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Tyler Herro wanted to be Heat’s No. 1 option. Now he’s learning how hard it
is

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Herro’s time came as the Butler saga unfolded and the franchise felt like it
was unraveling. With Butler suspended multiple times, there was no doubt the H
eat’s offense was now Herro’s to run. But ascending to that role in the midd
le of a power struggle between personalities as combustible as Butler and Pat
Riley was not how Herro envisioned things.


Herro and the Heat eventually figured it out, making it through the Play-In To
urnament to face the Cleveland Cavaliers in the first round. They even showed
signs of life in a close Game 2 loss in Cleveland. But Miami’s light dimmed S
aturday as the Cavs successfully disconnected Herro from the offense he is tas
ked with orchestrating.


The Heat’s All-Star guard spent much of the 124-87 Game 3 loss — the most lo
psided playoff defeat in franchise history — swimming through a sea of bodies
, unable to find the ball as Miami fell into a 3-0 series hole.
英雄在第三場比賽中大部分時間都無法接到球，最終以124-87的比分輸掉了比賽——這是
球隊歷史上季後賽最慘痛的失利——熱火在這場系列賽後以0-3 落後。

Now Herro faces a distinct crossroads, wanting to prove he can lead a team in
the postseason while reflecting on what could have been if Butler never forced
 his way out.
現在，英雄面臨著一個明顯的十字路口，他想要證明自己可以在季後賽中帶領一支球隊，
同時也反思如果吉巴沒有強行離開，球隊的命運會如何。

“Obviously, I know I need Jimmy to win. If we had Jimmy right now, I feel lik
e it’d be a completely different situation,” Herro told The Athletic before
Game 3. “We probably wouldn’t even be the eighth seed. So finding that middl
e balance of like, damn, we need him, but also understanding, sh–, that’s hi
s career and what he wants is ultimately his right to want what he wants. It w
as just tough to be in the middle of both sides.”


Herro entered the season assuming a locker room leadership role alongside Bam
Adebayo. He reflected on the lessons he learned from Butler over the course of
 his career, trying to replicate a leadership paradigm that kept the Heat comp
etitive with Butler at the helm.
本賽季開始後，英雄與阿爹一起擔任更衣室領導角色。他回顧了職業生涯中從吉巴身上學
到的經驗教訓，試圖複製在吉巴的領導下讓熱火隊保持競爭力的領導模式。

“I’ve known Jimmy for five, six years, obviously being with him every day, j
ust seeing how he is as a basketball player and how he really makes his teamma
tes better,” Herro said. “He makes the right play all the time, just seeing
that competitive edge that he brought.”
英雄：我認識吉巴有五、六年了，每天都和他在一起，見證他作為籃球運動員的表現，以
及他如何讓隊友變得更好，他總是能做出正確的打法，這體現了他所帶來的競爭優勢。

But from the beginning of Game 3, that wall was back and sturdier than ever. W
hether it was Herro’s former teammate Max Strus top-locking him inside the 3-
point arc or Defensive Player of the Year Evan Mobley stifling all the other a
ctions to get the ball toward Herro, Cleveland caused the Heat offense to comp
letely collapse and erased their hopes of making this a series along with it.


The Cavaliers defense increased its ball pressure on Adebayo to prevent him fr
om finding cutters underneath. That worked in tandem with denying Herro, keepi
ng him away from the Adebayo handoffs that have become Herro’s calling card t
he past few seasons.
騎士的防守加大了對阿爹的施壓，以防止他找到低位切入者。這一招與阻止英雄接球同時
起作用，使他遠離阿爹的傳球。

Herro should be better prepared for this moment. Last season, the Heat lost Bu
tler before their first-round series against the Celtics, and Herro showed fla
shes of the game he exhibited throughout this season. The Boston series was a
turning point for Herro, as he finally got a chance to be the offensive engine
. Having the likes of Boston’s Jrue Holiday, Jaylen Brown and Derrick White t
ake turns guarding him was a test that would force any emerging star to sink o
r swim.


“It gave me an outline of what works and what doesn’t work against some of t
he better defenders,” Herro said. “And how I can transform my game and take
the good parts of my game and just continue to make it better.”
英雄：它讓我了解了在面對一些更優秀的防守球員時什麼方法有效，什麼方法無效，以及
我如何改變我的比賽方式，發揮我比賽中的優點，並不斷使其變得更好。

While Herro still has a ways to go to perform at the level he and the Heat wan
t in the postseason, he is more than willing to face the criticism. He embrace
s it. Whether it was Heat President Pat Riley calling him fragile for only pla
ying 40 games last season or Darius Garland saying the Cavs’ gameplan was to
drive right at him, Herro is used to having people calling him out.
儘管英雄距離在季後賽中達到他和熱火隊所期望的水準還有很長的路要走，但他非常願意
面對批評。他欣然接受。無論是熱火隊總裁油頭稱他上賽季只打了 40 場比賽，顯得脆弱
，還是Garland說騎士隊的比賽計劃就是直接攻擊他，英雄已經習慣了別人對他的批評。

“I love it. That’s how I grew up. So that’s my natural habitat, fiery, just
 talking sh– and understanding that it’s basketball,” Herro said. “Just ta
lking sh– about basketball bro. It’s not the end of the world.”
英雄：我愛籃球。我就是這樣長大的，所以這就是我的天性，熱情奔放，我明白這就是籃
球，只是聊聊籃球的事，又不是世界末日。

Herro said Riley’s criticism pushed him to work more on his body this past of
fseason than ever before. He understood Riley is old school and will say it to
 his face and to the world. “I could call myself fragile as well and not be i
n my feelings,” Herro said.


Adebayo said he has always had respect for Herro, but the resilience the guard
 showed through all the noise the past year solidified it. So with Herro limit
ed to just 13 points in Game 3, Adebayo wasn’t concerned about the All-Star f
olding with the team’s backs against the wall.


“I’ve seen Tyler go through worse,” Adebayo said. “The media has drug that
 man through the mud a lot. … We’re going to figure it out. Be vocal, eye-to
-eye communication and see what happens Monday.”
阿爹：我見過英雄經歷過更糟糕的事情，媒體把那個人抹黑了好幾次。我們會弄清楚的，
保持溝通，面對面交流，看看周一會發生什麼。

“All the really good players have to go through this,” Spoelstra said. “You
 get schemed and the schemes are on steroids in the playoffs.”
濕婆：所有真正優秀的球員都必須經歷這個，在季後賽中，你會被陰謀詭計所籠罩，而且
這些陰謀詭計會變得更加厲害。

“Hell yeah, that’s how it works,” Herro said. “That’s part of the game. T
hat’s life.”
英雄：當然，就是這樣的，這就是比賽的一部分，這就是生活。


短評或心得：

熱火沒了吉巴很艱難



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