By Jeje Gomez | Pounding The Rock (PtR), 2024-11-10 10:19:19
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。
文班亚马、斯蒂芬·卡斯尔和德文·瓦塞尔都表现出色，但马刺全队的失误太多，无法击败实力稍逊的对手。
在德文·瓦塞尔(Devin Vassell)的赛季首秀中，马刺错失了一场本可取胜的比赛。客场作战的爵士队以111-110险胜圣安东尼奥，一方面是因为银黑军团在关键时刻外线手感冰凉，另一方面是因为主队出现了太多细小的失误，导致整体表现糟糕。
爵士队带着明确的计划而来，并在比赛初期就有效地执行了。他们似乎决心不让马刺在内线得分，他们收缩内线，即使在文班亚马(Victor Wembanyama)没有持球的情况下，也会对他进行包夹。这一次，圣安东尼奥找到了解决困扰他们整个赛季进攻问题的方案：投三分。主队的前五个进球都来自三分线外，其中斯蒂芬·卡斯尔(Stephon Castle)包揽了三个。在防守端，马刺队在半场对实力有限的犹他队做得相当不错。不幸的是，活球失误困扰着马刺。文班在首节是主要的罪魁祸首，但其他人也出现了一些失误，导致客队轻松得分。未能充分利用良好的外线投篮最终反噬了圣安东尼奥，因为犹他队的第二阵容表现优于状态生疏的瓦塞尔和其余的替补球员。
马刺在进入第二节时只落后三分，但很快就在文班的出色发挥以及布雷克·韦斯利和桑德罗·马穆克拉什维利的稳健表现下重新夺回了领先优势。由于劳里·马尔卡宁的出色表现和圣安东尼奥进攻端的低迷，爵士队紧咬比分，但瓦塞尔及时摆脱了状态的束缚，命中了一些跳投，为球队带来了一波得分高潮的希望，从而拉开比分。可惜，这并没有发生。克里斯·保罗和文班亚马回到场上时，比分打平，但银黑军团未能强势收尾。之前频频命中的卡斯尔的三分球不再落袋，球队早些时候展现的防守纪律性也在第二节消失殆尽，对跳投球员不必要的犯规让犹他队得分，并带着8分的领先优势进入更衣室。
由于外线投篮不进，马刺试图强行突破内线，并且取得了一定的成功，避免了长时间的得分荒。虽然过程并不漂亮，但这些突破帮助圣安东尼奥的首发阵容保持活力，并让球队与对手的比分保持在可追赶的范围内。随着替补球员的登场，人们担心的是，在上半场表现不佳的替补球员可能会在短短几分钟内让银黑军团陷入难以翻身的困境。有时看来，这些担忧并非多余，因为防守端的沟通失误不断累积，缺乏得分手段也很明显，但瓦塞尔用一个进球稳住了球队，然后小个阵容的球运转冲击了爵士队的防守。打三后卫和凯尔登·约翰逊出任大前锋的代价是让对手在内线得分，但米奇·约翰逊似乎愿意为此付出代价。进入最后一节，比赛打成平局。
马刺在第四节初就明确表示要让文班参与进来，尽管有几次进攻回合被浪费，但他们还是成功了。这位大个子球员得到了触球机会，命中了一些投篮，并在防守端无处不在。然而，随着时间的推移，爵士队同时使用两名空间型大个子的能力将文班拉出禁区，为他们的后卫突破创造了空间。圣安东尼奥也以同样的方式回应，在内线得分，并保持比分胶着，但球队整场比赛犯下的小错误让他们在最后几分钟没有缓冲余地，最终付出了代价。乔丹·克拉克森和科林·塞克斯顿在关键时刻命中了重要的三分球，马刺则出现了一些非受迫性失误，犹他队则通过罚球锁定胜局。
本场最佳表现
欢迎回来，德文·瓦塞尔！
德文的第一球！ pic.twitter.com/e31BlvvMPS
— 圣安东尼奥马刺 (@ spurs) 2024年11月9日
比赛记录
- 文班亚马在周六的比赛前三分球命中率为22%。对阵爵士的比赛中，他九投六中。这是这位20岁球员的职业生涯新高，但他听到后很惊讶，问记者是否确定他以前从未在一场比赛中投进过六个三分球。文班亚马本场比赛得到24分、16个篮板和7次盖帽。失误仍然是一个问题，但他依旧是个怪兽。
- 德文·瓦塞尔在缺席七个月后复出的状态比任何人预期的都要好。他替补出场，在22分钟内得到21分。有一些可以理解的糟糕时刻，但总的来说，瓦塞尔的表现足以提醒人们他有多么出色，以及马刺多么需要他，即使上场时间有限。
- 斯蒂芬·卡斯尔16投得到23分，出场时间全队最高，并在比赛最后时刻留在场上。这位新秀在比赛初期命中了三分球，防守出色，并利用自己的力量和灵活的脚步攻击篮筐。在比赛还剩12秒，圣安东尼奥落后一分，进攻时间即将耗尽的情况下，对克拉克森的犯规令人痛心，但卡斯尔还是个新秀，所以犯错也情有可原。
- 朱利安·尚帕尼、克里斯·保罗和凯尔登·约翰逊三人三分球合计18投2中。他们在其他方面都做出了贡献，但当三个出场时间较长的轮换球员都无法命中空位投篮时，球队很难赢球。
- 扎克·科林斯和布雷克·韦斯利都经历了一些低谷和一些高光时刻。科林斯的优缺点现在已经众所周知，他的角色也恰如其分。韦斯利可以不稳定，但他可以激励球队，而且只是因为特雷·琼斯缺阵他才获得了大量的上场时间。他们会有像对阵开拓者那样出色的比赛，也会有像对阵爵士那样平庸的比赛。
- 桑德罗·马穆克拉什维利只得到了7分钟多一点的上场时间，而且全部在上半场。爵士队有很多大个子球员，所以这看起来像是适合他的对位，但米奇·约翰逊决定打小个阵容。
下一场比赛：周一 vs 萨克拉门托国王
德玛尔·德罗赞将带着他的新球队来到圣安东尼奥。让我们期待马刺的触底反弹。
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Spurs make too many mistakes, lose to the Jazz in Devin Vassell’s return
Victor Wembanyama, Stephon Castle and Devin Vassell had good games, but the Spurs were too sloppy as a team to beat an inferior opponent.
The Spurs let a winnable game slip away in Devin Vassell’s season debut. The visiting Jazz managed to escape San Antonio with a 111-110 victory in part because the Silver and Black went cold from outside at the wrong time and in part because there were too many little mistakes that added up to a sloppy overall performance for the home team.
The Jazz came in with a plan and executed it early on. They seemed determined to not let the Spurs beat them inside, as they packed the paint and threw extra defenders at Victor Wembanyama even when he didn’t have the ball. This time, San Antonio found a solution to an issue that has disrupted the offense all season: they just made threes. The home team’s first five field goals were from beyond the arc, with Stephon Castle accounting for three of those. On the other end, the defense was doing a solid job on a limited Utah squad on the half-court. Unfortunately, live ball turnovers plagued the Spurs. Wembanyama was the main culprit in the opening frame but others coughed up the ball as well, leading to easy buckets for the visitors. Failing to take advantage of good outside shooting came to haunt San Antonio, as Utah’s second unit outplayed a rusty Devin Vassell and the rest of the bench.
The Spurs trailed by only three points heading into the second quarter but quickly retook the lead thanks to a good stretch from Wemby and some solid performances from Blake Wesley and Sandro Mamukelashvili. The Jazz were keeping pace thanks to Lauri Markkannen and a tepid San Antonio offense but Devin Vassell shook off the rust in time to hit some jumpers that provided hope for a big run that would help create separation. Alas, it didn’t happen. Chris Paul and Wembanyama returned to a tied game but the Silver and Black didn’t close strong. The Castle threes that were falling earlier stopped going in and the defensive discipline the team had shown earlier disappeared in the second quarter, as unnecessary fouls on jump shooters allowed Utah to get points on the board and carry an eight-point lead to the locker room.
With the outside shots not going in, the Spurs tried to force their way inside and were successful enough not to go into a big drought. It wasn’t pretty, but the drives kept San Antonio’s starting unit alive and the team within striking distance. As the bench checked in, the concern was that the subs, which were outplayed in the first half, might get the Silver and Black into a hole too deep to climb up from in only a few minutes. At times it seemed like the worries were warranted, as the defensive miscommunications piled up and the lack of shot creation was obvious, but Vassell steadied the unit with a bucket and then the ball movement of the small unit hurt the Jazz’s defense. The tradeoff from playing three guards and Keldon Johnson at power forward was allowing buckets inside but it was a price Mitch Johnson seemed willing to pay. Going into the final frame, the game was tied.
The Spurs made it a point early in the fourth to get Wemby involved and, despite a couple of wasted possessions, they succeeded. The big man got touches, hit some shots and was everywhere on defense. As the minutes passed, however, the Jazz’s ability to play two stretch bigs together took Victor out of the paint and opened up the lane for drives from their guards. San Antonio responded in kind, getting buckets inside and keeping the score tight but all the little mistakes the team made throughout the game prevented them from having a buffer going into the final minutes and it cost them. Jordan Clarkson and Collin Sexton made big threes in the clutch, the Spurs made some unforced errors, and Utah iced the game from the line.
Play of the game
Welcome back, Devin Vassell.
Dev’s first bucket! pic.twitter.com/e31BlvvMPS
— San Antonio Spurs (@ spurs) November 9, 2024
Game notes
- Victor Wembanyama went into Saturday’s game shooting 22 percent from beyond the arc. Against the Jazz he made six of his nine three-point attempts. It was a career-high for the 20-year-old but he was surprised to hear it, asking reporters if they were sure he had never made six threes in a game before. Wembanyama finished the game with 24 points, 16 rebounds and seven blocks. Turnovers remain an issue, but he’s still a monster.
- Devin Vassell looked better than anyone could have anticipated after seven months spent on the sidelines. He came off the bench and scored 21 points in 22 minutes. There were some understandably bad moments but in general, Vassell did enough to remind people how good he is and how much the Spurs need him, even in limited minutes.
- Stephon Castle, who scored 23 points in 16 shots, led the Spurs in minutes played and was there to close the game. The rookie made his threes early, played good defense and used his strength and crafty footwork to get to the bucket. The foul on Clarkson with the shot clock winding down and San Antonio down one with 12 seconds to go was painful, but Castle is a rookie so it’s hard to get too upset about mistakes.
- Julian Champagnie, Chris Paul and Keldon Johnson combined to shoot 2-for-18 from beyond the arc. They all contributed in other ways, but it’s hard to win when three rotation players getting heavy minutes can’t hit good looks.
- Zach Collins and Blake Wesley had some rough stretches and some great ones. Collins’ strengths and weaknesses are well known by now, and he’s in an adequately small role. Wesley can be erratic but can energize the team and is only getting big minutes because Tre Jones is out. They will have good games, like they did against the Trail Blazers, and mediocre ones, like against the Jazz.
- Sandro Mamukelashvili only got a shade over seven minutes of playing time, all in the first half. The Jazz play several bigs, so this seemed like the right matchup for him, but Mitch Johnson decided to go small.
Next game: Vs. Sacramento Kings on Monday
DeMar DeRozan will come to town with his new team. Let’s hope for a bounceback game from the Spurs.
By Jeje Gomez, via Pounding The Rock