Thursday is here, which means we'll finally get Game 1 under way
between the San Antonio Spurs and Miami Heat. We've been patient.
By the time the ball goes up at center court on Thursday night, we
will have waited more than 7,000 minutes or 117 hours since Game
6 of the Western Conference finals concluded.
今天终于到来啦，等了117个小时！
1. LeBron James has shot 5-of-30 (16.7 percent) when Boris Diaw is
guarding him over the past 12 months.
过去12个月Lebron vs 屌爷，前者只有 5-30, 16.7%的命中率
Believe it! According to SportVU 3D player-tracking cameras, the
portly Diaw was matched up with James for 8:43 in the regular
season and the four-time MVP shot just 2-of-9 and scored just four
points. Then we find out from ESPN Stats & Info video tracking of
the 2013 Finals that James shot 3-of-21 against Diaw in the
postseason, including 1-of-10 outside 10 feet. There might never
be a LeBron James stopper for an entire game, but in a pinch? Diaw
might be just the guy.
今年季赛Lebron对屌爷是2-9，去年总冠是3-21，
我们找到了Lebron stopper!!
2. Spurs players have collectively run 172 more miles than the
Miami Heat have this season.
马刺全队这季（包含季后赛）共比热火多跑了172英里！
That includes regular season and postseason. Keep in mind, the
Spurs have played three more games than the Heat this postseason,
but still, they run a whole lot more on a per-game basis,
according to SportVU tracking. In total, that's about seven
marathons more than what the Heat players have trotted out. That
doesn't necessarily mean the Spurs will be more exhausted. None of
their players averaged more than 30 minutes during the regular
season, so the miles were spread out. But the Spurs like to run
and the Heat only do in spurts. Which brings me to ...
马刺的确是比热火多打了三场比赛，但是即使如此马刺这季球员
的跑动还是比热火多很多。别以为这样会造成球员疲累，因为
马刺本季季赛没有球员每场比赛平均打超过30分钟！
3. This is the widest gap between team pace in the past six Finals
matchups.
两队步调上的差异是过去六年总冠差别最大的一组。
The Spurs like to push the pace. The Heat like to say they do, but
they don't. The Spurs averaged 97.1 possessions per 48 minutes
this season, which is the 12th highest in the NBA. The Heat? Just
93.3 (27th). The gap of 3.8 possessions is the widest spread since
the 2008 Finals when the speedier Lakers took on the aging Boston
Celtics and the third-widest gap since the 1993 Finals between
the high-octane Phoenix Suns and the slow-it-down Chicago Bulls.
For more on the Heat's snail pace, check out last week's BIG
Number. The Heat played at their pace last Finals (91.0). Will it
change this time around?
马刺喜欢打快，热火也喜欢这样说，实则不然。
马刺的步调是97.1/48min（第12名）, 热火只有93.3/48min(第27名）
这差距只逊于2008湖人（快）-老赛（慢）
和1993太阳(超快）-公牛（慢）
去年的总冠步调是热火喜爱的91，今年会如何呢？
4. Chris Bosh didn't make a 3-pointer in the entire 2013 NBA
Finals.
老包去年总冠三分挂蛋！
Seems like a typo, right? Bosh went 0-for-4 in Game 1 last year
and was never the same. He took just two 3-point attempts the rest
of the way and missed them both. That's even more astounding when
you consider that he entered the 2013 Finals hitting a 3-ball in
six consecutive games. This postseason, he's hit a 3-pointer in 13
of his 15 games. Don't expect last year's drought to continue.
He's shot 11-of-20 (55 percent) from the corners this postseason.
The Spurs may get a taste of their own medicine.
你以为我打错了吗？不... 老包去年G1三分0-4之后，一切就都变了。
他之后六场只有再投过两颗三分。别忘了去年总冠之前他可是连续六场
都有命中过三分。
今年季后赛他在15场比赛里面13场比赛都有命中三分。而季后赛他的底角三分
是11-20。所以期待老包会再度三分挂蛋是不切实际的。
5. Tiago Splitter and Tim Duncan lineups outscored the Heat by 19
points in the 2013 Finals.
剔牙哥+老邓的组合去年总冠是+19
Contrary to popular belief, the Duncan-Splitter pairing actually
found some success in the Finals last year even if Gregg Popovich
abandoned it once Erik Spoelstra inserted Mike Miller into the
starting lineup in Game 4. The Spurs went "big" with Splitter and
Duncan for just three minutes in Games 4-7 after Spoelstra opted
for small-ball. It'll be interesting to see if the Spurs go to it
more now that Miller is out of the picture. In the two
regular-season matchups, Duncan-Splitter saw the floor for six
minutes and outscored the Heat 18-15 in short time. Will Popovich
feel comfortable throwing it against Heat lineups that include
Shane Battier or Rashard Lewis at the 4?
和大家的认知相反，老邓+剔牙哥的组合其实是成功的。即使Pop在后期
为了应对Spo把MM放到先发后放弃了这个组合。
基本上这个大阵容对上热火是有领先态势的，今年季赛也是18-15小幅领先。
Pop会用这个阵容吗？还是再度摆小应付热火可能用八爷或是614做四号呢？
6. LeBron James has never played fewer postseason minutes heading
into the Finals.
Lebron从未在打总冠前只上场如此少的时间过。
This might be the freshest James has felt entering the Finals in
his career. He has played just 574 postseason minutes up to this
point, which is 85 minutes fewer than he did this point last
postseason. It's by far the lowest total in his five trips to the
Finals. James is averaging just 38.3 minutes per game, which is
the first time in his postseason career he's averaged below 40
minutes per game. Perhaps that Game 5 foul trouble against Indiana
was a blessing in disguise.
这可能是Lebron打总冠前感觉到最轻松的一年。
他目前打了574分钟，比去年此时少打了85分钟。也是他五次总冠打最少
时间的一次。或许对溜马的G5是个好事？
（注：不过如果G5赢了连G6都没有不是更少分钟了？=.=）
7. The Heat were a minus-57 with James-Wade on the floor in the
2013 Finals.
热火去年总冠在LD同时上场时是-57
For a deeper look on this, check out the Per Diem dispatch from
Tuesday. One thing I'll add, which didn't make it into the piece,
is that James had a 22.1 player efficiency rating while playing
alongside Wade and a 36.1 player efficiency rating with Wade on
the bench. Ray Allen's floor-spacing was a huge part of James'
increase in production. The Wade-James synergy will be critical in
the coming days. With a better Spurs team, the margin for error
is minuscule.
更深一层去看，Lebron和Wade同时上场时只有22.1的PER，
Lebron在场Wade在板凳时则暴增到36.1的PER。
所以这系列LD同时上场时的效率如何将是观察重点。
（注：关于Wade: 去年打总冠前15场比赛只有2场 20+，包括缺席一场
今年过去9场就有5场20+
去年季后平均15.9分，
今年目前是18.7分，上场时间还少些
去年跳投命中率是39%
今年目前是45%）
8. Danny Green hit 25 3-pointers in Games 1-5 last year.
小绿去年G1-5就投进25棵三分球
You might have already known that, but here's the other layer to
illustrate how insane that stretch was: the most 3s he's hit in
any five-game stretch since the 2013 Finals is 16. Yes, nine
fewer. In fact, he didn't make 25 3-pointers in the entire month
of December this season, which stretched across 15 games. Green
has had his moments this season, but keeping him in check becomes
a top priority for the Heat. He means more to the Spurs' success
than you think.
你自然已经知道这个事实，不过如果放大来看你更可以感觉到这纪录惊人之处
小绿今年到目前为止任何一个连续5场三分命中最多也只有16球。
事实上，他在一整个12月15场球的赛事命中数还不及25球。
热火要如何守住他绝对是先决条件之一。
他对马刺的重要性比你想像的要大。
9. The Heat have passed the ball more per possession than the
Spurs this postseason.
热火每次球权的平均传球数要多于马刺。
According to SportVU data, the Heat have passed the ball 4,292
times this postseason compared to the Spurs' whopping total of
5,503 dishes. The selfless Spurs move the ball more, right? Well,
that's a bit misleading for two reasons: (A) the Heat have played
three fewer games than the Spurs and (B) the Heat play at a much
slower pace (see Stat No. 3). The Heat actually have averaged 3.28
passes per possession while the Spurs have averaged 3.19 passes.
It's not necessarily a bellwether for spectacular offense; the
Bobcats and Grizzlies both registered a higher pass rate than the
Heat this postseason.
根据资料显示，热火季后赛共传了4292次球，马刺则是5503次。
所以很显然我们都认为无私的马刺更会传球对吗？
然而如果把步调和场次算进去，
我们会发现每次球权热火会传导3.28次，甚至略优于马刺的3.19次。
当然这数据不代表进攻的特性。
10. Tim Duncan will likely pass Kareem Abdul-Jabbar for the most
playoff minutes in NBA history.
TD将会在这系列赛超越贾罢季后赛上场时间。
That's astounding. Duncan has played 8,737 minutes in his playoff
career, which is 114 minutes behind the all-time leader,
Abdul-Jabbar. Given that he continues playing his current rate of
32.6 minutes per game, he'll eclipse Abdul-Jabbar sometime in the
first half of Game 4. To put this in more perspective, four
players who played in Duncan's first NBA playoff game against the
Phoenix Suns (April 23, 1998) have already gone on to become an
NBA coach (Vinny Del Negro, Avery Johnson, Jason Kidd and Monty
Williams). Oh, and Kawhi Leonard was in second grade.
这是非常惊人的成就。TD季后赛已经上了8737分钟，只落后贾罢114分钟。
如果以他每场要打32.6分钟来看，他会在G4打破这个纪录。
如果放远来看，大邓对太阳的生涯第一场季后赛比赛的球员中，
已经有四位在做（或做过）教练了：Del Negro, A Johnson, J. Kidd, Mounty
Williams)
欧，然后Leonard当时还是个小二生哩。
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心得：顶尖对决，令人期待

25棵三分球 这单位让他看起来更神了