"We just want to continue to play how we did in Game 2. I thought we were much more physical. If we do a good job of not turning the ball over and forcing turnovers like we did in Game 2, if we can follow our game plan for 48 minutes, then we will give ourselves a good chance to win."—LeBron James
“我们只想继续第二场那样的打法。我认为我们有很多的身体对抗。如果我们像第二场那样不丢球而且强迫对方失误,如果我们能在48分钟内都执行好战术,那我们就有很大的机会赢下比赛。”
"We play well at home. We know that the crowd is gonna be into it and we're gonna use that to our advantages. We feel like we have a good game plan—we just have to execute for 48 minutes." —Kevin Love
“这场我们在主场打,我们知道球迷们都会来为我们加油,我们要利用好这个优势。我想我们制定了很好的战术,我们只要保证这48分钟内执行好战术就好。”
"You have to remain non-wavering. As I say, never waver in terms of whatever the outlook looks like. We understand who we are and we stay the course." —Kyrie Irving
“你一定要坚决。就像我说的,不管比赛的走势是怎样的,你绝不能犹豫不决。我们都知道自己的角色,也清楚自己该怎么打好比赛。”
"I'm still learning how to be more efficient with only 12-13 looks a game, which is cool with me cause I've got two MVPs on my team," —Klay Thompson
“我还在学习如何在每场比赛只有12-3次出手的情况下打得更有效率,我可以接受只出手12-3次,因为我身边有两个MVP的队友。”
" We have to do the little things, not turn the ball over and continue to keep them off the offensive glass, do our best job keeping them off the free throw line, and try to take away the three-point line as best we can."—Stephen Curry
“我们必须在一些小事上做好,不要把球弄丢,继续不要让他们抢到进攻篮板,不要让他们走上罚球线上,尽我们所能遏制住他们的三分球。”
Q: What are your memories from Game 3 last year? What sticks out to you? And how different do the circumstances feel right now from that game?
Q:你对去年G3的记忆是什么?哪些印象最深刻?今年和去年的情况比起来,感觉有什么不同?
Coach Kerr: They just took it to us right from the beginning. I remember our offense was pushed back to half court the first few possessions. They set a great tone. I think they went up big right away, and so we got to be ready for that initial force.
科尔:他们(骑士队)从一开始就锁住了我们。我记得在前几个回合,我们的进攻都被防在半场。他们定下了很好的基调。我认为他们今年更加强大了,因此我们也必须做好在开场打硬仗的准备。
Q: Have you made some adjustments to the team's routine in order to get better results?
Q:为了明天更好的发挥,你有没有对球队的常规打法做些调整?
Coach Kerr: No, no adjustments. It is what it is. You just—whatever you need to do, you feel it and you do it. Yesterday was an obvious day off for our guys, and today we'll try to get a good practice in, and I'm glad that the next two games are only one day apart.
科尔:没有,我没有调整。还是原来那样打。你只需要在场上的时候,及时发现问题,并且毫不犹豫地去做你需要做的事就好。昨天我们休息了一天,所以今天我们要努力地训练。而且我很庆幸接下来两场比赛,中间只间隔一天。
Q: You've kind of addressed it, I'm not trying to say you guys had any letdown after being up 2-0, but you have to keep hammering into these guys that, hey, we had the Cavaliers last year and blew it? How do you make sure that doesn't happen?
Q:首先我不是说你们在2-0领先的情况下有任何的松懈,但是你说过,你必须要一直提醒你的队员,嘿,去年我们也是领先骑士但最后还不是搞砸了。那今年你如何确保这种情况不会再发生?
Coach Kerr: I don't use that expression actually like we blew it. In fact, I think sometimes they don't get enough credit for how well they played Games 5 through 7. They were amazing, and they deserve the credit. We had our chances; we didn't finish it.
科尔:其实我并不会说我们是搞砸了。事实上,我只是觉得有时候他们(骑士队)从第五场到第七场的出色表现并没有得到足够的认可。他们十分优秀,他们值得这个荣誉。我们也还有我们的机会,而我们也还没有完成。
That was last year. Half the guys on the team this year are new. So we don't bring up last year in terms of strategy, in terms of sort of what we need to do better or here or there.
但那都是去年了。今年队里一半的球员都是刚刚融入进来的。所以,说到战术,说到我们在这方面那方面需要提高,都不会拿去年的比赛来相提并论,说我们需要在这方面那方面做得更好。
It's more about this is the history of the NBA, right? You win two games at home, you haven't really done anything yet. No matter whether you're 14-0 or 14-7 in the Playoffs, you're still—it's just 2-0 and you got to win one on the road to really take control. And that's the message: We got to come out and play our best game of the series to win tomorrow.
这些更多是NBA的历史了,对吗?在家乡主场赢了两场比赛,其实这就相当于你还没做任何事。不管你在季后赛是14-0还是14-7,你都要明白——现在你只是2-0领先,在你真正能掌控比赛之前,你还要赢下一场。我要传达的信息是:我们明天要尽我们最大的努力,打出系列赛的最佳表现,赢下这场球。
Cleveland, Ohio: Practice Day
俄亥俄州克利夫兰训练馆
Q: Do you think your chances to win Game 3 will depend mostly on LeBron, himself, or his ability to inspire his teammates to play better?
Q:你认为骑士队要能赢下第三场还是得最大程度上依赖勒布朗他一人或是他鼓舞全队,使他们变得更好的能力吗?
Coach Lue: Our team overall. I just think that we all have to play better, and we will. I know coming out Game 3, so it's not just LeBron, it's our whole team. We all have to play better, and we will.
泰伦卢:(要依靠)我们整个团队。我认为我们都需要打得更好,我们也将会做到。我知道当第三场到来,不仅是勒布朗,我们整个团队,都必须做得更好,我们会做到的。
Q: What went into the decision to go with Shump on Kevin Durant? I think it was the second quarter of Game 2. And did you get out of that defensively what you wanted to in that matchup and for the scheme that you were trying there?
Q:是什么使你做出让香波特对位凯文杜兰特的决定?我想是在G2的第二节,从这个防守对位上你是否得到一些启发,这对于你所尝试的比赛计划有何帮助?
Coach Lue: Durant's a tough cover. Just like LeBron started on him to set the tone early, try to bring a physicality to him.
泰伦卢:杜兰特很难防守。勒布朗一开始会去对位杜兰特,尝试给他更多的身体对抗,奠定防守基调。
And then after that, we got to put other guys on him so LeBron can get his rest. We ask him to score, score the basketball, pass the basketball.
在那之后,我们需要有其他人去防守他,这样勒布朗就能得到休息,我们需要勒布朗去得分,去冲击篮筐,去串联全队。
So with Shump on him, with R.J. on him, just try to give him different looks. It's going to be tough to guard him one-on-one anyway, so having LeBron off the ball where he's able to get some steals and roam a little bit and play free safety, it was good for us. So we'll see how it goes.
所以我们让香波特,杰弗森去防他,给他带去不同的防守。我们知道不管怎样,一对一防守杜兰特都是非常艰难的,所以我们让勒布朗待在无球侧,这样他可以去做一些抢断,在场上游走,也打得更安全。这会对我们有益,我们可以拭目以待。
Q: You've talked about how much you like Shump because he can guard ones, twos, and threes, and you've used him a lot against opposing point guards throughout. Are you comfortable in that kind of matchup with that kind of scorer in Durant? Coach Lue: Yes.
Q:你说过香波特有多像你,他能防一号位,二号位,三号位,你也经常用他来全场对位对方的组织后卫。你在对位像杜兰特这样的得分手的时候是否会感到舒服?泰伦卢:是的。
Q: So much is being made about pace. One, is that being overblown and, two, how much of it is execution within your current pace that you're kind of deploying from a game plan standpoint?
Q:最近关于比赛节奏被谈论了很多。我想问得第一个是,这是否被过分夸大了;第二个,从比赛计划的角度来讲,你们最终执行的比赛节奏与你们部署的有何差别。
Coach Lue: We have to play fast. That's our game. You saw early in the first half when LeBron's able to attack and get downhill with the floor open, that's when we're at our best,
泰伦卢:我们必须打得快。那才是我们的比赛风格。你们可以看到G2上半场早些时候,勒布朗坚决去杀伤,刚开场就如同猛虎下山。
if they help, kicking it out for threes. So we want to play with a pace, but to play with pace you got to get stops. So when we get stops, we want to get out and run, we want to play with pace and we want to attack early.
那时我们正处于最好的状态,如果这对我们有帮助,那我们也要把它带到第三场。我们想要提速,但是提速你也先要停下来。所以当我们陷入半场阵地的时候,我们想要摆脱这样的节奏,跑起来,我们想要一开始就打出节奏,一开始就进入攻击模式。
Q: This time last year Tristan was a big part of your success or what ended up being your success in The Finals. What do you need from him to turn this series around?
Q:去年这个时候的总决赛特里斯坦是你们最终取得成功的最要组成部分。你们需要他做出什么来扭转这个系列赛的局势?
Coach Lue: It's not anything Tristan isn't doing, I just think that against this team you have to score the basketball. They're doing a good job of helping off of him and roaming and getting back, but Tristan hasn't played bad, it's just he hasn't got a lot of minutes. And I think to beat this team, you have to score the basketball. So we have thrown some offensive units on the floor, and we have been productive with that. So not anything that Tristan hasn't done, it's just that to beat this team, I think you got to score the basketball.
泰伦卢:特里斯坦并不是没做什么,我只是认为对阵勇士你必须要得分。勇士在把特里斯坦挤出三秒区方面做得很好,让他在场上无所适从然后下场。但特里斯坦并没有打得很糟糕,他只是没能得到很多的上场时间。因为我认为要击败这样的球队,你必须要得分。我们必须把能得分的球员放在场上,我们在这方面已经富有成效。所以并不是特里斯坦没有做什么事,而是要打败这支球队,我认为你要去得更多的分。
Q: You mentioned before about playing with pace, that's your game. Of course they are so good playing with pace also. So how do you—I guess how do you keep control so that they don't get those 10-, 15-point runs, that kind of thing?
Q:你之前提到过要打出快节奏,这才是你们的比赛方格。当然金州勇士在这方面也非常擅长。那么你们要怎样控制好比赛节奏,以防被对手打出10分,15分这样的一波流。
Coach Lue: We just have to take care of the basketball. I think taking good shots when we're playing with pace and not turning the basketball over, letting them get out in transition. So that's our game. We're not going to change our game because of who we're playing. And I'm confident that we can play that way, and we did it last year. A lot of people said we couldn't. But that's our game. That's who we are. And we're not going to change just cause we're playing Golden State.
泰伦卢:我们要保护好球。我认为我们能在快节奏的比赛中得到好的出手机会,不把球给弄丢,让他们打不出转换进攻。这才是我们的比赛风格。我们不会因为对手是谁就改变我们的比赛风格。我自信我们可以做到这一点,我们去年就做到过。很多人都说我们不能这么打,但这就是我们的比赛风格,这就是我们的标签。我们不会因为对面是金州勇士就去改变自己。
Q: So when it's gotten away is when you started kicking the ball around, turning it over.
Q:但每次比分被拉开都是你们开始打快,失误。
Coach Lue: Some timely turnovers, yes, some timely turnovers and taking some bad shots. I think that we got to play our game and play with pace, but we can't let—we can't get in a hurry. We can't take bad shots. We can't turn the basketball over. And in that first half, we saw we was playing with pace, getting downhill, LeBron getting into the paint, getting layups and dunks. That's how we got to play. If it's not there, kicking it out for threes. If it's not a good shot, then run our offense.So just got to do a better job of taking care of the basketball when we're playing fast and also taking good shots.
泰伦卢:是的,有时候是会失误会有一些糟糕的投篮选择。我们是要打出我们的风格,打出我们的节奏,但也不能操之过急,做一些糟糕的投篮选择,把球权拱手相让。在上半场,可以看到我们打出节奏,势不可挡,勒布朗不断得冲击禁区,不断地完成上篮,扣篮。我们就该怎么打,如果情况不是这样,那么我们在第三场就会把这个比赛计划给踢出去。如果没有好的投篮机会,那我们就跑阵地的进攻战术。我们只是需要在打得快的时候在保护好球方面做得更好的同时也做出更好的投篮选择。
Q: I apologize if you have been asked this already, but there's been speculation that you would consider swapping JR with Shumpert in the starting lineup. Is that a decision that you've made yet? Coach Lue: Nope.
Q:首先,如果您已经被问过这个问题的话,那我感到很抱歉。但是有猜测说您会考虑让香波特代替JR首发。这是您已经做了的决定吗?泰伦卢:不是。
Q: What would you weigh, if indeed? Coach Lue: I'm not doing it.
Q:那如果必要的话,您会更倾向于谁?泰伦卢:我不会考虑的。
Q: Oh, you're not. Okay. Coach Lue: No.
Q:哦,您不会那样考虑。泰伦卢:不会
Q: So JR will start in Game 3? Coach Lue: Yup.
Q:所以G3JR还是会首发?泰伦卢:是的
Q: Anything with player rotations at all that you can share or thinking about?
Q:那您能跟我们分享一下您考虑的替补球员轮转阵容吗?
Coach Lue: Not that I can share, no.
泰伦卢:这不是能公开分享的内容。
Q: Just along those lines, but not to—but is there a making—a fine line between making too many changes and sort of doing something drastically different at this point in the season?
Q:赛季到了现在这个阶段,只是沿着这个指导路线,并不是说要改变太多,是否要做一些截然不同的东西?
Coach Lue: I'm not making a change. I'm just, you know...
泰伦卢:我并不打算改变,我只是……
Q: But I was even thinking more along the lines of strategy or game plan decisions. Do you want to stick with what got you here?
Q:但是对于战术或者比赛计划方面我可能思考的比较多。我想问您还是想坚持原来的战术吗?
Coach Lue: As far as what?
泰伦卢:在哪方面?
Q: Well, I guess... Coach Lue: I don't understand.
Q:嗯,我想……泰伦卢:我不明白你在说什么
Q: I guess I'm just thinking about maybe the rotations or different combinations of guys or that kind of thing that maybe you haven't used very much. Coach Lue: No, not really.
Q:我是说不同的轮转或者球员组合或者类似的东西,就是您之前不常用的战术。泰伦卢:不,不算是吧。
Q: You guys, I think you're 21-60 from three in the first two games and you shot close to 40 as a team during the regular season. Are you comfortable with the looks? What could you do better do you think to get that percentage up in Game 3?
Q:在前两场比赛中,你们的三分球命中率是21-60,而在常规赛,你们整个队的命中率将近40%。你对现在的情况满意吗?在G3中,你认为要怎么做才能把命中率提高上去?
Coach Lue: We have to make some shots. But also they're closing out hard to us, so we got to be able to read when we have a shot or when we have a chance to attack the basket. So drive and closeouts is one of their weaknesses, so we got to do a better job of shooting the three, but if it's not open, driving and closeouts and then making the extra pass and finishing at the rim.
泰伦卢:我们必须要有一些三分出手,但是对方也重点防我们的三分,所以当我们有机会出手三分或者有机会攻击篮筐的时候,我们必须要配合好,阅读好比赛。突破和身体对抗是他们的弱点,所以我们必须要把三分投准,但是如果没有空位的机会,那么就要突破,进行身体对抗,然后再传一次球,最后把球投进。
Q: Your three-point defense is something that you focused on a lot. In the first two games, the Warriors have gotten 32 wide-open threes. What hasn't worked for you guys on the defensive end to make sure that you keep them from getting those open looks?
Q:防三分也是你们防守的重点。在前两场比赛中,勇士队得到32次空位三分的机会。在确保不让勇士队获得空位三分投篮的工作中,有哪些地方是你们在防守端没有做好的?
Coach Lue: Some of it has to do with transition, turning the basketball over, trying to get back in transition. A lot of it is just being aware, staying alert. With this team, you can't relax at all. If you relax, they make you pay.
泰伦卢:有些其实是和转换有关系,球到了对方手中,就要赶快转换防守。许多这样的东西是一定要意识到并且保持警觉的。和这种级别的队比赛,你一点都不能放松。一旦松懈,他们就要你付出代价。
They made some tough shots, but that's what they do. They make shots behind, three or four feet behind the three-point line, and they're capable of doing that. But we got to do a better job of just staying locked into these guys, being physical, staying on their bodies, and then we can do a better job with the three-point shot.
他们投进过很多难度很大的球,但那就是他们的个人能力。在三分线外3或4英尺的地方就投进球,那是他们的能力所在。但是我们必须要在防守上做的更好,紧紧防住他们,跟他们保持身体对抗,然后,我们就能在防守对方三分球在做得更好。
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