By Jeje Gomez | Pounding The Rock (PtR), 2025-11-13 13:05:54
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。
马刺队希望在主场连续迎战勇士队的两场比赛中，将他们的连胜场次扩大到四场。不幸的是，斯蒂芬·库里 (Stephen Curry) 另有打算。这位经验丰富的超级巨星在本场比赛的大部分时间里都令圣安东尼奥马刺队难以防守，他砍下44分，率领球队在客场以123-120取胜。维克托·文班亚马 (Victor Wembanyama) 和斯蒂芬·卡斯尔 (Stephon Castle) 在这场失利中双双贡献了三双数据。
马刺队的开局堪称完美。勇士队在背靠背比赛的第二场中显得步履维艰，看起来又回到了那支饱受化学反应问题困扰的老球队。银黑军团在比赛开始时活力四射，不断提速并展开了高强度的身体对抗防守。斯蒂芬·卡斯尔是这一切的核心，他对斯蒂芬·库里进行贴脸防守，成功迟滞了客队的进攻，并在另一端为自己和队友创造机会。当双方替补阵容登场时，圣安东尼奥马刺队已经取得领先，并在内线展现出统治力。两队的第二阵容在执行力上都有些挣扎，但金州勇士队得分异常困难，并且对卡斯尔束手无策。首节战罢，主队以领先14分的优势，得分几乎是对手的两倍。
保持领先优势和展现终结比赛的决心，并非马刺队本赛季至今所擅长的事情，而这一趋势在周三的比赛中得以延续。在第二节的一段时间里，马刺队的防守表现非常出色，换位防守完美同步，迫使对手在进攻时间所剩无几时仓促出手。维克托·文班亚马有一段时间接管了进攻。唯一让金州勇士队紧咬比分的是摩西·穆迪 (Moses Moody) 的一连串三分雨，但感觉上只要银黑军团再加把劲，他们就能建立起巨大的领先优势。然而，卡斯尔陷入了犯规困扰，球队进攻节奏放缓，经验丰富的勇士队则调整了他们的进攻并发起反击。在比赛大部分时间里都落后两位数之后，客队在半场结束时仅带着7分的分差进入更衣室。
一旦勇士队的进攻火力全开，便势不可挡。在库里梦回巅峰的表现带领下，金州勇士队在第三节单节轰下43分，一举掌控了比赛。雪上加霜的是，卡斯尔和整个圣安东尼奥马刺队都无法摆脱犯规麻烦，这给了客队在他们的超级巨星休息时得以续命的武器。悬殊的罚球数差距、客队创造出的大量空位机会，以及德阿隆·福克斯 (De’Aaron Fox) 令人震惊的糟糕表现——他在球队需要他时未能挺身而出得分——这些因素共同导致了灾难性的第三节。尽管进入末节时仅落后8分，但银黑军团的前景并不乐观，因为感觉金州勇士队不会让这场胜利溜走。
值得称赞的是，马刺队从未放弃。他们在进攻端的执行力不佳，防守端，双中锋阵容漏掉了太多空位三分和防守篮板。尽管如此，勇士队在某些时刻还是感受到了这支年轻、充满饥渴感的球队试图反扑的压力。本节比赛的良好开局让圣安东尼奥马刺队一度将分差缩小到仅一分。虽然客队随即做出了回应，但马刺队让金州勇士队难以建立起足以确保胜利的安全区。然而，单凭努力并不足以对抗一个更聪明的对手，他们懂得如何制造身体接触，他们的主要得分手打出了超凡的表现，并且知道如何通过转移球和将对方的大个子球员吸引到外线来克制身材更高大的马刺队。
这是一场令人沮丧的失利，但也应该能给银黑军团带来一些教训。
赛后观察
- 根据ESPN记者迈克尔·C·莱特 (Michael C. Wright) 的报道，卡斯尔和文班亚马是NBA历史上第五对在同一场比赛中双双砍下20+得分三双的队友。他们当然宁愿用这亮眼的数据线换来一场胜利，但他们的数据并非毫无意义的空砍。两人在攻防两端都有长时间的出色发挥。文班已是超级巨星，打出优异表现是意料之中，但卡斯尔近期的表现让他看起来像一颗冉冉升起的新星。未来几年，他们将并肩取得伟大的成就。
- 与之形成鲜明对比的是，德阿隆·福克斯在周三晚上的表现可能堪比他职业生涯中任何一个糟糕的夜晚。他出现了六次致命失误，但在第四节有一次传球，大概是想传给顺下的卢克·科内特 (Luke Kornet)，球却以一个不合常理的速度砸在了篮板的上沿。看到这样一位优秀的球员打出如此令人费解的糟糕表现，实在有些匪夷所思。他刚刚伤缺许久后复出，并且已经向马刺展示过他的实力，所以无需过分担心，但看他如此挣扎确实令人难受。
- 杰里米·索汉 (Jeremy Sochan) 只打了6分多钟，且全部是在上半场。上一场比赛，他打了11分钟。看起来主教练米奇·约翰逊 (Mitch Johnson) 希望更多地同时使用卢克·科内特和文班亚马，这使得索汉很难获得上场时间。这可能只是一种试验，索汉或许在下场比赛就会重返轮换阵容，但这一点值得后续关注。
- 马刺队的三分球投得还算不错。他们的三位主要射手，哈里森·巴恩斯 (Harrison Barnes)、朱利安·尚帕尼 (Julian Champagnie) 和德文·瓦塞尔 (Devin Vassell)，合计20投9中。文班也投进了三记远投。但他们全队三分出手39次，而勇士队高达57次，并且金州勇士队总共命中了21记三分，圣安东尼奥马刺队则是14记。这一点以及36比16的悬殊罚球数，解释了为何客队在内线仅得22分的情况下依然能够赢球。
- 米奇·约翰逊采用了较短的轮换阵容。索汉和林迪·沃特斯三世 (Lindy Waters III) 的上场时间都未达到两位数。凯尔登·约翰逊 (Keldon Johnson) 在替补席上，其上场时间、得分和篮板均领衔全队，并带来了他一贯的活力。科内特得分效率很高，但在篮板保护上非常挣扎。如前所述，尚帕尼命中了一些投篮，并且在被要求防守库里时也已竭尽所能。总的来说，替补席没有特别杰出的贡献，但他们并非马刺输球的原因。
下场比赛：周五主场对阵金州勇士队
马刺队将在几天后有机会一雪前耻，他们将于周五在主场再度迎战勇士队。
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Victor Wembanyama’s and Stephon Castle’s triple-doubles not enough to lift Spurs past Warriors
The Spurs wanted to extend their win streak to four as they hosted the Warriors on the first of two consecutive games. Unfortunately, Stephen Curry had other plans. The veteran superstar was impossible to guard for San Antonio for most of the game, and with his 44 points, led his team to a 123-120 victory on the road. Victor Wembanyama and Stephon Castle both had triple-doubles in the losing effort.
The Spurs couldn’t have asked for a better opening frame, as the Warriors looked like the old team with chemistry issues that they are as they labored in the second game of a back-to-back early on. The Silver and Black came out with energy to spare to start the game, pushing the pace and playing physical defense. Stephon Castle was in the middle of it all, face-guarding Stephen Curry to stall the visitors’ offense and creating for himself and others on the other end. As the benches checked in, San Antonio was ahead and looking dominant inside. Both second units struggled to execute, but Golden State could not buy a bucket and had no answer for Castle. After one, the home team was ahead by 14, doubling their opponent’s score.
Holding leads and showing killer instinct is not something the Spurs have been good at so far this season, and the trend continued on Wednesday. For a while, the defense was spectacular in the second quarter, switching in perfect sync to force tough shots late in the clock. Victor Wembanyama had a stretch in which he took over offensively. The only thing keeping Golden State in it was a barrage of Moses Moody threes, but it felt as if the Silver and Black stepped on the gas, they could create massive separation. Alas, Castle got in foul trouble, the offense slowed down, and the veteran Warriors cleaned up their attack and made a push. After trailing by double digits for most of the game, the visitors headed to the locker room down only seven.
Once the Warriors’ offense heated up, it was impossible to stop it. Golden State dropped 43 points in the third quarter to take control of the game, behind a throwback Curry performance. It didn’t help that Castle and San Antonio in general couldn’t escape foul trouble, which gave the visitors the tool they needed to survive when their superstar rested. The free-throw disparity, the open looks the visitors generated, and a shockingly bad performance by De’Aaron Fox, who couldn’t step up offensively when needed, all contributed to a disastrous third period. It wasn’t looking good for the Silver and Black heading to the final frame despite trailing by just eight, because it felt like Golden State was not going to let this one get away.
To their credit, the Spurs never quit. The execution wasn’t good on offense, and defensively, there were too many open threes and defensive rebounds allowed by the two-center lineup. Still, at times, the Warriors felt the pressure of a young, hungry team trying to make a comeback. A great start to the quarter allowed San Antonio to cut the lead to just one, and while the visitors responded, the Spurs made it hard for Golden State to create a big enough buffer to feel safe about the final score. Alas, effort alone wasn’t enough against an opponent that was smart to seek contact, got a fantastic performance from their main scorer, and knew how to counter the bigger Spurs by moving the ball and drawing the big men to the perimeter.
It was a frustrating loss, but one that should also teach the Silver and Black some lessons.
Game notes
- Castle and Wembanyama are just the fifth set of teammates to record 20-point triple-doubles in the same game, according to ESPN’s Michael C. Wright. They would surely trade the impressive stat lines for a win, but they didn’t put out empty numbers on a loss. Both were great for long stretches, on both ends. Wemby is a superstar, so great performances are expected of him, but Castle has recently looked like a potential star in the making. Those two will do great things together for years to come.
- On the other end of the spectrum, De’Aaron Fox was as bad on Wednesday as he’s likely been in any night of his pro career. He had six terrible turnovers, but there was a pass in the fourth quarter, presumably to a diving Kornet, that hit the high part of the backboard at an unreasonable speed. It was bizarre to see such a good player make such an inexplicably bad play. He’s getting back into action after a long time out, and he’s shown how good he can be with the Spurs already, so there’s nothing to worry about, but it was painful to watch him struggle so much.
- Jeremy Sochan only played a shade over six minutes, all in the first half. Last game, he played 11 minutes. It seems like Mitch Johnson wants to use Luke Kornet and Wembanyama together a lot, which makes it hard to find time for Sochan. It might be just experimentation and Sochan could be back in the rotation by next game, but it’s something to monitor.
- The Spurs shot the three reasonably well. Their three main marksmen, Harrison Barnes, Julian Champagnie, and Devin Vassell, combined to go 9-for-20. Wemby also poured in three outside shots. But they attempted 39 threes to the Warriors’ 57, and Golden State made a total of 21 to San Antonio’s 14. That and the massive 36 to 16 free-throw discrepancy explain how the visitors won despite scoring only 22 paint points.
- Mitch Johnson played a short rotation. Sochan and Lindy Waters III didn’t reach double digits in minutes. Keldon Johnson led the way off the bench in minutes, points and rebounds, and brought his usual energy. Kornet scored efficiently but really struggled to rebound. As mentioned, Champagnie hit some shots and also did what he could when asked to guard Curry. Overall, there were no great contributions from the bench, but they were not the reason why the Spurs lost.
Next game: vs. Golden State Warriors on Friday
The Spurs will have the opportunity to avenge this loss in just a couple of days, as they will face the Warriors once again at home on Friday.
By Jeje Gomez, via Pounding The Rock