By Marilyn Dubinski | Pounding The Rock (PtR), 2024-11-19 03:30:00
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文班的首个50分之夜，三场比赛命中20记三分，以及卡斯尔作为首发球员的爆发，让这周变得精彩纷呈。
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第三周 : 更多的伤病（尤其是杰里米·索汉(Jeremy Sochan)的伤病）和糟糕的执行力破坏了马刺在第二周建立的良好节奏。
第四周：2胜2负 (6胜8负，西部第12)
116-96 胜 萨克拉门托国王
回顾 : 在上一场主场输给爵士之后，马刺决心在对阵实力不俗（但疲惫不堪）的萨克拉门托国王的背靠背第二场比赛中拿出更好的表现。尽管开局缓慢，但米奇·约翰逊在第二节的一次愤怒的“格雷格·波波维奇式”的暂停唤醒了球队，他们从那时起做出了回应，最终轻松赢得了这个年轻赛季的最大胜利。
139-130 胜 华盛顿奇才
回顾 : 维克托·文班亚马(Victor Wembanyama)砍下了职业生涯第一个50分，同时三分球16投8中。过去三场比赛他三分球37投20中，这 alone 将他的赛季三分命中率从22.6%提升至34.3%。凭借文班的出色表现，马刺几次取得了巨大的领先优势，尽管替补球员和乔丹·普尔42分的表现几次试图破坏比赛，但他们还是坚持到了最后，赢得了胜利。
115-120 负 洛杉矶湖人 (NBA酋长杯)
回顾 : 在他们的第一场酋长杯比赛中，对手是“卫冕冠军”湖人，马刺在第一节延续了火热的状态，但湖人在接下来的两节控制了比赛。然而，他们在第四节在冉冉升起的新秀斯蒂芬·卡斯尔(Stephon Castle)的带领下奋起反击，卡斯尔得到22分并命中了几个关键球。他们甚至在比赛末段几次取得领先，但一些失误（加上一个有争议的进攻犯规）断送了他们的希望。尽管如此，勒布朗·詹姆斯在赛后对卡斯尔赞不绝口，无论是在对卡斯尔本人还是对媒体，这对任何新秀来说都是梦想成真。
93-110 负 达拉斯独行侠
回顾 : 在背靠背的第二场比赛中，马刺人员极其短缺，文班（在与湖人的比赛中膝盖受伤）和瓦塞尔（负荷管理）缺阵（当然还有索汉），马刺奋力拼搏，但仍然无法与近期状态不佳但个人天赋远超残阵马刺的独行侠抗衡，以两连败结束了这原本精彩的一周。
实力排行榜
John Schuhmann, NBA.com —— 19 (上周: 21)
进攻效率: 110.2 (21) 防守效率: 111.8 (12) 净效率: -1.6 (18) 节奏: 98.7 (20)
维克托·文班亚马砍下84分（周三创下职业生涯新高的50分），马刺战胜国王和奇才，胜率重回五成。但此后他们遭遇了两连败。
三个要点
文班亚马超过一半的出手来自油漆区外，但对阵国王和奇才时，这些出手都找到了准星（中距离9投5中，三分球28投14中）。当然，在油漆区内，他的命中率高达79投58中（73.4%），在至少出手75次的71名球员中排名第一。周五对阵湖人的比赛中，他在油漆区内9投7中，但在外线16投仅5中（最后时刻投丢了一个关键三分导致输球)，并且整场比赛没有获得一次罚球。
马刺为克里斯·保罗和文班亚马设计了很多战术（挡拆、反挡拆、手递手传球)，他们大部分时间都在一起在场。输给湖人的比赛最后时刻，文班亚马从左底角给 德文·瓦塞尔的传球也取得了一些成功，尽管瓦塞尔在保罗和文班亚马同时在场的情况下只打了18分钟（他总共出场90分钟）。
由于杰里米·索汉受伤，瓦塞尔替补出场，斯蒂芬·卡斯尔继续首发并表现出色。马刺目前的这套首发阵容在76分钟的出场时间里净胜对手58分（每百回合净胜35.7分），对手在此期间的三分命中率仅为56投13中 (23%)，这在一定程度上帮助了他们。在输给湖人的比赛中，这套阵容在不到12分钟的时间里净胜12分。
周六输给达拉斯的比赛是背靠背的第二场，文班亚马和瓦塞尔都休战了。本周他们没有背靠背的比赛，但有两支联盟顶级球队——雷霆和勇士——将来到弗罗斯特银行中心。马刺与雷霆的首场比赛，以及文班亚马缺席输给达拉斯的比赛，是他们本赛季进攻表现最差的两场比赛（每百回合仅得93分）。
Brett Siegel, Clutch Points —— 23 (上周: 23)
上周圣安东尼奥的新闻都围绕着主教练格雷格·波波维奇展开，据透露他轻微中风。波波维奇将无限期离开球队，寻求必要的医疗护理以恢复健康。马刺仍然乐观地认为他能够在2024-25赛季复出执教。在此期间，米奇·约翰逊带领马刺取得了6胜8负的开局，维克托·文班亚马最近状态火热。上周对阵华盛顿奇才的比赛中，文班砍下了职业生涯最高的50分和8记三分球。随着这位二年级球星在进攻端找到感觉，以及德文·瓦塞尔和凯尔登·约翰逊的贡献，圣安东尼奥将继续在NBA实力排行榜上构成威胁。
即将到来: 周二 11/19 vs. 俄克拉荷马城雷霆 (酋长杯); 周四 11/21 vs. 犹他爵士; 周六 11/23 vs. 金州勇士
预测: 1胜2负 —— 马刺上周的战绩符合我2胜2负的预测，但本周的赛程更加艰难（即使比赛全部在主场进行）。他们战胜缺少切特·霍姆格伦(hp)的雷霆的机会可能比我预想的要大，但雷霆仍然拥有充足的火力，马刺必须小心应对，更何况文班被列为出战成疑。周六对阵勇士的比赛也是如此，勇士目前位居西部第一，令人惊讶，而且他们还引进了臭名昭著的“马刺杀手”巴迪·希尔德。他们赢球的最大机会将是复仇爵士，爵士几周前在马刺主场爆冷取胜。
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Week in Review: Wemby’s threes, Castle’s emergence gives the Spurs new life on offense
Wemby’s first 50-point game, hitting 20 threes in 3 games, and Castle breaking out as a starter made this a fun week.
Welcome to the Week in Review: a Monday feature that looks back at the week that was for the San Antonio Spurs, takes a look at the week ahead, and more. Enjoy!
Week 3: More injuries (especially to Jeremy Sochan) and poor execution derailed the good rhythm the Spurs had built in Week 2.
Week 4: 2-2 (6-8, 12th in West)
116-96 win vs. Sacramento Kings
Recap: After a disappointing home loss to the Jazz in the previous game, the Spurs came out determined to do better against a good (but tired) Sacramento Kings team on the second night of a back-to-back. Although they got out to a slow start, an angry, “Gregg Popovich-like” timeout from Mitch Johnson in the second quarter lit a spark under his team, and they responded from there, cruising to their biggest win of this very young season.
139-130 win vs. Washington Wizards
Recap: Victor Wembanyama posted the first 50-point game of his career while hitting 8-16 from three. The streak put him at 20-37 over the last three games, which alone raised his three-point shooting for the season from 22.6% to 34.3%. The Spurs built a couple big leads on the back of his big night, and although the bench and a 42-point outing from Jordan Poole tried to spoil it a few times, they held on for the win.
115-120 loss vs. Los Angeles Lakers (NBA Emirates Cup)
Recap: In their first Cup game against the “defending champion” Lakers, the Spurs continued their hot ways in the first quarter before the Lakers took control in the middle two. However, they fought back in the fourth on the back of emerging rookie standout Stephon Castle, who had 22 points and several clutch shots. They even took the lead a couple of times late, but some mistakes (plus an iffy charging call) derailed their hopes. Still, LeBron James came out of that game with plenty of praise for Castle, both to him and to the media, which has to be any rookie’s dream-come-true.
93-110 loss at Dallas Mavericks
Recap: On the second night of a back-to-back and extremely short-handed with Wembanyama (banged knees in the Lakers game) and Vassell (load management) sitting (and of course no Sochan), the Spurs fought hard but were were no match for a Mavs squad that has struggled of late but still has too much individual talent for the shorthanded Spurs to overcome, ending what was otherwise a fun week with a second straight loss.
Power Rankings
John Schuhmann, NBA.com— 19 (last week: 21)
OffRtg: 110.2 (21) DefRtg: 111.8 (12) NetRtg: -1.6 (18) Pace: 98.7 (20)
Victor Wembanyama totaled 84 points (with a career-high 50 on Wednesday) as the Spurs picked up wins over the Kings and Wizards to get back to .500. But they’ve since dropped two straight.
Three takeaways
Wembanyama continues to take more than half of his shots from outside the paint, but those shots were falling (5-for-9 from mid-range, 14-for-28 from 3-point range) against Sacramento and Washington. Of course, in the paint, he’s shot 58-for-79 (73.4%), the best mark among 71 players with at least 75 attempts. He was 7-for-9 in the paint against the Lakers on Friday, but 5-for-16 from the outside (air-balling a late 3 for the lead) and didn’t attempt a single free throw in the five-point loss.
The Spurs are running a lot of actions (pick-and-rolls, inverted pick-and-rolls, dribble-handoffs) with Chris Paul and Wembanyama, who spend most of their minutes on the floor together. There was also some success with Wembanyama handing to Devin Vassell out of the left corner late in the Lakers’ loss, though Vassell has played just 18 of his 90 minutes with both Paul and Wembanyama also on the floor.
With Jeremy Sochan hurt and Vassell coming off the bench, Stephon Castle continues to start and play pretty well. The Spurs’ current lineup has outscored opponents by an amazing 58 points (35.7 per 100 possessions) in 76 total minutes, with some help from the opponents having shot just 13-for-56 (23%) from 3-point range in that time. It was a plus-12 in a little less than 12 minutes in their five-point loss to the Lakers.
Both Wembanyama and Vassell sat out the Spurs’ loss in Dallas on Saturday, the second game of a back-to-back. They don’t have a back-to-back this week, but they do have two of the best teams in the league – the Thunder and Warriors – coming to the Frost Bank Center. The Spurs’ first game against Oklahoma City is tied with the Wembanyama-less Dallas loss for their worst offensive performance (93 points on 100 possessions) of the season.
Brett Siegel, Clutch Points— 23 (last week: 23)
News out of San Antonio this past week revolved around head coach Gregg Popovich, as it was revealed that he suffered a mild stroke. Popovich will be away from the team indefinitely as he seeks the medical care he needs to get back to full strength. The Spurs remain optimistic that he will be able to coach again during the 2024-25 season. In the interim, Mitch Johnson has led the Spurs to a 6-8 start, with Victor Wembanyama coming alive recently. Wemby had a career-high 50 points and eight made threes last week against the Washington Wizards. As the second-year star finds his groove offensively and players like Devin Vassell and Keldon Johnson contribute, San Antonio will continue to be a threat in the NBA power rankings.
Coming up: Tues. 11/19 vs. Oklahoma City Thunder (Emirates Cup); Thurs. 11/21 vs. Utah Jazz; Sat. 11/23 vs. Golden State Warriors
Prediction: 1-2 — The Spurs met my prediction of 2-2 last week, but this week’s schedule is harder (even though it’s entirely at home, again). They may stand a better chance against the Chet Holmgren-less (hp) Thunder than I’m giving them credit for, but OKC still has plenty of fire power the Spurs will have to contend with, not to mention Wemby is listed as questionable. The same goes with the Warriors on Saturday, who have surprised so far as the top team in the West and added infamous Spurs-killer Buddy Hield to the mix. Their best chance for a win will be a revenge matchup against the Jazz, who upset them at home a couple of weeks ago.
By Marilyn Dubinski, via Pounding The Rock