※ [本文转录自 Celtics 看板] 作者: SexyCassell (其实我很帅) 看板: Celtics 标题: [外电] Is Kevin Garnett Clutch? 时间: Sun Sep 6 18:22:58 2009 Is Kevin Garnett Clutch? http://www.celticstown.com/is-kevin-garnett-clutch.html by Jay King August 28, 2009 ※ 本文的翻译除了字面上的翻译，部分来自本人自行对文意的理解， 若有不妥之处或翻译错误，请在下面推文！感谢~ ※ 本文禁转。 ----------------------------------- Can a championship hide all of a player’s flaws? Does it make everyone forget a player’s shortcomings? What if that player was his team’s best player and the biggest reason for the largest single-season turnaround in NBA history? 一座冠军是否足以掩盖一个球员的不足之处？人们是否因此忘了球员的缺点？ 又如果这个球员是球队的台柱，还帮助球队取得NBA史上单季进步最多胜呢？ In 2008, Kevin Garnett finally won his elusive first championship. But does that championship erase all the skeletons in his closet - all his first-round playoff exits, all the rumors of KG lacking clutch play? 2008年，KG迎来他生涯的第一座NBA总冠军，这份荣耀是否过於耀眼，耀眼到.....刺眼， 以致人们忽略了光亮背後的阴暗，要知道──在这之前，KG有多年不曾突破季後赛第一 轮，这个男人真的是我们心目中的关键先生吗？ Garnett is one of the NBA’s top players, and has been for over a decade. He’s won an MVP and a championship. He’s been named to 12 All-Star teams and nine All-NBA teams. He’s won a Defensive Player of the Year Award, and is widely given credit for restoring glory to the NBA’s most storied franchise. He’s one of the most intense competitors the NBA has ever seen, bringing an unrivaled passion to every game, every play, every second he’s on the court. But is he clutch? KG无疑是NBA的顶尖球员之一，而且一直都是。他拿过例行赛MVP，入选过12次的明星赛 先发和9次的NBA第一队，还是最佳防守球员。正是因为他，NBA的老牌劲旅得以重返荣耀 ，他是全NBA打球最激情的球员，每一场比赛、每一次的攻守转换，甚至是每一秒，他全 心全力投入。 然而──这样的KG是clutch吗？ As far as clutch play goes, there are a few parameters by which to measure clutchness: a player’s performance in the final minutes of close games, a player’s overall playoff performance, and a player’s performance in elimination games. Judging based on those parameters, here’s a study of whether Kevin Garnett is, indeed, clutch… 我们对关键时刻的定义如下： 包含比赛势均力敌时，最後的分数拉锯时刻，还有季後赛的总体表现、季後赛最後的生死 保卫之战。 根据以上，我们来看看KG到底是不是关键先生...... The Final Minutes of Close Games If you were to judge Kevin Garnett simply by his aggressiveness during the fourth quarters of close games, you’d instantly say he’s not clutch. Garnett isn’t like a Kobe Bryant, or even a Paul Pierce – he doesn’t demand the ball down the stretch to make sure his team wins games. That just isn’t the type of player he is. Garnett would rather play the same way he plays during the first three quarters of games, with selfless ball movement and the patience to take only good shots. 如果单从KG在比赛第四节所呈现的侵略性看来，你会轻易说出KG不是关键先生， 但是KG和KOBE、Paul Pierce有着决定性的不同，因为KG不需要一球在手来确保胜利， 这的确不是一个内线球员该有的作为，但KG更愿意无私地传球，耐心等待好的机会才出手， 而他一直以来都是这麽做的。 Because of his reluctance to demand the ball during crunchtime, some people would say he disappears down the stretches of games, that he doesn’t have the killer instinct required to be a fourth-quarter assassin. 正因为KG在关键时刻的持球慾望不若其他球员，人们很容易因此认为他不是关键先生， 尤其是在比赛第四节的时候，人们难以发现KG该有的杀气。 And, watching him, they would seem to have a point. When I decided to write this column, I was ready to say that it seemed that Garnett sometimes disappeared down the stretch. Not always, or even often, but sometimes. I was ready to say that Garnett isn’t assertive enough, that he goes away sometimes in the fourth quarter, that he’s sometimes nowhere to be found when the Celtics need a big bucket. 综观KG的比赛，以上的论点乍看之下颇有道理，当我(作者)决定写这篇文章的时候， 我承认KG确实有第四节症候群，但并非常态，只是偶尔。我认为KG有时候还不够果敢 球队因此在第四节比赛里找不到他。 But, according to the statistics, I might be wrong. Here are Garnett’s per-48 min. clutch stats (according to 82games.com) compared to his overall per-48 min. stats (according to whatifsports.com). (NOTE: I could only find the statistics from 2002-2003 on – please forgive me) 然而──数据会说话，我也许是错的。 以下是KG打球的历年数据：(年 / 关键得分 / 总得分) Year / Clutch Points Per 48 / Overall Points Per 48 2002-2003 30.4 27.2 2003-2004 34.8 29.5 2004-2005 32.1 27.9 2005-2006 32.2 26.9 2006-2007 25.2 27.3 2007-2008 21.1 27.5 2008-2009 25.1 24.4 Garnett has increased his points per-48 min. in all but two seasons. One of the seasons his points per 48 min. dropped, the 2007-2008 season, can be attributed mostly to Garnett’s willingness to defer to the Celtics other great scorers, Paul Pierce and Ray Allen. For the most part, Garnett increased his scoring during the clutch, and often by pretty substantial amounts. 截至目前为止，KG只有两个球季的数字是明显下降的，其中2007-08球季是受到队友雷枪和 PP34的影响，KG甘愿把更多的出手机会和他的队友分享。多数时候，KG在关键时刻 的得分是增加的，且增加的分数也很有质量。 Either way, he likes to approach the final few minutes of a game the same way he approaches the rest of the game. And that isn’t necessarily a bad thing. Often, teams get out of hand in the fourth quarter with isolations and one-on-one play. Garnett will never bog his team down by focusing too much on one-on-one. 无论如何，KG是一个战战兢兢的球员，从未改变，这就是Kevin Garnett，他的(无私) 没有什麽不好，有的球队会迷信明星球员的第四节单打独斗，但是KG从来不会因为这样而 拖垮整支球队。 So does Garnett disappear at the end of games? The stats say no, the eyes say sometimes. 所以，KG真的经常在关键时刻消失吗？ 答案是：不，我们所看到的只是有时候罢了。 But that’s only offensively. On the other side of the court, defensively, there is nobody you’d rather have than Kevin Garnett. He’ll get big rebounds, huge blocks, and he’ll be a disruptive force on every possession. When the Celtics won the championship in 2008, a big reason for their success was the ability to get stops at the most important parts of games, and KG was the biggest part of that success. 不过以上讲的都是进攻面，在另外一面，KG是每支球队梦寐以求的球员！他是一个高大 的抢篮板好手，盖火锅同样出色，他在他的防守区域里无比强大！塞尔提克在2008年 之所以能封王，其中很大的一个因素就是靠顽强的防守挡下对手的攻击，而KG正是塞尔提克 防守里屹立不摇的存在。 Overall Playoff Performance When the 82-game regular season turns into the playoffs, the best players pick their game up one more notch. If Michael Jordan hadn’t won so many championships, would he still be considered the best player ever? No, and it’s because legends are made when the lights are shining brightest, when the pressure is on to either win or spend the rest of the summer fishing. 当整整82场的例行赛结束，进入季後赛，所谓的最好的球员无不绷紧神经。 就以MJ来说，如果他没有赢得那麽多次的总冠军，他能被称作「最伟大的球员」吗？ 答案显然是否定的，因为只有最耀眼的时刻会成就伟大的传奇。 而你所面临的问题不过就是：胜利，或者回家。 So how does Garnett do in the playoffs? I’m going to say that his defense is always the same, whether it’s the regular season or postseason. If anything, his top-notch intensity is ratcheted up in the playoffs, making Garnett even more formidable a defender than normal. So that leaves offense and rebounding. Here’s a chart of Garnett’s production in the regular season versus his production in the playoffs (according to basketball-reference.com)… 那麽KG在季後赛的表现到底如何？我想说的是他的防守始终如一，略优於他的进攻与篮板， 一旦到了季後赛，他的防守强度甚至还会上升，让他变的比例行赛时还要强大。 下面是相关的数据资料：(由左至右)_ (Year Regular Season Points / Regular Season Rebounds Postseason Points / Postseason Rebounds) 1996-1997 17.0 8.0 17.3 9.3 1997-1998 18.5 9.6 15.8 9.6 1998-1999 20.8 10.4 21.8 12.0 1999-2000 22.9 11.8 18.8 10.8 2000-2001 22.0 11.4 21.0 12.0 2001-2002 21.2 12.1 24.0 18.7 2002-2003 23.0 13.4 27.0 15.7 2003-2004 24.2 13.9 24.3 14.6 2007-2008 18.8 9.2 20.4 10.5 Kevin Garnett’s teams lost in the first round during each of his first seven trips to the playoffs. But, as I would contend and the stats would agree, those failures to advance had a lot less to do with Garnett than they did with his teammates. Even on Garnett’s BEST TEAM in Minnesota, the team that finally broke through by advancing to the Western Conference Finals, they started either Ervin Johnson, Mark Madsen or Michael Olowokandi at center and Trenton Hassell at small forward. KG过去有七年在季後赛第一轮就止步，最好的一次是西区的冠军赛， KG在这些数据下的队友分别是：Ervin Johnson、Mark Madsen 和 Michael Olowokandi. That team should never have gone that far, but Garnett was the league’s MVP and the best player in the NBA. And, contrary to popular belief, he has a habit of playing better in the playoffs than he does in the regular season. The proof is in the stats, where Garnett raised his point totals in all but three playoffs and his rebounding totals in all but one. 这样的阵容实际上不及比赛的竞争强度，但是KG当时是MVP，要知道──和刻板印象 截然不同的是，KG在季後赛的表现实际上是优於例行赛的，他的数据已经非常清楚 显示，他只有三个球季的得分是季後赛逊於例行赛，篮板数下降更是只有一个球季。 David Berri, author of “Wages of Wins”, had this to say about Garnett in 2006: “And that is the tragedy of Kevin Garnett. Year after year he is the most productive player in the league. And year after year he plays with many players who are not only not average, but quite a bit below average. David Berri (「Wages of Wins」的作者) 在2006年是这样评论KG的： 这是Kevin Garnett的悲哀，他几乎每年都是联盟最有效率的球员，但是他的队友呢？ And those players didn’t magically improve in the postseason. Garnett was stuck playing with below-average players and, though he normally has improved his game in the postseason, his teammates kept him from enjoying team success until he was traded to Boston in 2007. KG的队友在季後赛的表现并不让人惊喜，KG受制於他的队友，即使他提升了自己的数据， 他依然无法在比赛中获胜，直到他2007年前往塞尔提克，情况始改观。 Elimination Game Performances When your team’s collective back is against the wall and one loss means you’ re going home for the season, the most clutch players bring their “A” games. You would never expect Michael Jordan to throw a stinker in a Game 7, and he probably never would. 当你的球队被逼上悬崖，再输一场就得滚回家钓鱼，身为「关键先生」的球员可要拿出A级 实力来，你永远不能期待MJ会在第七场比赛失常，而事实上MJ也从来没有过。 We all know Kevin Garnett’s teams lost in the first round seven straight years, but how did Kevin Garnett himself do in elimination games? Did he do whatever he could to stave off better teams, or did he passively allow teams to rip victory from his grasp? 我们知道KG有七年止於季後赛第一轮，但是他在季後赛关键生死之战表现怎样呢？ Here are stats from every elimination game Garnett has played in (stats from cnnsi.com, basketball-reference.com, and espn.com). 以下是数据： 1997: Game 3 vs. Houston Rockets – 17 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists 1998: Game 5 vs. Seattle Supersonics – 7 points, 4 rebounds 1999: Game 4 vs. San Antonio Spurs – 20 points, 13 rebounds, 6 assists 2000: Game 3 vs. Portland Trail Blazers – 23 points, 13 rebounds, 10 assists Game 4 vs. Portland Trail Blazers – 17 points, 10 rebounds, 9 assists 2001: Game 3 vs. San Antonio Spurs – 22 points, 8 rebounds Game 4 vs. San Antonio Spurs – 19 points, 15 rebounds 2002: Game 3 vs. Dallas Mavericks – 22 points, 17 rebounds 2003: Game 6 vs. LA Lakers – 18 points, 12 rebounds 2004: Game 6 vs. LA Lakers – 22 points, 17 rebounds Game 7 vs. Sacramento Kings – 32 points, 21 rebounds 2008: Game 7 vs. Atlanta Hawks – 18 points, 11 rebounds Game 7 vs. Cleveland Cavaliers – 13 points, 13 rebounds So is that the sign of somebody who doesn’t show up when the lights are the brightest, or are those stats and consistent play the signs of a guy who is going to bring 100% effort every night? Garnett had one real stinker, back in 1998 (when he could have been a junior in college), but after 1998 has only had one game where he didn’t have at least a double-double. He has been involved in 13 elimination games over his career, and has posted double-doubles in 10 of them. He’s averaged 19.2 points and 12.4 rebounds per game over his career during those elimination games (compared to regular season averages of 20.2 points and 11.1 rebounds). 这样的数据会是球员在关键时刻消失了吗？ 数据难道不能说明Kevin Garnett始终如一、每个晚上都百分之一百在为球队付出吗？ 没错，KG在1998年打得真是糟糕，但是在那之後──他仅仅只有一场比赛没有 double-double。他的职业生涯历经了13场的季後赛生死之战，他有10场double-double ，而这13场生死之战，他的平均数据是平均19.2分、12.4个篮板。 All of which leads us back to our original question: 让我们再回到那个问题── Is Kevin Garnett clutch? Kevin Garnett 是 clutch 吗？ Being clutch is the ability to raise your level of play during the pivotal moments of a game, the pivotal moments of a season. It’s the skill to calm your nerves when the game, and sometimes the season, is on the line, to stay cool and composed when 20,000 fans are screaming and the game’s outcome is in your hands. It’s the talent to rise to the occasion – to score a bucket when your team needs one the most, to snatch a rebound when your team desperately needs a possession, to put the clamps on your opponent with your team up one and the game clock winding down. 「关键先生」需要在关键时刻展现自我，保持冷静，在这种时候，两万名球迷正声嘶力竭的 在替你加油，比赛结果就掌握在你的手上，这的确需要一点天赋──球队需要你得分、 球队需要你抢篮板、球队需要你死死守住仅仅领先的一分直到计时器归零。 Clutch is why Robert Horry has been mentioned as a possible Hall-of-Famer and why Reggie Miller and Larry Bird’s heroics will never be forgotten. It’s the reason Michael Jordan’s career and exploits will always be untouchable while Karl Malone, the Jordan era’s second-best player, will always be overlooked. It explains why Jerry West is remembered as the NBA’s logo but Nick Anderson, despite an otherwise solid career, will always be remembered for four missed free throws. 这就是Robert Horry有可能进入名人堂的原由，更是Reggie Miller 和 Larry Bird 永远不会被世人遗忘的原因，当然──MJ被视为篮球之神，Karl Malone被忽略也是 由来於此，就如同大家都知道Jerry West是NBA标志的范本，但说到 Nick Anderson， 一个拥有不错的职业生涯的球员，大家却仅仅记得他的四罚不中。 Tim Duncan, long considered the best power forward in the game, isn’t a guy who demands the ball in crunchtime. Most of the time, Gregg Popovich gives the ball to Tony Parker or Manu Ginobili to create offense rather than dumping it in the post to Duncan. Yet, because of his four rings, Duncan is considered clutch. Tim Duncan向来被视为最出色的大前锋，他在关键时刻也不常持球，Popovich更喜欢 让Tony Parker 或 Manu Ginobili持球创造机会，而非直接把球吊给TD。 这样的Tim Duncan手上已经有四枚冠军戒指，而Tim Duncan被认为是「关键先生」。 If he had been stuck with Garnett’s teammates, does Duncan win more than Garnett’s one title? I doubt it, just as I doubt that Garnett would have won any less than four rings if he’d been blessed with Duncan’s teammates. 如果让Tim Duncan 和 Kevin Garnett交换队友，TD能比KG多赢得一座冠军吗？ KG将因此不止拥四座冠军吗？我对此.......有怀疑。 When it comes to clutch, Kevin Garnett is not Michael Jordan, and he’s not Larry Bird, Jerry West or Reggie Miller, either. But there are very few guys who are. 在关键时刻──KG不是MJ，他也不是大鸟、West、或是Reggie Miller，但是这个男人 在关键时刻所做的一切，又有多少人能做得到？ Just don’t call Kevin Garnett a choker, and don’t say he's not clutch. It wouldn’t be true. 关於Kevin Garnett──真相是，他并非 choker，也并非不是 clutch. # -------------------------- GO GO CELTICS ~ GO GO THREE AMIGO ~ --

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