Pacers Faced with King-Sized Task http://www.nba.com/pacers/news/pacers-faced-king-sized-task by Mark Montieth It starts with stopping LeBron. 一切都要从挡下 Lebron 开始做起。 Whether he's posting up and butt-butting his defender into the foul lane for an easy shot, or penetrating and leaving a pass for an easy dunk or layup, or whipping a cross-court pass for a wide-open three-pointer, the Pacers have to figure a way to stop LeBron. 不论是他采用「倒车式进攻」辗过防守者同时取得轻松进篮得出手机会，或是强力切 入後以灌篮、上篮取分，还是用力将球抛过半场找到队友在三分线外出手得分，溜马 必须找到挡下 LeBron 的方法。 Well, OK, forget that. The best player in the world by a mile or two, LeBron James isn't going to be stopped by the Pacers or any other humans, because he doesn't appear to be human at times. Their challenge in this Eastern Conference finals match-up they now trail 2-1 is to prevent James from completely dominating it, perhaps leaving enough stray threads of imperfection to exploit and knit into a victory. 好吧，算了...「挡下」是当你面对地球人的时候可以用的说法。LeBron？他是外星人来 着，没有一支球队，至少在地球上，可以挡下 LeBron 的。在溜马队落後一场的现在， 「尽可能避免 LeBron 完全主宰整场比赛」已经成为一个挑战。 It's happened before, such as in Game 2 when his two late passing turnovers helped the Pacers win in Miami, but James' performance in Game 3 was a declaration by the four-time league Most Valuable Player. His statistics weren't eye-popping – 22 points, four rebounds, three assists – but he controlled the game, creating so many opportunities for teammates that all five starters scored in double figures for the first time in the series. 不过，溜马曾经挑战成功的，看看第二战 James 在最後连续两次传球失误，让溜马 最後拿下胜利。但是，第三战 James 很明显的以四次联盟 MVP 得主的身分做出了宣示。 数据也许不是那麽耀眼，２２分４篮板３助攻，但是他控制了整场比赛，从五位先发球 员在这个系列战第一次全员拿下两位数得分可以看出。 Nobody reflected James' contributions more than Udonis Haslem, who had totaled three points in the series' first two games, and four points in the three regular season games against the Pacers. Haslem mostly camped out on the baseline and waited for the ball to be swung his way from an offense usually initiated by James. He wound up hitting 8-of-9 shots and scoring a season-high 17 points, a significant total for a player who had scored in double figures just six times during the regular season. Udonis Haslem 最能凸显上面那段叙述。前两战合计３分，季赛面对溜马３场合计４分 的 Haslem 这场比赛将自己埋伏在底线，等候一般会从 James 手中传来的攻击机会。 第三战他９投８中拿下１７分，对於一整季只有６场比赛得分高过１０分的球员 来说，短短的季後赛第三战就有这样变化，实在不能不佩服 James 带来的变化。 James added a new wrinkle to his game on Sunday: post-ups. He had rarely done it in the first two games, and didn't do it as often as it seemed in Game 3. He scored just four of his field goals off post-ups, but they were the fulcrum on which the Heat offense turned, and typify the enormity of the Pacers' challenge. They take great pride in not having to double-team anyone, but watching James physically dominate Paul George – 35 pounds lighter and five years younger – on the low block seemed simply unfair. 第三战 James 展现了一个新手段「背框低位打法」。前两战，他很少这麽做，只靠 「倒车式进攻」拿下４球。但是，这种打法正是热火队新手段的箭头，也成为溜马队 最艰钜的挑战。溜马非常自豪於自己不包夹进攻方的防守思维，但是，让 Paul George 面对长他五年经验，壮他１５公斤的 James，然後一次次被倒车辗过，实在不公平。 It was effective, too, and there's no simple solution to deal with it. 不只不公平，这个打法还十分有效，还没有甚麽解法。 “The danger is him picking us apart,” David West said. “You can't go and trap him when he's right in your face. He's one of the best passers in the game. You have to disguise your schemes. We left Paul on an island last night.” David West说「包夹他的风险是让防守洞开。当他选择定下来，背框进攻，你很难 单纯把他围起来然後期待这样就见效。他是联盟数一数二视野宽广的传球好手。你 要比他多想几步。昨晚，我们让 Paul 只身赴约，没有後援」 The Pacers said they don't plan to stray from their fundamentals and double-team James on Tuesday, but they do want to bring more help for George, who will continue to be assigned the task. Rather than letting James dribble five, six times as he backs his way to the basket, the Pacers want to bring help from another defender after a couple of dribbles, and then have weakside defenders rotate quickly enough to cover James' nearest teammates. 溜马不会调整防守策略，不会开始包夹 James 。但是，他们会给 George 更多协助， 因为， James 就是要交给他守，这点不会改变。James 将不能好整以暇的进入倒车 模式，运个六七球直闯篮框，溜马将会让最近的防守球员在 James 一下球就开始受到 干扰，同时也会留意 James 受迫後会往哪个队友传球。 “It's just whoever is in the dig spot, and the dig spot is determined by who's at the nail at the free throw line,” George said, referring to the nail at the center of the line to help foul shooters line up their shots. “Whoever is there you have to (move toward James) and throw his timing off or something. He can't feel comfortable down there.” George 说「谁在禁区中的 Dig Spot 就要负责协防、干扰 James，让他没办法顺利 打入倒车档」 Team defense helped the Pacers force turnovers from James in Game 2, and it will have to do it again. The catch is that James and the Heat believe they “found” their offense in the first half of Game 3, and hope to keep it. And, there's the problem of James himself, who couldn't care less how he's guarded. 这样的策略，帮助溜马在第二战压迫 James 失误，但是，必须有效执行。James 与热火队似乎认为他们在第三战前半段已经找到致胜方程式。但是，关键还是在於 James ，他认为自己可以有效面对不同防守策略。 “It's pick your poison, honestly,” he said Monday, with the nonchalance of a man swatting away a mosquito. “If you're going to double me, I'm going to find my shooters. If you play me one-on-one I'm going to be aggressive and look for my shot. You know? I'm an unselfish guy, so if they try to come to the post and take the ball away from me, I'll look weakside and try to find my shooters and try to find my bigs on the baseline. If not, I'm going to go to work. “I see what the game gives me, I see what the game takes, and I go from there.” James 自己提到「怎麽守我都没有用的，我说实在的。如果你包夹我，我就会找外线 队友出手。如果你跟我放单对打，我就会全力碾进去，制造投篮机会。我并不是个黏 球的人，有人过来包夹，我肯定会把球往弱边传、往底线传。不然的话，我就往篮框 打。我会观察场上动态，并按照适合的机会去进攻」 Still, it's not as if the Pacers have no hope. They have two regular season victories and a playoff win over the Heat to draw from. If they hadn't missed 14 foul shots and if Lance Stephenson had produced more than seven points and one rebound, they could have won Game 3. 当然，溜马不需要绝望。面对热火，他们有两场季赛胜出经验，季後赛也有一场胜利 可以去研究策略。如果，他们没有错失１４次罚球，如果，Lance Stepheson不只拿 ７分１篮板，第三战可能不是这样结束。 They also have Roy Hibbert, one of the game's best big-man defenders, available. Hibbert played off Haslem, a seemingly obvious strategy that had worked well until Sunday, but plans to get out on him quicker on the baseline in Game 4. It's a dicey proposition, however. Vogel doesn't want his players to have to rotate too much on defense, and Hibbert's rim protection is the core of his defensive formula. 别忘了，溜马还有 Roy Hibbert ，联盟面对最会防守壮硕球员的人选之一。Hibbert 在系列战中负责 Halsem ，而且并没有太往外防，这点到第三战前都有效，但是输掉 第三战後，溜马队 Vogel 总教练将会需要稍微调整。让 Hibbert 守得更外面，并不 是那麽直观的一件事情，因为，这样一来会让球员移动增加，而 Hibbert 在禁区内 的防守是溜马整体防线的关键，这点不应该轻易改变。 Hibbert will just have to do the best he can. Hibbert 必须全力以赴。 “Let's see if he'll be able to (hit jump shots) the next couple of games,” Hibbert said. “He had one heck of a good night last night. I'll just have to bring it more on the defensive end and see if he can keep doing that. “Being on this team for as long as I've been on this team, I don't want to go home. If I have to move my feet a lot quicker, I'll do it.” Hibbert 说「我们要再观察他（Halsem）能否继续维持跳投手感。上一场他表现确实 出色。我将必须更努力，看看他是否还能这麽厉害。与球队上下奋斗了这麽久，我不 想就这样结束这个系列赛。如果我必须加快脚步，我会做到的。」 重剑无峰，大巧不工。防守加油！Go Pacers！ --

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