Analysis: NBA scoring race could end up as one for the ages
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In 2022, the end of the season might feel like 1978.
If we're lucky.
Let's go back to the greatest scoring race in NBA history, one that was
decided 44 years ago, the epic to-the-last-day battle between David Thompson
and George Gervin.
Each had a game on April 9, 1978, that season's final day. Thompson's game was
first; he scored 73 points for the Denver Nuggets to take the scoring lead.
Gervin, playing a few hours later, would need 58 points to reclaim the top
spot.
He scored 63 for the San Antonio Spurs. The crown was his, 27.22 points to 27.
15 for Thompson.
今年賽季的得分王之爭令人覺得像是1978年賽的得分王競爭
44年前David Thomson與George Gervin，在賽季最後一場比賽才分出勝負
Thompson的比賽比較早，他得了73分，因此Gervin需要得到至少58分才能得到得分王。
而Gervin當晚得了63分，以場均27.22分勝過了Thompson的27.15分
Imagine such a scene playing out this season on April 10 - the scoring title
once again going down to the season's final day. Only this time, with three
players in the race
It could happen.
Entering Tuesday, the NBA finds itself on pace for the closest three-man
scoring race in league history. LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers is atop
the list averaging 29.96 points (which would round up to 30.0), Joel Embiid
of the Philadelphia 76ers is second at 29.83, and Giannis Antetokounmpo of the
Milwaukee Bucks is third at 29.80.
今年賽季很有可能又會戰到最後一場比賽，更特別的是這次有三位競爭者
LeBron James場均29.96分、Joel Embiid29.83分、Giannis Antetokoumpo29.8分
The last time a race ended up that close between the top three spots was, well
, never. The closest three-way race was in 1985-86, when Dominique Wilkins
averaged 30.3 points - a half-point better than both Adrian Dantley and Alex
English. And a decade ago, Kevin Durant, then with Oklahoma City, held off the
Lakers' Kobe Bryant by one-tenth of a point, 28.0 to 27.9 for the second-
closest head-to-head race ever.
前一次得分王有三個競爭者的情形，要回到1985-1986賽季Dominique Wilkins
場均30.3分比Adrian Dantley跟Alex English高0.5分。
十年前，Kevin Durant以場均28分0.1之差距勝過Kobe Bryant，取得得分王
Obviously, the numbers will change. Embiid might get a game or two more off
down the stretch to rest his body. If the 76ers have nothing to play for on
the season's final day, one wouldn't expect him out there with only a scoring
title at stake. Same goes for Antetokounmpo; if the Bucks are locked into a
seed, it would seem foolish for Milwaukee to play the reigning NBA Finals MVP
much, if at all. And the Lakers' only path to the playoffs is through the play
-in, which means James might be called upon to play big minutes - and
potentially put up big numbers - all the way to the end.
不過，七六人可能會讓鉛筆在例行賽賽季結束前休息；公鹿應該也會讓字母也休息。
但湖人還在為附加賽掙扎，所以姆斯可能就會這樣一路出賽到賽末
''At the end of the day,'' James said, ''all I care about is wins and losses.'
'
A scoring race, though, would add just an extra dimension to the end of the
season, just another reason to tune in and pay attention to what's happening.
The Western Conference race will long be over by then; realistically, it is
now, since there's no way barring unthinkable, cataclysmic collapse that
Phoenix won't be the No. 1 seed. The Eastern Conference race is considerably
tighter, and the potential is quite high that regardless of who ends up seeded
where the first-round series on that half of the bracket will be slugfests.
But anything involving James is certain to be intriguing. Same goes with
Antetokounmpo. Same goes with Embiid. Put them together, and the intrigue
levels skyrocket.
The only downside to all of this is that it could have been a four-man race.
Brooklyn's Durant is fourth in the league in scoring, four-tenths behind James
and two-tenths behind Antetokounmpo and Embiid at 29.6 per game. But Durant
basically can't win the scoring title since he won't meet the NBA's minimum -
58 games in an 82-game season - to qualify.
So, unless somebody gets really, really hot down the stretch, the scoring race
is down to three.
比較令人失望的部分是，本來可能是四人爭奪得分王，KD的場均是29.6分。
但可惜他並沒有達到最低出賽的標準而沒有資格。
Trae Young, Luka Doncic, DeMar DeRozan, Ja Morant and Jayson Tatum are all
within 3.0 points of James' average right now (as is Kyrie Irving, who
obviously won't meet the minimum games-played threshold). If any of those guys
go on an absolute spree - not unheard of in this day and age - they could
make a run at the title as well.
The potential is there for a thrilling finish, just like the league had in
1978.
It would be the perfect appetizer to the playoffs
吹楊、077、DeRozan、Ja、Tatum場均皆還遠低原姆斯3分左右。
除非賽季結束前突然爆發，才有機會爭奪得分王的頭銜。
心得：姆斯如果拿得分王然後沒附加賽打，心情不知道會如何？