Norwegian Wood

昨天认认真真看了今年nba开始后的第一场球. 一来第一个月大家腰上还挂着休假的肥肉, 新的战术新的教练都需要适应, 二来电视也没什么转播的, 一般要到圣诞之后ABC开始播了才有点精彩的比赛可以看. 昨天的比赛是湖人主场对猛龙. 自从2(or 3)年前那天回家凑巧打开电视, 凑巧赶上那场有史以来有电视记录的个人最佳表演(老张的100分没录像), 每年湖人vs猛龙我是必看了.

赛前两队成绩不在一个档次. 猛龙夏天买来了小奥尼尔, 上个月看集锦觉得还行, 增强内线防守, 解放bosh打大前. 但前不久小奥又受伤了, 猛龙战绩也就刚过50%. 湖人开赛后一直很猛, 13胜1负, 当然也有赛程上的帮忙, 大部分比赛都在主场. 一直没看到湖人的比赛, 但看新闻把他们吹的天花乱坠的…

比赛开始, 看来新闻有时候还是不错的. 湖人给我的感觉进攻实在太流畅, 球几乎不会停在某人手里超过2秒, 每个人都在跑动, 每个人都会传球, 每个人give up a good opportunity for a great one. 就听猛龙的两解说员在那里狂表扬湖人. 比分差一直在10分左右, 但这绝对不能反应湖人在场上的轻松程度, n次猛龙追到6,7分, 湖人就是一个6-0或者8-0的小高潮. kobe和gasol整个第四节都没上…

几个人分别表扬一下. gasol, 的确是我见过进攻最全面的大前锋, 篮下技术和中距离篮都有; bynum的复出让湖人的防守上了一个档次, 而且在进攻上让湖人硬了很多, 第三节还是第四节有两个很气势的空中接力, 而且湖人今年的篮板球上好像好了许多; odom现在打替补以后, 以他的水平打对手的替补实在不在话下, 能够为湖人提供持续不断的进攻压迫力; ariza, 实在想不通热队为什么愿意放他, 跟pippen有点像了现在; 最后kobe了, 也许真是悟了吧, 几乎没有勉强出手的情况了, 而且中投准得没法防.

有一个球, 猛龙一队员外线三分, kobe冲上去挡了一下, 接着就往前场跑, 出了屏幕. 我当时就想, 如果这球没进, 湖人得了篮板的话, 估计就一快攻了. 然后就看到walton拿到后场篮板, 一个长传就找到了前场的kobe, 扣篮得分.

总体感觉湖人今年的趋势很好, 如果没什么大的伤病的话, 还是很有希望再进总决赛的.

i don’t have too much expectation for the new season.
just want to watch some good basketball games.

这句话真是至理名言啊.

以前还不觉得, 今年的总决赛再次证明了这个道理. 凯尔特人在进攻上也许偶尔会失常, 但他们的防守一直保持着让人窒息的压迫感, 即使在自己不能得分的情况, 同样能限制对手的得分. 而反观湖人, 只要一旦进攻不顺, 比赛几乎就肯定输定了.

恭喜KG, Paul Pierce, Ray Allen, 三员老将, 终于拿到了梦寐以求的总冠军. 赛后, KG和Bill Russell紧紧拥抱, “glad i made you proud, glad i made you proud.”

至于kobe, 经过这个系列, 也许再没有资格跟mj相提并论了. mj永远永远永远, 不会让自己的球队在do or die的情况下, 输得这么体无完肤.

anyway, this is list of article about kobe this year. it was listed as a separate page before.

This is a collection of news, interviews and articles about Kobe Bryant’s 07-08 season.

2007-05-31
Bryant asks for trade, then backtracks slightly

2007-10-12
Lakers owner Buss not closing door to Bryant trade

2007-10-17
Writer Roundtable: If Kobe leaves L.A., where’s his next stop?
Stein: Kobe departure? This ride could make Laker faithful queasy
Truehoop: Roland Lazenby: Jerry Buss is Playing No Limit Hold ‘Em PR

2007-10-18
Adande: Kobe’s life in Lakers limbo hits the road
Truehoop: Lazenby’s Latest from Laker Land

2007-11-01
Sheridan: Kobe objecting to Deng’s inclusion in Bulls-Lakers trade
Truehoop: Man, oh Man, All this Kobe Bryant Talk
Paxson says Bulls out of Kobe trade talks — for now

2007-12-13
Kobe glad he wasn’t traded, is ‘happy’ with Lakers

2008-02-01
Lakers acquire Pau Gasol from Grizzlies

2008-02-14
Lakers’ Bryant tears ligament in right pinkie finger, will not have surgery

2008-04-15
Lakers cruise to rout of Kings, clinch No. 1 seed, home-court for playoffs

2008-05-07
Kobe is the perfect leading man for Hollywood -kobe named MVP of the year.

2008-05-30
Lakers in the NBA finals as Kobe Bryant finished Spurs in five.

2008-06-18
Lakers lost to Celtics in Game 6 of the NBA Finals.

最近不爽, 估计曼联拿了冠军杯后, 我喜欢的球队的运气也到了顶峰, 再下去就只能开始背运了. 先是c罗吵着要去皇马, 我tmd现在最看不惯的就是皇马, 有事没事就喜欢拿着其它球队的nb球星说, 好像每个人都巴不得去皇马似的. 接着湖人连输了两场, odom和gasol打得跟狗屎样的, kobe也回归单打独斗的角色了, 好在昨天扳回一场, 不过要想拿总冠军, 有点悬.

再回来说正事, 欧洲杯进行得如火如荼. 比赛还凑合, 没什么大的冷门意外, 除了意大利给荷兰灌了个0-3. 今天想说说这几年来的看球经历.

第一次接触足球好像是初中的时候, 看中国少年报, 有篇说巴斯滕的文章, 就记得个人名了, 说的什么事可都一点印象都没了. 第一次看球是94年美国世界杯, 当时觉得晚上能够不睡觉实在是太有趣了. 记忆最深刻的球员是”金毛狮王”巴尔德拉马, 那头发简直酷毙了. 好像马拉多纳还踢了, 不过被查出服用禁药取消了比赛资格. 哥伦比亚的后卫埃斯克巴也许是最悲情的人物, 因为进了个乌龙, 回国后被人用枪打成了筛子. 还记得的进球是巴西布兰科的一个任意球, 罗马尼奥正在球路上, 腰一弯, 球插着他的后背就进了球网. 当然, 最难忘的还是射失点球后的巴乔, 忧郁的眼神中似乎包容了世界所有的忧伤.

96的欧洲杯一点记忆都没有, 有点奇怪. 接着就是98年法国世界杯. 那时看体坛已经看了三年, 多多少少看球能看出点门道来了. 当时不知为什么就决定饭法国, 嘿嘿, 最后还真蒙对了, 主要是觉得齐达内踢球太优雅了. 不过齐达内小组赛还吃了张红牌. 那时候正高三, 当时最大的希望就是能保送然后安安心心看世界杯, 几个长沙同学家都去过了, 就为了看球, 还能趁饭. 还记得那时候的年轻火腿, 进了个任意球, 然后被西蒙尼暗算领了红牌. 淘汰赛开始后就去了上海, 热得死人, 看荷兰巴西的半决赛, 看到一半尽然睡着了. 另一场半决赛克罗地亚对法国, 当时克罗地亚就认识一个苏克尔, 体坛上说他的左脚能拉小提琴, 所以很崇拜. 法国则让人见识了什么叫做能攻善守的后防线, 图拉姆右后卫竟然连进了两个球. 说起来好像图拉姆这届欧洲杯还在踢, 想当年98的时候应该还相当年轻啊. 决赛的时候回到了长沙, 在工作组看的, 当时王厂长也在. 齐达内的两个头球是比赛的唯一亮点. 觉得最nb的球员是罗马尼亚的哈吉, 有场比赛几乎他的每脚传球都能形成威胁.

2000年的欧洲杯已经到了大学, 那一届应该算是我看过的最好看的一届足球比赛了. 两场比赛依然记忆犹新. 半决赛意大利对荷兰, 让我真正见识了什么叫做防守, 卡纳瓦罗镇守的右路, 荷兰竟然连一脚传中球都没送出来过. 包括最后的点球决胜, 荷兰六个点球只进了一个, 托尔多简直神奇到了极点. 决赛法国对意大利, 记得第二天有数理方法2的期末考试, 其他人假模假样的要睡觉, 我只好搬了电视在床上看. 当维尔托德在90分钟的时候扳平了比分, 我兴奋的直接就从上铺跳了下来, 冲到走廊里狂笑, 然后发现刘波ayh们也在看. 嘿嘿, 数理2最后我好像是60分. 接着加时赛, 皮耶罗两脚机会都没抓住, 记得高中同学朱兄后来说, 看完决赛后几天, 吃肉都觉得是吃皮耶罗的肉. 然后特雷泽盖突然就进球了, 那界还是金球制, 法国就这么成了世界和欧洲冠军.

02世界杯终于不用熬夜了, 在韩国日本举行, 中国也在米卢的带领下第一次进了世界杯. 为了看比赛, 一帮人还凑钱去买了个大彩电, 记得还是我, 刘波和ww一起去双安买的. 比赛倒是没什么太多印象, 2000欧锦赛把胃口调得太高了, 再加上两个东道主瞎折腾. 最后巴西赢了, 罗纳尔多进了不少球.

04年欧洲杯已经来了加拿大, 看球时间都是下午了. 那一阵子正好去waterloo上一个summer school, 很多淘汰赛都没看成, 就记得希腊不知怎么就进了决赛, 还拿了冠军, 而且进了淘汰赛后比分都是1-0. 来这边后看球没什么伴, 不如高中大学里一帮人看热闹, 06世界杯也差不多, 就记得齐达内头顶马特拉奇了, 唉, 一代球星就这么告别了绿茵场.

这届比赛看好葡萄牙, 一来c罗的确比较厉害, 二来赛程上比较有利, 打得也比较好看.

nba西部决赛, 湖人4-1战胜马刺, 时隔4年后重返总决赛.

首先得表扬一下马刺, 的确是有总冠军的风度, 在第四场关键的一个no-call的情况下, 不抱怨, 不泄气. 正如pop赛后所言:

We told our team at the beginning that we wanted to stop their transition offense, which we did. We wanted to hold them in the low 90s, which we did [for the most part]. We wanted to cut their free throws as a team and Kobe’s [individually], which we did drastically.

If we really thought we would be able to do all that, I would think the series would be a win for us. So the fact that we didn’t come through offensively is a disappointment, but part of that is a credit to the Lakers.

这个系列和第一轮马刺对太阳的系列很类似. 太阳在第一场占尽优势的情况下, 两个加时都没拿下比赛, 最终1-4告负. 这轮马刺第一场在客场第三节打到一半的时候还领先20分, 但最后却输掉了比赛. 比赛的胜负也许并不重要, 毕竟太阳和马刺第一场都是客场, 能赢就属于赚了; 最重要的是输球的方式, 两个队在丢掉第一场后感觉士气就降了一个档次, 直到系列结束都没缓过来. 另外, 马刺的进攻的确有问题, 从常规赛最后阶段就有苗头, 经常n长时间没人能够得分, 再加上ginobili的伤势的确影响了他的发挥. 湖人能够战而胜之也是实力使然.

东部决赛, 凯尔特人领先3-2. 今晚第六场, 我个人希望活赛拿下今天比赛, 然后看第七场, 谁出来湖人都不好打. 但hamilton的投篮手上场比赛受了伤, 还不知道今天能不能上场, 即使上场了水平如何也不可知. 就整个系列来说, 还是凯尔特人的胜面大一点.

update: great article talking about kobe.

update: 凯尔特人赢了第六场. 21年之后, 湖人凯尔特人再次相遇总决赛. 预测湖人in five.

东西部两场比赛, 对比分明啊.

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东部骑士vs凯尔特人. 当凯尔特人的team defense升级到这样的高度, 骑士几乎没有机会. 再加上骑士的进攻, 很难想象这样的球队也能进东部半决赛. lebron连着两场表现都很差, 一场2-18, 一场6-24. 看来得寄希望于凯尔特人在季后赛客场的反常表现了.

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西部黄蜂vs马刺. 黄蜂的战术很明确, double-team duncan, 放外线三分. 马刺外线头两场很不争气, 这场总算表现好点了. 比赛紧张激烈, 两个组织后卫打对攻. 一边chris paul25投15中, 35分9助攻; 另一边parker24投12中, 31分11助攻. ginobili也有31分, 最终马刺拿下了这场必须拿下的比赛. 不是很明白pop的战术, 黄蜂的弱点其实很明显的, 一是替补一般, parker和ginobili就应该找着黄蜂的大个打争取犯规, chanlder三场比赛都没有六犯下场实在不可思议. 只要chanlder和west下场, 黄蜂就没什么戏; 二是chris paul的个子, 防守上明显有缺陷, 要是我就用ginobili给parker挡拆, 只要黄蜂一换防就让ginobili扛着paul打, 还能造paul犯规. 三是防守west为什么不用udoka, 第一轮打太阳udoka表现蛮好的, kurt thomas有点慢跟不上west, 用duncan防又容易使duncan犯规, horry老了不中用, pop在这一轮可是一点机会都没给udoka.

ok, i probably need another post to emphasize my point: the jazz are cooked. even i haven’t had too many lucks this year in predicting the playoff outcomes, but the two games i watched just make me wonder how jazz are gonna come back? my conclusion is no way. my points are:

1. kobe is a much better team player now. when he filled up stat sheet like 30/6/6, there is just no way you can stop him. the thing impressed me most is his decision-making: when to pass, when to shoot. he can have a hot-hand and still help his teammates involved. commissioner stern is better at speeches:

“I think that there are times where [players] don’t realize what they do for the game and what the game does for them until after they’re retired,” Stern told reporters before the game. “And it’s always rewarding for me for players either before or at their prime to come to have an understanding of what the game has done and continues to do for them, what it means to them, really, and what their performance means to others. And I get the strong sense that Kobe has reached that point this season.”

2. nba is dreaming about a lakers-celtics final, which could be a lot of people’s fantasy. i felt like the refs are a little bit tight towards jazz, but jazz definitely committed a lot of fouls.

3. lakers offense is just breathtakingly good. players are constantly giving up good chances to create great chances. they are on the top in assists and firing up more than 100 points every playoff game. and they have a superb bench. i smile every time when i think that ariza and bynum are gonna be back next season. they will be scarily good…

4. fisher is good, not only does he hit big shots, but also he knew a lot of jazz’s offense because he played for them last season. gasol and odom are both very comfortable in the triangle offense. their combination of players just felt right. i can see if jackson has the freedom to choose any players in nba to play triangle, he will pick all the lakers players.

4. jazz offense just doesn’t working right now with boozer struggling. players seem to lack of fighting spirit which is very unlike a sloan’s team. deron williams was very passive until the fourth quarter, but it was too late. i predict that d-will is gonna have a huge night in game 3, but his team will lose. the thing is lakers are not afraid of d-will scoring; they just don’t want d-will scores a bunch and gets his teammates involved. jazz is most dangerous in that situation. lakers now is just too good to be beaten by one person.

finally, kobe won the mvp award for the first time in his 12 years career. congrats!

nba playoff second round:

boston vs cleveland: no one predict that atlanta would bring mighty boston to game 7, which brings up doubts that boston’s ability to finish close games. i probably need to see the first game result (which is playing right now…) to make a prediction.

update: ok, celtics finally won a closed game. you won’t bet on that lebron’s shoot will be this bad again, but you also won’t expect ray allen to be scoreless again. another thing is that wallace is a such offense liability. boston can have wallace’s defender to double-team lebron any time without worrying about wallace scoring. doc may want to try hack-a-ben sometime (hehe, did anyone see pop tried hack-a-chanlder and had his own ass kicked when chanlder calmly made two free throws? come on pop, you are better than that). ok, i’ll say boston still have a little bit edge and advance in 7.

detroit vs orlando: when detroit is focused, orlando have no chance. billups/hamilton combo is too much for orlando to handle. i’ll say detroit take it in 5.

lakers vs utah: would be a close match, or a sweep. if kobe stays on form, utah is doomed. there are certain teams in nba that kobe just always have a huge game, and the list goes on as utah, dallas, portland… i’ll make a bold prediction that lakers sweep.

new orleans vs san antonio: resigned champion is down 0-2, and cp3 is very very good. at first i thought he is too small and he can’t defend, but after i watched the first game, i realized what a bad-ass he is on the court, and by bad-ass i don’t think it’s a bad thing. did you see cp3 flopped when bowen barely touched him? bowen, the dirtiest player in nba, had to whine to the refs… i never see any player playing bowen into such a perfection. i’ll say new orleans in 6.

今晚三场比赛, 都是第六场. 凯尔特人客场vs鹰队, 应该没什么悬念; 火箭客场vs爵士, 有一定难度; 骑士客场vs奇才, 可能是最有希望打到第七场的. 三场比赛里面, 希望至少有两场能进第七场, 这样星期天才有得比赛看.

结束的三个系列. 活塞4-2解决了76人. 说实话两队实在不是一个级别的球队, 活塞自从拿了一次总冠军后, 每次到关键的时候总心不在焉, 接下来对魔术, 估计得打起120%的精神了.

西部, 太阳1-4马刺, 小牛1-4黄蜂. 两个在赛季中对阵容动了大手术的球队, 都早早的被淘汰出局, 估计都得有点人员变动. 小牛已经开掉了主教练Johnson, 太阳还没什么动静, 但估计也快了. 总体而言, 两个队内部多多少少都存在问题, 太阳的问题在管理层, espn上这篇文章总结得很好. 小牛的问题在球员, 比较突出的例子就是howard, 一到关键时候就大脑进水, 我能想起来的就有三次:

这个赛季第4场比赛后, 小牛1-3落后, 季后赛命悬一线, 偏偏这个时候, howard邀请所有队友去night club庆祝自己的生日… johnson在输掉第4场比赛后, 告诉howard希望他能取消他的生日party. 第5场比赛前的训练, johnson得知了howard依然固执己见的举行了party, 虽然队友没有多少到场的, 气得johnson临时取消了当天的训练.

在输掉头两场比赛后, howard在一个访谈节目中, 公开承认自己在off-season抽大麻… 你自己愿意在大众面前坦白, 没有问题, 可你自己的球队刚连输两场季后赛, 这个时候还向媒体暴露这样的负面新闻, 实在不知道howard心里怎么想的.

两年前的总决赛第五场. 还有1.9秒, wade被犯规罚球, 头一罚中的, 将比分扳成100平. 小牛还有一次暂停机会, 按道理来讲, 当然是在wade罚第二次球后叫, 这样既可以安排战术, 又可以在中线发球. 看不懂的是, howard接着就叫了暂停, 小牛唯一的一次暂停机会. 结果wade罚进球, 1.9秒, 小牛不得不在后场发球, harris接球后中场出手, 当然不可能进了, 热队大比分3:2领先.

小牛和太阳两支不错的球队, 就这么结束了这个赛季, 多少有点可惜…

update: how unbelievable! utah and cleveland are advancing to the next round, but it was altanta who forced a game 7. another “black eight miracle”?

昨天看了湖人vs掘金, 第四场, 湖人3-0领先. 上半场湖人略占优势, 第三节被掘金扳回, 到第四节还有6分种左右的时候比分咬的很紧. 很佩服jackson的用兵, 第四节开始时候比分还很接近, 但jackson依然把kobe和gasol放在板凳上休息, 一帮替补支撑到8分种的时候, 再上主力. kobe今天手感不好, 才得了10来分, 命中率也不高. 但就在kobe上场后, 我就感觉到kobe要接管比赛了.

Not that he can’t do it — the final six minutes Monday were a tour de force at both ends. In that time he scored 14 points, blocked a shot, stole a pass and drew two offensive fouls.

He made a 3-pointer and a driving layup basket to break open a tie game, then hit a jumper over Kenyon Martin when the Nuggets briefly took a one-point lead. He turned his attention to defense and drew the fifth and sixth fouls on Martin by charging out hard and drawing illegal screens, knocking his primary defender out of the game.

Back on offense, he drew the fifth and sixth fouls on his next defender, Carmelo Anthony, by attacking off the dribble to draw blocking fouls — removing the Nuggets’ best scoring threat. His runner in the lane with 40.7 seconds left sucked the air out of Denver’s final charge, and his physical D on J.R. Smith and subsequent steal with 18.2 seconds left sealed it. And just for good measure, he rejected Linas Kleiza’s 3-point attempt at the buzzer.

“Is he good or what?” lamented a Nuggets official afterward. “You can talk about other guys, but he’s the best.”

湖人今年大有希望啊. 当然, 第一轮的横扫也有掘金的配合. 在最后的6分钟时间里, 掘金也就落后4分左右, 可一帮傻人就知道在三分线外出手. 还有30秒左右的时候, 掘金将比分追到差2分, 不老老实实回到自己半场打防守, 却选择在前场包夹kobe. 可掘金的包夹又不彻底, kobe轻松的就摆脱到了前场, 传给odom, odom给gasol, 篮下无人防守的扣篮! 防守打到这个份上, 也是应该回家练习练习去了.

以前老听到这种言论说nba不如college basketball, 因为不刺激, 没悬念, 季后赛是7场4胜, 还不是ncaa的单场淘汰. 但nba季后赛的原则就是不允许投机取巧, 要拿总冠军就必须有总冠军的实力. 在7场4胜的格式下, 最重要的两点就是调整和态度. 因为是跟同样的队伍连着打比赛, 经过头两场, 对于对手的长处短处大致都有了了解, 谁能最终获胜就取决于是否能扬长避短, 打出自己的优势. 同样也是因为跟相同的队伍连着打比赛, 战术上可能已经都是知己知彼, 谁能抢占优势就在于谁对胜利更加渴望, 在球场上更加卖力. 在第一轮的比赛里就为我们提供了无数这样的例子.

太阳vs马刺. 头三场马刺的pick and roll基本上把太阳都打暴了. 在第四场, 太阳的大个子总算加强了防守, 在挡拆的时候能跳出去阻拦一下控卫的带球, 好不容易扳回一场. 不过马刺应该能最终解决战斗, 太阳在第一场比赛里面犯下太多错误了.

火箭vs爵士. 火箭连输两个主场, alston受伤没办法, tmac又投篮又组织, 到了第四节都累趴下了. 第三场alston回归, 总算解放了tmac, 扳回一场. 但随后爵士又拿下第四场, 3-1领先, tmac的季后赛无胜绩的记录还得继续.

魔术vs猛龙. 魔术已经4-1解决了战斗. 猛龙从始到终都没有找到防守superman的方法, 大两双都被别人拿了3次, 前场篮板是一点办法都没有.

骑士vs奇才. 奇才在比赛前就宣称要hard foul lebron, 可是头两场下来, 一帮人就知道围着lebron犯规, 自己的进攻乱得没法看了. 还好在第三场, 端正了心态, 扳回一场. 轮到骑士的调整了, lebron在第四场最后时刻选择了传球, west三分命中, 骑士领先3-1.

小牛vs黄蜂. 唉, 这个系列看着chris paul蹂躏kidd, 让不得不感叹时光飞逝啊. 小牛的季后赛心理问题太严重了, 这帮人马必须得打散重来, 否则cuban花再多的钱也没用.

凯尔特人vs鹰队, 活塞vs76人. 这两个系列开始之前, 大家都是普遍认为低种子能赢一场就不错了, 而现在, 大比分都是2-2. 鹰队是打出了气势, 活塞则是太心不在焉了.