ges-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*Pu1IetKO6DhQCrzTCjq4Bg.jpeg"><figcaption></figcaption></figure><figure id="4b7d"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*vzyb6XVqpawt41Lh57PAgg.jpeg"><figcaption></figcaption></figure><figure id="c328"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*UVqWLurC9l36sPC4OC3nvA.jpeg"><figcaption></figcaption></figure><figure id="57a5"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*dkoISdh4a4_AFnlnwLsmyg.jpeg"><figcaption></figcaption></figure><h1 id="664e">期待DeMarre Carroll登場</h1><p id="a0bf">目前來看,今夏以超值價簽下4年6,400萬的DeJounte Murray,肯定是後場主力,Derrick White如無意外也會繼續留下,至於其他隊友,可能就看這兩季而定。Bryn Forbes和Lonnie Walker再有進步,要繼續穿上馬刺戰衣也不難。我比較期待Lonnie Walker,他的進攻雖不穩定,可是防守上的對位比Belinelli和Forbes出色得多,只要遠射有改進,不難成為正選。馬刺目前的三個後場之星都是守強攻弱,遠射也不夠好,所以Coach Pop才把Forbes放在正選,但他身型矮小,防守蝕底,如果把Lonnie Walker推上正選,那得分的爆炸力和防守都會更強。</p><p id="efaa">前場才是馬刺未來的補強課題,目前還未是時候,但可預計不久就會把DeMarre Carroll放入輪替陣容,加強前場防守能力。在今日的小球潮流下,Trey Lyles、DeMarre Carroll、DeRozan、Loonie Walker和DeJounte Murray一齊上陣,其實兼顧了機動、進攻和防守。這也可能是去到季中的陣容,就看球員的進度如何。假如今日有Carroll,那防守Kawhi時就會好得多。</p><p id="d9e2">巧合的是,Lonnie Walker和DeMarre Carroll身高相若,髮型也相似,兩人如同時落場,不看球衣號碼,很難分辨。</p><figure id="f298"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*c-K0JiZ3sa52MSWwy6cmpA.jpeg"><figcaption></figcaption></figure><h1 id="e32b">快艇陣容滿防守專家</h1><p id="8340">全場38分,下半場攻入25分,射16中10。Kawhi用今場證明他的進步和成長,也證明馬刺系統的根基打得多穩。普帥賽後再次談到昔日弟子,認為當初讓他先做好防守,再慢慢學進攻的方法沒有錯。</p><p id="f5a1" type="7">“The first thing we did was talk to him about defense,” Popovich said. “From Day 1, I told him, ‘You need to be an all-league defender. That’s your first goal. The offense will come.’ We’ll see where it goes, because we didn’t know where it was going to go. But it was obvious he could be a great defender.</p><p id="5f90" type="7">“And he bought in, and he did it right off the bat on the defensive end. And slowly but surely, year after year after year, he got better and better on the offensive end. The last two, three, four years, he’s felt really comfortable with the ball, pick-and-roll, that sort of stuff.”</p><p id="d835"><b>看今仗快艇贏波,是久違了的防守戰,兩軍命中率都低,是因為防守為先。我多次推崇快艇的陣容,是因為他們多名球員的防守都相當出色,Kawhi不在講,Patrick Beverley如癲狗的單防、Harrell的補防,而Landry Shamet的防守也被低估,加上防守專家Maurice Harkless,還有未出場的Paul George,實在恐怖;最重要是多人都可以換防,就算面對單擋為主的pick & roll戰術也無所懼。</b></p><p id="ee45"><b>單看數據,平均每場失109.5分的快艇只是排在16位,不算頂尖,與第1的爵士更有大段距離(92.4分)。可是在現代籃球,要完全壓制對手進攻,花的心力太大;像快艇這種不隨時「撳掣」的防守,更為可怕。今仗最後由Kawhi和Pat一起招呼DeRozan,就是最佳例子。</b></p><p id="cbef" type="7">“I think it’s funny; the narrative out there was that he can score and do a lot of things. But they didn’t know about his playmaking,” Clippers coach Doc Rivers said after Leonard’s nine assists in the Clippers’ Oct. 24 win at the Golden State Warriors. “Over the [first few] games, he has pretty much answered those questions.”</p><p id="c248" type="7">“The last two teams I played on, was a dominant point guard with Tony Parker and Kyle [Lowry],” Leonard said after Monday’s home victory over the Hornets. “They did much of our playmaking. I feel like I have to step up in that role right now and get our players open shots.”</p><h1 id="1456">後場不夠強 Kawhi更重要</h1><p id="369b">快艇的後場陣容進攻不算強,Pat生涯只有三季得分多於10分,助攻最強的一季也只是3.4次,所以Doc才會將Kawhi定位為類似LBJ的point forward,希望他的全面才華,補足隊友進攻上的不足之處。Kawhi也說過,之前效力的馬刺和速龍,都有個明星後衛,分別是Tony Parker及Kyle Lowry,所以不用費心在控球和策動攻勢上;但今時不同往日,Paul George一日未復出,Kawhi要做的仍比之前效力兩隊時更多。</p><p id="6662" type="7">“Kawhi’s been easy to integrate,” Rivers said. “You just give him the ball. I’m no fool. But the spacing, what we’ve learned about Kawhi is how well he sees the floor and the type of passer that he is.</p><p id="b693" type="7">“That’s going to make us a lot better, and you know now that you can use Kawhi as the passer to PG, which should be pretty lethal.”</p><p id="d0a9">這一刻,馬刺沒有球員及得上Kawhi(其實整個聯盟也沒有),但最終贏得冠軍的球隊,未必一定擁有№1。現在只是11月初,我相信今季的馬刺仍會有長足進步;立此存照,下年2月5日再次作客到來,那時定有不一樣的表現。</p></article></body>
“The first thing we did was talk to him about defense,” Popovich said. “From Day 1, I told him, ‘You need to be an all-league defender. That’s your first goal. The offense will come.’ We’ll see where it goes, because we didn’t know where it was going to go. But it was obvious he could be a great defender.
“And he bought in, and he did it right off the bat on the defensive end. And slowly but surely, year after year after year, he got better and better on the offensive end. The last two, three, four years, he’s felt really comfortable with the ball, pick-and-roll, that sort of stuff.”
“I think it’s funny; the narrative out there was that he can score and do a lot of things. But they didn’t know about his playmaking,” Clippers coach Doc Rivers said after Leonard’s nine assists in the Clippers’ Oct. 24 win at the Golden State Warriors. “Over the [first few] games, he has pretty much answered those questions.”
“The last two teams I played on, was a dominant point guard with Tony Parker and Kyle [Lowry],” Leonard said after Monday’s home victory over the Hornets. “They did much of our playmaking. I feel like I have to step up in that role right now and get our players open shots.”
“Kawhi’s been easy to integrate,” Rivers said. “You just give him the ball. I’m no fool. But the spacing, what we’ve learned about Kawhi is how well he sees the floor and the type of passer that he is.
“That’s going to make us a lot better, and you know now that you can use Kawhi as the passer to PG, which should be pretty lethal.”