By Devon Birdsong | Pounding The Rock (PtR), 2025-04-06 15:00:00
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。
马刺和开拓者准备展开篮球类型的活动
在一个已经注定失败的赛季里，你总会感到词穷。
你永远不知道什么时候会发生这种情况，但请放心，一旦比赛开始变得雷同，剩下的就只是时间问题。你会坐下来，茫然地盯着一场比赛，尽你所能区分参赛队伍，最后却一无所获。
当然，这并不意味着你永远江郎才尽。你可是个作家，天哪！这就是你所做的事情。这只是一个比喻，用来形容你的手指轻松地在键盘上飞舞，和用十磅重的锤子敲打出每一个单词之间的区别。
无论如何，在今年这个时候，坦白说很难区分像马刺和开拓者这样的球队。在只剩下几场比赛的情况下，他们在西部联盟的排名中只相差两场胜利。
他们的净效率值几乎相同。马刺的进攻稍微好一点，开拓者在防守上略胜一筹。马刺的投篮命中率略高，开拓者的篮板能力略强。
开拓者在制造犯规和利用失误得分方面略胜一筹，马刺在传球和迫使对手失误方面更胜一筹。他们的比赛节奏基本相同，他们在油漆区和快攻中的得分效率也一样。
随着赛季接近尾声，两支球队都在轮休球员方面相当慷慨，过去十场比赛的战绩仅相差一场胜利。
至于谁最终会出现在开球线上，哪个球队会更注重保护他们的选秀顺位，这都难以预测。
两支球队都有可能一开始就火力全开，那些在阵容边缘的球员会尽力表现，以证明进一步投资是值得的。
两支球队也可能达成某种滑稽的协议，表面上竞争，实际上都在尽力避免全力争胜，同时又看起来很投入，就像破产的青少年在奥特莱斯商场橱窗购物一样。
也许他们脸上都会露出这个时候高中毕业生脸上常有的那种表情。老实说，我不会责怪他们。我完全能理解。
圣安东尼奥马刺 vs 波特兰开拓者
2025年4月6日 | 中部时间下午5:00
观看：FanDuel Sports Network Southwest | 收听：WOAI (1200 AM)
马刺伤病情况： 维克托·文班亚马(Victor Wembanyama) - 缺席（再生怪兽），达龙·福克斯 - 缺席（手部），杰里米·索汉(Jeremy Sochan) - 每日观察（背部）
开拓者伤病情况： 罗伯特·威廉姆斯 - 缺席（膝盖），布莱斯·麦克高文斯 - 缺席（肋骨），德安德烈·艾顿 - 每日观察（腿部），斯库特·亨德森 - 每日观察（脑震荡保护程序），杰拉米·格兰特 - 每日观察（膝盖），安芬尼·西蒙斯 - 每日观察（手臂），西迪·西索科 - 每日观察（脚踝），杜普·里斯 - 每日观察（膝盖），图马尼·卡马拉 - 每日观察（脚踝）
想要了解开拓者球迷的观点，请访问Blazer’s’ Edge.
PtR 的比赛讨论帖将在今晚发布，供想要聊天的朋友使用。您也可以通过 PtR 的 Twitter feed 关注比赛的动态。
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Game Preview: San Antonio Spurs vs Portland Trail Blazers
The Spurs and Blazers prepare to do basketball type things
At some point in a lost season, you kind of just run out of words.
You never know exactly when it’ll happen, but rest assured that once the games begin to blend together, it just becomes a matter of time until you sit down, stare at a matchup blankly, try your best to differentiate the teams involved, and come up with a big fat nothing.
That doesn’t mean that the words are lost permanently, of course. You’re a writer, dadgum it! This is what you do. It’s just a metaphor for the difference between your fingers flying across your keyboard with ease, and banging out each individual word with a ten-pound hammer.
In any case, it’s honestly hard to demarcate teams like the Spurs and Blazers at this point in the year. With only a few games left, they’re separated by just two games in the Western Conference standings.
Their net ratings are almost identical. The Spurs are a little better offensively, the Blazers hold an edge defensively. The Spurs are a little better at shooting the ball, the Blazers are a little better at rebounding.
The Blazers are a little better at drawing fouls at scoring off of turnovers, the Spurs are better at passing and forcing turnovers. Their pace of play is basically the same, they score at the same rate in the paint and on the fast break.
Both teams have been liberal with the rest they’re allowing players as the season closes, with only one win separating their records over the last ten games.
It’s anyone’s guess when it comes to who will end up taking the court at tip-off — which team will be more invested in protecting their draft position.
Either team could come out blazing, with players on the fringes of the roster doing their best to audition and justify further investment.
Both teams could come out in a farcical agreement to compete, as each does their level best to avoid committing to victory while looking invested, like broke teenagers window-shopping in an outlet mall.
Maybe they’ll all have that expression you see on the faces of high school seniors at this time of year. Honestly, I wouldn’t blame them. I can definitely relate.
San Antonio Spurs at Portland Trail Blazers
April 6th, 2025 | 5:00 CT
Watch: FanDuel Sports Network Southwest | Listen: WOAI (1200 AM)
Spurs Injuries: Victor Wembanyama - Out (Regenerating Kaiju), DeAaron Fox - Out (Hand), Jeremy Sochan - Day-to-Day (Back)
Trail Blazers Injuries: Robert Williams - Out (Knee), Bryce McGowens - Out (Ribs), Deandre Ayton - Day-to-Day (Leg), Scoot Henderson - Day-to-Day (Concussion Protocol), Jerami Grant - Day-to-Day (Knee), Anfernee Simons - Day-to-Day (Arm), Sidy Cissoko - Day-to-Day (Ankle), Duop Reath - Day-to-Day (Knee), Toumani Camara - Day-to-Day (Ankle)
For the Trail Blazers’ fans’ perspective, please visit Blazer’s’ Edge.
PtR’s Game thread will be up this evening for those who want to chat through the game. You can also follow along with the action through PtR’s Twitter feed.
By Devon Birdsong, via Pounding The Rock