啥?!!!西帝要開始投三分了?天塌啦?

The Philadelphia 76ers made almost 58 percent of their shots in Sunday's 143-120 win over the Los Angeles Lakers, but the most discussed shot after the game was one that didn't go in.

在週日的比賽中，費城七十六人隊以143比120大比分擊敗了洛杉磯湖人隊，而且投籃命中率高達58%。然而，賽後人們討論的熱點卻是那個沒進的球。

That was the 3-pointer Ben Simmons took less than a minute into the third quarter of Sunday's blowout win for the Sixers, their second in a row with their new-look starting five.

人們討論的熱點是，週日76人隊大勝的那場比賽裏，第三節還剩不到一分鐘的時間，本·西蒙斯出手的一個三分球。這是他們新的先發五虎共同出戰的第二場比賽。

But given the potential ramifications for this team if it becomes a regular occurrence, the shot could have been the most important one they took all game.

考慮到這支球隊潛在戰術衍生變化的可能性，如果投3分成爲常態，那麼這個投籃，可能是他們在整場比賽中最重要的一次。

"I thought it was in," Embiid said. "It was in and out. I wish he would've made it. But he's been working on that. Every day we tell him he's got to shoot it. There's nothing wrong with that.

“我也覺得進了，”恩比德說，“球進去後又彈出來了。我真的很希望他投中這個球。但他已經在努力做這件事了。每天我們都告訴他，你要去投三分。所以這事兒沒毛病。”

"I'm a 30 percent 3-point shooter, and you've got guys that jump on my fake. I don't understand how that's possible, but they still do.

“（我告訴他）我才30%的三分命中率，就能用假動作晃飛對手了。我都不理解爲什麼會這樣，但他們就是被我騙了。”

"A little bit like everybody's," Sixers coach Brett Brown said when asked what the bench's reaction was when Simmons took the shot. "Like, 'OK.'"

“和其他人一樣，”76人隊的主教練佈雷特·布朗接受了採訪，當被問及西蒙斯出手三分時板凳席上的反應，他說，“大概是，'好球！'

That lack of shooting from Simmons is what, according to Brown, prompted a discussion between the coach and his star point guard in the 24 hours leading up to Sunday's game.

據布朗教練說，在週日的比賽的前一天，他們倆交流過一次，談的就是明星控球后衛西蒙斯投籃能力不足這件事。

"We've talked about this a lot, and I thought it looked good," Brown said. "The shot looked good. The rhythm of it looked good. It was close to going in. He didn't look uncomfortable shooting it."

“我們一直在談論這件事情。我覺得他這次出手看起來挺好的，”布朗教練說，“真的很棒。節奏看起來也對勁，差點就進了。他投籃的時候看着挺舒服的。”

"I might as well come down and pull it," Simmons said of the attempt, which came in the middle of the shot clock. "I didn't really think about it."

“我就是來到那個位置然後就出手了，我真的沒想太多。”西蒙斯談到這次嘗試，當時進攻時間還剩一半。

For his part, Simmons said he would -- but also that, even if he begins taking more 3s, he isn't going to allow it to take away from the other parts of his game that have made him into an elite player without having a credible threat of a jump shot.

對西蒙斯自己而言，西蒙斯說他會多投。但他也說了，即便他開始投三分了，他也不會讓三分影響到他其他的部分。這些其他部分的優勢讓他在沒有跳投威脅的情況下，依舊成爲了全明星。

"I will start pulling up," he said, "but it's not one thing I am looking at. It's not everything. I'm not focused on just doing that. I am going to play my game, play to my strengths and continue to try to get better."

“我會多投一投，”西蒙斯說，“但這不是我唯一關注的事情。三分不是一切。我不會只專注在這件事上。我要打好比賽，發揮我的長處，然後變得越來越好。”

For Simmons, that conversation boiled down to one thing: growing more willing to take the shots the opposing defenses, like James and the Lakers, are going to give him.

對於西蒙斯而言，談話的結果可以總結爲一件事，那就是多投才能吸引防守，就像詹姆斯和湖人隊，會有更多的機會。

"I think just being more aggressive, taking more open shots and just trying to grow my game in that way," he said. "I think I'm getting there. It just takes time, but I'm going to get there."

“我覺得就是要更有侵略性吧。轉變我的比賽方式，多命中空位投籃，”他說，“我覺得我快能做到這點了。這需要時間，但我一定能做到。”

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