By Jacob Douglas | Pounding The Rock (PtR), 2025-02-08 10:55:42
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圣安东尼奥差点从炙手可热的黄蜂手中偷走一场胜利，可惜只差毫厘。
人们常说篮球是一项争分夺秒的运动。有时候，它真的是一场毫秒必争的较量。圣安东尼奥马刺队在周五晚上以116-117惜败于夏洛特黄蜂队的比赛中，深刻体会到了这一点。
在比赛还剩1.7秒时，马刺队落后1分，新后卫达龙·福克斯(De’Aaron Fox)接球后运了一次球，然后直接干拔三分。球空心入网……但也许球离开福克斯的手的时间晚了那么零点几秒。尽管福克斯竭尽全力带领圣安东尼奥在最后时刻争取胜利，但马刺队还是带着又一场令人失望的失利离开了夏洛特。
尽管是NBA进攻最差的球队之一，并且缺少许多关键球员，但黄蜂队在本场比赛的大部分时间里都火力全开。他们的投篮命中率为46.5%，三分球命中率为44.7%，命中了17个三分球。马刺队在第四节爆发，狂砍35分，才让比赛变得焦灼起来。
迈尔斯·布里奇斯投中了黄蜂队反超比分的三分球，并以25分和7个篮板领先全队。福克斯为圣安东尼奥贡献了22分、6次助攻和4次抢断。马刺队将前往奥兰多，参加周六对阵魔术队的比赛。
观察
- 斯蒂芬·卡斯尔(Stephon Castle)在比赛后期将关键球的接力棒交给了福克斯。可以说，如果没有这位新秀，夏洛特早就击败了马刺队。卡斯尔替补出场，15投10中，砍下全场最高的33分。他在防守端也很有影响力，多次在传球路线上做出关键拦截，包括在比赛后期的一次关键干扰。对于一个一直难以投篮的球员来说，他周五的手感很好。他三分球5投3中，罚球11罚10中。
- 维克托·文班亚马(Victor Wembanyama)看起来仍然受到上周生病的影响，那次生病让他缺席了一场比赛。自从生病以来，他的能量水平一直没有恢复到之前的状态。他在失利中得到16分、11个篮板和5个盖帽。夏洛特一次又一次地在半场阵地战中攻击他，特别是在他对挡拆和手递手配合采取沉退防守时。由于文班在这些回合中出手速度较慢，黄蜂队在中距离、抛投和三分球上都狠狠地打击了马刺队。
- 自从福克斯的交易以来，马刺队主教练米奇·约翰逊一直坚持让克里斯·保罗(Chris Paul)首发和打完关键时刻。到目前为止，结果并不理想。保罗再次表现挣扎，在27分钟内得到6分和6次助攻。布里奇斯经常突破身材矮小的保罗，这往往为黄蜂队创造了轻松的得分机会。福克斯和保罗的组合在防守端造成了身材上的劣势，在进攻端也显得格格不入。我们拭目以待，看看约翰逊是否会在未来让杰里米·索汉(Jeremy Sochan)或哈里森·巴恩斯更多地与卡斯尔、福克斯、文班亚马和德文·瓦塞尔搭档。
- 瓦塞尔在比赛开始时手感冰凉，但在比赛后期凭借一些火热的投篮帮助马刺队重新找回状态。他最终得到15分，三分球7投4中。他在第三节末的扣篮是圣安东尼奥重返比赛所需要的强心剂。
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San Antonio at Charlotte, Final Score: Fox’s late-game heroics can’t save Spurs in 117-116 loss
San Antonio was milliseconds away from stealing a victory from the red-hot Hornets.
They say basketball is a game of inches. Sometimes it’s a game of milliseconds. The San Antonio Spurs found that out the hard way in a 117-116 loss to the Charlotte Hornets on Friday night.
Down one point with 1.7 seconds left on the clock, the Spurs’ new point guard, De’Aaron Fox, caught the ball and made one dribble before pulling up for three. The shot swished in… but it was maybe a single point of a second late when it left Fox’s hands. Despite his best efforts to will San Antonio to victory down the stretch, the Spurs will leave Charlotte with another disappointing loss.
Despite being one of the worst offensive teams in the NBA and playing without many key players, the Hornets lit the nets on fire for most of the game. They shot 46.5% from the field and 44.7% from three, making 17 shots from deep. It took a 35-point fourth-quarter explosion from the Spurs to make it a close game.
Miles Bridges hit the go-ahead three for the Hornets and led the team in scoring with 25 points and 7 rebounds. Fox turned in 22 points, 6 assists, and 4 steals for San Antonio. The Spurs will travel to Orlando for a contest against the Magic on Saturday.
Observations
- Stephon Castle handed off the clutch torch to Fox late in the game. Arguably, Charlotte would have blown out the Spurs without the rookie. Castle had a game-high 33 points off the bench on 10-15 shooting. He was impactful on the defensive end, making plays in the passing lanes, including a clutch deflection late in the game. For a player who has struggled to shoot the ball, he had good touch on Friday. He shot 3-5 from deep and 10-11 from the free throw stripe.
- Victor Wembanyama continues to look affected by a sickness that knocked him out of a game last week. His energy level has not been close to the same since getting sick. He had 16 points, 11 rebounds and 5 blocks in the loss. Charlotte attacked him in the half-court time and time again, particularly when he played drop coverage against pick-and-rolls and dribble handoffs. Because Wemby was slow to get a hand up on those plays, the Hornets torched the Spurs in the mid-range, on floaters, and from deep.
- Spurs head coach Mitch Johnson has insisted on starting and finishing games with Chris Paul since the Fox trade. The results have not been great so far. Paul struggled once again with 6 points and 6 assists in 27 minutes. Brides attacked the smaller Paul on dribble drives that often led to easy looks for the Hornets. The Fox and Paul combo creates a size disadvantage on defense and an awkward fit on offense. We’ll see if Johnson plays more of Jeremy Sochan or Harrison Barnes alongside Castle, Fox, Wembanyama, and Devin Vassell, moving forward.
- Vassell started the game cold but helped the Spurs get back into the game with some hot shooting down the stretch. He finished with 15 points on 4-7 shooting from deep. His dunk at the end of the third quarter was the shot in the arm San Antonio needed to get back into the game.
By Jacob Douglas, via Pounding The Rock