Tyler Herro wanted to be Heat’s No. 1 option. Now he’s learning how hard it
is
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Herro’s time came as the Butler saga unfolded and the franchise felt like it
was unraveling. With Butler suspended multiple times, there was no doubt the H
eat’s offense was now Herro’s to run. But ascending to that role in the midd
le of a power struggle between personalities as combustible as Butler and Pat
Riley was not how Herro envisioned things.
随着吉巴事件的展开，这支球队感觉开始分崩离析，英雄的时代也随之而来。由于吉巴多
次被禁赛，毫无疑问热火的进攻现在由英雄主导。但是在吉巴和油头这样性格火爆的人物
之间权力斗争的背景下担任这一角色并不是英雄所设想的那样。
Herro and the Heat eventually figured it out, making it through the Play-In To
urnament to face the Cleveland Cavaliers in the first round. They even showed
signs of life in a close Game 2 loss in Cleveland. But Miami’s light dimmed S
aturday as the Cavs successfully disconnected Herro from the offense he is tas
ked with orchestrating.
英雄和热火最终找到了解决办法，通过附加赛在第一轮对阵骑士。他们甚至在骑士以微弱
差距输掉的第二场比赛中也表现出了复苏的迹象。但在周六，随着骑士成功封锁英雄，迈
阿密的光芒黯淡了下来。
The Heat’s All-Star guard spent much of the 124-87 Game 3 loss — the most lo
psided playoff defeat in franchise history — swimming through a sea of bodies
, unable to find the ball as Miami fell into a 3-0 series hole.
英雄在第三场比赛中大部分时间都无法接到球，最终以124-87的比分输掉了比赛——这是
球队历史上季后赛最惨痛的失利——热火在这场系列赛后以0-3 落后。
Now Herro faces a distinct crossroads, wanting to prove he can lead a team in
the postseason while reflecting on what could have been if Butler never forced
his way out.
现在，英雄面临着一个明显的十字路口，他想要证明自己可以在季后赛中带领一支球队，
同时也反思如果吉巴没有强行离开，球队的命运会如何。
“Obviously, I know I need Jimmy to win. If we had Jimmy right now, I feel lik
e it’d be a completely different situation,” Herro told The Athletic before
Game 3. “We probably wouldn’t even be the eighth seed. So finding that middl
e balance of like, damn, we need him, but also understanding, sh–, that’s hi
s career and what he wants is ultimately his right to want what he wants. It w
as just tough to be in the middle of both sides.”
英雄在G3赛前表示：很明显，我知道为了赢球我需要吉巴，如果我们现在有吉巴在队里，
我感觉会是一个完全不同的情况，我们很可能都不会是八号种子球队。我们需要他但是也
要理解这是他的职业生涯，要在这两者之间找到中间的平衡点，他想要他想要的东西，这
是他的权利，所以身处这两者之间很难。
Herro entered the season assuming a locker room leadership role alongside Bam
Adebayo. He reflected on the lessons he learned from Butler over the course of
his career, trying to replicate a leadership paradigm that kept the Heat comp
etitive with Butler at the helm.
本赛季开始后，英雄与阿爹一起担任更衣室领导角色。他回顾了职业生涯中从吉巴身上学
到的经验教训，试图复制在吉巴的领导下让热火队保持竞争力的领导模式。
“I’ve known Jimmy for five, six years, obviously being with him every day, j
ust seeing how he is as a basketball player and how he really makes his teamma
tes better,” Herro said. “He makes the right play all the time, just seeing
that competitive edge that he brought.”
英雄：我认识吉巴有五、六年了，每天都和他在一起，见证他作为篮球运动员的表现，以
及他如何让队友变得更好，他总是能做出正确的打法，这体现了他所带来的竞争优势。
But from the beginning of Game 3, that wall was back and sturdier than ever. W
hether it was Herro’s former teammate Max Strus top-locking him inside the 3-
point arc or Defensive Player of the Year Evan Mobley stifling all the other a
ctions to get the ball toward Herro, Cleveland caused the Heat offense to comp
letely collapse and erased their hopes of making this a series along with it.
G3开始，这堵更坚固的墙挡在英雄面前。无论是英雄的前队友Max Strus在三分线内将他
锁死，还是年度最佳防守球员Evan Mobley阻止其他人将球传给英雄，克里夫兰都让热火
的进攻彻底崩溃，并彻底打碎了他们赢得系列赛的希望。
The Cavaliers defense increased its ball pressure on Adebayo to prevent him fr
om finding cutters underneath. That worked in tandem with denying Herro, keepi
ng him away from the Adebayo handoffs that have become Herro’s calling card t
he past few seasons.
骑士的防守加大了对阿爹的施压，以防止他找到低位切入者。这一招与阻止英雄接球同时
起作用，使他远离阿爹的传球。
Herro should be better prepared for this moment. Last season, the Heat lost Bu
tler before their first-round series against the Celtics, and Herro showed fla
shes of the game he exhibited throughout this season. The Boston series was a
turning point for Herro, as he finally got a chance to be the offensive engine
. Having the likes of Boston’s Jrue Holiday, Jaylen Brown and Derrick White t
ake turns guarding him was a test that would force any emerging star to sink o
r swim.
英雄应该为这一刻做好更好的准备。上赛季，热火在首轮对阵塞尔提克之前失去了吉巴，
而英雄在本赛季展现了他出色的比赛状态。波士顿系列赛对英雄来说是一个转捩点，因为
他终于有机会成为进攻引擎。波士顿的假日、杰伦和小白等人轮流防守他，对于任何一位
新星来说都是一场考验，让他要嘛沉沦，要嘛崛起。
“It gave me an outline of what works and what doesn’t work against some of t
he better defenders,” Herro said. “And how I can transform my game and take
the good parts of my game and just continue to make it better.”
英雄：它让我了解了在面对一些更优秀的防守球员时什么方法有效，什么方法无效，以及
我如何改变我的比赛方式，发挥我比赛中的优点，并不断使其变得更好。
While Herro still has a ways to go to perform at the level he and the Heat wan
t in the postseason, he is more than willing to face the criticism. He embrace
s it. Whether it was Heat President Pat Riley calling him fragile for only pla
ying 40 games last season or Darius Garland saying the Cavs’ gameplan was to
drive right at him, Herro is used to having people calling him out.
尽管英雄距离在季后赛中达到他和热火队所期望的水准还有很长的路要走，但他非常愿意
面对批评。他欣然接受。无论是热火队总裁油头称他上赛季只打了 40 场比赛，显得脆弱
，还是Garland说骑士队的比赛计划就是直接攻击他，英雄已经习惯了别人对他的批评。
“I love it. That’s how I grew up. So that’s my natural habitat, fiery, just
talking sh– and understanding that it’s basketball,” Herro said. “Just ta
lking sh– about basketball bro. It’s not the end of the world.”
英雄：我爱篮球。我就是这样长大的，所以这就是我的天性，热情奔放，我明白这就是篮
球，只是聊聊篮球的事，又不是世界末日。
Herro said Riley’s criticism pushed him to work more on his body this past of
fseason than ever before. He understood Riley is old school and will say it to
his face and to the world. “I could call myself fragile as well and not be i
n my feelings,” Herro said.
英雄说油头的批评促使他在过去的休赛期比以往更加重视身体锻炼。他明白油头是老派的
，并会当着油头的面、向全世界宣告这一点。 “我也可以称自己为脆弱，但我不会表达
自己的感情，”。
Adebayo said he has always had respect for Herro, but the resilience the guard
showed through all the noise the past year solidified it. So with Herro limit
ed to just 13 points in Game 3, Adebayo wasn’t concerned about the All-Star f
olding with the team’s backs against the wall.
阿爹表示，他一直很尊重英雄，但这位后卫在过去一年中克服重重困难所表现出的韧性进
一步巩固了这份尊重。因此，由于英雄在第三场比赛中仅得到13分，阿爹并不担心这位全
明星球员会在球队陷入困境时退缩。
“I’ve seen Tyler go through worse,” Adebayo said. “The media has drug that
man through the mud a lot. … We’re going to figure it out. Be vocal, eye-to
-eye communication and see what happens Monday.”
阿爹：我见过英雄经历过更糟糕的事情，媒体把那个人抹黑了好几次。我们会弄清楚的，
保持沟通，面对面交流，看看周一会发生什么。
“All the really good players have to go through this,” Spoelstra said. “You
get schemed and the schemes are on steroids in the playoffs.”
湿婆：所有真正优秀的球员都必须经历这个，在季后赛中，你会被阴谋诡计所笼罩，而且
这些阴谋诡计会变得更加厉害。
“Hell yeah, that’s how it works,” Herro said. “That’s part of the game. T
hat’s life.”
英雄：当然，就是这样的，这就是比赛的一部分，这就是生活。
短评或心得：
热火没了吉巴很艰难