By Marilyn Dubinski | Pounding The Rock (PtR), 2025-03-20 11:30:00
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。
马刺 + 主场 + 3月尼克斯 = 欢乐
马刺队确实喜欢在三月主场迎战尼克斯。上个赛季的3月29日，维克托·文班亚马(Victor Wembanyama)砍下40分20篮板，帮助球队在惊险的加时赛中击败了杰伦·布伦森的61分。今年，两位球星都缺席了比赛，但比赛依然精彩。马刺队在上半场取得了巨大的领先优势，最多时领先28分，然后在下半场稳住阵脚，桑德罗·马穆克拉什维利(Sandro Mamukelashvili)挺身而出，14投13中，三分球7投7中，砍下职业生涯最高的34分，帮助球队以120-105获胜，而尼克斯的卡尔-安东尼·唐斯得到32分。
唐斯包揽了尼克斯队的前9分，但马刺队每次都能做出回应，哈里森·巴恩斯得到球队前15分中的10分。很快，马刺队打出一波16-1的攻势，以23-10领先，克里斯·保罗自己也连得8分。替补球员上场后，进攻有些停滞，但由于马刺队将尼克斯队的投篮命中率限制在27%，因此他们在第一节结束时仍然以29-20领先。米切尔·罗宾逊是除了唐斯（得到13分）之外，唯一一位在第一节投中运动战进球的尼克斯球员。
唐斯在第二节开始时仍然手感火热，包揽了尼克斯队的前8分，其中包括两次三秒违例后的两次罚球（谢谢你，埃德·马洛伊），但布雷克·韦斯利和马穆给球队带来了活力，帮助马刺队保持领先。在尼克斯队将分差缩小到4分（31-35）之后，马刺队爆发出一波23-2的攻势，其中包括马穆连得8分，包括两记三分球和一次扣篮。一度，唐斯的手受伤了，短暂离场接受包扎后试图坚持比赛，在最多领先28分之后，马刺队以67-43领先结束上半场。
斯蒂芬·卡斯尔(Stephon Castle)在上半场悄无声息地得到12分，他在下半场开始时得到马刺队的前5分，但除此之外，马刺队在进攻和控制球方面都显得吃力，而尼克斯队在第三节中段打出一波22-6的攻势（或者说我们已经知道的“垃圾时间”）。幸运的是，马刺队在暂停后醒悟过来，加强了防守，并在接下来得到10分，将领先优势重新扩大到18分。然后，尼克斯队在第三节的最后7分完成了这波断断续续的进攻，马刺队以83-75领先。
然后，在第四节开始时，又一次迎来了“马穆狂潮”，他的一次上篮和一次转换中的2+1得到了球队的前5分，之后助攻卡斯尔命中一记远距离三分，使领先优势重新回到18分。尼克斯队再次以一波10-0的攻势做出回应，而马刺队又经历了一段糟糕的时期，但又是马穆挺身而出，连续命中两记三分球，并在吸引了尼克斯队所有防守队员后，找到了篮下空位的索汉。领先优势在一段时间内持续保持在10分左右，之后，马刺队终于凭借凯尔登·约翰逊的一记压哨三分和更多的“马穆狂潮”打开了局面，锁定胜局，这是一场本赛季最有趣的比赛之一。
比赛笔记
- 杰里米·索汉取代了比斯马克·比永博首发，而且似乎计划让他盯防唐斯，无论是在内线还是外线。在索汉下场时，唐斯上场的少数情况下，米奇·约翰逊会将索汉换上。显然，索汉不是一个天生的中锋，只能在一定程度上与唐斯这样体型和能力的球员对抗，但他做得还算不错，而且由于马刺队能够限制其他球员，他的高得分比赛的影响较小。看看索汉是否会继续首发将会很有趣（我投赞成票），或者这是否纯粹是一种针对性调整。
- 这场比赛更符合马刺队希望从布雷克·韦斯利身上看到的东西。尽管他5投2中只得到6分，但他却是马刺队在防守端所需要的火花，贡献了3次关键抢断。他在16分钟内还贡献了2个篮板和3次助攻（只有1次失误），这是一个全面的夜晚，积极因素远远超过了少数消极因素。
- 所有五位得分手都得分上双，卡斯尔得到全队最高的22分。虽然其他四位“仅仅”合力贡献了43分，但他们都有自己的贡献时刻。巴恩斯和保罗在第一节扛起了马刺队，索汉在38分钟的比赛中在攻防两端都表现出色，而德文·瓦塞尔的投篮手感虽然不是很好，但他继续保持了良好的防守状态，并在马刺队需要时命中了关键球（之后理所当然地将球权交给了手感火热的马穆）。马刺队的进攻越均衡，他们的情况就越好。
- 仅仅在此留下这些，请注意，这仅仅是在19分钟的出场时间内完成的：
现在是NBA历史上唯一一位在一场比赛中得到30+分、8+篮板和5+三分球，同时投篮命中率达到90%的球员：
桑德罗·马穆克拉什维利— Jordan Howenstine (@ AirlessJordan) 2025年3月20日
最佳表现
你可以选择任何马穆的精彩表现，但我们将选择他在三分线外的虚晃一枪，然后突破扣篮，这帮助马刺队在第四节点燃了进攻，并开始了单节21分的表演，确保他们不会输掉这场比赛。
今晚属于马穆 pic.twitter.com/TJ91QdC7A1
— 圣安东尼奥马刺 (@ spurs) 2025年3月20日
下一场：周五 对阵 费城76人
马刺队将有机会连胜两场，对手是摆烂的76人队，他们已经让他们的球星轮休（如果他们的选秀顺位没有进入前6，他们的选秀权将会属于俄克拉荷马雷霆队）。开球时间为中部时间晚上7:00，可在FanDuel Sports观看。
点击查看原文：Spurs use a big first half and some Mamu Mania to outlast the Knicks
Spurs use a big first half and some Mamu Mania to outlast the Knicks
Spurs + home + Knicks in March = fun.
The Spurs sure love hosting the Knicks in March. Last season on March 29, Victor Wembanyama had a 40-20 game to help outlast Jalen Brunson’s 61-point effort for a thrilling overtime win. This year, both stars were out for the game, but it was still just as fun. The Spurs got out big in the first half, leading by as much as 28, then held on in the second, countering a 32-point outing from Karl-Anthony Towns with a career-high 34 points on 13-14 shooting, 7-7 from three, from none other than Sandro Mamukelashvili for the 120-105 win.
KAT scored the first 9 points for the Knicks, but the Spurs had responses each time before pulling ahead, with Harrison Barnes scoring 10 of their first 15 points. Soon, the Spurs had gone on a 16-1 run to get up 23-10 as Chris Paul scored 8 straight points himself. The offense went a little cold as the bench came in, but the Spurs still led 29-20 at the end of the quarter thanks to holding the Knicks to just 27% shooting, with Mitchell Robinson being the only other Knick to score a field goal besides KAT, who had 13 points.
KAT was still hot to start the second quarter, scoring the Knicks first 8 points, including 2 free throws for two three-second violations on the same possession (thanks, Ed Malloy), but Blake Wesley and Mamu brought some energy to help keep the Spurs ahead. After the Knicks had gotten within 4 at 31-35, the Spurs exploded for a 23-2 run, including 8 straight points from Mamu with two threes and a dunk. At one point, KAT hurt his hand and tried to tough it out after briefly leaving to get it taped, and after leading by as much as 28, the Spurs were up 67-43 at the break.
Stephon Castle, who quietly had 12 points in the first half, scored the Spurs’ first five points of the second half, but otherwise the Spurs struggled to score and take care of the ball while the Knicks had been on a 22-6 run by midway through the third quarter (or what we have come to know as the turd quarter). Fortunately, the Spurs woke up after a timeout, upping their defensive effort and scoring the next 10 points to get the lead back to 18. The Knicks then scored the final seven to complete the streaky quarter with the Spurs up 83-75.
Then, it was Mamu Mania again to start the fourth quarter with a driving layup and and-1 in transition for their first five points before assisting Castle for a long three to get the lead back to 18. The Knicks again responded with a 10-0 run while the Spurs went through another sloppy stretch, but it was Mamu to the rescue once again with two straight threes and finding Sochan wide open under the basket after he attracted all of the Knicks’ defenders. The lead continued to hover around 10 for a while before the Spurs finally busted the game open with a Keldon Johnson banked in a three and little more Mamu Mania to seal the deal in one of the more fun games of the season.
Game Notes
- Jeremy Sochan got the start over Bismack Biyombo, and it seemed like the plan was for him to stay on KAT, whether it was down in the post or out on the perimeter. On the rare occasions that Towns subbed in when Sochan was out, Mitch Johnson subbed him back in. Obviously Sochan is not a natural center and can only hang so much with a player of KAT’s size and ability, but he did about as well as could have been expected, and because the Spurs were able to limit everyone else, his big scoring game had less impact. It will be interesting to see if Sochan continues to start going forward (my vote would be yes), or if this was purely a match-up move.
- This game was more in line with what the Spurs want to see from Blake Wesley. Even though he was only 2-5 from the field for six points, he was the spark plug the Spurs need on defense with three big steals. He also had 2 rebounds and 3 assists (to just 1 turnover) in 16 minutes for a well rounded night where the positives far out-weighed the few negatives.
- All five scorers scored in double-digits, led by Castle’s 22 points. While the other four “only” combined for 43 points, they all had their moments of contribution. Barnes and Paul carried the Spurs in the first quarter, Sochan did a little of everything on both ends in 38 minutes of action, and while Devin Vassell didn’t have a great shooting night, he continued his good stretch of play on defense and got timely buckets when the Spurs needed it (before rightfully deferring to the red hot Mamu late). The more balanced the Spurs’ attack, the better off they are.
- Just going to leave this here, and mind you, this was all in just 19 minutes of action:
Now the only player in NBA history to have a game with 30+ points, 8+ rebounds and 5+ three-pointers while shooting 90% from the floor:
Sandro Mamukelashvili— Jordan Howenstine (@ AirlessJordan) March 20, 2025
Play of the Game
You can pick practically any Mamu play, but we’ll go with this pump fake from three and drive for the dunk, which helped spark the Spurs in the fourth quarter while kicking off a 21-point quarter for him, assuring they weren’t going to blow this one.
HAVE A NIGHT, MAMU pic.twitter.com/TJ91QdC7A1
— San Antonio Spurs (@ spurs) March 20, 2025
Up next: Friday vs. Philadelphia 76ers
The Spurs will have a good chance at two in a row against a tanking 76ers squad that has shut down its stars (and will lose their pick to OKC if it doesn’t fall in the top 6). Tip-off will be at 7:00 PM CT on FanDuel Sports.
By Marilyn Dubinski, via Pounding The Rock