By Dave McMenamin | ESPN, 2025-02-15 14:00:00
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旧金山报道——圣安东尼奥马刺队新秀斯蒂芬·卡斯尔(Stephon Castle)表示，他在周五晚举起的新星挑战赛MVP奖杯并不是他计划在NBA全明星周末期间赢得的唯一荣誉。
卡斯尔带领由克里斯·穆林执教的C队在决赛中以25-14的压倒性优势战胜了由杰里米·林执教的G联赛队。卡斯尔得到11分，并在犹他爵士队新秀凯昂泰·乔治的关键三分球上贡献了三次助攻中的一次。
C队以40-34的比分击败了由蒂姆·哈达威(Tim Hardaway Sr.)执教的T队，赢得了第一场小组赛，卡斯尔投中了制胜跳投。（在前两场比赛中，目标得分均为40分；在决赛中，目标得分降至25分。）
“能够在两场比赛中都参与到制胜球中，意义重大，”卡斯尔说。
新星挑战赛由三支队伍组成，每队有七名一、二年级球员，还有一支由七名G联赛球员组成的队伍，这是卡斯尔日程满满的全明星周末的开端。这位身高6尺6的后卫还将在周六晚上的扣篮大赛中亮相。
当被问及他为扣篮大赛准备了哪些扣篮时，卡斯尔告诉ESPN：“我不想剧透任何东西，但我只想说MVP奖杯不是我唯一想带回家的奖杯。”
新星挑战赛的胜利为卡斯尔的球队赢得了周日全明星正赛的席位，他们将在那里对阵沙克领衔的传奇队，该队拥有未来的名人堂成员勒布朗·詹姆斯、斯蒂芬·库里和凯文·杜兰特。
“作为一名篮球运动员，这真的是我所能奢求的全部，从小时候就一直在观看那些家伙打球，所以能够与他们分享我的第一个全明星周末，并能够与他们在球场上同场竞技，这是一种荣幸，”卡斯尔告诉ESPN。
卡斯尔将成为继布雷克·格里芬之后，又一位在全明星周末三个晚上都参加比赛的球员。格里芬在2011年以洛杉矶快船队新秀的身份做到了这一点。
全明星正赛将沿用周五的赛制，四支队伍每队八名球员将参加一个小型锦标赛，所有三场比赛都将以40分为目标得分。在过去两年的全明星赛尤其乏善可陈，几乎没有防守或竞争精神的情况下，联盟改变了赛制，希望能够重新燃起人们对二月全明星周末的兴趣。
“我们上场时没有什么可失去的，”卡斯尔在被问及他的年轻团队与由沙奎尔·奥尼尔执教的球队对战的机会时告诉ESPN，沙奎尔·奥尼尔执教的球队阵容还包括詹姆斯·哈登、达米安·利拉德、杰森·塔图姆、凯里·欧文和杰伦·布朗。“我们上场时充满信心，自由自在地发挥。所以我不会低估我们。”
C队的执教任务将从穆林移交给坎迪斯·帕克，由她执教周日的比赛。帕克作为球队的总经理，从由米奇·里奇蒙德执教的M队中选择了休斯顿火箭队前锋阿门·汤普森，填补了她球队第八个也是最后一个阵容名额。
G联赛队在第二场小组赛中爆冷击败M队，晋级新星挑战赛决赛。撕裂之城混音队(Rip City Remix)的布莱斯·麦戈文投中三分，以40-39的比分锁定胜局。麦戈文的制胜球之所以成为可能，仅仅是因为底特律活塞队的奥萨尔·汤普森——阿门的双胞胎兄弟——在球队被困在37分时，罚球线上4罚0中。
卡斯尔和C队队员们因为周五的胜利每人获得了3.5万美元的奖金，并将有机会在周日对阵他们的一些NBA老将队友时赢得吹牛的资本。
洛杉矶湖人队新秀道尔顿·克内克特、菲尼克斯太阳队新秀莱恩·邓恩和金州勇士队二年级大个子特雷斯·杰克逊-戴维斯将与詹姆斯、杜兰特和库里面对面较量。
“我要和勒布朗对阵，所以我可以和我的一个队友交手，”克内克特说。“出去尝试表明自己的实力会很有趣。”
当被问及40岁的詹姆斯和23岁的克内克特之间是否会进行任何垃圾话交流时，湖人队新秀打趣道：“我通常不会先挑起事端。我通常不会先说话。我通常会试图结束它。”
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Castle wins Rising Stars MVP as Team C reaches All-Star Game
SAN FRANCISCO – San Antonio Spurs rookie Stephon Castle said the Rising Stars MVP trophy he hoisted Friday night isn’t the only hardware he plans to win during NBA All-Star Weekend.
Castle led Team C, coached by Chris Mullin, over Team G League, coached by Jeremy Lin, to a decisive 25-14 win in the final. Castle scored 11 points and collected one of his three assists on Utah Jazz rookie Keyonte George’s game-winning 3-pointer.
Team C won its first group game with Castle hitting the deciding jump shot to beat Team T, coached by Tim Hardaway Sr., 40-34. (In the first two games, the target score to reach was 40; in the final, the target score was 25.)
“To be a part of the game-winning bucket in both, it means a lot,” Castle said.
The Rising Stars game, made up of three teams with seven first- and second-year players and a fourth team with seven G Leaguers, was the start of a jampacked itinerary for Castle. The 6-foot-6 guard is also competing in the dunk contest Saturday night.
Asked what dunks he has planned for the showcase, Castle told ESPN: “I don’t want to spoil anything, but I’ll just say the MVP trophy isn’t the only trophy I’m trying to take home.”
The Rising Stars win earned Castle’s team a berth in Sunday’s All-Star Game, where it will go against Shaq’s OGs, featuring future Hall of Famers LeBron James, Stephen Curry and Kevin Durant.
“As a basketball player, it’s really all I can ask for, watching those guys all the time growing up, so to share my first All-Star Weekend with them and be able to share the court with them is a blessing,” Castle told ESPN.
Castle will join Blake Griffin as the latest players to compete in events on all three nights of All-Star Weekend. Griffin did it in 2011 as a rookie for the LA Clippers.
The All-Star Game will mirror Friday’s format, as four teams of eight players will compete in a mini-tournament with all three games played to the target score of 40. After particularly lackluster All-Star Games the past two years, without a whisper of defense or competitive zeal, the league changed things up with the hope of restoring interest in the February festivities.
“We’re out there with nothing to lose,” Castle told ESPN when asked about his young group’s chances going against the Shaquille O’Neal-coached team, which also has James Harden, Damian Lillard, Jayson Tatum, Kyrie Irving and Jaylen Brown on its roster. “We’re out there playing confident, playing free. So I just wouldn’t count us out.”
Coaching duties for Team C will be handed off from Mullin to Candace Parker for Sunday. Parker, acting as the team’s general manager, selected Houston Rockets forward Amen Thompson from Team M, coached by Mitch Richmond, to fill the eighth and final roster spot for her team.
Team G League reached the Rising Stars final with an upset of Team M in the second group-play game. Bryce McGowen of the Rip City Remix hit a 3-pointer to clinch the win 40-39. McGowen’s closing shot was possible thanks only to Ausar Thompson of the Detroit Pistons – Amen’s twin brother – going 0-for-4 from the foul line with his team stuck at 37 points.
Castle and the Team C players earned $35,000 apiece for Friday’s win and will get the chance to earn bragging rights against some of their veteran NBA teammates Sunday.
Los Angeles Lakers rookie Dalton Knecht, Phoenix Suns rookie Ryan Dunn and Golden State Warriors second-year big man Trayce Jackson-Davis will line up against James, Durant and Curry.
“I’m playing against Bron, so I get to go against one of my teammates,” Knecht said. “It’ll be a lot of fun to go out there and try to make a statement.”
Asked if any trash talk will be exchanged between the 40-year-old James and the 23-year-old Knecht, the Lakers rookie quipped: “I usually don’t start it. I usually don’t start talking. I usually try to finish it.”
By Dave McMenamin | ESPN, via ESPN