马刺 @ 森林狼 124 - 141 技术统计 | 视频集锦
By Tom Orsborn, Staff writer | San Antonio Express-News (SAEN), 2025-03-09 23:01:08
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明尼苏达森林狼后卫安东尼·爱德华兹（左）试图在圣安东尼奥马刺后卫斯蒂芬·卡斯尔(5)和前锋杰里米·索汉(10)面前投篮。图为2025年3月9日，在明尼阿波利斯进行的一场NBA篮球比赛的上半场。(美联社图片/Abbie Parr)
明尼阿波利斯——马刺队新秀斯蒂芬·卡斯尔(Stephon Castle)替补出场得到20分，这是他本赛季第17次单场得分20+，但这仍然不足以抵挡明尼苏达凶猛的三分攻势。
安东尼·爱德华兹得到25分，纳兹·里德同样替补出场贡献20分，最终森林狼队在周日晚以141-124大胜马刺队。
明尼苏达（37胜29负）从比赛开始就一路领先，最终取得五连胜。森林狼队三分球42投21中，是本赛季马刺队对手中三分球命中数最多的一次。
里德和唐特·迪文琴佐都命中8投4中，分别得到17分。
“他们在进攻端打出了一场执行力很强的比赛，”马刺队代理主教练米奇·约翰逊说，“他们转移球，这让我们在某些时候感到很棘手。”
德阿隆·福克斯以22分领衔马刺队（26胜36负）。哈里森·巴恩斯得到15分，这是他本赛季第34场至少命中两个三分球的比赛。
卡斯尔在过去六场比赛中，有五场得分至少达到22分或以上，其中包括3月2日对阵俄克拉荷马城时得到的32分。
马刺队在过去的28场比赛中输掉了20场，包括最近的两连败。自从全明星中锋维克托·文班亚马(Victor Wembanyama)因右肩血栓于2月20日宣布赛季报销以来，他们的战绩为3胜7负。
森林狼队本赛季与马刺队的四场比赛中赢了三场。明尼苏达有八名球员得分上双，包括鲁迪·戈贝尔，他在因背伤连续缺席10场比赛后，复出的第一场比赛中得到16分和8个篮板。
马刺队上半场以60-68落后，第一节让对手得到37分，第二节一度落后14分。明尼苏达队在第三节以41-34胜出。
以下是从这场两连客的最后一场比赛中得出的三个教训，这场比赛让马刺队的客场战绩变为10胜21负：
1, 卡斯尔继续为最佳新秀而努力。
卡斯尔从第一节替补上场的那一刻起就充满攻击性。他在充满活力的28分钟里，15投7中，并9次站上罚球线，仅差两次就追平了他的赛季最高纪录。
“他的侵略性和在内线进攻的能力是我们想要的，”约翰逊说。
正是这种不知疲倦的快节奏表现，使卡斯尔成为最佳新秀的领先候选人。
“他的信心正在一场接一场地增长，”巴恩斯说。“他不断地表现出自信，随心所欲地攻击篮筐，找到自己的位置，找到自己的节奏。很高兴能看到他的进步。”
如果他在文班亚马(Wembanyama)获得奖杯后的下一个赛季赢得最佳新秀，对马刺队来说也将是一件令人高兴的事情。
“我们对他提出了很多要求，”约翰逊说。“因为健康问题和出勤率，他很早就开始首发，然后我们让他替补出场。然后他再次首发。然后我们又让他替补出场。他打过有球进攻。他也打过无球进攻。我们在防守端挑战他。他也在比赛的关键时刻上场。
“我的意思是，我们基本上要求他做任何一个球员能做的一切，更不用说一个新秀了，而他并没有真正退缩或畏惧，无论是取得巨大的成功还是经历学习的时刻。我认为正是这一点让他总是能找到自己的节奏，变得极具侵略性、自信和无所畏惧。”
2, 明尼苏达的三分攻势并不令人意外。
约翰逊对球队的外线防守有一些不满。
“我认为有几次，我们在扑防时可能有点软，只是在缩小一些空间方面，当我们知道你拥有像迪文琴佐或里德这样的人时，他们想这样做（投三分），”约翰逊说。“他们更多的是想着接球投篮，而不是接球突破或运球。”
尽管如此，阻止明尼苏达的外线进攻对任何防守来说都是一项艰巨的任务。
森林狼队在比赛前在NBA三分球效率（37.7%）方面排名第五。他们在场均出手次数（40.0）和远距离投篮命中数（15.1）方面也排名联盟第五。
周日是明尼苏达本赛季第12场命中20个或更多三分球的比赛。只有波士顿更多。
这也是自1月1日以来，森林狼队第八场命中20个以上三分球的比赛，领先NBA。
“给他们赞扬，”约翰逊说。“他们打了一场精彩的比赛。他们投进了一些高难度的球。”
圣安东尼奥马刺队中锋维克托·文班亚马（中）观看2025年3月9日，在明尼阿波利斯进行的一场NBA篮球比赛上半场，对阵明尼苏达森林狼队。(美联社图片/Abbie Parr)
3, 文班亚马在替补席上保持活跃。
这位21岁的法国人在随队前往萨克拉门托后，也前往了明尼阿波利斯，约翰逊暗示他可能会成为客场比赛的常客。
文班亚马不仅仅是为了团队友谊而和球队待在一起。除了为队友们加油助威之外，他还积极参与教练在替补席和暂停期间的讨论，甚至还做了一些指导工作。
“我不知道他是否曾经这样缺席过，所以我知道他因为不能打球而感到疯狂，”约翰逊说。“我知道他因为不能和他的球队和队友在一起而感到疯狂。对很多人来说，这场比赛是他们的圣殿，他们的避难所，他们的发泄口，无论你怎么称呼它，即使你不能总是在球场上参与，在战壕里战斗，但我认为仅仅是在更衣室里，在替补席上，和他的队友们在一起，对他和每个人来说都意义重大。”
San Antonio Spurs forward Keldon Johnson (0) shoots over Minnesota Timberwolves center Rudy Gobert (27), right, during the second half of an NBA basketball game, Sunday, March 9, 2025, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)
San Antonio Spurs interim head coach Mitch Johnson gestures toward a referee during the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Minnesota Timberwolves, Sunday, March 9, 2025, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)
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San Antonio Spurs guard Chris Paul, front, and Minnesota Timberwolves forward Jaden McDaniels reach for the ball during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Sunday, March 9, 2025, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)
Minnesota Timberwolves head coach Chris Finch gestures during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the San Antonio Spurs, Sunday, March 9, 2025, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)
Minnesota Timberwolves guard Anthony Edwards (5) gestures toward a referee during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the San Antonio Spurs, Sunday, March 9, 2025, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)
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San Antonio Spurs guard Chris Paul (3) looks to shoot over Minnesota Timberwolves center Rudy Gobert (27) during the second half of an NBA basketball game, Sunday, March 9, 2025, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)
San Antonio Spurs guard Stephon Castle (5), center, shoots during the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Minnesota Timberwolves, Sunday, March 9, 2025, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)
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3 takeaways as Spurs waste another 20-point outing by Castle
Minnesota Timberwolves guard Anthony Edwards, left, looks to shoot over San Antonio Spurs guard Stephon Castle (5) and forward Jeremy Sochan (10) during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Sunday, March 9, 2025, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)
MINNEAPOLIS – Spurs rookie Stephon Castle had 20 points off the bench for his 17th game this season of 20 or more, but it wasn’t enough to withstand Minnesota’s fierce 3-point barrage.
Anthony Edwards had 25 points and Naz Reid scored 20 points of his own off the bench as the Timberwolves thrashed the Spurs 141-124 Sunday night.
Minnesota (37-29) led from start to finish in winning their fifth in a row. The Timberwolves made 21 shots from 3-point range – the most by a Spurs’ foe this season – on 42 attempts.
Reid and Donte DiVincenzo, who finished with 17 points, each hit 4 of 8 from distance.
“They played a well-executed game on that end of the floor,” acting Spurs coach Mitch Johnson said. “They moved the ball and they made it tough on us at times.”
De’Aaron Fox led the Spurs (26-36) with 22 points. Harrison Barnes had 15 and notched his 34th game this season with at least two 3s.
Castle has scored at least 22 points or more in five of his last six games, including 32 against Oklahoma City on March. 2.
The Spurs have lost 20 of their last 28 games, including two in a row. They are 3-7 since ruling out All-Star center Victor Wembanyama on Feb. 20 for the remainder of the season due to a blood clot in his right shoulder.
The Timberwolves won three of their four games against the Spurs this season. Minnesota had eight players score in double digits, including Rudy Gobert, who had 16 points and eight rebounds in his first game back after missing 10 in a row with a back injury.
The Spurs went into halftime down 68-60 after giving up 37 points in the first quarter and trailing by as many as 14 points in the second period. Minnesota won the third period, 41-34.
Here are three takeaways from the final game of a two-game trip that left the Spurs with a 10-21 road record:
1, Castle continues to make his case for rookie of the year.
Castle was on the attack from the moment he entered the game in the first quarter. Playing 28 energetic minutes, he hit 7 for 15 from the field and made nine trips to the free-throw line, two shy of matching his season high.
“His aggressiveness and ability to play in the paint is something we wanted,” Johnson said.
It was the kind of relentless up-tempo performance that has made Castle the leading candidate for rookie of the year.
“His confidence is just continuing to grow game by game,” Barnes said. “He is continuing to be assertive, getting to the basket at will, kind of finding his spots, finding his tempo. It’s been fun to enjoy his development.”
It will also be fun for the Spurs if he winds up winning rookie of the year a season after Wembanyama captured the trophy.
“We’ve thrown a lot of things at him,” Johnson said. "He had to start early on because of health issues and availability and then we brought him off the bench. Then he started again. Then we brought him off the bench. He’s played with the basketball. He’s played off the ball. We’ve challenged him defensively. He’s played at the end of games.
“I mean, we’ve asked basically everything of him that you could of a player, let alone a rookie, and he has not really blinked or flinched through great success and through learning moments. I think that’s what has allowed him to kind of always just find his rhythm become extremely aggressive and confident and fearless.”
2, Minnesota’s 3-point barrage was no surprise.
Johnson had a few complaints about his team’s perimeter defense.
“I thought a couple of times on our closeouts we were maybe a little bit soft just in terms of taking away some of the airspace when we know you got guy like DiVincenzo or Naz Reid, guys who want to do that (shoot 3s),” Johnson said. “They are thinking catch shot more than catch go or put the ball down.”
That said, stopping Minnesota’s perimeter game is a tall task for any defense.
The Timberwolves came into the game ranked fifth in the NBA in 3-point efficiency (37.7%). They were also fifth in the league in attempts per game (40.0) and fifth in makes from distance (15.1).
Sunday marked Minnesota’s 12th game this season with 20 or more 3s. Only Boston has more.
It was also the Timberwolves’ eighth game since Jan. 1 with 20-plus 3s, which leads the NBA.
“Give them credit,” Johnson said. “They played a good game. They made some tough shots.”
San Antonio Spurs center Victor Wembanyama, center, watches the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Minnesota Timberwolves, Sunday, March 9, 2025, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)
3, Wembanyama staying active on bench.
The 21-year-old Frenchman made the trip to Minneapolis after also traveling with the team to Sacramento, and Johnson suggested he could become a fixture on the road.
Wembanyama isn’t just hanging with the team for the sake of camaraderie. In addition to cheerleading and supporting his teammates, he’s been engaged with the coaches on the bench and during timeouts and has even done a little coaching himself.
“I don’t know if he’s ever been out like this, so I know he’s going crazy from not playing,” Johnson said. “I know he’s going crazy by not being with his team and his teammates. For a lot of guys this game is their sanctuary, their getaway, their outlet, whatever you call it, and even if you can’t necessarily participate always on the court, in the trenches, so to speak, I think just being in the locker room, being on the bench and being with his teammates means a lot to him and everybody else.”
By Tom Orsborn, Staff writer, via San Antonio Express-News