By Marilyn Dubinski, MateoMayorga | Pounding The Rock (PtR), 2024-11-07 11:14:55
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。
马刺开局不利，早早落后，在休斯顿的这场惨败中从未构成威胁。
马刺在洛杉矶经历了赛季最糟糕的上半场之一后，在休斯顿火箭的主场迎来了更糟糕的上半场。他们以36%的投篮命中率、12次失误以及无人得分超过6分的数据，半场以38-63落后。他们在第三节展现了更强的斗志，得分几乎是上半场的两倍，达到了33分。但不幸的是，他们的防守依然漏洞百出。每次他们将分差缩小到十几以内，似乎要发起反击时，火箭总能给出回应。最终，考虑到马刺明天还有一场比赛，米奇·约翰逊(Mitch Johnson)缴械投降，他们以100-127输掉了比赛。
六名马刺球员得分上双， 维克多·文班亚马 (Victor Wembanyama)得到15分和6个篮板，但效率不高（我们已经充分探讨过火箭队对他是多么棘手的对位）。 朱利安·尚帕尼 (Julian Champagnie)高效地得到13分，三分球6投3中。 弗雷德·范弗利特 (Fred VanVleet)和 杰伦·格林 (Jalen Green)各得21分，领衔七名得分上双的火箭球员。
观察
- NBA神奇的赛程安排逻辑：这是12天内第三次对阵火箭，这有点季后赛系列赛的感觉，更不用说他们季前赛也交过手了。（幸运的是，他们要到明年四月才再次相遇。）再看看马刺过去八天的行程安排：俄克拉荷马城、犹他、圣安东尼奥、洛杉矶、休斯顿。这几乎跨越了美国西部的一半，而且每场比赛之间都有时差。如果NBA的目标是减少旅行并尽可能让球员保持活力，那么这种做法显然是南辕北辙。
- 斯蒂芬·卡斯尔 (Stephon Castle)迎来了职业生涯的第一个首发，这很可能表明尚帕尼将继续代替 杰里米·索汉 (Jeremy Sochan)首发（索汉可能要到一月份才能复出），而 德文·瓦塞尔 (Devin Vassell)伤愈归来后将直接顶替卡斯尔的位置。角色的改变并没有给卡斯尔带来太多帮助，他8投2中仅得到5分，外加2个篮板、2次助攻和3次抢断。
- 马刺的失误问题在比赛初期依旧存在，他们在前五分钟就出现了五次失误，并迅速落后两位数，此后一直未能翻身。他们的进攻也显得非常停滞，部分原因是缺少了索汉提供的跑动和切入。他们也仍然非常想念瓦塞尔在进攻停滞时为自己创造得分机会的能力。他越早回归（应该会在接下来的主场比赛期间），对球队就越好。
- 在本场中锋对决中，第一节 阿尔佩伦·申京 (Alperen Şengün)在两个挡拆配合中攻击了文班，其中一次得分。稍后，由于文班防守轮换到位较晚，他再次在篮下得分。随着比赛的进行，文班迫使申京在内线作为协防者犯规，并在另一回合封盖了他的上篮。然而，这位土耳其中锋的表现优于他的法国对手，他的投篮命中率更高，并且是球队中更好的组织者。
- 索汉缺阵的另一个结果是 桑德罗·马穆凯拉什维利 (Sandro Mamukelashvili)获得了替补大前锋的出场时间，与文班搭档，他立即通过一次高低位配合助攻文班轻松上篮。不幸的是，除了文班回传给马穆投进的一个三分球外，尽管两人在场上共同度过了相当长的时间，但他们之间并没有更多的化学反应。尽管如此，我仍然支持给马穆更多的上场时间，因为替补席迫切需要他的进攻火力。
- 说到替补，我真的希望 特雷·琼斯 (Tre Jones)能够成为第二阵容困境的答案（以及瓦塞尔的回归）。没有一个专门的控球手和任何真正的外线威胁，替补席的进攻主要依靠球员轮流持球突破到篮下强行出手，而其他人都被防守球员盯死，导致持球突破的球员无人可传。这看起来很糟糕。（事实上，由 查尔斯·巴塞 (Charles Bassey)、 西迪·西索科 (Sidy Cissoko)和双向合同球员组成的第三阵容在进攻端看起来反而更有活力。）
- 下半场的一段时间展现了 韦斯利 (Wesley)的缩影：他投丢了一个强行上篮，然后投进了一个三分球，但在接下来的进攻回合中犹豫是否投一个空位三分，而是选择突破，结果出现非受迫性失误丢球。虽然他是一个不错的对球防守者，但如果他在比赛的其他方面都是负面影响，那就不足以在NBA立足。他必须出手那些空位投篮，无论是否投进，才有机会成为一名合格的轮换球员。
- 格林的速度无论有球还是无球，都让马刺的外线防守球员难以招架。他九次三分出手命中四球，在篮下完成两次得分，并多次造成马刺犯规。范弗利特也通过单打、与申京的挡拆配合以及快攻中的灵活跑位摧毁了马刺的防守。总的来说，火箭队的突破和犀利的传球摧毁了马刺的内线防守。马刺让对手在油漆区62.2%的命中率下得到66分。这是一个攻防两端都很艰难的夜晚。
想了解火箭球迷的看法，请访问 The Dream Shake。
马刺将于明晚对阵波特兰开拓者，开启五连主。比赛将于美国中部时间晚上7:00在FanDuel Sports Network开球，你也可以在Playback上与我们一起观看！
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San Antonio at Houston, Final Score: Spurs lose to Rockets in wire-to-wire blowout, 100-127
The Spurs came out of the gates, got down early and never threatened in a blowout loss in Houston.
The Spurs followed one of their worst halves of the season in LA with an even worse first half at the home of the Houston Rockets, getting outscored 38-63 while shooting just 36% from the field with 12 turnovers and no one having more than six points. They showed better fight in the third quarter, nearly doubling what they scored in the first half with 33 points, but unfortunately they couldn’t make enough stops, and every time they flirted with a comeback by getting the lead into the teens, the Rockets had an answer. Eventually, Mitch Johnson waved the white flag considering the Spurs have another game tomorrow, and they lost 100*-*127.
Six Spurs ended up scoring in double figures, led by an inefficient 15 points and 6 rebounds from Victor Wembanyama (we’ve already delved enough into what a match-up nightmare the Rockets are for him), and Julian Champagnie had 13 efficient points while hitting 3-6 from three. Fred VanVleet and Jalen Green both scored 21 points to lead seven Rockets players in double figures.
Observations
- Amazing scheduling logic by the NBA: this is the third game against the Rockets in 12 days, which has given it a bit of a playoff series vibe, not to mention they also played in the preseason. (Fortunately, they don’t have to play again until April.) Also consider this travel schedule for the Spurs across the last eight days: Oklahoma City, Utah, San Antonio, Los Angeles, Houston. That’s a lot of crisscrossing the western half of country, and with time changes between each game. If the NBA’s goal is to reduce travel and keep players as fresh as possible, this isn’t the way to do it.
- Stephon Castle got the first start of his young career, which is likely a good indicator that Julian Champagnie will remain a starter in place of Jeremy Sochan, who will likely be out until January, and Devin Vassell will simply be plugged back in in the place of Castle when he returns from injury. The change in role didn’t do much for Castle, as he finished with just 5 points on 2-8 shooting, 2 rebounds, 2 assists and 3 steals.
- The Spurs turnover woes continued early in the game as they had five in the first five minutes and quickly got down by double figures, which they never recovered from. They also looked very stagnant on offense, in part missing the movement and cutting to the rim Sochan had been providing. They also continue to badly miss Vassell’s ability to create offense for himself when nothing else is happening. The sooner he can get back (and it should be during the upcoming home stand), the better.
- In this installment of the bigs matchup, Alperen Şengün went at Wemby on two pick-and-roll plays in the first quarter, scoring on one. Later, he registered a basket at close range because he established position as Wemby was late. As the game continued, Wembanyama forced Şengün to commit a foul in the paint as the helper, then denied his layup on the other side. Yet, the Turkish center outplayed his French counterpart, outperforming him in the accuracy department, and he was a better playmaker for his teammates.
- Another result of Sochan’s absence was Sandro Manukelashvili got some time as backup power forward, subbing in alongside Wemby, whom he immediately found for an open lay-up with some high-low action. Unfortunately, other than a Mamu three off a pass back out to him from Wemby that jiggled out, there wasn’t much else between those two despite sharing some considerable amount of time on the court together. Still, I’m all for more Mamu minutes because the bench desperately needs his offense.
- Speaking of which, I really hope Tre Jones is a big answer the second unit’s woes (and by extension, Vassell returning). Without a designated ball handler and any serious threats from outside, the bench’s offense mostly consists of players taking turns driving to the basket to force something up while everyone else stands around covered, leaving the driving player with no one to pass the ball to. It’s though to watch. (Heck, the third string of Charles Bassey, Sidy Cissoko and the two-way players looked more competent on offense.)
- One stretch in the second half was Wesley in a nutshell: he missed a forced lay-up, made a three, then hesitated to take an open three on the next possession, instead driving and losing the ball on an unforced turnover. While he’s a good point of attack defender, that’s not enough to make it in the NBA if he’s a net negative in every other aspect of the game. He has to take the shots he’s given, whether he makes them or not, to have any chance of being more than a third stringer.
- Green’s speed was a problem for the perimeter pests to stop with and without the ball. He downed four 3-pointers in nine attempts, made two shots at the rim and generated multiple penalties on the Spurs. Fred VanVleet also decimated coverages with isolation plays, screen rolls with Şengün and on a maneuver on the break. Overall, dribble penetration and sharp passing destroyed the Spurs’ inside protections. The crew gave up 66 digits on 62.2 percent of tries. It was a tough night on both ends.
For the Rockets fans’ perspective, visit The Dream Shake.
The Spurs will be right back in action tomorrow night against the Portland Train Blazers to kick off a five-game homestand. Tip-off will be at 7:00 PM CT on FanDuel Sports Network, and you can also watch along with us on Playback!
By Marilyn Dubinski, MateoMayorga, via Pounding The Rock