By Devon Birdsong | Pounding The Rock (PtR), 2025-03-07 16:00:00
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。
达龙·福克斯和马刺队希望点亮他们自己的光束
嗯，福克斯又回到……呃……鸡舍了？达龙·福克斯(De’Aaron Fox)和马刺队将要对阵他的前东家，这很可能是一场激烈的对决，因为福克斯的交易请求让国王队陷入了两难的境地。
对于圣安东尼奥来说，这是一个需要调整的赛季，他们仍然沉浸在维克托·文班亚马(Victor Wembanyama)因赛季报销的血栓而缺席的阴影中，但他们还没有放弃——在过去的十场比赛中，他们的战绩一直保持在接近.500的水平，并且在战胜火箭、灰熊和雷霆之后士气正盛。
与此同时，国王队继续为季后赛席位而努力，这对两支球队来说都是一场关键的考验。他们也不得不应对自身阵容的变化，但或多或少地设法保持了平衡，从芝加哥淘来的扎克·拉文和德玛尔·德罗赞弥补了福克斯离开后的得分空缺，现在由于多曼塔斯·萨博尼斯缺阵，他们必须承担更多责任。
对国王队（而不是马刺队）来说幸运的是，萨克拉门托明智地从华盛顿特区的荒地中拯救了约纳斯·瓦兰丘纳斯，他为他们带来了一段时间以来第一位真正的中锋，并被证明是一笔及时的收购。鉴于圣安东尼奥的前场状况（以及瓦兰丘纳斯对阵马刺队的诀窍），萨博尼斯的受伤本应提供的理想情况并没有出现。
萨克拉门托仍然是一支危险的进攻型球队（进攻效率排名第7，得分排名第8），而且他们打的是扎实的基本功篮球（失误率排名第6，篮板率排名第6，罚球命中率排名第2），所以马刺队必须巧妙地创造优势来对抗他们。
尽管如此，他们也存在弱点，因为自从交易截止日以来，即使他们的防守有所提高，他们的进攻效率也略有下降。在他们的前五名得分手中缺少两人的情况下，如果德文·瓦塞尔能够重现他对阵篮网队时的猛烈攻势，马刺队就有机会给他们的季后赛雄心泼一盆冷水；
无论最终这会是福克斯的复仇之战，还是又一个艰苦奋斗的夜晚，有一点是肯定的——马刺队还没有认输。
圣安东尼奥马刺 vs 萨克拉门托国王
2025年3月7日 | 中部时间晚上9:00
观看：KENS 5 | 收听：WOAI (1200 AM)
马刺伤病情况： 查尔斯·巴锡 - 出战成疑（膝盖），维克托·文班亚马 - 缺席（无法治愈的牛逼症）
国王伤病情况： 多曼塔斯·萨博尼斯 - 缺席（腿部），马利克·蒙克 - 出战成疑（足部）
如需了解国王队球迷的观点，请访问Kings Herald。
PtR的比赛讨论帖将在今晚发布，供想在比赛中聊天的人使用。你也可以通过 PtR的Twitter 关注比赛进程。
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Game Preview: San Antonio Spurs vs Sacramento Kings
De’Aaron Fox and the Spurs look to light a beam of their own
Well, the Fox is back in the…er…hen-house? De’Aaron Fox and the Spurs are set to take on his former team in a what’s likely to be somewhat of an amped showdown after Fox put the Kings in between a rock and a hard place with the specifics of his trade request.
It’s been a season of adjustments for San Antonio, still reeling from the loss of Victor Wembanyama to a season-ending blood clot, but they haven’t thrown in the towel just yet — managing to keep their record close to .500 over the last ten games, and coming in off of a win after giving the Rockets, Grizzlies, and Thunder all they could handle.
Meanwhile, the Kings continue their push for playoff positioning, making this a crucial test for both teams. They’ve had to deal with their own changes in landscape, but have more or less managed to maintain equilibrium, with Chicago castoffs Zach LaVine and DeMar DeRozan making up for the Fox’s exit scoring-wise, and now having to do even more with Sacramento also down a talented big man in Domantas Sabonis.
Fortunately for the Kings (and not so much for the Spurs), Sacramento had the good sense to rescue Jonas Valančiūnas from the wasteland that is Washington’s District of Columbia, and he’s given them their first true center in some time and proven to be a timely acquisition. Given the state of San Antonio’s front-court (and Valančiūnas’ knack for going off against the Spurs), that’s not the ideal scenario that Sabonis’ injury would normally have provided.
Sacramento remains a dangerous offensive team (7th in offensive rating, 8th in scoring) and they play solid fundamental basketball (6th best turnover percentage, 6th best rebounding percentage, 2nd best free-throw percentage), so the Spurs will have to thread the needle in order to create advantages against them.
Still, there’s vulnerability there, as their offensive ratings have declined slightly since the trade deadline, even as their defense has improved. With two of their top five scorers out, the Spurs have a real shot to put a damper on their postseason ambitions; especially if Devin Vassell has a repeat performance of his onslaught against the Nets.
Whether it ends up being a revenge game for Fox or just another night of hard-fought basketball, one thing’s for sure — the Spurs aren’t going away just yet.
San Antonio Spurs at Sacramento Kings
March 7th, 2025 | 9:00 CT
Watch: KENS 5 | Listen: WOAI (1200 AM)
Spurs Injuries: Charles Bassey - Questionable (Knee), Victor Wembanyama - Out (Incurable Badass)
Kings Injuries: Domantas Sabonis - Out (Leg), Malik Monk - Questionable (Foot)
For the Kings’ fan’s perspective, please visit Kings Herald.
PtR’s Game thread will be up this evening for those who want to chat through the game. You can also follow along with the action through PtR’s Twitter feed.
By Devon Birdsong, via Pounding The Rock