公牛本季雙殺籃網 DeRozan的關鍵表現與低迷不振的Harden
做為可能是之後在東區季後賽的競爭對手,芝加哥公牛現在面對布魯克林籃網應該充滿了信心。籃網在第二節領先3分,上半場打完領先4分,甚至一度在第三節領先達11分,但有個人在決勝節跳了出來拆解籃網,本季的第四節之王-DeMar DeRozan。
DeRozan全場攻下29分6籃板3助攻,尤其是第四節獨攬13分,率領公牛最終以111-107帶走勝利。這對於本賽季的DeRozan來說並不罕見,目前他在末節的場均得分7.7分領先全聯盟,這位32歲的中距離高手被問到公牛的勝利時展現了應有的自信。
引用 “在我看來,這就是一場勝利,不惜一切代價去那裡奪下勝利。我只是轉變了心態,做任何事情不再考慮失敗,不考慮可能會錯失投籃,一切都只是積極向前並贏得勝利。”
DeRozan在關鍵時刻的得分來自於高效率,並不熱衷三分投射的他在第四節平均命中率高達52.9%,這對於戰況膠著的決勝期來說相形重要。相較於對手的意氣風發,本季一直呈現掙扎情況的James Harden成為輸球主因,21投5中只得到14分,這讓Kevin Durant的28分10籃板做了白工。
引用Harden:“這都怪我,我在籃下有很多機會,我沒有得手,我本來可以解決這場比賽的。當我有機會搞定比賽時卻迷失了,我沒有達到該有的水準。但我覺得在整個比賽過程中對籃筐施加壓力,這很好,今晚它沒有發生。我在油漆區內的完成度不是很高,這就是輸球的原因。”
籃網雖然還是東區領先者,但很明顯呈現一種較不穩定的情況,除了Irving的缺陣造成進攻下滑,Harden的起伏也是他從火箭時期後所不曾看過的。當然他表現較好時能幫助球隊贏球,但贏球時場均數據也只有23分8助攻以及43%投籃命中率,更不用說輸球時的場均16分和悽慘的34%命中率。
當然,隊友們不會落井下石,還是站在支持他的立場發言。
引用Durant:“我們只是沒有成功,我們沒有擊倒對手,他們有關鍵投籃而我們沒有,這就是事實。這是一場艱困的失利,我應該投進更多球,然後我會減輕Harden的壓力。”
Paul Millsap也拚出本季代表作,老將上場34分鐘貢獻了12分2抄截1阻攻,賽後被問到關於Harden的表現。
引用 “你不能責怪自己,這應該要是團隊一起努力。無論在比賽過程中發生了什麼,誰做了這件事,誰又錯過了哪個任務或錯過某次投籃,誰做什麼都無關緊要。歸根究柢,這是一項團隊運動,我們都可能因此受益,我們都可以變得更好。我們都錯過了一些籃筐附近的投籃,不幸的是你總會遇上這樣的日子,但我們必須繼續互相支持並幫助他度過那些難關,反之亦然。”
籃網還是哪支集結了眾多球星的強隊,但沒有足夠的年輕球員支援時,在這樣背靠背的出賽時顯然有些力有未逮,這樣的情況在洛杉磯湖人身上更加明顯。Harden會不會隨著賽季進行找回最佳狀態不得而知,但籃網制服組或許要思考一下季中交易時該找來什麼樣的幫手了。
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引用“In my mind, it’s just win. Whatever it takes to go out there and win. My mindset just shifts and just doing whatever, not thinking about failure. Not thinking about missing shots. Everything is just about being aggressive and win,”
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引用“Blame this on me,” said Harden, taking full responsibility for the L. “I had a lot of opportunities at the rim, I didn’t convert. I could have settled this game down.
“When there’s opportunities for me to go finish I went. I just didn’t convert at a high level that I needed to. But I feel like me just putting the pressure on that rim throughout the course of a game that was good, tonight it just didn’t- my paint finishes wasn’t at a high level, I feel like that was the reason for the loss.”
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引用“We just didn’t make ’em, we didn’t knock ’em down, they made timely shots we didn’t, that’s really what it is,” Durant shared.
“This is a tough loss,” he added. Durant was told his teammate tried to take the blame after the game ended but he wasn’t having it. “I shoulda made more shots. Then I woulda took pressure off of [Harden].”
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引用“You cant blame yourself, it’s a team effort,” said the former Utah Jazz, Atlanta Hawks and Denver Nuggets forward. “Doesn’t matter what goes on through the course of a game, what goes on down the stretch, who did this, who missed an assignment who missed a shot, who did whatever. At the end of the day it’s a team sport and we all take credit from that and we all could get better. We all missed some shots around the baskets that we normally have [made]. It’s unfortunate you have one of those days but we gotta continue to build each other up and help him through those stretches and hopefully, vice versa.”