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LeBron James is on an island against the Warriors

http://i.imgur.com/qBKxNYp.jpg

(前面略過)

Considering LeBron played against the NBA's best defense and all 10 of their
eyes were staring at him, he had an outstanding game. He finished with 44
points, the most in an NBA Finals game since Allen Iverson had 48 in that
signature Game 1 of the 2001 Finals. He either scored or created 17 of the
Cavaliers' final 18 points in regulation to force overtime. (The other point
was a technical free throw scored by Kyrie Irving.)



He went in isolation with no pretense of secondary options and scored key
bucket after key bucket. He very nearly took down the Warriors.

But he did not. Upon further observation, James played a brutal, unforgiving
game: 46 minutes of tough work outside of his comfort zone. LeBron took 38
shots, the most of his career, postseason or regular season. He took 22 shots
outside of the paint, the most he has ever taken in a playoff game. When
Andre Iguodala was guarding him, James went 4-for-14 with three turnovers.



I'm sure that if LeBron had his way, he would not have chosen to dive again
and again into the fray of five eager Warriors. I'm sure would not have
chosen to take so many shots against a defense so ready to guard him. I'm
sure he would not have tried to beat Iguodala, a perennially great defender,
as often as he did. I'm sure he wouldn't have pulled up so often, as he much
prefers layups and dunks to jumpers, the least consistent part of his game.

LeBron played this way because he had no other choice.



It would be unfair to say LeBron James is the only Cavalier who played well.
But he has to make things happen for the other guys.

說騎士只有LBJ打得好不公平，但他應該要能讓其他人打更好。

Timofey Mozgov had 16 points, but Mozgov isn't the type to create his own
buckets. Seventy-nine percent of his baskets in the regular season were
assisted. Every point he scored on Thursday came off of a pass.

Timofey Mozgov得了16分，但是他不是創造機會的那種球員。他在常規賽有79%的
得分來自於助攻，而他這場全數來自於別人的傳球。

Tristan Thompson was a beast on the boards with 15 rebounds and six
offensive, but that's more or less the entirety of his game.

Tristan Thompson是個得到15籃板、其中六個進攻籃板的籃板野獸，但這差不多就是
他整場做的事情了。

And many Cavaliers players were straight-up bad. Here the contributions of
the Cleveland Cavaliers' bench:
https://goo.gl/mXkhsZ

很多騎士球員則就是打得很差。部分球員的數據：https://goo.gl/mXkhsZ
(James Jones, Matthew Dellavedova, J.R. Smith)

Meanwhile, Golden State has a thriving bench. Marreese Speights came in and
played the game Marreese Speights has spent his whole life dreaming of
playing, cockily backing down defenders and hoisting jumpers en route to
eight points. Festus Ezeli plays good spot minutes at center. Livingston
plays nicely. Leandro Barbosa ran around like a chicken with his head cut
off, but made me smile at least. Iguodala is technically a bench player.
Andre Iguodala is technically a bench player!



The moment that I fully understood the Cavaliers would lose was with 2:30
left in overtime. The Cavaliers were only down four, but they asked James
Jones to check into the game. I realized they were going to lose because it
was overtime of an NBA Finals game and they were asking James Jones to play
basketball.



The Warriors' stars can rest, because Golden State's bench is a well-armed
militia. LeBron cannot rest, because Cleveland's bench is J.R. Smith spraying
an AK-47 while Matthew Dellavedova tries to stab you with a stick.



It gets worse. Kyrie Irving, the only other Cavalier with the ability to
create, is hurt again. He may play again this series. He may not.

事情正變得更糟。Kyrie Irving，騎士僅有的另一名能創造機會的球員又受傷了。
他可能在系列賽中繼續打，也可能不會。
(注：確定不會了。)

If he doesn't, this means LeBron must either:

1) Play essentially every minute of every game, charging head-first into an
incredibly talented defense waiting for him, hoping to create for himself or
his limited teammates.

2) Let his teammates try to do things, which will fail 100 percent of the
time.

This is not a choice.

如果他不能打，這表示LeBron將必須選擇：
1.每場比賽的每一分鐘都上場奮戰，身先士卒的向擁有非凡防守天賦的陣容進攻，
期待幫自己或能力有限的隊友創造機會。
2.讓他的隊友試圖達成所有任務，這百分之百將失敗。

這不是一個選擇。

The Warriors are smiling, because their defense is as well-drilled as you can
get to stop the world's best player. This is what they want. LeBron will have
to settle for more shots he hates. LeBron will have to continue trying to do
work against Iguodala, who rankles him.



The Cavaliers are also smiling. This is the only road that doesn't lead to
certain death.

騎士也在微笑，這是唯一並非必敗的道路。

We should be smiling, too, because Game 1 was amazing. LeBron James took on
the best team in the league by himself, and it almost worked. In spite of
their tremendous defensive work, and in spite of the light years between the
two benches, Cleveland was one shot from winning.



But we also should be a little bit sad, because the outcome seems inevitable.
It doesn't seem possible for one man to play as well as LeBron needs to play
for as long as LeBron needs to play without any meaningful help.

但我們也該有一點傷心，因為結局似乎是難以改變的。一個人像LeBron那樣打這麼好
又要維持那麼久而無法得到有效的幫助似乎是不可能的。

LeBron James is on an island, and it doesn't seem like there is any hope of
rescue.

LeBron James正在一座孤島上，而且看起來好像沒有得到救援的可能性。

短評或心得：

http://i.imgur.com/qBKxNYp.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/WqET0CO.png

LBJ老大化?

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