By Zachary Colwell | Pounding The Rock (PtR), 2024-10-27 12:15:44
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希望这是胜利的开始！
在凯尔登·约翰逊(Keldon Johnson)赛前向球迷发表讲话，感谢他们的支持并带领大家高呼“Go Spurs Go”的口号后，圣安东尼奥马刺队迎来了主场揭幕战，对手是老冤家休斯顿火箭队。
在达拉斯进行的赛季揭幕战中投进第一球的朱利安·尚帕尼(Julian Champagnie)在本场比赛中率先拿下五分，为主场球迷带来了更多欢呼的理由。比赛一开始，霜冻银行中心就下起了三分雨，两队在前八分钟内都投进了六记三分球。维克托·文班亚马(Victor Wembanyama)也加入了三分盛宴，他连续命中两记三分球，而在周四进行的二年级赛季首场比赛中，他八次出手三分球只命中一球。杰里米·索汉(Jeremy Sochan)在对阵独行侠队的比赛中表现出色，看起来已经完成了三年级的飞跃，本场比赛他再次强势开局，特别是在内线，他强吃火箭队的内线球员得分。马刺队在首节比赛中砍下38分，以7分的优势领先结束第一节。
失误是马刺队在赛季揭幕战失利的原因，这个问题在第二节比赛初期再次出现，让火箭队看到了追赶的机会。由于特雷·琼斯(Tre Jones)因脚踝扭伤将缺阵两周，马刺队众多年轻后卫中的一位获得了替补上场的机会。波波维奇教练给了三年级后卫马拉基·布拉纳姆(Malaki Branham)一个机会，让他在琼斯缺阵的情况下找到自己的定位。这位前俄亥俄州立大学球员今年将不得不与斯蒂芬·卡斯尔(Stephon Castle)、哈里森·巴恩斯(Harrison Barnes)和克里斯·保罗(Chris Paul)竞争上场时间，他个人连续得分，积极攻击错位，延缓了客队的势头。不过，这一节比赛的主题是防守。圣安东尼奥马刺队在长达九分钟的时间里没有让火箭队得分，他们在防守端群起而攻之，并在轮转中始终保持着对外线和篮筐的保护。凭借着全队的防守努力，马刺队以62-41的比分进入中场休息。
上赛季第三节比赛是马刺队的梦魇，他们一次又一次地挥霍领先优势，眼睁睁地看着比赛从手中溜走。在本场比赛中，客队在第三节开始时打出一波7-0的攻击波，马刺队似乎又要重蹈覆辙。但面对逆境，马刺队顶住了压力，他们在篮板上拼抢积极，并在篮下得分。凯尔登·约翰逊在这一节比赛中发挥了至关重要的作用，他多次造成对手犯规并加罚命中，并向观众席做出了他标志性的怒吼。文班亚马在上半场得到15分，但在第三节的前六分多钟里一分未得，直到马刺队开始利用挡拆换防，让侧翼和后卫球员去防守这位身高7英尺5英寸的“外星人”。文班抓住机会连续得分，帮助圣安东尼奥马刺队以87-69的比分领先进入最后一节。
第四节一开始，双方你来我往，直到客队连续命中两记三分球，将分差缩小到13分。随着火箭队逐渐迫近比分，马刺队的进攻开始停滞，火箭队则抓住马刺队投篮不中的机会打反击。在比赛的关键时刻，马刺队的超级新星文班亚马展现出了巨星的风范，他站上罚球线，稳稳地命中罚球。最后几分钟，两队都打得十分 scrappy，双方都有机会控制比赛，但幸运的是，卡斯尔和凯尔登在罚球线上表现稳健，六罚五中，为马刺队锁定胜局，最终比分为109-106。
本场最佳
无法防守的挑篮。
我的天呐，文班亚马
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— 圣安东尼奥马刺队 (@ spurs) 2024年10月27日
比赛记录
- 直面逆境。 在经历了近乎完美的上半场之后，马刺队在下半场遭遇了不同的挑战，他们在下半场大部分时间里都面临着逆境，因为火箭队一直在试图追赶比分。马刺队顶住了火箭队的每一次反扑，他们始终没有慌乱，并最终找到了赢球的方法。这是强队应该具备的特质。这不会是他们本赛季最后一次经受考验，但很高兴看到他们在赛季第一场关键比赛中取得了胜利。
- 杰里米·索汉三年级的飞跃。 嗯……看起来确实如此。两场比赛过后，这位三年级前锋看起来在攻防两端都提升了一个档次，打得非常自信。索汉今天在内线无人能挡，他得到17分和12个篮板，同时在防守端表现出色。
- 文班的节奏。 在对阵达拉斯的比赛中，缺乏季前赛的磨合似乎对文班产生了一定的影响，他看起来不在状态，缺乏活力，但在本赛季的第二场比赛中，他看起来更像我们上赛季末看到的那个文班了。文班亚马全场17投29分，并获得了8次罚球机会，其中罚中7球。
下一场比赛：10月28日（周一）主场迎战火箭队
马刺队和火箭队将于10月28日（周一）再次在霜冻银行中心交手，之后马刺队将开启两连客之旅。
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Spurs hold off a Rockets surge to get their first win of the season
First of many, hopefully!
After Keldon Johnson addressed the crowd prior to the game, thanking them for their support and starting a Go Spurs Go chant, the San Antonio Spurs tipped off their home opener against bitter rivals the Houston Rockets.
The crowd who started hot had more to cheer for early on after Julian Champagnie — who hit the first shot in their season opener in Dallas - scored the opening five points of this contest. It was raining threes early in the Frost Bank Center with both teams nailing six shots apiece from beyond the arc in the first eight minutes. Victor Wembanyama got in on that action hitting back-to-back threes after only scoring one of eight from downtown in his first game of his sophomore season on Thursday. Jeremy Sochan who was impressive in the outing against the Mavs and looks to have made a Year 3 leap started strong again, particularly inside the paint, bullying the Rockets bigs to score down low. That was all part of a 38 point first quarter which gave them a seven point lead.
Turnovers were the downfall in the Spurs season opening loss and it crept up again early in the second quarter which allowed Houston back into the game. With Tre Jones ruled out for up to two weeks with a sprained ankles there were minutes available off the bench for one of the Spurs many young guards to take. Coach Pop gave the opportunity to the Spurs third year guard Malaki Branham to find his footing in Jones’ absence. The former Ohio Buckeye who will have to earn minutes this year with the additions of Stephon Castle, Harrison Barnes and Chris Paul above him, went on a individual scoring run, looking aggressive attacking mismatches and slowing down the visiting team’s momentum. This quarter though was all about defense. San Antonio didn’t allow a Rockets bucket for nine straight minutes as they swarmed on that end and stayed connected as a team on rotations on the perimeter and at the rim. Courtesy of their team defensive effort the Spurs went into the half up 62-41.
Third quarters were the bane of the Spurs existence last season, giving up leads after leads and allowing games to get away from them time and time again. It looked like that may happen again after the visitors started the third on a 7-0 run. But facing adversity, the Spurs responded by grinding on the boards and scoring at the rim. Keldon Johnson was a huge difference maker in that period converting a number of and-1 opportunities and doing his patented scream to the crowd. Wemby who had scored 15 in the first half was left scoreless in the first six-plus minutes of the third quarter until the Spurs started to target switches to get wings and guards onto the 7’5 Alien. Vic took full advantage scoring on multiple straight possessions to give San Antonio a 87-69 lead heading into the final frame.
It was a back-and-forth opening foray in the fourth until the visitors hit back-to-back threes to cut the deficit to 13. With the Rockets closing in on the Spurs lead the offense started to stagnate and Houston were making them pay in transition off San Antonio misses. Then with the game in the balance the Spurs young superstar Wemby did what all superstars do and got himself to the free throw line for some easy points. The last few minutes were scrappy by both teams with the two teams squandering opportunities to gain control of the contest, but fortunately for the Spurs, Castle and Keldon showed some poise from the line to hit five of six free throws to seal the game for the Silver and Black, 109-106.
Play of the game
An unguardable up-and-under.
OH MAMA WEMBANYAMA
— San Antonio Spurs (@ spurs) October 27, 2024
Game notes
- Punching adversity in the mouth. After a near perfect first half the second half offered the Spurs a different challenge as they faced adversity throughout the half as the Rockets tried to find a comeback. The Spurs stood up to each Rockets run and the moment never looked to big for them as they kept fighting and found a way to win. Something which good teams do. It won’t be the last time they face trials and tribulations this season, but it was nice to see in their first clutch game of the season they came out with the dub.
- Jeremy Sochan Year 3 Leap. Well… it’s certainly looking like it. Two games in and it looks like the third year forward has jumped a level on both ends of the floor and is playing with unbridled confidence. Sochan was a beast inside the paint today scoring 17 points and grabbing 12 rebounds while playing outstanding on the defensive end.
- Wemby’s Rhythm. In the game against Dallas a lack of pre-season action for Vic seemed to have an effect as he looked out of sorts and lacklustre, but in his second game of the year he looked a lot more like the Wemby we saw at the end of last year. Wembanyama scored 29 points on 17 shots while getting to the line for eight attempts in which he converted seven times.
Next game: vs. Rockets on Monday
The Spurs and Rockets meet again on Monday at the Frost Bank Center before the Silver & Black head off on a two-game road trip.
By Zachary Colwell, via Pounding The Rock