勇士 只有一個球背後的故事

While Warriors fans spent the off-season rejoicing at the newly formed "superteam," the skeptics gathered in the shadows and harMoniously chanted theirmantra over and over: "There's only one ball, it will never work. There'sonly one ball, it will never work."

當勇士球迷在休賽期爲新成立的“超級隊伍”而高興的時候，懷疑者們則聚集在陰暗處，一遍又一遍地吟唱他們的咒語：“只有一個球，這永遠也不能成功。只有一個球，這永遠也不能成功。”

Since the moment this team was formed, the argument has been that the Warriors havetoo many all-star caliber players who need the ball in their hands and not enoughtouches to go around. However, it appears as if the cynics may have been wrong.

自這支隊伍成立的那一刻起，爭論的焦點一直在於勇士擁有太多的全明星標準的球員，他們都需要有球在手，並且沒有太多的球權用以在他們間分配。然而，看起來似乎憤世嫉俗者們可能錯了。

I plan on keeping track of this and writing more about it as the season goes on,but for now let's look at exactly how much the Warriors’ players aresacrificing to fit Kevin Durant into the team.

我打算繼續記錄這些數據，並且，隨着賽季的繼續，撰寫更多相關的東西。但是現在，讓我們來看看勇士球員爲了適應凱文-杜蘭特的加入到底犧牲了多少。

Field GoalAttempts

出手次數

First of all we need to take a look at their field goal attempts per game.

首先我們需要看看他們的場均出手次數。

Interestingly, Durant has sacrificed more shots on a per game basis than both Draymond Greenand Klay Thompson. Most pundits and fans were predicting that it would beeither Green or Thompson who would have to sacrifice the most. While both Greenand Thompson are taking less shots, they're not sacrificing as many shots pergame as Durant and Stephen Curry. To me, this says a lot about the mentality ofboth Curry and Durant. They are willing to sacrifice more to win big in thelong run.

有趣的是，杜蘭特在每場比賽中減少的投籃次數比德雷蒙德-格林和克萊-湯普森更多。大多數權威人士和球迷都曾預計減少投籃次數最多的不是格林就是湯普森。雖然格林和湯普森都減少了投籃次數，但他們每場比賽犧牲的次數並沒有杜蘭特和史蒂芬-庫裏多。對我而言，這很能說明庫裏和杜蘭特他們兩個成熟的心智。他們都願意作出更大的犧牲，以期在長遠中贏得更多。

Points Per Game

場均得分

Now we know that in regards to shot attempts, all of the core four are sacrificingto some extent. But how does this translate into the amount of points they'rescoring?

現在我們已經知道，有關出手次數，所有四個核心都作出了一定程度上的犧牲。但這如何轉化爲他分所得的分數呢？

This is more along the lines of what people expected. There is a pretty significantdrop-off for Green, who has gone from averaging a respectable 14 points pergame last season to a little over 10 points per game.

這更符合人們的期望格林的場均得分有明顯的下降，上賽季他場均能得到相當可觀的14分，這賽季場均則僅僅略高於10分。

The drop-off is not as severe for Curry and Thompson. Curry is averaging 27 pointsper game as opposed to 30 and Thompson is averaging 21 points per game asopposed to 22.

對於庫裏和湯普森來說，下降並不嚴重。庫裏場均能得到27分，對照上賽季的30分；湯普森場均則是21分，對照上賽季的22分。

Curiously,both Curry and Durant are averaging around 27 points per game each. If bothmanage to finish the season with 27 points per game — or more — the Warriorswould become just the second active franchise to have two players average 27points per game or more in the same season.

令人稱奇的是，庫裏和杜蘭特的場均得分大約都在27分。如果他們兩個都能以場均27分完成這一賽季或者更多勇士則會成爲第二支在同一賽季中擁有兩個球員場均得分27分或者更多的球隊。

Incase you're wondering, the other franchise is the Los Angeles Lakers (JerryWest and Wilt Chamberlain; Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant; Elgin Baylor andJerry West).

如果你想知道，其他的球隊是洛杉磯湖人隊（傑裏-韋斯特和威爾特-張伯倫;沙奎爾-奧尼爾和科比-布萊恩特;埃爾金-貝勒和傑裏-韋斯特）。

Efficiency

效率

Now let’s take a look at offensive efficiency by seeing how Curry’s, Green’s andThompson’s true shooting percentages have fared so far this season compared to last.

現在讓我們來看看進攻效率，看看迄今爲止這個賽季的庫裏、格林和湯普森與上賽季相比的真實投籃命中率。

(For those who don't know, TS% is known as "true shooting percentage." Itis simply a more accurate measure of scoring efficiency as it takes intoaccount 2-point field goals, 3-point field goals and free throws.)

（對不瞭解的人，TS%代表“真實命中率”。這僅僅是一個更加準確的衡量得分效率的指標，因爲考慮了兩分投籃、三分投籃和罰球。）

Last year Curry shattered records on his way to becoming the most efficient leagueleader in scoring the NBA had ever seen. While it was always unlikely that hewould maintain that insane level of efficiency, it seems that Curry andThompson have managed to keep up their high level of efficient scoring.

去年，庫裏以他自己的方式打破了記錄，從而成爲NBA聯盟中從未出現過的最具得分效率的領袖。雖然保持他那種瘋狂的效率水平總是不可能的，但似乎庫裏和湯普森已經設法保持其高水平的得分效率。

There has been a significant drop off in Green’s efficiency. First of all, he isshooting a lot worse from deep this year; last season he averaged 38.8% onthree-point shots and this season he's averaging 28.3%.

格林的效率則有很大的下降。首先，今年他的投籃變差了很多；上賽季他的場均三分命中率爲38.8%，本賽季則只有28.3%。

Part of that might be due to him expending more energy on defense this season. WithBogut missing and center production proving to be average at best on defense,Green has had to do a lot on the defensive side. If he is tiring himself out onthat end of the floor, it could explain his poor shooting since tired legsaffect long-range shots.

部分原因或許是因爲這賽季他花費了更多的精力在防守端。隨着博古特的出走，而中鋒的工作被證明最好是在防守上，格林不得不在防守端做很多工作。如果他在防守上累到了，這就能夠解釋他糟糕的投籃，因爲疲憊的雙腿影響長距離投射。

So how about Durant? Unsurprisingly, playing beside the reigning MVP and two otherall-stars has resulted in a spike in his efficiency. At 68% his TS% has neverbeen higher. By comparison, his TS% last season was 63.4% and his MVP seasonwas 63.5%.

那麼，杜蘭特的表現又如何呢？不出所料，在衛冕MVP以及另外兩個全明星球員身邊打球，使得他的效率飆升。68%的真實命中率，他的真實命中率從未高過如此。作爲對比，上賽季他的真實命中率爲63.4%，MVP賽季則是63.5%。

Final Thoughts

結語

As the Warriors’ pace has increased, so has the number of assists per game. Thisis a trend going back to the beginning of the Steve Kerr era.

隨着勇士的節奏加快，每場比賽的助攻數也相應地有所增加。這一趨勢追溯到了史蒂夫-科爾時代之初。

This isn't surprising, as an increase in pace simply means more possessions and morepossessions means more opportunities for assists and more touches to go top of that Coach Kerr’s emphasis on player and ball movement means easiershots are being created. All this may be part of the reason the Warriors havemanaged to retain similar field goal attempts and points per game for theirfour stars.

這不讓人感到驚訝，隨着節奏的增加，無非意味着回合數的增加，而回合數的增加則意味着更多的助攻機會以及更多的球權的分配。除此之外，主教練科爾對球員和球的轉移的強調也意味着能創造更容易的投籃機會。所有的這一切，或許就是勇士能夠爲其四個明星球員，在每場比賽中保持相似的出手次數以及分數的部分原因。

The question now is whether this will continue. Can the Warriors keep up this pace?Will Green see an improvement on his shooting efficiency? Will Curry and Durantcontinue to have similar field goal attempts and points per game? Only timewill tell. But one thing is for sure, one ball is more than enough for thesefour all-stars.

現在的問題是這是否能夠持續。勇士能夠保持這種節奏嗎？格林的投籃效率會有所提高嗎？庫裏和杜蘭特會繼續保持相似的場均出手次數和得分嗎？只有時間會給出答案。但有一件事是確定的，一個球對這四個全明星來說綽綽有餘。