By Mark Barrington | Pounding The Rock (PtR), 2025-04-02 10:38:18
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。
整场比赛都非常胶着，但奥兰多在比赛末段掌控了防守，导致马刺队的进攻哑火。
马刺队在今晚的比赛中打出了一场精彩的对决，这也是他们三连主场比赛的最后一场。整场比赛都非常接近，但魔术队的防守压力最终锁定了胜局，再加上肯塔维奥斯·考德威尔-波普(Kentavious Caldwell-Pope)和凯莱布·休斯坦(Caleb Houstan)的一些关键三分球。魔术队并不是一支擅长投三分的球队，但你绝对不希望在比赛的关键时刻放空他们两个。
哈里森·巴恩斯(Harrison Barnes)为马刺队带来了一场精彩的比赛，而朱利安·尚帕涅(Julian Champagnie)在投篮方面也表现出色。 斯蒂芬·卡斯尔(Stephon Castle) 继续着他的最佳新秀之旅，贡献了16分，但他同时也受到了奥兰多防守的困扰，并犯了一些对马刺队来说代价高昂的新秀错误。我真的希望他能从中吸取教训，并努力提高他的控球和在防守队员面前的终结能力，他现在做得不错，但还没有达到足以破解奥兰多联盟最佳防守的精英水平。这场比赛比惨败给勇士队的比赛要好得多，这表明当他们的两位最佳球员回归时，这支主场球队在下个赛季应该会很有竞争力。这是一场对抗季后赛球队的扎实努力，但还不足以赢得比赛。
本赛季还剩下七场比赛，从明天在丹佛的比赛开始。今晚的失利是圣安东尼奥的第五场连败，也是他们本赛季最长的连败。在没有休息的情况下前往高海拔城市挑战约基奇，看起来到本周末我们可能会看到六场或更多的连败。尽管输了很多比赛，但今晚对马刺队来说是一次令人鼓舞的尝试，因为他们努力拼搏，让比赛变得有趣，直到最后。
魔术乐章
这些合成器的即兴演奏太神奇了！
观察
- 今晚马刺队拥有很大的休息优势，因为魔术队昨晚与快船队进行了比赛，而马刺队自从上周六与凯尔特人比赛后就没有打过球。 你说什么？周日还有一场比赛…是的，但马刺队没有打，所以我的观点仍然成立。
- 魔术队没有出色的三分射手，所以这可能终于会是马刺队那种收缩到油漆区并让对手获得大空位三分机会的策略奏效的比赛，但我很怀疑，因为魔术队在比赛开始时就投进了前三个三分球。他们最终全场47投18中，休斯坦和考德威尔-波普在比赛最后时刻投中三分，锁定了胜局，随着时间耗尽，他们接管了比赛。
- 魔术队凭借火热的投篮手感早早领先，但马刺队奋起反击，凭借自己的火热手感重新取得领先，并在第一节中段取得6分的领先优势，并在第一节结束时以34-29领先，尽管他们因奥兰多的防守压力而失误8次。
- 米奇·约翰逊(Mitch Johnson)最近在挑战方面做得好多了，这在一定程度上要归功于助理教练能够很好地观看视频并做出快速反应。对班切罗在篮下的“2+1”判罚改为进攻犯规的关键改判，有效地阻止了魔术队的得分势头，并避免了比永博陷入犯规麻烦，这在 索汉(Sochan) 因背部问题缺阵的情况下非常重要。
- 肖恩·埃利奥特(Sean Elliot)认为扣篮应该比两分更有价值，这个想法很有趣。只需要一些公正的评委来奖励额外的“风格”分。 卡斯尔的得分平均值将会飙升。 凯尔登在第一节至少完成了一次价值五分的扣篮。
- 所有的伤病带来的一件事是，它让像布雷克·韦斯利(Blake Wesley)这样的球员有时间上场比赛，并为未来扮演更重要的角色创造了机会。
- 科里·约瑟夫(Cory Joseph)在NBA的职业生涯非常成功，我很惊讶地发现他只有33岁。感觉他已经在联盟里待了很久了。他可能在未来几年仍然是一个威胁。
- 上半场结束时，双方以61平结束，哈里森·巴恩斯在最后一秒的扣篮扳平了比分。 似乎时间就要耗尽了，但他在还剩0.2秒时完成了扣篮。
- 哈里森·巴恩斯仍然有很多潜力。 当两位最佳球员缺阵时，他一直是这支球队的稳定力量，当一切似乎都崩溃时，他总是挺身而出，保持球队的竞争力。 他在底角的三分球就是他的招牌。
- 马刺队在第三节加强了攻防两端的强度，并在第三节末取得两位数的领先优势。 凯莱布·休斯坦在最后时刻投中了几个三分球，魔术队缩小了差距，在第三节结束时以79-84落后于马刺队。
- 奥兰多在最后一节加强了防守，用积极的双手和全场紧逼扰乱了马刺队的进攻。 弗兰茨·瓦格纳(Franz Wagner) 在第三节结束时脸上被无缘无故地打了一下，他在第四节初用一个“2+1”扳平了比分。 奥兰多在还剩4分钟时取得了10分的领先优势，因为他们的防守让马刺队感到慌乱，导致失误。
- 我喜欢斯蒂芬·卡斯尔作为一名球员，但他需要改进的一件事是在篮下的创造力。 他经常冲进人群中，然后在篮筐上投出一个祈祷般的球，结果被盖帽。 他需要把更多的球变成得分、犯规或助攻。
- 魔术队在关键时刻得到了考德威尔-波普和休斯坦的三分球，他们在还剩两分多钟的时候取得了12分的领先优势。 对马刺队来说，情况看起来毫无希望，但他们进行了反击，但未能获得足够的防守，魔术队最终以116-105获胜。
马刺队在比赛结束后立即登上飞机前往丹佛，参加明天晚上8:00与掘金队的比赛。 应该又是一个艰难的夜晚。
点击查看原文：San Antonio vs Orlando, Final Score: Spurs fade late as Magic win 116-105
San Antonio vs Orlando, Final Score: Spurs fade late as Magic win 116-105
In a game that was close throughout, Orlando’s defense took control late as the Spurs offense faded
The Spurs played an entertaining game tonight in their last game of their three game homestand, it was close throughout, but the Magic’s defensive pressure sealed the deal for Orlando, along with some clutch three-point shots from Kentavious Caldwell-Pope and Caleb Houstan. The Magic is not a good three-point shooting team, but those are probably the two guys you don’t want to leave open when the game is on the line.
The Spurs got a great game from Harrison Barnes, and Julian Champagnie had a nice game shooting the basketball. Stephon Castle continued his Rookie of the Year campaign with a solid 16 point effort, but he also had trouble with Orlando’s defense and made some rookie mistakes which were costly to the Silver and Black. I really expect that he will learn from this and work on his ball handling and finishing over defenders, which are good now but not at the elite level that you need to crack Orlando’s league-best defense. This was a much better effort than the Warriors debacle, and it shows that the home team should be really competitive next year when their two best players return. It was a solid effort against a playoff team, but not quite good enough for the win.
There are seven games left in the season, starting with tomorrow’s contest in Denver. Tonight’s loss was the fifth consecutive loss for San Antonio, their longest this season. Coming into the Mile High City against the Joker with no rest, it seems like we might be looking at six or more by the end of the week. Despite all of the losses, tonight was an encouraging effort for the good guys, as they competed and made the game interesting, until it wasn’t.
Magic Musick
These synthesizer riffs are MAGIC!
Observations
- The Spurs had a big rest advantage tonight, because the Magic played the Clippers last night and the Spurs hadn’t played basketball since they played the Celtics last Saturday. What’s that you say? There was a game on Sunday … yes, but the Spurs didn’t play, so my point stands.
- The Magic doesn’t have great three point shooters, so this might finally be the game where the Spurs strategy of collapsing to the paint and leaving wide open three point shooters might work, but I had my doubts when the Magic hit their first three three point attempts to open the game. They ended up shooting 18-47 for the game, with late triples from Houstan and Caldwell-Pope sealing the deal for them as they took over the game as the clock ran out.
- The Magic got ahead early with their hot shooting streak but the Spurs fought back and retook the lead with their own hot streak to take a six point lead midway through the first quarter, and led 34-29 at the end of the first quarter despite turning the ball over 8 times to Orlando’s defensive pressure.
- Mitch Johnson has been doing a much better job with challenges lately, and that’s partly due to the assistants getting good looks at the video and reacting quickly. A critical reversal of a Banchero and-one at the basket to an offensive foul was key in staunching a Magic run and keeping Biyombo out of foul trouble, which is important with Sochan out with a back issue.
- Sean Elliot’s idea of dunks counting for more than two is interesting. Just need some impartial judges to award extra ‘style’ points. Castle’s scoring average would soar. Keldon had at least a five-pointer in the first quarter.
- One thing about all of the injuries is that it’s giving time for guys like Blake Wesley to get playing time and make a case for bigger role going forward.
- Cory Joseph has had a really good career in the NBA, and I was shocked to see that he’s only 33 years old. It feels like he’s been the league forever. He might be a problem for at least a few more years.
- The game was tied at 61 at the half with Harrison Barnes’ last-second dunk evening the score. It almost seemed like time was going to run out, but he made his dunk with 0.2 seconds to spare.
- Harrison Barnes still has a lot in the tank. He has been one of the stabilizing influences on this team, when everything seemed to be falling apart when the two best players were out, he’s been the guy who always steps up to keep the team competitive. That three from the corner is money for him.
- The Spurs picked up their intensity in the third quarter on both ends and took their first double digit lead late in the third. Caleb Houstan hit a couple of triples late as the Magic closed the gap, trailing the Spurs 84-79 at the end of three quarters.
- Orlando turned up the defense in the final quarter, disrupting the Spurs offense with active hands and a full court press. Franz Wagner, smarting from an uncalled smack to the face at the end of the third tied it up with an and-one early in the fourth. Orlando took a 10 point lead with 4 minutes left as their defense flustered the Spurs, leading to turnovers.
- I love Steph Castle as a player, but one thing he’s going to need to improve on is being creative at the rim. Too often, he drives into a crowd and ends putting up a prayer at the hoop that is blocked. He needs to turn more of those into buckets, foul calls, or assists.
- The Magic had some timely three point shots from KCP and Houstan as they took a 12 point lead with a little over two minutes left. It looked hopeless for the the good guys but they put up a fight, but could not get enough stops as the Magic closed it out and won 116-105.
The Spurs get on the plane right after the game and head to Denver to play the Nuggets on tomorrow night at 8:00 PM. Should be another rough night.
By Mark Barrington, via Pounding The Rock