By Marilyn Dubinski | Pounding The Rock (PtR), 2025-04-05 10:50:41
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在一度落后炙手可热的骑士队23分之后，马刺队最终功亏一篑，与一场惊天逆转失之毫厘。
在丹佛的一场残阵对决中取得一场大胜之后，圣安东尼奥马刺队回到了主场，迎来了本赛季倒数第二个主场比赛，希望能够再次爆冷击败另一支争冠球队——克利夫兰骑士队。骑士队只需要再赢一场比赛，就能锁定东部头号种子。在艰难的上半场，骑士队的三分球百发百中，而马刺队一度落后多达23分。下半场他们奋起直追，并在最后几分钟打出一波高潮，有机会在压哨时刻完成绝杀。不幸的是，他们最终差之毫厘。
埃文·莫布里(Evan Mobley)缺席了上周的比赛，他在开局阶段给马刺队制造了很大的麻烦，包办了骑士队前14分中的11分，单节得到18分，三分球4投4中。总的来说，骑士队开场前五次三分出手全部命中，在仅仅四分钟后就取得了20-13的领先，而哈里森·巴恩斯和斯蒂芬·卡斯尔(Stephon Castle)成为了马刺队早期的主要得分点。马刺队试图通过还算不错的投篮命中率来咬住比分，但骑士队始终保持着火热的手感。在第二分钟，骑士队的三分球已经达到了10投13中，并在12分钟后以38-28领先。
骑士队的替补在第二节开始回归正常的三分命中率，但马刺队始终无法摆脱困境。几次转换进攻的失误让他们在第二节中段以52-37落后，随着骑士队的首发球员回归，他们的投篮手感也再次回暖，上半场三分球30投15中，而马刺队仅为21投6中。骑士队的领先优势一度扩大到23分，以62-39领先，距离上半场结束还剩2分39秒，之后马刺队在卡斯尔和德文·瓦塞尔(Devin Vassell)的带领下，终于在转换进攻中找到了一些感觉，并投进了一些球，打出一波11-5的攻势，这听起来不算什么，但最终却非常重要，因为它给了马刺队希望，将67-50的落后差距缩小到了更易掌控的范围。
上半场结束时的火热状态延续到了第三节的马刺队进攻端，他们迅速投进三个三分球，并加强了防守力度，以缩小差距。他们在第三节的前半段以19-12击败骑士队，将比分追至79-69，落后10分。他们的第二阵容比上半场任何时候都更加清醒，朱利安·尚帕尼(Julian Champagnie)的几个三分球将分差缩小到6分，达到88-82，之后骑士队在第三节的最后三分钟拿到了三分，以91-82领先。
骑士队立即从三分线外找回状态，在第四节的前三次三分出手全部命中，而马刺队的进攻则暂时陷入停滞，以至于卡斯尔甚至错失了一个转换进攻中的空位扣篮，并出现了几次失误。马刺队浪费了几次在篮筐附近的得分机会，但仍然坚决，再次蚕食着骑士队的领先优势，骑士队的领先优势一度恢复到16分。在距离比赛结束还有4分40秒时，尚帕尼的一次扣篮将分差缩小到10分，达到107-97，而对裁判判罚感到不满的克里斯·保罗(Chris Paul)帮助球队打出了一波14-2的攻势，巴恩斯连续投中两个三分球，使他们在还剩28秒时将比分追至113-114，仅落后1分。
马刺队在还剩4.6秒时迫使骑士队出现投篮时限违例，这是他们自第一节早些时候比分3-3以来首次有机会扳平或反超比分。不幸的是，巴恩斯在德安德烈·亨特(DeAndre Hunter)面前完成一次精彩的转身后投出的抛投在压哨时刻弹筐而出，尽管做出了顽强的反击，但最终还是以令人心碎的方式输掉了比赛。
比赛笔记
- 这是卡斯尔连续第二场比赛错失三双，仅仅差一项数据。在丹佛的比赛中，他得到15分、15个篮板和9次助攻（尽管18投6中），而在本场比赛中，他的效率更高，16投8中（三分球6投1中）得到22分、9个篮板和11次助攻。他仍然有一些糟糕的时刻，比如之前提到的错失扣篮和三次失误，但他仍然打出了一场不错的比赛，并且现在肯定已经锁定了年度最佳新秀。
- 德文·瓦塞尔(Devin Vassell)也打出了一个出色的夜晚，18投9中得到24分，其中包括6个三分球，4个篮板，3次助攻和3次抢断。他几乎没有成为球场上最火热的球员，但他整晚都很稳定，并且随时准备在球传到他手上时做出贡献。这就是马刺队未来需要他做的事情，因为他很少会成为球场上的第一选择。
- 为了在第二节寻找一些高度，米奇·约翰逊(Mitch Johnson)让查尔斯·贝西(Charles Bassey)短暂出场，不出所料，他生疏了。在仅仅三分钟的出场时间里，他很快就领到两次犯规，在转换进攻中放慢速度，错失了一次抢断后的出球传球，尽管他当时处于空位，并且他错失了一次空中接力扣篮，缺乏他通常的爆发力。越来越难以想象他会在这个休赛期回归，考虑到伤病对他在马刺的职业生涯造成了多大的破坏，这将是一件令人遗憾的事情。
- 这不是布雷克·韦斯利(Blake Wesley)表现出色的一场比赛。他7投0中，仅得到2分，在一个值得入选“五大囧”的片段中，他在一次进攻中连续错失两次空位的上篮，之后在转换进攻中试图背后运球时丢掉了球，多诺万·米切尔(Donovan Mitchell)差点将球转化成第三节结束时从中场线附近投出的压哨三分。
- 克里斯·保罗(Chris Paul) 在接受马克·斯皮尔斯采访时表示，他仍然觉得自己可以再打一个赛季，无论在哪里，但这需要与他的家人商量。如果他不退役，我希望他能回到马刺队，但是，尽管他本赛季对马刺队做出了巨大的贡献，但我认为他需要愿意从替补席上打起，特别是如果马刺队准备让卡斯尔担任首发控球后卫的话。
本场最佳表现
如果巴恩斯能够命中那个抛投，那将是他的压哨绝杀，但我们仍然要将它颁给他，因为他连续命中的两个三分球甚至让马刺队有机会去争取胜利。
连续得分 https://t.co/uRoi997BI1 pic.twitter.com/7SyoCE7IA7
— 圣安东尼奥马刺 (@ spurs) 2025年4月5日
接下来：周日在波特兰对阵开拓者
对马刺队来说，比赛结果并不重要，这也许是件好事，因为自从一月份以来，赛程安排对他们来说一直很残酷。他们将前往西部进行为期四场的客场之旅，然后在9天后回到主场进行本赛季的最后一场比赛。在波特兰的比赛将于中部时间下午5:00在FanDuel Sports开赛。
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Spurs make mad comeback attempt but fall short at the buzzer against the Cavaliers
After getting down by 23 to red hot Cavs team, the Spurs came up an inch short (or long?) from a big upset.
After a big win in Denver in a battle of short-handed teams, the San Antonio Spurs returned home for their penultimate home game of the season looking to upset another championship contender in the Cleveland Cavaliers, who just needed one more win to clinch the top seed in the East. After a rough first half in which the Cavs couldn’t miss from three and the Spurs were down by as much as 23, they came roaring back into he second half before going on a huge run in the final minutes with a chance to steal a win at the buzzer. Unfortunately, they came up just an inch short.
Evan Mobley, who missed last week’s match-up for rest, was a problem early with 11 of Cleveland’s first 14 points and 18 points in the quarter on 4-5 shooting from three. Overall, the Cavs hit their first five threes to get out to 20-13 lead after just four minutes, while Harrison Barnes and Stephon Castle were the Spurs’ main source of offense early. They tried to keep up with a decent shooting quarter themselves, but the Cavs remained red hot. By the two-minute mark, they had hit 10-13 threes and were up 38-28 after 12 minutes.
The Cavs bench started regressing to the mean from three in the second quarter, but the Spurs just couldn’t get out of their own way. A few transition turnovers had them down 52-37 midway through the quarter, and as Cleveland’s starters came back in, they picked the shooting back up, hitting 15-30 threes in the half compared to just 6-21 for the Spurs. The Cavs lead got as high as 23 at 62-39 with 2:39 left before the Spurs, led by Castle and Devin Vassell, finally got out in transition and got some shots to fall, closing on an 11-5 run that doesn’t sound huge on its own, but it ended up being important as it gave the Spurs hope with a 67-50 deficit feeling much more manageable.
The hot close to the first half carried over to the third quarter for the Spurs offense as they hit three quick threes and upped their defensive effort to chip away at the lead. They outscored the Cavs 19-12 in the opening half of the quarter to cut the lead to 10 at 79-69. Their second unit was more awake than it had been in the entire first half, and a couple of Julian Champagine threes cut the deficit to six at 88-82 before the Cavs scored the final three points of the quarter for a 91-82 lead.
Cleveland immediately woke back up from three, hitting their first 3 threes of the fourth quarter while the Spurs’ offense temporarily fell apart, so much so that Castle even missed a wide open dunk in transition and threw away a couple of turnovers. The Spurs wasted several chances at the rim but remained resolute, once again chipping away at a Cavs lead that had gotten back up to as much as 16. The lead was back down to 10, 107-97, on a Champagnie dunk with 4:40 left, and an angry Chris Paul, who felt slighted by the refs, helped trigger a 14-2 run, capped by two Barnes threes to get them within one, 113-114 with 28 seconds left.
The Spurs forced a Cavs shot lock violation with 4.6 left, and they had their first chance to tie or take the lead since the score was 3-3 early in the first quarter. Unfortunately, a Barnes floater after a nice spin-move on DeAndre Hunter bounced off the back iron at the buzzer for a heartbreaking loss despite the resilient comeback effort.
Game Notes
- This was the second game in a row that Castle missed a triple-double by just one stat. After finishing the Denver game with 15-15-9 (albeit in 6-18 shooting), he had a much more efficient 22 points, 9 rebounds and 11 assists on 8-16 shooting (1-6 from three). He still had a few rough moments with that aforementioned missed dunk and three turnovers, but he still had a good game and has to have ROY in the bag at this point.
- Devin Vassell also had a big night with 24 points on 9-18 shooting, including 6 threes, 4 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 steals. There was hardly ever any point when he was the hottest man on the court, but instead he was just steady all night and ready when the ball found him. That is what the Spurs will need from him in the future when he will rarely be the first option on the court.
- In an attempt to find some size in the second quarter, Mitch Johnson gave Charles Bassey a quick look, and he was predictably rusty. In just three minutes of action, he had two quick fouls, slowed down in transition to miss an outlet pass off a steal despite being wide, and he missed an alley-oop dunk, lacking his usual lift. It’s getting harder to imagine him returning this off-season, which would be a shame considering how much injuries have derailed his career here.
- This was not a good Blake Wesley game. He was 0-7 from the field for 2 points, and in a Shaqtin’-a-Fool worthy sequence, he missed two wide-open, point-blank layups on one possession, followed by losing the ball on an attempted behind-the-back dribble in transition that Donovan Mitchell nearly converted into a buzzer-beating three from the logo at the end of the third quarter.
- Speaking to Marc Spears, Chris Paul said he still feels like he can play another season, wherever that may be, but it will require discussions with his family. I would be for him returning to the Spurs if he doesn’t retire, but as great as he has been for them this season, I do feel he would need to be willing to come off the bench, especially if the Spurs are ready to start Castle at point guard.
Play of the Game
It would have been Barnes’ buzzer beater had he hit that floater, but we’ll still give it to him for the back-to-back threes that even put them in position to go for the win in the first place.
BACK-TO-BACK https://t.co/uRoi997BI1 pic.twitter.com/7SyoCE7IA7
— San Antonio Spurs (@ spurs) April 5, 2025
Up next: Sunday at Portland Trail Blazers
It may be a good thing the results don’t matter to the Spurs right now, because the scheduling gods have been cruel since January. They head out on a four-game road trip out West before their season finale back home in 9 days. Tip-off in Portland will be at 5:00 PM CT on FanDuel Sports.
By Marilyn Dubinski, via Pounding The Rock