By Jeje Gomez | Pounding The Rock (PtR), 2025-03-02 11:41:54
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。
马刺经历了苦战，但最终赢得了胜利。
在漫长客场之旅的最后一场比赛中，马刺面对的是一支阵容不整但全力以赴的灰熊队。尽管银黑军团一度领先多达22分，但还是依靠德埃隆·福克斯的制胜球才锁定胜局。贾伦·杰克逊(Jaren Jackson Jr.)以42分领衔全场，而马刺队有六名球员得分上双。
马刺队开局表现专注，打出了极具侵略性的防守，并利用小阵容进行穿插和协防，充分利用了灰熊队外线得分能力不足的弱点。比赛节奏很快，过程并不总是赏心悦目，但圣安东尼奥还是设法得分，在第一节保持紧咬比分，并在第二节开始时凭借良好的转换进攻和不懈的突破分球打出一波攻势。在建立起两位数的领先优势后，他们的努力并没有减弱，执行力变得更加犀利，帮助马刺队在上半场结束时以77-58领先。
自满情绪成为了圣安东尼奥下半场最大的敌人，而开局阶段的失误和注意力不集中的防守表明他们可能会屈服于这种情绪。随着时间的推移，马刺队开始重新投入比赛，但灰熊队已经掌握了主动权，迫使对手按照他们喜欢的节奏进行比赛。银黑军团辛辛苦苦建立起来的优势消失殆尽，很明显比赛将会进入白热化阶段。两队交替得分，互送小高潮，一切都取决于最后一次进攻。当比分战成128平时，德埃隆·福克斯向左突破，急停跳投命中中距离，帮助圣安东尼奥赢得了比赛。
观察
- 杰里米·索汉(Jeremy Sochan)在缺席了对阵火箭的比赛下半场后，本场比赛可以出战。与此同时，灰熊队正在进行背靠背比赛的第二场，贾·莫兰特(Ja Morant)、布兰登·克拉克(Brandon Clarke)和戴斯蒙德·贝恩(Desmond Bane)都无法出战。这是一个击败之前三次交手中都击败过自己的对手的绝佳机会，马刺队抓住了这个机会。
- 德文·瓦塞尔(Devin Vassell)开局表现积极，依靠他的中距离跳投提供了急需的半场得分。他在马刺队第一节的启动中发挥了重要作用。他在第三节继续寻找投篮机会，这令人鼓舞。球队在第四节没有过多地让他参与进攻，但他完成了他的工作。
- 杰伦·威尔斯(Jaylen Wells)和斯蒂芬·卡斯尔(Stephon Castle)正在争夺年度最佳新秀。可以肯定地说，卡斯尔在周六赢得了这场较量。这位2024年NBA选秀大会的四号秀最终得到24分、3个篮板和7次助攻，而灰熊队的二轮秀则得到18分和3次助攻。威尔斯是一名出色的角色球员，并且有很好的理由获得这个奖项，但卡斯尔似乎是一个远胜一筹的潜力新秀。
- 马刺队上半场得到77分，创下赛季新高。从转换进攻到外线投篮，一切都很顺利。很明显，这种情况不会持续下去，但绝对令人赏心悦目。
- 索汉作为替补中锋表现出色，积极争抢进攻篮板，并在防守端对贾伦·杰克逊做得很好。当孟菲斯派出大个阵容时，小阵容表现出色。一旦他们开始把JJJ拉到油漆区外，把索汉也拉出来，内线防守就遭到了削弱。“中锋索汉”的实验比“控卫索汉”的实验进行得更好，但希望在某个时候，他能更多地打他自然的位置。
- 两队都对裁判的判罚感到不满，比赛中不时出现火药味。卢克·肯纳德(Luke Kennard)被驱逐出场，斯蒂芬·卡斯尔和扎克·埃迪(Zach Edey)在争球时缠斗在一起。马刺和灰熊似乎不太喜欢彼此，这可能会在未来几年带来一些有趣的对决。
- 马刺队结束了四连败。
马刺队终于将回到霜冻银行中心球馆，周日主场迎战雷霆。比赛将在美国中部时间下午6:00在ESPN上进行直播。
点击查看原文：San Antonio at Memphis, Final Score: Spurs beat Grizzlies 130-128 thanks to De’Aaron Fox’s game-winner
San Antonio at Memphis, Final Score: Spurs beat Grizzlies 130-128 thanks to De’Aaron Fox’s game-winner
The Spurs had to suffer, but got the win in the end.
In the final game of a long road trip, the Spurs faced a shorthanded Grizzlies team that gave them everything they could handle. Despite the Silver and Black leading by as many as 22 at one point, it took a De’Aaron Fox game-winner to seal the victory. Jaren Jackson Jr. led all scorers with 42 while six players scored in double figures for San Antonio.
The Spurs looked focused early on, playing disruptive defense and using small lineups to scramble and help, taking advantage of a Grizzlies offense that lacked perimeter scoring. The pace was high and the game wasn’t always pretty, but San Antonio managed to get points on the board to keep up in the first quarter and put a run together to start the second thanks to good transition offense and relentless drive-and-kicks. The effort didn’t wane after creating a double-digit lead and the execution got even sharper, leading to a 77-58 lead at halftime for the Spurs.
Complacency was set to be San Antonio’s biggest enemy in the second half, and the early turnovers and unfocused defense suggested they would succumb to it. As the minutes passed the Spurs started to compete again, but the Grizzlies had momentum on their side and forced their opponent to play at their preferred pace. The buffer the Silver and Black worked hard to create disappeared and it was clear the game would go down to the wire. As the two teams traded buckets and mini runs, it all came down to one possession. With the score tied at 128, De’Aaron Fox drove left, stopped on a dime, and hit a midrange jumper to give San Antonio the win.
Observations
- Jeremy Sochan was available after missing the second half of the matchup against the Rockets. The Grizzlies, meanwhile, were on the second game of a back-to-back and didn’t have Ja Morant, Brandon Clarke and Desmond Bane available. It was a perfect opportunity to beat an opponent that had foiled them in three previous meetings and the Spurs took advantage of it.
- Devin Vassell was aggressive early, relying on his midrange jumper to provide much-needed halfcourt scoring. He played a huge part in getting the Spurs going in the first quarter. He continued to look for his shot in the third, which was encouraging. The team went away from him in the fourth, but he did his job.
- Jaylen Wells and Stephon Castle are competing for Rookie of the Year. It’s safe to say that Castle won the battle on Saturday. The fourth overall pick of the 2024 NBA Draft finished with 24 points, three rebounds and seven assists while the Grizzlies’ second-rounder scored 18 and had three assists. Wells is a great role player and has a good case to get the award but Castle seems like a vastly superior prospect.
- The Spurs scored 77 first-half points, a season high. Everything was working, from the transition attack to the outside shots. It was obvious as it was happening that it wouldn’t be sustainable but it was definitely fun to watch.
- Sochan did work as the backup center, crashing the offensive glass and doing a solid job on Jaren Jackson Jr. on defense. When Memphis went big, the small lineup thrived. Once they started to pull JJJ away from the paint to drag Sochan out with him, the interior defense suffered. The Center Sochan experiment is going better than the Point Sochan one, but hopefully, at some point, he’ll get to play his natural position more often.
- Both teams were upset with the officiating and things got chippy at times. Luke Kennard was ejected and Stephon Castle and Zach Edey fought for the ball after getting tied up. The Spurs and Grizzlies don’t seem to like each other much, which could make for some fun matchups in the coming years.
- The Spurs snapped a four-game losing streak.
The Spurs will finally go home to the Frost Bank Center, hosting the Thunder on Sunday. Tip-off will be at 6:00 PM CT on ESPN.
By Jeje Gomez, via Pounding The Rock