to win a championship. And one of those stars better have a mean disposition, or at least be able to summon one on demand, as LeBron James did against Boston in Game 6 last season. You know what's making it harder on Durant? That we're not being harder on him. Because he's so likeable he didn't face a barrage of criticism for losing in the NBA Finals. That meant he had to generate the outrage from within. Granted, you need an electron microscope to find the flaws with Durant. His scoring and field goal percentage increased in every stage of the playoffs, going from 26.5 points per game on 46 percent shooting in the first-round sweep of Dallas to 30.6 points on 55 percent shooting against Miami in the Finals. His issues were emotional, not statistical. Did anything Durant did during the Finals resonate with you? Did he make any of the games in late June feel like they belonged to him? Even teammate Russell Westbrook made a bigger impression, going for 43 points in Game 4. Friday night was far from an NBA Finals matchup. The Lakers had lost five consecutive games and are slipping out of the playoff picture. Dwight Howard and Pau Gasol are still out indefinitely, and the Lakers learned during the game that Jordan Hill will miss the rest of the season with a hip injury. So much for the one advantage the Lakers had: size. The tricky thing is, if the Lakers managed to get into the playoffs, no one would want to face them. The one thing Jim Buss said that made any sense during his radio appearance on ESPN LA 710 Thursday was that if the Lakers make the playoffs, it means they will have gotten hot in the second half of the season. The playoffs typically feature slower paces and more time to rest, which would play to the Lakers. They'd be a tough out. It felt like Durant killed all of those thoughts Friday night. Five games out of the final Western Conference playoff spot with 46 games remaining, the Lakers aren't mathematically eliminated from the playoffs. But they are realistically. As Mike D'Antoni said, "we cannot make any false steps." This team lacks the resolve and defensive prowess to withstand three months of must-wins. Durant usually doesn't strike first. He likes to get his teammates involved before he starts casting shots. Midway through the first quarter, the Lakers' Robert Sacre, who started in Howard's absence, had outscored Durant, 4-2. Then it happened. Durant scored seven points in less than two and a half minutes. The Thunder were up by 11 and it was obvious to whom this one belonged. Durant scored nine points in the first quarter, 16 in the second and 15 in the third. "Kevin took control most of the game," Westbrook said. Durant had an answer for every defender the Lakers threw at him. He posted up Bryant. He shot over Metta World Peace. He drove past Earl Clark for a dunk, adding a rim-hang and glare for emphasis. "With Kevin, he's an emotional guy," Brooks said. "But you don't really see it in a way that some players display it. He keeps a lot of it inside, but he's competitive as anybody we have on this team." He unleashed everything on the Lakers Friday night. He pumped his fist after forcing a turnover against World Peace. He glared at official Eric Dalen when a call didn't go his way. He somersaulted in celebration after draining a 3-pointer right before the halftime buzzer. He's starting to understand the process. Scowl first, smile later. KD 本賽季已經領到6個技術犯規了，你覺得我會怎麼看這事？嘿嘿，這是個很不錯的開始。 “每個人都希望我變得刻薄些，希望我的態度更強硬些，所以你可不能抱怨我吃了幾個T 。”KD說道。他這麼說的時候很輕鬆。他還說他應該做一個好榜樣，因為孩子們在看他的球。不過週五他可沒這麼好心去同情對手，那是以前的KD做的事。現在的KD剛剛狠狠蹂躪了本賽季的湖人，他暴砍42分8板5助攻，把湖人向懸崖邊又推了一把。太冷血了。不過能從他身上看到這些實在是太好了。這些都是一個更鋒銳的KD的一部分，現在最新的Nike廣告也在宣揚KD“惡人”的一面。在1月2號的比賽中，KD職業生涯中第一次被驅逐出場，當時他衝著裁判Crawford怒吼，後者則乾脆利落地給了他兩個T。四天之後，我在雷霆對暴龍的比賽中正好看到以下一幕： KD在被吹進攻犯規後怒吼：“Fxxking bullsh**！”當然啦，這讓他又吃了個T。 “對所有人來說，這都是個新鮮事兒。”Brooks教練談到這個時說。“我以前從未想到我會要回答關於KD吃T的問題。” 這都是為了讓他變得更好。當然了，以前的KD也沒啥令人不喜歡的地方。這位三屆得分王 23歲時就已經成為了無數人仰慕的對象。只不過這樣並不夠，不夠讓他成為MVP，也不夠讓他拿到總冠軍。如果沒有我們在名人堂入會演講上見到的他爭強好勝，MJ不可能達到他現在的高度。Kobe 也從來不會軟弱或曖昧地行事。他們的戒指很可能比好朋友的數量還多，而且他們沒覺得這樣有啥不妥。 NBA裡有些真理：球隊需要有幾位超級巨星才能贏得總冠軍，而其中最好有一位有著刻薄的人格。就算本身不是這樣，至少也能在必要時變成刻薄的人。就像LBJ在上季東區決賽第六場時那樣。你知道為什麼這對於KD來說這麼難嗎？因為我們都對他太和善了。他實在是個讓人喜歡的人，以至於即使他沒拿到總冠軍我們也不會批得他狗血淋頭。因此，他必須從自己內心深處去產生那種憤怒。當然了，你恐怕要有個電子顯微鏡才能看到KD的缺點。他的得分和命中率隨著季後賽的進行而提升。從首輪對小牛的26.5分+46%變成總決賽對熱火的30.6分+55%。從數據上來說，他毫無瑕疵，問題出在他的情緒上。 KD在總決賽里有什麼表現讓你記憶猶新嗎？他有讓其中的某一場看起來像是屬於他的嗎？答案是沒有。而他的隊友Westbrook都讓大家的印象更深刻，因為他在G4裡43分的瘋狂表演（譯者：本該是Russ的封神戰變成了聯盟第一人的come-back show，當時我鬱悶了好久）。而周五的比賽遠遠比不上總決賽。湖人已經連敗5場，離季後賽越來越遠。DH和Gasol休戰，而比賽進行中時傳來了Hill賽季報銷的消息。這讓湖人唯一的優勢——身高也變成了浮雲。但很微妙的是，如果湖人能進季後賽，沒有一支球隊想面對它。在ESPN的訪談中，Buss至少說對了一件事，那就是如果湖人真的能進季後賽，就說明它的後半程打的非常好。季後賽往往會有更慢的節奏和更多的休息時間，這對湖人是個利多。他們會是個很難擊敗的對手。看起來KD的表現讓以上這些感覺煙消雲散了。在還剩46場比賽時離西區第八差5個勝場，湖人也僅僅是在理論上還有進軍季後賽的希D'Antoni 說：“現在我們不能踏錯任何一步。”可是湖人根本沒有足夠的決心和防守強度來維持3個月的強勢狀態。 KD一般都不會一上來就全力打，而是先讓隊友們發揮。第一節進行到中段時，甚至是湖人的吉祥物Sacre都在得分上以4-2領先KD。然後，就沒有然後了。 KD在不到兩分半的時間裡連得7分。雷霆領先了11分，這場比賽的勝負已經很明顯了。KD 首節得到9分，第二節16分，第三節15分。 “KD基本上控制了比賽。”好友Westbrook評價道。 KD搞定了湖人的每一個防守者。他低位硬吃Kobe，在MWP投籃，突破Clark來個暴扣，最後再掛在框上睥睨全場傲視著一群手下敗將。 “KD是個情緒化的人。”Brooks說：“只不過他不像很多其他人一樣讓你看到。他把自己的情緒都藏在心裡。但是他是個很好勝的人，我們隊裡不會有人比他更想贏。” 他把所有的一切都發洩在了湖人身上。在逼迫MWP失誤後，他重重地把拳頭砸向手心。當一個判罰不利於他時，他憤怒地瞪著裁判 Dalen。在中場前命中壓哨3分時，他還來了個後滾翻來慶祝。 KD 已經開始理解這樣的過程：先黑臉，再微笑。翻譯:http://bbs.hupu.com/4964310.html -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 114.36.89.173