By Marilyn Dubinski | Pounding The Rock (PtR), 2025-01-07 02:13:35
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马刺队一月份的赛程看起来令人生畏，但他们的开局很稳健。
*欢迎来到“周回顾”：这是一个周一发布的专题，回顾 *圣安东尼奥马刺队 *过去一周的表现，展望未来一周的赛程，等等。敬请欣赏！
第10周 : 在圣诞节期间的赛季首次长途客场之旅中，马刺队整体表现出色，但由于关键时刻的失误、比赛收官阶段的问题，以及几个差点得分低于两位数的节次（要不是凭借神奇的三分球才避免了这种情况），最终只取得了1胜3负的战绩。
第11周：2胜1负（18胜17负，西部第8）
122-86 战胜洛杉矶快船队
回顾 : 马刺队以一场大胜快船队的比赛结束了2024年，取得了开门红。这场比赛从头到尾都由马刺队掌控，而快船队则是背靠背的第二场比赛。马刺队统治了内线和快攻，最多领先41分，尽管他们的三分球命中率不高。这真是迎接新年的好方式。
113-110 客场战胜丹佛掘金队
回顾 : 在与掘金队的主客场迷你系列赛的首场比赛中，马刺队克服了丹佛高原的主场优势，凭借第二节的强势表现取得领先，尽管MVP尼古拉·约基奇(Nikola Jokic)砍下41分带领掘金队发起反击。马刺队在文班亚马(Victor Wembanyama)的35分的带领下进行了反击，并以7-2的攻势结束比赛，取得了胜利，克服了他们最近在关键时刻的问题，以一场胜利开启了新的一年。
111-122 加时负于丹佛掘金队
回顾 : 马刺队回到主场进行迷你系列赛的第二场比赛，比赛 روند与前一天晚上大致相同，只是这次掘金队笑到了最后。在文班的生日之夜，他的进攻表现不如前一场那么强势，但马刺队在第三节仍然打出了一波不错的攻势，似乎掌控了比赛，但掘金队在约基奇的出色表现下再次反扑。虽然马刺队将比赛拖入加时赛，但他们的体能已经耗尽，最终掘金队赢得了比赛。
球队实力排名
John Schuhmann, NBA.com —15（上周：19）
进攻效率: 111.5 (17) 防守效率: 111.9 (13) 净效率: -0.5 (16) 节奏: 99.2 (18)
马刺队目前正处于10场比赛中有9场是对阵胜率超过50%的球队的阶段，他们目前已经打了3场，取得了2胜1负的战绩，唯一的一场失利是在周六加时输给了掘金队。
三个要点
文班亚马还没有一个固定的战术，可以让马刺队在关键时刻为他创造好的出手机会，而且在关键时刻的进攻相当均衡（五名球员在关键时刻至少出手了三次），因为马刺队在周末与丹佛的两场比赛中都打得难解难分。在这两场比赛中，他们在25次关键球权中只得到了23分，并且在过去五场最后五分钟分差在5分以内的比赛中输掉了4场。
在过去的10场比赛中，马刺队的防守效率排名第二，正在向赛季前十的目标迈进。需要注意的是，这10场比赛中有6场是对阵目前进攻效率排在后十名的球队，但在周末对阵掘金队排名第四的进攻时，他们的防守也很稳固，将尼古拉·约基奇的命中率限制在50%以下。
与上赛季相比，马刺队在对手有效投篮命中率（内外线）和对手罚球率方面都有了很大的进步。在有盖帽统计的前50个赛季中，盖帽/犯规比率最高的球员（至少100次盖帽）是马努特·波尔(Manute Bol)在1986-87赛季的1.60。文班亚马在新秀赛季的盖帽/犯规比率为1.66，本赛季为1.76（116/66），尽管他在周末遇到了一些犯规麻烦。
在这10场比赛中有9场是对阵胜率超过50%的球队的阶段中，唯一一支胜率低于50%的对手是公牛队，马刺队将于周一客场挑战他们，这也是他们四连客之旅的开始。他们在12月初输给芝加哥的比赛是在没有文班亚马的情况下进行的，这也是马刺队本赛季防守最糟糕的比赛之一。
Brett Siegel, Clutch Points — 11（上周：15）
圣安东尼奥马刺队到底有多好？随着文班的不断成长，这支球队也在整体上不断进步。最近战胜掘金队的比赛无疑增强了马刺队的信心，现在他们距离西部第五的湖人队和独行侠队只有两场的差距。
在防守端，马刺队正处于成为联盟前十防守球队的边缘，这也是他们在本次实力排名中达到赛季新高的原因。如果他们能在客场战胜密尔沃基雄鹿队和湖人队，马刺队将进入前十。
即将到来: 1月6日星期一 @ 芝加哥公牛队；1月8日星期三 @ 密尔沃基雄鹿队；1月11日星期六 @ 洛杉矶湖人队
预测：2胜1负 — 本周的赛程看起来比实际情况更令人生畏，因为马刺队开始了又一次的四连客之旅。马刺队应该会向一个月前在没有文班的情况下让他们丢掉139分的公牛队复仇，虽然雄鹿队和湖人队显然不能被轻视，尤其是在他们的主场，但他们仍然与马刺队处于同一梯队，与赢得2020年和2021年NBA总冠军的两支球队（即使他们拥有相同的球星）相去甚远。我认为马刺队会偷走这两场比赛中的一场——更有可能战胜雄鹿队。
点击查看原文：Week in Review: Spurs beat a couple of playoff teams as the schedule heats up
Week in Review: Spurs beat a couple of playoff teams as the schedule heats up
The Spurs’ January schedule looks daunting, but they’re off to a solid start.
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 10: On their first extended road tip of the season across the week of Christmas, the Spurs played well overall but only went 1-3 due to mistakes in the clutch, issues closing out games, and a couple of near single-digit scoring quarters that were only prevented by miracle threes.
Week 11: 2-1 (18-17, 8th in West)
122-86 win vs. Los Angeles Clippers
Recap: The Spurs ended 2024 on a high note with a wire-to-wire in a blowout win over a Clippers team that as on the second night of a back-to-back. They owned the paint and fast break and led by as much as 41 despite having an off night from three. It was quite the way to ring in the New Year.
113-110 win @ Denver Nuggets
Recap: In the first game of an away-home miniseries against the Nuggets, the Spurs overcame Denver’s infamous altitude used a strong second quarter to pull ahead before the Nuggets came rallying back behind MVP Nikola Jokic’s 41 points. The Spurs fought back with Victor Wembanyama’s 35 points and closed on a 7-2 run to seal the victory, overcoming their recent problems in the clutch and beginning the New Year on a high note.
111-122 OT loss vs. Denver Nuggets
Recap: Returning home for the next night to complete the miniseries, the game followed pretty much the same trend as the night before, except this time, Denver came out on top. Wemby didn’t have as strong offensive game on his birthday, but the Spurs still made a good run in the third quarter to seemingly take control, only for the Nuggets to again storm back behind a monster performance from Jokic. While the Spurs were able to force overtime, they had nothing left in the tank as Denver overwhelmed them for the win.
Power Rankings
John Schuhmann, NBA.com—15 (last week: 19)
OffRtg: 111.5 (17) DefRtg: 111.9 (13) NetRtg: -0.5 (16) Pace: 99.2 (18)
The Spurs are three games into a stretch where they’re playing nine of 10 against teams currently over .500, and they’ve handled themselves well thus far, going 2-1 with the loss coming in overtime to the Nuggets on Saturday.
Three takeaways
Victor Wembanyama doesn’t yet have a go-to action for which the Spurs can get him a good shot on a big possession, and the clutch offense was pretty balanced (five guys attempting at least three clutch shots) as the Spurs played two nail-biters against Denver over the weekend. They scored just 23 points on 25 clutch possessions over the two games and have now lost four of their last five that were within five points in the last five minutes.
The Spurs rank second defensively over their last 10 games, creeping toward a top-10 mark for the season. The context is that six of those 10 games came against teams that currently rank in the bottom 10 offensively, but they were solid defensively against the Nuggets’ fourth-ranked offense over the weekend, holding Nikola Jokić under 50% shooting.
The Spurs have seen big improvement from last season regarding both opponent effective field goal percentage (both inside and out) and in opponent free throw rate. Over the first 50 seasons in which blocks had been tracked, the highest ratio of blocks/foul (for a player with at least 100 blocks) was Manute Bol’s ratio of 1.60 in 1986-87. Victor Wembanyama had a ratio of 1.66 as a rookie and is at 1.76 blocks per foul (116/66) this season, despite some foul trouble over the weekend.
The only below-.500 opponent in this stretch where the Spurs are playing nine of 10 against teams that have winning records is the Bulls, who the Spurs will visit on Monday, the start of a four-game trip. Their loss to Chicago in early December came without Wembanyama and was one of the Spurs’ worst defensive games of the season.
Brett Siegel, Clutch Points— 11 (last week: 15)
How good are the San Antonio Spurs? As Wembanyama continues to grow, so does this team as a whole. A recent win over the Nuggets certainly builds confidence for the Spurs, and now they are just two games behind the Lakers and Mavs for the 5-seed in the West.
Defensively, the Spurs are on the cusp of being a top-10 defensive team in the NBA, which is why they have reached a new season high in these power rankings. Should they pick up road wins over the Milwaukee Bucks and Lakers, the Spurs will move inside the top 10.
Coming up: Mon. 1/6 @ Chicago Bulls; Wed. 1/8 @ Milwaukee Bucks; Sat. 1/11 @ Los Angeles Lakers
Prediction: 2-1 — This week’s slate may look more daunting than it actually is as the Spurs kick off another four-game road trip. The Spurs should be out for revenge against a Bulls team that dropped 139 on them without Wemby a month ago, and while the Bucks and Lakers obviously can’t be slept on, especially in their own homes, they are still in the same tier as the Spurs and nothing close to the two teams that won the 2020 and 2021 NBA championships (even if they feature the same stars). I see the Spurs stealing one of those two games — more likely against the Bucks.
By Marilyn Dubinski, via Pounding The Rock