马刺 vs 鹈鹕 119 - 115 技术统计 | 视频集锦
By Jeff McDonald, Staff writer | San Antonio Express-News (SAEN), 2025-03-15 23:28:46
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。
圣安东尼奥马刺队的德文·瓦塞尔(Devin Vassell)(24)在杰里米·索汉(Jeremy Sochan)(10)在第三节结束时命中三分后做出反应。圣安东尼奥马刺队于2025年3月15日星期六在 Frost 银行中心以 119-115 击败新奥尔良鹈鹕队。
马刺的先发控球后卫，同时也是球队的瑜伽大师克里斯·保罗(Chris Paul)，给他的队友们传达了一个信息，那就是在两位最佳球员缺阵的情况下，也要努力结束这个赛季。
“无论发生什么，”保罗说，“你们仍然必须竞争。”
这句话凯尔登·约翰逊(Keldon Johnson)不需要听第二遍。
马刺队的常备锂电池在周六达到了最佳状态，凭借纯粹的斗志和拼搏精神，带领球队在 Frost 银行中心以 119-115 战胜了新奥尔良。
约翰逊不仅替补出场贡献了 19 分。他还在第三节的 17-0 攻势中拿下了 12 分，将比赛的局势转向了对马刺有利的方向。他不仅贡献了 5 个篮板和 3 次抢断。
约翰逊以坚韧不拔的精神领导着球队，这也是他唯一知道的方式。
德文·瓦塞尔谈到他在最后一秒的投篮以及凯尔登·约翰逊在马刺战胜鹈鹕比赛中的表现
[image or embed]— Nick Talbot (@nicholasrtalbot.bsky.social) 2025年3月15日晚上10:16
后卫德文·瓦塞尔(Devin Vassell)说：“他每晚带来的能量都具有感染力。当他那样打球，并且拥有那种能量时，我只能说这帮助了我们很多。”
约翰逊的决心促成了瓦塞尔本场比赛中最重要的进球，瓦塞尔最终拿下了 22 分。
在斯蒂芬·卡斯尔(Stephon Castle)投丢一个三分球后，马刺队以 113-111 领先。约翰逊冲到角球处抢到了篮板，最终球传到了瓦塞尔手中，他在关键时刻的顶弧命中了一个有干扰的三分球，距离比赛结束还有 1:03。
球应声入网，让马刺队在最后一分钟有五分的喘息空间。
约翰逊说：“我最终只想赢球。我觉得在关键时刻，这是一个制胜的打法。它促成了德文的一个重要三分球，这是朝着胜利迈出的一步。”
尽管 C.J. 麦科勒姆拿下了 26 分，特雷·墨菲三世拿下了 20 分，新奥尔良还是输掉了比赛。鹈鹕队（18-50）在一长串球员缺阵的情况下进行比赛，其中包括明星前锋锡安·威廉姆森。
凯尔登·约翰逊谈到关键的 17-0 攻势以及替补席在马刺战胜鹈鹕比赛中的表现
[image or embed]— Nick Talbot (@nicholasrtalbot.bsky.social) 2025年3月15日晚上10:40
马刺队缺少了他们的两位顶级得分手维克托·文班亚马(Victor Wembanyama)（深静脉血栓）和达龙·福克斯（手部手术），他们两人都被排除在本赛季剩余的比赛之外。
保罗说：“你几乎必须抱有‘下一位球员顶上’的心态，进入比赛时并不真正知道谁会上场。关键在于竞争。”
周六，约翰逊为马刺指明了方向。
以下是从这场胜利中得出的三个要点，这场胜利使马刺的战绩提高到 28-38：
- 约翰逊不是唯一的替补助推器
在周六之前，自全明星赛以来，凯尔登·约翰逊以场均 16.6 分的替补得分领跑 NBA。
他是替补阵容的领头羊，这支替补阵容给了马刺对阵鹈鹕的比赛带来了巨大的提升。
五名替补出场的马刺球员中有四人得分上双。可怜的布雷克·韦斯利是唯一的例外，得分为零。
索汉拿下 14 分，其中包括一个半场压哨球，他在半场结束时将球打进，帮助马刺队以 92-83 领先，并在第四节获得了势头。
索汉是否提前预判了这个球会打板入筐？他说这是他一生中第一次在比赛中投中半场投篮？
“没有，”他笑着说。
朱利安·尚帕涅替补出场增加了 12 分，而桑德罗·马穆克拉什维利拿下 10 分。
总而言之，马刺的替补席以 55-24 击败了新奥尔良。
约翰逊说：“对于替补席来说，我们只是尝试达成一致。我们知道我们必须带来能量，我们知道我们必须一起打球，分享球，并在防守端进行沟通。当首发球员需要它时，我们就会给他们带来那份火花。”
- 瓦塞尔的贡献不仅仅是得分
这位五年级后卫在得分方面领先马刺，并且投中了第四节中最重要的进球。当代理教练米奇·约翰逊(Mitch Johnson)查看瓦塞尔的赛后数据时，他看到的不仅仅是这些。
他看到了五个篮板。他看到了三次抢断。他看到了七次罚球尝试和六次命中。他看到了一名球员试图以多种方式影响比赛，而不仅仅是他的跳投。
米奇·约翰逊说：“这只是他影响胜利的多种方式。”
自从赛季中期以来，瓦塞尔一直强调这一点，当时他的跳投有时会暂时“抛弃”他。
瓦塞尔说：“我在赛季中途的投篮表现挣扎，我认为我从中得到的最大收获就是能够在所有其他方面影响比赛。无论是篮板，无论是抢断，无论是作为队友的鼓励，无论情况如何，我都试图发挥这个作用，并在每场比赛中都坚持下去。”
米奇·约翰逊谈到德文·瓦塞尔和凯尔登·约翰逊在马刺战胜鹈鹕比赛中的表现
[image or embed]— Nick Talbot (@nicholasrtalbot.bsky.social) 2025年3月15日晚上10:07
- 马拉基·布兰纳姆做出了明智的决定
赛前，马刺队宣布三年级后卫马拉基·布兰纳姆(Malaki Branham)将前往发展联盟打一场甚至更多的比赛。
对于一位本赛季早些时候还在马刺轮换阵容中，但最近出场不多的球员来说，这是一个有趣的举动。
米奇·约翰逊表示，这个决定是布兰纳姆自己做出的。
“这是一件他不需要做，也不得不做的事情，从某种意义上说，（这）不是因为你在这里没有做什么，”马刺队教练说。“更多的是他在（圣安东尼奥）没有机会。对于他来说，不仅在（奥斯汀）有这个机会，而且去寻求并试图利用它，我认为这说明了很多问题。”
作为一名前首轮选秀权，布兰纳姆自今年年初以来已经记录了 16 次 DNP（未出场比赛）。自 12 月 13 日以来，这位 21 岁的球员在一场比赛中没有打过两位数的分钟数。
布兰纳姆预计将代表奥斯汀马刺队参加他们周日对阵山谷太阳队的比赛。这将是他自 2022 年以来首次参加发展联盟比赛。
米奇·约翰逊说：“我希望他能得到他所寻求的东西，那就是有机会打出真实的分钟数，并展示他在整个赛季中为变得更好和发展所付出的所有努力。”
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San Antonio Spurs Head coach Gregg Popovich complains on a no call. San Antonio Spurs defeated New Orleans Pelicans 119-115 on Saturday, March 15,2025 at the Frost Bank Center.
San Antonio Spurs De’Aaron Fox talks with San Antonio Spurs Jeremy Sochan (10). San Antonio Spurs defeated New Orleans Pelicans 119-115 on Saturday, March 15,2025 at the Frost Bank Center.
San Antonio Spurs Stephon Castle (5) takes warm up shots before their game against the New Orleans Pelicans. San Antonio Spurs v New Orleans Pelicans on Saturday, March 15,2025 at the Frost Bank Center.
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3 Takeaways as Keldon Johnson ignites Spurs’ win
San Antonio Spurs Devin Vassell (24) reacts after Jeremy Sochan (10) hit a three at the end of the third quarter, San Antonio Spurs defeated New Orleans Pelicans 119-115 on Saturday, March 15,2025 at the Frost Bank Center.
Chris Paul, the Spurs’ starting point guard and their resident yogi, had a message for his teammates trying to close out the season with two of their best players sidelined.
“Regardless of what happens,” Paul said, “you’ve still got to compete.”
It was a marching order Keldon Johnson did not need to hear twice.
The Spurs’ resident lithium battery was at his electric best Saturday, willing his team to a 119-115 victory over New Orleans at the Frost Bank Center on sheer heart and hustle.
Not only did Johnson supply 19 points off the bench. Not only did he have 12 of them during the 17-0 third-quarter run that shifted the game in the Spurs’ favor. Not only did he chip in five rebounds and three steals.
Johnson led with grit, which is the only way he knows how.
Devin Vassell on his last second shot and the play of Keldon Johnson in the Spurs win over the Pelicans
[image or embed]— Nick Talbot (@nicholasrtalbot.bsky.social) March 15, 2025 at 10:16 PM
“The energy that he always brings every night is just contagious,” guard Devin Vassell said. “When he’s playing like that and he has that type of energy, all I can say is it helped us a lot.”
Johnson’s determination led to the biggest basket of the game from Vassell, who finished with 22 points.
The Spurs were clinging to a 113-111 lead when Stephon Castle missed a 3-pointer. Johnson birddogged the rebound to the corner, with the ball eventually finding Vassell for a contested 3-pointer from the top of the key with 1:03 to go.
It swished, giving the Spurs five points of breathing room heading into the final minute.
“I just want to win ultimately,” Johnson said. “And I feel like coming down the stretch, that’s a winning play. It led to a big three by Devin and that was one step closer to getting the win.”
New Orleans lost despite 26 points from C.J. McCollum and 20 from Trey Murphy III. The Pelicans (18-50) played with a laundry list of players out, including star forward Zion Williamson.
Keldon Johnson on the key 17-0 run and the play of the bench in the Spurs’ win over the Pelicans
[image or embed]— Nick Talbot (@nicholasrtalbot.bsky.social) March 15, 2025 at 10:40 PM
The Spurs were without their top two scorers Victor Wembanyama (deep vein thrombosis) and De’Aaron Fox (hand surgery), both of whom have been ruled out for the remainder of the season.
“You’ve almost got to have the next-man up mentality, going into games not really know who is going to be playing,” Paul said. “It’s about competition.”
Saturday, Johnson showed the Spurs the way.
Here are three takeaways from the victory, which improved the Spurs to 28-38:
1. Johnson wasn’t the only bench booster
Coming into Saturday, Keldon Johnson was leading the NBA in bench scoring since the All-Star break at 16.6 points per game…
He was the head of a reserve unit that gave the Spurs a serious lift against the Pelicans.
Four of the five Spurs players who logged minutes off the bench scored in double figures. Poor Blake Wesley was the lone exception, with zero points.
Jeremy Sochan had 14 points, including a half-court buzzer-beater banked in at the halfcourt horn that gave the Spurs a 92-83 lead and momentum headed to the fourth.
Did Sochan call glass on the heave, which he says was the first half-court shot he has made in a game in his life?
“Nope,” he said with a grin.
Julian Champagnie added 12 points off the bench, while Sandro Mamukelashvili had 10.
In all, the Spurs’ reserve outscored New Orleans’ 55-24.
“With the bench, we just try to all be on one accord,” Johnson said. “We e know we got to bring energy, we know we have to play together, share the ball, communicate on defense. When the starters needed it, we give 'em that spark.”
2. Vassell about more than points
The fifth-year guard led the Spurs in scoring and made the biggest shot of the fourth quarter. When acting coach Mitch Johnson looked at Vassell’s postgame box score, he saw more than that.
He saw five rebounds. He saw three steals. He saw seven free throws attempted and six made. He saw a player who has been trying to affect the game in more ways than only his jump shot.
“It’s just the variety of ways of him impacting winning,” Mitch Johnson said.
That has been emphasis of Vassell’s since midseason, when his jumper, at times, has momentarily abandoned him.
“I struggled shooting the ball halfway through the season, and I think the biggest thing that I took away from that was just being able to affect the game in all other aspects,” Vassell said. “Whether it’s rebounding, whether it’s steals, whether it’s just being encouraging as a teammate, however the case may be, I’ve tried to have that role and carry that over every game.”
Mitch Johnson on the play of Devin Vassell and Keldon Johnson in the Spurs’ win over the Pelicans
[image or embed]— Nick Talbot (@nicholasrtalbot.bsky.social) March 15, 2025 at 10:07 PM
3. Malaki Branham made a wise decision
Before the game, the Spurs announced third-year guard Malaki Branham would be headed to the G League for a game and maybe more.
It was an interesting move for a player who was in the Spurs’ rotation earlier this season, but had not played much of late.
Mitch Johnson indicated the decision was Branham’s to make.
“It’s something he did not need to do and doesn’t have to do and wasn’t asked to do in terms of, (it’s) because you’re not doing something here,” the Spurs coach said. “It was more the opportunity wasn’t there for him (in San Antonio). For him to not only have that opportunity (in Austin) but to seek it out and try to take advantage of it, I think it speaks volumes.”
A former first-round draft pick, Branham had logged 16 DNPs since the turn of the year. The 21-year-old had not played double digit minutes in a game since Dec. 13.
Branham was expected to play for the Austin Spurs in their game against the Valley Suns on Sunday. It will be his first game in the G League since 2022.
“I am hoping he gets what he’s looking for, which is an opportunity to play real minutes and show all the ways that he has put in work throughout the season to get better and develop,” Mitch Johnson said.
By Jeff McDonald, Staff writer, via San Antonio Express-News