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【NBA專欄/林建煌】勇士G1扼殺了灰狼:為什麼Draymond Green是比Rudy Gobert更偉大的防守者?

【NBA專欄/林建煌】勇士G1扼殺了灰狼:為什麼Draymond Green是比Rudy Gobert更偉大的防守者?

Yahoo07-05-2025

我就坐在那裡看著Draymond Green和金州勇士肢解了明尼蘇達灰狼的團隊進攻。而在一周前,洛杉磯湖人和LeBron James對同一個對手毫無辦法。
Draymond Green。(資料照,Photo by)
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Green為何是比Rudy Gobert更好的防守者?很簡單,在季後賽之中不會有任何人會想主動去攻擊Green,但他們卻可能針對Gobert。
或許你會說,Gobert的價值體現在他的防守覆蓋面積,以及他在協防封蓋上的價值。我同意,但Green一樣能做到這些事,或許受限於較矮的身材,不一定有前者那麼優秀,但一樣能夠做得非常、非常出色。
Gobert作為一名防守者非常偉大,他是4屆年度最佳防守球員,比肩Dikembe Mutombo和Ben Wallace,他可能是聯盟中最被低估的球員。可是實事求是地說,他在例行賽的價值遠大於他在季後賽中的作用。
在隨機的例行賽中,其他球隊不太可能針對Gobert的弱點。球隊沒有時間為一場比賽制定詳盡的比賽計劃,不想打亂輪換他們主力先發五人,因為耗費大量精力制定一場特定比賽的計畫、並改變輪換以贏得一場比賽,並沒有足夠的好處。
但在季後賽中,球隊可以設計輪換和比賽計劃來擴大場上空間,這使得Rudy無法一直站在內線,從而抵消了他最大的優勢。他仍然是一名可靠的外線防守球員,但還不夠好。而且因為Gobert進攻技巧的缺乏,讓他的天敵就是小球陣容,他不能像Nikola Jokić、Alperen Şengün那樣低位單打,或是拿到進攻籃板後立刻完成二次進攻。
Rudy Gobert。(資料照,AP Photo/Abbie Parr)
(ASSOCIATED PRESS)
而Green雖然對籃框的保護較差,但他的陣容靈活性和外線防守使得在系列賽中,對他進行針對基本上是不可能的。而且在進攻端他的價值太大了,他的外線投籃至少你現在必須得關注,更不要說他在擋拆後四打三的處理球對勇士來說價值極大。
必須要知道,例行賽是一場持續6個月、82場比賽的馬拉松,各支球隊得在各地飛來飛去,極度消耗選手經歷和體力;而季後賽則是在一周內與相同的對手比賽,各支球隊都會針對彼此制定專門的比賽計劃。
這不是在不貶低Gobert,他是一個強大的籃筐保護者(幾乎是NBA中最好的幾個),每晚都會通過努力防守油漆區來迫使對方改變防守計劃,而我們知道在這個位置投籃是歷史上籃球中最有效的投籃方式。
但在季後賽中,透過換防擋拆,可以將大個子球員拉出來,從而在一定程度上彌補了這一缺陷(雖然Gobert在本賽季的換防中表現出色)。
在季後賽期間,進攻計劃往往會發生變化,並更加針對性地去進攻對方防守最差的球員,所以湖人的對手會不斷打擊Austin Reaves和Luka Doncic。會有更多有針對性的球的移動、擋拆、無球掩護,甚至為了更好地達成這個目的,在進攻端就會開始以此考慮對位。而這些事情需要花很多時間來計劃和練習,在例行賽幾乎不可能。
而Green的真正天才之處在於:他能夠很快吸收這些東西,這些策略的精隨,很快了解對方掩護的意圖、傳球路線發生在哪,並且快速動作。而且他還是一名出色的一對一防守球員。他可以向Aaron Gordon和Jrue Holiday一樣擔任一個Roamer,這種球員在近年越來越重要,因為越來越多球隊認為他們需要一個機動人員,可以隨時像一個釘子釘在對方最具威脅的球員的進攻路徑上。而Gobert則是一個下限較高、但上限也較低的菁英護框者,顯然球隊必需要圍繞他制定比賽計劃,Draymond則可以隨你喜歡的使用他。
Green在G1的比賽中切換到Anthony Edwards、Julius Randle和Gobert身上,他們分別是具備投籃能力的運動型後衛、身材壯碩的大前鋒和噸位很大的中鋒,他可以將這3人全部搞定,或至少讓他們打得不舒服。
NBA歷史上有其他人能夠做到這一點嗎?
Kevin Garnett。(資料照,Photo by MediaNews Group/Boston Herald via Getty Images)
(MediaNews Group/Boston Herald via Getty Images via Getty Images)
也許,Kevin Garnett和Dennis Rodman也能夠完美做到換防1-5號位的球員,可能還有不用在進攻端耗費太多精力的巔峰LeBron James,這兩位球員也有足夠的身形和「防守第六感」,能夠在前幾秒嗅出進攻威脅,以及和隊友溝通並布置球隊整體防守位置的能力。因此在只考慮防守實力的情況下,理論上他們可以。
但這也有點難說,因為KG和小蟲的時代,進攻行為遠不如今天那麼複雜和精確。現在籃球中,比賽充滿了無球動作、掩護等。我相信他們仍然會很出色,但今天的比賽真正考驗你的智商有多高。而Green在這方面的能力是無人能夠媲美的。
他絕對是史上最偉大的防守者之一,或許沒有之一。在護框、貼防、協防、籃板各項能力上比他更好的防守球員大有人在,但集合在一起比他更好的,沒有。
所以這一輪的賽事和灰狼對決湖人的系列賽不一樣,也和勇士對休士頓火箭的系列賽不一樣,勇士有能力對灰狼的進攻造成致命打擊,因為勇士的防守對球的壓迫更足夠,而且Green可以在在擋拆後切換任何一名防守者;灰狼也不是火箭,兩者在體型和運動能力並駕齊驅,但後者在後場的移動能力以及進攻籃板的爭搶上可以對勇士造成更大的威脅。
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根本的差異是,勇士對火箭使用小球陣容要被懲罰,但灰狼似乎很難做出這種打擊,Naz Reid是一名靠投射得分的前鋒,Gobert的價值不在進攻,而Green則可以掐死Julius Randle。
Stephen Curry很可能要缺席兩周甚至更久的時間才能復出,具體取決於MRI結果,那意味著勇士至少要在他回來之前再拿下一場,才能把系列賽延長到第6戰。
而除非他們完全封鎖Edwards 之外所有灰狼球員的進攻,讓比賽維持在低比分的狀態之中,否則他們將做不到這一點。
如果他們能做到,我認為Green將會打出他個人生涯最佳的防守系列賽,超過2019年對火箭、2022年對塞爾提克等系列賽,這將確立他史上最偉大防守者競爭中的地位。
如果不行,勇士的賽季將就此結束。
這會是一個艱難又誘人的交易。
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