By Son Q. Trinh | Pounding The Rock (PtR), 2025-04-15 00:28:15
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。
坚持练习。永远不要让别人告诉你，你太矮或太慢。
这个赛季本可能更糟，当然也本可以更好——但绝对可能更糟。马刺队的胜场总数比上赛季有所提高（正如人们所说，在爬行之前必须先学会走路…），格雷格·波波维奇(Gregg Popovich)的缺席令人感到惋惜（但谢天谢地，他似乎正在康复，这才是最重要的），维克托·文班亚马(Victor Wembanyama)的血栓诊断给全明星赛后一段充满希望的冲刺蒙上了一层阴影（谢天谢地，他的病情及时发现，希望能够完全康复）（因此，文班亚马在出场时确实展现了一位马刺队伟大球员的风采，而马刺队历来不乏伟大的球员），德阿隆·福克斯明年将整个赛季都成为这支球队的一员，如果一个年度最佳新秀还不够，那两个赛季都涌现最佳新秀如何？
情况肯定比去年更加乐观，至少与去年的疑问（文班是否会通过选秀或自由球员获得帮助？）相比，尤其是与前年（我们甚至能得到文班吗？几率是多少？）相比。至少在本赛季，这群好人在赛季末以一场激动人心的胜利画上了句号。凯尔登·约翰逊(Keldon Johnson)以 10 投 14 中得到全队最高的 23 分，而斯蒂芬·卡斯尔(Stephon Castle)贡献了 20 分、8 个篮板和 6 次助攻。
你无法否认凯尔登·约翰逊，你只能希望限制他，但你无法限制凯尔登·约翰逊，你只能希望减缓他的速度，但你无法减缓凯尔登·约翰逊的速度，你只能希望我们都被他努力拼搏的精神所感染，从而激励我们最终完成纳税申报。
冲啊啊啊啊啊 pic.twitter.com/JMEkXEUvyQ
— 圣安东尼奥马刺 (@ spurs) 2025年4月13日
永远不要在跳跃时传球，除非你是桑德罗·马穆克拉什维利(Sandro Mamukelashvili)，并且你确切地知道你想把这个球传给空位的布雷克·韦斯利(Blake Wesley)。
穿针引线 pic.twitter.com/BuTJPfaWt6
— 圣安东尼奥马刺 (@ spurs) 2025年4月13日
我们需要在比赛中加入更多这样的画面：“yoink！”代表抢断，“splash”代表三分球，“womp womp”代表失误（或假摔），以及“BOOMSHAKALAKA”代表球员进入了绝对的 NBA Jam 状态。在本例中，韦斯利抢断了球，然后轻松上篮得分。
抢断 & 得分 pic.twitter.com/ZMJer8NvRP
— 圣安东尼奥马刺 (@ spurs) 2025年4月13日
凯尔登·约翰逊在重重防守下艰难地投进了这一球。看看 KJ 的未来会怎样，这将很有趣，因为他的活力、拼搏精神和大量得分能力对任何球队来说都很有价值。在不确定性和伤病的风暴中，约翰逊是马刺队本赛季和近来记忆中最稳定的球员。
— 圣安东尼奥马刺 (@ spurs) 2025年4月13日
我的年龄和克里斯·保罗(Chris Paul)差不多（嘘），只是看着他使出浑身解数运球摆脱防守者投篮，我的膝盖就疼了。希望保罗下赛季能回来，但如果他不回来，所有年轻的马刺球员都受益于与一位名人堂球员（如果发生的话，你在这里先听到了，如果没发生，我不记得我说过这话）一起打球。
精彩操作 pic.twitter.com/rSxje1MePy
— 圣安东尼奥马刺 (@ spurs) 2025年4月13日
打满 82 场比赛绝非易事。“饱经风霜”的老将哈里森·巴恩斯(Harrison Barnes)和保罗在这个“高龄”做到了这一点，令人印象深刻。这表明伤病是比赛中不幸的一部分，如果保罗的身体允许他发挥出自己期望的水平，他本可以在所有那些季后赛比赛中出场。
祝贺取得令人难以置信的成就！ @ Alienware | #广告 pic.twitter.com/GBSTyX8d0d
— 圣安东尼奥马刺 (@ spurs) 2025年4月14日
如果你因为忙于吃 1.5 美元的西班牙红椒奶酪三明治而错过了比赛，这里是比赛的完整集锦：
我要感谢我们无畏的领导和主编 J.R. Wilco，他再次给我机会与球迷们分享我们对马刺的热爱。迫不及待地想知道下赛季会发生什么！
接下来，马刺队将迎来一次强大的选秀，以更健康、更渴望和准备好进入季后赛的状态回归！干杯，GSG！
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Highlights: Spurs cap season finale with riveting comeback victory
Keep practicing. Never let someone tell you you’re too small or too slow.
This season could have been worse, it certainly could have been a lot better—but definitely could be a lot worse. The Spurs improved their win total from last season (have to walk before you crawl as they say . . .), Gregg Popovich’s absence could be felt (but thank goodness he seems to be recovering, which is all that matters), Victor Wembanyama’s blood clot diagnosis put a damper on a promising post All-Star push, (thank goodness his condition was caught promptly in hopes of a full recovery) (accordingly, Wembanyama definitely looks the part of another Spurs great in a long line of greats when he did play), De’Aaron Fox will be a part of this team for the entire season next year, and if one rookie-of-the-year player isn’t enough how about two in as many seasons?
Things are certainly looking up with more certainty, at least compared to last year’s questions (is Wemby going to get help via the draft or free agency?) and especially compared to the year before (ARE WE EVEN GOING TO GET WEMBY? WHAT ARE THE ODDS?). For this season at least, the good guys put on a thrilling cap on the season with a win. Keldon Johnson led the team with 23 points on 10 - 14 shooting, while Stephon Castle contributed 20 points, 8 rebounds, and 6 assists.
You can’t deny Keldon Johnson, you can only hope to contain him, but you can’t contain Keldon Johnson, you can only hope to slow him down, but you can’t slow Keldon Johnson down, you can only hope that we all get caught in the wake of his hustle to motivate us to finally do our taxes.
LET’S GOOOOO pic.twitter.com/JMEkXEUvyQ
— San Antonio Spurs (@ spurs) April 13, 2025
Never make a pass while jumping, unless you’re Sandro Mamukelashvili and you knew exactly where you wanted to weave this pass to an open Blake Wesley.
threading the needle pic.twitter.com/BuTJPfaWt6
— San Antonio Spurs (@ spurs) April 13, 2025
We need more graphics during games like “yoink!” for steals, “splash” for 3-point shots, “womp womp” for turnovers (or flops), and “BOOMSHAKALAKA” when a player is on an absolute NBA Jam heater. In this case, Wesley yoinked the ball and went the other way for an easy bucket.
STEAL & SCORE pic.twitter.com/ZMJer8NvRP
— San Antonio Spurs (@ spurs) April 13, 2025
Keldon Johnson slogged his way through a sea of defenders for this tough bucket. It will be interesting to see what the future holds for KJ as his energy, hustle, and capability for volume scoring is valuable for any team. In a storm of uncertainty and injuries, Johnson was the one constant the Spurs had this season and in recent memory.
tuff bucket pic.twitter.com/X48skUyyD5
— San Antonio Spurs (@ spurs) April 13, 2025
I’m about the same age as Chris Paul (shhh), and my knees hurt just watching him go into his bag of tricks to beat his defender off the dribble for the jumper. Here’s hoping CP3 comes back next season, but if he doesn’t, all the young Spurs benefited from playing alongside a hall-of-famer (he’s going to the Lakers next season—you heard it here first if it happens, if it doesn’t I do not have any recollection of saying that).
nasty work pic.twitter.com/rSxje1MePy
— San Antonio Spurs (@ spurs) April 13, 2025
Playing all 82 games is no small feat. Impressive that “grizzled” vets Harrison Barnes and Chris Paul accomplished this at their “advanced” age. Goes to show you how injuries are an unfortunate part of the game, and ultimate competitors like Paul would have played in all of those playoff games if his body, you know, allowed him to play at the level he expected.
Congrats on an incredible accomplishment! @ Alienware | #ad pic.twitter.com/GBSTyX8d0d
— San Antonio Spurs (@ spurs) April 14, 2025
If you missed the game because you were too busy eating a $1.50 pimento cheese sandwich, here are the full-game highlights:
I want to thank our fearless leader and EIC, J.R. Wilco, for once again giving me the opportunity to share our love of the Spurs with fellow fans. Cannot wait for what next season holds!
Next up, the Spurs will have a strong draft, come back healthier, hungrier, and ready for a playoff berth! Cheers and GSG!
By Son Q. Trinh, via Pounding The Rock