[外絮] Cade Cunningham相信他是全明星球員

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原文來自The Athletic

作者為Hunter Patterson

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Cunningham is amid the best stretch of his professional career, furthering a
case for his first All-Star bid and making franchise history in the process.“I believe I am,” Cunningham said at his locker when asked if he thought was
an All-Star. “Whenever I’m on the court every night, I feel like I’m the
best player. I try to do whatever it takes to help my team win, and my
teammates have made me look great this year. I’m just trying to help my team
win and we’ll see what happens with it.”

Cunningham 正處於他職業生涯中最好的時期，並進一步爭取他第一次入選全明星，也在過程中創造了球隊歷史。(隊史首位在MSG大三元的球員)

「我相信我是。」當 Cunningham 被問到他是否認為自己是全明星時，他在更衣櫃前說道。

「每當我每晚在球場上時，我都感覺我是場上最好的球員。我會嘗試做任何事來幫助我的球隊贏球，我的隊友今年讓我看起來很棒。我只想幫助球隊贏得比賽，至於結果如何就讓我們拭目以待。」

Cunningham also was sure to credit his teammates. The bond he shares with
them is apparent. Despite Cunningham having one of the best games of his
young career, he was just another guy in the locker room after the win.
Pistons players enjoyed pizza over music provided by Jalen Duren.

It was much less about Cunningham in the confines of the Detroit locker room
and more about the road win over a top-five team in the Eastern Conference tomove to 10-15.

Cunningham 也給予他的隊友肯定，他與隊友之間的好關係顯而易見。

儘管 Cunningham 打出了他年輕職業生涯中最好的比賽之一，但在勝利之後，他只是更衣室裡的其中一個、在 Jalen Duren 提供的音樂中享用披薩的活塞球員。

在更衣室裡，重點不是 Cunningham 本場的表現，而是活塞成功在客場擊敗東區前五的強隊，並使戰績提升至10勝15敗。

Cunningham entered the season with two triple-doubles and through the first
25 games this season, he already has five triple-doubles.

Before Saturday’s performance, his 23.7 points on 45.2 percent from the
field and 37.8 percent from 3-point range, 9.1 assists and 7.2 rebounds were
well on pace to be career bests. In his last 10 games, Cunningham is posting
24.5 points on 40.8 percent from 3, 10.0 assists and 7.1 rebounds.

Aside from back-to-back career highs in assists, his five triple-doubles are
the third most in a season in franchise history (Grant Hill had 13 and 10)
and the third most in the NBA this season behind former MVPs Nikola Joki
and LeBron James.

Cunningham 在本賽季開始前只有2次大三元，但本季在前25場比賽中已經完成5次大三元。

在本場比賽前，他平均有23.7分7.2籃板9.1助攻，並有45.2%的命中率與37.8%的三分命
中率，這些數據都是他的生涯新高。

在過去的10場比賽中，Cunningham 場均24.5分7.1籃板10助攻，三分球命中率40.8%。

除了連續兩場創下助攻生涯新高外，他的5次大三元也是活塞隊史單季第三多。(僅次於
Hill的13次與10次)

他也是本季目前大三元次數第三高的球員，只排在前MVP們的Jokic與LeBron之後。

To put Cunningham’s level of play in perspective, Indiana Pacers guard
Tyrese Haliburton, who started in the 2024 All-Star Game, averaged 20.1
points on 47.7 percent shooting and 36.4 percent from distance, 10.9 assists
and 3.9 rebounds last season. Damian Lillard was the other starter in the
East backcourt. Lillard averaged 24.3 points on 35.4 percent shooting from 3,7.0 assists and 4.4 rebounds.

Cunningham’s numbers are on par with both of the guards who started in the
East last season and his numbers are producing wins, too. While Detroit’s
record might not jump off the page, the Pistons were only 2-23 through their
first 25 last season. This is the best start Cunningham has seen through 25
games in his four NBA seasons, and it’s the best start Detroit has had
through 25 games since 2019-20.

為了了解 Cunningham 的表現，我們稍微做個比較。印第安納溜馬後衛Tyrese Haliburton，他是2024年全明星賽的先發球員，去年賽季場均得到20.1分，投籃命中率47.7%，三分命中率36.4%，還有10.9次助攻和3.9個籃板。

Damian Lillard 是東區後場的另一名先發球員，場均得到24.3分，三分命中率為35.4%，7.0次助攻和4.4個籃板。

Cunningham 的數據與去年東區先發的兩名後衛相當，而且他的表現也帶來了勝利。儘管活塞的戰績可能不會引起太多關注，但他們在上個賽季的前25場比賽中只有2勝23敗。這季是 Cunningham 四個NBA賽季中前25場比賽的最佳開局，也是活塞自2019-20賽季以來，前25場比賽的最佳開局。

“(Cade) set the tone for the game,” Pistons coach J.B. Bickerstaff said
postgame. “Defensively we asked him to guard (Jalen) Brunson. I thought he
did a really good job of keeping him in front of him and containing him. He
played a complete game tonight and I was proud of his effort, but to see the
growth from game to game and the things we talked about in Boston.
And to be able to carry it over to tonight, I thought, was really good.”

The 23-year-old guard is also maximizing the potential of those around him.
Malik Beasley is on pace to average the second-most points of his career on
39.9 percent from behind the arc. Cunningham’s backcourt mate, Jaden Ivey,
is on pace for career-highs in points, field-goal percentage and 3-point
percentage.

「活塞教練 J.B. Bickerstaff 在賽後說道：「（Cade）為這場比賽定下基調。防守方
面，我們要求他防守（Jalen）Brunson 。我覺得他做得非常好，把他擋在身前，遏制住他。他今晚打了一場完美的比賽，我為他的努力感到驕傲，能看到他從一場比賽到下一場比賽的成長，也改善了我們在Boston談過的問題。」

這位 23 歲的後衛也將他隊友的潛力發揮到極致。Malik Beasley以39.9%的三分命中率，砍下生涯第二高的場均得分。Cunningham 的後場搭檔 Jaden Ivey 的得分、命中率和三分球命中率也都有望創下職業生涯新高。

“To be honest, I didn’t really feel like I got in the zone like I wanted to
tonight,” Cunningham told The Athletic from his TD Garden locker after a
130-120 loss to the Celtics.

Heading into the locker room Saturday, that question was front of mind
considering how he had just played. This time, Cunningham had a different
answer.

“It felt a little different,” Cunningham said. “The 3-ball was falling,
too. I felt like I could make whatever reads, I was making all of the reads
on time and on target. I definitely felt like I was in that zone, for sure.”

「老實說，今晚我沒有進入我想要的狀態。」Cunningham 在以130-120敗給塞爾提克後
，在TD Garden 更衣室接受採訪時這樣告訴 The Athletic。

而在星期六擊敗尼克進入更衣室時，考慮到他剛剛的表現，這個問題又在腦海中浮現。面對這一次的提問，Cunningham 有了不同的答案。

「感覺有點不同，」Cunningham 說。「三分球能成功命中。我覺得我可以做出任何判斷，而且所有的判斷都很即時且準確。我覺得我肯定進入了ZONE。」

心得:Cade目前在各項進階數據也都來到生涯新高，EPM來到了+2.8

而三分球命中率在對戰尼克過後也升至39.3%

希望能成功進入明星賽，活塞上一個進入明星賽的球員已經是18-19的BG了

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