Thursday night in Portland, the Washington Wizards shot 12-for-27 (44 percent) from 3-point range.
Those are good numbers. Prior to Thursday, teams were 353-180 (.662) when they hit 10 or more threes in a game. The Wizards themselves were 28-10 when shooting better than 36 percent from beyond the arc.
星期四晚上做客波特蘭的華盛頓巫師從三分線外出手的表現是27投12中(44%)，相當不錯的成績。在星期四的比賽之前，當一支球隊能在比賽中投進10顆以上的三分球，戰績是353勝180負(勝率0.662)，而當巫師本身在三分線外的命中率高於36%時，戰績則是28勝10負。
It’s also impressive that the Wiz were able to generate so much perimeter offense without Marcin Gortat (who hurt his back warming up), one of the most prolific pick-and-roll bigs in the league. They’ve been much more efficient offensively with Gortat on the floor this season, but they scored 103 points on just 91 possessions (113 per 100) on Thursday.
The problem was that the Blazers shot 14-for-35 from 3-point range and scored 116 points on 91 possessions (127 per 100). The Wizards ranked ninth defensively when Nene went down with a left knee injury on Feb. 23, but rank 21st since then, having allowed 108.0 points per 100 possessions over the last 12 games.
Nene might not have been the difference maker on Thursday, because even with the players the Wizards had, some of Portland’s threes were avoidable.
巫師能夠在外圍創造出這麼多的進攻機會十分不容易，尤其是當Marcin Gortat這名能裡能外擅長打擋拆的長人缺陣時(在熱身時傷到了背)，畢竟一直以來當Gortat在場上時他們的進攻效率是比較出色的，然而這場比賽他們僅僅在91個進攻回合裡就拿下了103分(每100回合113分)。
造成輸球的原因便是他們讓拓荒者在三分線外35投14中，在91個進攻回合裡得到116分(每100回合127分)。巫師本來在防守效率上是排名第9的隊伍，但自從Nene在2/23左膝受傷之後，這段期間他們的防守只能排在第21名，最近12場比賽讓對手每100回合攻下108.0分。
不過就這場比賽來說，Nene可能不是造成差異的主要原因，因為就算他在場上，仍有部份的三分球是無法避免的。
Second chances, then 3 points
The Blazers rank second in offensive rebounding percentage and lead the league with 88 second-chance 3-pointers.Three of those 88 came Thursday …
首先是二波進攻機會創造的三分球。
拓荒者的進攻籃板率排名聯盟第2，而且88次的二波進攻三分球領先全聯盟，其中有3顆就在這場比賽…
影片1：http://ppt.cc/~T8t
Foes pay for doubling the post
Those first two second-chance 3-pointers came directly off the offensive rebound. But on the third one, Nicolas Batum found himself wide open when John Wall double-teamed Wesley Matthews in the low post.
That was also the third three that the Blazers got directly off a Matthews post-up. On the first two, either Wall or Bradley Beal initially fronted Matthews in the post, and when the Blazers were still able to get Matthews the ball, Trevor Booker came to help from the baseline.
From there, the Wizards’ defense was scrambling and there was an open three one or two passes away …
再來是對手選擇包夾背框單打所付出的代價。
上列影片當中的前兩個二波進攻三分球，是直接搶下進攻籃板後傳出去的空檔，不過第三球則是來自Wesley Matthews在低位單打後，吸引John Wall包夾，使得Nicolas Batum產生了空檔。
整場比賽下來Matthews的背框製造了3次三分進球的機會，另外兩次本來是由Wall或者Bradley Beal站前防守，不過拓荒者終究還是把球交了進去，吸引Trevor Booker從底線過來幫忙防守，因而使得巫師的防守陣式被打亂，經過1~2次的傳球後三分空檔就出來了。
影片2：http://ppt.cc/oH0g
Matthews is a pretty good post-up guard, but there shouldn’t be a need to send a double-team when he’s being defended by the 6-foot-4 Beal or 6-foot-4 Wall. That idea is especially true when the Blazers have an extra shooter on the floor.
Matthews在後衛中確實是個低位好手，但巫師其實不需要包夾，尤其負責防守的分別是6呎4吋的Beal和同樣6呎4吋的Wall，特別是當拓荒者還多擺了一名射手在場上時。
Wright kind of mismatch
The Blazers are now 7-2 without LaMarcus Aldridge, having scored an efficient 112.0 points per 100 possessions in the nine games. Aldridge is thought of as Portland’s best player, but of their five starters, he has, by far, the lowest true shooting percentage. His abundance of mid-range shots (he still leads the league by 139 attempts) makes him a relatively inefficient scorer.
And while the Wizards will still start two bigs when Nene and/or Gortat are injured, the Blazers have gone small without Aldridge, starting Dorell Wright at the four.
On Thursday, Wright was matched up with Booker, who got one bucket on a tip-in and another on a post-up, but who wasn’t able to consistently take advantage of the size discrepancy.
Wright didn’t burn Booker all night from the perimeter, and the Wizards were a plus-2 in 16 minutes with Booker and Kevin Seraphin on the floor together, but there were a couple of times when Booker couldn’t keep up with the shooter …
那就是Wright創造出來的防守錯位。
拓荒者在LaMarcus Aldridge缺陣的最近幾場比賽戰績是7勝2負，這9場比賽的得分效率是每100回合112分，雖然Aldridge被視為波特蘭最好的球員，不過在他們的5名先發球員中，他的真實命中率卻是最低的，他大量的中距離出手(他仍然以139次出手領先全聯盟)使他成為相對沒有效率的得分手。
當巫師在少了Nene和Gortat之後，依舊擺上兩名長人先發，而拓荒者則是選擇在Aldridge不在時改打小陣容，讓Dorell Wright先發打四號位。星期四這場比賽中，Wright對上了Booker，除了一球籃下補進以及一次低位單打外，Booker沒能靠著體型的差距持續在籃底下佔到便宜。
然而Wright也並非整晚都在外線轟爆Booker，巫師甚至在Booker和Kevin Seraphin同時上場的16分鐘裡，有著+2的正負值，不過有好幾次Booker就是沒辦法跟上這名射手。
影片3：http://ppt.cc/m~4W
The Wizards’ schedule gets a lot easier from here on out. Thursday was their last road game against a team with a winning record. But their 3-point defense needs to be better, because three of their next five games are against the three teams — the Lakers (32), Suns (36) and Hawks (32) — who have the most games with 10 or more threes.
巫師的賽程從現在開始越來越輕鬆，星期四的比賽是他們最後一次在客場對上勝率5成的球隊，但是他們面對三分球的防守需要加強，因為接下來的5場比賽中有3場的對手，單場投進10顆三分球以上的次數名列前茅，分別是湖人(32次)、太陽(36次)以及老鷹(32次)。
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