翻译：三分球对詹姆斯得分记录的影响「建议收藏」

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LeBron James is expected to surpass Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as the NBA’s career leader in points scored in the regular season later this season (potentially as early as February), but one record he won’t touch for a while is Abdul-Jabbar’s mark for made baskets. While James is less than 800 points away from Abdul-Jabbar’s record of 38,387, King James still trails the king of the skyhook by more than 2,000 field goals.

Given that gap, how has James closed the mark in points so quickly? Easy. The 3-point shot.

勒布朗·詹姆斯预计将在本赛季晚些时候（可能最早在 2 月）超过卡里姆·阿卜杜勒-贾巴尔，成为 NBA 职业生涯得分最高的得分王，但他暂时不会触及的一项记录是阿卜杜勒-贾巴尔的进球纪录。虽然詹姆斯距离阿卜杜勒-贾巴尔的 38,387 记录不到 800 分，但詹姆斯仍然落后天勾之王 2,000 多个投篮命中。

考虑到这一差距，詹姆斯是如何迅速追上得分的？很简单。三分球。

Abdul-Jabbar entered the NBA in 1969 a full 10 years before the NBA even added a 3-point line. Even once the 3-pointer came into existence, it was rarely used throughout the remainder of Abdul-Jabbar’s career, especially for a big man. He attempted just 18 in his final 10 seasons, making one. If that basket had counted for 2 points rather than 3 (as every other basket in his career did), he’d still be 795 points ahead of James.

However, while James entered a league dominated by Shaquille O’Neal, Tim Duncan and other powerful big men who forced the gravity of action in and around the low post, he now plies his trade in a league more obsessed with the 3-point shot than ever, and his ability to adapt on the fly in the midst of a pace-and-space revolution that turned pro basketball inside out is a huge reason he’s on the precipice of history.

阿卜杜勒-贾巴尔于 1969 年进入 NBA，比 NBA增加三分线提前了整整 10 年。即使三分球问世，在阿卜杜勒-贾巴尔余下的职业生涯中也很少使用，尤其是对大个子球员而言。在他最后的 10 个赛季中，他只尝试了 18 次，并命中了一次。即使他投中都是2 分而不是 3 分（就像他职业生涯中的其他投篮一样），他仍然比詹姆斯多 795 分。

然而，虽然詹姆斯进入了一个由沙奎尔奥尼尔、蒂姆邓肯和其他强大的大个子主导的联盟，他们迫使球队进攻像低位倾倒，但他现在在一个更加痴迷于三分球的联盟中进行比赛，他在节奏和空间中快速适应的能力彻底改变了职业篮球，这是他站在历史顶点上的一个重要原因。

Much like Abdul-Jabbar, who made all but one of his 15,837 baskets inside the arc, James began his path to the scoring record closer to the basket.

His first bucket in the NBA came on a pull-up midrange jumper along the right baseline. That exact spot became his favorite jump shot location early in his career. As you can see on this chart, in his first two seasons in the league, James was quite active in that exact location — as well as in the midrange in general.

就像阿卜杜勒-贾巴尔一样，他的 15,837 个进球中只有一个三分命中，但詹姆斯也是在中距离开始了他的得分记录之路。

他在 NBA 的第一个进球来自右侧底线的急停中距离跳投。那个准确的位置成为他职业生涯早期最喜欢的跳投位置。正如你在这张图表上看到的，在他进入联盟的前两个赛季，詹姆斯在那个确切的位置上非常活跃——以及一般的中距离。

In each of his first two seasons, 37% of his shots came between 10 feet and the 3-point line. James was never shy about taking 3s, but he struggled with long-range jumpers early. In his rookie year of 2003-04, among the 74 players who tried at least 200 triples, James ranked 72nd by making just 29% of his triples.

While James won Rookie of the Year honors, he was arguably one of the worst volume jump shooters in the NBA, and while he has improved in that regard throughout his career, he — like Abdul-Jabbar — has largely paved the way to the top of the league’s scoring mountain by dominating around the basket.

在他的前两个赛季中，他 37% 的投篮都发生在 10 英尺和三分线之间。詹姆斯从不羞于投三分，但他在早期的远距离跳投上遇到了困难。在 2003-04 赛季的新秀赛季，在 74 名至少出手 200 次三分球的球员中，詹姆斯以 29% 的三分球命中率排名第 72 位。

虽然詹姆斯赢得了年度最佳新秀的荣誉，但他可以说是 NBA 中投篮命中率最差的球员之一，虽然他在后续的整个职业生涯中在这方面有所进步，但他——就像阿卜杜勒-贾巴尔一样——在很大程度上是凭借在篮下的统治力登上联盟得分之巅。

Throughout his career, a whopping 63% of James’ made field goals have come in the paint, and 57.6% have come within 5 feet of the rim. When it’s all said and done, James will go down as the best paint scorer of his generation.

In case you think that’s an exaggeration, consider this incredible note: Among the top 50 most active paint scorers since 1999-2000, James ranks first in attempted field goals in the paint, first in made field goals in the paint and first in paint field goal percentage.

在他的整个职业生涯中，詹姆斯高达 63% 的投篮命中率来自三秒区，位于距离篮筐 5 英尺以内有57.6% 的命中率。归根结底，詹姆斯将成为他这一代人中最好的内线得分手。

如果您认为这有点夸张，请考虑一下这个令人难以置信的记录：在 1999-2000 赛季以来最活跃的 50 名内线得分手中，詹姆斯在内线投篮命中数排名第一，内线投篮命中数第一，内线投篮命中率第一。

After ranking 11th in the league in points in the paint per game in his rookie season, he has gone on to rank in the top 10 of that category in 17 of his past 18 seasons. At the peak of his abilities, James led the entire league in the category three times in the four-year span between the 2012-13 season and the 2015-16 season.

The biggest reason James was the most hyped prospect in modern basketball history was the blend of his incredible physical talents with his tremendous basketball savvy. That combination enabled him to destroy interior defenses with driving rim attacks that were equal parts cunning, speedy, powerful and productive.

在他的新秀赛季场均三秒区得分排名联盟第 11 位，他在过去 18 个赛季中有 17 个进入该类别的前 10 名。在他能力的巅峰时期，詹姆斯在 2012-13 赛季和 2015-16 赛季的四年时间里三度领跑全联盟。

詹姆斯之所以成为现代篮球史上最受关注的新秀，最大的原因在于他令人难以置信的身体天赋与非凡的篮球悟性相结合。这种结合使他能够通过狡猾、快速、强大和富有成效的篮筐攻击来摧毁内线防守。

This season, James still ranks fourth in the league in points in the paint per game, and while those paint buckets remain the main course on his scoring plate, his jump-shooting behavior has changed drastically since he entered the NBA. He deserves immense credit for slowly building a reliable jumper. He will never be Stephen Curry, but his ability to make 3-point shots has become an increasingly important part of his game.

The average distance of his made jumpers his rookie season was 15.7 feet; that is deep in the heart of the midrange. Last season that number was 22.5 feet, much closer to the 3-point arc.

本赛季，詹姆斯场均在内线得分仍然排名联盟第四，虽然内线得分仍然是他的主要得分点，但他的跳投自进入 NBA 以来发生了翻天覆地的变化。他慢慢地建立了一个可靠的跳投，值得极大的赞扬。他永远不会成为斯蒂芬库里，但他的三分球能力已经成为他比赛中越来越重要的一部分。

他新秀赛季的平均跳投距离为 15.7 英尺；那只比篮下远一些。上赛季这个数字是 22.5 英尺，更接近三分线。

Like the rest of the league, James has fallen in love with 3-point shots while turning his back on those non-paint 2s that represented more than a third of his field goal attempts in the early days. Many of James’ touches now occur deep along the left wing, beyond the arc, which is not only his favorite 3-point shooting location but also a great spot for him to attack the middle of the floor using his right-handed dribble.

和联盟其他球员一样，詹姆斯已经爱上了三分球，同时拒绝了那些占他早期投篮命中率超过三分之一的非三秒区二分球。詹姆斯的许多触球现在都发生在三分线外的左翼深处，这不仅是他最喜欢的三分球位置，也是他用右手运球突破的好地方。

As a rookie, only 10.1% of James’ made baskets came from beyond the arc, while 29.4% came in the midrange. Those numbers have basically flipped in his 20th season, with 22.6% of his buckets coming from 3-point range and just 10.6% from the midrange.

Since the beginning of the 2020-21 season, 27.9% of James’ points have come from downtown, and as he races toward the all-time scoring record, his ability to hit 3s is a major factor for two reasons.

作为一名新秀时，詹姆斯的投篮只有10.1%来自三分线外，而29.4%来自中距离。这些数字在他的第 20 个赛季基本发生了翻天覆地的变化，他的 22.6% 的投篮来自三分球，而只有 10.6% 的投篮来自中距离。

自 2020-21 赛季开始以来，詹姆斯有 27.9% 的得分来自三分，而在他向历史得分纪录发起冲击的过程中，他的三分球命中率是一个主要因素，原因有二。

The first is simple math. Three is greater than two, and as James leans more heavily on jumpers from downtown, he accelerates his pace toward that magical 38,387 points.

The second is sustainability. Abdul-Jabbar scored his last basket when he was 42. James is turning 38 this month, and racking up points from long range is easier on his aging frame.

首先是简单的数学。三分大于二分，随着詹姆斯更多地依赖三分，他加快了步伐，朝着神奇的 38,387 分迈进。

第二是可持续性。贾巴尔在他 42 岁时打进了他的最后一个进球。詹姆斯本月将年满 38 岁，在他年迈的身体上，远距离得分更容易。

As a young scorer, James combined, speed, size, vision, skill and finishing as well as any player the league had ever seen. He was part Magic Johnson, part Giannis Antetokounmpo. Throughout his prime he could get to the paint whenever he wanted and finish with incredible efficiency.

Perhaps no big play encapsulated that more than his legendary buzzer-beater against the Pacers in Game 1 of the 2013 Eastern Conference finals, when he caught Shane Battier’s inbounds pass at the top of the arc with 2.2 seconds left and blew past an over-pursuing Paul George straight to the rim against one of the best defenses in the league for a game-winning layup.

作为一名更年轻的得分手，詹姆斯在速度、体型、视野、技术和终结能力方面的综合表现堪比联盟历史上任何一名球员。他既是魔术师约翰逊，又是扬尼斯阿德托昆博。在他的巅峰时期，他可以随时进入内线，并以令人难以置信的效率完成比赛。

也许没有什么比他在 2013 年东部决赛第一场对阵步行者队的传奇压哨球更能体现这一点了，当时他在弧顶还剩 2.2 秒时接到肖恩巴蒂尔的边线传球，并甩掉追击的对手保罗乔治（联盟中最好的防守者之一）直奔篮筐，上篮致胜。

But that was almost a decade ago, and James is a different player now. Those kinds of explosive rim attacks are rarer than ever. The NBA has been tracking drives for 10 seasons now, and in that timeframe, James is recording his fewest drives per game this season. In the 2019-20 season, James logged 13.9 drives per game according to Second Spectrum. This season that number is just 8.0.

As James comes down the homestretch of his race toward the scoring record, he is spending more time and accumulating more points farther and farther away from the basket.

但那是将近十年前的事了，詹姆斯现在是一个不同的球员。这种爆炸性的篮筐攻击比以往任何时候都少见。NBA 已经记录了最近 10 个赛季他的突破次数，在那个时间段内，詹姆斯记录了他本赛季场均最少的突破次数。根据 Second Spectrum，在 2019-20 赛季，詹姆斯场均有 13.9 次突破。本赛季这个数字仅为 8.0。

当詹姆斯在冲刺得分纪录的最后阶段时，他花的时间越来越多，得分也越来越离篮筐越来越远。

Everyone knows that Abdul-Jabbar used his legendary skyhook to rack up buckets deep into his 30s and even into his 40s. While James doesn’t have a signature shot like that, his ability to hit 3s is both accelerating his pace toward the record and enabling him to score with fewer of those drives that take a toll on his aging frame.

Abdul-Jabbar ended his career with over 15,800 made 2-point field goals — which, again, was the only type of field goal for the first half of his career. James will likely surpass his scoring record with fewer than 12,000 made shots inside the arc.

每个人都知道，阿卜杜勒-贾巴尔在 30 多岁甚至 40 多岁的时候还在用他传奇般的天勾投篮。虽然詹姆斯没有这样的标志性投篮，但他投中 3 分的能力既加快了他打破纪录的步伐，也使他能够用更少的投篮得分，而这些投篮减缓了他身体的老化。

阿卜杜尔-贾巴尔以超过 15,800 次两分球结束了他的职业生涯——这也是他职业生涯前半段唯一的投篮类型。詹姆斯在三分线内的投篮次数不足 12,000 次，但会超过他的得分纪录。

Amazingly, James currently ranks 10th in NBA history with 2,184 made 3s. If each of those baskets had counted for only 2 points, James would still be chasing Karl Malone for second, rather than running down Abdul-Jabbar (though it’s just as likely that in an NBA without a 3-point line, James would’ve replaced a lot of those low-percentage long-distance shots with looks closer to the basket).

令人惊讶的是，詹姆斯目前以 2,184 记三分球在 NBA 历史上排名第 10。如果这些篮筐中的每一个都只计入 2 分，詹姆斯仍然会紧追卡尔马龙第二的位置，而不是紧追阿卜杜勒-贾巴尔（尽管在没有三分线的 NBA 中，詹姆斯可能会用看起来更靠近篮筐取代了很多那些低命中率的远距离投篮）。

James already has more 3-pointers made than retired sharpshooters like Dirk Nowitzki, JJ Redick and JR Smith, and he could finish this season as high as sixth on the NBA’s career 3-pointers list. Despite the fact that James led the NBA in total 2-pointers made in three separate seasons, as he approaches one of the biggest milestones of his illustrious career, he is leaning on perimeter scoring more than ever.

詹姆斯的三分球命中数已经超过德克诺维茨基、JJ 雷迪克和JR 史密斯等退役神射手，本赛季他可能在 NBA 职业生涯三分球榜上排名第六。尽管詹姆斯在三个不同的赛季中以两分球总数领跑 NBA，但随着他越来越接近历史得分榜第一，他比以往任何时候都更加依赖外线得分。

On Nov. 26, James scored a season-high 39 points as the Lakers beat the Spurs, but 21 of those points came from downtown. That night, more than half of his shots and more than half of his points came a long way from the places where Abdul-Jabbar used to score. And as James continues to battle Father Time, his ability to chase down Abdul-Jabbar’s iconic record will rely on more nights like that.

11 月 26 日，詹姆斯在湖人队击败马刺队的比赛中得到赛季最高的 39 分，但其中 21 分来自三分。那天晚上，他超过一半的投篮和超过一半的得分都来自阿卜杜勒-贾巴尔过去不怎么得分的地方。随着詹姆斯继续作战，他能否追回阿卜杜勒-贾巴尔的标志性记录将取决于更多这样的夜晚。