By Marilyn Dubinski | Pounding The Rock (PtR), 2025-02-11 11:30:00
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。
尽管一些令人担忧的趋势仍在继续，但马刺队在经历了两场令人心碎的比赛后，还是完成了任务。
在经历了连续三场一分之差的比赛，包括连续输给实力较弱和/或苦苦挣扎的对手之后，圣安东尼奥马刺队不仅渴望获得一场胜利，而且希望赢得不那么惊险刺激。 虽然这远非一场完美的比赛，而且我们仍然看到一些令人不安的趋势再次抬头，但华盛顿奇才队是实现这一目标的完美对手，马刺队在第四节成功稳住阵脚，最终取得了相对舒适的领先优势。
马刺队开局有些慢热，早早以6-10落后，但之后他们开始升温。 在德文·瓦塞尔(Devin Vassell)的一次“四分打”之后，马刺队打出了一波22-0的攻势，其中维克托·文班亚马(Victor Wembanyama)——上次两队交锋时，他砍下50分并命中了8记三分——连续得到11分，包括连续命中三记三分。 总的来说，文班亚马在本节得到14分，但不出所料，奇才队在没有文班亚马上场的时间里占据优势，到第一节结束时，他们将马刺队一度领先的18分缩小到10分，比分为40-30。
马刺队在保护两位数领先优势方面依然挣扎，奇才队在第二节开始时打出一波13-2的攻势，重新取得领先，而马刺队的进攻则停滞不前。 幸运的是，奇才队的进攻火力有所下降，双方的比分一直很接近。 尽管如此，尽管华盛顿奇才队缺少亚历克斯·萨尔(Alex Sarr)，但马刺队在争抢进攻篮板方面的老问题，使他们无法打出自己的攻势，但凭借克里斯·保罗(Chris Paul)在蜂鸣器响起前命中的一记三分，他们在半场结束时以66-63领先。
两队在第三节继续交替领先，哈里森·巴恩斯(Harrison Barnes)是马刺队早期主要的进攻来源，他得到8分，之后，替补阵容凭借杰里米·索汉(Jeremy Sochan)的活力创造了一些优势。 他们甚至一度将领先优势扩大到10分，但当然，两位数领先的魔咒立即生效，马刺队在四次进攻中失误了三次，到第四节开始时，他们仅以100-96领先。
马刺队最终开始在进攻端展现出他们的意志，这要归功于“第四节的”达龙·福克斯(De’Aaron Fox)，他在本节拿下了30分中的12分，以及文班亚马在比赛末段再次爆发，帮助球队以131-121锁定胜局。 这不是马刺队有史以来最漂亮的胜利，但这是一场他们迫切需要的胜利，他们做到了。
比赛笔记
- 无论是为了在他生病后恢复正常的身体状态，还是因为他第一节的火热状态，文班亚马上场的时间比最近稍微长了一些，直到还剩大约3分钟时才第一次下场。 然后，他立即回到场上开始了第二节。 下半场，他在第三节还剩6分34秒时被换下，三分钟后回到场上，并打完了比赛剩下的15分钟，包括整个第四节。 文班亚马在这场比赛中从未显得疲惫，他得到了31分（三分球8投5中），15个篮板，4次助攻和4次盖帽，包括在最后时刻的一些关键进球。 他还没有达到100%的状态，但希望这意味着他终于克服了他的呼吸道疾病。
- 达龙·福克斯在上半场悄悄地打出了出色的表现，他8投3中，罚球10投9中，得到15分，正负值为+18。 他下半场的15分声音更大，他最终打出了作为一名马刺球员的最高得分比赛，得到31分，罚球18投15中，6次助攻和4个篮板。 虽然斯蒂芬·卡斯尔(Stephon Castle)看起来即将到来，但自从马刺队拥有一名像福克斯这样能够突破并获得罚球的球员以来，已经有一段时间了。 拥有他是非常奢侈的事情，尤其是在文班亚马显然还需要努力才能赢得裁判的尊重的情况下。
- 奇才队依靠三分球生存，他们投出了惊人的47个三分球，但只命中了14个。 另一方面，马刺队的效率要高得多，他们三分球38投17中。 他们还在快攻方面以22-15领先，并通过罚球多得了7分，这是一件好事，因为他们在内线得分方面以56-46落后，在二次进攻得分方面以17-11落后（感谢P.J. Carlesimo记录了这些数据，因为不知何故没有数据统计）。 马刺队实际上比奇才队多抢了一个进攻篮板（11个对10个）；只是他们没能利用好。
比赛最佳表现
在错失了在奥兰多的绝杀球，并在最近几场比赛中努力保持状态之后，很高兴看到文班亚马在比赛末段仍然保持强劲，并能够在第四节末段的一次强力上篮帮助球队锁定胜局。
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— San Antonio Spurs (@ spurs) February 11, 2025
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Spurs get much needed win in Washington to stop Rodeo Road Trip skid
Despite some troubling trends continuing, the Spurs took care of business after two straight heart-breakers.
Coming off three straight one-point games, including two straight losses to inferior and/or struggling opponents, the San Antonio Spurs were desperate to not just get a win, but also see it happen without too much heartburn. While it was far from a perfect game, and we still saw several disturbing trends rear their ugly heads, the Washington Wizards were the perfect opponent to make it happen, and the Spurs managed to right the ship in the fourth quarter for a relatively comfortable final margin.
The Spurs started a little slow, getting down 10-6 early, but then they got hot. Kicked off by a Devin Vassell four-point play, the Spurs went on a 22-0 run that featured Victor Wembanyama — who scored 50 points with 8 made threes the last time these two teams played — scoring 11 straight points, including hitting three straight threes. Overall, Wemby scored 14 points in the quarter, but not too surprisingly, the Wizards won the non-Wemby minutes, and they were able to cut what had been an 18-point Spurs lead down to 10, 40-30, by the end of the first quarter.
The Spurs’ struggles with protecting double-digit leads continued as Washington started the second quarter on 13-2 run to retake the lead while the Spurs’ offense was stagnant. Fortunately for them, the Wizards cooled off a bit, and things remained close throughout. Even so, despite Washington missing Alex Sarr, the familiar issue of the Spurs giving up too many offensive rebounds prevented them from going on any kind of run of their own, but they led 66-63 at the half thanks to a Chris Paul three right before the buzzer.
Both teams continued trading the lead in the third quarter, with Harrison Barnes being the main source of offense for the Spurs early with 8 points before the bench unit finally created some separation thanks to the energy of Jeremy Sochan. They even managed to briefly stretch the lead back to 10, but of course, the curse of the double-digit lead immediately kicked in, as the Spurs turned it over three times in four possessions, and they led just 100-96 heading into the fourth quarter.
The Spurs finally started inserting their will on offense thanks to some Fourth Quarter De’Aaron Fox, who had 12 of his 30 points in the period, and Wembanyama coming alive once again down the stretch to help close things out 131-121. It wasn’t the prettiest Spurs win ever, but it was one they desperately needed, and they made it happen.
Game Notes
- Whether it’s to start pushing his conditioning back to normal after his illness or a result his hot first quarter, Wemby stayed in a little longer than he has lately, not exiting the game for the first time until almost the 3-minute mark. He was then right back in to start the second quarter. In the second half, he subbed out with 6:34 left in the third, returned three minutes later and played the remaining 15 minutes of the game, including the entire 4th quarter. Wemby never looked gassed in this game, putting up 31 points (5-8 from three), 15 rebounds, 4 assists and 4 blocks, including some key buckets late. He wasn’t 100%, but hopefully this means he has finally overcome his respiratory illness.
- De’Aaron Fox quietly had big a first half with 15 points on 3-8 shooting but 9-10 from the free throw line and was a +18 in plus/minus. His 15 second-half points were louder, and he ended up with his highest scoring game as a Spur with 31 points, 15-18 from the free throw line, 6 assists and 4 rebounds. While Stephon Castle appears on his way, it has been a while since the Spurs had a player who could drive and get to the line the way Fox does. It’s quite the luxury to have, especially while Wemby still apparently has work to do to gain the respect of the refs.
- The Wizards lived and died by the three, jacking up a whopping 47 of them but only hitting 14. On the other hand, the Spurs were much more efficient, hitting 17-38 from three. They also won in the fast break department 22-15 and by 7 points from the line, which was a good thing since they were outscored 56-46 in the paint and 17-11 on second chance points (thanks to P.J. Carlesimo for keeping track since no box score does for some reason). The Spurs actually grabbed one more offensive rebound than the Wizards (11 vs. 10); they just failed to take advantage.
Play of the Game
After missing the game-winner in Orlando and struggling with energy the last few games, it was good to see Wemby still going strong late in the game and able to help secure the victory with a strong driving layup late in the fourth.
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— San Antonio Spurs (@ spurs) February 11, 2025
Up next: Wednesday @ Boston Celtics
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By Marilyn Dubinski, via Pounding The Rock