By Marilyn Dubinski | Pounding The Rock (PtR), 2025-03-04 04:00:00
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在经历了多场低得分比赛后，马刺找回进攻状态，爆冷击败灰熊，也让雷霆颇费一番周折。
欢迎来到“赛后回顾”：一项周一推出的栏目，回顾* 圣安东尼奥马刺 *过去一周的表现，展望未来一周的赛程等等。请尽情享受！
第18周 : 一连串的坏消息打击了球队——维克托·文班亚马(Victor Wembanyama)赛季报销，以及（不出所料的）格雷格·波波维奇(Gregg Popovich)本赛季不再回归的声明——导致马刺的战绩在新闻报道中黯然失色。尽管如此，他们还是在奥斯汀战胜了太阳，之后（在奥斯汀）输给了活塞，以及在新奥尔良进行的迷你系列赛的第一场比赛。
第19周：1胜3负（25胜34负，西部第13）
103-109负于新奥尔良鹈鹕
回顾 : 几乎与两天前在新奥尔良的第一场比赛如出一辙，马刺再次取得强势开局，在第二节初领先19分，但和往常一样，他们保护领先优势方面的问题依旧存在。虽然他们设法坚持到了第四节，但在最后4分钟内却以3-10落后，这是他们在过去两个赛季中第33次浪费两位数领先优势。
106-118负于休斯顿火箭
回顾 : 这场比赛的最终比分并不能完全反映马刺被更强大的对手压制得有多惨，马刺在休斯顿的开局非常糟糕，很快就落后了两位数，而且再也没有恢复过来。总的来说，他们在垃圾时间让比分看起来体面一些之前，最多曾落后28分。如果说有什么一线希望的话，那就是斯蒂芬·卡斯尔(Stephon Castle)终于摆脱了低迷，并且延续到了接下来的两场比赛中。
130-128胜于孟菲斯灰熊
回顾 : 在两场比赛之间回家的旅途中，马刺自11月2日格雷格·波波维奇中风以来首次与他会面，他们似乎把他的批评记在了心里。马刺再次打出了一个强势的上半场，最多领先灰熊22分，而这最终被证明是足够的。虽然孟菲斯在小贾伦·杰克逊的带领下，一路追赶，几次将比分扳平，但德埃隆·福克斯(De’Aaron Fox)投中了制胜球，帮助马刺在牛仔竞技表演之旅的最后偷走了一场胜利。
132-146负于俄克拉荷马城雷霆
回顾 : 在一个月后终于回到主场，充满动力的马刺在上半场表现火热，第一节投中10个三分球，全场投中16个——均创下球队纪录。不幸的是，雷霆太出色了，他们紧咬比分，并在下半场利用马刺不可避免的均值回归（他们只投中两个三分球，都在垃圾时间），一举拿下比赛。
我们学到了什么
实力榜
约翰·舒曼，NBA.com — 20 (上周: 20)
进攻效率: 112.3 (17) 防守效率: 114.7 (22) 净效率: -2.4 (20) 节奏: 100.3 (10)
自从全明星赛后失去维克托·文班亚马以来，马刺的战绩为2胜5负，防守滑落到联盟后10位，在西部联盟排名第13位。
两个要点
进攻是一个问题（每100回合得分101.5分），马刺队在四连败（包括两次输给鹈鹕）中，除了凯尔登·约翰逊(Keldon Johnson)之外的球员的有效投篮命中率只有43.7%。即使周末进攻回暖，斯蒂芬·卡斯尔（45.7%）、德埃隆·福克斯（43%）和德文·瓦塞尔(Devin Vassell)（42.2%）在至少尝试75次投篮的58名全明星赛后球员中，有效投篮命中率排名第48位、第52位和第53位。
卡斯尔总共得到56分，马刺队在周末对阵两支前10的防守球队时，每100回合得到127.8分，福克斯在周六的孟菲斯投中制胜球。最令人鼓舞的可能是卡斯尔对阵雷霆队得到的32分，其中职业生涯最高的4个三分球，这位新秀在休息后的前六场比赛中只有22投4中。
马刺队在本赛季的最后六周非常忙碌，周三和周四是他们最后一次两天的休息时间。此后将有机会扮演搅局者的角色，他们在接下来的20场比赛中有14场是对阵目前拥有胜率的球队。
布雷特·西格尔, Clutch Points — 24 (上周: 21)
没有文班亚马，圣安东尼奥马刺队就没有机会进入西部的附加赛。考虑到马刺在交易截止日和全明星赛前一直在冲击NBA实力榜的上半区，这令人感到遗憾。现在，随着文班缺席以及格雷格·波波维奇休养生息，缺席本赛季剩余的比赛，马刺将继续将德埃隆·福克斯融入他们的体系。
即将到来: 周二 3/4 对阵布鲁克林篮网；周五 3/7 客场挑战萨克拉门托国王；周日 3/9 客场挑战明尼苏达森林狼
预测：1胜2负 — 单独来看，这并不是一个令人畏惧的赛程，但对于没有文班的马刺来说，一切都不容易。篮网正处于低迷期，这将是他们本周在主场球迷面前争取胜利的最佳机会。在那之后，是两场客场比赛，对手目前都在附加赛的竞争行列，但他们在内线给马刺带来了很大的麻烦。但是谁知道呢？也许福克斯会像最近被交易的球员那样，对交易他的球队充满仇恨（即使这是他想要的）。
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Week in Review: Spurs offense comes alive to steal a victory in otherwise rough week
After a couple of low-scoring games, the Spurs found some offense to upset the Grizzlies and give the Thunder a run for their money.
Welcome to the Week in Review: a Monday feature that looks back at the week that was for the San Antonio Spurs, takes a look at the week ahead, and more. Enjoy!
Week 18: Hit by a double-whammy of bad health news — the loss of Victor Wembanyama for the season and the (unsurprising) announcement that Gregg Popovich would not return this season — results took a bit of a back seat in the news department for the Spurs. Still, they managed to get a win in Austin against the Suns before losing to Detroit (in Austin) and in the first matchup of a miniseries in New Orleans.
Week 19: 1-3 (25-34, 13th in West)
103-109 loss at New Orleans Pelicans
Recap: In a nearly identical repeat to their first game in New Orleans two nights prior, the Spurs again got out to a strong start, leading by 19 early in the second quarter, but per usual, their issues with protecting comfortable leads continued. While they managed to hold on until the fourth quarter, they were outscored 10-3 over the final 4 minutes for their 33rd blown-double-digit-lead loss of the last two seasons.
106-118 loss at Houston Rockets
Recap: In a game whose final score doesn’t quite match how badly the Spurs were dominated by a superior opponent, the Spurs got out to a disastrous start in Houston, quickly getting down by double digits and never recovering. Overall, they were down by as much as 28 before making things appear respectable in garbage time. If there was a silver lining, Stephon Castle finally broke out of his funk, and it translated to the next two games.
130-128 win at Memphis Grizzlies
Recap: With a trip home between games, the Spurs met with Gregg Popovich for the first time since his stroke on November 2, and they seemed to take his criticisms to heart. The Spurs once again had a strong first half to lead the Grizzlies by as much as 22, and that would prove to be just enough. While Memphis came all the way back to tie things up a couple of times behind a huge game from Jaren Jackson Jr, De’Aaron Fox hit the game winner to help the Spurs steal a victory to conclude the Rodeo Road Trip.
132-146 loss vs. Oklahoma City Thunder
Recap: Finally home again for the first time in a month, the motivated Spurs were red hot in the first half, hitting 10 threes in the first quarter and 16 overall — both franchise records. Unfortunately, the Thunder are too good and kept things close before taking advantage of the Spurs’ inevitable reverse to the mean in the second half (where they only hit two threes, both in garbage time) to run away with the win.
What we learned
Power Rankings
John Schuhmann, NBA.com— 20 (last week: 20)
OffRtg: 112.3 (17) DefRtg: 114.7 (22) NetRtg: -2.4 (20) Pace: 100.3 (10)
The Spurs are 2-5 since losing Victor Wembanyama at the All-Star break, sliding into the bottom 10 on defense and into 13th place in the Western Conference.
Two takeaways
Offense was a problem (101.5 points scored per 100 possessions) as the Spurs lost four straight games (including two to the Pelicans), with players not named Keldon Johnson registering an effective field goal percentage of just 43.7%. Even with the offense coming alive over the weekend, Stephon Castle (45.7%), De’Aaron Fox (43%) and Devin Vassell (42.2%) rank 48th, 52nd and 53rd in effective field goal percentage among 58 players with at least 75 post-break field goal attempts.
Castle totaled 56 points as the Spurs scored 127.8 points per 100 possessions against two top-10 defenses over the weekend, with Fox hitting the game-winner in Memphis on Saturday. Most encouraging may be that Castle’s 32 points against the Thunder came with a career-high four 3-pointers, with the rookie having shot just 4-for-22 over his first six games out of the break.
The Spurs have a busy final six weeks of the season, with Wednesday and Thursday being their final two-day break. Opportunities to play spoiler will come after that, with 14 of their next 20 games against teams currently sporting winning records.
Brett Siegel, Clutch Points— 24 (last week: 21)
Without Victor Wembanyama, the San Antonio Spurs have no shot at making the play-in tournament in the West. This is unfortunate considering the Spurs were flirting with the upper half of the NBA power rankings before the trade deadline and All-Star break. Now, with Wemby out and Gregg Popovich taking the rest of the season off to recover from his stroke, the Spurs will continue to integrate De’Aaron Fox into their system.
Coming up: Tues. 3/4 vs. Brooklyn Nets; Fri. 3/7 at Sacramento Kings; Sun. 3/9 at Minnesota Timberwolves
Prediction 1-2 — It’s not a daunting schedule on its own, but nothing is easy for the Spurs without Wemby. The Nets are in a slump, and that will be their best bet for a win in front of their home crowd this week. After that are two road games against teams currently in the play-in race but who present quite a matchup problem down low for the Spurs. But who knows? Maybe Fox will do what recently-traded players do and be out of blood against the team that traded him (even if it’s what he wanted).
By Marilyn Dubinski, via Pounding The Rock