By Zachary Colwell | Pounding The Rock (PtR), 2024-11-17 13:00:00
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银黑军团难忘的下半场
圣安东尼奥马刺队在背靠背的第二场比赛中以93-110负于达拉斯独行侠队，这并不令人意外，因为他们三位最有天赋的球员都缺席了比赛。几周前接受拇指手术的杰里米·索汉(Jeremy Sochan)仍在养伤，而最近刚从休赛期手术中恢复的德文·瓦塞尔(Devin Vassell)则因球队控制他的上场时间和训练量而缺席，直到他完全恢复健康。最后，维克多·文班亚马(Victor Wembanyama)在周五晚上对阵湖人队的比赛临近结束时受了点小伤，因此被排除在本场比赛之外。幸运的是，文班的伤势似乎并不严重，米奇·约翰逊称之为“每日观察”，这意味着我们很可能在周一晚上对阵雷霆队的比赛中看到这位“外星人”重新登场。
最终比分并不好看，但银黑军团在前24分钟打得相当稳健。此前，他们错失了前九次出手中的八次，因为他们一次又一次地选择跳投。为了在缺少三名主力球员的情况下打开局面，马刺队依靠新秀斯蒂芬·卡斯尔(Stephon Castle)来提供火花，而他也做到了。卡斯尔正逐渐适应NBA球员的角色，自从进入首发阵容以来表现非常出色，在前12分钟里可以说是两队场上表现最好的球员。这位4号秀投篮充满自信，并通过轻松的内线传球让队友参与到进攻中来。圣安东尼奥马刺队在第一节结束时以28-23领先，卡斯尔是主要原因。
朱利安·尚帕尼(Julian Champagnie)每晚都扮演着3D侧翼的角色，由于多名球员缺阵，他在对阵独行侠的比赛中获得了更多的进攻机会。尚帕尼积极承担了额外的责任，打得更加自由，命中了一些投篮，同时利用运球攻击篮筐，并通过罚球得到了一些轻松的得分。由于缺少文班，独行侠队利用身高错位优势，凭借德里克·莱弗利(Derek Lively)和丹尼尔·加福德(Daniel Gafford)的内线双塔组合，在内线占据了统治地位。在比赛的大部分时间里，感觉就像这两个人的扣篮大赛，他们还抢下了许多进攻篮板，为球队延续进攻回合。马刺队在半场结束时只落后4分的一个原因是，他们比独行侠队更注重球权保护。这个问题在大多数比赛中对马刺队的阻碍比对他们的对手更大。
下半场风云突变，达拉斯队掌控了比赛，利用他们的人才优势轻松赢得了比赛。第三节一开始，主队就打出了一波11-2的进攻高潮。圣安东尼奥马刺队在暂停后以一波7-0的得分回应，但这最终成为了马刺队最后的反击。从那以后，独行侠队继续利用内线的身高错位优势，而凯里·欧文(Kyrie Irving)和卢卡·东契奇(Luka Dončić)则控制了外线的比赛。第四节刚开始，米奇·约翰逊就换下了全部主力，举起了白旗，宣告马刺队连续第二场失利，也是他们在赛季第一个月内第二次输给德州的同城对手。
最佳球
在本赛季的第一次轮换上场时间里，查尔斯·巴塞(Charles Bassey)用这次精彩的盖帽宣告了自己的存在：
巴塞的盖帽>>>> pic.twitter.com/O2u7MBV5cm
— 圣安东尼奥马刺队 (@ spurs) 2024年11月17日
比赛记录
- 特雷·琼斯(Tre Jones)的回归 ：在缺席了12场比赛之后，特雷·琼斯回到了本赛季的第二场比赛，巧合的是，这两场比赛都是对阵达拉斯的独行侠队，因为特雷在赛季揭幕战中受伤。你可以很早就看到我们都熟悉の特雷，在投篮不中后推进球，找到空位球员，并深入内线。你也可以看到一个缺席了几周比赛的特雷，仍然需要找到他的节奏。最终，琼斯在19分钟的比赛中得到3分、4次助攻、3个篮板和1次失误。
- 米奇·约翰逊的轮换 ：由于多名球员缺阵，米奇·约翰逊在本场比赛中调整了他的轮换阵容。在首发阵容中，他不出所料地用扎克·科林斯(Zach Collins)代替了文班，但真正的变化是在替补轮换中。米奇没有像本赛季几次那样让桑德罗·马穆克拉什维利(Sandro Mamukelashvilli)担任替补中锋，而是选择了体型更大的查尔斯·巴塞来与独行侠队的内线球员对抗。马穆克拉什维利确实上场了，但他主要是在四号位上与巴塞或科林斯搭档。这位临时主教练还选择了让布雷克·韦斯利(Blake Wesley)与特雷·琼斯搭档后场，而不是更有进攻天赋的后卫马拉基·布拉纳姆(Malaki Branham)。这一举动让我有点摸不着头脑，因为马刺队缺少了文班、瓦塞尔和索汉的主要进攻火力，你会认为像布拉纳姆这样的球员在这场比赛中会更有意义。尤其考虑到他为自己创造投篮机会的能力，以及他本赛季开始时的投篮命中率为52-50-83。
下一场比赛：周二对阵雷霆队
马刺队现在将回到弗罗斯特银行中心，在他们的第二场NBA杯小组赛中迎战俄克拉荷马城雷霆队。
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Wemby-less Spurs fall flat in second half in loss to Mavs
A second half to forget for the Silver & Black
In what shouldn’t be too much of a shock, the San Antonio Spurs fell to the Dallas Mavericks 110-93 on a second night of a back-to-back in a game where their three most talented players were all missing. Jeremy Sochan was still on the sidelines healing from thumb surgery a few weeks ago while Devin Vassell who just recently returned from offseason surgery sat out as the team manages his minutes and workload until he gets back to full fitness. Finally, Victor Wembanyama was ruled out for the contest after getting nicked up towards the end of the Lakers game on Friday night. Fortunately, it doesn’t seem like the injury will keep Wemby out long as Mitch Johnson called it “day-to-day” which means it is likely we will see the Alien back in action on Monday night against the Thunder.
The end score wasn’t pretty but the Silver & Black did play a solid opening 24 minutes. That was after missing eight of their first nine shots as they settled for jumper after jumper. To get them going without their three best players the Spurs turned to their rookie Stephon Castle to provide a spark, to which he obliged. Castle who is starting to come into his own as an NBA player and has played extremely well since entering the starting lineup was agurably the best player on the court for either team in the first 12 minutes of play. The #4 overall pick was shooting with confidence and getting his teammates involved with easy looks inside the paint. Castle was a big reason as to why San Antonio went into the first quarter break up, 28-23.
Julian Champagnie who plays his role of a 3-and-D wing well on a night-to-night basis was given more freedom against Dallas with a number of offensive touches available with players out. Champagnie responded to the added responsibility by playing free and knocking down a number of shots while attacking off the dribble and getting to the line for some easy points. Without Wemby the Mavs took advantage of the size mismatch and dominated the game in the paint with their 1-2 big man tandem of Derek Lively and Daniel Gafford. For much of the game it felt like a dunk contest for those two with them also grabbing a number of offensive boards to keep possessions alive for their team. One reason the Spurs only went into the half-time interval down four was they were taking way better care of the ball than the Mavs. An issue which on most nights impedes the Spurs more than their opposition.
The game changed in the second-half with Dallas taking command and using their talent mismatch to run away with the contest. It started almost immediately in the third quarter when the home team went on an 11-2 run. San Antonio did respond after a timeout with their own 7-0 scoring run but that would end up being the last punch the Spurs threw. From then on the Mavs continued to take advantage of the size mismatch in the paint while Kyrie Irving and Luka Doncic took control of the game on the perimeter. By early on in the fourth quarter Mitch Johnson emptied his bench and waved the white flag to signal a second consecutive Spurs loss, and a second loss to their Texas rivals within the first month of the season.
Play of the game
In his first rotation minutes of the season, Charles Bassey made a statement with this emphatic block:
BASSEY BLOCKS>>>> pic.twitter.com/O2u7MBV5cm
— San Antonio Spurs (@ spurs) November 17, 2024
Game notes
- Welcome Back, Tre Jones: After a twelve game absence, Tre Jones returned for his second game of the season, coincidentally both games have been against the Mavs in Dallas as Tre got hurt in the season opening defeat. You could see early on the Tre we all know, pushing the ball after misses, finding the open man and getting deep inside the paint. You also saw a Tre that has been out for a number of weeks and still needing to find his rhythm. In the end Jones finished with three points, four assists, three rebounds and a turnover in nineteen minutes of play.
- Mitch Johnson’s Rotations: With a number of players out, Mitch Johnson mixed up his rotations for this game. In the starting unit he predictably started Zach Collins in place of Wemby but it was in bench rotation where he really shook it up. Instead of playing Sandro Mamukelashvilli at the backup five which he has done a few times this season, Mitch went with the bigger body of Charles Bassey to battle it out with the Mavs centers. Mamu did play but it was mostly at the four position next to one of Bassey or Collins. The interim head coach also opted to go with Blake Wesley next to Tre Jones instead of the more offensively talent guard, Malaki Branham. This move was a bit of a head scratcher to me as with the Spurs missing most of their offensive punch with Wemby, Dev and Sochan all unavailable you would have though a player like Malaki would have made more sense in this game. Especially considering his ability to create a shot for himself and also due to the fact he was shooting 52-50-83 to start this season.
Next game: vs. Thunder on Tuesday
The Spurs will now head back to the Frost Bank Center to meet the Oklahoma City Thunder in their second NBA Cup group game.
By Zachary Colwell, via Pounding The Rock