By Marilyn Dubinski | Pounding The Rock (PtR), 2025-12-09 03:45:53
在经历了罕见的两天休息后，马刺队似乎将要像强队那样，轻松战胜这支联盟垫底的球队，但他们显然另有打算。上半场圣安东尼奥一度领先多达25分，但新奥尔良鹈鹕队在第三节焕发新生，他们用联防战术搅乱了马刺，同时在进攻端于内线予取予求。幸运的是，马刺在第四节及时调整并重新振作，凭借迪伦·哈珀 (Dylan Harper) 的关键发挥，最终以135-132锁定胜局。
哈珀全场投篮16中10，砍下生涯新高的22分，并命中制胜球；哈里森·巴恩斯 (Harrison Barnes) 再次打出亮眼表现，贡献24分，其中三分球7投4中。鹈鹕方面，德里克·奎恩 (Derik Queen) 打出了惊人的夜晚，贡献33分、10篮板和10助攻的三双数据，特雷·墨菲三世 (Trey Murphy III) 紧随其后，得到32分。
赛场观察
- 随着斯蒂芬·卡斯尔 (Stephon Castle) 因髋部拉伤缺阵九场后回归，这是他、德阿隆·福克斯 (De’Aaron Fox) 和哈珀首次在同一场比赛中并肩作战。尽管三人从未同时在场，但除了开场阶段的一些小问题外（见下一点），场上几乎总能看到他们三人中的两位，并且配合默契。
- 卡斯尔回归后的首次登场是典型的“卡斯尔式”表现。他打得极具侵略性，试图尽早证明自己，不断突破并寻找投篮机会，同时也为队友创造进攻条件，但也因为打得有些急躁而出现了几次草率的失误。在他首次登场的时间里，他得到6分、3次助攻和3次失误。在那之后，他似乎更好地融入了比赛，并开始与队友分享球权。无论他是与哈珀还是福克斯搭档，场上每个人都感觉很自在。他们三人合力贡献了54分和18次助攻。
- 前马刺队助教、现鹈鹕队代理主教练詹姆斯·博雷戈 (James Borrego) 在下半场伊始便采用联防战术，这让马刺队阵脚大乱。他们完全迷失了方向，打出了球队标志性的“拉胯”一节——进攻端毫无球的流转，而鹈鹕队则打得非常放松，不断在防守身后完成空切，在内线予取予求。鹈鹕队仅用了7分钟就完全抹平了马刺在第二节一度建立的25分领先优势（半场领先20分），并在一分钟后反超了比分。在这节比赛中，似乎只有巴恩斯和凯利·奥利尼克 (Kelly Olynyk) 能够破解联防，他们包办了球队该节前18分中的17分，其余6分由卡斯尔得到。马刺单节被对手打了一个45-23。
- 杰里米·索汉 (Jeremy Sochan) 的情况依旧是个谜。他在第一节打了四分钟，表现尚可，但随后教练米奇·约翰逊 (Mitch Johnson) 在余下的比赛中都使用了奥利尼克（毫无疑问，奥利尼克面对旧主时砍下的11分至关重要）。我不知道是索汉的场上搭配有什么让约翰逊不满意的地方，还是他的态度或努力程度出了问题（我希望不是这样），但这件事正变得越来越扑朔迷离。
- 朱利安·尚帕尼 (Julian Champagnie) 的一大优点在于，无论首发还是替补，他的比赛状态都不会受到影响。随着卡斯尔的回归，他又回到了第二阵容。有些射手需要首发出场才能找到节奏，而不是作为替补手感冰冷地登场，但尚帕尼并非如此。他一上场就迅速进入状态，上半场便命中了个人前3记三分球，并在第四节初段再中两元，帮助马刺重新夺回领先和比赛的控制权——至少在最后一分钟前是这样。
- 球队曾希望卢克·科内特 (Luke Kornet) 的回归能帮助缓解此前骑士队在内线对马刺造成的冲击，但事与愿违，他在进攻端毫无作为，防守端则被奎恩彻底打爆。这是他们连续第二场比赛内线失分超过80分。
- 在比赛还剩9秒时，哈珀命中一记高难度上篮，帮助马刺取得一分领先。随后，博雷戈教练设计了一个堪称你能想象到的最糟糕的战术。他们将球发回后场深处，然后让何塞·阿尔瓦拉多 (Jose Alvarado) 持球全速冲向前场。他几乎获得了一次空位上篮的机会，但他却将球传回给了弧顶位置无人防守的奎恩。问题在哪？奎恩职业生涯的三分命中率只有11%，这一球也砸在了篮筐前沿并应声弹出。我唯一能想到的解释是，他们想为奎恩这场惊艳的表演画上一个标志性的句点，但可惜未能如愿。比赛还剩1秒时，福克斯稳稳命中罚球，而萨迪克·贝 (Saddiq Bey) 的压哨三分偏出，马刺队最终保住了这场“丑陋的”胜利。
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San Antonio at New Orleans, Final Score: Spurs overcome collapse, win ugly against Pelicans 135-132
It looked like the Spurs were going to do what good teams do and cruise to a victory over the worst team in the league after a rare two days of rest, but they had other plans. After San Antonio led by as much as 25 in the first half, the New Orleans Pelicans found new life in the third quarter, confounding the Spurs with a zone defense while living in the paint on offense. Fortunately, the Spurs recovered and regrouped just enough in the fourth quarter, and some clutch play from Dylan Harper sealed the deal, 135-132.
Harper had a career-high 22 points on 10-16 shooting, including the game-winner, and Harrison Barnes had another big game with 24 points, 4-7 from three. Derik Queen had a huge night with a 33-10-10 triple-double, and Trey Murphy III was just behind him with 32 points.
Observations
- With Stephon Castle returning after missing nine games with a hip strain, this is the first time that he, De’Aaron Fox and Harper all played in the same game. Although there was never a point that they all shared the floor, two of the three were almost always out there without much issue outside of the opening minutes (see next bullet point).
- Castle’s first stint was classic Castle. He was aggressive and tried to assert himself early, driving and looking for his own shot while also setting up his own teammates, combined with a few careless turnovers as a result of pressing a little too hard. In his first stint, 6 points, 3 assists and 3 turnovers. After that, he seemed to settle into the game more and took turns sharing the ball, and whether he was sharing the court with Harper or Fox, no one felt out of place. Together, they combined for 54 points and 18 assists.
- Former Spurs assistant and current Pelicans interim head coach James Borrego used a zone defense to confuse the Spurs out of halftime, and they looked completely lost and had one of their signature turd quarters, where there was no ball movement on offense while the Pelicans were loose, cutting behind the defense and getting whatever the wanted. It only took them 7 minutes to completely erase what had been a 25-point Spurs lead in the 2nd quarter and 20 at halftime, and they took the lead minute later. Barnes and Olynyk were the only ones who could seemingly break the zone, scoring 17 of their first 18 points in the quarter, with the other six going to Castle, and they were outscored 45-23.
- The mystery of Jeremy Sochan continues, as he played four minutes in the first quarter and was fine, but then Mitch Johnson went with Olynyk (who, make no mistake, was vital against his former team with 11 huge points) the rest of the game. I don’t know if there’s something about his fit that Johnson doesn’t like, if there’s an attitude or effort issue (which I want to believe is not the case), but this keeps getting stranger by the game.
- One of the great things about Julian Champagnie is his game isn’t impacted by whether he starts or comes off the bench. With Castle back, he was back with the second unit, and while there are some shooters who need to start instead of coming in cold to get in a rhythm, Champagnie is not one of them. He walked right into the game and promptly hit his first 3 threes in the first half, as well as hitting two more early in the fourth to help the Spurs regain the lead and control of the game, at least until the final minute.
- The hope was Luke Kornet’s return would help mitigate some of the damage the Cavs did to the Spurs in the paint, but instead he was ineffective on offense and eviscerated on defense by Queen. It was their second straight game giving up over 80 points in the paint.
- After Harper hit an acrobatic layup to give the Spurs a one point lead with 9 sec left, Borrego drew up about the worst play imaginable. They threw the ball way back into the backcourt, then had Jose Alvarado sprint down the court with the ball. He almost had an open lay-up but threw it back out to Queen for an open three at the top of the arc. The problem? Queen is shooting 11% from three for his career, and it clunked off the front of the rim. My only guess is they were trying to give him a signature moment to an amazing performance, but it didn’t work. Fox made free throws with 1 sec left, and Saddiq Bey missed a three at the buzzer to preserve the “bad” win for the Spurs.
By Marilyn Dubinski, via Pounding The Rock