By Marilyn Dubinski | Pounding The Rock (PtR), 2025-03-30 11:30:00
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马刺始终没有让凯尔特人彻底拉开差距，但凯尔特人也始终没有让他们完全追回来。
在经历了一胜两负的东部客场之旅，包括在对阵领头羊克利夫兰骑士的比赛中表现出色却功亏一篑后，圣安东尼奥马刺队回到了主场，希望能在对阵东部第二种子和卫冕冠军波士顿凯尔特人的比赛中扮演搅局者的角色。在凯尔特人首节的三分攻势爆发后，马刺整晚都在努力追赶，虽然他们在整场比赛中都表现得令人钦佩，并在第四节制造了一些悬念，但他们始终无法完全扭转局面，最终以111-121的比分失利。
双方开场阶段互有得分，但从一开始就很明显，马刺想要保持竞争力，就必须与联盟中三分球最好的球队展开对攻。他们最初并没有做到这一点，前八次三分出手只命中了一次，在中段落后19-12。不过，他们还是通过快攻中几次抢断的机会，以及在克里斯塔普斯·波尔津吉斯(Kristaps Porzingis)下场后更多地冲击篮筐，坚持了下来。尽管第一节最终的比分看起来不太好，为26-37，但考虑到波士顿队13投8中的三分球命中率，情况本可能更糟。
第二节开局，米奇·约翰逊(Mitch Johnson)叫了一个暂停，因为糟糕的防守轮转让凯尔特人轻松得了两分。马刺队在一段时间内难以得分，但他们开始通过冲击篮筐和迫使裁判做出与卫冕冠军相同的判罚来反击。凯尔登·约翰逊和杰里米·索汉(Jeremy Sochan)尤其具有侵略性，马刺队也利用一波13-2的攻势，在还剩4分23秒时，将一度高达15分的差距缩小到4分，49-45，但他们无法阻止凯尔特人——尤其是上半场拿下16分的朱·霍勒迪(Jrue Holiday)——太久，半场结束时以52-64落后。
他们从更衣室出来后更加专注，并在第三节开局打出一波6-0的攻势，而凯尔特人在进攻端则显得有些混乱。索汉设法造成了波尔津吉斯的第四次犯规，并让他提前三分钟下场，但卢克·科内特(Luke Kornett)表现出色，弥补了他的空缺，包括连续两次在篮筐附近得分，将领先优势重新拉回到两位数，72-61。凯尔特人的三分球再次开始爆发，很快他们就取得了17分的最大领先优势，但值得称赞的是，马刺队仍然拒绝放弃。凯尔登·约翰逊和斯蒂芬·卡斯尔(Stephon Castle)仍然积极地冲击篮筐，以保持比赛的悬念，他们在还剩12分钟时以81-94落后。
马刺队在第四节继续打出充满活力的篮球，一点一点地蚕食着领先优势。克里斯·保罗(Chris Paul)最近没有在很多比赛中打到最后，他在上半场甚至没有尝试投篮的情况下突然爆发，迅速拿下10分，将差距缩小到7分，108-101，但每次马刺队将差距缩小到10分以内时，波士顿队总能做出回应，无论是通过进攻篮板还是及时的三分球。马刺队一直战斗到最后一刻，但最终无法将足够的得分和防守结合起来，形成任何形式的连续攻势，最终这场比赛成为了他们对阵冠军争夺者的又一场虽败犹荣的比赛。
比赛笔记
- 比斯马克·比永博(Bismack Biyombo)在对阵骑士队的比赛中表现出色后，今晚没有出场，索汉回到了首发阵容，桑德罗·马穆克拉什维利(Sandro Mamukelashvili)替补出场。这是一个有趣的决定，因为索汉在身高上与波尔津吉斯根本无法匹敌，但话说回来，比永博也一样，所以也许他们的想法要么是让索汉放手一搏，看看他能做什么，要么是利用索汉至少是一个愿意在外线投篮的球员，也许他可以将波尔津吉斯拉离篮筐。索汉最终打了一场不错的比赛。他当然处于下风，13投仅4中，但他没有表现出任何畏惧，继续进攻，获得了12次罚球机会，命中了其中的10次，而波尔津吉斯整晚都在与犯规作斗争。他还抢到了8个篮板，3次助攻和2次抢断。
- 不幸的是，凯尔特人并没有太想念波尔津吉斯，因为科内特同样很好地利用了马刺队身高的不足。他表现出色，包括15分，16个篮板（其中7个是进攻篮板）和4次助攻。他是一个正负值不会说谎的例子，他全队最高的+21分准确地反映了他替补席上的表现。
- 马刺队实际上在这场比赛中赢得了很多个人数据，例如多命中了7个罚球，更好地控制了失误，只有6次失误，从失误中获得了多12分，甚至在油漆区内以44-38胜出。凯尔特人赢得比赛的原因是命中了更多的三分球，并控制了篮板球，以54-35赢得了篮板大战，其中进攻篮板以15-10领先。
比赛最佳回合
克里斯·保罗在第四节有一段时间状态火热，他的投篮看起来就像回到了巅峰时期。他最近一直在寻找三分球的机会，这无疑有所帮助。
CP 三分！pic.twitter.com/GTUxI67G9o
— 圣安东尼奥马刺 (@ spurs) 2025年3月30日
下一场：周日对阵金州勇士队
信不信由你，明天对阵一支与第七种子并列并为进入季后赛而战的勇士队，这可能是马刺队本周最好的获胜机会。不过，斯蒂芬·库里(Steph Curry)和吉米·巴特勒(Jimmy Butler)的组合可不是闹着玩的，所以马刺队将会面临严峻的考验。开球时间为美国东部时间下午6:00，在FanDuel Sports上直播。
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Spurs fight hard but fall short against the Celtics
The Spurs never allowed the Celtics to put them away, but the Celtics also never allowed them to come all the way back.
After a 1-2 Eastern Conference road trip, including coming off an admirable showing against the leading Cleveland Cavaliers in which they fell just short, the San Antonio Spurs returned home hoping to play spoilers against the second seed in the East and defending-champion Boston Celtics. After the Celtics exploded from three in the first quarter, the Spurs spent the rest of the night playing catch-up, and while they fought admirably throughout and made things interesting in the fourth quarter, they could never quite do enough to come all the way back in a 111-121 loss.
Both teams traded buckets early, but it was clear from the get-go that the Spurs would have to go toe-to-toe with the best three-point shooting team in the league it keep up. They weren’t able to do that initially, hitting just one of their first eight threes to get down 19-12 at the midway point. Still, they hung in there by taking advantage of a few steals on the fast break and attacking the rim more once Kristaps Porzingis sat. Despite the final score of the quarter not looking great at 26-37, it could have been much worse with Boston hitting 8-13 threes.
Mitch Johnson called an early timeout in the second quarter as poor defensive rotations allowed two more easy Celtics buckets. The Spurs struggled to score for a bit but started fighting back by attacking the rim and forcing the refs to give them the same calls they were giving the defending champs. Keldon Johnson and Jeremy Sochan were especially aggressive, and the Spurs were able to use a 13-2 run to briefly cut what had been a 15-point lead down to 4, 49-45, with 4:23 left, but they just couldn’t get enough stops keep the Celtics — especially Jrue Holiday, who had 16 points in the half — at bay for much longer and found themselves down 52-64 at halftime.
They came out of the locker room more focused and scored the first 6 points of the third quarter while the Celtics were all out of sorts on offense. Sochan managed to draw Prozingis’ fourth foul and made him sit three minutes in, but he wasn’t badly missed with Luke Kornett having himself a nice night, including hitting two straight buckets at the rim to get the lead back to double-digits, 72-61. The threes started falling again for the Celtics, and soon they were out to their largest lead of 17, but to the Spurs’ credit, they still refused to lie down. KJ and Stephon Castle remained assertive attacking the basket to keep the game within reach, and they were down 81-94 with 12 minutes remaining.
The Spurs continued playing inspired ball in the fourth quarter, chipping away at the lead point by point. Chris Paul, who hasn’t closed many games lately, got hot after not even attempting a shot in the first half with a quick 10 points to get the lead down to seven points at 108-101, but every time the Spurs got within 10 points, Boston had an answer, whether it was an offensive rebound or a timely three. The Spurs kept fighting until the bitter end but ultimately could never tie enough makes and stops together to go on any kind of extended run, and it ended up being their second straight close-but-no-cigar game against a championship contender.
Game Notes
- After Bismack Biyombo had a great game against the Cavs, he was a DNP tonight, with Sochan back in the starting lineup and Sandro Mamukelashvili backing him up. It was an interesting decision with Sochan being no match for Porzingis’ size, but then again, neither would Biyombo have been, so perhaps the idea was either to just throw Sochan to the wolves and see what he could do, and/or roll with the idea that Sochan is at least a willing outside shooter, so maybe he could draw Porzingis away from the rim. Sochan ended up having a good game. He was certainly outmatched, hitting just 4-13 from the field, but he showed no fear and continued to attack, getting awarded with 12 FT’s, making 10 of them while Porzingis battled foul trouble all night. He also had 8 rebound, 3 assists and 2 steals.
- Unfortunately, the Celtics didn’t miss Porzingis much because Kornett exploited the Spurs’ lack of size just as well. He did everything well, including 15 points, 16 rebounds (7 of which were offensive) and four assists. He was a case of plus/mins don’t lie, and his team-leading +21 was an accurate reflection of his performance off the bench,
- The Spurs actually won a lot of individual stats in this one, such as hitting 7 more free throws, taking much better care of the ball with just 6 turnovers, getting 12 more points off turnovers, and they even won points in the paint 44-38. What won the game for the Celtics was hitting more threes and exploiting the glass, winning that battle 54-35, 15-10 on offense.
Play of the game
Chris Paul was on such a heater for a stretch in the fourth quarter that he was looking vintage with shots like this. He has been looking for the three more lately, and it has certainly helped.
CP THREEE pic.twitter.com/GTUxI67G9o
— San Antonio Spurs (@ spurs) March 30, 2025
Up next: Sunday vs. Golden State Warriors
Believe it or not, this might be the Spurs’ best chance for a win this week tomorrow against a Warriors club that is tied in the 7th seed and fighting to make the playoffs. Still, Steph Curry and Jimmy Butler have been no joke together, so the Spurs will have their hands full. Tip-off will be 6:00 PM on FanDuel Sports.
By Marilyn Dubinski, via Pounding The Rock