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Playing without Joel Embiid on the road against an athletic and deep Portland
team, the odds were stacked against them.
And the Sixers just couldn’t keep up with the Blazers in a 129-95 drubbing
at Moda Center on Sunday.
沒有 Joel Embiid 坐鎮又在客場挑戰實力和深度都屬聯盟前段班的拓荒者仍然有贏球的
機會。
但是稍早的比賽七六人並沒有堅持住，被拓荒者以 129-95 擊敗。
The loss drops the Sixers to 23-14 heading into 2019.
Here are observations from perhaps the worst loss of the season.
七六人的戰績以 23 勝 14 敗進入 2019 年。
我們可以從這場可能是本季最慘的一場敗仗觀察一些事。
‧ C.J. McCollum, not Damian Lillard, became the latest guard to scorch the
Sixers.
It wasn’t the pick-and-roll that doomed the Sixers for once. The Lehigh
product was able to pick on weaker perimeter defenders and score in
isolation. He came into the game shooting a career-low 32 percent from three,
but got going from there Sunday night (4 of 7).
He scored 26 first-half points and finished with 35 points in just 27 minutes.
不需要當家球星 Damian Lillard，C.J. McCollum 就足以成為擊敗七六人的關鍵稻草。
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這已經不是第一次七六人被擋拆耍的團團轉了，這名理海大學出產的球員（C.J.
McCollum）擅長藉由拉開空間單打來挑戰外圍防守能力較弱的對手，雖然本季的三分命中
率來到生涯新低（32%），稍早的比賽三分球有 7 投 4 中的出手表現。
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上半場就已經得到 26 分，整場比賽上場 27 分鐘得到 35 分。
‧ Early on, it looked like Ben Simmons would have an impactful night. He was
asserting himself offensively and was using his size advantage over the
Blazers’ guards.
He also showed off his defensive versatility during one sequence in the first
quarter. On one defensive possession, he got stuck on the massive Jusuf
Nurkic. Simmons was able to stand his ground and force a missed shot. On the
next possession, he was on the high-scoring Lillard and forced a turnover.
His ability to switch one through five is arguably his most underrated trait.
比賽前期來看 Ben Simmons 似乎會有一個充滿影響力的比賽，他提升自己在進攻端的表
現並且不斷利用身材上的優勢去挑戰拓荒者的後衛群。
第一節裡在防守端也有不錯的表現，在其中一波的防守回合中成功的防守守下了 Jusuf
Nurkic 的進攻，Simmons 有那個能力站在原地就能影響對手的出手。在下一波進攻中又
成功壓迫 Lillard 造成對方失誤。他能從一號守到五號的能力是最常被低估的。
In what has become a nightly occurrence, Simmons did attempt two jumpers. The
first one wasn’t a bad miss. He recognized that Portland was clogging the
paint so he pulled up and just missed. The second J wasn’t taken in a bad
opportunity — with Nurkic defending him and sagging way off — but the shot
itself wasn’t pretty. His struggles from the line also continued (5 of 10).
But hey, give the kid credit. He’s recognizing that it’s something that
will benefit his game and that of his teammates. If the attempts keep coming,
you just have to hope the makes are coming behind them.
這場比賽 Simmons 嘗試了兩次外圍的跳投，第一次跳投雖然沒進但是並不是一次糟糕的
出手，當他意識到拓荒者的防守球員故意沉退到油漆區時他嘗試了第一次的跳投，第二個
跳投機會並不差 - Nurkic 在防守時選擇沉退，然而 Simmons 對於這次的出手處理並不
是很好，這場比賽的命中率也不及格（10 投 5 中）。
大家還是要多給點鼓勵，當他開始嘗試跳投的時候對他或是對有來說都是有好處的，繼續
保持下去球隊會越來越好。
‧ This was not a banner night for Jimmy Butler offensively. Without Embiid,
the Sixers’ hopes of winning hinged largely on Butler having a big scoring
night. Unfortunately, that didn’t happen.
He started the game hitting just 1 of his first 8. He finished 2 for 12 for
just five points. It seemed like he was really forcing the issue, sensing he
had to shoulder a heavier load, and didn’t allow the game to come to him.
Too often it seemed like the other four Sixers were sitting around and
waiting for Butler to do something.
今天對 Jimmy Butler 來說就沒那麼好過了，Joel Embiid 缺陣的比賽能否贏球的關鍵就
在於 Jimmy Butler 要有驚人的得分表現，很可惜的這在今天並沒有發生。
比賽的前 8 次出手只命中 1 球，整場比賽以 12 投 2 中僅僅得到 5 分而已。看起來他
必須得正視這個落在他肩膀上的責任，在比賽中常看到七六人隊其他四個球員站在場上只
是一味的等待他做些什麼。
‧ Speaking of Embiid, the Sixers could’ve really used him Sunday night. Not
just for his offense, either. The team struggled to find answers for Nurkic
at the five. Amir Johnson got the starting nod but didn’t get back in until
the game was out of hand.
Nurkic finished with 14 points on 7 of 11 in just 21 minutes. The Blazers as
a team outscored the Sixers 62-30 in the paint.
說到 Embiid 的影響力，這場比賽很明顯七六人不能沒有 Embiid，這不單單是指進攻上
的影響，球隊今天在五號位對於 Nurkic 一點辦法都沒有，Amir Johnson 先發上場之後
，一直等到比賽進入垃圾時間才回到場上。
Nurkic 出賽 21 分中以 11 投 7 中得到 14 分，兩隊長油漆區內的得分有 62-30 這麼
大的差距。
‧ This is the point of the story where we talk about the bench. You’re
tired of reading about it and we’re tired of writing about it, but it’s
something that needs to be addressed.
T.J. McConnell gave the team a nice spark offensively (14 points), but his
size on defense has become a weak spot against teams with bigger guards.
Former Sixer Evan Turner posted McConnell up on three occasions for easy
buckets in the first half.
The rest of the unit provided little to nothing. With the starters struggling
and against a deep team like the Blazers, the reserves were exposed in a big
way.
關鍵的問題就是板凳深度了，你知我知獨眼龍也知，但是一定要有人解決這個問題才是重
點。
T.J. McConnell 在進攻上有很好的表現（14分），但是防守上的劣勢一直成為對方攻擊
的破口，光是上半場前七六人球員 Evan Turner 就有三次輕鬆得分的機會。
比賽剩下的部份就沒什麼特別好談的，七六人的先發努力對抗像拓荒者這樣深度很完整並
且在比賽中徹底展現優勢的球隊。