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When a Switch Flips: Even Cavs Vets in Disbelief over Sudden Playoff
Turnaround
当按钮按下了：连骑士的老将自己都不相信
BOSTON — Kyle Korver likes to think of himself as a well-reasoned,
intelligent man. He believes in things he can see.
Korver认为自己是一个理性有智慧的人，他相信他自己看到的。
So this magical "switch" he'd heard so much about around Cleveland was no
different than other figments of imagination. Santa Claus, Easter Bunny,
tooth fairy, flip-switchers—they're all the same.
所以这个关于骑士队的魔术开关对他来说只是虚构的想像。圣诞老人、复活节兔兔、牙仙
子、切换开关－他们都是一样的
"I've always been told that it wasn't real, that there wasn't a switch that
can just be flipped on," Korver told Bleacher Report Thursday afternoon.
"我总是被告知说那个按钮不是真的，没有一个开关是你可以切换的"Korver说
Korver brought this mentality with him to the court for the first
13-and-a-half years of his career. It's helped him carve out a niche as one
of the game's premier long-distance snipers, which is why, over the past few
weeks, he's been shocked to discover that he was wrong all along.
在他13年半的生涯里，Korver把这个心态带到场上，这帮助他成为场上最顶级的狙击手。
这也是为什么在过去的这几个礼拜，他发觉自己错了。
On Jan. 7, the Atlanta Hawks traded Korver to the defending champion
Cleveland Cavaliers. At the time, Korver thought he knew what awaited in
Cleveland. The Cavaliers were gunning for a second straight title. Their
star, LeBron James, was hunting the ghost of Michael Jordan.
1月7日，Korver被老鹰交易到骑士队。那时候，Korver认为自己知道在克里夫兰会面临什
么。骑士瞄准了第二冠，而姆斯，正在授猎乔丹的鬼魂。
This, Korver figured, would be one of the most intense and buttoned-up
basketball environments he ever entered. Instead, he watched the Cavaliers,
behind one of the weakest defenses in the league, drop 14 of their final 24
games, fall out of the No. 1 seed and enter the postseason tired, old and
vulnerable.
所以Korver了解到，这可能会是他经历过最高强度的篮球环境。相反的，他看着骑士，展
现出全联盟最烂的防守，在例行赛最后的24场比赛输了14场，也输掉了第一种子。进入季
后赛的他们看起来很累也很脆弱
"I was really concerned," Korver said. "But everyone just kept on telling me,
'Don't worry about it, we're all good.
"我相当的担心"Korver说："但每个人都跟我说：不用担心，我们很棒"
"And it turns out they were right."
"结果他们还真的没骗人"
It's not just that the Cavaliers have run off nine straight wins thus far
this postseason, including an overwhelming 117-104 win over the Celtics in
Boston Wednesday night in the Eastern Conference Finals' opening game, that
has Korver reconsidering his belief in a team's ability to flip on a fake
light switch. It's the way in which they've devastated opponents like the
Celtics and Toronto Raptors, teams that ended the regular season looking like
possible threats.
不只是骑士队季后赛的九连胜或是礼拜三对赛队的大胜让他重新考虑是否去相信一只球队
能否去切换开关，它们在季后赛摧毁了那些在例行赛号称的骑士杀手：暴龙以及赛队
Cleveland has actually upped its scoring this postseason—typically a time
where baskets are more difficult to come by—by about seven points per 100
possessions.
骑士在理论上更难进攻的季后赛里，每100回合多得了7分。
They've also plugged up holes on the other end of the floor. The Cavs held
the Raptors to 100.9 points per 100 possessions in the second round, an
eight-point improvement from their regular-season mark.
它们也把防守上的漏洞塞住，骑士只让暴龙每100回合得到100.9分，比他们例行赛还要低
8分
"I mean these guys have been playing into the playoffs deep into June for
three years now. It's easy to get bored in the regular season," Cavaliers
guard Deron Williams told Bleacher Report. "The intensity isn't there game in
and game out. But now you've got rest, you're not playing back-to-backs, you
get to focus on one team and lock in on them. For a team like this, with this
many veterans, it sets up perfect for how we're built."
"这些家伙已经连续三年打到六月了，他们很容易对例行赛感到无聊"骑士控卫威廉斯说：
"在例行赛他们完全没有强度，但是现在我们有了休息，而且没有背靠背的比赛，你只有
一个对手要针对。对于一个有很多老将的球队，这样的条件对我们来说很完美"
Like Korver, Williams, a 13-year veteran, was added to the fold late in the
season and grew concerned with what he saw.
就像Korver，在季末才加入的威廉斯，也对他所看到的感到忧虑。
"We didn't end the season well. It wasn't looking good for us," said
Williams, who was signed by the Cavaliers on Feb. 27 after being waived by
the Dallas Mavericks. "You know, I was nervous because I haven't been a part
of a team like this. I was like, 'I hope we can do it, I know we can lock in,
I've seen it for games.' But it just wasn't consistent."
"我们球季结束的很烂，一切看起来都很糟"威廉斯说："你知道的，我从来没有待过一个
像这样糟的队伍，我感到很紧张，这就像是：我希望我们可以做到，我知道我们可以专注
，我曾经过看它，但那跟我现在看到的不太一样"
As with everything in "Cavs Land," much of this turnaround is courtesy of
LeBron James. Over these nine games, he's played perhaps the best basketball
of his career. He's averaging 34.8 points—on 56.0 percent shooting—9.0
rebounds and 7.1 assists this postseason. He's left opposing coaches grasping
for ways to slow him down.
在骑士的领土，大部分的翻转来自于姆斯。在过去的九场比赛他平均得到34.8分、56%、9
篮板、7助攻。他让对方的教练伤脑筋来阻止他。
"It's hard to believe, but he's better than when I got into the league [four
years ago]," Celtics head coach Brad Stevens told reporters after Game 1. "A
lot better. Just as you get older, you gain more experience, see more things.
I didn't think he could get any better after that, but he is."
"这实在很难让人相信，姆斯比我刚进联盟(4年前)时还要好"赛队教头说："实在好太多了
，当你老了，你有了更多的经验，我不认为他可以变得很好，可是他却做到了"
But both Korver and Williams, the lone newcomers in the Cavaliers' primary
rotation, believe there's more to it.
Korver和威廉斯这两个新来的，相信骑士可以做到更多。
"Really, I think, it's all on the defensive end, I think our offense, really
all season was great; just defensively we weren't very sharp, we weren't
where we needed to be," Korver said.
"我认为这一切都是防守，我们的进攻整季都很棒，只是防守上我们很迟顿，我们还未达
到我们所需要的防守"Korver说
"The coverages that this team is best at...they take a lot of energy, they
take a lot of showing and blitzing and trapping, guys who play so long into
the summer every year; it's easy to lose focus on that, to play with that
intensity."
"当这队耗费大量能量在电光一闪、闪电夹击时，他们有最棒的防守范围。这些人每年夏
天都打这么久，很容易就分心，而没有展现应有的强度"
The difference, according to Korver, is simple: In the playoffs there are no
games on consecutive nights. Also, teams have more time to develop and
implement game plans, and players have more time to absorb them.
根据Korver，差别其实很简单："季后赛没有背靠背的比赛，我们有更多时间去制定比赛
计画，也有更多的时间去了解它"
So, does that mean Korver is ready to become a believer in proverbial
electric levers?
所以，这表示现在Korver相信所谓的开关存在了吗？
"The switch is certainly real here," he said. "But only here."
"这个开关是确赛存在的"他说："但只在这里"
心得：有球队藏招藏到连新来的都不相信的吗？