Dispelling the Blake Griffin Myths
拆解式分析Blake Griffin
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There are reasons to dislike Blake Griffin. He seems to grate on everyone’s
nerves with the cultivated stone-faced tough-guy look he gives after dunks
and a propensity for getting his arms tangled up with another big man
underneath the rim — and using some exaggerated extrication technique to
make damn well sure officials know someone has assaulted poor Blakey.
不爽Blake Griffin是正常的。他每每在灌完篮后摆出一脸硬汉样。同时在篮下
推挤时双手喜爱和其他大个子互相纠缠，摆脱时又用夸张的挣脱技巧来吸引裁判
的目光。他这些特征往往惹毛别人。
He flops. So does basically everyone, including your favorite player, but a
chiseled, car-leaping behemoth resorting to such trickery seems to annoy
folks more than Chris Paul or Manu Ginobili pulling the trick. Griffin has
struggled, by his lofty standards, against the beefy Grizzlies in the
playoffs, though untimely injuries haven’t helped in either series. There
was a sense that Griffin’s fame, built upon unpolished dunky athleticism,
outpaced his actual basketball achievements.
他会假摔。但基本上所有球员都会，包括每个人心中最爱的球员。但和Chris Paul
或Manu Ginobili相比，看到像Griffin这种超级体能怪物却依赖这种小技巧更惹
人厌。以他该有的高标来说，Griffin在季后赛面对粗壮的灰熊时表现并不好。好
巧不巧的受伤让他在系列赛中无法给予球队多少帮助。Griffin非技巧性的灌篮能
力所建立起的名声，被视为超越他真正的在场上的成就。
All of this gives rise to the single most annoying basketball fan myth: that
Griffin is a one-dimensional dunker with no post game, no hoops
sophistication, and nothing to fall back upon when leaping isn’t enough to
win. Seriously: You can’t tweet one positive thing about the guy without a
legion of critics screaming about how empty Griffin’s game is.
以上先入为主的观念，让球迷们有个错误的篮球迷思。那就是Griffin纯粹是个灌
篮王，没有低位脚步、没有细腻的技巧，而且在关键时刻无法值得信赖。认真的
讲，当你在网上写出Griffin的好话时，总是会有一群反对者抨击Griffin的比赛
内容是多么的空洞。
As the Clippers continue to win without Paul, it becomes increasingly clear
the “HE CAN ONLY DUNK!” crowd simply does not watch Los Angeles Clippers
basketball. The schedule has been easy and heavy on Eastern Conference teams,
but the Clips are 9-3 since Paul went down, and Griffin has been sensational
in shifting into a role as the team’s clear no. 1 option. Griffin has
produced in exactly the sort of varied ways the screaming mobs claim are
beyond his skill set. The Clippers have had the most efficient offense in the
league since Paul’s injury — read that again, but also consider the
schedule — and Griffin has shot better overall and gotten to the line more
often this season with Paul on the bench, per NBA.com. He is not a remora
fish mooching off a shark.
而随着缺少Paul的快艇不断赢球，渐渐揭晓那些喊说Griffin“只会灌篮”的人们
没有在关注快艇比赛。虽说快艇近期赛程轻松，而且很多比赛对手是东区球队。
然而，Paul因伤缺赛后，快艇战绩9胜3败。同时，Griffin接手球队第一人后表现
非常亮眼。Griffin在场上的展现出的能力，正是各种不同的批评者说他缺乏的部
份。快艇在Paul受伤后，有着联盟最有效率的进攻之一。当然还是要考虑到赛程
问题。同时，根据NBA.com，Griffin这季在Paul坐板凳时，整体来说命中率是更
好的，而且上罚球线次数也更多。他并不是个只会狐假虎威的球员。
The Post Game
低位技巧
Griffin is attempting nearly six post-up shots per game in Paul’s absence,
up from about 3.9 post-up shots on average before Paul’s injury, per Synergy
Sports. Griffin has shot 48 percent on the block post-Paul and has drawn
shooting fouls on an astonishing 26 percent of his post-up possessions in
that stretch, per Synergy. The Clips have scored 1.03 points per possession
over those games on all Griffin post-ups that end with Griffin shooting,
drawing a foul, or turning the ball over.
在Paul因伤缺赛的这段时间内，Griffin每场背框单打次数上升至将近六次。根据
Synergy Sports数据，在Paul受伤前，他仅有3.9次的背框单打出手。在Paul不在
后这段时间，Griffin的低位单打命中率高达48%，而且26%的背框进攻能赚到投篮
犯规。无论是出手、上罚球线或是失误掉球，所有Griffin的背框单打能让快艇每
回合进攻得到1.03分。
That figure would rank fifth overall among 79 players who have finished at
least 50 post-ups this season, per Synergy. The four players who have
exceeded Griffin’s post-Paul efficiency on the block: LeBron James (the best
player alive, though Kevin Durant is closing the gap); Brook Lopez (out for
the season); Boris Diaw (not nearly as frequent a post-up scoring threat);
and Dirk Nowitzki (sort of a well-known post-up guy). Griffin’s post-ups
this season have produced .981 points per possession, meaning he’s actually
been better without Paul, even while assuming a larger burden. But even so:
That .981 figure ranks Griffin 12th among those 79 players, in a virtual tie
with some dude named Kevin Durant. Respected post scorers below Griffin
include Dwyane Wade, Carmelo Anthony, Dwight Howard, David Lee, Al Jefferson,
Zach Randolph, Kevin Love, DeMarcus Cousins, Nikola Pekovic, and many others.
同样根据Synergy，本季有79位球员背框单打出手50次以上，而上述的数据能让他
在这79位中排到第五名。前四名分别是LeBron James（地表最佳球员，虽然Kevin
Durant紧追在后）、Brook Lopez（本季报销）、Boris Diaw（并不是个频繁进攻
的低位得分威胁），还有Dirk Nowitzki（名气响亮的低位高手）。Griffin本季
每回合的背框得分是0.981分。这代表在背负著更大的压力后，没有Paul的Griffin
表现更好。但即使看整季，0.981分这个数据让Griffin排在79位球员中的第12位，
和Kevin Durant同灯同分。排名在Griffin之下的背框好手包括Dwyane Wade、
Carmelo Anthony、Dwight Howard、David Lee、Al Jefferson、Zach Randolph、
Kevin Love、DeMarcus Cousins、Nikola Pekovic…等球员。
The Crunch-Time Play
关键时刻
The related knock on Griffin is that his lack of refinement, combined with
his poor foul shooting, makes him a useless cog late in games. It’s time to
revise that as well. Griffin is shooting 71.5 percent from the line this
season, easily a career high, and he’s hit 75.5 percent over 30 combined
games in December and January. He is 7-of-14 in the last three minutes of
games in which the scoring margin is three points or fewer — a qualifier
that includes just 30 total minutes for the Clippers this season, per
NBA.com. That equates to about 17 shots per 36 minutes, a healthy total,
right in line with those of Mike Conley, Ginobili, LeBron, Damian Lillard,
and Tim Duncan. (The numbers and ranking are similar if you expand the
parameters to five points and five minutes.)
批评者挑的另一个毛病是Griffin技巧不够细腻，再加上他的罚球命中率不佳，
导致他在比赛末段时起不了啥作用。是时候修正错误印象了。Griffin这季的罚
球命中率是71.5%，想当然尔是他的生涯新高。而且他在12月跟1月的三十场比赛
中，有着75.5%的罚球命中率。根据NBA.com数据，时间剩三分钟，且分差在三分
以内的拉锯赛中，Griffin的命中率是14投7中。而快艇队本季目前也仅有30分钟
的比赛时间符合上述拉锯战的条件。也就是说，每36分钟他的关键出手相当于17
次。这是个合乎标准的出手数，和Mike Conley、Ginobili、LeBron、Damian
Lillard和Tim Duncan等人差不多。（若你把拉锯定义拉到五分内五分差的比赛，
亦是相去不远。）
Griffin is never going to be Durant or Paul in crunch time. The list of
high-volume crunch-time shooters includes few big men, though fellow power
forward stars LaMarcus Aldridge and Love have been more frequent late-game
shooters this season. Aldridge, in particular, has an unblockable shot he can
get against any defender whenever he wants. Griffin doesn’t have that simply
because he’s shorter than Aldridge, with a smaller wingspan.
Griffin在关键时刻永远不是成为Durant或Paul这种球员。关键时刻大量出手的球
员中没有几个长人。不过这季LaMarcus Aldridge和Love这两位明星大前锋倒是成
为频繁的关键时刻出手选择。特别是Aldridge，他有着无论防守者是谁都盖不到的
跳投。Griffin并没有这种进攻武器，因为他没Aldridge高，手臂又比较短。
But Griffin isn’t some crunch-time wallflower, hiding from the ball like
Andris Biedrins. He has been the hub of the Clippers’ offense down the
stretch in several recent wins, including roadies in Chicago and Toronto. His
midrange jumper isn’t a weapon, but it’s at least a semi-reliable option
that does not make the L.A. coaching staff cringe. Griffin is shooting 40
percent combined on shots taken between 15 and 24 feet from the basket, up
from 33.5 percent last season, per NBA.com.
但Griffin在关键时刻不是个不敢碰球的花瓶。他在快艇近几场胜利时，是球队的
关键时刻进攻中心。包含客场对战公牛和暴龙的胜利。他的中距离跳投还不是个
武器，但至少算是个进攻选择，不至于让快艇的教练团不敢使用。根据NBA.com数
据，本季Griffin在15呎到24呎内的跳投命中率是40%，和上季的33.5%有一段差距。
How He’s Improved
他如何进步？
Griffin has post moves and countermoves. I repeat: Blake Griffin has actual
post moves. He prefers to work from the left block, as most righties do, and
if he’s backing you down there, he’s probably going for his righty jump
hook in the lane. Sit too blatantly on that, and he’ll fake it, watch you
jump, and go to a lefty up-and-under lay in. He’s gotten stronger as a
back-down force. You can’t guard him with weaker post defenders anymore, and
he even knocked Joakim Noah off-balance with shoulder blocks last week in
Chicago.
Griffin有了背框单打招式以及对抗防守的手段。在此郑重声明：Blake Griffin
真的有背框脚步！如同多数的右撇子，他喜欢在左侧低位进攻。而当他开始往禁
区磨时，他大概会在油漆区使出右手勾射。若防守者太过不为所动，那他会用假
动作引诱防守者起跳，然后以左手的假动作后上篮来取分。他背框磨进去的力量
比以前更为强大。对方不能用太薄的低位防守者对位他，而且他甚至能在上礼拜
对战公牛时，用肩膀顶到Joakim Noah失去重心。
He can work from the right block, too, but he’s a bit more predictable from
there. That’s why the Clippers will often try to get him a head start by
running Griffin off several screens on his way to right block post-ups:
他也可以在右边低位进攻，但在那个位置他的动作较好预测。这也是为什么快艇
进攻常常借由一些档人，试着让Griffin在到达右边低位时能有提前起步的优势：
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeRmMXxAtPM
If he’s backing someone down on the right block toward the middle of the
paint, he’s very likely to spin back toward the right baseline for a little
righty bank shot/half-hook — his favorite move. But he can hit a lefty jump
hook in the lane, and he’s obviously capable of facing up from either block
and beating a slower defender off the bounce. He’s experimenting with
various turnaround and fadeaway jumpers, but those are still low-efficiency
shots.
当他在右边低位背框往禁区中路磨时，他很有可能往右边底线转，来一个右手擦
板勾射。这也是他最爱使用的招。但他也能在油漆区用左手勾射，而且显然的是
无论在哪一侧，他都有办法面框用速度过掉较慢防守者。他正试着各种转身以及
后仰跳投，不过目前依旧是效率低落的出手方式。
Griffin’s post game is not stylish. It is brutish and low to the ground, and
that ugliness makes for an interesting contrast with Griffin’s high-flying
open-court game. But too many fans have conflated unappealing aesthetics with
poor results.
Griffin的低位并不漂亮。是在地面上扭打的野蛮式进攻，这和他在空中飞翔的快
攻有着巧妙的对比。但太多球迷把不好看的打球方式及投不进划上等号。
Griffin post-ups are not a fun watch. The lack of space is too constricting
for Griffin to take much advantage of his leaping ability, and since he can’
t go over defenders, his average stature and short arms become more of an
impediment than usual. He has to find ways around and through defenders, and
that takes some grunt work. Griffin uses shoulder fakes, jab steps, spin
moves, and little shoves to get his defender off-balance or in a straight-up
vertical position — a position in which the defender has lost leverage and
knees-bent jumping ability. If those moves fail, Griffin often looks as if he
is just spinning himself into the ground, accomplishing nothing. He’s not
above just putting his head down and butting it into his defender’s stomach,
hoping to disrupt the defender’s balance:
Griffin的低位单打并不好看。没有空间的打法限制他的跳跃能力优势，而当他无
法飞越防守者时，他一般的身材和偏短的臂展弱势就更加放大。他必须想办法绕
过防守者，然后做些枯燥乏味的苦力活。Griffin必须用肩膀的假动作、试探步、
转身过人，和一些小推挤才能让他的防守者失去重心。或者让他们只能直直站，
减少起跳能力。当这些技巧都失败时，Griffin往往看起来像个陀螺，什么事也做
不了。他只能把头往防守者的肚子撞去，希望借此能影响防守者的重心：
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilwPuBaEgXs
Once the defender is off-balance, Griffin will launch an unattractive
layup/floater over his defender, often by bringing the ball back away from
the rim and flicking it toward the basket.
当防守者失去重心时，Griffin会在防守者前以一个不怎么好看的上篮或抛头方式
出手。往往是把球带离篮框，然后向篮框轻轻的抛过去。
It’s Griffin’s way of hiding the ball from reaching arms and carving out a
useful arc trajectory for it. It does not look nice; in fact, when shots like
these go in against good contests, it almost looks lucky. But it’s not luck,
and Griffin has mastered these tricky little buggers.
这就是Griffin单打时躲避防守者手臂，以及找出可行出手弧度的方法。这当然看
起来不华丽。事实上，当面对好的干扰时，还可以把这种球投进，往往被视为运
气球。但这其实不是运气，而Griffin已经精通这个小技巧。
Griffin is one of the game’s great big-man passers, a skill that proves
useful since teams almost automatically send help toward Griffin post-ups at
this point. News flash: NBA coaches don’t send help at guys who can’t score
on the block. Griffin has assisted on 17 percent of L.A. baskets while on the
floor, a very good mark for a big man, and among bigs, only Marc Gasol
records more “hockey assists” per game than Griffin.
Griffin是目前篮球比赛最佳的传球长人之一。自从敌队自动自发的包夹Griffin的
低位单打后，他证明他的传球技巧是有用的。新闻快报：NBA的教练不会包夹无法
在低位得分的人。Griffin在场上时，快艇队17%的入球来自于他的助攻。这对于长
人来说是顶标，而且在所有长人中，只有Marc Gasol的场均“冰球式助攻”多于
Griffin。
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRFFrRUzwBw
The Clippers in Paul’s absence have let Griffin stretch himself a bit. He’s
allowed to bring the ball up more often, and having a big man do that can
create all sorts of havoc for a scrambling defense:
快艇缺少Paul，使Griffin必须更加全力以赴。他有更多机会自己带球，而当长人
做这种事时，能破坏还没站稳脚步的防守阵势：
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1HFjw1HpmM
He’s facilitating more from the elbow area, and just generally touching the
rock more often. Griffin has dribbled the ball on average 80 times per game
since Paul’s injury compared to just 54 times before, according to analysis
from the SportVU data-tracking cameras provided to Grantland. He’s holding
the ball on average for 40 combined seconds more per game.
他更常在肘区发动进攻，而且触球时间更为频繁。根据SportVU的数据追纵分析，
Griffin在有Paul时，场均运球次数为54次。而在Paul伤后，他场均运球次数提升
至80次。他的场均持球时间也增加40秒。
None of this is to say Griffin is perfect in the post. He can struggle
against defenders who are both long and strong — guys too bulky to move, and
too big to shoot over. This is why teams often have their centers defend
Griffin, leaving power forwards or less-accomplished defenders to deal with
DeAndre Jordan. Memphis has cross-matched this way with Gasol at times in the
postseason, and several teams have done it in recent games using Tyson
Chandler (Knicks), Noah (Bulls), Jonas Valanciunas (Raptors), and others.
This kind of targeted scheming is a bigger deal in the playoffs, and the West
is stacked with teams that can throw multiple big bodies at Griffin.
这不代表Griffin是个完美的低位进攻武器。他在面对高大又粗壮的防守者时，进
攻便会绑手绑脚。因为这种球员难以被移动，又无法轻易在他面前投篮。这也是
为什么敌队往往让中锋去对位Griffin，放队上的大前锋或是较差的内线防守者去
对付DeAndre Jordan。灰熊在季后赛时，用Gasol交叉对位防Griffin。同时，近
期内看到尼克的Tyson Chandler、公牛的Noah、暴龙的Jonas Valanciunas以其他
中锋亦交叉对位盯防Griffin。
The Defense
防守
Griffin is still growing defensively, though he’s far from the sieve his
critics imagine him to be. He’s mobile and alert, essential qualities for
Doc Rivers’s strongside overload scheme, and he can use his speed to contain
pick-and-rolls in a variety of styles. Griffin generally tries hard, which is
half the battle on defense. Bigger guys can still give him issues on the
block, and genetics have ensured Griffin will never be a scary rim protector
who deters drivers.
Griffin的防守还在成长中，不过和批评者认为的他已经有一段差距。他的机动性
高且有防守意识，这是Doc Rivers强边超载防守策略所需的防守特质。同时他能
利用他的速度，以各种方法来限制对手档拆进攻。整体而言Griffin很拼命，在防
守端也很努力。大个子在低位依然能让他不好过，而且Griffin生来就不会是个令
切入者害怕的火锅好手。
He has gotten better. The Clips rank eighth overall in points allowed per
possession, and they’ve been a hair stingier than their overall average with
the Griffin-Jordan duo on the floor, per NBA.com. That’s an important change
from last season, when the team’s bench propped up starter-heavy units that
couldn’t defend well enough.
他的确有变好。快艇的每回合失分排名第八，而且当Griffin-Jordan双塔在场
上时，平均失分数字还要更好些。相比于上季，快艇的板凳必须支撑无法好好防
守的先发，这季的进步是个重大的改变。
The young L.A. bigs aren’t stoppers, separately or together. Teams have shot
nearly 52 percent on close shots when Jordan is near both the shooter and the
rim, a below-average mark for a big man playing heavy minutes, per SportVU
data. (In fairness to Jordan, this number has been gradually coming down from
about 60 percent over the last six weeks.) Opponents have hit 62.6 percent of
shots in the restricted area against the Clippers, the seventh-worst mark
among all team defenses, per NBA.com.
年轻的快艇长人没有骇人的火锅能力，无论看个人或看团队都是如此。根据
SportVU数据，Jordan无论守射手还是防篮下，敌队都有将近52%的篮框附近命中
率。这对扛长时间的长人来说是低于平均的数字。（公平点说，近六个月以来这
数字已经从60%左右慢慢下修。）对手面对快艇免责区防守时，有62.2%的命中率
。根据NBA.com数据，这是联盟倒数第七的篮下防守。
Jordan is still occasionally late on weakside rotations and can space out at
bad times. The two bigs still have blips of miscommunication that result in
one opposing big man being left wide open. The Clippers have fallen off a bit
defensively since Paul’s injury, and while the falloff doesn’t amount to
much in terms of L.A.’s place in the league’s defensive hierarchy, it’s
worth monitoring, considering the blah competition.
Jordan面对弱边补防时偶尔还是会慢半拍，而且会在错误的时间点离开禁区。禁
区双塔还是有防守沟通问题，导致对手其中一个长人无人看管。在Paul受伤后，
快艇防守有点退步。由于这点退步并没有造成快艇在联盟防守效率排名上有太大
变化，快艇防守方面依旧值得观察。
The Clippers, like basically every team, have some issues to sort out. But
this non-Paul stretch has been a sort of second coming-out party for Griffin
— the very loud announcement of his maturation as a player. The critics
should take note.
快艇和联盟中其他球队一样，都有些问题需要解决。但是这段缺少Paul的期间，
算是Griffin第二次发光发热的舞台，用行动证明他在场上的成长。看扁Griffin
的人们可要好好记住了。
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心得：
Griffin是否有资格被视为真真正正的全明星球员？很多人都抱持着疑问。
不过，在快艇队缺少Paul这段时间，Griffin用场上的表现给了大家答案。
这段期间内的Griffin打出一哥架势，证明他不只是靠Paul的能力才有所作为，
也展现他进攻技巧的多元。
当然，防守上Griffin还不足为惧。但在Doc的体系下，也见到他和DJ慢慢的进步。
相信在看完这篇文后，能慢慢改变一些对Griffin的刻板印象了。