※ 引述《jerod (KG4MVP)》之铭言： : Wolves season turns on increase of timely stops : http://www.startribune.com/511/story/926378.html : Timberwolves coach Dwane Casey was fed up. His team had lost four consecutive : games in which their opponents had averaged 107 points and shot better than : 50 percent. The defense had to improve. : The Wolves were having trouble guarding quick players on the perimeter and : weren't doing much better once those players got close to the basket. 灰狼队教练Dwane Casey已经忍无可忍。灰狼队已经四连败，他们的对手平均拿下107分 且命中率高过5成。防守需要加强。灰狼对於快速的球员在外围的防守上有着问题， 然而在禁区的防守也好不到哪里去。 : No more, Casey said. "不再有了"，Casey说。 : "I remember we had a meeting," said Wolves assistant Bob Ociepka, describing : the discussion about "weakside help."We met, we broke down film, showed [the : players] where they're supposed to be, position-wise," Ociepka said. "That : was when we started to get back on track." 灰狼队助理 Bob Ociepka 描述了"weakside help"的讨论过程，"我记得我们有个会议， 我们讨论，分析球赛的片段，找出球员该在的地方和该做的事情，那就是当我们开始 回到正确的路上的时候" : Much has been made of the Wolves' emerging offensive chemistry, and with : reason. Kevin Garnett is the reigning Western Conference player of the week. : Rookie Randy Foye was the Western Conference's rookie of the month in : December. Trenton Hassell has added scoring to his defensive game and center : Mark Blount is averaging nearly 22 points per game in January. : But ask the Wolves why they have won four in a row and seven out of nine : heading into tonight's game at Target Center with the Los Angeles Clippers, : and they will point to defense. Team defense. Clutch defense. : "We have gotten better on defense," Casey said. "That has been the : difference." 灰狼的新兴的进攻起了化学效应，因为如此，Kevin Garnett是上礼拜西区最有价值球员， 菜鸟Randy Foye是十二月西区最有价值菜鸟，Trenton Hassell防守上也加了分，中锋 Mark Blount几乎平均每场拿下22分在一月的球赛中。 但是当问灰狼为什麽他们可以拿下四连胜，并以过去九场赛事中拿下七胜的佳绩在今晚 在Target Center去面对快艇，他们会说因为防守，各种不同的防守。"我们有着更优异 的防守"，凯西说，"这造就了不同"。 : In the nine games since -- opponents have shot 43.9 percent and averaged 94.3 : points per game. And that includes the three recent Wolves overtime victories. : The Wolves rank seventh in the league in opponent scoring (94.68), but that : isn't always the best measuring stick of how well a team plays defense, as it : sometimes is simply the result of a team slowing the pace of a game down. A : better gauge is opponent shooting percentage, where the Wolves rank sixth : (.446). 在那九场比赛中，灰狼让对手有着43.9%的命中率，得到94.3分。那也包括了三次延长 加赛的胜利。在对手得分方面，灰狼以94.68分排名全联盟第7。然而这并不全然代表了 这一队有着多优异的防守，因为有时候只是球队很简单的将比赛节奏放慢。一个更好的 参考是对手的命中率。灰狼以44.6%全联盟排名第6。 : Actually, it's because of the leaguewide increase in scoring that defense -- : team defense -- has become so valued. Last season, five teams averaged more : than 100 points per game. So far this season, eight are doing so. Not too : long ago it would have taken the Knicks two games rather than just three : overtimes to score 151 points, which they did Dec. 27 in a three-overtime : victory over Detroit. On Thursday, the Lakers scored 74 points against : Sacramento -- in the first half. 事实上，这是因为联盟中各队的得分越来越高，团队防守变得更有价值。在上一季， 有五队平均每场得分超过100分。本季目前为止有八队得分超过100。不久之前， 尼克必须打两场比赛才能得到的分数，他们在12月27号以三次延长加赛得到了--151分。 在星期四，湖人在对国王的比赛中拿下74分---单单上半场而已。 : There is a reason for this. Rules against making contact with players on the : perimeter are being strictly enforced, which makes it harder to limit drives. : Speed on the perimeter is finally being rewarded, meaning quick guards can : drive toward the basket, breaking down the defense. Plus, in an era without : many true centers, teams are going smaller, with more players able to both : post up, get a shot off the dribble or hit the outside shot. : And that has put a premium on a team's ability to play together on defense, : something the Wolves have done a better job of lately. : Ociepka gives this example: There were several times in the Wolves' victory : over Houston on Sunday where a defensive switch found Garnett on Tracy : McGrady while Hassell wound up on one of Houston's big men. The Rockets : responded by trying to send that bigger player into the lane. Not too long : ago that would have resulted in an easy layup. But Sunday, time after time, : Hassell seamlessly switched with Blount, allowing him to defend the bigger : man. 这是有原因的，因为球员之间碰撞的规定被严格的执行，这使得阻挡进攻变得困难。 速度取得了优势，这意味着快速的後卫可以直趋篮下，撕裂防守。更者，在这没有所谓 真正中锋的时代，小球战术更加的风行。这使得团队防守显得重要，这就是灰狼最近 做成功的地方。 Ociepka提供了个例子: 在星期天对火箭的比赛中，防守的时候，有很多次变成Garnett 对上Tracy McGrady，而Hassell对上火箭的大个。火箭的反应是试着送那大个到篮下， 这样他就可以轻松上篮。但是一次又一次，Hassell巧妙的与Blount交换，让Blount可以去 阻挡那个大仔。 : That sort of defense takes time and work to coordinate effectively. The : improvements, in turn, have led to better 1-on-1 and pick-and-roll defense, : Ociepka said. : As a result, the Wolves' prospects -- they were 17-15 and tied for seventh in : the conference entering play Tuesday night -- are looking up. : "We're making good stops," Hassell said. "We've had to, with the overtime : games we've been in." 这种的防守需要时间和努力去协调，这比 1-on-1 和 pick-and-roll防守都要好。Ociepka 说。结果就是，灰狼队的前景看好。"我们有着有效的阻止"，Hassell说，"这就是我们最近 的战术"。 --

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