Kevin Martin and the unfriendly road http://dailythunder.com/2013/01/kevin-martin-and-the-unfriendly-road/ After knocking down four fourth quarter 3-pointers against Philadelphia last week, Kevin Martin thought he had shaken off a mini shooting slump. Except he went to Toronto and shot 5-12, including 1-6 from 3. Then he went to Washington and hit just 3-12, including 0-6 from 3. “I guess it snuck into my suitcase,” he said. There’s a saying in basketball: The bench doesn’t travel. And for Martin, who has been adapting and adjusting to a new role of coming off the bench for really the first time in his career, that saying has sort of played out true. Here are the splits: At home this season (21 games) Martin is averaging 16.8 points on 47.1 percent shooting, including 50.0 percent from 3 and 93.0 percent from the free throw line. On the road though (13 games), Martin is averaging 13.0 points on 38.5 percent shooting, including 34.4 percent from 3 and 92.0 percent from the free throw line. That’s quite a difference. What’s interesting about it is that nothing is really different in Martin’s game home to road. He takes roughly the same number of shots (10.8 home, 10.0 road), he takes roughly the same number of 3s (5.1 home, 4.9 road) and gets to the free throw line about the same (4.3 home, 3.9 road). The big difference is, shots aren’t dropping on the road. At least not at the high percentage Martin typically enjoys. I’ve wondered if Martin’s struggles could be tied to the fact that he relies so heavily on the 3-point line. This season, about 48 percent of Martin ’s shots have come from 3. Before joining the Thunder, he took just 33 percent of his shots from deep. He’s obviously become more of a spot-up shooter, more of a specialist in a role. Something he says he’s very comfortable with. “I’m loving the role. I know when I have to be a scorer and I know when I have to be a shooter,” Martin said. “Like I’ve been saying ever since I got here, it’s such an easy life for me. Like you mentioned, [48] percent of my shots have been 3s and as long as I’m hitting them at a high percentage I ’ll continue to do that and take care of my body … because you know, back in the day I had to get to the hole to try and draw some free throws to get some rhythm back.” Why the change though? Is it by design? Just by default of playing with Durant and Westbrook? “I think it’s just with KD and Russ, beginning part of the second quarter I ’m probably more of a scorer,” Martin said. “I go back and forth between being a scorer and then fourth quarter I’m more of a shooter playing with those guys. It’s just about adapting and sticking with it.” Next thing to adapt to: the road. It’s not something Martin has struggled with in his career until this season. Remove last season where Martin was injured, and his home-road splits are almost identical across the board. The new piece in the equation is that he’s coming off the bench. It’s something James Harden had issues with too for a while, if you remember. It’s an unexplainable phenomenon in basketball, but bench players often don’t consistently contribute. Why is this especially relevant? Because the Thunder are about to head out on their most significant road stretch of the season, playing nine of their next 10 away from The Peake. Which honestly could be a good thing for Martin. Longer stretches away from home, more opportunities to get settled and find a comfort level. Because the Thunder have to have Martin, home and away. When he scores in single-digits, the Thunder are just 4-3 on the season. When he scores 15 or more, the Thunder are 20-3. Something to think about when you’re packing, K-Mart. 在上周对阵费城76 人比赛的第四节投中4 个三分球之後，K-Mart觉得自己已经从冰凉的 手感中走出来了。 可是之後在多伦多，他12 投5 中，其中三分6 中1 ；在华盛顿更是12 投3 中，6 次三分 试投无一命中 “我想我的手感都躲在家里不想出来了吧。”他说。 篮球界有个说法：“替补不会打客场” 。K-Mart刚刚适应了新东家为他量身打造的“超 级第六人”位置，这也是他职业生涯首次以替补身份为球队出场（译注：K-Mart之前有没 有替补出场不知道，但是译者认为这里的意思是长时间不先发）。这个格言在K-Mart身上 似乎挺符合的。 数据在此：本赛季主场已进行21 场比赛了，K-Mart场均16.8 分，命中率47.1% ，其中三 分球命中率50% ，罚球命中率更是高达93.0% ；而客场总共13 场比赛中，K-Mart场均13 分，命中率仅38.5% ，其中三分球命中率34.4% ，只有罚球命中率92.0% 依然坚挺。 主客场表现截然不同。 有趣的是将K-Mart主客场的出手数对比後可以发现，两者相差不大：（译注：主场在前客 场在後）投篮数10.8-10 ，三分出手5.1-4.9 ，罚球数4.3-3.9 。 所以最大的问题就是：客场投不进，至少不是K-Mart的正常水平。 K-Mart客场表现如此挣扎，我一直怀疑是不是因为他特别依赖三分线外的表现。本赛季 K-Mart的出手中有48% 来自三分线外，而在加盟雷霆之前，他只有33% 的出手是三分球尝 试。现在的他更像是一个定点投手，更像是一个投射专精的角色，而这样打他也觉得挺自 然。 K-Mart ：“我喜欢现在的角色，我知道啥时候需要我得分，啥时候需要我投篮。就像我 从来到这里之後就一直在强调的一样，这里的角色更简单。既然你提到了我48% 三分出手 率，我就多说两句，只要我能保持火热的手感，我一定会继续投，顺便保护下自己的身体 。因为在国王和火箭的时候，球队都需要我时不时造几个犯规、骗骗罚球来调整比赛节奏 。” 为什麽要这样改变呢？是教练这样布置的，还是因为现在是在KD 和Westbrook身边打球？ K-Mart ：“ KD 和Westbrook吧。第一节末第二节初的时候我主要是一个得分手，而在第 四节的时候我更多化身为投手，我就在这两者之间摇摆不定。因为和KD 还有Westbrook这 样的超级明星一起打球，就应该做好甘当绿叶的准备。” 下面一个问题：客场。这不是从初进联盟开始就困扰K-Mart的问题。去掉上赛季他伤停的 那段时间，他主客场表现差别不大，也就是说从先发变为替补很可能是这个变化的真正原 因。 如果你还记得，Harden当时也有着同样的变化（译注：上赛季Thabo 伤停时，SB 曾经将 Harden提到先发，结果导致球权分配一团糟，Harden的表现也不尽人意，後面几场让Cook 大神打伪先发而Harden依然做超级第六人，效果就好多了），板凳球员不可能每场都爆发 ，这也算是篮球场上的一条真理了。 为什麽先发- 替补的差距就这麽重要呢？因为雷霆将要开始他们本赛季艰苦的一段旅程， 10 场中有9 场要在Peake以外的地方进行。我想着对K-Mart来说应该算是个好消息，离家 时间越长，也就越有时间和机会让K-Mart调整，找到属於自己的节奏。 因为不论客场还是主场，雷霆都离不开K-Mart。K-Mart得分不到10 分的时候，雷霆4 胜 3 负，而超过15 分时，雷霆则20 胜3 负。 K-Mart ，记得把手感打包到行李箱里啊！ 翻译:http://bbs.hupu.com/4940054.html --

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