By MateoMayorga | Pounding The Rock (PtR), 2025-03-10 20:49:07
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。
在 文班亚马 缺阵的情况下，即使实力不如对手，全力以赴就是我们对马刺队所能要求的全部。
数据统计可能会具有误导性，这场比赛的统计——17 分的失利——可能也会对统计表观察者产生同样的误导。尽管如此，马刺队仍然充满自豪感，因为他们在森林狼队几乎早早拉开比分的情况下，让比赛变得有趣。但就像一个年轻的战士面对比自己高几个级别的对手一样，马刺队始终处于落后地位，并在第三节结束时耗尽了所有选择和反击手段。
即使比赛进入垃圾时间，球队仍然在继续竞争。森林狼队有八名球员得分上双，其中五名在第四节之前就做到了。即使 斯蒂芬·卡斯尔 首发，也不会改变比赛的结果，但目前来看， 斯蒂芬·卡斯尔(Stephon Castle) 一直在 克里斯·保罗 之后上场是很可笑的。前者是更有运动天赋和更强壮的球员，而且确实是球队未来的一部分。球队不应该等到首节快过半的时候才让他上场，然后让他去防守对方最顶尖的外线球员。
要点总结
- 森林狼队更高、更强、更快。他们得到了 30 个二次进攻得分，这是今年对阵圣安东尼奥的最高纪录，而且其中三人都在内线得分上双。以 杰里米·索汉 、 哈里森·巴恩斯 、 俾斯麦·比永博 和 桑德罗·马穆克拉什维利 为主要力量，球队在换防或直接对抗 朱利叶斯·兰德尔 、 纳兹·里德 ，尤其是 鲁迪·戈贝尔 时，都无法提供太多的抵抗。
- 马刺队的外线防守形同虚设，他们让对手投进了本赛季最多的三分球 (21 个)。明尼苏达的突破分球战术也是一个因素，因为它造成了过度反应。 安东尼·爱德华兹 凭借他的远距离跳投、接球急停跳投和突破到内线的动作造成了最大的伤害。 索汉 ，他是球队最好的外线防守者之一，防守他很吃力。
- 尽管 朱利安·尚帕涅 无法获得清晰的投篮机会，但马刺队在前三节的三分球命中率达到了 40%。森林狼队在第四节开始时就注意到了这一点，阻止了马刺队最有可能的反击途径。
- 贾登·麦克丹尼尔斯 (Jaden McDaniels)身高 6 英尺 9 英寸，在面对 保罗 (Paul)、 福克斯 (Fox)和 德文·瓦塞尔 (Devin Vassell)的防守时，他是一个错位优势，后者根本无法干扰他的出手点。他的连接传球也撕裂了马刺队的防守。
- 马刺队现有的两名最好的球员， 索汉 和 巴恩斯 ，分别比他们的平均上场时间少了 7 分钟和 5 分钟，这是没有道理的。在垃圾时间之前， 索汉 是球队最好的挡拆者，也贡献了多次挡拆助攻。唯一合理的解释是，他们是为了今晚对阵独行侠队的比赛而保存体力。
- 德阿隆·福克斯 (De’Aaron Fox)在上半场表现出色，让防守者在他身后追赶，并投进了三个三分球，但在中场休息后降低了他的速度。值得注意的是，比赛节奏在第二节最慢，这也是马刺队当晚表现最好的阶段，投篮命中率高达 70.6%，包括连续投中五个球。
- 主要积极因素是 卡斯尔 作为一名得分手不断进步。终结能力是他本赛季最大的问题，而这是他在过去六场比赛中第五次至少得到 20 分。他看起来像是未来的首选进攻选择，擅长突破和挡拆，即使是作为挡拆者。他表现得如此出色，以至于明尼苏达的解说员认为他是年度最佳新秀的绝对热门。
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What we learned from the Spurs’ loss to the Timberwolves
Putting up a fight even while outmatched is all we can ask of the Wemby-less Spurs at this point.
Box scores can be misleading, and the one for this game — a 17-point loss — would probably do the same to the stat sheet watchers. Despite that, the Spurs have a sense of pride about them because they made the game entertaining after the Timberwolves nearly blew it open early. But like a young fighter facing an opponent levels above, the Spurs were always behind and ran out of options and counters by the end of the third quarter.
The crew still kept competing even as the game moved into garbage time. The Timberwolves had eight scorers surpassing double figures, five before the fourth quarter. It wouldn’t have changed the outcome if he had started, but it’s comical at this point that Stephon Castle keeps playing behind Chris Paul. The former is the more athletic and stronger player and actually part of the future. The team shouldn’t wait nearly half the opening quarter for him to check in and then start guarding the top opposing perimeter player.
Takeaways
- The Timberwolves were bigger, stronger and faster. They scored 30 second-chance points, which is the most logged against San Antonio this year, and three of them had double-digits in the paint. With Jeremy Sochan, Harrison Barnes, Bismack Biyombo and Sandro Mamukelashvili as the main muscle, the crew couldn’t offer much resistance on switches or straight up against Julius Randle, Naz Reid and Rudy Gobert, of all people, at close range.
- The Spurs’ perimeter defense was non-existent, as they gave up the most made 3-pointers of the season (21). Minnesota’s drive-and-kick game was also a factor as it created overreactions. Anthony Edwards caused the most damage with his deep jumper plus on catch-and-go moves and drive-by’s to the paint. Sochan, who is one of the team’s best perimeter defenders, had a tough time guarding him.
- Despite Julian Champagnie not being able to get a clean look, the Spurs made 40 percent of 3-point tries through the first three quarters. The Timberwolves keyed in on this in the beginning of the fourth, preventing the Spurs’ most likely avenue for a comeback.
- Jaden McDaniels, who is 6’ 9, was a mismatch as he was guarded by Paul, Fox and Devin Vassell who never had a chance of bothering his release point. His connecting passes also cut up the Spurs.
- It doesn’t make sense that two of the Spurs’ best guys available, Sochan and Barnes, played seven and five minutes fewer than their average. Sochan was the team’s best screener before garbage time, racking up multiple screen assists, too. The only thing that would make sense is if they are being saved for tonight’s game against the Mavericks.
- De’Aaron Fox had a nice first half, putting defenders on his back hip and made three 3-point shots, but lowered his RPMs after intermission. Notably, the pace of the game was slowest in the second frame, which was also the Spurs’ best stretch of the night, making 70.6 percent of attempts, including five straight shots.
- The main positive is that Castle keeps making a leap as a scorer. Finishing was his biggest issue this season, and this was his fifth game in the last six making at least 20 points. He looked like a future go-to option, thriving on drive-bys and pick-and-roll, even as the screener. He was playing so well that the Minnesota broadcast opined that he is the runaway favorite for Rookie of the Year honors.
By MateoMayorga, via Pounding The Rock