By Jacob Douglas | Pounding The Rock (PtR), 2025-03-18 21:22:22
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。
这支年轻的核心力量在赛季末段展现出了积极的迹象。
距离赛季结束仅剩15场比赛，圣安东尼奥马刺队发现自己处境艰难。在缺少两位最佳球员的情况下，他们正在加入摆烂的行列，对于本赛季的最后冲刺没有明确的方向感。你所能期待的只是从马刺队的年轻核心身上看到一些活力。尽管输球场次不断增加，但圣安东尼奥最重要的球员们表现出色。
在周一晚上125-109输给洛杉矶湖人队的比赛中，马刺队表现不佳。但这并不是因为缺乏努力。圣安东尼奥在第四节奋起反击，给了湖人队很大的压力。这波反击由布雷克·韦斯利、斯蒂芬·卡斯尔、凯尔登·约翰逊和杰里米·索汉领导。当圣安东尼奥在比赛开始时努力保持竞争力时，德文·瓦塞尔是他们的首选得分点。这正是圣安东尼奥希望在本赛季结束时看到的。
卡斯尔正在从防守联盟中一些最好的外线球员身上学习宝贵的经验。瓦塞尔越来越像一支优秀球队中可靠的第四或第三得分选择。约翰逊打出了他职业生涯中最好的一些比赛。索汉在替补席上表现出色，是马刺队未来所需要的能量型球员。甚至布雷克·韦斯利也展现出成为一名具有破坏力的3D后卫的迹象。
这些发展才是本赛季末的全部意义所在。大多数人已经将目光转向休赛期以及接下来的事情。年轻核心在未来15场比赛中所展现的进步将在未来的发展方向中发挥重要作用。
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卡斯尔由于卢卡·东契奇的精明表现，早早陷入犯规麻烦。卡斯尔在第三节初段累积了4次犯规，被迫长时间休息。在那之后，他不得不在不犯规的情况下防守湖人队。结果好坏参半，但这并没有阻止他在关键时刻发挥作用。当比赛已经超出射程时，卡斯尔通过突破到篮下并投进三个三分球接管了比赛。他最终得到23分、8个篮板和3次助攻。
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瓦塞尔的得分不一定稳定，但有时，他看起来更像是马刺队长期以来寻找的第三选择。他再次命中三分球，在防守端做出了协调的努力，并攻击防守漏洞，进行急停跳投或突破上篮。在第一节，他表现出色，最终得到17分和8个篮板。他更多地利用掩护，并且看起来表现不错。这应该是德阿隆·福克斯和维克托·文班亚马（Victor Wembanyama）回归后的角色。令人兴奋的是，看看他在下赛季开始时与他们并肩作战的样子。
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索汉是马刺队防守东契奇最有效的球员，同时为他们提供了进攻火力。事实上，他越来越像一个小球中锋，在转换进攻中冲击篮筐，抢进攻篮板，并在内线完成进攻。他在三分线上的进步是本赛季他最大的进步之一——你现在至少必须考虑他在外线。他被身体驱逐出场（是否值得怀疑）是引发第四节反击的原因。他是一名重要的球员，应该在本赛季剩余的时间里获得首发中锋的考虑。
点击查看原文：What we learned from the Spurs loss to the Lakers
What we learned from the Spurs loss to the Lakers
The young core is showing positive signs down the stretch.
With just 15 games to go, the San Antonio Spurs find themselves in a tough spot. Missing their two best players, they are in a race to the bottom with no clear sense of direction for the final stretch of the season. All you can ask for are signs of life from the Spurs’ young core. Despite the losses stacking up, San Antonio’s most important pieces are playing well.
The Spurs were outplayed by the Los Angeles Lakers in a 125-109 loss on Monday night. It was not for a lack of effort. San Antonio gave them a run for their money in the fourth quarter. That run was led by Blake Wesley, Stephon Castle Keldon Johnson, and Jeremy Sochan. When San Antonio fought to stay in it at the game’s start, Devin Vassell was their go-to scorer. That’s what San Antonio wants to see to wrap up the season.
Castle is learning valuable lessons while guarding some of the best perimeter players in the league. Vassell is looking more and more like a solid fourth or third scoring option on a good team. Johnson is playing some of the best basketball of his life. Sochan has been great off the bench and is the type of energy player the Spurs will need in the future. Heck, even Blake Wesley showed signs of being a disruptive 3&D guard against the Lakers.
Those developments are what the end of this season is all about. Most people have turned their gaze to the offseason and what comes next. The improvements the young core shows over the next 15 games will play a big role in what that future looks like.
Takeaways:
- Castle got into foul trouble early thanks to the savvy Luka Doncic. Castle racked up 4 fouls early in the third quarter and was forced to sit for a considerable amount of time. After that, he had to guard the Lakers without fouling. The results were mixed, but that didn’t stop him from enforcing his will down the stretch. When the game was out of reach, Castle took over by getting to the basket and knocked down a trio of threes. He finished with 23 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists.
- Vassell’s scoring hasn’t necessarily been consistent, but at times, he’s looked more like the third option the Spurs are looking for long-term. He’s hitting threes again, making a concerted effort on the defensive end, and attacking closeouts for pull-ups or lane drives. In the first quarter, he had it going and finished with 17 points and 8 rebounds. He’s coming off screens more and looked good doing it. That should be his role when De’Aaron Fox and Victor Wembanyama return. It’ll be exciting to see what he looks like alongside them at the start of the next season.
- Sochan was the Spurs’ most effective Doncic defender while giving them an offensive spark. He’s actually playing more and more like a small-ball center with his rim runs in transition, offensive rebounding, and play finishing inside. His improvement at the three-point line has been one of his biggest developments of the season – you have to at least think about him out there now. His physical ejection from the game (questionable if it was worthy of that) is what sparked the fourth-quarter run. He’s an important player who should get starting consideration at center for the rest of the season.
By Jacob Douglas, via Pounding The Rock