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原文網址:
http://hangtime.blogs.nba.com/2014/03/05/pacers-defensive-success-starts-with-stopping-the-pick-and-roll/

In today’s NBA, if a team can’t defend the pick-and-roll, it’s in trouble.
The league’s best record has been built on the Indiana Pacers’ No. 1 defense, of which their pick-and-roll coverage is an integral part.
Through Monday, the Pacers had allowed 0.94 points per pick-and-roll possession, easily the lowest mark in the league, according to SportVU data provided to NBA.com. As you’d expect, there’s a strong correlation between SportVU’s pick-and-roll numbers and defensive efficiency. The top four teams in the former are the top four in the latter.
Note: All stats included here are through Monday, March 3.

在現今的NBA裡，一支球隊如果不會防守擋拆，他們麻煩可就大了。
溜馬能夠取得目前全聯盟最佳戰績靠得正是他們No.1的防守能力，而面對擋拆時的防守補位是其中不可或缺的一部份。
根據SportVU提供的資料，截至星期一為止，溜馬防守pick-and-roll時每回合只丟掉0.94分，毫無疑問是聯盟最低失分。一如預期地，SportVU顯示的擋拆防守數據和防守效率有強烈地關聯性，擋拆守得好的前4名同時也是防守效率的前4名。
註: 這裡的數據統計到3/3(一)為止。

原文網址:
http://hangtime.blogs.nba.com/2014/03/04/the-numbers-behind-james-61/

LeBron James established himself as the best player in the world about six years ago. He carried the Cleveland Cavaliers to the best record in the league two years in a row, moved to Miami, got to The Finals three times, and won two championships.
This season, Carmelo Anthony set a new Madison Square Garden record, Kevin Durant has put up 40-plus on a regular basis, and Terrence Ross (Terrence Ross?) dropped 51. And as all these other guys were putting up big scoring numbers, you realized that it had been almost nine years since the league’s best player had established his career high of 56 points, a number less than the career highs of guys like Gilbert Arenas, Michael Redd, Jerry Stackhouse and Deron Williams.

LeBron James大約從6年前開始奠定他世界最佳籃球員的地位，先是連續兩度帶領騎士打出聯盟第1的戰績，轉到熱火後又三度打進總決賽，並且贏得兩次總冠軍。
這個球季進行到現在為止，Carmelo Anthony刷新了麥迪遜花園廣場的得分記錄，Kevin Durant拿40分以上就跟家常便飯一樣，甚至Terrence Ross(有沒有搞錯?)也砍了一場51分的比賽。當其他球員不斷創造得分新高時，這名聯盟最佳球員上次創造生涯最高得分記錄的56分，已經是9年前的事情了，而這個數字還輸給許多人，像是Gilbert Arenas、Michael Redd、Jerry Stackhouse和Deron Williams。

原文網址:
http://hangtime.blogs.nba.com/2014/02/28/pick-and-roll-data-likes-the-suns/

On the Washington Wizards’ first possession of their big, triple-overtime win in Toronto on Thursday, John Wall and Marcin Gortat ran a side pick-and-roll. The same primary action produced two big free throws in the final minute of the second overtime and a huge three-point play in the third OT.
SportVU cameras captured every pick-and-roll run in the 63 minutes of basketball at the Air Canada Centre on Thursday. The folks at STATS LLC have been tracking pick-and-rolls via SportVU this season, opening a new door as we look to learn more about the game, and have provided some of the data to NBA.com.

華盛頓巫師在多倫多那場三度延長的勝利中，John Wall和Marcin Gortat開賽第一個play就是pick-and-roll，二度加賽的最後關頭又靠著擋切賺到兩罰，然後3OT時再故計重施來了個三分打。
SportVU的鏡頭記錄了整場比賽63分鐘裡的所有擋切進攻，透過這套系統他們也同時追蹤了本季各隊pick-and-roll的數據，為深度解析NBA的比賽打開一扇新的門，也替NBA.com提供一些不一樣的資料。

原文網址:
http://hangtime.blogs.nba.com/2014/02/26/sportvu-uncontested-jumpers-vs-okc/

In our Q and A at All-Star weekend, Oklahoma City Thunder coach Scott Brooks said that when his team is on defense, he’s “concerned about making sure that every shot is contested.”
Contesting every shot is impossible, but Brooks’ team certainly can do a better job. According to SportVU, no team has contested a lower percentage of its opponents’ jump shots than the Thunder . They’ve contested just 24 percent of opponent jumpers, a mark well below the league average of 31 percent.

奧克拉荷馬雷霆的總教練Scott Brooks在全明星週末接受訪問時表示，他對防守最重視的是讓每個投籃都被干擾到。
基本上這是不可能的，但Brooks無疑還有要求的空間。根據SportVU的統計，針對跳投的防守，找不到比雷霆更差的球隊了。他們僅僅跟上了對手24%的跳投，遠低於聯盟的平均值31%。

原文網址:
http://hangtime.blogs.nba.com/2014/02/21/film-study-the-heat-contest-in-okc/

The Miami Heat were not a very good defensive team in the dog days of the season. They ranked 27th in defensive efficiency between Jan. 1 and the All-Star break, a stretch that included a game against the Warriors when they got picked apart by David Lee, a game against the Knicks when they clearly weren’t engaged all game, and a game against the Thunder when OKC shot 16-for-27 from 3-point range.

邁阿密熱火的防守在球季中段表現並不理想，從年初到全明星週這段期間，他們的防守效率只能在全聯盟排到第27名，其中包括了對上勇士那場敗仗，David Lee徹底撕裂了他們的防線，還有對上尼克整場恍神的比賽，以及被OKC三分球27投16中的慘敗。

原文網址:
http://hangtime.blogs.nba.com/2014/02/19/what-the-contenders-could-use/

Oklahoma City (43-12)
OffRtg: 107.6 (6), DefRtg: 99.3 (3), NetRtg: +8.3 (2)
The Thunder are the most complete team in the league, the only one that ranks in the top six in both offensive and defensive efficiency. And their bench has been terrific, even with Russell Westbrook‘s knee surgery forcing Reggie Jackson into the starting lineup over the last seven weeks.
The only lineup numbers that look bad are those of their original starting group, which has been outscored by 5.7 points per 100 possessions and which will be back together when Westbrook returns on Thursday. In 280 minutes, the lineup has scored just 97.5 points per 100 possessions, a rate which would rank 29th in the league.
In general, the Thunder have been much better playing small. In fact, they’re a plus-203 in 1,954 minutes with two bigs on the floor and a plus-204 in 694 minutes with less than two. Some added depth on the wings could make them even more potent.

雷霆是聯盟中最接近完美的球隊，唯一在進攻和防守效率都排進前六名的隊伍。同時他們的替補也非常出色，即使在Russell Westbrook動了膝蓋手術以後的近七週，Reggie Jackson被抽離了第六人的位置進入先發名單。
這支球隊唯一的隱憂就是他們原本的先發五人只有負5.7分的NetRtg，而Westbrook的回歸將會重現這個陣容。這組先發人馬上場的280分鐘中，97.5分的OffRtg只能在聯盟中排到第29名。
一般來說雷霆打小球時比較有競爭力，事實上當同時有兩名長人在場上的1954分鐘裡，他們只比對手多拿了203分，但在場上少於兩名長人的694分鐘裡就淨贏了204分。增加側翼的深度將會使這支球隊更強勢。