[SAEN] 活塞队让马刺队梦醒，三大要点分析 ▶️

SAEN · 2025 年2 月 22 日 07:10

By Jeff McDonald, Staff writer | San Antonio Express-News (SAEN), 2025-02-21 23:48:30

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。

2025年2月21日，在德克萨斯州奥斯汀的穆迪中心举行的比赛中，圣安东尼奥马刺队后卫斯蒂芬·卡斯尔(Stephon Castle)（5号）从底特律活塞队后卫丹尼斯·施罗德(Dennis Schroder)（17号）手中抢走球，同时底特律活塞队中锋以赛亚·斯图尔特(Isaiah Stewart)（28号）摔倒在他们身上。马刺队以110-125输给了活塞队。

奥斯汀——在没有维克托·文班亚马(Victor Wembanyama)的情况下，马刺队的第二场比赛进行得并不像第一场那样顺利。

凯德·坎宁安得到25分，托拜厄斯·哈里斯得到22分，贾伦·杜伦在内线肆虐身材矮小的马刺队，砍下21分和15个篮板。底特律活塞队在周五于穆迪中心举行的比赛中以125-110大胜马刺队。

在输掉这场比赛的前一天，马刺队得知他们的全明星中锋文班亚马将缺席本赛季剩余的比赛，但他们以11分的优势击败了菲尼克斯太阳队。

“不同的比赛有不同的特性，”马刺队代理主教练米奇·约翰逊说。

周五，马刺队遇到了一支不再是东部联盟笑柄的底特律队。

这场胜利将活塞队的战绩提高到30胜26负，并帮助他们在激烈的季后赛争夺战中保持竞争力。

“如果你整个赛季都在关注他们，你就会发现这是一支很棒的球队，”克里斯·保罗说，“他们打得很努力，很有竞争力。对我们来说，今晚的比赛很艰难。”

替补出场的凯尔登·约翰逊为马刺队贡献了28分，德阿隆·福克斯得到27分。

但这还不足以让马刺队首次包揽他们在奥斯汀的两场比赛的胜利。

以下是从周五的失利中总结出的三个要点。马刺队目前战绩为24胜30负，他们将在周日在新奥尔良继续他们的牛仔竞技表演之旅。

马刺队可能要习惯一段时间了

当马刺队在没有文班亚马的首场比赛中击败太阳队时，人们认为也许他们还能维持一段时间。

也许并非如此。

周五的比赛清楚地展示了他们在这种身材矮小的状态下面临的挑战。

底特律队几乎在每个位置上都拥有身高和臂展优势，他们比太阳队更有能力利用马刺队的不足。太阳队的内线球员甚至也在打小球。

由于在训练营之前不会有7尺3寸的外星人走进大门，马刺队只能接受现在的自己。

2025年2月21日，在德克萨斯州奥斯汀的穆迪中心举行的比赛中，底特律活塞队中锋贾伦·杜伦（0号）在圣安东尼奥马刺队前锋桑德罗·马穆克拉什维利(Sandro Mamukelashvili)（54号）头上投篮。马刺队以110-125输给了活塞队。

“这将是我们本赛季剩余时间里必须格外重视的事情，”约翰逊说，他特别指的是篮板球。“即使我们付出努力，也会有感到困难的时候。”

“这部分原因在于我们目前的阵容配置，”约翰逊说，“这不是一件坏事或消极的事情。这只是一个事实。”

但周五这确实是一件坏事。

杜伦让人难以招架。活塞队以惊人的53-32的篮板球优势击败了马刺队。其中20个是进攻篮板。

马刺队很难用这种方式赢得比赛，而且这种情况可能会发生在他们面对的任何一支拥有一定NBA内线实力的球队身上。

在周五的比赛前，马刺队与俾斯麦·比永博续签了第二份10天合同。查尔斯·巴锡(Charles Bassey)在因膝盖扭伤缺席了9场比赛后重返赛场。

然而，马刺队仍然在内线受到了惩罚。

“我们知道他们是一支身体强壮的球队，”凯尔登·约翰逊说，“我们知道我们现在个子比较矮，有点缺乏身高，所以我们必须作为一个整体来努力，保持专注，作为一个整体来抢篮板。”

确实，在没有文班亚马的情况下，未来的答案并不明显。

“你只需要努力找到一种方法，”克里斯·保罗说。

第三节是彻底的灾难

数据统计会显示，第三节是比赛脱离马刺队掌控的时刻。底特律队在本节以38-18击败了他们，将半场时1分的差距变成了碾压。

马刺队会说，第三节的低迷实际上是从第二节开始的。

他们在上半场还剩5分钟时以54-45领先，但活塞队以一波18-8的攻势结束了上半场，反超领先。

当底特律队在第三节开始时打出一波16-2的攻势时，比赛基本上就已经结束了。

“当你让对手打出一波10分或12分的攻势时，当你回头看时，我们输了15分，”米奇·约翰逊说，“这就是关键所在。你只是在摆脱困境。”

在第二节结束时表现不佳之后，约翰逊试图做些什么来激活马刺队，他用杰里米·索汉(Jeremy Sochan)代替德文·瓦塞尔(Devin Vassell)开始了第三节。

他希望索汉能更好地限制坎宁安，坎宁安当时已经开始逐渐摆脱马刺队的防守。

然而，活塞队在下半场开始时打出了一波高潮，马刺队无法克服。

“失误有点超出我们的控制，”福克斯说，“当他们开始连续得分，然后得到上篮、上篮、空位三分时，情况就开始失控了。”

凯尔登·约翰逊热爱奥斯汀

在一种神秘的统计中，没有球员在奥斯汀市得到比凯尔登·约翰逊更多的NBA得分。

这位五年级后卫参加了马刺队在该市举办的六场比赛中的五场，只错过了上赛季对阵明尼苏达的失利。

在打出了他在I-35系列赛中得分最高的比赛后，约翰逊现在已经在州首府得到了103分。

对约翰逊来说，这似乎很合适。

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— 圣安东尼奥马刺 (@ spurs) 2025年2月22日

他的职业生涯始于2019年在奥斯汀，当时他效力于马刺队的G联赛附属球队，并且一直对这座城市怀有特殊的情感。

“这里是我一切开始的地方，”约翰逊说，“它给我一种远离家乡的家的感觉。”

约翰逊特别记得他作为一个19岁的首轮新秀所经历的成长，以及奥斯汀马刺队如何在没有NBA高压环境的情况下让他做到这一点。

“我拥有在NBA打球的天赋，但奥斯汀给了我一个没有压力去真正成长为一个年轻人的机会，真正培养职业习惯，”约翰逊说，“作为一个年轻球员，它肯定给了我信心，但也带来了良好的习惯，所以当轮到我进入更高水平的时候，我不会落后。”

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Detroit Pistons center Jalen Duren (0) dunks over San Antonio Spurs center Bismack Biyombo (18) during the first quarter at Moody Center on Friday, Feb. 21, 2025, in Austin, Texas. The Spurs fell to the Pistons 125-110.

San Antonio Spurs guard De’Aaron Fox (4) shoots a three-pointer during the second quarter against the Detroit Pistons at Moody Center on Friday, Feb. 21, 2025, in Austin, Texas.

Detroit Pistons center Jalen Duren (0) dunks the ball in between San Antonio Spurs guard Devin Vassell (24) and San Antonio Spurs forward Sandro Mamukelashvili (54) during the fourth quarter at Moody Center on Friday, Feb. 21, 2025, in Austin, Texas. The Spurs fell to the Pistons 125-110.

San Antonio Spurs guard Stephon Castle (5) walks off the court following a 125-110 loss against the Detroit Pistons at Moody Center on Friday, Feb. 21, 2025, in Austin, Texas.

San Antonio Spurs forward Julian Champagnie (30), forward Keldon Johnson (0), forward Jeremy Sochan (10) and guard Devin Vassell (24) watch the fourth quarter against the Detroit Pistons at Moody Center on Friday, Feb. 21, 2025, in Austin, Texas. The Spurs fell to the Pistons 125-110.

Detroit Pistons center Jalen Duren (0) dunks on the San Antonio Spurs during the fourth quarter at Moody Center on Friday, Feb. 21, 2025, in Austin, Texas. The Spurs fell to the Pistons 125-110.

San Antonio Spurs forward Julian Champagnie (30) and guard Stephon Castle (5) watch the fourth quarter against the Detroit Pistons at Moody Center on Friday, Feb. 21, 2025, in Austin, Texas. The Spurs fell to the Pistons 125-110.

The Coyote urges fans to get loud before the start of the fourth quarter against the Detroit Pistons at Moody Center on Friday, Feb. 21, 2025, in Austin, Texas. The Spurs fell to the Pistons 125-110.

San Antonio Spurs guard Stephon Castle (5) pulls the ball away from Detroit Pistons guard Dennis Schroder (17) during the third quarter at Moody Center on Friday, Feb. 21, 2025, in Austin, Texas. The Spurs fell to the Pistons 125-110.

San Antonio Spurs fans make noise as the Detroit Pistons take free-throw shots during the third quarter at Moody Center on Friday, Feb. 21, 2025, in Austin, Texas. The Spurs fell to the Pistons 125-110.

Detroit Pistons forward Ausar Thompson (9) dunks on the San Antonio Spurs during the third quarter at Moody Center on Friday, Feb. 21, 2025, in Austin, Texas. The Spurs fell to the Pistons 125-110.

San Antonio Spurs guard De’Aaron Fox (4) talks to San Antonio Spurs guard Stephon Castle (5) during a second quarter timeout against the Detroit Pistons at Moody Center on Friday, Feb. 21, 2025, in Austin, Texas. The Spurs fell to the Pistons 125-110.

San Antonio Spurs forward Jeremy Sochan (10) shoots the ball during the second quarter against the Detroit Pistons at Moody Center on Friday, Feb. 21, 2025, in Austin, Texas.

San Antonio Spurs acting head coach Mitch Johnson signals to his team during the second quarter against the Detroit Pistons at Moody Center on Friday, Feb. 21, 2025, in Austin, Texas.

San Antonio Spurs fans cheer on their team during the second quarter against the Detroit Pistons at Moody Center on Friday, Feb. 21, 2025, in Austin, Texas. The Spurs fell to the Pistons 125-110.

The San Antonio Spurs bench cheers on San Antonio Spurs forward Keldon Johnson (0) during the second quarter against the Detroit Pistons at Moody Center on Friday, Feb. 21, 2025, in Austin, Texas.

Detroit Pistons forward Simone Fontecchio (19) shoots over San Antonio Spurs forward Sandro Mamukelashvili (54) during the second quarter at Moody Center on Friday, Feb. 21, 2025, in Austin, Texas. The Spurs fell to the Pistons 125-110.

Detroit Pistons center Isaiah Stewart (28) blocks a shot from San Antonio Spurs forward Sandro Mamukelashvili (54) during the first quarter at Moody Center on Friday, Feb. 21, 2025, in Austin, Texas.

San Antonio Spurs forward Keldon Johnson (0) goes up for a shot against the Detroit Pistons during the first quarter at Moody Center on Friday, Feb. 21, 2025, in Austin, Texas.

San Antonio Spurs guard De’Aaron Fox (4) prepares to make an offensive play during the first quarter against the Detroit Pistons at Moody Center on Friday, Feb. 21, 2025, in Austin, Texas.

San Antonio Spurs center Bismack Biyombo (18) and Detroit Pistons center Jalen Duren (0) fight for the jump ball at the start of an NBA game at Moody Center on Friday, Feb. 21, 2025, in Austin, Texas. The Spurs fell to the Pistons 125-110.

Fans are urged to get on their feet during the introduction to NBA game between the San Antonio Spurs and Detroit Pistons at Moody Center on Friday, Feb. 21, 2025, in Austin, Texas.

San Antonio Spurs center Victor Wembanyama (1) is shown in a hype video before the Spurs game against the Detroit Pistons at Moody Center on Friday, Feb. 21, 2025, in Austin, Texas. The Spurs fell to the Pistons, 125-110, in the second game since the news broke that Wembanyama would not play the rest of the season.

Brian Wright, general manager of the San Antonio Spurs, presents Spurs guard Stephon Castle (5) with his January Western Conference Rookie of the Month trophy before the start of an NBA game against the Detroit Pistons at Moody Center on Friday, Feb. 21, 2025, in Austin, Texas.

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The Detroit Pistons and San Antonio Spurs warm up on the Moody Center court before an NBA game on Friday, Feb. 21, 2025, in Austin, Texas.

Human bobbleheads depicting San Antonio Spurs forward Jeremy Sochan (10), guard Devin Vassell (24), guard Chris Paul (3) and forward Keldon Johnson (0) greet fans as they walk into the Moody Center to watch the Spurs take on the Detroit Pistons on Friday, Feb. 21, 2025, in Austin, Texas.

San Antonio Spurs guard De’Aaron Fox (4) warms up on the court before taking on the Detroit Pistons at Moody Center on Friday, Feb. 21, 2025, in Austin, Texas.

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3 takeaways as Pistons bring Spurs back to reality

San Antonio Spurs guard Stephon Castle (5) pulls the ball away from Detroit Pistons guard Dennis Schroder (17) as Detroit Pistons center Isaiah Stewart (28) falls over them during the third quarter at Moody Center on Friday, Feb. 21, 2025, in Austin, Texas. The Spurs fell to the Pistons 125-110.

AUSTIN — The Spurs’ second game without Victor Wembanyama did not go as swimmingly as the first.

Cade Cunningham scored 25 points, Tobias Harris had 22 and Jalen Duren brutalized the undersized Spurs for 21 points and 15 rebounds as the Detroit Pistons rolled to a 125-110 victory at the Moody Center on Friday.

The loss came a day after the Spurs learned they would be without Wembanyama, their All-Star center, for the remainder of the season and responded by beating the Phoenix Suns by 11 points.

“Different games take on different personalities,” Spurs acting coach Mitch Johnson said.

On Friday, the Spurs ran into a Detroit team that is no longer an Eastern Conference laughing stock.

The victory improved the Pistons to 30-26 and helped them keep pace in the thick of the playoff race.

“That’s a good team if you’ve been watching them all season long,” point guard Chris Paul said. “They play hard, they compete. That was a tough one for us tonight.”

Keldon Johnson provided 28 points off the bench for the Spurs, who got 27 from De’Aaron Fox.

It wasn’t enough for the Spurs to forge a sweep of their two games in Austin for the first time.

Here are three takeaways from Friday’s loss, which dropped the Spurs to 24-30 as they resume their rodeo road trip in New Orleans on Sunday:

1. The Spurs might have to get used to this for a while

When the Spurs pounded Phoenix in the first game without Wembanyama, there was a thought that maybe they could tread water after all.

Maybe not.

Friday’s game showed exactly what they are up against in such an undersized state.

Detroit, with its size and length almost everywhere, was far more equipped to take advantage of the Spurs’ deficiencies than the Suns — whose big men even play small ball.

Since there are no 7-foot-3 aliens walking through the door until at least training camp, the Spurs just are who they are.

Detroit Pistons center Jalen Duren (0) shoots over San Antonio Spurs forward Sandro Mamukelashvili (54) during the fourth quarter at Moody Center on Friday, Feb. 21, 2025, in Austin, Texas. The Spurs fell to the Pistons 125-110.

“That’s going to be something that we have to be overly committed to for the rest of the season,” Johnson said, referring specifically to rebounding. “There will be times even when we are putting forth the effort and it’s still going to be difficult.

“Some of that’s just by how we’re built right now,” Johnson said. “That’s not a bad thing or a negative thing. That’s just a fact.”

It was a bad thing Friday.

Duran was too much to handle. The Pistons outrebounded the Spurs by a whopping 53-32. Twenty of those came on the offensive glass.

The Spurs are going to have trouble winning this way, and it’s probably going to happen against any team they face with a modicum of NBA size.

The Spurs re-signed Bismack Biyombo to a second 10-day contract before Friday’s game. Charles Bassey made his return to the floor after missing nine games with a knee sprain.

And still, the Spurs were punished inside anyway.

“We knew they’re a big physical team,” Keldon Johnson said. “Knowing that we are a little bit smaller right now, we are a little bit lacking in size right now, that we got to do it collectively and stay locked in and as a unit we get the rebound.”

Indeed, the answers going forward without Wembanyama aren’t obvious.

“You just got to try to find a way,” point guard Chris Paul said.

2. The third quarter was an abject disaster

The box score will show the third quarter is where the game got away from the Spurs. Detroit outscored them 38-18 in the frame, transforming what had been a one-point game at halftime into a laugher.

The Spurs will say the third quarter swoon actually began in the second quarter.

They led 54-45 with five minutes left in the first half, but the Pistons closed on an 18-8 run to go into intermission ahead.

When Detroit began the third quarter on a 16-2 run, it was basically all she wrote.

“You give up a 10- or 12-point run, and when you look at it, we lost by 15,” Mitch Johnson said. “That’s it right there. You’re just playing out of a hole.”

Johnson tried to do something to jolt the Spurs to life after the lackluster finish to the second quarter, inserting Jeremy Sochan in place of Devin Vassell to open the third.

The hope was Sochan would stand a better chance of slowing Cunningham, who was beginning to get away from the Spurs a bit.

Instead, the Pistons opened the second half on a tear the Spurs could not overcome.

“The turnovers kind of got away from us,” Fox said. “When they start stringing together and then they get layups, layups, open threes, that’s kind of where it got away from us.”

3. Keldon Johnson loves Austin

In an arcane sort of statistic, no player has scored more NBA points in the city of Austin than Keldon Johnson.

The fifth-year guard has played in five of the six contests the Spurs have staged in the city, missing only the loss against Minnesota last season.

After stringing together his highest-scoring game in the I-35 series yet, Johnson has now logged 103 points in the state capital.

To Johnson, it seems fitting.

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He began his professional career in Austin in 2019, playing with the Spurs’ G League affiliate and always has a soft spot for the city.

“This is where everything started at for me,” Johnson said. “It gives me a sense of a home away from home.”

Johnson specifically remembers the growing up he had to do as a 19-year-old first-round draft pick, and how the Austin Spurs allowed him to do that outside of the high-stakes environment of the NBA.

“I had the talent to play in the NBA, but Austin gave me a chance to have no pressure to really grow as a young man, really develop professional habits,” Johnson said. “As a young player, it definitely brought me confidence but it also brought good habits so that when it was my time to come up to the big time, it wasn’t like I was running behind.”

By Jeff McDonald, Staff writer, via San Antonio Express-News