By MateoMayorga | Pounding The Rock (PtR), 2024-12-13 04:20:44
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。
即使文班不在场上时球队有一些积极的趋势，但马刺队在防守端依然无法长时间缺少维克托·文班亚马(Victor Wembanyama)。
尽管在维克托·文班亚马(Victor Wembanyama)缺席时球队展现出了一些积极的趋势，但圣安东尼奥马刺队在防守端依然无法长时间缺少他。在他缺席的比赛中，球队的防守效率低至118.0。即使在他上场但坐在替补席休息时，也只有当扎克·科林斯(Zach Collins)或查尔斯·巴塞(Charles Bassey)与首发球员一起出场时，球队才能保持稳固的防守。
先来看一些积极的方面，科林斯在球队的战术体系中防守出色。值得注意的是，他和首发球员一起出场的阵容的防守效率(105.5)略高于文班亚马和他们一起出场时的防守效率(107.1)。根据Cleaning the Glass的数据，这也是使用率最高的非文班阵容。
此外，当文班和科林斯都坐在替补席时，巴塞与首发球员一起出场的阵容在防守端的表现也没有明显下滑。该阵容的防守效率为109.8。要知道，防守效率排名第八的达拉斯独行侠队的防守效率也只有110.3。这个轮换阵容之所以有效，是因为巴塞是联盟中顶级的盖帽手之一，而且他还受到斯蒂芬·卡斯尔(Stephon Castle)犀利的对球防守的保护，其他球员也能及时提供协防。
令人印象深刻的是，马刺队首发阵容最令人瞩目的数据之一是他们对底角三分的出色限制，对手的底角三分命中率仅为27%。这并不容易，因为底角三分是最容易的投篮，而马刺队倾向于收缩内线，然后迅速轮转到外线进行防守。此外，使用率第二高的阵容——杰里米·索汉(Jeremy Sochan)代替卡斯尔与首发球员一起出场——将对手在篮下的命中率限制在低于联盟平均水平16个百分点。
问题在于，由于球员的个人能力尚未完全开发，其他四个首发球员无法一直与科林斯或巴塞同时在场，马刺队无法在其他阵容中保持这种防守强度。当球队较弱的对位防守球员——凯尔登·约翰逊(Keldon Johnson)和德文·瓦塞尔(Devin Vassell)——上场，或者像克里斯·保罗(Chris Paul)这样的组织者下场时，文班的替补球员就会处于劣势。特别是，保罗、卡斯尔、约翰逊、哈里森·巴恩斯(Harrison Barnes)和巴塞的轮换阵容让对手在篮下的命中率高达80%，而卡斯尔、瓦塞尔、约翰逊、巴恩斯和科林斯的轮换阵容让对手的三分命中率高达41%。
尽管科林斯和巴塞的帮助很大，但他们没有文班那样的臂展来弥补替补球员鲁莽的扑防，或者在挡拆防守中像文班那样同时防守两名球员。对手对他们的忌惮程度也不如文班。此外，在保罗职业生涯的这个阶段，他在防守端的影响主要来自于经验和智慧，因为他的移动速度已经大不如前。他需要身边时刻有四个以上的优秀防守球员，但这在整场比赛中是不可能实现的。
上周是马刺队在没有文班的情况下所面临防守困境的完美例证。12月5日对阵芝加哥公牛队的惨败本是马刺队展现他们在没有文班的情况下防守能力的机会，但他们却被对手轰下139分，完全无法阻止对手的三分球。第二天面对萨克拉门托国王队，他们无法阻止对手的突破，这使得对手获得了大量空位三分机会，最终失分140分。
更雪上加霜的是，文班亚马和科林斯都有些伤病。文班因为背部酸痛缺席了这两场比赛，然后在周日对阵新奥尔良鹈鹕队的比赛中摔倒，臀部着地。幸运的是，他最终能够回到比赛并帮助马刺队取得胜利。在周三的媒体采访中，他说比赛之间的休息时间对他很有益。当被问及背伤如何影响他的比赛和训练时，他说：“影响不好。这是我在职业生涯中从未经历过的事情。虽然不算什么大问题，但有时它会阻止我做某些事情。”
科林斯在那场比赛中也重重地摔在了背上，在ESPN的伤病报告中被列为每日观察状态。他们两人都需要时间来恢复活力，如果是这样的话，其他球员就需要在防守端更加专注，加强沟通和换防。否则，他们可能会像对阵公牛队和国王队那样在防守端再次遭遇灾难性的结果，尤其是在进攻端无法弥补防守短板的情况下。
点击查看原文：The Spurs’ defensive shortcomings without Wemby won’t change anytime soon
The Spurs’ defensive shortcomings without Wemby won’t change anytime soon
The Spurs don’t have the personnel to court two good defensive rotations, and that gets amplified when Wemby sits.
The San Antonio Spurs cannot survive long without Victor Wembanyama on defense despite positive trends when he sits. In games he’s missed, the crew averages an abysmal 118.0 defensive rating. When he plays but is resting on the bench, the team only maintains strong coverages when Zach Collins or Charles Bassey plays with the starters.
Reviewing the positives first, Collins defends well in the team’s scheme. Notably, the lineup with him and the starters has a slightly superior defensive rating (105.5) than when Wemby is with them (107.1). Also, it’s the most used non-Wembanyama lineup, per Cleaning the Glass.
Still, when Wemby and Collins are sitting, the starters with Charles Bassey don’t drop off much defensively. With Bassey, that lineup is holding a 109.8 defense rating. Consider that the eighth-rated defense, belonging to the Dallas Mavericks, produces a rating of 110.3. This rotation works because Bassey is one of the top shot blockers in the league, plus he is being protected by Stephon Castle’s sharp point-of-attack coverage, and the others help promptly.
Strikingly, one of the most impressive stats about the Spurs’ starters is that they shut down the corners, permitting just 27 percent of shots. This is not simple because the corner trey is the easiest shot in the game, and the Spurs tend to sag off that area to disrupt the paint and recover quickly. Additionally, the second most used lineup — with Sochan replacing Castle with the starters — holds opponents to 16 percentage points below league average at the rim.
The problem is Spurs can’t hold that in other lineups because their personnel is not developed enough, and the four other starters can’t always stay on the floor with Collins or Bassey. Wemby’s back-ups are at disadvantage when the team’s weaker up-top defenders — Keldon Johnson and Devin Vassell — come in or a communicator like Chris Paul goes out. Particularly, the rotation with Paul, Castle, Johnson, Harrison Barnes and Bassey concedes 80 percent of shots at the rim, and the one with Castle, Vassell, Johnson, Barnes and Collins gives up 41 percent of 3-point attempts.
As much as Collins and Bassey help, they don’t have Wemby’s length to help erase reckless closeouts by backups or guard two players at once to the same degree against the pick and roll. Opponents don’t fear them like they do Wemby. Furthermore, at this stage in Paul’s career, most of his impact on defense comes from experience and intelligence, as his set of wheels are not what they used to be. He needs four plus defenders next to him at all times, and that’s not possible for the whole game.
Last week was a perfect example of the defense struggles the Spurs face without Wemby. The debacle against the Chicago Bulls on Dec. 5 was an opportunity for the Spurs to show what they can do on defense without him, but instead, they got obliterated to the tune of 139 points for a failure to stop the three-point attack. The next night facing the Sacramento Kings, they couldn’t stop dribble penetration, which unlocked the long range missiles, and gave up 140 points.
To pile on, Wembanyama and Collins are a bit banged up. The former missed those two games with a sore back then took a fall, landing on his rear against the New Orleans Pelicans on Sunday. Fortunately, he was able to return and help the Spurs secure a win, and at media availability on Wednesday, he said the time off between games has been beneficial. When asked about how his back has affected his play and ability to practice, he said, “Not in a good way. It’s something different than I’ve experienced before in my career. It’s not like a big deal, but sometimes it stops me from doing certain things.”
Collins also fell hard on his back in that game and is listed as day-to-day on ESPN’s injury report. It could take time for both guys to reclaim their vigor, and if that’s the case, the rest of the players will need to be sharper than ever, communicating and switching on defense. Otherwise, they might see more disastrous results on defense like the Bulls and Kings games, especially if the offense doesn’t step up to make up for their shortcomings.
By MateoMayorga, via Pounding The Rock