By Marilyn Dubinski | Pounding The Rock (PtR), 2024-08-07 03:31:35
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不过文班在防守端展现了实力，而这正是法国队所需要的。
2024 年巴黎奥运会男篮四分之一决赛的主题是大比分逆转。在目睹了希腊队将 12 分的领先优势拱手让给德国队，最终以 63-76 失利，以及塞尔维亚队在落后 24 分的情况下奋起直追，并在加时赛中以 95-90 击败澳大利亚队（尽管 帕蒂在国际篮联比赛中再次扮演英雄角色）之后，法国队发现自己也面临着类似的局面。他们在上半场迅速取得领先，最多时领先 19 分，但加拿大队在下半场卷土重来，并在比赛后期多次将分差缩小到 5 分。最终，维克多·文班亚马(Victor Wembanyama) 的及时防守和埃文·富尼耶的关键投篮帮助法国队以 82-73 锁定胜局。
盖尔雄·亚布塞莱(Guershon Yabusele) 和伊赛亚·科尔迪尼耶(Isaia Cordinier) 联手为法国队贡献了 44 分，而富尼耶和马蒂亚斯·莱索特(Mathias Lessort) 则包揽了替补席上的全部 28 分。谢伊·吉尔杰斯-亚历山大(Shai Gilgeous-Alexander) 和 RJ·巴雷特(RJ Barrett) 是加拿大队中仅有的两位得分上双的球员，分别得到 27 分和 16 分。
观察
- 这对文班来说不是一场进攻端的好比赛，他全场 10 投 2 中，三分球 6 投 0 中。他的大部分出手都出现在比赛后期，在第三节的大部分时间里，他只出手了 3 次。后卫线一直是法国队的弱点，无论你怎么评价马刺队在新秀赛季为文班创造得分机会的挣扎表现，但他们在这方面仍然比法国队做得更好，而且当三分球不进的时候，这一点就更加突出了。我个人的建议是用比拉尔·库利巴利(Bilal Coulibaly) 顶替弗兰克·尼利基纳(Frank Ntilikina) 担任首发控球后卫，因为他和文班在俱乐部层面有过合作，而且他们之间很有默契。
- 话虽如此，文班在其他方面都做出了很大贡献。他以 12 个篮板、5 次助攻和 3 次抢断领衔全队，而且他在关键时刻的防守存在至关重要。在比赛还剩不到 3 分钟时，他送给狄龙·布鲁克斯(Dillon Brooks) 一记大帽（这让马刺球迷感到非常满意）封盖了狄龙·布鲁克斯，将领先优势保持在 7 分；他在比赛还剩不到 1 分钟时助攻富尼耶投进了一记关键三分，将领先优势扩大到 10 分；并在比赛还剩 21 秒时完成一记补篮，彻底粉碎了加拿大队最后的希望。鉴于文班和巴图姆（0 分）的投篮手感都很糟糕，其他球员在得分方面的挺身而出是一件好事，但文班再次证明，他绝不仅仅是一招鲜的球员。
- 一个有趣的变化是鲁迪·戈贝尔(Rudy Gobert) 在法国队替补出场，而且只打了 3 分钟，所以当文班休息时，法国队有大约 10 分钟的时间里没有护框者。考虑到加拿大队缺少一名传统中锋，这可以理解，但尽管法国队在上半场顶住了这段时间，但加拿大队——尤其是亚历山大——在下半场抓住机会猛攻篮筐，这也是他们开始追分的契机。这可能只是一个针对对手的战术调整，也可能是为了改善进攻，所以看看戈贝尔在接下来的比赛中是否会再次获得常规出场时间，将会是一件很有趣的事情。
- 这里有一条我（以及解说员似乎也是如此）不知道的国际篮联规则：显然，如果在出手后发生进攻犯规，进球仍然有效。例如，在比赛还剩 2 分 26 秒时，富尼耶完成了一次突破上篮，但被吹罚进攻犯规。然而，由于在发生身体接触时球已经离开富尼耶的手，所以进球仍然有效，而德怀特·鲍威尔(Dwight Powell) 也为加拿大队获得了两次罚球，因为他们已经超过了犯规次数。有趣的是，这基本上抵消了进球和犯规的影响，因为两队都多了 2 分。
法国队将在半决赛中再次对阵德国队，这是他们在小组赛中唯一输掉的一场比赛的复赛。这场比赛的胜者将在决赛中争夺金牌（最差也能获得银牌），而输掉这场比赛的一方将在三四名决赛中争夺铜牌。
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France upsets Canada 82-73 despite little offensive contribution from Wembanyama
But Wemby was himself on defense, and that’s all the team needed.
The quarterfinals have been all about double-digit comebacks in Men’s Basketball at the 2024 Paris Olympics. After watching Greece surrender a 12-point lead to Germany for 76-63 loss and Serbia rally back from 24 down to beat Australia 95-90 in overtime (despite more FIBA Patty heroics), France found itself staring down a similar situation. After getting out to a quick start and leading by as much as 19 in the first half, Canada came roaring back in the second, getting as close five points several times late before some timely defense from Victor Wembanyama and heroic shots from Evan Fournier sealed the deal, 82-73.
Guershon Yabusele and Isaia Cordinier combined for 44 points to lead France, while Fournier and Mathias Lessort had all 28 of their bench points. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and RJ Barrett were the only Canadians to score in double figures with 27 and 16 points, respectively.
Observations
- It wasn’t a good game for Wemby on offense, as he shot just 2-10 from the field and 0-6 from three. Most of his attempts came later in the game, as he sat with just three attempts for much of the third quarter. Guard play was and remains France’s weakness, and say what you want about the Spurs’ struggles getting Wemby the ball his rookie season, but they were still better at it than France is, and when the threes aren’t falling, it stands out. My unofficial suggestion would be to start Bilal Coulibaly instead of Frank Ntilikina at guard since he has played with Wemby at the club level and they have chemistry together.
- That being said, Wemby contributed plenty everywhere else. He led everyone with 12 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 steals, and his defensive presence was crucial down the stretch. He had a huge (and satisfying for Spurs fans) block of Dillon Brooks with less than 3 minutes left to keep the lead at 7, assisted Fournier on the biggest shot of the night — a long three to stretch the lead to 10 with less than a minute to go — and a tip-in with with 21 seconds left to squash any remaining hope Canada may have had. It was a good thing other players stepped up in the scoring department since both Wemby and Batum (0 points) had bad shooting nights, but Wemby showed yet again that he is much more than a one trick pony.
- An interesting change was Rudy Gobert coming off the bench for France, and even then, he only played three minutes, so there was about 10 minutes of gametime when France went without either of its rim protectors when Wemby sat. It was understandable considering Canada lacks a traditional center, but while France survived those minutes in the first half, Canada — notably, SGA — made a concerted effort to attack the glass in those minutes of the second half, and that’s when their comeback attempt began. This may be have just been a matchup move, or it could have been an attempt to improve the offense, so it will be interesting to see if Gobert receives regular minutes again going forward.
- Here’s a FIBA rule I was unaware of (and it seemed like the announcers were too): apparently, if an offensive foul occurs after the shot is released, the bucket still counts. To wit, with 2:26 remaining, Fournier made a driving layup, but a charge was called. However, because the ball had already left Fournier’s hands when the contact occurred, the basket still counted, and Dwight Powell also got two free throws for Canada because they were over the limit. Pretty interesting in the sense that it basically offset both the bucket and the foul because both teams came out of it two points richer.
France will now face Germany in the semifinals in a rematch of their only loss in group play. The winner will have a shot at gold (worst case, silver) in the finals, and the loser of that game will play for bronze in the third-place game.
By Marilyn Dubinski, via Pounding The Rock