By Tanner Bowen | Pounding The Rock (PtR), 2024-11-02 15:00:00
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马刺队将在十一月开启他们的赛程，首战将对阵上赛季的西部联盟亚军
由安东尼·爱德华兹(Anthony Edwards)领衔的明尼苏达森林狼队上赛季取得了巨大进步，最终获得了球队自2004年以来的第二个西部联盟决赛席位。休赛期将卡尔-安东尼·唐斯交易到纽约尼克斯队以换取朱利叶斯·兰德尔和丹特·迪温琴佐后，球队的进攻看起来有些不同，需要一些时间来磨合，但以鲁迪·戈贝尔为核心的 dominant 防守框架仍然牢固。他们今年能否在去年功亏一篑后打进NBA总决赛，可能取决于爱德华兹的表现，他上赛季首次入选NBA最佳阵容二阵。
圣安东尼奥马刺队十一月的赛程以主场比赛为主（确切地说是10场），其中大部分比赛将对阵一些强劲的对手。从很多方面来看，本赛季至今观看他们的比赛，感觉就像上赛季从未结束一样。然而，人们很容易忘记的是，由于两名关键球员的伤病，他们还没有完全体，而且赛季还很漫长。维克托·文班亚马(Victor Wembanyama)在周四战胜犹他爵士队的比赛中打出了本赛季的最佳表现，凭借历史性的5x5数据，但今晚他能否在防守端面对他的同胞戈贝尔，在进攻端面对充满活力的爱德华兹，为马刺队定下基调呢？
圣安东尼奥马刺 (2-3) vs 明尼苏达森林狼 (3-2)
2024年11月2日 | 美国中部时间晚上7:00
观看: | 收听: WOAI (1200 AM)
马刺队伤病情况：特雷·琼斯，脚踝（缺席），德文·瓦塞尔，脚（缺席）
森林狼队伤病情况：无
值得关注的点
- 安东尼·爱德华兹本赛季开局强劲，尤其是在得分方面，如果明尼苏达希望在竞争激烈的西部联盟中至少再次打到五月，他们需要他每晚都有出色表现。爱德华兹是一位充满活力、渴望成长和进步的运动员，他在其年轻的职业生涯中已经展现出只有历史级别的伟大球员才具备的特殊能力。本周早些时候森林狼与达拉斯独行侠队的西部决赛复赛中，他在首节砍下24分就是一个例子。不过，他仍然有一些时刻表现不稳定，在第一节的爆发之后，达拉斯在接下来的比赛中成功地将他限制在13分。
- 明尼苏达的进攻在上赛季排名联盟下半区，进攻效率仅排在第17位。虽然防守 dominant，但去年的进攻在组织方面非常薄弱，从某种意义上说，本赛季也是如此。37岁的迈克·康利在他职业生涯的第18个赛季开始显得有些老态，但朱利叶斯·兰德尔是一位非常有能力的得分手，他可以在一定程度上撕裂防守，并且乐于为队友创造机会。明尼苏达需要看到爱德华兹在这方面进一步的成长，才能将这支球队带到更高的水平，但减轻他每晚的一些负担也很重要。
- 维克托·文班亚马在马刺输给俄克拉荷马城的比赛中仅得6分后强势反弹，在对阵仍然未尝胜绩的犹他爵士的比赛中，他拿到了职业生涯第二个5x5的数据并赢得了比赛。正如PtR的玛丽莲·杜宾斯基最近指出的那样，本赛季到目前为止，当文班的出手次数领衔全队时，马刺的战绩是2胜0负。今晚他将面对同胞、卫冕最佳防守球员鲁迪·戈贝尔，这对他来说将是一场 tough 的考验。
当文班得分领先时，马刺队2胜0负，反之则0胜3负。 积极的文班让他们变得更好。
— Marilyn Dubinski (@ alamoaggie08) 2024年11月1日
- 克里斯·保罗(Chris Paul)连续3场比赛得分上双，在战胜爵士的比赛中，他得到了赛季最高的19分。虽然保罗不再是曾经那个充满活力的后卫，但马刺需要对手的防守至少将他视为一个得分威胁，这样才能让文班的生活轻松一些。
- 明尼苏达不仅拥有上赛季的最佳防守球员，还拥有最佳第六人纳兹·里德(Naz Reid)。里德上赛季作为一名三分射手取得了真正的进步，三分出手次数和命中数都创下了职业生涯新高（场均2.1/5.0），而且他本赛季的开局也很强劲。
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Game Preview: San Antonio Spurs vs Minnesota Timberwolves
The Spurs kick off their November slate with a match-up against last season’s Western Conference runner-up
Led by Anthony Edwards, the Minnesota Timberwolves made huge strides last season, culminating in the franchise’s second Western Conference Finals berth and their first since 2004. After trading Karl Anthony Towns to the New York Knicks in the off-season for Julius Randle and Donte DiVincenzo the offense looks a little different and will take some time to gel, but the framework of a dominant defense anchored by Rudy Gobert still remains firmly in place. Whether or not they have enough to make the NBA Finals this year after coming up just short last year though likely lies in the hands of Edwards, who is coming off a year where he made his first All NBA Team appearance with a selection to the 2nd Team.
November for the San Antonio Spurs is heavy on home games (10 to be exact) with a majority of them against some quality opponents. In a lot of ways when watching them so far this season, it has sort of felt like last season never ended for the Spurs. How easy it is to forget though that they’re not whole yet with injuries to two key players and that the season is still so young. Victor Wembanyama had his best game of the season in Thursday’s win with an historic 5x5 performance over the Utah Jazz, but can he set the tone for the Spurs tonight on defense against his fellow countryman Gobert and on offense against the dynamic Edwards?
San Antonio Spurs (2-3) vs Minnesota Timberwolves (3-2)
November 2nd 2024 | 7:00 PM CT
Watch: | Listen: WOAI (1200 AM)
Spurs Injuries: Tre Jones, ankle (OUT), Devin Vassell, foot (OUT)
TWolves Injuries: NONE
What to watch for
- Anthony Edwards is off to a strong start this season, especially scoring the ball, and Minnesota will need him to be special on a nightly basis if they hope to be playing late into at least May again in a deep Western Conference. Edwards, a dynamic athlete with a hunger to grow and improve, has shown throughout his young career that he’s capable of doing special things that only the all-time greats are capable of. One such example is the 24 points he scored in the opening quarter earlier this week in Minnesota’s WCF rematch with the Dallas Mavericks. He still has moments where things can get messy though, and after that 1st quarter flurry, Dallas was able to limit him to just 13 total points the rest of the way.
- Minnesota’s offense was in the bottom half of the league last season, ranking just 17th in Offensive Efficiency. While the defense was dominant, the offense last year was very thin on playmaking, and in a sense that’s true once again this season. Mike Conley, at age 37, has looked his age to begin his 18th season in the Association, but Julius Randle is a more than capable scorer who can break down a defense somewhat and is happy to set guys up. Minnesota will need to see further growth from Edwards in that department to take this team to the next level, but relieving him of some of that nightly load is important too.
- Victor Wembanyama bounced back from his 6-point blunder in San Antonio’s loss to Oklahoma City with his second career 5x5 game and a win against the still-winless Utah Jazz. As PtR’s Marilyn Dubinski recently pointed out, the Spurs are 2-0 when he leads the team in shot attempts so far this season. He’ll have his hands full tonight going against fellow Frenchman Gobert, the reigning Defensive Player of the Year.
The Spurs are 2-0 when Wemby leads them in scoring, 0-3 when he doesn’t. Aggressive Wemby makes them a lot better.
— Marilyn Dubinski (@ alamoaggie08) November 1, 2024
- Chris Paul has scored in double figures in 3 straight games, his season-high of 19 coming in the win over the Jazz. While Paul isn’t the dynamic guard he once was, the Spurs will need opposing defenses to at least consider him a threat to score if they’re going to make life even a little bit easier for Wembanyama.
- Minnesota boasted not only last season’s Defensive Player of the Year, but also its 6th Man winner in Naz Reid. Reid made real strides as a 3-point shooter last season, taking and making career highs (2.1/5.0 per game), and he’s come out strong this season as well.
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By Tanner Bowen, via Pounding The Rock