By August Bembel | Pounding The Rock (PtR), 2025-02-23 01:04:18
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在文班亚马缺阵的情况下，马刺队在中锋位置上显得非常单薄。
真是世事难料。周三的时候，我迫不及待地想看到周四的比赛。我希望马刺队，在接下来的两个准主场比赛后，再加上在新奥尔良的一个可以争取的系列赛，能够打出一波高潮，并以某种方式重新回到附加赛的争夺行列。
然而到了周四，我在这里的PtR评论区得知， 维克多·文班亚马(Victor Wembanyama) 将缺席本赛季剩余的比赛。我最初的反应，现在看来完全是愚蠢的：这是摆烂的举动吗？我甚至在评论区写了这句话。我为此受到了一些批评，这是理所当然的。我能说什么呢？有时候人们会说蠢话。而我当然也不例外。我很抱歉。
这里只有一件事，而且真的只有一件事，是最重要的： 维克多 的健康。他将缺席本赛季剩余的比赛并不重要。更不重要的是，我们在十月份之前都看不到他打球了。
好消息是，马刺队已经表达了对他的状况的乐观态度，许多就此事发表意见的专家也表达了同样的态度。德国NBA播客主持人伦·韦尔(Len Werle)让他的父亲，一位心脏病专家，参与了Vom Parkplatz的讨论，用（一种美妙的施瓦本口音）来解释血栓究竟是什么，以及可以采取什么措施来应对它。
我不打算复述他们所说的内容，因为我对描述医疗状况没有信心，但他所说的一件事让我对 文班 感到充满希望：当血栓位于上半身时，肺栓塞的情况要少得多。
另一方面，马刺队现在必须找到一种方法来处理这种情况，并确定他们的优先事项。提高他们在选秀抽签中的概率可能是一个优先事项。让我们面对现实吧：马刺队本赛季已经没有什么可以赢的了。
此外，自从交易得到 达龙·福克斯(De’Aaron Fox) 以来，一些迹象表明，赢球并不是最重要的。这种趋势在昨晚惨败给冉冉升起的底特律活塞队的比赛中继续上演。
比赛总结
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由两位控球后卫——克里斯·保罗和 福克斯 ——以及在三号位上的德文·瓦塞尔组成的先发阵容继续让我感到惊讶，而且不是以一种好的方式。这不仅是一个非常矮小的先发阵容，而且还将德文·瓦塞尔置于一个他显然不能——或者不想——运作的位置。他的触球次数减少了，而且在极少数他拿到球的时候，他会做一些没有意义的事情，比如在两名防守队员面前强行投篮。 福克斯 ，一位正值巅峰的全明星级别的球员，以某种方式在这个阵容中发挥了作用，但CP3和瓦塞尔加起来在44分钟的出场时间内仅得到9分，10投3中，这根本不是先发球员的水平。当然，如果这有助于提高球队的长期发展（或者提高选秀抽签的概率），而且这是有意为之，那就这样吧。
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比赛进行到五分半的时候， 杰里米·索汉(Jeremy Sochan) 和 斯蒂芬·卡斯尔(Stephon Castle) 一同上场。你可能会认为之前糟糕的防守会得到改善，但事实恰恰相反。在随后的这段时间里，唯一为马刺队提供良好防守的人是 福克斯 。活塞队几乎每次进攻都得分了，除非被 福克斯 阻止。与此同时，在进攻端，球场属于 卡斯尔 ——而且效果还不错。缺乏空间给 卡斯尔 突破篮下创造了困难的条件，但我很乐意接受这一点。在 文班 缺阵的情况下， 卡斯尔 的发展应该是首要任务。为了最大限度地促进他的发展，也许他应该打超过13分钟（而且应该多打一些没有 索汉 的比赛）。
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在 俾斯麦·比永博(Bismack Biyombo) 和 查尔斯·巴西(Charles Bassey) 是目前仅有的中锋选择的情况下，马刺队很难赢得很多比赛。他们俩都不适合打超过替补时间的比赛。 巴西 在防守端经常站错位置，而昨晚也被当作五号位使用的马穆，实际上并不是一名中锋——而且他严格来说是一名攻强守弱的球员。昨晚马刺队的防守漏洞百出，就像敞开的谷仓大门一样，他们在篮板球上被彻底击败——对于像 贾伦·杜伦(Jalen Duren) 这样的人来说，这简直是小菜一碟。（我从小就喜欢像戴尔·戴维斯(Dale Davis)和凯文·威利斯(Kevin Willis)这样的球员，观看 杜伦 在球场上的表现很有趣——只是别在马刺队面前表现。）
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说到有趣的事情，在一个不太顺利的夜晚， 凯尔登·约翰逊(Keldon Johnson) 的“Aaaaayyyyyy”让我多次微笑。 福克斯 也是如此。马刺队终于又拥有了一名即使在最优秀的NBA运动员中也能脱颖而出的球员。 福克斯 的运球是一种美的享受，他在伸展身体上篮时的动作也是如此。他就是那种让你意识到速度比其他人更快是多么优势的球员。很高兴看到他身穿银黑战袍！在他的赛后采访中，他还表现出一种真诚的友好和令人耳目一新的积极态度。
点击查看原文：What We Learned from the Spurs’ Loss to the Pistons
What We Learned from the Spurs’ Loss to the Pistons
With Wemby sidelined, the Spurs are wafer-thin at the center position.
What a difference a day makes. On Wednesday, I couldn’t wait for Thursday’s game. I was hoping the Spurs, with two quasi-home games ahead, followed by a winnable mini-series in New Orleans, could go on a run and somehow get back into that play-in mix.
Then on Thursday I learned, here in a PtR comment thread, that Victor Wembanyama was going to miss the rest of the season. My initial reaction, which now looks completely dumb: A tank move? I even went on to write that in the comment thread. I took some flak for that, and rightfully so. What can I say? Sometimes people say stupid things. And I’m certainly no exception. I’m sorry.
There’s one thing, and really only one thing, that matters here: Victor’s health. It doesn’t matter that he’s going to miss the rest of the season. It matters even less that we won’t see him play basketball before October.
The good thing is that the Spurs have voiced optimism about his condition, and so have a number of experts who were asked about the matter. Len Werle, a German NBA podcaster, had his father, a cardiologist, come on Vom Parkplatz to explain (in a wonderful Swabian accent) what thrombosis actually is and what can be done against it.
I’m not going to recount what was said because I don’t feel confident in my ability to describe medical conditions, but one thing he said made me feel hopeful for Wemby: Pulmonary embolisms are far less common when the thrombosis is in the upper body.
On the other hand, the Spurs now have to find a way to deal with this situation and establish their priorities. Improving their lottery odds is one possible priority. Let’s face it: There’s nothing left to win for the Spurs this season.
Also, since the trade for De’Aaron Fox, some things suggest that winning wasn’t the top priority anyway. This trend continued last night in the blowout loss to the rising Detroit Pistons.
Takeaways
- The starting lineup with two point guards – Chris Paul and De’Aaron Fox – and Devin Vassell at the three continues to amaze me, and not in a good way. Not only is it an extremely small starting lineup, but it also puts Devin Vassell in a position where he clearly can’t – or doesn’t want to – operate. His touches have been reduced, and on the rare occasions when he has the ball, he does things that don’t make much sense, like taking a tough shot over two defenders. Fox, an All-Star-caliber player in his prime, somehow works in that lineup, but CP3 and Vassell combining for a measly nine points on 3-of-10 shooting in 44 minutes of play is simply not starter material. Then again, if it helps improve the team’s long term development (or its lottery odds) and that’s by design, then so be it.
- Five and a half minutes into the game, Jeremy Sochan and Stephon Castle entered the game together. You’d think the previously poor defense would improve, but the opposite was the case. The only guy providing good defense for the Spurs in the stretch that followed was Fox. The Pistons scored on almost every possession, except when stopped by Fox. Meanwhile, on the offensive end, the field belongs to Stephon Castle – with respectable results. Little spacing creates difficult conditions for Castle when attacking the basket, but I’m happy to live with that. Castle’s development should be a top priority with Wemby sidelined. And to maximize his development, maybe he should play more than 13 minutes (and some more without Sochan).
- With Bismack Biyombo and Charles Bassey the only options at center for the time being, it will be tough forthe Spurs to many games. Neither of them is cut out for more than backup minutes. Bassey is often out of position on the defensive end, and Mamu, who was also used as a five last night, isn’t really a center – and is strictly a one-way player on top of that. The Spurs were wide open like a barn door over and over again last night, and they got killed on the boards – an easy kill for a guy like Jalen Duren. (I grew up enjoying players like Dale Davis and Kevin Willis, and it’s fun to watch Duren’s work on the court – just not against the Spurs.)
- Speaking of fun things, on a night when not much was going well, Keldon “Aaaaayyyyyy” Johnson made me smile numerous times. And so did Fox. The Spurs finally have another player with skills that stand out even among the best NBA athletes. Fox’s handle is a thing of beauty, and so is his movement when he stretches for a layup. He’s the kind of guy who makes you realize what an advantage it is to be quicker than the rest. Great to see him in Silver and Black! In his post-game interviews, he also comes across as a genuinely friendly and refreshingly positive guy.
By August Bembel, via Pounding The Rock