By Jacob Douglas | Pounding The Rock (PtR), 2025-03-05 12:50:00
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。
德文·瓦塞尔在本场胜利中斩获职业生涯最高的37分。
有时候，你需要的只是看到球落入篮网。德文·瓦塞尔(Devin Vassell)自全明星赛后，投篮表现一直挣扎，过去几周的三分球命中率仅为20.5%。首节早段一记定点三分命中后，瓦塞尔终于找到了状态，火力全开。他职业生涯最高的37分，正是圣安东尼奥马刺队以127-113击败布鲁克林篮网队，并将本赛季战绩提升至26胜34负所需要的。
“我一直在努力投篮，所以我很感激大家的耐心，”瓦塞尔赛后说道，“我知道球最终会投进的……终于投进了。”
瓦塞尔以高效的20投14中，包括11投8中的三分球，得到全场最高的37分。他还贡献了11个篮板、5次助攻和4次抢断。他的进攻在第一节和第三节奠定了基调，并在第四节篮网队开始追分时，再次挺身而出。
周二晚上，火热状态的不止瓦塞尔一人。马刺队有6名球员得分上双，全队投篮手感极佳。他们的投篮命中率高达54.7%，三分球命中率达到46.2%。除了15次失误外，很难在他们的进攻端找到太多瑕疵。他们通过良好的传导球得到了37次助攻，这标志着马刺队连续第200场比赛助攻数达到20次或以上。
在火热开局后，马刺队在第二节初段因失误和让篮网队轻松打成转换进攻，让对手重新回到比赛中。他们随后在第二节末段，凭借新签下的大个子俾斯麦·比永博(Bismack Biyombo)的积极表现做出回应。这位经验丰富的中锋在本场胜利中得到13分、14个篮板和2次盖帽，表现胜过了尼古拉斯·克拉克斯顿和戴龙·夏普这两位出色的年轻内线球员。
他们在第三节保持了这种积极性，打出了一波高潮，领先篮网队高达25分，单节以37-23击败对手。圣安东尼奥控制了内线，在内线得分方面以62-40领先篮网队。首发阵容在第一节和第三节表现出色，而这正是他们过去表现挣扎的环节。
“首发阵容受到了挑战——他们在第一节和第三节的开局都不太顺利，”马刺队主教练米奇·约翰逊说道。“我们希望看到他们站出来，我们知道他们有能力做得更好。我们没有考虑更换阵容，而是要求他们付出更多，他们也对自己提出了更高的要求。”
表现出色的不仅仅是首发球员。圣安东尼奥的替补阵容也挺身而出，尤其是凯尔登·约翰逊和斯蒂芬·卡斯尔(Stephon Castle)。约翰逊替补出场得到15分和8个篮板，并通过抢下4个进攻篮板创造了额外的进攻机会。卡斯尔延续了良好的状态，得到17分、6次助攻和2次抢断。他还在一次边线发球中，将球砸在篮网队防守球员的背上，然后扣篮得分，上演了本场比赛的精彩瞬间之一。
篮网队在第四节凭借一波三分球攻势将分差缩小至12分。瓦塞尔以一己之力回应了对手的进攻，确保了圣安东尼奥的胜利。卡梅伦·托马斯和卡梅隆·约翰逊分别得到24分和17分，带领篮网队。
马刺队将再次踏上客场之旅，进行为期两场的客场比赛，首战将于周五晚上对阵萨克拉门托国王队。这将标志着达龙·福克斯在二月份被交易到马刺队后的回归。马刺队距离西部第十名还差五场胜利，还剩下22场比赛。战胜排名第九的国王队可能会帮助他们缩小差距。
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Spurs scorch Nets on the back of Vassell’s career night
Devin Vassell scored a career-high 37 points in the win.
Sometimes, you just need to see the ball fall into the net. Devin Vassell has struggled shooting the ball since the All-Star break, shooting 20.5% from three in the weeks since. After a spot-up three went down early in the first quarter, Vassell finally found the rhythm he needed to heat up. His career-high 37 points were just what the San Antonio Spurs needed to defeat the Brooklyn Nets 127-113 and improve to 26-34 on the season.
“I’ve been struggling shooting the ball so I appreciate all of the patience,” Vassell said after the game. “I knew they were going to start falling… finally.”
Vassell led all scorers with 37 on an efficient 14-20 shooting from the field and 8-11 from three. He added 11 rebounds, 5 assists, and 4 steals. His offense set the tone in the first and third quarters, then in the fourth quarter when the Nets started to creep back into the game.
He wasn’t the only Spur who was red hot on Tuesday. San Antonio had 6 players score double digits and shot the ball well as a team. They hit 54.7% of their shots from the field and 46.2% from three. Other than the team’s 15 turnovers, it’s hard to find many flaws in their offensive attack. They moved the ball well with 37 assists which marked the 200th game in a row that the Spurs have had 20 or more assists.
After a hot start, the Spurs let the Nets get back into the game early in the second quarter with some turnovers and easy transition buckets for Brooklyn. They responded with some aggressive play at the end of the second quarter that was led by their newly-signed big man Bismack Biyombo. The veteran center had 13 points, 14 rebounds, and 2 blocks in the victory, outplaying two good young bigs in Nic Claxton and Day’Ron Sharpe.
They kept that aggressive play up in the third quarter when they jumped out to a 25-point lead, outscoring the Nets 37-23. San Antonio owned the paint, outscoring the Nets 62-40 on the interior. The starting lineup was excellent in the first and third quarters, where they’ve struggled in the past.
“That starting group was challenged – they’ve had a couple of rough starts in the first and third quarters,” Spurs head coach Mitch Johnson said. “We wanted to see them step up and we knew they were capable of more. We weren’t considering changing the lineup we demanded more from them and they demanded more from themselves.”
It wasn’t just the starters who performed well. San Antonio’s bench unit showed up, particularly Keldon Johnson and Stephon Castle. Johnson had 15 points and 8 rebounds off the bench and created extra possessions by grabbing 4 offensive rebounds. Castle continued his string of good play with 17 points, 6 assists, and 2 steals. He had one of the game’s highlight plays when he tossed the ball off a Nets defender’s back and then slammed it home on a baseline out-of-bounds play.
The Nets got the lead back down to 12 with a fourth-quarter barrage of threes. Vassell responded with his won offensive onslaught to secure the victory for San Antonio. The Nets were led by Cam Thomas and Cameron Johnson who had 24 and 17 points a piece.
The Spurs will hit the road again for a two-game road trip, starting with a game against the Sacramento Kings on Friday night. This will mark the return of De’Aaron Fox after he was traded to the Spurs in February. The Spurs are five games out of the tenth seed with 22 games remaining. A win against the 9th-seeded Kings could help them gain some ground.
By Jacob Douglas, via Pounding The Rock