By Marilyn Dubinski | Pounding The Rock (PtR), 2025-10-25 12:05:00
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在揭幕战过于轻松写意地大胜达拉斯独行侠后，马刺队本场比赛的状态稍有回落，他们面对的是一支伤兵满营、但好在迎回了健康的蔡恩·威廉森 (Zion Williamson) 的新奥尔良鹈鹕队。这是一场你来我往、场面胶着的鏖战，两队领先优势均未达到过两位数，也都没能找到流畅的进攻节奏。但即便维克托·文班亚马 (Victor Wembanyama) 早早犯满离场，马刺队最终还是在加时赛中脱颖而出。
威廉森在开场第一回合就大秀肌肉，他强行扣篮得手，还造成了文班的犯规，不过这份得意并未持续太久。随后，文班连续封盖了他接下来的三次投篮，同时自己也两次扣篮得手，帮助马刺队取得了7-2的开局。尽管马刺队本节投篮命中率高达52%，但鹈鹕队并未让他们轻易拉开比分，这部分要归功于乔丹·普尔 (Jordan Poole) 的出色发挥和关键投篮。12分钟战罢，马刺队仍以30-27领先。
进入第二节，新奥尔良鹈鹕队打出一波11-6的攻势，自开场2-0之后首次取得领先。在鹈鹕队于同一次进攻中第三次尝试终于命中三分，并紧接着再中一记远投后，米奇·约翰逊 (Mitch Johnson) 教练被迫请求暂停。德文·瓦塞尔 (Devin Vassell) 随即连得9分作为回应，短暂地夺回了领先优势。然而，在频繁的裁判哨声中，两队都难以找到进攻节奏，比赛持续紧咬。终于，由卢克·科内特 (Luke Kornet) 和文班组成的“法式香草”组合利用他们的身高优势，通过几次扣篮和进攻篮板给对手施压，马刺在比赛还剩不到四分钟时以53-46取得了半场最大的领先优势。遗憾的是，鹈鹕队以一波12-4的攻击波结束了本节，半场结束时以58-57反超。这主要得益于他们16投7中的三分球，而马刺队的三分球仅为17投4中。
与上半场如出一辙，马刺队在下半场开局又打出了一波7-2的攻势，且全部得分均来自文班。暂停过后，瓦塞尔再添一记三分，将这波攻势延续，领先优势也回到了7分。但鹈鹕队再次用一波5-0还以颜色，迫使马刺请求暂停。比赛依旧胶着，直到瓦塞尔连续命中两记三分，将领先优势扩大到9分（78-69）。然而，在这场失误连连的比赛中，鹈鹕队再次一点点蚕食分差，又一次在节末打出12-4的攻击波，在进入末节前将马刺的领先优势缩小到两分，比分为82-80。
自开场第一攻后便沉寂许久的威廉森终于在第四节开始发力，鹈鹕队将他们的攻击波延续到24-8，在第四节进行了四分钟后，马刺已经落后6分，米奇·约翰逊不得不再次请求暂停。鹈鹕队一度将领先优势扩大到8分，但此时，火花却由一位意想不到的球员点燃。在双方明星球员都在场下休息时，迪伦·哈珀 (Dylan Harper) 挺身而出，他连得5分，并在一波出人意料的14-0的攻击波中独得7分，为马刺队打破了得分荒，并以100-94一举反超。
但正如本场比赛的主旋律一样，鹈鹕队顽强反击，在马刺连续出现三次失误后，于比赛还剩一分钟时将比分追至104平。威廉森的又一次篮下得手帮助他们在比赛仅剩31.5秒时再次领先。但暂停回来后，斯蒂芬·卡斯尔 (Stephon Castle) 命中一记关键三分夺回领先，随后威廉森造成文班一次颇具争议的犯规并走上罚球线，但他两罚仅一中，双方战平。这给了马刺队在最后11.9秒绝杀的机会。遗憾的是，文班在面对双人包夹下的一次高难度后仰跳投未能命中——这或许并非教练部署的战术——比赛被拖入加时。
文班在加时赛开场以一记扣篮先拔头筹，但在下一个防守回合便六犯离场，结束了本场比赛。但马刺队没有就此缴械。瓦塞尔和朱利安·尚帕尼 (Julian Champagnie) 的几记三分球帮助他们建立起8分的领先优势，为球队提供了喘息空间。尽管在最后几秒犯下一些错误，但这点优势已足够他们锁定胜局，因为鹈鹕队在加时赛剩余时间里得分艰难。最终，圣安东尼奥马刺队以120-116获胜，取得赛季开局两连胜。这也是队史第二次以客场两连胜开启新赛季。
赛后观察
- 上赛季很多人对文班出手大量三分球感到不满，但这种看似疯狂的打法背后自有其逻辑。通过将远投加入自己的武器库并投出35.2%的可观命中率，现在对手必须忌惮他的外线投射，这反过来又为他打开了突破路线。这种情况在揭幕战中出现了几次，本场比赛上半场也再次上演，当时他直接过掉了补防过来的威廉森。本赛季迄今两场比赛，文班只出手了5次三分，命中1球（这个命中率肯定会回升的）。
- 说到三分和罚球，马刺队在赛季初的挣扎仍在继续。朱利安·尚帕尼延续了季前赛手感火热、但常规赛开局便陷入低迷的模式，他今晚前五次三分出手全部偏出，直到在加时赛命中一记关键远投（你可以看到他如释重负地庆祝）。哈里森·巴恩斯 (Harrison Barnes) 也尚未找到状态，本场仅5投1中。总的来看，马刺全队三分球43投仅13中，罚球线上的表现也依旧挣扎，26罚仅17中。面对更强的对手，这样的数据是赢不了比赛的，他们必须有所改进。
- 文班今晚的表现并非个人最佳，但他仍贡献了29分和11个篮板，并且因至少被漏记一次盖帽而错失三双。当他上半场被记了5次盖帽时我就心存疑虑，我发誓他有6次，而转播方后来的回放也证实了这一点，画面显示他当时的盖帽数比官方统计多一次。最终，他被记了9次盖帽，但本应有10次。J.R.威尔科 (J.R. Wilco) 也在对阵独行侠赛后向我指出，他看到了6次盖帽，但文班只被记了3次。我们可能需要开始专门追踪记录了……
本场最佳镜头
马刺队在加时赛中命中了许多关键球，但若没有卡斯尔在常规时间末段的这记三分，他们根本没有机会进入加时。这是在艰难时刻的一次强力回应。他正悄然地以不错的外线表现开启本赛季，至今11投4中，包括今晚的8投3中。
卡斯尔命中反超三分！
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— San Antonio Spurs (@ spurs) October 25, 2025
下场预告：周日对阵篮网
马刺队将于周日迎来他们的赛季主场首秀，对手是布鲁克林篮网队。比赛将于美国中部时间下午1:00在FanDuel体育频道鸣哨开打。
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Spurs get chippy OT win against Pelicans to improve to 2-0
After a too easy and perhaps too fun opening night blowout of the Dallas Mavericks, the Spurs came back down to earth a bit against an injured New Orleans Pelicans club that at least has a healthy Zion Williamson back. It was a back-and-forth, ugly game where neither team ever led by double figures or could get in much of an offensive rhythm, but the Spurs pulled it out in OT despite Victor Wembanyama fouling out early.
Willamson got to flex on the opening possession after dunking and drawing a foul Wemby, but the satisfaction would be short lived as Wemby blocked his next three shots while getting two dunks of his own to get the Spurs out to a 7-2 lead. Still, the Pelicans kept the Spurs from running away with things despite shooting 52% in the quarter in part thanks to Jordan Poole doing his thing and hitting timely shots, but the Good Guys still led 30-27 after 12 minutes.
New Orleans took their first lead since opening 2-0 by using an 11-6 run to start the second quarter, forcing a Mitch Johnson timeout after two straight Pelicans threes, the first of which came on their third attempt of that possession. Devin Vassell responded by scoring the next 9 points to briefly retake the lead, but things stayed tight as neither team could find an offensive rhythm amidst a plethora of officiating calls. Finally, the French Vanilla combination of Luke Kornet and Wemby made their size felt with a few dunks and offensive rebounds, and the Spurs took their largest lead of the half at 53-46 with under four minutes to go. Unfortunately, the Pelicans closed on a 12-4 run to take a 58-57 halftime lead in large part thanks to hitting 7-16 threes, compared to 4-17 for the Spurs.
Like the first half, the Spurs started the second on a 7-2 run with all the points coming from Wemby. The run extended after a timeout without another Vassell three to extend the lead back to seven, but again the Pelicans answered with five straight to force a Spurs timeout. It remained a tight game until two more consecutive Vassell threes stretched the lead out to nine, 78-69, but again the Pelicans kept chipping back away in a continuously sloppy game, going on another 12-4 run to close a quarter and cut Spurs lead to two, 82-80, heading into the final frame.
Williamson finally got going in the fourth quarter after being quiet following the opening possession of the game, and the Pelicans stretched their run out to 24-8 before Mitch Johnson finally had to call another timeout with his team down six four minutes in. They got the lead out to 8, but then a spark came from an unexpected place. With both teams’ stars on the bench, Dylan Harper finally broke the ice for the Spurs with five straight points and seven overall all as part of a very sudden 14-0 run to retake the lead, 100-94.
But as was the theme all night, the Pelicans fought back and tied things up at 104 apiece with a minute left following three straight Spurs turnovers. Another Williamson bucket gave them the lead back with 31.5 sec left, but Stephon Castle hit a huge three after a timeout to regain the lead, and Williamson only hit one free throw after drawing a questionable foul on Wemby, tying things up and giving the Spurs a chance to win it with 11.9 seconds left. Unfortunately, Wemby couldn’t hit a tough fade away over a double team that probably wasn’t what had been drawn up, and it was time for overtime.
Wemby scored on a dunk to open OT but fouled out on the next possession, ending his night there. But the Spurs didn’t fold. A couple of threes from Vassell and Julian Champaginie gave them some cushion with an eight-point lead, which was all they needed to close things out (despite some mistakes in the closing seconds) as the Pelicans struggled to score the rest of the way, giving San Antonio a 120-116 win and 2-0 start to the season. It’s just the second time in franchise history they’ve started 2-0 exclusively on the road.
Game Notes
- A lot of people got annoyed with the number of threes Wemby took last season, but there was a method to the madness. By adding the shot to his arsenal and hitting them at a respectable 35.2% rate, players now have to respect his outside shot, which in turn opens the driving lane for him. It happened a few times on opening night and again the first half when he drove right by a closing Williamson. So far through two games, Wemby has shot just 5 threes, hitting 1 of them (a percentage that will surely go up).
- Speaking of threes and free throws, the Spurs continue to struggle hitting them to start the season. Julian Champagnie continue his trend of being red hot in the preseason before struggling to open the regular season, missing his first five tonight before hitting a huge one in OT (and you could see him celebrating in relief). Harrison Barnes also has yet to get going, hitting just 1-5. Overall, the Spurs hit just 13-43 from three while continuing to struggle from the free throw line, where they shot just 17-26. They won’t win games against better teams with numbers like that, so they have to get better.
- Wemby didn’t have his best game ever, but he had 29 points and 11 rebounds and was robbed of a triple-double after being shorted at least one block. I had my suspicions after he was awarded 5 in the first half but I swore he had 6, and the broadcast confirmed it later by showing all of his blocks, with there being one more than he had at the time. Ultimately, he was awarded 9 blocks but should have had 10. J.R. Wilco also pointed out to me after the Mavs game that he saw 6 blocks but Wemby was only given 3. We may need to start keeping a tracker…
Play of the Game
The Spurs had plenty of big buckets in OT, but they don’t get there without this three from Castle late in regulation. It was a huge response in a tough moment, and he is quietly having a decent start to the season from outside, hitting 4-11, including 3-8 tonight.
CASTLE FOR THE LEAD!
— San Antonio Spurs (@ spurs) October 25, 2025
Up next: Sunday vs. Nets
The Spurs will make their home debut Sunday against the Brooklyn Nets. Tip-off will be at 1:00 PM CT on FanDuel Sports.
By Marilyn Dubinski, via Pounding The Rock