1998-01-22, By Glenn Rogers
马刺大胜老鹰
马刺队在周三晚上给来访的亚特兰大老鹰队带来了一点惊喜。
老鹰队在周二亚特兰大比赛后的长途飞行后感到疲惫,他们知道他们必须飞得更高才能克服马刺队的“双塔”——大卫·罗宾逊(David Robinson)和蒂姆·邓肯(Tim Duncan)。
想象一下,当他们看到马刺队的首发阵容中出现了“三塔”——7尺1寸的罗宾逊,6尺11寸的邓肯和7尺的威尔·珀迪(Will Perdue)时,他们的沮丧之情。
珀迪首发出场,顶替了肖恩·埃利奥特(Sean Elliott),埃利奥特在周三的比赛前因膝盖疼痛被列入伤病名单。
这一策略让老鹰队陷入混乱,导致圣安东尼奥队在阿拉莫穹顶以90-76轻松取胜。
“这是我们在训练中尝试了一段时间的战术,”马刺队主教练格雷格·波波维奇(Gregg Popovich)说。“我知道总有一天我们会尝试的。它可能不适合我们每晚的计划,但今晚效果很好。”
好到足以在半场结束前解决问题。
6尺8寸的查基·布朗(Chucky Brown),无疑期待着代替埃利奥特防守查克·帕森(Chuck Person),结果却与邓肯对上了。布朗在被吹罚第二次犯规前只坚持了6分钟。6尺9寸的艾伦·亨德森(Alan Henderson)接替了他的位置,但也没有取得成功。
邓肯在第一节得到11分,上半场得到15分,当时马刺队领先20分;他在第三节结束时得到23分,当时圣安东尼奥队领先30分。
“威尔是这场比赛和亚特兰大比赛(108-96失利)之间区别的关键,”邓肯说。“对于我们来说,这是一个很好的阵容。威尔在篮板球和保持迪肯贝(穆托姆博,Dikembe Mutombo)失去平衡方面真的很有帮助。我认为这个阵容可以在很多情况下发挥作用。唯一可能搞砸的人就是我。戴夫和威尔会做他们通常做的事情。我可能会撞到人。”
马刺队的“三塔”在首节抢下了15个篮板球,老鹰队只有8个。这三个人在第三节结束时抢下了25个篮板球,得到了50分。老鹰队的前场穆托姆博、克里斯蒂安·莱特纳(Christian Laettner)和布朗抢下了12个篮板球,得到了17分。
陷入困境的老鹰队在前三节的投篮命中率只有29%,他们从各个方向都投失了,他们的内线进攻也被压制了。
邓肯和罗宾逊在第四节休息,但珀迪打了30分钟,并以19分追平了他的职业生涯最高得分。
“我想波波现在会看起来像个天才。只用了42场比赛就找到了这个阵容,”珀迪笑着说。“今晚这对我们来说绝对有利,但我不能说它在每场比赛中都会奏效。老鹰队可能是一支爆发力很强的球队。我们想确保他们拿不到进攻篮板球,我们也拿回了一些,并把他们放进篮筐里。”
马刺队在篮板球上以39-24领先老鹰队,在前三节的第二机会得分上以13-4领先。周一晚上在新泽西,篮网队抢下了30个进攻篮板球,得到了28分。
艾弗里·约翰逊(Avery Johnson)开玩笑地说:“我们想在威尔被交易之前提高他的得分。”
珀迪说:“我不知道。当他们让马特·盖格(Matt Geiger)在夏洛特首发出场时,他们就开始谈论交易,所以也许这里也是一样的。”
下半场的亮点包括珀迪,在这个场合担任小前锋,在快攻中直冲禁区。他扣篮不中,但被犯规了。他还完成了一个漂亮的跑动挑篮。
“这很罕见,”波波维奇说。
波波维奇表示,埃利奥特可能要缺席一个月。
“这不像一个星期那样,需要很短的时间,”波波维奇说。
当被问及是否担心手术时,波波维奇回答说:“我们担心所有事情。没有必要让他一直等下去。现在是让他进行康复,并努力让他恢复到我们认识的肖恩。”
波波维奇说,大卫·施密特(David Schmidt)医生和埃利奥特今天将会见面,并开始康复计划。施密特还将让外面的医生检查埃利奥特的膝盖。
大约一个月前,埃利奥特膝盖的核磁共振检查结果为阴性。
埃利奥特预计不会缺席一个月。
“这是一个被提出来的期限,但我认为不会,”他说。
事实上,埃利奥特并没有完全同意将他列入伤病名单的决定。
“但我必须照顾好自己,然后我们再看看,”他说。“我只想避免去年那种情况,不要缺席整个赛季。”
埃利奥特说,关于他和波波维奇就此事发生了激烈争论的报道纯属虚假。
前锋肖恩·埃利奥特在周三因膝盖问题被列入伤病名单。
埃利奥特左膝患有肌腱炎,右膝反复疼痛,无限期缺席,将在一个广泛的康复计划中接受评估。
马刺队激活了马利克·罗斯(Malik Rose)。
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Spurs get big win over Hawks
The Spurs had a little surprise for visiting Atlanta on Wednesday night.
The Hawks, weary after their long flight following a game in Atlanta on Tuesday, knew they would have to fly high to surmount the Spurs’ “Twin Towers” - David Robinson and Tim Duncan.
Imagine their chagrin when they saw the Spurs’ starting lineup featured “Tri-Towers” - 7-foot-1 Robinson, 6-11 Duncan and 7-0 Will Perdue.
Perdue started in the place of Sean Elliott, placed on the injured list before Wednesday’s game with sore knees.
The ploy threw the Hawks into disarray and led to a 90-76 San Antonio walkover at the Alamodome.
“It’s something we’ve been playing around with in practice for a while,” Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said. “I knew at some point we would try it. It may not fit our plan every night, but tonight it worked well.”
Well enough to settle the issue by the end of the first half.
The 6-8 Chucky Brown, undoubtedly expecting to guard Chuck Person in place of Elliott, instead was matched up against Duncan. Brown managed to stay on the floor for six minutes before picking up his second foul. The 6-9 Alan Henderson took over and had no more success.
Duncan had 11 points in the first quarter, 15 by halftime, when the Spurs led by 20, and 23 by the end of the third quarter, when San Antonio led by 30.
“Will was the difference between this game and the game in Atlanta (a 108-96 loss),” Duncan said. “This was a good lineup for us. Will really helped on the rebounding and keeping Dikembe (Mutombo) off balance. I think the lineup can work, in a lot of cases. The only one who can foul it up is me. Dave and Will will be doing what they usually do. I could be running into people.”
The Spurs’ triplets hauled down 15 rebounds in the opening period. The Hawks had eight. The threesome had 25 rebounds and 50 points at the end of three quarters. The Hawks’ frontline of Mutombo, Christian Laettner and Brown had 12 boards and 17 points.
The flustered Hawks hit just 29 percent of their shots through the decisive first three quarters, misfiring from every direction and seeing their inside attacks blunted.
Duncan and Robinson rested in the fourth, but Perdue played 30 minutes and tied his career high with 19 points.
“I guess Pop will look like a genius now. It only took 42 games to figure out this lineup,” Perdue said jokingly. “It certainly worked to our advantage tonight, but I couldn’t say it would in every game. The Hawks can be an explosive team. We wanted to make sure they didn’t get offensive rebounds and we got some of our own back and put them in.”
The Spurs outrebounded the Hawks 39-24 and scored 13 second- chance points to the Hawks’ four through three quarters. In New Jersey on Monday night, the Nets pulled down 30 offensive rebounds and scored 28 second-chance points.
Said Avery Johnson kiddingly: “We wanted to pad Will’s scoring for when he gets traded.”
Said Perdue: “I don’t know. When they started Matt Geiger in Charlotte, they all started talking about (a) trade, so maybe it’s the same thing here.”
Highlights in the second half included Perdue, serving as a small forward on this occasion, filling the lane on the fast break. He clanked the dunk, but was fouled. He also served up a dandy running finger roll.
“That’s rare,” said Popovich.
Popovich indicated Elliott could be out for as long as a month.
“It’s not something done in a short period of time, like a week,” Popovich said.
Asked if surgery was feared, Popovich responded: “We fear everything. There was just no point in waiting around for him to come around. It’s time to put him in rehab and try to get the Sean we know back.”
Popovich said Dr. David Schmidt and Elliott will get together today and beging rehabilitation plans. Schmidt also will have Elliott’s knees examined by outside doctors.
MRIs performed on Elliott’s knees about a month ago turned up negative.
Elliott doesn’t anticipate being out a month.
“That was a time period that was thrown out, but I don’t think so,” he said.
In fact, Elliott didn’t go completely along with the decision to be placed on the injured list.
“But I have to take care of myself and then we’ll see,” he said. “I just don’t want a repeat of the situation last year and be out for the season.”
Elliott said there was no truth to reports that he had a heated discussion with Popovich about the situation.
Elliott sidelined
Forward Sean Elliott on Wednesday was placed on the injured list with knee problems.
Elliott, who has tendinitis in his left knee and a recurring pain in his right knee, is out indefinitely and will be evaluated during an extensive rehabilitation program.
The Spurs activated Malik Rose.
By Glenn Rogers, via San Antonio Express-News