By Marilyn Dubinski | Pounding The Rock (PtR), 2025-02-15 12:18:44
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。
卡斯尔在他赢得第一场比赛中扮演了组织者的角色，之后带领他的球队进入决赛并最终挺进周日的正赛。
圣安东尼奥马刺队的新秀斯蒂芬·卡斯尔(Stephon Castle)在过去几周里表现越来越好，并在新秀挑战赛中拉开了全明星周末的序幕。
斯蒂芬·卡斯尔 在第一场比赛中与扎克·埃迪(Zach Edey)、基昂泰·乔治(Keyonte George)、道尔顿·克奈克特(Dalton Knecht)和杰伦·威尔斯(Jaylen Wells)一同为C队首发，他的球队取得了19-7的开局，并且从未落后，尽管T队几次试图追近比分。卡斯尔本人主要扮演了组织者的角色，送出了几次漂亮的助攻和“间接助攻”，帮助队友完成转换进攻。他还差点完成一次风车扣篮，但在起跳时失去了球，但他的前冲惯性仍然以某种方式将球送入了篮筐。
为 @ StephonCastle 让路
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— San Antonio Spurs (@ spurs) February 15, 2025
他最终得到6分、4个篮板和4次助攻，包括制胜球，以40-34的比分将他的球队送入第三场比赛。
急停跳投命中制胜球
斯蒂芬·卡斯尔带领C队晋级 #CastrolRisingStars 决赛！ https://t.co/xRTPYcpfYQ pic.twitter.com/qfSVB4gMAX— NBA (@ NBA) February 15, 2025
G联赛队在第二场比赛中击败了M队，这场比赛竞争更加激烈，为决赛奠定了基础。卡斯尔再次首发第三场比赛，这是一场休息与节奏的较量。卡斯尔通过冲击篮筐帮助他的球队从低迷中走出，但总的来说，G联赛队利用了他们的节奏优势，取得了12-8的领先。暂停之后，卡斯尔在他的球队摆脱锈迹并打出17-2的攻势中发挥了重要作用，最终以25-14的比分赢得了比赛，这次他助攻乔治投进了三分制胜球。
基昂泰·乔治为C队打出了17-2的攻势，赢得了 #CastrolRisingStars 冠军
他们将在周日的全明星迷你锦标赛中继续前进 #NBAAllStar https://t.co/dmHi7JcPep pic.twitter.com/EyPfWH1cTb— NBA (@ NBA) February 15, 2025
卡斯尔以全队最高的12分和2次助攻结束了比赛，并被授予新秀挑战赛MVP。随着这场胜利，C队晋级，将在周日的全明星正赛中作为第四支球队出战，这意味着他将参加全明星周末的所有三天活动，包括明天的扣篮大赛。斯蒂芬开局火热，敬请期待！
其他观察
- 现场播音员在介绍中将卡斯尔描述为“一名能够组织进攻的，在防守端具有压迫性的后卫”，这很准确，但他随后将埃迪描述为“年度最佳新秀的有力候选人”。 我不想这么说，但埃迪甚至不是他自己球队中获得ROY的最热门人选。 那应该是威尔斯，但无论如何，就目前而言，卡斯尔正在一路领先。
- 在阿肯色大学和奥兰多魔术队都看过安东尼·布莱克(Anthony Black)的比赛后，我几乎认不出他编辫子的样子。 我只熟悉他蓬松的头发，所以当他的脸完全露出来时，我几乎认不出他了。
- 在第一场比赛中，亚历克斯·萨尔(Alex Sarr)在埃迪的干扰下投进了一个三分球。 7英尺长的人在外线防守7英尺长的人的情况过去闻所未闻，而且当你考虑到中锋通常不会防守外线时，这种情况仍然很少见，即使防守的是他们自己的人，但随着尼古拉·约基奇(Nikola Jokic)和维克托·文班亚马(Victor Wembanyama)等球员引领一个新时代，这种情况正变得越来越普遍。
- “防守可有可无”已经蔓延到了新秀挑战赛。 我理解球员们不想互相伤害或伤害自己，但这不会让亚当·肖华感到高兴。 我从来都不是全明星周末的忠实粉丝，而这并没有帮助。 （公平地说，由于有更多值得争取的东西，第二场比赛的防守水平有所提高，并延续到了第三场比赛。 希望这能延续到真正的全明星赛中。）
- 汤普森双胞胎一起观看令人愉快，并且可以说是M队的联合MVP，但在奥苏尔(Ausur)连续四次罚球不中后，他很大程度上导致了他们在第二场比赛中输给了G联赛队，全部击中了前框。 加上图马尼·卡马拉(Toumani Camara)的另一次失误，M队在35分时连续罚丢了5个球。 如果他们罚进，他们就会赢得比赛，但相反，G联赛队卷土重来，并通过布莱斯·麦克高文斯(Bryce McGowens)的一记有争议的三分球赢得了比赛，从而为第三场比赛奠定了基础。
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Stephon Castle wins Rising Stars MVP, advances to All-Star game
Castle’s played facilitator in his first win before carrying his team to the championship and on to Sunday.
Spurs rookie Stephon Castle has been on the rise over the last few weeks, and it continued to kick off All-Star weekend in the Rising Stars Challenge.
Starting for Team C in Game 1 alongside Zach Edey, Keyonte George, Dalton Knecht and Jaylen Wells, Castle’s team got out to a 19-7 start and never trailed, despite allowing Team T to make it interesting a few times. Castle himself mostly played the role of play-maker with several nice assists and hockey assists to set up his teammates in transition, plus an almost-windmill dunk in which he lost the ball on the way up, but his forward momentum still somehow sent the ball in.
Make way for @ StephonCastle
— San Antonio Spurs (@ spurs) February 15, 2025
He finished with 6 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists, including the game-winner to send his team to the Game 3, 40-34.
Stops on a dime and pulls up for a game-winning middy
Stephon Castle advances Team C to the #CastrolRisingStars Championship Game! https://t.co/xRTPYcpfYQ pic.twitter.com/qfSVB4gMAX— NBA (@ NBA) February 15, 2025
Team G League upset Team M in a much more competitive Game 2 to set up the finale. Castle once again started Game 3, which was a case of rest vs. rhythm. Castle helped get his team up off the mat by driving to the rim, but overall Team G League took advantage of being in rhythm, getting out to a 12-8 lead. After the timeout, Castle played a major role in his team shaking off the rust and going on a 17-2 run to win the game 25-14, again assisting the game winner, this time to George for the three.
Keyonte George closed out a 17-2 run for Team C to win the #CastrolRisingStars Championship
They move on to the #NBAAllStar mini-tournament on Sunday https://t.co/dmHi7JcPep pic.twitter.com/EyPfWH1cTb— NBA (@ NBA) February 15, 2025
Castle finished the game with a team-leading 12 points and 2 assists and was awarded MVP of the Rising Stars Challenge. With the win, Team C advances to play as the fourth team in the All Star game on Sunday, meaning he will now appear all three days of All Star weekend, including tomorrow in the Slam Dunk Contest. Steph is off to a hot start, so stay tuned!
Other observations
- The arena announcer described Castle as a “play-making, point-of-attack defender” in the intros, which is accurate, but then he described Edey as a “serious candidate for Rookie of the Year”. I hate to say it, but Edey isn’t even the favorite for ROY on his own team. That would be Wells, but regardless, as of now, Castle is running away with it.
- Having seen him in both college at Arkansas and now two years with the Orlando Magic, I barely recognized Anthony Black with his hair braids. I only know him with his free flowing fro, so his face was barely recognizable when it was fully visible.
- In Game 1, Alex Sarr hit a three while Edey was contesting. Seven-footer on seven-footer crimes on the perimeter used to be unheard of, and it’s still rare when you consider that centers don’t often guard the perimeter, even if it’s their own man, but it’s becoming more common with players like Nikola Jokic and Victor Wembanyama leading a new era.
- “Defense-optional” has reached the Rising Stars challenge. I get that players don’t want to hurt each other or themselves, but it will not make Adam Silver happy. I’ve never been a huge fan of All Star Weekend, and this doesn’t help. (In fairness, the defensive level picked up in Game 2 and carried over to Game 3 since there was more to play for. Hopefully that carries over into the actual All Star game.)
- The Thompson twins were a joy to watch together and were arguably the co-MVP’s for Team M, but Ausur largely cost them Game 2 to Team G League after he missed four straight free throws, all hitting the front rim. Along with another miss from Toumani Camara, Team M missed five straight FT’s while sitting at 35 points. Making them would have won the game, but instead, G League made the comeback, winning on a contested three-pointer by Bryce McGowens to set up Game 3.
By Marilyn Dubinski, via Pounding The Rock