[PtR] 我们从马刺战胜猛龙的比赛中学到了什么

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By Marilyn Dubinski | Pounding The Rock (PtR), 2025-03-24 22:00:00

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。

马刺队找到了进攻方式。希望下赛季它能延续下去。

我不知道最近马刺的进攻是怎么回事，但我很喜欢。在本赛季上半段，马刺队的进攻还算可以，在进攻效率方面徘徊在联盟中游，但看起来没什么特别之处。早期，维克托·文班亚马(Victor Wembanyama)出手了“太多”的三分球，这既出于他自己想要提高投篮能力的愿望，也是因为他能获得的触球机会就是那些。有些时候，球队努力把球交给他，导致其他球员在进攻中失去了节奏，但多亏了他在场时球队出色的防守，他们还是保持着胜率。

然后就陷入了挣扎。由于赛程更加艰难，马刺队难以适应，一月份表现不佳。但在牛仔客场之旅期间，随着德阿隆·福克斯(De’Aaron Fox)的加入，他们似乎找到了一股新的动力。不幸的是，文班亚马当时状态不佳，身体也不舒服，仅仅合作了五场比赛后，他就被诊断出患有深静脉血栓，将缺席本赛季剩余的比赛。总的来说，马刺队经历了一个糟糕的二月，几乎一直在客场征战，战绩为3胜9负，似乎在没有他们球星的情况下退出了附加赛的争夺。

然而，当时间来到三月份，一些事情发生了变化。当然，他们回到了主场，赛程也变得更容易，但自那以后，马刺队取得了一项令人惊讶的统计数据。他们是联盟中进攻效率最高的球队（也是防守最差的球队，但我们都知道为什么）：

柯克·戈德斯贝里(Kirk Goldsberry)

查看他们的月度数据，很容易看到这种飞跃。他们场均得到123.8分，比一月份的第二好成绩高出7分以上，投篮命中率也飙升至51.1%，三分球命中率达到40.7%，均比本赛季任何其他月份高出5%以上。我们看到了数据，但原因是什么呢？是每个人都同时手感火热吗？他们是否找到了一些有效的方法，可以（希望）延续到下赛季，同时重新融入福克斯和文班？现在很难说，但这无疑更赏心悦目。

当然，很难说这种情况是否会持续足够长的时间，让马刺队能够真正冲击西部第十的种子。过去两周，他们的赛程非常有利（但仍然浪费了两次宝贵的机会，在主场输给了独行侠和黄蜂，否则我们现在讨论的将是前所未有的七连胜），但从现在开始赛程会变得更加艰难，剩下的12场比赛中只有3场是对阵胜率低于50%的球队，更不用说他们还要和骑士队和凯尔特人队交手三次。

我仍然不指望马刺队能在没有他们前两名球员的情况下奇迹般地打进附加赛，但从他们新发现的进攻以及它给球队每个人带来的信心来看，有很多积极的因素值得借鉴，特别是如果他们能将这种势头延续到下赛季。现在，如果他们能像昨晚对阵猛龙队那样，在防守上有所提升就好了…

收获

• 说到昨晚的比赛，这场大胜展示了当球队在攻防两端都运转良好时所能展现的能力。当然，猛龙队送给了他们一些15次抢断的机会，但其中也包含了很多努力和对传球路线的预判。马刺队最近连胜的另一个优势是，对手通常缺少一个强力内线，这使得身材矮小的杰里米·索汉(Jeremy Sochan)和俾斯麦·比永博(Bismack Biyombo)在低位打得更加轻松。同样，这种情况可能会随着即将到来的赛程而改变，但就目前而言，任何认为马刺队会一蹶不振而不再关注他们的人，都错过了一些特别的东西，一些可能对未来具有重要意义的东西。
• 马刺队本月进攻有所改善的另一个原因并不令人惊讶：德文·瓦塞尔(Devin Vassell)。在文班和福克斯缺席的情况下，他欣然接受了球队头号得分手的角色，并且还在三月份打出了他最好的数据。他找到了他的三分球手感，以补充他的中距离进攻，而且他的防守也达到了他职业生涯的最佳水平。他已经比其他任何月份都获得了更多的篮板、助攻和抢断，并且实际上在本月的所有后卫球员中盖帽数领先。虽然当每个人都恢复健康后，他不会获得这么多的触球机会，但如果他能保持防守端的努力，并在进攻机会来临时做好准备并保持稳定，那么马刺队将拥有一个非常稳固的首发五人组——而且这还没有考虑到他们已经拥有联盟最好的替补阵容之一。
• 如果赛季今天结束，排名第13位的马刺队将是东部联盟的第9名。与此同时，他们刚刚击败的猛龙队在战绩上落后他们8场，但在东部联盟排名第11位，并且远远落后迈阿密热火队6场——热火队在昨晚击败黄蜂队之前已经连输了10场。目前来看，对于一支处于附加赛之外的球队来说，在东部联盟发起冲击的差距太大了，但在西部联盟，第9名和第13名之间只有4场比赛的差距。东西部联盟的失衡仍然是联盟无法解决的问题，这也是创建附加赛的原因之一。很明显，联盟不会解散东西部联盟，但一个可能的解决方案是，前8名的种子来自各自的联盟，而第9名和第10名的种子是接下来的四支球队，无论他们来自哪个联盟。谁会反对呢？（对于那些支持摆烂的球队来说，至少在今天，马刺队仍然会以这种方式被排除在附加赛之外，所以请放心。）

点击查看原文：What we learned from the Spurs’ win over the Raptors

What we learned from the Spurs’ win over the Raptors

The Spurs have found an offense. Hopefully it sticks around for next season.

I don’t know what has come over the Spurs’ offense lately, but I’m enjoying it. In the first half of the season, the Spurs had an okay offensive team that hovered in the teens in terms of rating, but it didn’t look like anything special. Early on, Victor Wembanyama was taking “too many” threes outside the flow of the offense, both out of his own desire to improve as a shooter and because those were the touches he was getting. There were also times that the effort to get him the ball was such a focus that other players were losing rhythm on offense, but thanks to also being a good defensive team with him on the floor, they had a winning record.

Then came the struggles. January wasn’t a great month thanks to a harder schedule that the Spurs had trouble adjusting to, but they seemed to find a new boost with the addition of De’Aaron Fox during the Rodeo Road Trip. Unfortunately, Wemby had been a funk and not feeling well for a while by then, and after just five games together, it was revealed he would miss the remainder of the season with deep vein thrombosis. Overall, the Spurs had a bad February, playing almost entirely on the road while going 3-9 to seemingly sink out of play-in contention without their star player.

However, something clicked when the calendar turned to March. Sure, they returned home and the schedule got easier, but the Spurs have put up a surprising stat since then. They have been the top rated offense in the entire league (and the worst defense, but we all know why):

Kirk Goldsberry

When looking at their monthly splits, it’s very easy to see the jump. They are averaging 123.8 points per game, over 7 points better than their next best month of January, and their shooting has skyrocketed to 51.1% overall and 40.7% from three: both over 5% greater than any other month this season. We see the numbers, but what about the cause? Is everyone just hot at the same time? Have they found something that works that they can (hopefully) carry into next season while also re-integrating Fox and Wemby? It’s hard to say at this point, but it sure is much more enjoyable to watch.

Of course, it’s hard to say if this will last long enough for the Spurs to make a serious run at the 10th seed. They have had a very favorable schedule the last two weeks (and still wasted two valuable opportunities with losses at home to the Mavs and Hornets, otherwise we’d be talking about an unprecedented seven-game winning streak), but it gets much harder from here, with just three of their remaining 12 games coming against teams with losing records, not to mention they get the Cavs and Celtics a combined three times.

I’m still not counting on the Spurs making a miracle run to the play-in without their top two players, but there are plenty of positives to takeaway from their newfound offense and the confidence it’s bringing to everyone on the roster, especially if they can carry it over to next season. Now, if they can just add a little defense in there like they did against the Raptors last night…

Takeaways

• Speaking of which, last night’s blowout showed what this team is capable of when things are clicking on both sides of the ball. Sure, the Raptors handed them some of their 15 steals, but there was also plenty of effort and reading of the passing lanes involved. Another benefit the Spurs have had during their recent winning ways is the opponent has usually lacked a solid man, making life easier down low for the undersized Jeremy Sochan and Bismack Biyombo. Again, this may change with the upcoming schedule, but for now, anyone who has tuned out assuming the Spurs would fold is missing out on something special and possibly significant for the future.
• Another cause of the Spurs’ improved offense this month shouldn’t surprising: Devin Vassell. He has embraced the role of go-to scorer with Wemby and Fox out, also posting his best numbers in the month of March. He has found his stroke from three to compliment his midrange game, and his defense has been its best in perhaps his entire career. He has already more rebounds, assists and steals than any other month, and he’s actually leading all backcourt players in the NBA in blocks this month. While he won’t get this many touches once everyone is healthy again, if he can keep up the defensive effort while being ready and consistent when the offense does come to him, the Spurs are set to have an extremely solid starting five next season — and that’s ignoring the fact that they already have one of the best bench units in the league.
• If the season ended today, the 13th seeded Spurs would be the 9th seed in the East. Meanwhile, the Raptors team they just beat is 8 games behind them record-wise but is the 11th seed in the East and a distant six games behind the Miami Heat — who had lost 10 in a row before beating the Hornets last night. At this point, it’s looking like the gap is just too wide for a team on the outside to make a run at the play-in the East, but in the West, there is just a four-game gap between the 9th and 13th seeds. Lopsided conferences continue to be an issue the league can’t solve, and it’s one reason the play-in was created. It’s pretty clear that the league isn’t going to demolish conferences, but one potential solution would be the top 8 seeds are from their respective conferences, while the 9th and 10th seeds are the next four teams regardless of conference. Who says no? (And for the pro-tankers, at least today, the Spurs would still be outside the play-in with this approach, so rest assured.)

By Marilyn Dubinski, via Pounding The Rock