By Jacob Douglas | Pounding The Rock (PtR), 2025-10-29 00:59:40
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精神胜利固然不错，但如果能伴随着一场真正的胜利，那就再好不过了。周日下午，在挥霍了26分的领先优势输给布鲁克林篮网队一天之后，圣安东尼奥马刺队看起来似乎又要重蹈覆辙，葬送对阵多伦多猛龙队时一度超过20分的领先优势。但最终，银黑军团凭借老将们在第四节的关键投篮表现，成功稳住了阵脚，将领先优势重新扩大到20分，并最终拿下球队的四连胜。
一支球队在犯错之后能立刻纠正，这种情况并不多见。在背靠背的比赛中，类似的问题一直困扰着马刺队。当两个对手都提升防守强度时，失误导致了马刺队进攻无功而返，反而让对方轻松得分。而这一次，圣安东尼奥队成功稳住局势，应对了压力，并在关键时刻找到了老将侧翼哈里森·巴恩斯 (Harrison Barnes) 命中关键投篮，最终以121-103取胜。马刺队4胜0负的开局是自2017-2018赛季以来的最佳战绩。
这四场胜利的过程并非一帆风顺，但也很难说赛季开局还能有比这更好的结果了。这支年轻的球队在竞争惨烈的西部经历了逆境，并累积了重要的胜利。而这一切，还是在他们的全明星控球后卫德阿隆·福克斯 (De’Aaron Fox) 缺阵、替补席人手短缺的情况下发生的。这些都是来之不易的胜利，但真正的考验还在后头。马刺队尚未与联盟中的顶级强队交手。令人欣慰的是，尽管在比赛末段犯下严重错误，他们依然能够从实力稍逊的NBA球队身上拿下胜利——这在过去两个赛季是无法想象的。
周一的比赛是一个信号，表明这支球队正在学习如何赢球，并且真正地赢下了比赛。圣安东尼奥队需要大部分主力球员恢复健康回归。他们迫切需要像卢克·科内特 (Luke Kornet) 或凯利·奥利尼克 (Kelly Olynyk) 这样的替补中锋回到场上，而理论上，福克斯的回归应该能解决比赛末段的失误问题。这些球员应该会在未来一周左右回归。在此期间，马刺队将在周四晚上迎战另一支打法极具侵略性的东部对手——迈阿密热火队。
赛后观察：
- 斯蒂芬·卡斯尔 (Stephon Castle) 不是一名控球后卫。至少，不是传统意义上的那种。但这没关系，他依然是一名非常出色的球员。我一直认为卡斯尔更像一个能控球、能冲击篮筐的双能卫或小个侧翼。他是马刺队中少数几个几乎随时都能杀入篮下的球员之一。这一点在他周一得到22分的表现中显而易见。那5次失误不太理想，而且很多都发生在猛龙队起势追分的关键时刻。卡斯尔的理想角色是作为一名冲击篮筐、擅长无球切入的得分后卫，或是负责防守对方主要得分点的侧翼球员。在赛季前四场比赛中，他代打主要进攻发起点的表现已经足够出色，但我认为当他能与福克斯并肩作战时，他会取得更大的成功。
- 欢迎回来，百分百先生。巴恩斯在马刺队的关键时刻手感爆棚。他全场得到18分，只投失了一球（好吧，看来不是百分之百命中，肖恩·埃利奥特 (Sean Elliott)）。这位老将侧翼让圣安东尼奥队重回正轨，并在第四节彻底扭转了比赛的势头。这是本赛季第一场真正让人感受到这位老将存在感的比赛。他的投射能力和沉稳正是球队所需要的。
- 俾斯麦·比永博 (Bismack Biyombo) 之所以是阵容中的第四内线，是有原因的。当维克托·文班亚马 (Victor Wembanyama) 下场，换上比永博后，场上表现的落差比马刺队以往任何一次内线轮换都要来得更加明显。周一晚上，猛龙队一有机会就用挡拆战术针对他，并且屡试不爽。由于情况变得非常糟糕，米奇·约翰逊 (Mitch Johnson) 在第四节甚至派上了一套无中锋阵容。这时候，如果阵容中有科内特、奥利尼克，甚至是杰里米·索汉 (Jeremy Sochan) 都会有极大的帮助。
- 你不可能不对迪伦·哈珀 (Dylan Harper) 留下深刻印象。他已经非常出色，而且年仅19岁。他的篮下终结能力和球场视野已经超过了队内大多数球员。他的跳投看起来比大学时期要好得多。他的防守也在进步。今晚他打得有些急躁，但对于一个新秀来说这很正常。一旦他积累了更多的NBA经验，他将成为一个可怕的球员。
- 说到可怕，文班亚马继续打出着“平平无奇”的怪兽级数据。他得到24分和15个篮板，10次罚球全部命中，全场只投失了一球。他当晚的正负值高达+35。感觉就像文班亚马随时都能随心所欲地得分。阻止他的唯一方法就是对他进行包夹，而各支球队在他一接球时就采取包夹策略的时间点也越来越早。周四晚上，当巴姆·阿德巴约 (Bam Adebayo) 和凯尔·韦尔 (Kel’el Ware) 来访时，他将面临严峻的考验。
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What we learned from the Spurs win over the Raptors
Moral victories are much better when an actual victory comes along with it. A day after blowing a 26-point lead to the Brooklyn Nets on Sunday afternoon, it looked like the San Antonio Spurs may be heading for another blown 20+ point lead against the Toronto Raptors. The Silver and Black were able to pull it together thanks to some veteran shot-making in the fourth to extend their lead back up to 20 and come away with the team’s fourth-straight victory.
It’s not often you see a team correct its mistakes immediately after making them. Similar issues plagued the Spurs in their back-to-back contests. When both opponents ratcheted up the pressure, turnovers led to empty possessions and easy buckets for them on the other end. San Antonio was able to pull itself together, handle the pressure, and find the veteran wing Harrison Barnes for some clutch baskets down the stretch to win 121-103. The Spurs’ 4-0 start is their best since the 2017-2018 season.
It hasn’t been the prettiest four wins, but it’s hard to argue that the start of the season could go much better. The young team has faced adversity and stacked important wins in a loaded Western Conference. All of this has happened without their All-Star point guard, De’Aaron Fox, and a depleted bench. These are tough wins, but the real test is still to come. The Spurs have yet to square off against the league’s best. It’s nice that they can pull out wins against lesser NBA teams despite crucial mistakes late in games – the same couldn’t be said in the last two seasons.
Monday was a sign that the team is learning how to win, and actually winning. San Antonio needs most of their full roster back healthy. They desperately need a backup center like Luke Kornet or Kelly Olynyk to get back on the court, and Fox’s return should, in theory, sure up the late-game turnover issues. Those players should be back in the coming week or so. In the meantime, the Spurs will have to face another aggressive Eastern Conference foe in the Miami Heat on Thursday night.
Takeways:
- Stephon Castle is not a point guard. Not in the traditional sense of the word, anyway. That’s okay, he’s still an awesome player. I’ve always thought of Castle as more of a combo-guard, smaller wing who can handle the ball and get downhill. He is one of the few Spurs who can get to the basket almost any time he wants. That was evident in his 22-point performance on Monday. Those 5 turnovers were not great, and a lot of them came at a crucial time when the Raptors were surging. Castle’s ideal role is someone who can play as a rim-pressuring, cutting off-guard, or wing who guards the opponent’s primary scoring option. He’s done well enough stepping into the primary initiator position through the first four games, but I think he’ll find even more success when he’s able to play next to Fox.
- Welcome back, Mr. 100%. Barnes caught fire at a crucial time for the Spurs. He finished the game with 18 points and only one missed shot (okay, so not 100%, Sean Elliott.) The veteran wing got San Antonio back on track and flipped the momentum of the game completely in the fourth quarter. It’s the first game this season where the veteran’s presence was truly felt. That shooting ability and poise are exactly what the team needs from him.
- There is a reason Bismack Biyombo is the 4th big man on the roster. The drop off from Victor Wembanyama to Biyombo was even more stark than the past big man substitutions the Spurs have made. The Raptors picked on him in the pick-and-roll every chance they got on Monday night and found a lot of success doing so. Mitch Johnson went to a no-big lineup in the fourth quarter because it had gotten so bad. This is where having Kornet, Olynyk, or even Jeremy Sochan would help tremendously.
- It’s impossible to be unimpressed with Dylan Harper. He’s already so good, and he’s only 19 years old. His finishing ability and floor vision are already better than most of the roster. His jumper looks much better than it did in college. His defense is improving. He forced things a bit tonight, but that’s normal for a rookie. Once he gets more NBA experience, he’s going to be a scary player.
- Speaking of scary, Wembanyama continues to put up ho-hum monster numbers. He had 24 points and 15 rebounds, knocking down all 10 of his free throws and missing one total shot in the game. He was a whopping +35 on the night. It feels like Wembanyama can score whenever he wants to. The only way to stop him is to throw a double at him, which teams are doing earlier and earlier when he catches the ball. He’ll face a tough test on Thursday night when Bam Adebayo and Kel’lel Ware come to town.
By Jacob Douglas, via Pounding The Rock