原文：http://espn.go.com/blog/truehoop/post/_/id/24200/the-truth-about-
kobe-bryant-in-crunch-time
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The truth about Kobe Bryant in crunch time
By Henry Abbott/ESPN
關於Kobe在關鍵時刻的真相。
At the end of Game 2 of the 2009 Finals, the Magic knew who to
guard, and got the block.
在2009冠軍賽第二場關鍵時刻，魔術知道要防守誰，也成功的蓋了「他」火鍋。
Ask pundits. Ask general managers. Ask players. Ask almost
anybody.
Who would like to have take the last shot with the game on the
line?
問任何與NBA有關的人，最後一擊要給誰？
Kobe Bryant wins by a country mile. Every time. (In a general
manager poll this season, he earned 79% of the vote, his ninth
consecutive blowout.)
Kobe幾乎每次都在類似投票中大幅度領先（本季對個球隊經理的調查，
他以高達79%的比例連續九年獲得壓倒性勝利。）
There is not really any other serious candidate.
幾乎沒有人能在這項投票中望其項背。
Ask me, though, (as Ryen Russillo did last week and Mike Trudell
the other day) and I'll tell you I don't know who's the best, but
with all due respect to Bryant's amazing abilities scoring the
ball, there's zero chance he's the king of crunch time.
如果你要問我（或是之前有在注意關鍵時刻的專業球評），
那我會跟你說我不知道誰是最好的，我也非常尊敬Kobe驚人的得分能力，
但是他百分之百（幾近0%）不會是關鍵時刻的王者。
The sin of predictability
觀察一：可預測性
Bryant makes crunch time defense easy for opponents by shooting
just about every time he touches the ball (over a five-year
period, he mustered 56 clutch shots, to go with one assist).
Kobe的可預測性在於他幾乎一碰到球就一定要射，
讓關鍵時刻對手對他的防守相對簡單許多。
（過去五年中關鍵時刻中他總共投了56球，只有一個助攻）
Fans of his raw machismo howl that such criticism misses the
point, but the point is that when Bryant gets the ball in crunch
time, it's a virtual certainty that he'll shoot it, and it's
better than two-to-one odds that he'll miss.
很多Kobe迷喜歡嚎叫說批評者搞不清楚狀況。
但是重點是Kobe在關鍵時刻幾乎肯定一拿到球他就一定要出手，
而且有遠大於50%的機會他會投失。
In 1997, he famously airballed two shots that could have beat the
Jazz