By Marilyn Dubinski | Pounding The Rock (PtR), 2024-12-22 12:53:45
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。
文班继续创造历史，马刺轻松取胜
八天前，马刺做客实力稍逊的波特兰开拓者队，结果却几乎酿成一场灾难。当时马刺已经有四名球员因伤缺阵，克里斯·保罗(Chris Paul)又早早被罚出场，糟糕的第三节让马刺陷入困境，最终凭借第四节奇迹般的17分逆转才惊险取胜。两天前，他们又与老鹰队鏖战至加时赛，赢得了一场激动人心但又令人沮丧的比赛，因为他们在比赛中缺乏专注。今晚，他们不会再重蹈覆辙。
马刺沿用了他们新的首发阵容，继续朝着强势开局的目标前进。部分归功于哈里森·巴恩斯(Harrison Barnes)的几记三分球和维克多·文班亚马(Victor Wembanyama)出色的篮筐防守，当轮换阵容上场时，马刺在第一节还剩3分28秒时以19-11领先。与过去的比赛相比，一个令人欣喜的变化是，第二阵容基本上保持了自己的优势，马刺在进入第二节时仍然以25-20领先。
在波特兰队的球星安芬尼·西蒙斯(Anfernee Simons)和谢顿·夏普(Shaedon Sharpe)在第一节表现平平之后，他们在第二节命中了几记三分，将比分追至33平。随后两队都陷入了进攻低迷，在比赛还剩4分10秒时，比分仅为41-39，马刺领先。但从那之后，比赛就完全进入了马刺的节奏。他们在半场结束前打出了一波19-5的攻击波，斯蒂芬·卡斯尔(Stephon Castle)在攻防两端的机智表现引领了这波进攻高潮，最后文班在进攻端表现不佳的情况下命中了几记三分，与他的防守相呼应，在此之前他仅9投2中。
虽然马刺本赛季第三节表现一直不错，但他们希望避免像上周在波特兰那样经历灾难性的第三节，然后再上演神奇的逆转。虽然对马刺来说，这并不是一个特别令人印象深刻的第三节，但他们在大部分时间里都稳扎稳打，直到文班的回归再次点燃了球队在节末的强势表现，他的投篮也开始命中——包括他职业生涯的第200记三分球——马刺以85-68的比分进入最后一节。
他们在第四节初就确立了最终的胜利，将领先优势扩大到20分以上。在比赛还剩6分45秒时，马刺以101-78领先，所有首发球员都下场休息，三分钟后，第三阵容上场结束比赛。上半场进攻缓慢的文班在下半场火力全开，最终16投8中（三分球8投4中）得到30分。他们的胜利加上森林狼和太阳的失利，使马刺以第九名的成绩进入附加赛区域（尽管时间很短）。由于西部第2名到第11名的球队在负场数上都只相差四场以内，接下来的西部竞争将会非常激烈，所以系好安全带吧。
比赛记录
- 如果还有人对索汉(Jeremy Sochan)表示不满，我不知道还能说什么。他又一次打出了一场令人印象深刻的比赛，攻击篮下，抢篮板，在球场上无所不能。他的数据统计——10分、7个篮板、5次助攻、1次抢断和1次盖帽——并不十分耀眼，但这也不能完全体现他在球场上带来的所有贡献。他还很好地帮助人们打消了“他无法与文班兼容”的观念。随着文班开始投三分，他不再需要挤占内线空间，而且他们两人在空切配合上找到了很好的化学反应，尤其是在文班像这样找到索汉的比赛中。
德州坏小子的连线。
杰里米·索汉，进步最快球员。
杰里米·索汉，进步最快球员。
杰里米·索汉，进步最快球员。
pic.twitter.com/YlcwNlcdn0— SPURS LATAM (@ Spurs_Latam) 2024年12月22日
- 查尔斯·巴斯(Charles Bassey)再次获得了替补中锋的首发机会，与对阵老鹰的比赛不同，他本场比赛表现出色，在下半场保住了这个位置，高效地砍下16分和全队最高的12个篮板，拿到两双。或许更值得注意的是扎克·科林斯(Zach Collins)，在巴斯表现挣扎的对阵老鹰的比赛中他没有上场（取而代之的是米奇·约翰逊(Mitch Johnson)在下半场让索汉担任替补中锋），而今晚他是唯一一个没有上场的球员，尽管马刺在比赛还剩三分钟多的时间里清空了板凳席。是因为他们在他背部严重摔伤缺席了几场比赛后，还在谨慎地让他恢复，还是幕后有更多的事情发生（比如交易谈判）？这将是一个值得持续关注的情况。
- 文班凭借本场比赛的第一次盖帽，以连续62场盖帽的成绩超越了大卫·罗宾逊(David Robinson)，创造了队史纪录，而且很难想象这项纪录会在短期内被打破。他目前以场均3.5次盖帽领跑联盟，今晚他又送出了10次盖帽，成为NBA历史上第六位单场拿到30分10盖帽的球员，这可能会让他的场均盖帽数据略有提升。（不幸的是，他没有拿到三双，因为他“只”抢到了7个篮板。）而且他还顺便完成了一项进攻里程碑，成为第15位最快达到职业生涯200记三分球的球员。值得注意的是，他比斯蒂芬·库里(Steph Curry)、詹姆斯·哈登(James Harden)和雷·阿伦(Ray Allen)更快地达到了这一里程碑。令人难以置信。
最佳球
说到文班的三分球，这就是他将其添加到武器库的原因。一旦对手不得不尊重他的三分球，像这样的突破路线就会打开：
文班接管比赛
这太不公平了…… pic.twitter.com/OI1QNk7Ax0— WembyMuse (@ Wemby_Muse) 2024年12月22日
下一场比赛：周一客场对阵费城76人
马刺将前往东部开始他们本赛季的第一次长途客场之旅，首战将对阵状态不佳的76人队。在乔尔·恩比德(Joel Embiid)上赛季对马刺砍下70分后，文班准备好向这位伤病缠身的对手复仇了吗？请继续关注！
点击查看原文：Spurs deliver focused win over Trail Blazers before heading out for the holidays
Spurs deliver focused win over Trail Blazers before heading out for the holidays
Wemby continued to make history as the Spurs cruised to a comfortable victory
Eight days ago, the Spurs went into the home of the inferior Portland Trail Blazers, and it was nearly a disaster. Already down 4 players to injury and losing Chris Paul early to ejection, a horrible third quarter saw the Spurs in dire straights before they pulled off a miraculous 17-point comeback in the fourth quarter. Then, two nights ago, they won an emotional, intense OT game against the Hawks that was exciting but also frustrating at times due to a lack of focus. Tonight, they weren’t going to fall into the same traps.
The Spurs continued their goal of getting out to stronger starts with their new and preferred starting lineup, and in part thanks to a couple of threes from Harrison Barnes and stellar rim defense from Victor Wembanyama, the Spurs found themselves up 19-11 with 3:28 left in the first quarter when the bench units came in. In a nice change from past games, the second unit mostly held their own, and the Spurs still led 25-20 heading into the second quarter.
After a quiet first quarter from Portland’s big names, Anfernee Simons and Shaedon Sharpe hit a few threes to tie things back up at 33 apiece. Both teams would then suffer an offensive lull, with the score sitting at just 41-39 Spurs with 4:10 left, but it would be all Spurs from there. They closed the half on a 19-5 run, spearheading by some heads-up play from on both ends from Stephon Castle and capped by a couple of Wemby threes after what had not been his greatest offensive half to match his defense, having shot just 2-9 up until that point.
While the Spurs have been a good third quarter team this season, the hope is they would avoid one of their infamous turd quarters like they had in Portland last week before making the miraculous comeback. While it wasn’t a particularly impressive quarter for the Spurs, they treaded water most of the time before Wemby returned to spark another strong finish to a quarter with his shots now falling — including the 200th three of his career — and the Spurs were up 85-68 heading into the final frame.
They finally inserted their will for good early in the fourth, getting the lead past the 20-point threshold. All the starters were done with the Spurs up 101-78 with 6:45 left, and the third string entered three minutes later to close things out. After the slow offensive first half, Wemby was on fire in the second, finishing with 30 points on 8-16 from the field (4-8 from three). Their win combined with losses for the Timberwolves and Suns move the Spurs into a play-in position at 9th place (however briefly). With teams 2-11 in the West all within four games in the loss column of each other, it’s going to be the wild wild West from here on out, so buckle up.
Game Notes
- If anyone is still hating on Sochan, I don’t know what else to say. He had another impressive game attacking the paint, rebounding, and just being an overall menace on the court. His stat line of 10 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists and a steal and block doesn’t jump off the page, but it also doesn’t fully capture everything he brings to the court. He’s also doing a good job of helping put to bed the notion that he can’t share the court with Wemby. With Wemby shooting threes, he doesn’t have to, and the two of them have found good chemistry on cuts, especially with Wemby finding Sochan on plays like this.
CONEXIÓN DE LOS NENES MALOS DE TEXAS.
JEREMY SOCHAN MIP.
JEREMY SOCHAN MIP.
JEREMY SOCHAN MIP.
pic.twitter.com/YlcwNlcdn0— SPURS LATAM (@ Spurs_Latam) December 22, 2024
- Once again, Charles Bassey got the nod at backup center, and unlike the Atlanta game, he played well enough to keep that spot in the second half with a double-double of 16 efficient points and a team-high 12 rebounds. Perhaps more noteworthy is Zach Collins, who did not play against the Hawks when Bassey struggled (instead, Mitch Johnson went with Sochan at backup center in the second half) and was the only DNP tonight despite the Spurs emptying the bench with over three minutes left. Are they just taking their time with his back after a nasty fall forced him to miss a few games, or is there more going behind the scenes (such as trade talk)? It will be an interesting situation to continue monitoring.
- With his first block of the game, Wemby passed David Robinson for a franchise-record 62 straight games with a block, and it’s hard to imagine that streak ending any time soon. He currently leads the league with 3.5 blocks per game, and he probably upped that number a tic tonight with 10 more blocks to become just the sixth player in NBA history to have a 30-point, 10-block game. (Unfortunately, there was no triple-double since he “only” grabbed 7 rebounds.) And just for good measure, he added an offensive milestone as well, becoming the 15th fastest player to reach 200 career three-pointers. Of, note he got there faster than Steph Curry, James Harden, and Ray Allen. Mind blowing.
Play of the Game
Speaking of Wemby threes, this is why he added them to his arsenal. Once players have to respect it, then driving lanes like this open up:
WEMBY TAKEOVER OCCURRING
This is unfair… pic.twitter.com/OI1QNk7Ax0— WembyMuse (@ Wemby_Muse) December 22, 2024
Up next: Monday at Philadelphia 76ers
The Spurs are headed out East for their first extended road trip of the season, beginning with the struggling 76ers. Will Wemby be ready to get revenge on a banged up Joel Embiid after he dropped 70 on them last season? Tune in to find out!
By Marilyn Dubinski, via Pounding The Rock