By Bill Huan | Pounding The Rock (PtR), 2024-11-05 14:13:26
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。
马刺队打出了赛季最佳开局，却后劲不足，最终让快船队在Intuit Dome球馆赢得了首胜。
在取得两连胜后，马刺队本应在周一晚上延续连胜势头，但在比赛末段却崩盘，输给了詹姆斯·哈登(James Harden)领衔的快船队。
圣安东尼奥马刺队(San Antonio Spurs)本场比赛的开局打出了赛季最佳表现。进攻端一开场就配合默契，文班亚马(Victor Wembanyama)摆脱哈登后妙传索汉(Jeremy Sochan)，后者轻松完成空接暴扣，迫使祖巴茨前来协防。奠定了基调后，马刺队继续流畅地转移球，创造了轻松的三分和篮下得分机会。马刺队在防守端的沟通也很到位：即使文班亚马在首节中段下场休息，马刺队仍然将快船队的得分限制在14分，并在首节结束时以40-14领先。
然而，这却是马刺队赢下的最后一节，因为第二节比赛的势头完全逆转。洛杉矶快船队(Los Angeles Clippers)火力全开，通过制造失误和快攻轻松得分。马刺队的进攻也完全停滞，他们在应对快船队咄咄逼人的防守时遇到了麻烦。马刺队花了超过六分钟才得到第二节的第二个进球，快船队则在半场结束前将分差缩小到个位数。
不幸的是，快船队的猛攻在下半场继续。比赛似乎进入了一种平衡状态，两队你来我往，直到第三节结束。当时圣安东尼奥还保持着两位数的领先优势，但斯蒂芬·卡斯尔(Stephon Castle)的两个关键失误（详见下文）帮助洛杉矶将分差从10分缩小到只有4分。然后，在第四节，快船队外线火力全开，在短短七分多钟的时间里打出一波27-7的攻击波。在主场球迷渴望看到他们在“Intuit Dome球馆”的首胜的助威声中，洛杉矶最终以113-104获胜。
这是一场原本激动人心的比赛的令人失望的结局，但希望这支年轻的球队能够吸取教训，继续前进。从好的方面来看，即使在洛杉矶取得两位数的领先优势后，圣安东尼奥也没有放弃，这种拼搏精神将在本赛季的比赛中支撑着球队——即使他们在天赋方面处于劣势。
比赛记录
- 我知道这有点老生常谈，但文班投三分的数量和种类仍然让我抓狂（他在本场比赛中9投2中）。在周一晚上的所有比赛之前，他场均出手6.8次三分，在联盟中排名第39位。这听起来可能不算多，直到你意识到这比勒布朗、杜兰特和欧文等球员的出手次数还要多，而名单上的下一个中锋是布鲁克·洛佩兹，场均出手5.7次三分球（排名第61）。更令人沮丧的是，文班似乎在进攻时间还很充足的时候就出手了大部分三分球，而他本可以为自己和队友创造更好的投篮机会。我理解他的三分命中率不会一直低于25%，教练组也让他去探索球场空间，但我内心深处还是有点担心文班的打法并不能最大限度地发挥他的潜力。
- 好吧，让我们来回顾一下卡斯尔在第三节末尾犯下的两个关键错误。首先，他的协防过于激进，在祖巴茨背打凯尔登时对祖巴茨进行包夹，而当时祖巴茨对位的是凯尔登。科林斯已经到位准备协防，卡斯尔的任务是盯防弱侧的两名快船队外线球员，但由于他放弃了自己的位置，祖巴茨轻松地将球传给了阿米尔·科菲，后者命中了空位三分。然后，在比赛还剩40秒时，卡斯尔投篮不中，给快船队留下了太多时间进行“两攻一守”——在科菲再次命中三分后，他们成功地利用了这一点。对于一个新秀来说，这些错误是可以预料的，考虑到我们对卡斯尔的篮球智商和职业道德的了解，我毫不怀疑他会从中吸取教训。
- 索汉在第二节只打了12分钟就因拇指受伤退出了比赛，赛后没有立即更新他的伤情。希望他的缺席是短期的——在德文·瓦塞尔逐渐恢复状态之际，失去这位爆发球员一段时间将会令人失望。
- 说到缺席，在有报道称波波维奇因健康问题无限期休战之后，让我们都希望他一切安好。同样重要的是，在这个问题上给他（和球队）一些隐私，我们都希望他能够完全康复。
本场最佳
从防守到进攻——这个人可能真的是来自外星球。
我们无话可说 pic.twitter.com/UorRz59BNa
— 圣安东尼奥马刺队 (@ spurs) 2024年11月5日
下一场比赛：周三客场挑战火箭
马刺队将在周三客场挑战同州对手休斯顿火箭队，力争反弹。
点击查看原文：Spurs waste hot start by faltering late in loss to the Clippers
Spurs waste hot start by faltering late in loss to the Clippers
Following their best quarter of the season, the Spurs ran out of gas and let the Clippers win their first game in the Intuit Dome.
Following two consecutive wins, the Spurs looked poised to extend their streak on Monday night before collapsing late to James Harden and the Clippers.
San Antonio played their best quarter of the young season to start the game. The offense clicked right off the bat, as Wemby found Sochan for a wide-open dunk by spinning away from Harden and forcing Zubac to help. With the tone set, San Antonio continued to move the ball well and created easy shots from three and at the rim. The Spurs’ communication was on point in their own end, too: even with Wemby taking a seat halfway through the quarter, San Antonio still held the Clippers to just 14 points and ended the first up 40-14.
That turned out to be the last quarter the Spurs would win, though, as the momentum completely shifted in the second. LA came out firing on all cylinders by forcing turnovers and getting easy baskets in transition. The Spurs’ offense completely dried up too, as they had trouble dealing with the Clippers’ aggressive defense. It took San Antonio over six minutes to get their second basket of the quarter, and LA managed to make it a single-digit game by halftime.
Unfortunately, the Clippers’ onslaught continued in the second half. The game seemed to hit an equilibrium with both teams trading buckets until the end of the third. San Antonio maintained a double-digit lead then, but two crucial mistakes by Stephon Castle (detailed below) helped LA cut the lead from 10 down to just four. Then, the floodgates opened in the fourth as the Clippers caught fire from deep and went on a 27-7 run in just over seven minutes. With the home crowd hungry to see their first win in the Toilet Intuit Dome, LA held on to win 113-104.
It was a disappointing end to an otherwise exciting game, but hopefully the young team can use it as a lesson moving forward. On the bright side, San Antonio didn’t quit even after LA went up by double digits, and that fighting spirit will keep the team in games this season — even if they’re overmatched from a talent perspective.
Game notes
- I know this is beating a dead horse, but the quantity and types of threes that Wemby takes still drive me nuts (he finished 2/9 in this game). Before Monday night’s full slate of games, he averaged 6.8 attempts from deep per game, which ranked 39th league-wide. That might not sound like much until you realize that it’s more than players such as LeBron, KD, and Kyrie, and the next center on the list is Brook Lopez at 5.7 attempts per game (61st). More frustrating is that Wemby seems to take most of his attempts early in the shot clock when he can create better looks for himself and his teammates. I understand that he won’t continue making under 25% of his threes, and that the coaching staff is letting him explore the studio space, but a small part of me also worries that Wemby is playing a style that won’t maximize his potential.
- Ok, let’s walk through the two crucial mistakes that Castle made at the end of the third. First, he was overly aggressive with his help defense by doubling Zubac in the post when the big man had a mismatch against Keldon. Collins was already in position to help and Castle’s role was to zone up on the two perimeter Clippers on the weak side, but with him abandoning his position, Zubac made an easy pass to Amir Coffey, who hit the wide-open three. Then, with 40 seconds left, Castle missed a shot and left too much time left on the clock, giving the Clippers a chance for a two for one — which they capitalized on after Coffey made another triple. These mistakes are expected for a rookie, and given what we know about Castle’s basketball IQ and work ethic, I’ve got no doubt that he’ll learn from them.
- Sochan exited the game in the second quarter after playing just 12 minutes due to a thumb injury, and there was no update on his status immediately after the match. Hopefully his absence will be short-term — it’ll be disappointing to lose the breakout player for an extended stretch right as Devin Vassell is ramping back up.
- Speaking of absences, let’s all hope that Pop is doing alright after it was reported that he will be out indefinitely due to a health issue. It’s also important to give him (and the team) some privacy on the matter, and we’re all hoping for him to make a full recovery.
Play of the game
From defense to offense — this man might truly be extraterrestrial.
We have no words pic.twitter.com/UorRz59BNa
— San Antonio Spurs (@ spurs) November 5, 2024
Next game: at Rockets on Wednesday
The Spurs will look to bounce back against state rivals Houston on Wednesday right.
By Bill Huan, via Pounding The Rock