By Marilyn Dubinski | Pounding The Rock (PtR), 2024-12-31 02:39:54
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马刺本有机会取得4胜0负的战绩，但由于最后时刻的失误太多，最终只取得了1胜3负。
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第9周 : 本赛季首次全员健康，马刺终于能够派出他们理想的首发阵容，并取得了令人鼓舞的成绩，包括凭借文班亚马(Victor Wembanyama)荣膺西部周最佳球员的表现，主场战胜老鹰和开拓者。
第10周：1胜3负（16胜16负，西部第10）
106-111负于费城76人
回顾 : 这场比赛最终更多地是关于裁判而不是其他——安德烈·德拉蒙德(Andre Drummond)无故被罚出场，后来又被召回；文班无故吃到技术犯规，在76人执行罚球后被取消；乔尔·恩比德(Joel Embiid)（情有可原地）被罚出场，所有这些都发生在第二节——马刺本有机会以一场胜利开启他们的客场之旅，但最后时刻的太多失误将胜利拱手让给了费城。
114-117负于纽约尼克斯
回顾 : 文班在他的圣诞大战首秀中再次打出了一场精彩的比赛，得到42分（仅次于威尔特·张伯伦(Wilt Chamberlain)）、18个篮板和4次盖帽。但在这场自始至终都十分胶着的比赛中，米卡尔·布里奇斯(Mikal Bridges)几乎与他旗鼓相当，马刺再次被最后时刻的失误所阻挠，而尼克斯则抓住最后的机会取得了胜利。
96-87战胜布鲁克林篮网
回顾 : 如果你不能赢得漂亮，那就赢得难看。马刺的进攻从一开始就在布鲁克林陷入困境，多亏了凯尔登·约翰逊(Keldon Johnson)的半场压哨三分，他们才勉强避免了首节得分未上双的尴尬。但这为他们提供了所需的火花，他们能够依靠防守来争取时间，直到进攻恢复，最终赢得了他们四场客场之旅的第一场胜利。
110-112负于明尼苏达森林狼
回顾 : 如果你被告知马刺在四节比赛中赢了三节，总共净胜18分，你可能会认为他们赢得了比赛。但遗憾的是，连续第二场比赛，他们只是凭借一个神奇的三分球才避免了单节得分未上双的尴尬，而那糟糕的12-32的第二节，加上最后一分钟更多的失误，让马刺输掉了客场之旅的第三场比赛，最终以1胜3负结束。
实力排名
John Schuhmann, NBA.com —19（上周：16）
进攻效率: 111.4 (19) 防守效率: 112.7 (15) 净效率: -1.3 (17) 节奏: 99.2 (19)
马刺在四场客场之旅中取得了1胜3负的战绩，三场失利都令人心碎。
三个要点
周一在费城，朱利安·尚帕尼(Julian Champagnie)连续两次失误将1分的领先优势变成了5分的落后。在纽约和明尼苏达，马刺挥霍了第四节8分的领先优势。他们的下半场表现（每100回合净胜5.0分）仍然比上半场（每100回合净负7.9分）要好得多，而且他们在关键时刻的战绩（8胜6负）仍然比其他时间（8胜10负）要好。
当克里斯·保罗(Chris Paul)在场时，马刺每100回合净胜16.2分（净效率为+5.3），比他不在场时（净效率为-10.9）要好得多。这是他过去八个赛季中最大的正负值差距，自从他在快船的最后一个赛季与联盟最大差距（每100回合19.4分）并列第一以来。
由于保罗和文班亚马经常一起坐在场下，马刺正试图弄清楚如何安排他们的替补阵容。扎克·科林斯(Zach Collins)连续五场没有出场，先是查尔斯·巴锡(Charles Bassey)作为替补中锋出场，然后马刺在几场比赛中使用了小球阵容（文班亚马下场时，哈里森·巴恩斯(Harrison Barnes)或杰里米·索汉(Jeremy Sochan)担任中锋）。然后，在周日对阵明尼苏达的比赛中，科林斯和巴锡都获得了替补出场的机会。目前为止，没有任何办法奏效，部分原因是斯蒂芬·卡斯尔(Stephon Castle)在赛季初的强势表现之后，似乎撞上了新秀墙。
马刺将在周二主场迎战快船，之后将有两天的休息时间。然后他们将再次开启客场之旅，接下来的六场比赛中有五场是客场比赛，唯一的例外是与掘金的主客场背靠背比赛的后半段（这是他们本赛季的首次交锋）。
Brett Siegel, Clutch Points — 15（上周：12）
在上周的NBA实力排名中飙升并达到赛季新高后，圣安东尼奥马刺队在上周的四场比赛中输掉了三场。圣安东尼奥回到了第15位，但这支球队在下半赛季仍然拥有很大的潜力。
文班亚马最近表现非常出色，而且这支球队并没有真正遭遇任何惨败。马刺队几乎在圣诞大战中在麦迪逊广场花园战胜了尼克斯队，一些罚球失误让他们在明尼苏达输掉了比赛。如果圣安东尼奥能够拿下这些比赛，我们将会把他们视为联盟中接近前十的球队。
即将到来： 12月31日 周二 对阵洛杉矶快船；1月3日 周五 客场对阵丹佛掘金；1月5日 周日 对阵丹佛掘金
预测：2胜1负 ——我再次冒险预测，但我看好马刺在两场主场比赛中战胜两支排名略高于他们的球队。押注马刺击败快船可能有点冒险，但结束漫长的客场之旅回到主场可以令人精神焕发，然后不难看出马刺会在与状态不佳的掘金的主客场系列赛中取得一胜一负。
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Week in Review: Troubles in the clutch spoil Spurs’ first extended road trip
The Spurs had a chance to go 4-0 but instead went 1-3 due to too many last-minute errors.
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 9: Fully healthy for the first time this season, the Spurs were finally able to trot out their preferred starting line-up to promising results, including two home wins over the Hawks and Trail Blazers while riding Victor Wembanyama’s Western Conference Player of the Week performance.
Week 10: 1-3 (16-16, 10th in West)
106-111 loss @ Philadelphia 76ers
Recap: In a game that ended up being more about the referees than anything — Andre Drummond getting ejected for nothing before being brought back, Wemby getting a technical for nothing that was rescinded after the 76ers took the FT, and Joel Embiid (justifiably) ejected, all in the second quarter — the Spurs had their chances to kick off their road trip with a victory, but too many mistakes down the stretch handed the game to Philly.
114-117 loss @ New York Knicks
Recap: Wemby had another magnificent game in his Christmas debut with 42 points (second only to Wilt Chamberlain), 18 rebounds and 4 blocks, but in a back-and-forth game that was tight throughout, Mikal Bridges was nearly able to match him, and the Spurs were once again thwarted by late mistakes while the Knicks made the final run to secure the victory.
96-87 win @ Brooklyn Nets
Recap: If you can’t win pretty, go ugly. The Spurs offense struggled from the outset in Brooklyn, only barely avoiding a single-digit first quarter thanks to a Keldon Johnson half-court heave, but that provided the spark they needed, and they were able to bide their time with their defense until the offense caught back up, earning their first win of their four-game road trip.
110-112 loss @ Minnesota Timberwolves
Recap: If you were to be told the Spurs won three out of four quarters by a total of 18 points, you’d probably think they won the game. But alas, for the second game in a row, they were only saved from a single-digit quarter by a miracle three, and that 12-32 second quarter combined with more mistakes in the final minute cost the Spurs their third game of the road trip, finishing 1-3.
Power Rankings
John Schuhmann, NBA.com —19 (last week: 16)
OffRtg: 111.4 (19) DefRtg: 112.7 (15) NetRtg: -1.3 (17) Pace: 99.2 (19)
The Spurs went 1-3 on a four-game trip, with all three losses being heartbreakers.
Three takeaways
On Monday in Philly, two straight Julian Champagnie turnovers turned a one-point lead into a five-point deficit. And in New York and Minnesota, the Spurs blew a pair of eight-point, fourth-quarter leads. They’ve still been much better after halftime (plus-5.0 points per 100 possessions) than they’ve been before (minus-7.9 per 100) and they still have a better record in clutch games (8-6) than they do otherwise (8-10).
The Spurs have now been 16.2 points per 100 possessions better with Chris Paul on the floor (plus-5.3) than they’ve been with him off the floor (minus-10.9). That’s his biggest on-off differential in the last eight seasons since he was tied for the league’s biggest differential (19.4 per 100) in his last season with the Clippers.
With Paul and Wembanyama often sitting together, the Spurs are trying to figure out what to do with their bench units. Zach Collins got five straight DNPs, first with Charles Bassey getting minutes as the backup five and then with the Spurs playing small-ball (Harrison Barnes or Jeremy Sochan at the five when Wembanyama sat) for a couple of games. Then, in Minnesota on Sunday, both Collins and Bassey got minutes off the bench. Nothing has worked, in part because Stephon Castle has seemingly hit the rookie wall after a strong start to the season.
The Spurs will have a rest advantage when they host the Clippers on Tuesday, with two days off following that. Then they’re back on the road for five of their next six, with the only exception being the second half of a home-and-home back-to-back (their first two meetings of the season) against the Nuggets.
Brett Siegel, Clutch Points— 15 (last week: 12)
After surging up the NBA power rankings last week and reaching a new season high, the San Antonio Spurs lost three of their four games this past week. San Antonio is back to No. 15, yet this is still a team with a lot of potential heading into the second half of the year.
Victor Wembanyama has been spectacular as of late, and it’s not like this team really suffered any bad loss. The Spurs almost pulled off a Christmas Day win over the Knicks in MSG, and some missed free throws cost them a win in Minnesota. If San Antonio had closed out those games, we would be talking about them as a borderline top 10 team in the league.
Coming up: Tues. 12/31 vs. Los Angeles Clippers; Fri, 1/3 @ Denver Nuggets; Sun. 1/5 vs. Denver Nuggets
Prediction: 2-1 — I’m going risky again, but I like the Spurs in their two home games against two teams who are only slightly above them in the standings. It might be a bit risky betting on the Spurs to beat the Clippers, but there’s something to returning home from a long road trip that can be rejuvenating, and then it’s not hard to see the Spurs splitting an away-home miniseries with the struggling Nuggets.
By Marilyn Dubinski, via Pounding The Rock