https://reurl.cc/W0ObL9 On Draymond Green being the alpha and omega of the Warriors’ defense Dubs go up 3-1 over the Rockets as the series shifts back to Houston. By Joe Viray@JoeVirayNBA Apr 29, 2025, 2:47am PDT 0 Comments / 0 New Although there were plenty of key moments in this bruising 109-106 win over the Houston Rockets to take a commanding 3-1 series lead, there were a series of events that led to the climax of the game, one that required the Golden State Warriors to stop the Rockets from scoring in order to hold on to a precarious one-point lead. Those preceding events informed what the Warriors needed to do in order to seal the game. 尽管这场对休士顿火箭以 109 比 106 的激烈胜利中有许多关键时刻，使金州勇士取得 3 -1 的系列赛领先优势，但比赛的高潮发展自一连串事件，而当时勇士必须阻止火箭得分 ，才能守住那摇摇欲坠的一分领先。这些比赛前阶段发生的事也让勇士清楚该如何结束比 赛。 Such events consisted of a common theme, one that resulted in Fred VanVleet having a breakout scoring and shooting game that nearly did the Warriors in. He finished with 25 points on a scalding 93% True Shooting mark. All but one of his points (a free throw) came on eight three-pointers made out of 12 attempts. VanVleet — who was having a subpar shooting season and series before this game — was seeing the ocean and promptly throwing the ball into it, to the Warriors’ chagrin. 这些事件有一个共通主题：Fred VanVleet 的爆发性得分与外线表现几乎让勇士葬送比赛 。他此战拿下 25 分，真实命中率高达惊人的 93%。除了罚球拿的一分外，其余得分皆来 自他 12 投 8 中的三分球。VanVleet — 在这场比赛前整季和系列赛的投篮表现都低於 水准 — 这场宛如面对大海般投篮，让勇士极为头痛。 However, part of that was helped by the coverages the Warriors were playing on VanVleet. In the first three contests, the Warriors had no qualms playing various forms of drop coverage against pick-and-rolls with VanVleet as the ball handler, essentially daring him to pull up and living with the result. 然而，这在某种程度上也归因於勇士对 VanVleet 采用的防守策略。在前三战中，勇士对 VanVleet 持球发动挡拆时毫不避讳地使用各种沉退方式，实际上就是鼓励他跳投出手， 并接受结果。 As it turns out, the Warriors continuing to live with the result almost ended up killing them in the process. Note how the Warriors continued to be content with VanVleet pull ups around screens — and continuing to be content with them despite the apparent arrival of a VanVleet heater game: 结果证明，勇士这种接受结果的策略差点害死自己。注意他们即使 VanVleet 明显进入火 热状态，依然心甘情愿让他绕掩护後跳投： https://i.imgur.com/0zG8DBP.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/gtbheEy.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/oPwyfaF.jpeg Not to mention, other non-pick-and-roll instances of VanVleet left open for three because of an apparent lack of connectivity and awareness. For example: With Trayce Jackson-Davis inserted in the game due to Draymond Green being burdened with five personal fouls in the third quarter, Alperen Sengun received the ball in the left block with VanVleet one pass away on the left slot. Brandin Podziemski decided to leave VanVleet to spring a double from the top. 更不用说其他非挡拆情况下，VanVleet 也因防守断线与防守意识不足而获得三分空档。 例如：第三节 Draymond Green 因为五次犯规被换下，Trayce Jackson-Davis 替补上场 ，Alperen Sengun 在左侧低位接球，VanVleet 则站在左侧 45 度，距离仅一传。 Brandin Podziemski 选择从顶部协防包夹 Sengun，放掉 VanVleet。 Most teams in the NBA prefer to send a double from the top instead of from the bottom (i.e., from the weak side) simply because the other defenders have a better view of where and when the double is sprung if it originates from the top, allowing them to rotate accordingly. Granted, to the Rockets’ credit, second-side movement made it difficult for the rest of the defenders to rotate behind the double. NBA 多数球队倾向从顶部而不是底线（即弱侧）进行包夹，因为顶部的包夹让其他防守者 能更清楚地判断包夹的时机与位置，便於後续轮转。不过也要肯定火箭的进攻，第二侧的 移动让勇士防守者难以有效补位。 But if you’re Steph Curry below, it behooves you to be aware of the double — and react accordingly by rotating toward VanVleet. However, if there’s no attempt to rotate whatsoever, then why double in the first place? 但如果你是下方的 Steph Curry，你理应察觉到队友正在包夹，并做出相应的轮转去防 VanVleet。但如果根本没有人试图轮转，那包夹的意义何在？ https://i.imgur.com/wyySfOV.gif But the crux of the argument for the Warriors’ need for flexibility and adaptability with their coverages came on another pick-and-roll possession — one that didn’t have VanVleet be the ball handler, but the screener. As if they were hit by something out of left field, the Warriors were caught with their pants down as Ime Udoka dialed up an inverted pick-and-roll with Sengun as the ball handler and VanVleet as the screener. 但真正让人质疑勇士防守灵活性与应变能力的，是另一个挡拆回合 — 这次 VanVleet 并 非持球人，而是掩护者。Ime Udoka 突然安排了一个倒挡拆，由 Sengun 持球、VanVleet 掩护，勇士彷佛遭受突袭，防线瞬间崩溃。 https://i.imgur.com/ryxTjvA.gif There was clearly a miscommunication between Jimmy Butler and Buddy Hield above: Hield thinking “switch,” Butler thinking “fight over the screen and stay home.” The breakdown in communication results in an open VanVleet, not ideal for a team on the receiving end of a breakout shooting performance. Jimmy Butler 和 Buddy Hield 之间明显发生了沟通失误：Hield 以为要换防，而 Butler 则试图绕过掩护、保持对位。这场沟通错误导致 VanVleet 再次获得空档，对方 正处於爆发状态，这对防守方极为不利。 Keep the inverted pick-and-roll possession above in mind for the climax — and let us shift our attention back to the beginning of the game, where Draymond was yet to be in foul trouble and therefore, free to use every physical trick in the book to bother, annoy, and knock Sengun off kilter in the post. The Rockets went to Sengun at the nine-minute mark of the first quarter, cleared the right side, and let him operate in the right block against Draymond, which turned out to be an unwise decision: 记住上面这个倒挡拆的回合，因为它会在最後的高潮重现。现在让我们把目光转回比赛开 始阶段，那时 Draymond 还没有犯规麻烦，可以尽情使用各种身体对抗手段来干扰、惹恼 、甚至击垮 Sengun。第一节还剩九分钟时，火箭清空右侧，让 Sengun 在右侧低位单打 Draymond，结果证明这是一个错误决定： https://i.imgur.com/9FyMxTh.gif Operating with the assumption that: 1. Sengun mostly prefers to go to his right hand 2. Sengun is more comfortable the closer he is to the rim Draymond tries his best to act as an immovable barrier to prevent assumption # 2 above; when he is unable to keep Sengun contained in that regard, he takes note of assumption #1 by forcing Sengun to his left hand. Draymond’s assessment proves to be correct, and Sengun misses the bunny. 基於以下两个假设： 1. Sengun 偏好使用右手进攻 2. Sengun 越靠近篮框越有信心 Draymond 尽力充当不可移动的屏障来阻止第二点；当无法完全压制 Sengun 时，他依据 第一点强迫对手改用左手。结果证明 Draymond 的判断正确，Sengun 近距离出手失手。 In a possession during the beginning stages of the third quarter, take note how Draymond allows Sengun to spin to his right while dribbling the ball with his left, which in most situations — against other defenders — is often a point of no return. But with the knowledge that Sengun would prefer to finish with his dominant hand, Draymond gives Sengun a slight nudge underneath the rim, knowing that Sengun would be slightly delayed by his attempt to switch hands. That small delay is all that Draymond needs to take away the angle and knock Sengun off kilter: 在第三节初期的一次进攻回合中，请注意 Draymond 如何让 Sengun 用左手运球时转向他 的右侧，这在多数情况下——尤其面对其他防守者时——往往是无法回头的破防点。但 Draymond 知道 Sengun 倾向用他的惯用手终结，於是就在篮下给了他一个轻微的推挤， 抓准 Sengun 换手时产生的那一点点延迟。这短暂的延迟正是 Draymond 所需要的时间差 ，让他破坏角度并打乱 Sengun 的节奏： https://i.imgur.com/DPkpKC0.gif Draymond’s cerebral approach in these situations often goes under the radar, blanketed by the more aesthetically pleasing defensive possessions and, to the chagrin of Warriors fans, smothered by the extracurriculars. A series of altercations and brouhahas combined to give Draymond a technical foul (a puzzling one), a flagrant foul (perhaps more warranted, but fortunate given how he was one technical foul away from being ejected), and five personal fouls at the eight-minute mark of the third quarter, which forced Steve Kerr to bench Draymond for a prolonged period of time. Draymond 在这类情境下展现出的智慧与判断力经常未被注意，因为这些细腻的操作往往 被其他更具观赏性的防守镜头所掩盖，对勇士球迷来说，更是常常被他场上的脱序行为给 掩没。他在这场比赛中接连发生冲突与口角，吃下一次技术犯规（令人费解）、一次恶意 犯规（或许比较合理，但他已经距离被驱逐只差一次技术犯规），并在第三节剩下八分钟 时背上第五次个人犯规，迫使 Steve Kerr 长时间将他按在板凳上。 In the stretch thereafter, Sengun rained scorched earth upon the Warriors in the paint, using a variety of spins, footwork, and soft-touch finishes against defenders less equipped to deter him. 接下来的一段时间，Sengun 在禁区对勇士发动地毯式轰炸，利用各种转身动作、灵巧脚 步与柔和手感，对付那些缺乏足够防守能力的替补球员。 https://youtu.be/WQzp2AAgkVM Even when Draymond reentered in the middle of the fourth quarter to close out the game, the Rockets went back to what previously worked — and thus, we return to the inverted pick-and-roll between Sengun and VanVleet. In the possession below, Sengun handles the ball and calls for VanVleet to screen for him. Unlike Butler and Hield, Draymond and Gary Payton II execute a clean switch, but Payton ends up being too disadvantaged on an island against Sengun : 即便 Draymond 在第四节中段重新上场准备收尾比赛，火箭队仍旧回到他们此前成功的战 术——也就是 Sengun 与 VanVleet 的倒挡拆。在下方这个回合中，Sengun 控球并呼叫 VanVleet 上来帮他掩护。不同於先前 Butler 和 Hield 的沟通失误，这次 Draymond 与 Gary Payton II 顺利完成换防，但 Payton 最终仍无法在单防情况下对抗 Sengun： https://i.imgur.com/IVEqgWS.gif The inverted pick-and-roll possession above — and the one that came before it — ultimately informs what the Warriors decide to do when Udoka goes back to the inverted pick-and-roll in a crucial juncture of the game, with his Rockets down by a single point and needing to score. 上述那次倒挡拆回合——连同前一次的经验——最终成为勇士在比赛关键时刻做出判断的 依据。当 Udoka 再次在最後时刻布置这套战术，而火箭正落後 1 分、急需得分时，勇士 的决策就此成形。 As such, take a closer look at what Payton does with VanVleet, who lifts from the right corner to get ready to set the screen: 所以请仔细观察 Payton 如何应对 VanVleet，後者从右侧底角上提准备设置掩护： https://i.imgur.com/ZsUPeja.gif Payton’s denial on VanVleet forces the Rockets to abort their initial plan — and resort to Sengun isolating against Draymond. Payton 的积极阻挡让火箭无法执行原本的战术，只好临时改由 Sengun 单打 Draymond。 With the two aforementioned assumptions in mind, Draymond definitely took note of assumption #1 — and stonewalled Sengun’s attempt to power through toward the rim. As such, while Sengun does manage to get a shot off with his right hand, Draymond not allowing him to get to a more comfortable range, coupled with a good contest, results in a miss: 基於先前提到的两项假设，Draymond 显然记住了第一点——并强硬挡住 Sengun 想往篮 下强打的路径。虽然 Sengun 最後还是用右手出手，但在 Draymond 有效地让他无法进入 自己习惯的区域、再加上一记紮实干扰下，这球最终投偏： https://i.imgur.com/nsyG3da.gif With help from a monstrous rebound by Butler — who finished the game with 27 points on 12 shot attempts, a perfect 12-of-12 from the free-throw line, and 78.1% True Shooting — and two-way production from Podziemski (26 points) and Hield (15 points, as well as “setting the tone defensively” as Kerr half- jokingly put it post-game), Draymond — the Warriors’ alpha and omega, the person who was there both at the beginning and at the end of their defensive effort — spearheaded a winning performance, on a night where Curry (17 points on only 13 shot attempts) had, by his standards, a subpar night. Even so, they return to Houston with the series nearly in hand. 在 Butler 抓下关键篮板的帮助下——他全场攻下 27 分，只用了 12 次出手，罚球 12 投全中，真实命中率高达 78.1%——加上 Podziemski（26 分）与 Hield（15 分，同时 也「为防守定下基调」，正如 Kerr 赛後半开玩笑所说）的攻守贡献，Draymond——这支 球队的起点与终点，防守的领导者——带领球队打出一场关键胜利。而这一晚 Curry（13 投 17 分）表现不算突出。即便如此，他们依然带着几乎到手的系列赛优势返回休士顿 。 --

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