By Zachary Colwell | Pounding The Rock (PtR), 2024-10-26 15:00:00
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。
马刺队将在主场迎来同州死敌的挑战
本赛季，拥有主场优势的银黑军团将在弗罗斯特银行中心球馆迎战宿敌 休斯顿火箭队。马刺队在揭幕战中输给了上赛季的西部冠军 达拉斯独行侠队，而火箭队则以1胜1负的战绩开始了新赛季。
火箭队在本赛季的首场比赛中输给了客场作战的夏洛特黄蜂队，黄蜂队在一度落后18分的情况下后来居上，在比赛最后时刻给了火箭队沉重一击。随后，在昨晚对阵饱受伤病困扰的孟菲斯灰熊队的比赛中，火箭队主场以20分的优势赢得了比赛。本场比赛是火箭队本赛季的第一个客场比赛，上赛季他们在客场的战绩为14胜27负。
马刺队在赛季首秀的前三节表现出色，但卢卡·东契奇(Luka Doncic)、凯里·欧文(Kyrie Irving)和新援克莱·汤普森(Klay Thompson)接管了比赛，并在比分上拉开了差距。对于圣安东尼奥的球迷来说，这场比赛肯定有一些积极的方面值得期待，但最重要的是，他们需要他们的超级球星维克多·文班亚马(Victor Wembanyama)在二年级的第二场比赛中表现得比第一场更好。
圣安东尼奥马刺队主场迎战休斯顿火箭队
2024年10月26日 | 晚上7:30（中部时间）
观看：KENS5 |收听：WOAI (1200 AM)
马刺队伤病情况： 德文·瓦塞尔(Devin Vassell) - 缺阵（脚伤） 特雷·琼斯(Tre Jones) - 缺阵（脚踝）
火箭队伤病情况： 无
比赛看点：
文班对阵申京
这两位球员上一次交手是在阿尔佩伦·申京(Alpren Sengun)砍下职业生涯最高的45分的比赛中，他在这场比赛中将维克多·文班亚马打得落花流水。在那场比赛中，文班也打出了自己的风格，他送出了8次盖帽，其中大部分都来自于对这位土耳其中锋的防守。这两位国际球星的直接对话，谁能在对位中胜出，很可能决定了哪支球队将赢得比赛。申京在本赛季开始前几天刚刚签署了一份5年1.85亿美元的续约合同，他和文班现在都成为了各自球队的门面，他们两人在这场比赛中都将肩负重任。
波波维奇的替补轮换
由于德文·瓦塞尔仍然无法上场，特雷·琼斯也被列入了伤病名单，并且确定无法出战与火箭队的比赛，波波维奇不得不在赛季开始两场比赛后就着手调整轮换阵容。对阵独行侠队的比赛中，波波维奇启用了五名替补球员，分别是特雷、斯蒂芬·卡斯尔(Stephon Castle)、凯尔登·约翰逊(Keldon Johnson)、扎克·科林斯(Zach Collins)，以及在比赛还在掌控之中的时候给布莱克·韦斯利(Blake Wesley)一些上场时间。尽管这只是一场比赛，但替补阵容的贡献并不大，而且随着特雷·琼斯这位更稳定的球员缺阵，波波维奇教练需要寻找新的答案。一种选择是增加布莱克·韦斯利的上场时间，他在季前赛中表现出色，并让卡斯尔出任2号位。另一种选择是，波波维奇让这位新秀早早地承担起责任，让这位4号秀担任控球后卫，并有可能让马拉基·布拉汉姆(Malaki Branham)与他搭档组成替补后场。火箭队阵容深度不错，因此马刺队替补席必须站出来，在首发球员下场休息时，不要让比赛失去控制，这一点至关重要。
如果想从火箭队球迷的角度了解比赛，请访问The Dream Shake。
PtR的比赛讨论帖将在今晚发布，供那些想边看比赛边聊天的人使用。你也可以通过 PtR的推特账号 关注比赛的进展。
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Game Preview: San Antonio Spurs vs. Houston Rockets
The Spurs start their home season against I-10 rivals
The Silver & Black will start their home season at the Frost Bank Center against bitter rivals the Houston Rockets. The Spurs are coming off a season opening loss to last year’s Western Conference Champions the Dallas Mavericks while the Rockets have opened the season 1-1.
Houston lost their first game of the year to the visiting Charlotte Hornets who came back from as much as eighteen points to shock the Rockets late, before Houston rebounded last night in a twenty point rout against the injury-ravaged Memphis Grizzlies at home. The Rockets now travel for the first time this season where they went 14-27 in games on the road last year.
While the Spurs played three solid quarters in their opening foray this season before Luka Doncic, Kyrie Irving and new recruit Klay Thompson took over the contest and separated on the scoreboard. There were certainly positives for the San Antonio ball club to take into game two but most crucially they will need their superstar Victor Wembanyama to produce a better performance than he showed in the first game of his sophomore season.
San Antonio Spurs hosting Houston Rockets
October 26th, 2024 | 7:30 CT
Watch: KENS5 |Listen: WOAI (1200 AM)
Spurs Injuries: Devin Vassell - Out (Foot) Tre Jones - Out (Ankle)
Rockets Injuries: N/A
What to watch for:
Wemby Vs Sengun
Last time these two matched up Alpren Sengun went for a career-high 45 points as he put the moves on Victor Wembanyama. Wemby did get his own in that matchup as he blocked eight shots with the majority coming against the Turkish center. With these two international stars going head to head the winner of the matchup will most likely decide whose team wins the game. With both now faces of their respective organisations after Sengun signed a 5yr/$185M deal just days prior to the beginning of the season, both will be tasked with a huge amount of responsibility in this contest.
Pop’s Bench Rotation
With Devin Vassell still out and Tre Jones added to the injury report and ruled out against the Rockets, Pop will be tasked with tinkering with his rotations just two games into the season. Against Dallas, Pop went with a five-man bench unit consisting of Tre, Stephon Castle, Keldon Johnson, Zach Collins and a touch of Blake Wesley minutes while the game was still in hand. It was just one game but the bench was not greatly productive and with one of their more consistent performers now out in Tre Jones, Coach Pop will be searching for answers. One option could be upping Blake Wesley’s minutes who was impressive in pre-season and having Castle at the 2. The other option consist of Pop giving the rookie the reigns early on in his career and giving the #4 overall pick the Point Guard responsibilities with potentially Malaki Branham beside him in the reserve backcourt. The Rockets have a reasonably deep team so it will be important for the Spurs bench to stand up to them and keep the game from getting out of reach when the starters go to the bench.
For the Rockets’ fans’ perspective, visit The Dream Shake.
PtR’s Game thread will be up this evening for those who want to chat through the game. You can also follow along with the action through PtR’s Twitter feed.
By Zachary Colwell, via Pounding The Rock