[外電] 在十字路口的LBJ
翻譯這篇外電的心得有點五味雜陳，因為本來我認為下一場如果有人
中距離或是外線神準，那熱火還是有希望，又或者LBJ有決心打出
去年對Boston G6的神表現，那也很不錯。
然而綜合看到的幾篇外電，我對G7非常悲觀。因為我認為LBJ的心態
在隊友表態後，絕對不會有去年G6的強韌。
這有點想像不到，系列賽前我雖然認為打到G6G7會對熱火不利，
但是也只是認為因為健康，體力和士氣的關係會讓原有的優勢變成55或46波。
然而沒考量到的一點是以熱火這種冠軍級別以及季賽強大優勢的隊伍
竟然被戰績一般的球隊逼到死角時心理上微妙的化學反應的影響：
簡單説，就是良好的團隊氣氛產生自我質疑了。
這個現象和氣氛跟哪一年的生死戰最像？我想明眼人都知道：
2011的總冠軍賽，熱火主場的G6。
説實話事到如今我依然認為裁判公平點，這系列G4 or G5就收工了，
溜馬絕對是未來有機會挑戰熱火的強權，但是因為裁判幾個「玩味」的判決
讓這個現象提早產生。
單問溜馬有2009的魔術強嘛？2008或2010的老賽？2011的小牛？
顯然溜馬跟上述球隊還差那麼一點，而眼看著熱火可能就要收工了。
而這個熱火還是明顯優於2008-2011的騎士或熱火團隊
如果真的敗在這一輪，我想未來我應該會把看球時間留給別的事情吧，
2010是Lebron輸在手傷，2011也很失望但是至少認為只是第一年，在看下去
今年如果這樣輸，會非常不甘心，也認為NBA真的是有劇本的，
（當然這劇本不見得是要溜馬贏，但是卻要「製造」一個Rivalry增加話題）
那就不會在看戲了。
前言廢話太多，來看看ESPN隨隊記者BW怎麼觀察的。
INDIANAPOLIS -- Late Saturday night, LeBron James stepped up onto
the podium deep inside Bankers Life Fieldhouse and briefly glanced
at the vacant chair and unused microphone that was next to him.
Down the hall, Dwyane Wade walked to the Miami Heat's bus in vivid
designer clothes bought to sit in that seat and considered ways to
remind James why there was a setting for two.
當Lebron踏上G6的賽後記者會現場時，眼睛喵向了旁邊空蕩蕩的椅子。
而Wade與此同時正穿著時髦走向隊巴，並且思考著如何提醒Lebron
記者會一向都是他們兩人一起是有原因的。
The Indiana Pacers played strongly in the first elimination game
they've seen this postseason and earned their 91-77 Game 6 victory
to stay alive. It's now obvious the Pacers have a bright future
ahead of them no matter how Monday's Game 7 plays out.
溜馬漂亮的克服了他們本季的第一回生死戰，不管下一戰結果如何，
沒有人會懷疑溜馬的未來是很光明的。
But the defending champion Heat aren't just facing an elimination
game -- they're facing an identity crisis.
相反的，衛冕軍則面對了生死戰，也面對了他們自我定位的危機。
This one is not created by fans who enjoy seeing them fail or by
media who are attracted to that story. It isn't about their future
or free agency or luxury taxes or trades. It's about the present,
the right now, and a big choice.
這個危機跟輿論或是酸民都無關。跟他們的未來和合約也無關。
這跟他們的現在，就是當下有關，一個重大的選擇來臨。
It's about them losing sight of their plan and their grand
agreement and whether or not that is the right thing to do.
這跟他們是否失去了他們當初合體意義的認同有關，
而放棄這項認同是否正確有關。
Over the past few games, James has been talking and clearly
thinking about his days in Cleveland. After Game 5, James launched
a thousand conversations when he elected to say, "I kind of just
went back to my Cleveland days" in explaining how he led a game-
clinching run without the aid of Wade and Chris Bosh.
在過去幾場比賽，LBJ明顯的回想到了他還在騎士的日子，
尤其在G5賽後他的發言也提到。
Saturday night and probably into Sunday morning, as the Heat's
plane flew to Miami, and then maybe into Sunday afternoon, Wade's
best move would be begging him not to go there. He should make
James remember why he left Cleveland in the first place, wanting
him to not repeat the mistakes of the past.
然而在G6到G7的中間，Wade最好的辦法就是乞求LBJ不要變回
騎士的LBJ，要LBJ不要再重蹈覆轍。
James is going to have to mull which choice he takes, because the
answer is not easy and it has some big consequences. Does he stay
with the plan or does he keep drifting away from it, too concerned
about the state of his teammates to trust them?
而LBJ也不會在媒體面前透漏太明白他的選擇，
因為答案並不容易，而這答案關乎甚鉅。
他要按照計畫走？隨心而走？還是太過關心隊友的狀態選擇信任隊友？
When James finally lucidly explained his decision to sign with the
Heat -- which happened not during "The Decision" when everyone was
watching and wanted it, but actually in some emotional guard-
dropping moments when he and the Heat beat the Boston Celtics in
the 2011 playoffs -- James got to the bottom line.
當2011擊敗宿敵老賽時，LBJ說出了他埋藏以久的心底話。
"I wanted to team up with some guys that would never die down in
the moment," James said that night.
「我想要跟一群關鍵時刻不會神隱的隊友一起作戰。」
This was a slap in the face of his former Cleveland teammates. It
was a statement that ended friendships with some of them, or at
least snapped some already frayed connections.
當然因為這句話給了當初騎士的隊友一巴掌，
也造成了很多友情的喪失。
As James sat there alone after Game 6, that old feeling was
creeping back into his head.
然而當昨天的比賽結束，這種過往的感覺又席上心頭。
"I mean, we can state the obvious, they're both struggling," James
said about Wade and Bosh. "When you're struggling, the best thing
to get is a layup or a dunk. [Wade] missed a couple of them. ...
Chris is struggling with his shot, and him hurting his ankle
didn't help."
「我的意思是，我們可以很明顯的看出，CD都打的不好。當你手感不好時，
最好的方法就是接近藍框去攻擊-上籃或是灌籃之類的。然而Wade卻
投失了幾個簡單的上籃... 老包也一樣很掙扎，而他受傷的腳踝並沒有
幫助他。」LBJ說到CD的狀態時。
This was the first time he's said it, but James has been playing
like it for a few games now. Playing like he did in Cleveland.
Grabbing the ball and trying to do everything. Taking more shots
and taking away more shots from teammates. And yet having only
marginal success as his team underachieves.
這是LBJ第一次這樣說，但是他已經這樣打了好幾場比賽-打的像他在
騎士隊的時候一樣。試著要做所有的事情。投球數上升，這也意味著
隊友的投球數下降。但是這樣做往往只有限度的成功。
In short, not playing like he did when the Heat won the title last
year. Playing like he did when he wore that Cavaliers uniform.
簡言之，並不像去年熱火奪冠時的打法，反而像他在騎士一樣。
So as Wade sat alone at his locker Saturday -- after shooting 3-
of-11, he didn't draw an invite to the interview room -- he
reached out to James. Wade's message was easy to dismiss as hubris
or downright denial at the state of his knee and the state of his
game. Looking at it narrowly, it was almost laughable.
所以當Wade因為表現不佳而沒有被邀請去聯訪室時，他向LBJ放話了。
自然他的訊息你可以用他只是一種發洩或是拒對自己膝蓋和比賽狀態發言的
一種表現。如果狹義來看，你或許甚至認為他的發言很可笑。
Here was Wade, who just had the two of the worst playoff games of
his career in combination with the three worst games Bosh has had
since he was a rookie, sending a message to James not to abandon
them. Not to play the way he played in Cleveland.
現在的狀態就是一個剛打出自己史上最爛的兩場季後賽的Wade，
加上打了三場生涯最爛比賽的老包，聯合告訴LBJ並不要放棄他們。
不要重蹈當年在騎士的覆轍。
If Wade and the Heat go down, he wants them to go down following
the pact they made in James' mansion in late June of 2010 when
they decided to sign together. He wants them to go down playing
the way they won a championship. He doesn't want James to go down
the way he did in Cleveland.
對Wade來說，就算熱火輸球，也要輸的像是當初合體時組成大夥約定
時的打法，輸的像是去年冠軍賽的熱火。他不想要LBJ輸的像是他在
騎士隊時的打法。
"We've got guys individually who want to play better," Wade said.
"But we've got to try to help each other out in this locker room
and not leave it up to the individual to self-will it."
Wade說「我們有很多很有動力想要打好球的個體，我們必須要互相幫助，
我們必須要團結，而不是讓一個人想要用自身威能去比賽。」
That's a tough sell at this very moment. Wade is averaging 13.6
points in the postseason. His knee is robbing him of his
athleticism. Bosh is shooting 41 percent in the series and he's
got a bad ankle. They look nothing like that offensive juggernaut
that won 27 in a row in the middle of the season.
這樣說在現在這個摩門特其實不太具有說服力。
Wade在這個季後賽平均只有13.6分。他的膝蓋並不給力是主因。
老包在這系列賽神隱，他的命中率只有41%，而他現在還有個壞掉的腳踝。
簡言之，現在的熱火看起來一點都不像27連勝時期的熱火。
James is slowly pulling away. He's firing up 24 shots over the
past few games. Wade and Bosh have seen their shot attempts
plummet. It's old habits. Old failing habits.
LBJ正慢慢的拉大和其他兩巨頭的差距。他過去三場平均要投24顆球。
CD的投籃數則大幅銳減，這是個老現象了。老的，失敗的現象。
"We've got to do a good job of making sure me and Chris have our
opportunities to succeed throughout the game," Wade said. "That's
something we're going to have to look at as a team."
「我們必須要讓老包和我有機會去融入比賽中。我們必須用團隊
的角度去看待這件事。」Wade如是說。
That was Wade's coded way of saying: Trust us. Trust how we got
here.
這是Wade的方式去告訴LBJ要信任大家，信任我們是怎麼走到今天這一步的。
Bosh, as is his personality, was going it alone. He pointed the
finger at himself.
而老包則是一貫的責怪自己。
"I'm not going to make any excuses. I didn't show up for my
teammates tonight, and I'm not going to let it happen again," Bosh
said. "I'm really disappointed in myself."
「我並不會找藉口，我今晚神隱了。而我並不會讓這件事再發生。
我對自己非常失望。」老包說。
Bosh has not had a great season by his standards. His fall-off in
rebounding is inexplicable no matter what excuses he has offered.
But he is much better than he's been showing, and he is not
getting the chances he's earned over the past three seasons to
right the ship.
老包本季以他自己的標準來說打的並不好，尤其他的籃板數下降
是沒有藉口去解釋的。但是我們也知道老包能打的更好，
他只是沒有足夠的機會。
James can look at the stats and see that he's got more points than
Wade and Bosh combined in this series. That goes right back to the
Cavs days. In his final series in 2010, James had as many points
as Mo Williams and Shaquille O'Neal combined in a losing effort
against the Celtics.
LBJ可以看統計然後發現目前得分比CD加起來還多。這跟當時他在騎士打老賽時
得分比莫不傳和歐肥加起來還多不是一樣嘛？
Or James can look at his ring finger and see how the sharing of
the load, in good times and bad, has worked.
LBJ也可以選擇看看他手上的戒指是如何來的，看看讓隊友分擔責任，
是可以成功的。
In Game 7, it's going to be one or the other. James is going to
have to live with the choice and make no mistake, it's his choice.
在G7，LBJ會選擇，不論他選擇自己來或是信任隊友，
這都是他的選擇。
"If anything it's on me," Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. "I've
got to find way to get those guys comfortable in areas where they
can be aggressive. And that will be my focus the next 48 hours."
Spo倒是毫不猶豫的攬下責任
「如果有什麼責難的話，這件事都是我的錯。我必須要找到讓CD
更舒服更有侵略性的方法。這會是我未來48小時的工作。」
Spoelstra is trying everything. He's going down his bench and
rolling out players he hasn't used in months. It's not a bad idea,
he's not being stagnant. Dusting off Mike Miller and Joel Anthony
helped a little. He'll be buried in the film room until Monday
night. He'll come up with some motivational tactics and he'll try
to sell the vision all over again. That's his job.
Spo的確試過很多了。他今天甚至把塵封已久的板凳挖出來用。
顯然的他在未來兩天都會埋首A片。他會試著一些新方法，他也會
再一次用話術激勵人心。畢竟這是他的工作。
There are some bolts to tighten and some tricky playing-time
decisions to be made. But it is ultimately not on Spoelstra. It is
going to be on James and what he feels he has to do.
自然的球隊螺絲不夠緊和一些場邊戰術是Spo該要負責的。
然後球隊最終的成敗卻不在Spo身上，而是在LBJ身上，在他的「感覺」。
What's it going to be? Play like he's back in Cleveland and
dominate the ball and hope for a transcendent Game 7 where he can
overcome the brick wall that is Roy Hibbert, the wunderkind that
is Paul George and the wily veteran that is David West? Or trust
the tenets of the Big Three that James scrapped his life and
reputation for because he believed in its possibilities.
所以他該怎麼打呢？打的像是他在騎士一樣，以一人之力對抗
溜馬的三個支柱？還是信任他的隊友，讓三巨頭表現呢？
畢竟他為了跟CD一起打球放棄了自己的聲望和一部分的生活。
Sometimes a one-man transcendent game doesn't work, either. James
did that once, scored 45 points in a Game 7 in 2008. Lost.
別忘了有時候一人之力也是不夠的，就像2008年他G7獨得45分卻輸球。
"It's going to be tough," James said looking at Game 7. "I
probably won't be able to relax until the game starts."
當LBJ被問到如何準備G7時，他說
「一定會很困難，我或許到開賽前都沒辦法鬆懈了。」
Probably not. He's got a lot to consider between now and then.
或許不。從現在開始到開打前，他有非常多東西要考量。
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心得：其實我不同意記者的觀察，
我認為LBJ今年打的一直很團隊，幾乎很少第一節就幹分，
這是因為熱火今年團隊戰力空前強大。
只要看今年一整季LBJ沒有爆分過就知道，
今年季後賽LBJ甚至還沒得過40分咧。
所以跟記者的想法相反，我認為在CD狀況可議的時候，LBJ根本還不夠獨！
去年的差別是有Wade一起爆氣，LBJ得40分，Wade也可以得個30分，
更有去年G6 LBJ那種勝負一肩扛的霸氣才能讓他們「之後」靠團隊
逆轉三個系列賽。今年或許是因為對手的關係，並不需要LBJ這樣做太多
即使這個系列賽，如同之前板友的說法，LBJ上半場也是在幫隊友找機會居多
我不知道Wade的出發點是疼惜LBJ，還是真的認為LBJ不夠信任他們
如果是前者，那或許還有點搞頭，如果是後者，那熱火不會有機會。
而在Wade這樣發言後，我相信明天的LBJ絕對不會變身成去年G6的LBJ，
反而會變成2011打小牛那種進退失據的LBJ，因為LBJ畢竟很看重友情。
而在Wade狀態因傷不好，Bosh也不好的狀態下，LBJ把機會給他們單打，
基本上就是把勝利拱手讓人。
再說一次，我認為今天就算LBJ真的打騎士籃球，也沒有任何藉口闖不過
這一支溜馬，66w的騎士打不過的是60w的魔術，61w的騎士打不過的是
衛冕軍老賽。66w的熱火即使真的只剩下騎士模式，也不應該打不過49w的溜馬
如同昨天Kerr和神米賽中說的，對馬刺就是另壹個系列賽了，
我認為認真的騎士模式的確打不贏馬刺，要靠三巨頭，
但是要闖過溜馬是可能的，只是要有這樣的決心，而非搖搖擺擺，
顧慮隊友太多。
今天Wade會這樣說我其實非常驚訝，我希望他的本意是疼惜LBJ的出發點，
而不是認為LBJ獨攬球權不給他們機會，畢竟在賽中曾經CD加起來是2/17
不是10/17！說沒有給他們機會我認為反而對LBJ的付出成為非常鮮明的對比。
這系列賽我其實沒有怪過Wade，我知道他的膝蓋問題，他也給了他的全部
但是現在全隊在面對G7，整個心態都亂掉了...
除非溜馬近關情怯，否則熱火明天勝算以現狀來看真的不高。=_=
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06/03 13:38, 70F
→
06/03 13:39, , 71F
06/03 13:39, 71F
→
06/03 13:39, , 72F
06/03 13:39, 72F
→
06/03 13:39, , 73F
06/03 13:39, 73F
→
06/03 13:39, , 74F
06/03 13:39, 74F
→
06/03 13:41, , 75F
06/03 13:41, 75F
→
06/03 13:42, , 76F
06/03 13:42, 76F
→
06/03 13:48, , 77F
06/03 13:48, 77F
→
06/03 13:50, , 78F
06/03 13:50, 78F
→
06/03 13:52, , 79F
06/03 13:52, 79F
→
06/03 13:52, , 80F
06/03 13:52, 80F
推
06/03 13:55, , 81F
06/03 13:55, 81F
→
06/03 14:04, , 82F
06/03 14:04, 82F
推
06/03 14:12, , 83F
06/03 14:12, 83F
→
06/03 14:22, , 84F
06/03 14:22, 84F
→
06/03 14:23, , 85F
06/03 14:23, 85F
→
06/03 14:23, , 86F
06/03 14:23, 86F
→
06/03 14:24, , 87F
06/03 14:24, 87F
→
06/03 14:24, , 88F
06/03 14:24, 88F
→
06/03 14:25, , 89F
06/03 14:25, 89F
→
06/03 14:26, , 90F
06/03 14:26, 90F
→
06/03 14:26, , 91F
06/03 14:26, 91F
→
06/03 14:27, , 92F
06/03 14:27, 92F
→
06/03 14:28, , 93F
06/03 14:28, 93F
→
06/03 14:29, , 94F
06/03 14:29, 94F
→
06/03 14:29, , 95F
06/03 14:29, 95F
推
06/03 14:48, , 96F
06/03 14:48, 96F
推
06/03 16:16, , 97F
06/03 16:16, 97F
推
06/03 16:30, , 98F
06/03 16:30, 98F
推
06/03 16:49, , 99F
06/03 16:49, 99F
推
06/03 17:30, , 100F
06/03 17:30, 100F
推
06/03 17:37, , 101F
06/03 17:37, 101F
推
06/03 17:38, , 102F
06/03 17:38, 102F
→
06/03 17:40, , 103F
06/03 17:40, 103F
→
06/03 17:41, , 104F
06/03 17:41, 104F
推
06/03 17:49, , 105F
06/03 17:49, 105F
推
06/03 17:55, , 106F
06/03 17:55, 106F
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