[外電] K.Martin－掙扎的客場，機遇與挑戰並存

看板Thunder (奧克拉荷馬市雷霆)作者loserkobe (喪家犬科比)時間13年前 (2013/01/17 13:29)推噓3(3推 0噓 1→)

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Kevin Martin and the unfriendly road http://dailythunder.com/2013/01/kevin-martin-and-the-unfriendly-road/ After knocking down four fourth quarter 3-pointers against Philadelphia last week, Kevin Martin thought he had shaken off a mini shooting slump. Except he went to Toronto and shot 5-12, including 1-6 from 3. Then he went to Washington and hit just 3-12, including 0-6 from 3. “I guess it snuck into my suitcase,” he said. There’s a saying in basketball: The bench doesn’t travel. And for Martin, who has been adapting and adjusting to a new role of coming off the bench for really the first time in his career, that saying has sort of played out true. Here are the splits: At home this season (21 games) Martin is averaging 16.8 points on 47.1 percent shooting, including 50.0 percent from 3 and 93.0 percent from the free throw line. On the road though (13 games), Martin is averaging 13.0 points on 38.5 percent shooting, including 34.4 percent from 3 and 92.0 percent from the free throw line. That’s quite a difference. What’s interesting about it is that nothing is really different in Martin’s game home to road. He takes roughly the same number of shots (10.8 home, 10.0 road), he takes roughly the same number of 3s (5.1 home, 4.9 road) and gets to the free throw line about the same (4.3 home, 3.9 road). The big difference is, shots aren’t dropping on the road. At least not at the high percentage Martin typically enjoys. I’ve wondered if Martin’s struggles could be tied to the fact that he relies so heavily on the 3-point line. This season, about 48 percent of Martin ’s shots have come from 3. Before joining the Thunder, he took just 33 percent of his shots from deep. He’s obviously become more of a spot-up shooter, more of a specialist in a role. Something he says he’s very comfortable with. “I’m loving the role. I know when I have to be a scorer and I know when I have to be a shooter,” Martin said. “Like I’ve been saying ever since I got here, it’s such an easy life for me. Like you mentioned, [48] percent of my shots have been 3s and as long as I’m hitting them at a high percentage I ’ll continue to do that and take care of my body … because you know, back in the day I had to get to the hole to try and draw some free throws to get some rhythm back.” Why the change though? Is it by design? Just by default of playing with Durant and Westbrook? “I think it’s just with KD and Russ, beginning part of the second quarter I ’m probably more of a scorer,” Martin said. “I go back and forth between being a scorer and then fourth quarter I’m more of a shooter playing with those guys. It’s just about adapting and sticking with it.” Next thing to adapt to: the road. It’s not something Martin has struggled with in his career until this season. Remove last season where Martin was injured, and his home-road splits are almost identical across the board. The new piece in the equation is that he’s coming off the bench. It’s something James Harden had issues with too for a while, if you remember. It’s an unexplainable phenomenon in basketball, but bench players often don’t consistently contribute. Why is this especially relevant? Because the Thunder are about to head out on their most significant road stretch of the season, playing nine of their next 10 away from The Peake. Which honestly could be a good thing for Martin. Longer stretches away from home, more opportunities to get settled and find a comfort level. Because the Thunder have to have Martin, home and away. When he scores in single-digits, the Thunder are just 4-3 on the season. When he scores 15 or more, the Thunder are 20-3. Something to think about when you’re packing, K-Mart. 在上週對陣費城76 人比賽的第四節投中4 個三分球之後，K-Mart覺得自己已經從冰涼的手感中走出來了。可是之後在多倫多，他12 投5 中，其中三分6 中1 ；在華盛頓更是12 投3 中，6 次三分試投無一命中 “我想我的手感都躲在家裡不想出來了吧。”他說。籃球界有個說法：“替補不會打客場” 。K-Mart剛剛適應了新東家為他量身打造的“超級第六人”位置，這也是他職業生涯首次以替補身份為球隊出場（譯註：K-Mart之前有沒有替補出場不知道，但是譯者認為這裡的意思是長時間不先發）。這個格言在K-Mart身上似乎挺符合的。數據在此：本賽季主場已進行21 場比賽了，K-Mart場均16.8 分，命中率47.1% ，其中三分球命中率50% ，罰球命中率更是高達93.0% ；而客場總共13 場比賽中，K-Mart場均13 分，命中率僅38.5% ，其中三分球命中率34.4% ，只有罰球命中率92.0% 依然堅挺。主客場表現截然不同。有趣的是將K-Mart主客場的出手數對比後可以發現，兩者相差不大：（譯註：主場在前客場在後）投籃數10.8-10 ，三分出手5.1-4.9 ，罰球數4.3-3.9 。所以最大的問題就是：客場投不進，至少不是K-Mart的正常水平。 K-Mart客場表現如此掙扎，我一直懷疑是不是因為他特別依賴三分線外的表現。本賽季 K-Mart的出手中有48% 來自三分線外，而在加盟雷霆之前，他只有33% 的出手是三分球嘗試。現在的他更像是一個定點投手，更像是一個投射專精的角色，而這樣打他也覺得挺自然。 K-Mart ：“我喜歡現在的角色，我知道啥時候需要我得分，啥時候需要我投籃。就像我從來到這里之後就一直在強調的一樣，這裡的角色更簡單。既然你提到了我48% 三分出手率，我就多說兩句，只要我能保持火熱的手感，我一定會繼續投，順便保護下自己的身體。因為在國王和火箭的時候，球隊都需要我時不時造幾個犯規、騙騙罰球來調整比賽節奏。” 為什麼要這樣改變呢？是教練這樣佈置的，還是因為現在是在KD 和Westbrook身邊打球？ K-Mart ：“ KD 和Westbrook吧。第一節末第二節初的時候我主要是一個得分手，而在第四節的時候我更多化身為投手，我就在這兩者之間搖擺不定。因為和KD 還有Westbrook這樣的超級明星一起打球，就應該做好甘當綠葉的準備。” 下面一個問題：客場。這不是從初進聯盟開始就困擾K-Mart的問題。去掉上賽季他傷停的那段時間，他主客場表現差別不大，也就是說從先發變為替補很可能是這個變化的真正原因。如果你還記得，Harden當時也有著同樣的變化（譯註：上賽季Thabo 傷停時，SB 曾經將 Harden提到先發，結果導致球權分配一團糟，Harden的表現也不盡人意，後面幾場讓Cook 大神打偽先發而Harden依然做超級第六人，效果就好多了），板凳球員不可能每場都爆發，這也算是籃球場上的一條真理了。為什麼先發- 替補的差距就這麼重要呢？因為雷霆將要開始他們本賽季艱苦的一段旅程， 10 場中有9 場要在Peake以外的地方進行。我想著對K-Mart來說應該算是個好消息，離家時間越長，也就越有時間和機會讓K-Mart調整，找到屬於自己的節奏。因為不論客場還是主場，雷霆都離不開K-Mart。K-Mart得分不到10 分的時候，雷霆4 勝 3 負，而超過15 分時，雷霆則20 勝3 負。 K-Mart ，記得把手感打包到行李箱裡啊！翻譯:http://bbs.hupu.com/4940054.html -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 114.36.89.173