By Mark Barrington | Pounding The Rock (PtR), 2025-12-11 05:58:05
银黑军团凭借其速度优势和均衡的团队发挥，成功击败了洛杉矶湖人队。尽管湖人队的超级巨星们今晚表现出色，卢卡·东契奇 (Luka Doncic) 砍下35分，勒布朗 (LeBron) 得到19分，但球队其他成员的贡献寥寥无几，唯一的例外是马库斯·斯玛特 (Marcus Smart)，他不仅打出了凶悍的防守，还命中了大量的三分球。
斯蒂芬·卡斯尔 (Stephon Castle) 打出了他NBA生涯中最出色的比赛之一，砍下30分、10个篮板和6次助攻，他在内线完全压制了速度更慢、对抗更弱的对手。凯尔登·约翰逊 (Keldon Johnson) 替补登场后表现抢眼，他在第二节掀起得分狂潮，是银黑军团建立领先优势的关键先生。德阿龙·福克斯 (De’Aaron Fox) 则利用他的速度和创造投篮机会的能力，帮助马刺牢牢掌控着比赛。令人意外的是，马刺今晚在造犯规大战中也占据了上风，他们利用速度优势迫使湖人球员在突破路线上频频犯规。卡斯尔获得了9次罚球机会，坦白说，考虑到他在篮下主动寻求身体对抗的频率，这个数字本应更多。这是一场伟大的团队胜利，马刺全队齐心协力，就为了帮凯尔登买一头骆马，以及帮大卫·琼斯·加西亚 (David Jones Garcia) 买一辆车。
赛场观察
- 洛杉矶的NBA杯主题球场在他们的第四场杯赛前不知何故遭到了损坏，所以今晚的比赛是在湖人队的常规地板上进行的，这让电视转播画面看起来舒服多了。当事情朝着让你生活更美好的方向发展时，感觉总是很棒。
- 在之前一场比赛中，雷霆对太阳的那场血洗简直令人难以置信。遭遇如此惨败的球队，真该被降级到G联赛去。在一场138-89的屠杀中，他们的精气神都被打没了，而实际场面比分差更悬殊。
- 布雷克·格里芬 (Blake Griffin) 在电视上的形象远没有他的名声那么招人烦。也许自球员时代退役后，他变得温和了许多。他确实接到了大量的解说和商业工作。我猜他有一个非常厉害的经纪人。
- 老实说，我认为当球员在一个显而易见的犯规后还向裁判抱怨时，就应该被吹罚一次技术犯规。但如果真这样，那卢卡恐怕永远也打不完一场比赛了。
- 马刺抓住了卢卡喜欢留在后场抱怨没哨子的习惯，在第一节末段打出一波攻势，并以39-30的比分领先进入第二节。
- 状态火热时的凯尔登·约翰逊就是一头猛兽，今晚他早早进入状态，推动马刺取得了早期领先。很显然，他是真的很想要那头骆马。
- 我真心喜欢看到对方教练在比赛早期就浪费掉他们的挑战机会。第二节，八村塁 (Hachimura) 在一次突破中从背后推了瓦塞尔 (Vassell)，随后艾顿 (Ayton) 忽悠主教练JJ·雷迪克 (JJ Redick) 对这个判罚发起了挑战。也许雷迪克最终会学到，在这种球上不能相信自己的球员，但对这场比赛来说为时已晚。
- 马库斯·斯玛特的防守动作非常大（经常犯规），但却很少被吹罚。有些球员就是能得到裁判的特殊照顾，我也不清楚是为什么。令人费解的是，他今晚突然化身斯蒂芬·库里，三分球14投8中，这帮助湖人在下半场始终能紧咬比分。
- 马刺在第二节中段一度将领先优势扩大到18分，但随后湖人强势反扑，东契奇利用造犯规战术，湖人则采用联防来限制马刺的速度优势，成功将比赛悬念拉了回来。半场结束前不到一分钟，随着勒布朗的一记扣篮，分差被缩小到个位数。但马刺由福克斯和巴恩斯 (Barnes) 得分，打出了半场结束前的最后4分，以70-58领先结束上半场。这是一个相当不错的半场，但考虑到马刺队，你总会担心他们在下半场走出更衣室后的表现，因为他们的一些最糟糕的篮球表现往往出现在那个时段。
- 第三节一上来，马刺打出了一波10-2的攻击波，首次将领先优势扩大到20分，所以也许我之前的担心是多余的。银黑军团在开局阶段的得分主要来自卡斯尔，但东契奇也造成了他的第四次犯规，不得不在第三节早早下场休息。
- 艾顿在联盟中已经辗转多队许久，但他或许终于在湖人队找到了自己的位置。他在洛杉矶成为了一名有用的球员，而就在几年前，他看起来甚至都快要在联盟中销声匿迹了。
- 解说员范甘迪 (Van Gundy) 似乎更专注于讲故事，而不是观看比赛本身。在一个回合中，凯尔登明显被勒布朗打到了脸，他却滔滔不绝地讲起了关于假摔的话题。这实在是太蠢了。
- 马刺在第三节顶住了卢卡的猛烈攻势，以104-87的比分进入第四节，难得地在第三节单节得分上超过了对手。
- 在第四节的大部分时间里，马刺都将湖人控制在安全距离之外。但随着马库斯·斯玛特不断命中三分，以及卢卡打出他的招牌表现，湖人在比赛还剩大约五分钟时发起了最后一波反扑，通过一波11-0的攻击波，终于将分差缩小到个位数。关键时刻，卡斯尔回到场上为马刺稳住了局势，他在比赛还剩一分多钟时命中一记关键三分，彻底锁定胜局，帮助马刺取得了130-116的不可逾越的领先。最后一分钟，双方都换上了替补球员，最终马刺以132-119获胜。
好了，现在马刺成功晋级半决赛，但他们即将撞上一堵名为雷霆的铜墙铁壁，后者在之前的比赛中刚刚血洗了缺少布克 (Booker) 的太阳队。本赛季，雷霆最终将与马刺交手5次，这也创造了两支球队在常规赛中直接交锋次数最多的纪录。NBA杯确实带来了一些附加效应，而在常规赛中额外增加两场与强队的较量，或许是最艰难的一点，因为它最终可能影响到季后赛的排位和主场优势。但这正是NBA杯的变数所在，本周六晚，我们将在拉斯维加斯见证马刺如何与联盟最强战队一较高下。我们到时见！
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San Antonio at Los Angeles, Final Score: Spurs advance to the NBA Cup semis with a 132-119 win over the Lakers
The Silver and Black rode their speed advantage and balanced team play to get past a Los Angeles team that had a great night from their superstars as Luka Doncic scored 35, and LeBron had 19, but they did not get much in the way of contributions from anyone else, except for Marcus Smart who played ferocious defense and hit a ton of three-point shots.
Stephon Castle had one of the best games of his NBA career, scoring 30 points, with 10 rebounds and 6 assists, as he dominated the paint against the slower and weaker opponents. Keldon Johnson had a nice night off the bench, and was a major factor in building a lead for the Silver and Black with a second quarter scoring frenzy. De’Aaron Fox used his quickness and ability to create shots to keep the Spurs in control. Surprisingly, the Spurs won the foul game tonight, using their quickness to force the Lakers to repeatedly foul players on their way to the hoop. Castle had 9 attempts from the charity stripe, and frankly, it probably should have been more as he sought contact at the rim. It was a great team effort as the Spurs all pulled together to help Keldon buy a llama and David Jones Garcia buy a car.
Observations
- The NBA Cup court in Los Angeles was damaged somehow before their fourth cup game, and tonight’s game was played on the regular Lakers court surface, which made it a lot easier to watch on TV. It’s nice when things come together to make your life a little better.
- The butt-kicking the Thunder put on the Suns in the first game was almost incomprehensible. A loss like that should result in relegation to the G-League or something. Their souls were taken in a 138-89 blowout that wasn’t as close as the score.
- Blake Griffin on TV is not nearly as obnoxious as his reputation. Maybe he’s mellowed since his playing days. He sure gets a lot of broadcast and commercial work. I’m guessing that he has a really good agent.
- I honestly think that players should get a tech when they complain about a foul call when it’s completely obvious that they committed a foul. But then Luka would never be able to finish a game.
- The Spurs were able to take advantage of Luka’s penchant for hanging back and complaining about not getting calls to go on a run to close the first quarter on a run and led 39-30 as the second quarter began.
- Keldon Johnson is a monster when he’s on, and he was early on, propelling the Spurs to an early lead. Apparently, he really wants that llama.
- I really like it when opposing coaches waste their challenges early in the game. Hachimura pushed Vassell in the back on a drive in the second quarter and then Ayton conned JJ Redick into challenging the call. Maybe Redick will learn eventually to not trust his players on those calls, but too late for this game.
- Marcus Smart plays very physical defense (fouls a lot) but hardly ever gets called for a foul. Some guys just get a pass from the refs. I’m not sure why. Inexplicably, he turned into Steph Curry tonight, hitting 8-14 three point shots, which helped to keep the Lakers within range in the second half.
- The Spurs pulled out to an 18 point lead halfway through the second quarter, but the Lakers surged back into relevance with Doncic playing the foul game and the Lakers playing a zone that stymied the Spurs quickness advantage. The lead was down to single digits with a LeBron dunk with just under a minute left in the half, but the Spurs scored the last four points with Fox and Barnes taking advantage to lead 70-58 as the halftime buzzer sounded. It was a pretty good half, but with the Spurs, you always worry about how the team will look when they come out of the locker room after halftime, when they’ve played some of their worst basketball.
- The Spurs started the third on an 10-2 run to take their first 20 point lead, so maybe my fears were unfounded. Castle did most of the early damage for the Silver and Black, but Doncic was able to draw his fourth foul and he had to leave the game early in the third.
- Ayton has bounced around the league for a long time, but he might have finally found himself as a Laker. He’s become a useful player in Los Angeles, and a few years ago, he looked like he wasn’t even going to be in the league.
- Van Gundy seems to be focused on narratives instead of watching the game. On a play where Keldon was obviously hit in the face by LeBron, he went off on a story about acting. That was dumb.
- Spurs weathered the Luka storm in the third, leading 104-87 going into the fourth, actually outscoring their opponent in the third quarter for a change.
- The Spurs held the Lakers at arms length for most of the fourth quarter, but with Marcus Smart hitting his three point shots and Luka doing Luka stuff, they had one last surge in them with about five minutes left. Finally cutting the lead to single digits with an 11-0 run. Castle returned to the game and settled things for the Spurs, hitting a clutch three point shot to seal the deal with a little more than a minute left to give the Spurs an insurmountable 130-116 lead. Both teams emptied their benches in the last minute and the Spurs won 132-119.
Well, now the Spurs are advancing to the semis and running into a buzzsaw against the Thunder, who blew out the Booker-less Suns in the game before this one. The Thunder will end up playing the Spurs 5 times this year, which is a record for the most head to head matchups in a regular season between two teams. The NBA Cup does end up having some side effects, and having two additional games against above average teams in the regular season is probably the toughest one, because it could end up affecting playoff seeding and home court for the playoffs. That’s the way the NBA Cup ball bounces, and we are going to see on Saturday night how the Spurs measure up against the best team in the league in Las Vegas. See you there!
By Mark Barrington, via Pounding The Rock