By Jeje Gomez | Pounding The Rock (PtR), 2024-10-25 11:23:03
由生成式人工智能翻译，译文内容可能不准确或不完整，以原文为准。
尽管维克多·文班亚马 (Victor Wembanyama) 表现不佳，但马刺队在比赛的大部分时间里都保持着比分上的胶着，但最终还是在实力更强的对手面前败下阵来。
马刺队以一场一边倒的失利开始了 2024/25 赛季，但仍然留下了一些乐观的余地。120-109 的最终比分并不能反映出他们在下半场控制卢卡·东契奇 (Luka Doncic) 的独行侠队有多么困难，也不能反映出他们有时得分有多么艰难，但这表明他们在任何时候都没有放弃。
这不是一个漂亮的开局，因为马刺队很难让文班在内线站稳脚跟，而独行侠队也错失了空位投篮的机会，但两支球队都有一些积极的方面可以让他们从问题中分散注意力。对达拉斯来说，一线希望在于他们的身体对抗，这造成了一些失误，并让他们在进攻篮板上占据优势。对圣安东尼奥来说，哈里森·巴恩斯 (Harrison Barnes) 的发挥是亮点，他在经历了一个安静的季前赛后焕然一新，他的投篮帮助球队取得了领先。尽管比赛有些草率，但这是一场 entertaining 的揭幕战，两队在很大程度上都保持着良好的节奏和球的转移。马刺球迷也看到了斯蒂芬·卡斯尔 (Stephon Castle) 的正式首秀，他在防守卢卡·东契奇时并没有显得格格不入。马刺队可能没有打出高水平的比赛，但在首节得分较低的情况下，尽管文班和克里斯·保罗 (Chris Paul) 的贡献都不多，但他们仍然领先两分。
第二节的比赛模式与第一节相似。达拉斯的身体对抗限制了文班亚马的影响力，但其中一位前锋，在本场比赛中是朱利安·尚帕尼 (Julian Champagnie)，他的手感火热，帮助球队得分。另一方面，圣安东尼奥的防守足够稳固，尽管有一些失误，但他们还是阻止了独行侠队打出一波流，即使主队投进了一些三分球。格雷格·波波维奇 (Gregg Popovich) 给了布雷克·韦斯利 (Blake Wesley) 一些上场时间，就像他之前对卡斯尔所做的那样。比赛的水平不高，但比赛仍然充满激情，独行侠队试图以侵略者的姿态将他们的意志强加于人，而马刺队则拒绝屈服。每个人都希望看到的球星和大牌球员都没有闪光，但上半场有足够多的精彩时刻和战术调整，让比赛变得 entertaining 。圣安东尼奥在半场结束时领先两分。
独行侠队是一支投篮很棒的球队，所以下半场的回归常态并不意外。达拉斯在第三节开局就投进了三个三分球，一举取得领先，并将领先优势保持到了最后。他们的防守有所提高，并创造了转换进攻的机会和来自三分线外的空位投篮机会，而这些机会都转化为了得分。随着进攻的继续，感觉一场大胜即将到来，但马刺队做出了回应。他们在防守端的努力增加了，虽然进攻端仍然有限，但也减少了草率，限制了主队的快攻机会。达拉斯仍然控制着比赛，并在第三节结束时保持着8分的领先优势进入第四节，但他们必须为此而战。反败为胜看起来不太可能，但这并非不可能，这对一支面对强敌的球队来说是令人鼓舞的。
不幸的是，在最后一节比赛中，一切都土崩瓦解了。这一切都始于杰里米·索汉 (Jeremy Sochan) 的一次进攻犯规，被判为恶意犯规。然后，在前几分钟里的两次重大防守失误让独行侠队轻松得分，而此时卢卡·东契奇正在升温。这位超级巨星后卫接管了比赛，用简单的挡拆摧毁了马刺队，而圣安东尼奥队则在得分方面苦苦挣扎。这场在大部分时间里都势均力敌的比赛，现在达拉斯一度领先了对手21分，而对手在理想情况下就缺乏火力，在没有德文·瓦塞尔 (Devin Vassell) 的情况下更是如此。波波维奇在本节进行到一半时换下了所有主力，第三阵容打出了一波小高潮，但这还不够。
本场最佳
通常我们会在这里选择一个马刺队的镜头，但卢卡的这个镜头实在太荒谬了。
卢卡是怎么找到 P.J. 的？？？
19-4 @ 达拉斯独行侠队 在 TNT 上的比赛#KiaTipOff24 pic.twitter.com/0YbxBChlZ0— NBA (@ NBA) 2024 年 10 月 25 日
比赛记录
- 和大多数对手一样，独行侠队让他们的中锋去防守杰里米·索汉，并把他放在油漆区帮助防守文班亚马。这并不奇怪。波波在上半场如何管理他的轮换阵容是新的尝试，他让文班早早休息，然后在索汉下场后让他重新上场。这可能是一个很好的策略，将两人分开，为文班创造空间，但波波在下半场没有这样做，文班亚马谈到他在一个忙碌的夏天后仍然有一些体能问题，所以早早休息可能仅仅与此有关。这仍然是未来需要关注的事情。
- 朱利安·尚帕尼和哈里森·巴恩斯合力贡献了 35 分和 5 次助攻。达拉斯的重点是阻止文班亚马，并限制克里斯·保罗作为得分手的冲击力，他们在这两方面都取得了成功，但这两名前锋在进攻端的工作让马刺队在上半场保持了竞争力。索汉也做了他该做的事情，他通过空切和拼抢的方式得到了 18 分、6 个篮板和 2 次助攻，同时还防守了卢卡·东契奇。角色球员们都尽职尽责。
- 马刺队需要其他人站出来弥补瓦塞尔的缺席，而凯尔登·约翰逊 (Keldon Johnson) 却没有做到这一点。约翰逊有几次漂亮的突破，但也错失了几次空位三分，并且在替补席上努力想要在比赛中留下自己的印记。
- 扎克·科林斯 (Zach Collins) 在他上场的 13 分钟里表现出色。他命中了一记三分球，篮板球也抢得很好。特雷·琼斯 (Tre Jones) 的比赛很安静，他在 16 分钟内得到 3 分和 3 次助攻，但没有出现失误。这位替补控球后卫和替补中锋的表现并没有什么特别令人印象深刻的地方，但失利不是他们的责任。
- 斯蒂芬·卡斯尔在他的首秀中没有惊人的数据或令人印象深刻的亮点，但他攻防两端都处理得很好。现在还为时过早，但如果他能得到机会，不难想象他会赢得更多的上场时间。
- 克莱·汤普森 (Klay Thompson) 在独行侠队的首秀中进攻端表现抢眼，他投进了 6 个三分球，得到 22 分。防守端他可能会遇到困难，但他让达拉斯更难防守。每当马刺队犯错，他都会让他们付出代价。
下一场比赛：周六对阵火箭队
马刺队的第一场主场比赛将是对阵火箭队，他们将在周六和周一对阵这支球队。
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Spurs compete for a half but can’t keep up with Mavericks in opening night loss
The Spurs kept pace for most of the game despite a poor performance from Victor Wembanyama but eventually collapsed against a stronger opponent.
The Spurs started the 2024/25 season with a lopsided loss that still left some room for optimism. The 120-109 final score doesn’t reflect how much they struggled to contain Luka Doncic’s Mavericks in the second half or how hard it was for them to score at times but it shows that they didn’t give up at any point.
It wasn’t the prettiest of starts, as the Spurs struggled to establish Wembanyama inside and the Mavericks missed open shots, but both teams had some positives to distract them from their issues. For Dallas, the silver lining was their physicality, which caused some turnovers and gave them an edge on the offensive glass. For San Antonio, it was the play of Harrison Barnes, who after a quiet preseason came out looking rejuvenated and hitting shots to allow them to grab a lead. Despite the sloppiness, it was an entertaining opening frame largely played with good pace and ball movement from both squads. Spurs fans also got to see Stephon Castle make his official debut and not look out of place guarding Luka Doncic. The Spurs might not have been executing at a high level, but were still ahead by two after a low-scoring first quarter despite few contributions from Wemby and Chris Paul.
The second frame followed a similar pattern as the first. Dallas’ physicality limited Wembanyama’s impact but one of the forwards, in this case Julian Champagnie, got hot and helped put points on the board. On the other end, San Antonio’s defense was solid enough despite some mistakes to keep the Mavericks from putting together a big run even as a couple of threes went in for the home team. Gregg Popovich gave Blake Wesley some minutes, just like he had done with Castle earlier, The level of play was low, but the game remained emotionally charged, with the Mavericks trying to impose their will as the aggressor and the Spurs refusing to fold. The stars and big names everyone tuned in to see didn’t shine, but there were enough good moments and enough tactical tweaks to make the first half entertaining. San Antonio was up two at the break.
The Mavericks are a great shooting team, so the return to normalcy in the second half wasn’t unexpected. Dallas opened the third quarter with three unanswered threes to take a lead they would never surrender. Their defense improved and led to transition opportunities and open looks from beyond the arc that fell. As the onslaught continued, it felt like a blowout was in store, but the Spurs responded. The effort increased on defense and while the offense remained limited, it was also less sloppy, limiting the fastbreak opportunities for the home team. Dallas remained in control and closed the frame well to carry an eight-point lead into the fourth quarter but had to fight for it. A comeback didn’t seem likely, but it wasn’t out of the question and that was encouraging against a quality opponent.
Unfortunately, things unraveled in the final period. It all started with an offensive foul by Jeremy Sochan that was deemed a flagrant foul. Then two major defensive breakdowns in the first couple of minutes gave the Mavs some easy buckets just as Luka Doncic was heating up. The superstar guard took over the game, destroying the Spurs with simple pick-and-rolls while San Antonio struggled mightily to score. A game that had been close for most of its duration now had Dallas up 21 at one point against an opponent that lacks firepower under ideal circumstances and even more so without Devin Vassell. Popovich emptied his bench at the halfway point in the quarter and the third stringers put together a mini run but it wasn’t enough.
Play of the game
Normally we go with a Spurs play here, but this is just absurd by Luka.
How did Luka find P.J.???
19-4 @ dallasmavs run on TNT#KiaTipOff24 pic.twitter.com/0YbxBChlZ0— NBA (@ NBA) October 25, 2024
Game notes
- As most opponents do, the Mavs put their center on Jeremy Sochan and parked him in the paint to help on Wembanyama. That’s not surprising. What was new was how Pop managed his rotations in the first half, having Wemby rest early and then check back in once Sochan was on the bench. It could be a good strategy to split those two to improve spacing for Wemby, but Pop didn’t do it in the second half and Wembanyama talked about how he still has some conditioning issues after a busy summer, so the early rest could simply be related to that. It’s still something to monitor going forward.
- Julian Champagnie and Harrison Barnes combined for 35 points and five assists. Dallas focused its efforts on stopping Wembanyama and limiting Chris Paul’s impact as a scorer and succeeded at both but the work the two forwards did on offense kept the Spurs in it in the first half. Sochan also did his thing by cutting and playing with hustle on his way to 18 points, six rebounds and two assists while also guarding Luka Doncic. The role players did their part.
- The Spurs needed someone else to step up and make up for the absence of Vassell and Keldon Johnson couldn’t do it. Johnson had a couple of nice drives but missed a couple of open threes and struggled to make his mark on the game off the bench.
- Zach Collins did well in the 13 minutes he was on the floor. He hit a three and rebounded well. Tre Jones had a quiet game, logging three points and three assists in 16 minutes but didn’t turn the ball over. There was nothing particularly impressive about the performance of the backup point guard and backup center but the loss wasn’t on them.
- Stephon Castle didn’t have eye-popping numbers or impressive highlights but he handled himself well on both ends in his debut. It’s early but it’s not hard to see him earn more minutes if he gets the opportunity.
- Klay Thompson shined on offense in his Mavericks debut, finishing with six made threes and 22 points. Defensively he’s going to struggle but he makes Dallas even harder to guard. Whenever the Spurs made a mistake, he made them pay.
Next game: vs. Rockets on Saturday
The Spurs’s first home game will be against the Rockets, a team they will face on Saturday and then again on Monday.
By Jeje Gomez, via Pounding The Rock