By Bill Huan | Pounding The Rock (PtR), 2024-11-27 13:13:42
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。
来自51区的二人组继续闪耀全场，帮助圣安东尼奥赢得了四连胜。
继两场激动人心的逆转胜利之后，马刺队将势头延续到了周二晚上的NBA杯赛对阵爵士队的比赛中，将连胜场次扩大到了四场。
两队从一开始就火力全开。斯蒂芬·卡斯尔(Stephon Castle)连续命中两记三分，为马刺队首开纪录，而基翁特·“基”·乔治(Keyonte “Key” George)则为犹他队做出了回应。圣安东尼奥队通过战术跑位获得了空位投篮机会，哈里森·巴恩斯(Harrison Barnes)继续着他的出色表现，为切入的队友送出助攻，轻松得分。爵士队也采取了同样的策略，“基”·乔治状态火热，仅在第一节就砍下了15分。
犹他队的猛烈攻势延续到了第二节，但此时51区的大门也打开了。文班亚马(Wembanyama)在外线手感火热，命中多记三分，同时还展示了他的持球进攻技巧：他没有选择在肘区投篮，而是选择突破到篮下，用精彩的抛投完成终结。同样地，卡斯尔也展现了他的力量，通过对抗杀入篮下得分。他和文班在上半场就合砍40分。
当然，让这对组合如此特别的是他们在攻防两端的实力。随着比赛进入白热化阶段，文班和卡斯尔提升了防守强度。文班送出多次盖帽，仅凭他的存在就足以震慑爵士球员，让他们不敢轻易挑战篮筐。与此同时，卡斯尔帮助球队限制了犹他队的后场进攻，并在最后一分钟对科林·塞克斯顿(Colin Sexton)的防守中起到了关键作用。
诚然，这场胜利是战胜了联盟中或许最弱的球队，但年轻球员和老将们的表现表明，这支球队的实力可能比我们最初想象的要强。赛季还很漫长，但这支球队似乎已经提前完成了磨合。
比赛记录
- 卡斯尔获得了最多的赞誉，这是理所当然的，但我也想提一下朱利安·尚帕尼(Julian Champagnie)。他本场比赛得到15分、4个篮板和3次抢断，他的四个进球全部来自三分线外，他似乎正在成长为一名出色的3D侧翼。我知道杰里米·索汉(Jeremy Sochan)在受伤前状态正佳，但我忍不住想，马刺是否应该让尚帕尼继续留在首发阵容，而让索汉替补出场。如果轮换得当，后者仍然可以打接近30分钟，并且可以作为第二阵容的主要进攻选择。
- 更重要的是，这将如何影响球队的长期发展？我仍然认为索汉可以发展成为低配版的阿隆·戈登(Aaron Gordon)，但也许更恰当的比较对象是布鲁斯·布朗(Bruce Brown)。这可能不是一个响亮的名字，但布朗是一名非常有价值的角色球员，他既可以首发，也可以作为第六人替补出场，就像他在总冠军掘金队所做的那样。如果索汉接受这个角色，那么马刺的首发阵容就可以包括卡斯尔、瓦塞尔、尚帕尼、文班亚马，而最后一个位置应该是一个传球和投篮都很出色的控球后卫。这样的阵容没有明显的缺陷，而索汉可以在替补席上扮演类似布朗的控球前锋角色。
- 回到当下，当所有球员都健康时，这支马刺队的阵容将会非常深厚。如果教练组选择让科林斯、瓦塞尔、巴恩斯、索汉和文班首发，那么替补席上将会有琼斯、卡斯尔、凯尔登和尚帕尼。其他球员的上场时间将会非常有限。
- 看看马刺队在重建过程中比爵士队领先了多少，这很有意思，尽管两支球队几乎在同一时间开始重建。当然，这很大程度上与选秀运气有关，但我确实想知道为什么老丹尼·安吉(Danny Ainge)在高价卖掉鲁迪·戈贝尔(Rudy Gobert)和多诺万·米切尔(Donovan Mitchell)后，没有在今年夏天交易掉劳里·马尔卡宁(Lauri Markkanen)。目前，他们最好的三个潜力新秀包括“基”·乔治、一个以JDub弟弟而闻名的人，以及一个可能是唯一一个因为一些有争议的场外决定而庆祝被犹他选中的人。好消息是，他们有一位优秀的年轻教练威尔·哈迪(Will Hardy)，他非常擅长制定针对对手的战术。尽管如此，西部竞争已经足够激烈了，有一支球队会在一段时间内保持糟糕的战绩也挺好。所以，当你感到沮丧的时候，想想你不是爵士球迷，你就该知足了。
最佳球
卡斯尔的进攻水平正在以惊人的速度进步……
好样的，斯蒂芬！
这名新秀砍下20分！pic.twitter.com/nAcL51mEOp— 圣安东尼奥马刺 (@spurs) 2024年11月27日
下一场比赛：周三对阵湖人
让我们在对阵传奇主播布朗尼·詹姆斯(Bronny James)的父亲的比赛中取得五连胜。
点击查看原文：Spurs take down lowly Jazz to push win streak to four
Spurs take down lowly Jazz to push win streak to four
The Area 51 duo continued to dazzle as San Antonio won their fourth straight game.
Following two electric come-from-behind victories, the Spurs rode their momentum into Tuesday night’s NBA Cup showdown against the Jazz, pushing their win streak to four.
Both teams came out firing from the jump. Stephon Castle hit back-to-back threes to put the Spurs on the board, while Keyonte “Key” George answered for Utah. San Antonio ran sets to get open looks at the basket, and Harrison Barnes continued his strong play by finding cutters for easy points. The Jazz did the same, though, as George remained hot by finishing with 15 points in the first quarter alone.
Utah’s torrent shooting continued into the second, but that’s when the gates to Area 51 opened as well. Wemby caught fire from deep and made multiple triples while also putting his off-the-dribble game on display: instead of shooting from the elbow, he drove to the rim and finished with acrobatic layups. Similarly, Castle showed off his strength by muscling his way to the basket before finishing through contact, as he and Wemby combined for 40 points in just the first half.
Of course, what makes the duo so special is their prowess on both ends of the court. With the game coming down to the wire, Wemby and Castle turned up the defensive intensity. Wemby registered multiple blocks and his presence alone deterred Jazz players from challenging him at the rim. Meanwhile, Castle helped slow down Utah’s backcourt and made a crucial contest in the final minute on Colin Sexton.
Yes, the win came against perhaps the worst team in the league, but the performances from the young guns and veterans showed that this roster might be capable of more than we initially thought. The season is still young, but this team appears ahead of schedule.
Game notes
- Castle has been getting the most love, and rightfully so, but I’d like to give Julian Champagnie a shoutout too. He finished the game with 15 points, 4 rebounds, and 3 steals with all of his four field goals coming from deep, and appears to be a burgeoning 3&D wing. I realize that Jeremy Sochan was breaking out prior to getting injured, but I can’t help but wonder if the Spurs should keep Champagnie in the starting lineup and have Sochan come off the bench. If staggered right, the latter can still play close to 30 minutes and could operate as the primary option with the second unit.
- More importantly, how would this impact the team long-term? I still think that Sochan can develop into a poor man’s Aaron Gordon, but perhaps a more apt comparison is Bruce Brown. That might not be a sexy name, but Brown is a very valuable role player who’s capable of both starting and coming off the bench as a sixth man, which he did for the championship Nuggets team. If Sochan accepts that role, the Spurs’ starting group could then include Castle, Vassell, Champagnie, Wemby, and the final piece should be a point guard who’s an elite passer and shooter. That lineup has no flaws, and Sochan can play a Brown-esque point-forward role off the bench.
- Returning to the present, this Spurs team will be deep when everyone gets healthy. If the coaching staff elects to start CP, Vassell, Barnes, Sochan, and Wemby, then that means the bench would feature Jones, Castle, Keldon, and Champagnie. Minutes will be hard to come by for anyone else.
- It’s interesting to see how far ahead the Spurs are in their rebuild when compared to the Jazz, even though both teams started tearing things down around the same time. Of course, much of that has to do with lottery luck, but I do wonder why old mate Danny Ainge didn’t trade Lauri Markkanen this summer when he sold high on Rudy Gobert and Donovan Mitchell. Currently, their three best prospects include Mr. Key, a guy best known as JDub’s younger brother, and perhaps the only man to celebrate being drafted by Utah due to some questionable off-court decision-making. On the bright side, they do have a great young coach in Will Hardy, who’s great at constructing counters against opposing teams. Still, the West is loaded enough that it’s nice to have one team who’ll remain bad for a while. So when you’re feeling down, just count your blessings that you’re not a Jazz fan.
Play of the game
Castle’s offensive game is progressing at a scary rate…
OKAY STEPH
20 points for the Rookie! pic.twitter.com/nAcL51mEOp— San Antonio Spurs (@ spurs) November 27, 2024
Next game: vs Lakers on Wednesday
Let’s make it five in a row against the dad of legendary streamer Bronny James.
By Bill Huan, via Pounding The Rock