By Bill Huan | Pounding The Rock (PtR), 2025-01-30 13:30:00
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。
马刺队在从巴黎返回后的第一场比赛中，在一场拉锯战后输给了洛杉矶快船队。
在巴黎经历了一系列起伏不定的比赛之后，马刺队于周三晚上回到主场迎战快船队。
两队的风格迥异，从开场就显而易见。圣安东尼奥注重转移球，创造空位投篮机会，而快船队则依靠挡拆和大量的牛角战术来制造错位。马刺队老将哈里森·巴恩斯(Harrison Barnes)和克里斯·保罗(Chris Paul)凭借大量的投中三分球引领球队的进攻，而当文班亚马(Victor Wembanyama)下场休息时，伊维察·祖巴茨(Ivica Zubac)在篮板上压制了身材较小的主队。在一场你来我往的比赛中，圣安东尼奥在首节末段连续抢断快船队后场球权，从而获得了领先优势和进入第二节的良好势头。
随着快船队多名首发球员被换下，客队展现了他们的阵容深度。尼古拉斯·巴图姆(Nicolas Batum)手感火热，连续命中三个三分球，而凯文·波特二世(Kevin Porter Jr.)在詹姆斯·哈登(James Harden)休息时承担了部分控球任务。圣安东尼奥的联防尝试由于快船队的出色投射而立即被瓦解，而马刺队自身的进攻也陷入了停滞。结果，快船队凭借7投11中的三分球，以5分的优势进入半场，而马刺队的三分球只有17投5中。
下半场风云突变。科怀·伦纳德(Kawhi Leonard)找到了节奏，连续命中中距离投篮，帮助他的球队建立了16分的领先优势，快船队开局打出了一波14-2的攻击波。幸运的是，在一次暂停之后，马刺队稳住了阵脚：文班连续两次得分并且连续送出两记盖帽，引爆了主场球迷的热情。在斯蒂芬·卡斯尔(Stephon Castle)底角三分不中后，巴恩斯在同一位置命中投篮，帮助圣安东尼奥重新回到比赛中。转眼间，马刺队也打出了一波两位数的得分高潮，并重新取得了领先。
第四节开始，文班、伦纳德和哈登都坐在替补席上，快船队的阵容深度再次显现，他们打出了一波8-0的攻势。然而，圣安东尼奥再次奋起直追，在比赛还剩五分钟时将比分差距缩小。但激动人心的结局希望很快就破灭了。马刺队的进攻停滞不前，快船队令人窒息的防守迫使他们只能出手低命中率的投篮。与此同时，快船队的球星们在中距离和三分线外都投进了高难度投篮，而祖巴茨即使在文班在场的情况下也继续统治着篮板。这股突然的势头转变让快船队建立了10分的领先优势，他们继续猛攻，最终以128-116赢得了比赛。
比赛记录
- 文班的这场比赛很奇怪。他开局不错，但在下半场开始时似乎体力耗尽，导致快船队突然建立了领先优势。然后，在暂停之后，他似乎恢复了元气，在攻防两端引领马刺队的反击。然而，他在第四节并没有发挥太大作用，在进攻端大部分时间被限制在外线，而在防守端则被祖巴茨压制。祖巴茨打出了20分20篮板的怪兽级数据，并且在比赛的大部分时间里看起来都是更出色的中锋，这并非巧合。
- 即使在一个状态不佳的夜晚，文班仍然得到了23分12篮板4助攻，还有2次抢断和3次盖帽。在他职业生涯最具统治力的阶段之后，这一个月他的状态起伏不定，我认为很大一部分原因只是疲劳。在一周内飞往巴黎然后再回来并没有帮助，周五和周六的背靠背比赛也不会有什么帮助。希望全明星周末能让他恢复活力。
- 卡斯尔得到20分和3个篮板，但没有助攻。他花了一些时间防守哈登和伦纳德，并且做得还不错，但在进攻端的影响更大。即便如此，他和杰里米·索汉(Jeremy Sochan)之间的配合仍然很笨拙，后者替补出场只出手4次得到7分。我不认为索汉能够投篮，即使是略低于平均水平的投篮。因此，即使卡斯尔成为一名平均水平的射手，我仍然不认为他们在进攻端会是一个很好的组合。如果最近关于达龙·福克斯(De’Aaron Fox)对马刺队感兴趣的传闻是真的，那么索汉应该是马刺队在假设交易中包含的年轻球员，而不是德文·瓦塞尔(Devin Vassell)——当然，卡斯尔是不可交易的。我知道关于卡斯尔/索汉的讨论还为时过早，但如果关于福克斯的传闻继续升温，那么即使在文班的第二个赛季，这也是需要讨论的事情。
本场最佳：
防守——>进攻。你还能要求什么呢？
盖帽派对！ pic.twitter.com/xgV61CtHFv
— 圣安东尼奥马刺队 (@ spurs) 2025年1月30日
下一场比赛：周五对阵雄鹿队
马刺队将在周五主场迎战雄鹿队，力争重回正轨。
点击查看原文：Spurs run out of steam in final minutes and lose return game to Clippers
Spurs run out of steam in final minutes and lose return game to Clippers
The Spurs dropped a back and forth game against LA in their first game back from Paris.
Following a series of Jekyll and Hyde games in Paris, the Spurs returned home to take on the Clippers on Wednesday night.
The two teams’ contrasting styles were evident from the tip. While San Antonio moved the ball to create open shots, the Clippers relied on pick and rolls and used lots of horns action to create mismatches. Spurs vets Harrison Barnes and Chris Paul led the team offensively by hitting a plethora of threes, while Ivica Zubac punished the smaller home team on the boards when Wemby went to the bench. In a back-and-forth affair, San Antonio gained the upper hand at the end of the first by stealing the ball in consecutive possessions in LA’s backcourt, giving them the lead and momentum heading into the second.
With many of the Clippers’ starters subbed out, the away side showed off their depth. Nicolas Batum caught fire from deep by making three triples, and Kevin Porter Jr. provided some secondary ball handling with James Harden sitting. San Antonio’s attempt at playing zone was immediately exploited due to LA’s shooting while the Spurs went cold themselves. As a result, the Clippers went into halftime up five on the back of 7-11 shooting from deep, while the Black and Silver were just 5-17.
All hell broke loose after the break. Kawhi Leonard got into a rhythm and made consecutive mid-rangers to help his team build a 16-point lead, as the Clippers went on a 14-2 run right off the bat. Fortunately, the Spurs regained their footing following a timeout: Wemby made two consecutive buckets and back-to-back blocks, sending the home crowd into a frenzy. Following a corner-three miss from Stephon Castle, Barnes sank a shot from the same spot, helping San Antonio get back in the game. In the blink of an eye, the Spurs had gone on a double-digit run themselves and regained the lead.
With Wemby, Kawhi, and Harden all on the bench to start the fourth, LA’s depth showed up again by going on an 8-0 run. Once more, though, San Antonio clawed back to make it a game with five minutes left, but the hopes of an exciting finish ended soon after. The Spurs’ offense stagnated, as the Clippers’ stifling defense forced them to take low-percentage shots. Meanwhile, LA’s stars all made tough shots from both the mid-range and three, and Zubac continued to dominate the boards even with Wemby in the game. The sudden shift of momentum resulted in the Clippers building a 10-point lead, and they continued the onslaught to win the game 128-116.
Game notes
- Wemby had a strange game. He started fine before seemingly running out of gas at the beginning of the second half, resulting in the Clippers building that sudden lead. Then, after the timeout, he seemed to gain a second wind, spearheading the Spurs’ comeback on both ends of the court. However, he wasn’t much of a factor in the fourth and was largely relegated to the perimeter on offense while getting pushed around by Zubac defensively. It’s not a coincidence that the latter finished with a monstrous 20/20 game and looked like the better center for large stretches of the night.
- Even during an off night, though, Wemby still put up 23/12/4 with two steals and three blocks. It’s been an up-and-down month following the most dominant stretch of his young career, and I think a large part of that is simply due to fatigue. Flying to Paris and coming back in a week didn’t help, nor will the back-to-back on Friday and Saturday. Hopefully the All-Star break can rejuvenate him.
- Castle finished with 20 points and three rebounds, but no assists. He spent some time guarding both Harden and Kawhi and did an OK job, but was more impactful offensively. Even so, the fit between him and Jeremy Sochan continues to be clunky, as the latter had just seven points on four shots off the bench. I don’t think that Sochan will ever be able to shoot, even at a slightly below-average level. Thus, even if Castle becomes an average shooter, I still don’t think that they’ll ever be a great fit offensively. If the recent rumors surrounding De’Aaron Fox’s interest in the Spurs are real, then, Sochan should be the young player that the Spurs include in a hypothetical trade, and not Devin Vassell — with Castle being untouchable, of course. I realize that the Castle/Sochan discussion is premature, but if the Fox rumors continue heating up, then it’s something that needs to be discussed, even in just year two of Wemby.
Play of the game
Defense —> offense. What more could you want?
It’s a block party! pic.twitter.com/xgV61CtHFv
— San Antonio Spurs (@ spurs) January 30, 2025
Next game: vs Bucks on Friday
The Spurs will look to get back on track as they host the Bucks on Friday.
By Bill Huan, via Pounding The Rock