马刺 @ 凯尔特人 103 - 116 技术统计 | 视频集锦
By Jeff McDonald, Staff Writer | San Antonio Express-News (SAEN), 2025-02-12 22:18:07
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波士顿凯尔特人前锋杰森·塔图姆(Jayson Tatum) (0) 在2025年2月12日星期三于波士顿举行的NBA篮球比赛下半场中，突破上篮时被圣安东尼奥马刺队中锋文班亚马(Victor Wembanyama) (1) 犯规。(美联社图片/查尔斯·克鲁帕)
波士顿 — 即使全明星假期即将到来，马刺代理主教练米奇·约翰逊(Mitch Johnson) 也不认为他的球队在周三全国直播的比赛中，面对卫冕NBA总冠军凯尔特人队时，会缺乏斗志。
“ESPN，波士顿，花园球馆，”约翰逊说。“我不认为我们需要过多担心球员们会分心。”
马刺队并非真的分心。
他们只是撞上了一支凯尔特人队，这支球队用实际表现证明了他们为何能在上赛季后在TD花园球馆升起另一面总冠军旗帜。
全明星后卫杰森·塔图姆拿下32分，克里斯塔普斯·波尔津吉斯得到29分，凯尔特人队以116-103轻松击败马刺队。
这场大胜是在波士顿的两名首发球员，朱·霍勒迪(Jrue Holiday)和杰伦·布朗(Jaylen Brown)，因伤缺阵的情况下取得的。
波士顿在上半场领先24分，并在下半场顶住了马刺队的反扑，一度将分差缩小到8分。
— San Antonio Spurs (@ spurs) February 13, 2025
马刺队将在全明星假期归来后，力争延续最后两节的表现。
“今晚我们在下半场充满渴望，”文班亚马说。“我们会努力保持这种感觉。”
维克托·文班亚马(Victor Wembanyama)为全明星周末热身，贡献17分、13个篮板和2次盖帽。德阿隆·福克斯(De’Aaron Fox)以23分领衔马刺队，这是他自从加入球队以来五场比赛中的第四次20+，而斯蒂芬·卡斯尔(Stephon Castle)添上20分。
马刺队在第一节以19-37落后，并在比赛的剩余时间里努力填补这个坑。
在比赛还剩10分10秒时，卡斯尔的两次罚球将比分追至95-87，但凯尔特人队的波尔津吉斯和佩顿·普里查德(Peyton Pritchard)连续命中三分球，再次拉开差距。
“我们有一些表现非常出色的时段，也有一些表现不佳的时段，”福克斯说。“你不能指望在一节比赛中得到20分却让对手得到40分，然后整场比赛都在追赶。”
这场失利让马刺队在他们的牛仔之旅第一段的战绩变为2胜4负，随后他们将进入假期。他们将在2月20日和21日在奥斯汀背靠背迎战菲尼克斯和底特律，重新开始比赛。
以下是周三这场失利的三点总结，这场失利让马刺队在进入休赛期时的战绩为23胜29负：
- 德里克·怀特(Derrick White)深受两座NBA城市喜爱
约翰逊与波士顿后卫德里克·怀特的渊源可以追溯到2017年，当时怀特是马刺队的首轮选秀球员。
作为马刺队G联赛附属球队的助理教练，约翰逊亲眼目睹了怀特对阵德克萨斯传奇队的首场职业比赛。
结果并不理想。
“他被唐纳德·斯隆(Donald Sloan)和贾斯汀·登特蒙(Justin Dentmon)好好教训了一顿，”约翰逊说。
雪上加霜的是，怀特在那场比赛中手腕骨折，缺席了接下来的六周。
“那也是他那个赛季留在G联赛的唯一原因，”约翰逊说。“我们赢得了总冠军，但他甚至能出现在球场上都是个笑话，因为他表现太出色了。”
怀特在2022年2月被交易到波士顿，这笔交易似乎对双方都有利。
马刺队在那笔交易中得到的2022年首轮选秀权并没有带来惊喜。它变成了鲜少上场的后卫布雷克·韦斯利(Blake Wesley)。
马刺队得到的2028年选秀权互换也可能毫无价值。
但交易怀特是马刺队推倒的第一批多米诺骨牌之一，最终帮助他们获得了2023年状元签和选择文班亚马的权利。
与此同时，怀特在过去三年里已成为波士顿的重要一员。
他在加入凯尔特人队几个月后参加了NBA总决赛，并且是上赛季NBA总冠军球队的首发球员。
怀特在波士顿周三战胜他老东家的比赛中发挥了重要作用，贡献19分和9次助攻。
“这证明了他自交易以来所做的一切，”约翰逊说。
- 凯尔特人队掌控三分线并不令人意外
任何面对波士顿的球队都知道他们将不得不应对一波三分球攻势。凯尔特人队在周三的比赛前，场均出手48.3次三分球，位居联盟第一，并以场均命中17.7个三分球位居联盟第一。
马刺队无法跟上，尤其是在比赛初期。
波士顿在火热的第一节投进7个三分球，上半场投进13个，而马刺队则继续敲打着TD花园的篮筐。
波士顿凯尔特人前锋杰森·塔图姆在2025年2月12日星期三于波士顿举行的NBA篮球比赛上半场中，命中对阵圣安东尼奥马刺队的三分球后送出飞吻。(美联社图片/查尔斯·克鲁帕)
球队的三分球开局是15投1中，上半场结束时是21投3中。
“实际上，我认为我们错失了一些非常好的机会，”约翰逊说。“有一段时间我们出手了一些糟糕的投篮，但早期我认为我们有很多非常好的机会。”
波士顿最终三分球55投18中。马刺队39投9中。
来自三分线的27分差距证明马刺队难以逾越。
- 比永博(Bismack Biyombo) 能否在篮板球方面提供帮助？
马刺队周三再次在篮板球上失利，这次以38-56落后。当文班亚马下场休息时，他们继续打小个阵容，让杰里米·索汉(Jeremy Sochan)担任身高不足的中锋。
7英尺高的波尔津吉斯充分利用了这种身高差距，这也是他能够打出一个出色夜晚的原因之一。
所有这些都引出了一个问题：为什么不使用比永博？
马刺队在周日与这位经验丰富的大个子签下了一份10天合同，但他尚未完成他的马刺队首秀。
当被问及是否考虑在对阵凯尔特人队的比赛中使用比永博时，约翰逊没有正面回答，但他确实辩解说，即使这样做了，可能也无济于事。
“有时这与直觉相反——远距离投篮，远距离篮板，”约翰逊说。“有些投篮失误了，而且在我们头顶飞过。并不是我们被欺负了。其中一些只是纪律和理解，当他们投三分球时，那些失误与篮筐附近的失误不同。”
San Antonio Spurs forward Harrison Barnes (40) is covered by Boston Celtics center Kristaps Porzingis (8) and guard Derrick White (9) on a drive to the basket during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Boston Celtics forward Jayson Tatum (0) drives to the basket against San Antonio Spurs center Victor Wembanyama (1) during the second half of an NBA basketball game, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Boston Celtics forward Jayson Tatum (0) drives to the basket against San Antonio Spurs center Victor Wembanyama (1) during the second half of an NBA basketball game, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Boston Celtics center Kristaps Porzingis (8) battles for a rebound against San Antonio Spurs guard De’Aaron Fox (4) and forward Jeremy Sochan (10) during the second half of an NBA basketball game, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Boston Celtics forward Jayson Tatum (0) shoots between San Antonio Spurs forward Harrison Barnes (40) and guard De’Aaron Fox (4) during the second half of an NBA basketball game, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
San Antonio Spurs center Victor Wembanyama, center, drives to the basket against Boston Celtics center Al Horford (42) and guard Payton Pritchard (11) during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Boston Celtics forward Jayson Tatum, right, tries to hold back San Antonio Spurs forward Keldon Johnson on a steal attempt during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Boston Celtics forward Torrey Craig, left, steals the ball from San Antonio Spurs forward Jeremy Sochan during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
San Antonio Spurs interim head coach Mitch Johnson calls to his players during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Boston Celtics, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Boston Celtics center Kristaps Porzingis shows his ripped uniform while arguing with officials that he was fouled during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the San Antonio Spurs, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Boston Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla calls to his players during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the San Antonio Spurs, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
San Antonio Spurs center Victor Wembanyama grabs his head after getting knocked to the floor against the Boston Celtics during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Boston Celtics center Kristaps Porzingis, right, battles for the opening tip against San Antonio Spurs center Victor Wembanyama (1) during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
The Boston Celtics’ Jayson Tatum (0) loses the ball after having it knocked away by the San Antonio Spurs’ Victor Wembanyama (1) during the second half at TD Garden on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025, in Boston.
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3 takeaways as Spurs fall to Celtics, enter All-Star break on skid
Boston Celtics forward Jayson Tatum (0) is fouled by San Antonio Spurs center Victor Wembanyama (1) on a drive to the basket during the second half of an NBA basketball game, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
BOSTON — Even with the All-Star break looming, Spurs acting coach Mitch Johnson did not think his team would have much trouble getting up for Wednesday’s nationally televised game against the defending NBA champions in Boston.
“ESPN, Boston, the Garden,” Johnson said. “I don’t think we have to worry too much about people looking ahead.”
The Spurs weren’t looking ahead, per se.
They just ran wide-eyed into a Celtics team that showed why they raised another banner to the rafters of the TD Garden after last season.
All-star guard Jayson Tatum had 32 points and Kristaps Porzingis scored 29 as the Celtics made short work of the Spurs in a 116-103 victory.
The rout came with a pair of Boston starters, Jrue Holiday and Jaylen Brown, sidelined with injuries.
Boston led by 24 points in the first half and survived the Spurs’ mini run in the second half that at one point carved the deficit to eight.
— San Antonio Spurs (@ spurs) February 13, 2025
The Spurs will aim to build on those final two quarters when they return from the All-Star break.
“Tonight we were hungry in the second half,” Wembanyama said. “We’re going to try to hang on to that feeling.”
Victor Wembanyama paved a path to All-Star weekend with 17 points, 13 rebounds and a pair of blocks. De’Aaron Fox led the Spurs with 23 points, his fourth 20-point game in five outings since joining the team, while Stephon Castle added 20.
The Spurs were outscored 37-19 in the first quarter, and spent the rest of the game trying to dig out of that hole.
They closed to within 95-87 on two Castle free throws with 10:10 to play, but the Celtics got back-to-back 3-pointers from Porzingis and Peyton Pritchard to blow the lead out again.
“We have little stretches where we look really good and those stretches where we don’t,” Fox said. “You can’t expect to win scoring 20 and then giving up 40 and a quarter and you’re playing catch-up the entire game.”
The loss sent the Spurs to 2-4 on the first leg of their rodeo trip as they head into the break. They resume play with back-to-back games in Austin against Phoenix and Detroit on Feb. 20 and 21.
Here are three takeaways from Wednesday’s defeat, which put the Spurs at 23-29 entering the hiatus:
1. Derrick White is beloved in two NBA cities
Johnson’s association with Boston guard Derrick White goes back to 2017, when White was the Spurs’ first-round draft pick.
As an assistant with the Spurs’ G League affiliate, Johnson was there the day White made his professional debut against the Texas Legends.
It did not go well.
“He got his butt kicked by Donald Sloan and Justin Dentmon,” Johnson said.
Adding injury to insult, White fractured his wrist in that game and was sidelined for the next six weeks.
“That was the only reason he finished the season in the G League with us,” Johnson said. “We won the championship and it was a joke he was even on the court, he was that good.”
White was traded to Boston in February of 2022, a deal that seems to have worked out well for both sides.
The 2022 first-round pick the Spurs received in the trade did not exactly hit the jackpot. It became little-used guard Blake Wesley.
The 2028 pick swap the Spurs got also may or may not amount to anything.
But dealing White was one of the first dominoes the Spurs toppled that led to gaining the No. 1 overall pick in 2023 and the right to select Wembanyama.
White, meanwhile, has become a staple in Boston over the past three years.
He played in an NBA Finals a few months after joining the Celtics, and was a starter for last season’s NBA championship team.
White played a large role in Boston’s win over his former team Wednesday, with 19 points and nine assists.
“It’s just a testament to him and everything he has done since (the trade),” Johnson said.
2. No surprise the Celtics owned the 3-point line
Any team facing Boston knows it is going to have to deal with a 3-point barrage. The Celtics came into Wednesday attempting a league-high 48.3 per game, which resulted in a league-high 17.7 made 3-pointers per game.
The Spurs could not keep up, especially in the early going.
Where Boston made seven long balls in its sizzling first quarter, and 13 in the first half, the Spurs continued to chip the paint off the TD Garden iron.
Boston Celtics forward Jayson Tatum blows a kiss after hitting a 3-pointer against the San Antonio Spurs during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
The team started 1-of-15 from 3-point range, and finished the first half 3 of 21.
“I actually thought we missed some pretty good shots,” Johnson said. “There was a stretch in there we took some poor ones, but early on I thought we had some really good shots.”
Boston ended the night 18-of-55 from beyond the arc. The Spurs were 9-of-39.
That 27-point deficit from 3-point land proved too much for the Spurs to overcome.
3. Could Biyombo have helped the on the glass?
The Spurs were outrebounded again Wednesday, this one by a count of 56-38. They continue to play small when Wembanyama is off the floor, playing Jeremy Sochan as an undersized center.
The 7-foot Porzingis took full advantage of that height difference, part of the reason he was able to roll to a big night.
All of that begged the question: Why no Bismack Biyombo?
The Spurs signed the veteran big man to a 10-day contract Sunday, but he has yet to make his Spurs debut.
Johnson did not bite when asked if he considered using Biyombo against the Celtics, but did make a case that it might not have mattered anyhow.
“It’s sometimes counterintuitive — long shots, long rebounds,” Johnson said. “There were shots that were missed and over our head. It wasn’t that we were being bullied. Some of that is just discipline and understanding when they shoot 3s, those misses aren’t the same as misses at the rim."
By Jeff McDonald, Staff Writer, via San Antonio Express-News