[工地]Game 1战报:卫冕冠军上演完美风暴

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Web Posted: 04/23/2006 12:00 AM CDT
Johnny Ludden
Express-News Staff Writer

在过去的2个月中,那些知名的“心理学家”们就一直在就所谓马刺的弱点发表各种高见。那么马刺听到了什么?Tim Duncan的右脚还很疼痛。Manu Ginobili的爆发力也不见了。

所以,当Ron Artest在本周早些时候信誓旦旦地表示他将带领国王杀入季后赛第二轮的时候,马刺的队员也仅仅是眨眨眼睛耸耸肩而已。他们早就听过类似的言论了——Kevin Garnett的“震惊世界”的宣言;还有Jerome James的誓言“有人要吃苦头了”。

而每一次,马刺都用同样的方式来加以应对——走进球场,一分高下。周六晚上的比赛也不例外。

Tony Parker攻下25分,同时似乎每个人都能投中三分球(甚至包括Nazr Mohammed)。因而,在AT&T中心球馆内满座的观众面前,马刺以122比88大胜国王,同时也宣告了他们的季后赛正式开始。7战4胜制的系列赛的第二场比赛将于当地时间下周二进行。

“如果你没有在心理上做好充分的准备就来到球场打季后赛,还希望能有好的结果,”Duncan说道,“那么你是来错地方了。”

周六晚上,马刺在主场的一切表现都十分出色。他们全场投中了11个三分球,这也追平了球队历史上季后赛单场投中三分最多的纪录。同时,他们将国王限制到仅有39.3%的投篮命中率,篮板球上也以51比32超出,并且122分的得分也是将近11年以来季后赛单场得分的最高纪录(不含加时赛)。

马刺球员的上场时间全部低于25分钟。第三节还剩下3分多钟的时候,Parker和Duncan就已经坐到板凳上开始休息了,而萨克拉门托人则不得不接受球队季后赛历史上最惨痛的一次失利。

“简单来说,我们完成了所有应该做到的事情,”马刺主教练Gregg Popovich说,“我们只是领先了一场罢了,我相信对手马上就会展开反击的。”

“在我个人看来,他们是联盟中最好的球队之一。上一次在这个球馆比赛的时候,他们也证明了这一点。那场比赛他们好好的给我们上了一课。”

相比Artest的那些大放厥词,马刺从4月5日主场败给国王的那场比赛中获取了更多的动力。两队当时都是打背靠背比赛的后一场,而Parker在输掉那场比赛后表示马刺一定会打得更具侵略性。

Ginobili在第一次进攻中就为全场比赛定下了基调。在Artest把他手中的球打掉之后,Ginobili猛冲上去抢球,他的左臂则向后甩出,左肘正好击中了Artest的脸部。

Artest摔到了地板上,Ginobili则趁势突入篮下,他在上篮的时候膝盖顶到了Brad Miller的腹部。尽管Ginobili为此吃到了一次进攻犯规,但无疑他已经明确的向对手传递了信息:马刺将竭尽全力来进攻。

“我当时感到好像打到了什么东西,”Ginobili说,“不过我并不知道那是他的脸。”

在第三节中,Artest终于找回了前面所吃的亏,他的前臂打到了Ginobili的头部。然而,在那个时候,Parker已经完全掌控了比赛。

在两队上一次的交锋中,Mike Bibby攻下了31分。而这一次,为了拖垮Bibby的体力,Parker从比赛的一开始就不断的对其展开攻击。他一次又一次的突破到禁区,要么是在对手的人群中转身过人完成上篮,要么是突破后的急停跳投得分。

在第一节,Parker就得到了16分,他在上半场就已经攻下23分,11次投篮9次命中。

“我还从没看到过他能如此之快,”Robert Horry说。

而即使当Parker坐到板凳上休息时,国王也依然无法得到喘息的机会。在上场的前7分钟内,Nick Van Exel就得到了11分。

当国王收缩到禁区来防守Parker和Ginobili的突破时,马刺的投手们就开始发威了。上半场结束时,马刺取得了73比39的领先优势。同时也创造了球队季后赛历史上的多项纪录:半场最高投篮命中率(68.4%)、单节投中三分球数(第二节的6个)以及半场命中三分球数(8个)。

“可以肯定的是,这个半场打得非常出色,就如同我们之前曾经做到过的那样。”Popovich说。

看起来Popovich安排哪名替补出场并不重要。因为每个上场的队员看起来都能立刻融入比赛节奏,并时刻准备好命中投篮。

Michael Finley的第一次出手就命中了一个三分。Van Exel也是如此。在踏入弧顶一步投中一个21尺外的跳投之后,Horry紧接着也命中了一个三分。Rasho Nesterovic则平稳的调整好脚步,在20尺外投篮球进。

“原来他们每个人都能投三分,这可没在我们的球队分析报告里面写过,”Bonzi Wells说,“我们只知道有那么一些球员能投三分,但我们不知道原来每个人,甚至他们的老妈都能投进三分。”

Wells的“老妈”大概指的是Mohammed。后者全场得到18分,并投中了他职业生涯的第二个三分球。他在比赛还剩下26秒时所投中的这个三分也使得马刺将领先优势扩大到了31分,不过这似乎并没有让Popovich感到满意。比赛一结束,他就点名批评了这名球队的先发中锋。

“因为这样也许会点燃对方的斗志,”Parker说,“不过好在他投中了,所以我们不会太生他的气了。”

马刺同样知道这一点:最佳的比赛动机往往是来源于自己内心的想法。

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Web Posted: 04/23/2006 12:00 AM CDT
Mike Monroe
Express-News Staff Writer

AT&T中心内的观众无疑会喜欢看到这样的场景:在马刺对阵国王的季后赛第一场比赛还剩下25.9秒的时候,马刺中锋Nazr Mohammed投中了一个三分球。

不过马刺的主教练Gregg Popovich可不认为这是什么值得高兴的事情。

当时马刺领先国王多达31分,而Mohammed的这一球也是他7年职业生涯中第三次尝试投三分。Popovich则对于他手下的球员没有向对手表现出足够的尊重而很不高兴。

在比赛临近尾声的时候,Mohammed看到自己的面前出现了主教练那张怒气冲冲的脸,后者显然试图向前者“表示”自己的想法。

而赛后,当被问及对于Mohammed的那次投篮——他个人的第6次投篮(全场6投6中)同时也是他本赛季第一次投三分——是否让他感到恼火的时候,Popovich并没有正面回答。

“我认为在下半场比赛中,替补球员们在控制比赛节奏方面做得相当不错,同时我认为每个参与其中的球员都做得很好,”Popovich说。而此前,他刚准备把头和肩膀转向另一边。

对此,Popovich的解释是:“这就叫躲避,你们应该都知道这代表什么意思。”

职业生涯投中三分球个数比Mohammed多出110个的Michael Finley就没有那么的官方辞令了。不过他还是尽力表达他对Mohammed的理解之情。

“在那样的情况下,我不会去投那个三分,”Finley说,“你不应该落井下石。不过他当时手风很顺,我想他可能只是想看看自己的手风到底有多顺吧。”

而对于这个就在国王主教练Rick Adelman面前投中的三分球,Mohammed的解释是:“我只是考虑如何完成最后时刻的比赛。当时我在那边无人防守,所以我就投了。”

注:当时比赛还剩下最后39秒,马刺进攻,Mohammed投篮的时候比赛还剩25秒,也就是进攻时间还剩下10秒。

绷带无法帮助Artest:
尽管Artest坚持声称他在本月早些时候伤势加重的右手大拇指对于他的发挥不会有影响,但他的技术统计却给出了另外的回答。

在右手拇指缠上了厚厚的绷带之后的4场比赛中,Artest每场仅得到9.8分,总共56投也仅有16次命中(28%)。

而Artest本赛季的技术统计是场均17.6分,投篮命中率40%。

Hart重回故地:
当回到圣安东尼奥之后,曾经在2001—04年陆续为马刺效力过2个赛季的现国王后卫Jason Hart在SA依旧有许多喜欢去的地方。而这之中,位于榜首的是AT&T中心不远处的一家理发店。

Hart说当他周五晚上到访店家的时候,那里的员工都对他表示了热情的招待了他。

“他们是忠实的马刺球迷,不过他们待我很好,”Hart说,“他们都是好人。”

另一个Hart会优先拜访的场所是与资助一名前队友的商业活动有关的。

“我需要到Malik的商店去买个费城牛排三明治(费城起士/Philly cheesesteak),”Hart说道。他所指的是位于Quarry市场的Malik Rose的三明治商店。“他的商店现在还开门的吧?”

Spurs-Kings: Inside Game 1

Web Posted: 04/23/2006 12:00 AM CDT
San Antonio Express-News

HIDDEN STAT

It might not have made much of a difference Saturday, but the Kings have to be troubled by Brad Miller’s failure to make any sort of meaningful scoring contribution against the Spurs.

During the regular season, Miller ranked third among the Kings in scoring at 15.0 points per game while shooting 49 percent from the field. But in three games against the Spurs, he averaged 6.0 points per game on 38-percent shooting.

On Saturday, Miller scored only four points on 2-of-8 shooting and managed only one rebound without a single assist. If the Kings have any hope of climbing back into the series, Miller can’t afford to continue being outplayed by Nazr Mohammed and Rasho Nesterovic.

- Mike Finger

NOT IN THE BOX

Manu Ginobili may have scored only 10 points in Saturday’s game, but what the box score won’t show is that six of those 10 points in the first 3:40 of the game came on drives to the basket. That proved to the Kings, and mainly to defender Ron Artest, that Ginobili was healthy and aggressive enough to command attention in the series.

Ginobili credited the attention the Kings paid to Tony Parker for opening things for him, but if anything set the tone for the Spurs on offense Saturday, it was Ginobili’s hard drive to the basket on the very first possession of the game. It left Artest on the floor, holding his jaw, and resulted in an offensive foul when Ginobili was called for leading with his knee when he collided with Brad Miller. The play didn’t show up in the box score as anything but a personal foul and turnover on Ginobili, but it made a major impact.

- Mike Monroe

FAST FORWARD

The Spurs understand fully that Tuesday’s Game2 won’t be as easy as the 34-point blowout Game1 turned out to be. In fact, a team full of playoff-tested veterans understands well that the very ease of Saturday’s victory likely assured a much tougher, more physical Game2.

“No question, it will be tougher next game,” said 12-year veteran Nick Van Exel, “but we’re going to be prepared for it. This is what the Spurs do: Get ready for big challenges.”

Said Bruce Bowen: “If you have home-court advantage, you are supposed to win at home. They are going to be a better team when they come out next time, and we have to be ready for that.”

The Kings may even try to squeeze an extra measure of anger out of the 3-point shot Spurs center Nazr Mohammed made with only 25.9 seconds remaining in the game and the Spurs leading by 31.

- Mike Monroe

Spurs’ Van Exel makes a sudden impact

Web Posted: 04/23/2006 12:00 AM CDT
Mike Monroe
Express-News Staff Writer

There had to be a small sense of relief among the Sacramento Kings when Tony Parker stayed on the bench as the second period began in Game 1 of their Western Conference playoff series against the Spurs.

Parker had already scored 16 points in the first quarter Saturday at the AT&T Center when he took a seat.

Thirty-eight seconds into the second period, the Kings discovered their troubles with the Spurs point guards were far from over. Nick Van Exel nailed a 3-point shot from the right corner on the Spurs’ first possession of the second quarter.

Before Parker returned, Van Exel made two more 3-pointers and two free throws to score all 11 of his points Saturday in a little more than seven minutes during the second quarter.

It was the sort of quick-strike capability that the Spurs had in mind when they signed Van Exel last summer. The Spurs didn’t get to see much of it over the course of the regular season as Van Exel battled ongoing pain and swelling in a left elbow filled with debris from prior injuries. But they knew it was there.

“I wasn’t surprised,” Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said, "because that’s what he does. He’s a guy who can shoot and can pass. It’s just a matter of whether his body will allow him to do it. In the first half, it was obvious his body felt good.

“He relishes those situations. He likes to take those shots. So in that sense it wasn’t a surprise. Hopefully, his body will allow him to continue to do that.”

Van Exel always has been at his best when he is aggressive, which usually means when he is looking for his own shot — as he did in the second period Saturday.

When he finally got the call, after Parker’s big first period, Van Exel decided to get involved quickly.

“The past couple weeks I’ve just been trying to get in that mode,” Van Exel said. “Play the way I’m capable of playing and trying to help the team. They won it last year, but it’s a totally different makeup this year, and I have to try to help in any way I can.”

Van Exel said he has been waiting all season for the playoffs to begin. He wondered how ready he would be, considering all the time he missed with his elbow woes. He did his best to remain engaged during his time on the inactive list.

“Everybody talked about how the Spurs went out and got Nick Van Exel for the playoffs,” Spurs guard Brent Barry said, “but you can’t have the sort of impact like Nick had on that game today without having gone through the regular season and understanding the system. Nick dealt with an elbow injury this year at times, when he really wanted to play more to find his rhythm.”

Van Exel played 17 minutes, 33 seconds on Saturday. He knows his playoff minutes will be determined largely by Parker’s effectiveness.

“When he’s rolling like tonight, I’ll be lucky to get 12, 15 minutes,” Van Exel said. “But there’s no problem with that. I’m here to spell him, and if he’s not playing well, hopefully I can go in and play a little better. If he’s playing well, I’ll just cheer him on and support him.”

It had been two years since Van Exel’s last playoff appearance, so Saturday’s quick strike in the second period felt good.

“I’ve definitely been looking forward to this all year and the good thing about it is the year went pretty fast,” he said. “We’ve been winning, and when you’re winning the season goes fast.”

Kings battered and bruised, but not down

Web Posted: 04/23/2006 12:00 AM CDT
Mike Finger
Express-News Staff Writer

With their faces reddened by a national-TV shaming and their most boastful mouth silenced by a busted upper lip, it would have been easy for the Sacramento Kings to cast aside their bravado the same way they tossed away the first game of the playoffs.

But even after a humiliating 122-88 loss to the Spurs on Saturday at the AT&T Center, the Kings vowed not to let it shake the air of confidence that had catapulted them into the postseason.

After all, Sacramento forward Shareef Abdur-Rahim reasoned, what good is swagger if you can’t use it after taking a good beating?

“That’s when you have to have it the most,” Abdur-Rahim said. “When you think you’re down, you can never look down.”

Heading into Game2 on Tuesday, the Kings might find it difficult to hide the look of a team that just endured the worst playoff defeat in franchise history.

But despite being overwhelmed by the Spurs inside, despite showing no signs of being able to contain Tony Parker, despite watching Ron “We’re-the-team-to-beat” Artest quietly walk out of the locker room with a bloody lip, Sacramento players said they aren’t even thinking about changing their approach to the series.

“You just can’t,” forward Kenny Thomas said. “You can’t let one game get to you and mess up your whole focus.”

The Kings entered the playoffs as one of the hottest teams in the NBA, having won nine of their previous 11 games, and they overcame a 19-27 start to secure the Western Conference’s final postseason berth.

A huge factor in their late surge was the confidence delivered by Artest, who breathed life into the team after arriving in a midseason trade and spent much of the past week guaranteeing success in the playoffs.

But after the Kings fell on their face in the opener, won’t it be difficult for them to keep that attitude alive?

“Yeah,” guard Kevin Martin said, “but with the guys around here, we’ll keep our swagger.”

Keeping their season alive might prove to be a more complicated problem. During Saturday’s pummeling, even the areas that they felt gave them a good chance against the Spurs failed to turn out like they’d hoped.

Point guard Mike Bibby, who had made a habit of outplaying Parker for much of the past few seasons, had trouble keeping up with his younger, quicker adversary and was outscored 25-17.

Artest, who led the Kings to a victory over the Spurs earlier this month, was elbowed by Manu Ginobili on the first possession of the game and struggled to a 7-for-21 shooting performance. Artest looked like he continued to be hampered by his injured right thumb, which has forced him to wear a heavy wrap the past two weeks.

The Kings also were outrebounded 51-32, outshot 57 percent to 39 percent, and looked nothing like the team that had vaulted up through the standings in the second half of the season.

“I know we’re better than what we played tonight,” Bibby said. “If we keep playing like we did, it’s gonna be ugly.”

Still, it’s not as though the Kings have lost hope.

“When you lose like this, it’s a little embarrassing,” Abdur-Rahim said. “But regardless, it’s just one game.”

吼哦,

这是……嗯,沙子出手……

坐下来看。——偷笑^_^