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Warriors schedule week 12: Kevin Durant, Stephen Curry still finding a balance
勇士本季的第12週: KD跟Curry依然再找共處的平衡點 http://tinyurl.com/hy57c9k

In between Friday's loss to the Memphis Grizzlies and Sunday's win over the
Sacramento Kings, it felt a lot like the beginning of the Golden State
Warriors' season. They talked about needing to grow, figuring each other out
and peaking come playoff time. Observers opined about how coach Steve Kerr
should handle late-game situations. There was concern about how Kevin
Durant's presence has affected Stephen Curry, and balancing his ability to
create his own shot with the Warriors' beloved ball movement.



I'm not going to say all this was unwarranted. Golden State showed some
previously unseen flaws in last year's playoffs, and they came to light again
in its Christmas Day loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers and its collapse against
Memphis. The Warriors have clearly been the best team in the league over the
course of the season, but there are lingering questions about them that
cannot be answered in the couple of games they play this week. That makes
them more interesting, doesn't it?



Durant's isolations

After arriving in the Bay Area, Durant said his new team showed him that he
had a lot to learn about the game. He had never played in a system like this,
so reliant on movement, misdirection and timing. For the most part, he has
adjusted well. He is holding the ball and dribbling it less than he did with
the Oklahoma City Thunder, and he has cut down his turnovers and increased
his shooting percentage. Durant is benefiting from open looks created by his
teammates, and in some games he's been equal parts facilitator and scorer.
When you factor in his defense, he has perhaps never been better.



Still, there is a natural tension between his ability to get buckets and the
philosophy that has guided Golden State since Kerr took over. After Draymond
Green screamed at him on Friday, that tension has come back into the
conversation.

但他的進攻能力跟Kerr的籃球哲學之間仍有著自然而然的緊張, 在週五Draymond Green
朝著他大吼之後, 這緊張感便浮上檯面成為話題

"I know how to play, I know how to move," Durant said Saturday, via the San
Jose Mercury News' Anthony Slater. "When coach calls the play, I just run the
play. So if he calls for me to get in the pick-and-roll. I'ma get in the
pick-and-roll. If he wants me to ISO, I'ma ISO. [If he wants me to] move
around, I'll move around. I know how to play. It's not that I'm just, like,
restricted. But yeah, our offense has been good throughout the whole season.
There's certain times throughout the game where we get a little stagnant, but
when you have guys that move around so much and you have guys that can ISO,
it's kind of hard to figure out, 'All right, what do we need to do, how's the
game flowing, do we need more ISOs, do we need to run more movement stuff?'
So it's a good problem to have, but sometimes you get lost in the middle and
you don't know the balance between them both."


quickly. This is useful in short-clock situations and against switching
defenses, and it's generally accepted to be an asset in crunch time.

有部分的原因是勇士想要KD快速的替自己創造出手機會, 這在讀秒階段跟對手換防時很
管用, 也被視作關鍵時刻的利器

"I think he's capable of getting almost anything he wants, and I wouldn't
know what the hell that would feel like, but sometimes, I guess if you have
so many options, maybe it's harder," Kerr said, via the San Jose Mercury
News' Anthony Slater. "Because there's uncertainty as to which option you
should choose. But I think part of that is playing as a group, playing all
five guys together, getting used to one another. It's different. It is
different for him and for us, and we've gotta continue to grow together and
become more comfortable with the new group that we have."



Fourth-quarter issues!  第四節毛病

Last week, we went with "Fourth-quarter issues?" After the debacle against
the Grizzlies, an exclamation point seems appropriate. Also, just a week
later, it's pretty funny that I wrote, "I'm not ready to call this a real
problem, but I'll keep it in mind."



Green gave an honest assessment of the Warriors' late-game offense, and I
loved every second of it. Not only is it true that it's easier to work on
weaknesses when you're losing, it's easier to work on them when they're out
in the open. This was the first time anyone around Golden State had said
publicly that this was an issue, and Green must hope it will be a turning
point.

對於勇士比賽後段的進攻, Draymond Green給了個很中肯的評論, 這是第一次有勇士球員
公開的指出這個問題, 而他也必定希望這會是球隊的轉捩點

Over the last couple of years, the Warriors have tended to avoid close games
and have found ways to win them when necessary. All of this is new, and the
league is watching to see if they'll reverse this trend.

前幾季的勇士都不太需要去在比賽後段努力去贏下比賽, 但需要時他們也往往能找出方法
去終結比賽; 現在的狀況是全新的, 而整個聯盟也正在看他們是否能扭轉這趨勢

"We're not used to these fourth-quarter struggles," Kerr said Saturday, via
the Mercury News' Anthony Slater. "We've really closed teams well the last
couple years. So it feels different. It feels weird."

Kerr表示"我們不太習慣這些第四節的崩潰, 前幾季我們都是能好好結束比賽的球隊, 現
在的狀況很不同, 也很怪"

Curry being Curry?

Just as the noise about Curry having a subpar season (by his standards) got
louder, the back-to-back MVP dropped a total of 105 points on 72 shots
against Portland, Memphis and Sacramento. In all three games, he led Golden
State in points and shot attempts.

當質疑Curry有著對比上季低迷的聲音越來越多時, 兩屆MVP的Curry前三戰共72次出手拿
下105分, 這三場比賽他都是全隊出手最多並且得分最高的

Curry's usage rate is 28.5 percent compared to last year's 32.6 percent, and
nobody should expect that number to get back to where it was. It'll be
significant, though, if Curry takes over more games and/or starts making more
deep 3s off the dribble. Those things happened all the time pre-Durant.

使用率方面Curry上季32.6%這季28.5%, 我們不該去期待使用率在回到上季的水準

當然啦, 如果Curry像上季KD還沒來之前那樣去接管更多比賽, 或是開始出現更多的運球
後出手大號三分, 會是很讚的!

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