強化防守,湖人將不再是糊人?

Can LeBron James and Anthony Davis Both Make 1st-Team All-Defense?

詹姆斯和戴維斯都能進入防守一陣嗎？

The challenge has been set.

挑戰已經開始了。

"I want to make sure me and LeBron are on the All-Defensive team," Anthony Davis told Chris Haynes of Yahoo Sports. The formerly stoic and steady seven-year veteran has found a sovereign voice in the past six months, continually asserting himself off the court.

“我想要確保我和勒布朗都能進入最佳防守陣容”，戴維斯告訴雅虎體育記者哈尼斯。在過去的六個月裏，這位堅韌不拔穩定的七年老兵越來越多的在場下發聲。

He's publicly declared his displeasure with playing the 5 and, through his agent, Rich Paul, expressed his desire to test free agency in 2020 even though the Los Angeles Lakers just unloaded a treasure trove of assets to acquire him.

他公開表示自己不太喜歡打五號位。通過經紀人裏奇-保羅，他表達出2020年將試水自由市場的想法，儘管湖人隊已經爲了得到他交易了一些很有價值都球員。

But issuing a challenge to the King, one of the greatest basketball players of all time, is something the Lakers may not have expected. NBA fans know better than to take something such as this lightly. It was just one season ago when Paul George similarly threw down the gauntlet to Russell Westbrook.

但是對詹姆斯——這位史上最佳球員之一，發起挑戰，多多少少是湖人沒有想到的。NBA球迷不會這樣的事情太在意。要知道，正是一個賽季前喬治同樣地向威少發起了挑戰。

"I asked Russ at the start of this year if he had an All-Defensive team [selection] yet, and he said, 'No,'" George told Sam Amick of The Athletic. "And of course, my answer to that was, 'Why not?'"

“在賽季一開始，我問威少是否有最佳防守陣容的人選了，他說沒有。”喬治告訴塞姆-艾米克——《運動員》媒體的記者“當然了，我對此的回答是‘爲什麼不呢？’”

On Jan. 19, B/R's Sean Highkin wrote: "Never before, though, has Westbrook defended like this. He is fourth among point guards in ESPN's defensive real plus-minus rankings. He's also leading the league in steals with 2.5 per game, besting his previous career high of 2.1 set in 2014-15."

1月19日，B/R的肖恩-海金寫道：“不過，韋斯特布魯克從來沒有這樣防守過。他在ESPN的真實防守正負值排名中排名第四。他還以場均2.5的搶斷率領跑聯盟，打破了他之前在2014-15賽季2.1次的最高紀錄。”

It's hardly uncommon for teammates to finish on the All-Defensive first team. Davis achieved the feat with Jrue Holiday in 2017-18, and Eric Bledsoe and Giannis Antetokounmpo did so just last season. Overall, it has been accomplished 38 times in 51 years, including in four of the previous five seasons.

對於隊友同時達到防守一陣並不少見。2017-18賽季，戴維斯和霍勒迪達到了這一成就，布萊德索和字母哥也做到了。總體來看，在過去的51年裏，有38次完成了，包括最近5年中的4年。

But can James revive the effort that helped him earn six All-Defensive selections? (He ranks tied for second, with Tony Allen, among active players behind Chris Paul.) James was named to the first team five straight times from 2008-09 to 2012-13 and landed on the second team in 2013-14—so he's played five seasons since his last such honor.

但是詹姆斯能否通過努力再次獲得第六次最佳防守陣容（他獲得的最佳防守陣容次數和託尼-阿倫並列第二，在現役球員保羅之後）從2008-09賽季到2012-13賽季，詹姆斯連續五年獲得最佳防守一陣，2013-14最佳防守陣容二陣，距離他獲得上述榮譽已有5個賽季了。

James has over 56,000 regular-season and playoff minutes on his odometer. Can he still put it together for 82 games? Can Davis earn his fourth All-Defensive team accolade, and second first-team nod, after missing out last season?

常規賽加季後賽，詹姆斯已經打了56000分鐘。他還能82場比賽都保持防守強度嗎？在上賽季缺席這麼多場比賽，戴維斯能第四次贏得最佳防守陣容，第二次最佳一陣嗎？

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