By Tom Orsborn, Staff writer | San Antonio Express-News (SAEN), 2025-02-07 23:19:29
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2025年2月7日，北卡罗来纳州夏洛特，圣安东尼奥马刺队的后卫达龙·福克斯（4号）在NBA篮球比赛上半场，试图在夏洛特黄蜂队前锋穆萨·迪亚巴特（左）面前传球。
北卡罗来纳州夏洛特 - 马刺代理主教练米奇·约翰逊(Mitch Johnson)在赛前就提醒他的球员们夏洛特黄蜂队的身体对抗强度。
但似乎并没有起到任何作用。
在球场上处处被压制，篮板球以38-53被NBA篮板第四强的球队击溃，马刺队在上半场一度落后19分，之后奋起反击，依靠达龙·福克斯(De’Aaron Fox)在比赛还剩7.9秒时的18英尺后撤步跳投取得领先，但最终还是以116-117惜败于实力较弱的黄蜂队。
“从比赛一开始，”约翰逊说，“他们在身体对抗上就更占优势，并用力量奠定了基调，我们花了很长时间才进入状态。”
在比赛还剩1.4秒时，迈尔斯·布里奇斯(Miles Bridges)接拉梅洛·鲍尔(LaMelo Ball)的传球，在底角命中一记三分球，为黄蜂队赢得了本赛季的第13场胜利，并结束了六连败。
福克斯在蜂鸣器响起时也投进了一个看似制胜的三分球，但裁判正确地判罚他出手超时。
“那1.4秒过得真快，”福克斯说。他在周一通过三方交易从萨克拉门托来到马刺后，在这场他的第二场比赛中得到22分和6次助攻。
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“我看了一下（回放），我认为我在接到球后跳了一下，这消耗了十分之二、十分之三秒。所以，我认为问题就在这里，因为1.4秒绝对足够你运一次球并完成投篮。”
在比赛开始7秒后，文班亚马(Victor Wembanyama)用一记后仰跳投为马刺队首开纪录后，马刺队直到福克斯帮助他们取得116-114的领先优势才再次领先。
“你必须赢下这样的比赛，”福克斯说。“我们不能让自己陷入19分的落后。”
布里奇斯18投10中得到25分，鲍尔在因脚踝受伤缺席五场比赛后复出，为黄蜂队（13胜36负）贡献了24分和10次助攻。
尼克·史密斯(Nick Smith)二世为夏洛特贡献了19分，穆萨·迪亚巴特(Moussa Diabate)也表现出色，抢下15个篮板，这是黄蜂队在二次进攻得分方面以27-9领先的重要原因。
马刺队（22胜27负）浪费了新秀斯蒂芬·卡斯尔(Stephon Castle)的出色表现，他得到职业生涯新高的33分，也是他NBA生涯的第一个30+。他15投10中，其中包括3个三分球，罚球11投10中。
文班亚马得到16分、11个篮板和5次盖帽。
以下是从这场背靠背比赛的第一场比赛中得出的三个看点，背靠背的第二场将于周六在奥兰多进行：
身体对抗不足是一个持续存在的问题
约翰逊称马刺队无法与其他球队在身体对抗方面匹敌“非常令人失望”。
这是格雷格·波波维奇(Gregg Popovich)在11月2日中风前两个赛季多次提出的抱怨。
那么马刺队能对此做些什么呢？
“我们必须在场上尽早展开对抗，”文班亚马说。“我们知道他们会冲击篮板，他们是二次进攻得分最好的球队之一，所以我们必须聪明一点，必须在他们之前到达位置。防守有时不仅仅是24秒，所以我们必须一直打到拿到球为止。”
由于替补内线查尔斯·巴锡(Charles Bassey)很可能要到全明星赛后才能复出，当文班亚马下场休息时，马刺队被迫打小个阵容，哈里森·巴恩斯(Harrison Barnes)或杰里米·索汉(Jeremy Sochan)会担任中锋。在这种情况下，后卫们将需要更加专注于帮助抢篮板。
“当我们打小个阵容时，后卫们经常换防到对方内线，所以冲击防守篮板是米奇教练经常对我们说的事情，”卡斯尔说。“这也能发起我们的快攻。当我们这样换防时，对方会出现错位，所以我们会有后卫对位对方内线，这让我们能够打得更快。”
2025年2月7日，北卡罗来纳州夏洛特，圣安东尼奥马刺队中锋文班亚马（1号）在NBA篮球比赛上半场，与夏洛特黄蜂队前锋穆萨·迪亚巴特（中）和迈尔斯·布里奇斯（右）争抢进攻篮板。
卡斯尔替补出场表现出色
这位来自康涅狄格大学的新秀的精彩表现驳斥了他替补出场会影响进攻的说法。
“他打得很有侵略性，”约翰逊说。“他试图突破，在无球跑动方面做得很好，当有空间时就进攻，在节奏合适的时候接球投篮。显然，得分总数反映了这一点。”
卡斯尔说他越来越适应第二阵容。在马刺队得到福克斯后，他回到了替补席。
“我只想说我们在这个阵容中有很多射手，所以这大大地拉开了场上的空间，”卡斯尔说。“我们通常在这个阵容中不使用大个子，所以我们一到五号位都打得非常快，我觉得我在转换进攻中表现得很好。（今晚）我的队友们在很好的位置把球传给我，让我能够打出自己的比赛。”
福克斯准备继续带伤作战
这位爆发力十足的控球后卫表示，他“很可能”需要在休赛期接受手术，以修复左手小指脱臼。
福克斯在国王队的训练营中受了伤。从那以后，他一直在用胶带将他投篮手的小指和无名指绑在一起，因为他说这很可能是韧带损伤。
“我整个赛季都是这样打球的，”他说。
他计划继续这样做。
“我们有一些东西想要去争取，”他说，指的是参加附加赛的资格。
San Antonio Spurs center Victor Wembanyama (1) dunks against Charlotte Hornets guard DaQuan Jeffries during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Charlotte, N.C., Friday, Feb. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond)
San Antonio Spurs center Victor Wembanyama talks during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Charlotte Hornets in Charlotte, N.C., Friday, Feb. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond)
San Antonio Spurs center Victor Wembanyama (1) shoots over Charlotte Hornets forward Moussa Diabate (14) during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Charlotte, N.C., Friday, Feb. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond)
San Antonio Spurs forward Jeremy Sochan (10) dunks as Charlotte Hornets forward Miles Bridges (0) and guard DaQuan Jeffries (3) watch during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Charlotte, N.C., Friday, Feb. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond)
San Antonio Spurs center Victor Wembanyama (1) blocks a shot byCharlotte Hornets guard DaQuan Jeffries, right, during the second half of an NBA basketball game in Charlotte, N.C., Friday, Feb. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond)
San Antonio Spurs center Victor Wembanyama (1) pulls down a rebound between Charlotte Hornets forward Tidjane Salaun (31) and guard KJ Simpson during the second half of an NBA basketball game in Charlotte, N.C., Friday, Feb. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond)
San Antonio Spurs center Victor Wembanyama, left, blocks shot of Charlotte Hornets forward Moussa Diabate during the second half of an NBA basketball game in Charlotte, N.C., Friday, Feb. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond)
Charlotte Hornets forward Miles Bridges (0) celebrates with forward Tidjane Salaun (31) after hitting the winning 3-point basket during the second half of an NBA basketball game against the San Antonio Spurs in Charlotte, N.C., Friday, Feb. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond)
Miles Bridges (0), de los Hornets de Charlotte, celebra con Tidjane Salaun, izquierda, y guard Seth Curry, derecha, durante la segunda mitad del juego de baloncesto de la NBA en contra de los Spurs de San Antonio, el viernes 7 de febrero de 2025, en Charlotte, Carolina del Norte. (AP Foto/Nell Redmond)
Charlotte Hornets forward Miles Bridges prepares to shoot the winning 3-point basket during the second half of an NBA basketball game against the San Antonio Spurs in Charlotte, N.C., Friday, Feb. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond)
Charlotte Hornets guard LaMelo Ball (1) looks to pass the ball during the second half of an NBA basketball game against the San Antonio Spurs in Charlotte, N.C., Friday, Feb. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond)
Charlotte Hornets guard LaMelo Ball (1) reacts after hitting a three-point basket during the second half of an NBA basketball game against the San Antonio Spurs in Charlotte, N.C., Friday, Feb. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond)
Charlotte Hornets forward Tidjane Salaun, left, drives to the basket past San Antonio Spurs center Victor Wembanyama during the second half of an NBA basketball game in Charlotte, N.C., Friday, Feb. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond)
Charlotte Hornets forward Miles Bridges, right, shoots over San Antonio Spurs forward Jeremy Sochan during the second half of an NBA basketball game in Charlotte, N.C., Friday, Feb. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond)
San Antonio Spurs acting head coach Mitch Johnson directs the team during the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Charlotte Hornets in Charlotte, N.C., Friday, Feb. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond)
Charlotte Hornets head coach Charles Lee calls a play during the second half of an NBA basketball game against the San Antonio Spurs in Charlotte, N.C., Friday, Feb. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond)
San Antonio Spurs forward Julian Champagnie (30) drives to the basket against Charlotte Hornets guard DaQuan Jeffries, right, during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Charlotte, N.C., Friday, Feb. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond)
Charlotte Hornets forward Taj Gibson reacts to a call during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the San Antonio Spurs in Charlotte, N.C., Friday, Feb. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond)
San Antonio Spurs forward Jeremy Sochan drives to the basket against the Charlotte Hornets during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Charlotte, N.C., Friday, Feb. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond)
Charlotte Hornets forward Miles Bridges (0) looks to pass the ball against San Antonio Spurs forward Julian Champagnie (30) during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Charlotte, N.C., Friday, Feb. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond)
LaMelo Ball of the Charlotte Hornets reacts after making a basket in the fourth quarter against the San Antonio Spurs at Spectrum Center on Friday, Feb. 7, 2025, in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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3 takeaways as Spurs fall to Hornets despite Fox’s clutch play
San Antonio Spurs guard De’Aaron Fox (4) looks to pass the ball ahead of Charlotte Hornets forward Moussa Diabate, left, during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Charlotte, N.C., Friday, Feb. 7, 2025.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Acting Spurs coach Mitch Johnson warned his players before the game about the physical nature of the Charlotte Hornets.
It didn’t seem to help at all.
Out-muscled all over the court and battered on the boards 53-38 by the fourth-best rebounding team in the NBA, the Spurs fell into a 19-point hole in the first half only to fight back to take the lead on De’Aaron Fox’s 18-foot, pull-up jumper with 7.9 seconds before eventually falling 117-116 to the lowly Hornets on Friday night.
“From the very first possession,” Johnson said, “they were more physical and set a tone with force, and it took us a while to get into the game.”
Miles Bridges sank a 3-pointer from the corner with 1.4 seconds on a kick-out feed from LaMelo Ball to give Charlotte just its 13th win of the season and snap a six-game losing streak.
Fox answered with what appeared to be a winning 3-pointer at the buzzer, but the referees ruled correctly that he did not get it off on time.
“That 1.4 went by quick,” said Fox, who finished with 22 points and six assists in his second game with the Spurs after they acquired him from Sacramento on Monday in a three-team trade.
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“I watched (a replay) and I think I hopped after I caught it, so that took away two-tenths, three-tenths of a second. So, I think that’s where it was because 1.4 gives you enough time to definitely take a dribble and get off a shot.”
After opening the scoring on a Victor Wembanyama’s fadeaway jumper 7 seconds into the game, the Spurs didn’t lead again until Fox gave them the 116-114 advantage.
“You have to win games like this,” Fox said. “We can’t put ourselves in an 19-point deficit.”
Bridges finished with 25 points on 10-for-18 from the field and Ball had 24 points and 10 assists for the Hornets (13-36) after returning from a five-game absence due to an injured ankle.
Nick Smith Jr. contributed 19 points for Charlotte, which also got a strong game from Moussa Diabate, who had 15 rebounds, a big reason why the Hornets enjoyed a 27-9 edge in second-chance points.
The Spurs (22-27) wasted an outstanding performance from rookie Stephon Castle, who had a season-high 33 points, the first 30-point game of his NBA career. He hit 10 of 15 from the field, including three 3-pointers, and 10 of 11 free throws.
Victor Wembanyama had 16 points, 11 rebounds and five blocks.
Here are three takeaways from the first game of a back-to-back that ends Saturday in Orlando:
The lack of physicality is an ongoing problem
Johnson called the Spurs’ inability to match other team’s physicality “very disappointing.”
It’s a complaint Gregg Popovich issued several times during the previous two seasons before he suffered a stroke Nov. 2.
So what can the Spurs do about it?
“We have to fight early on the floor,” Wembanyama said. “We knew they crash the boards, one of the best teams at second-chance points, so we got to be smart, got to get there before they do. Defense is more than 24 seconds sometimes, so we have to play all the way until we get the ball.”
With reserve big man Charles Bassey likely out until after the All-Star break, the Spurs are forced to play small when Wembanyama goes to the bench, with either Harrison Barnes or Jeremy Sochan at center. Given that configuration, the guards will have to focus more on helping out as rebounders.
“When we’re playing the small ball lineup, guards get switched on to bigs a lot, so crashing the defensive glass is a big part of what coach Mitch always talks to us about,” Castle said. “It also starts our break. They’re mismatched when we’re switching like that, so we have guards on bigs, so it allows us to play faster.”
San Antonio Spurs center Victor Wembanyama (1) pulls down an offensive rebound against Charlotte Hornets forwards Moussa Diabate, center, and Miles Bridges, right, during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Charlotte, N.C., Friday, Feb. 7, 2025.
Castle did just fine coming off the bench
The Connecticut product’s big night dispelled the notion that his offensive game suffers when he is forced to come off the bench.
“He was aggressive,” Johnson said. “He tried to play downhill, did a good job of allowing the game to come to him in terms of playing off the ball, attacking when there was space, catching and shooting in rhythm when it was there as well. And obviously the point total reflects that.”
Castle said he’s becoming more comfortable with the second unit. He returned to bench after the Spurs acquired Fox.
“I would just say we have a lot of shooters in that unit, so it opens the floor up a lot,” Castle said. “We usually go no big in that unit, so we play one through five really fast, and I feel like I strive in transition. (Tonight) my teammates were giving me the ball in great spots and allowing me to play my game.”
Fox is ready to continue to play through pain
The explosive point guard said “more than likely” he will need surgery in the offseason to repair the dislocated pinkie on his left hand.
Fox suffered the injury during training camp with the Kings. Ever since then, he has been taping the pinkie and ring fingers together on his shooting hand due to what he has said is a likely ligament injury.
“I’ve been playing with it all season like that,” he said.
And he plans to continue to do so.
“We have something we’re trying to play for,” he said, referring to a play-in spot.
By Tom Orsborn, Staff writer, via San Antonio Express-News