马刺 @ 尼克斯 113 - 124 技术统计 | 视频集锦
By Marilyn Dubinski | Pounding The Rock (PtR), 2025-12-17 05:17:46
在赢得或许是近年来最令人满意的一场胜利——击败卫冕冠军雷霆队挺进NBA杯决赛后——马刺队在追逐荣誉的道路上还剩下最后一道障碍：纽约尼克斯队。过去几个赛季，这两支球队联手奉献了几场精彩对决，而这一次也不例外。在比赛的前34分钟里，马刺队凭借着干净、流畅的进攻，以及在防守端恰到好处地限制住尼克斯，看起来正稳步走向胜利。不幸的是，好景不长。马刺的防线在第三节末段终于崩溃，他们彻底崩盘，尼克斯队则一鼓作气带走了胜利。
今晚，马刺队至少没有慢热开局，斯蒂芬·卡斯尔 (Stephon Castle) 早早地在进攻端贯彻自己的意志，他不断杀入禁区，在不失误的情况下为队友创造机会，马刺很快便以17-12领先。本场比赛文班依旧替补登场，在开场五分钟后就披挂上阵，而不是等到第二节，但他起初手感不佳，尼克斯队随即用一波9-2的攻势作为回应，并一度将领先优势扩大到三分。然而，马刺重新组织了阵脚，凭借凯尔登·约翰逊 (Keldon Johnson) 的一记三分和德阿龙·福克斯 (De’Aaron Fox) 的罚球，他们在首节结束时以30-28取得领先。
第二节伊始，迪伦·哈珀 (Dylan Harper) 和朱利安·尚帕尼 (Julian Champagnie) 联手命中3记三分，马刺队慢慢地扩大了他们的领先优势。德文·瓦塞尔 (Devin Vassell) 和卡斯尔接连上演隔人暴扣，将比分改写为50-43，迫使尼克斯再次请求暂停。上半场，OG·阿努诺比 (OG Anunoby) 凭借20分的表现几乎以一己之力扛起了纽约的进攻，而他的队友们也开始找回状态。他们不断蚕食分差，在比赛还剩27秒时通过一次抢断将比分追至59-59平。但福克斯一如既往地冷静回应，用一记中距离跳投帮助马刺以61-59的领先优势进入半场休息。
下半场开始后，福克斯连续命中两记三分，随后卡斯尔助攻卢克·科内特 (Luke Kornet) 完成空中接力，马刺打出一波8-2的攻击波。尼克斯起初有所回应，将分差追至4分，但马刺立刻予以还击。迪伦·哈珀数次将领先优势扩大到两位数，其中一次来自他命中三分的同时造成卡斯尔在低位被推倒在地的四分打。文班也终于在进攻端苏醒，他命中了两记三分，完成了两次空中接力，并投进一个中距离。他的第二记三分帮助马刺在第三节还剩两分钟时以92-81领先，并且势头似乎完全倒向了他们这边，然而，从那一刻起，一切都分崩离析了。
在比赛的最后14分钟里，马刺队的得分以21-43被对手碾压。他们无法阻止尼克斯冲抢进攻篮板，尤其是米切尔·罗宾逊 (Mitchell Robinson)，尼克斯在第四节以一波11-2的攻势开局，他们所有的得分都来自二次进攻。而在球场的另一端，马刺的篮筐仿佛加了盖。失误和仓促出手等坏习惯取代了此前美妙的团队进攻，他们任何试图发起最后反击的念头都被尼克斯的强硬回应迅速扼杀，最终以113-124的比分落败。
最终，马刺队未能赢得杯赛冠军，但这不应妨碍他们为自己的表现感到极度自豪，因为他们是在经历了如此多的伤病和赛程挑战后才走到这一步的。他们仍然会得到一笔丰厚的参与奖金（希望23万美元足够凯尔登·约翰逊买他的羊驼了），并且在冲击2019年以来首次季后赛的过程中，他们通过这些关键比赛获得了宝贵的经验。他们没有任何理由垂头丧气。（另外，这场比赛的失利不会计入常规赛战绩，这也算是个安慰。）
比赛要点
- 尽管投篮数据并不亮眼（全场15投5中），但考虑到卡斯尔在其他方面的贡献，他本有可能成为杯赛MVP的有力争夺者。（或许不会，因为严格来说这个奖项是颁给整个锦标赛中表现最好的球员，但这是题外话了）。他在禁区内的存在感几乎在整场比赛中都搅乱了尼克斯的整体防守，而且他总能用干净利落的传球找到队友，而不是在空中失去平衡后草率出球。他全场送出12次助攻，仅有2次失误，且都发生在比赛末段的慌乱时刻。此外，他一如既往地展现了稳固的防守，并且连续第二场比赛成功地让一位著名的“造犯规大师”远离罚球线（这次是杰伦·布伦森 (Jalen Brunson)，他全场仅获得三次罚球机会）。
- 哈里森·巴恩斯 (Harrison Barnes) 在拉斯维加斯又经历了一个三分球颗粒无收的夜晚，他三分线外4投0中，这使他过去两场比赛的三分球数据来到了12投0中（不过他在三分线内5投4中，罚球3罚3中，得到11分）。马刺的射手群三分手感集体冰凉，福克斯和德文·瓦塞尔合计13投4中，朱利安·尚帕尼则是4投1中。（尽管他本应命中第二个，详见下文。）全队唯一在三分线外有出色表现的是哈珀，他7投5中。
- 尚帕尼在第四节被吹掉的那记三分球真的非常致命。当时马刺正试图从尼克斯的开局攻势中恢复过来，那球本可以帮助他们将分差缩小到4分，并重新掌握势头。裁判最初吹掉了这个进球，并判罚科内特掩护进攻犯规。米奇·约翰逊（马刺助教）挑战了这次判罚，最终改判为阻挡犯规，但裁判没有计算尚帕尼的三分，即便他是在哨响前进的球，原因大概是犯规发生在投篮之前。我猜想，只有将这次判罚改为无犯规，这个进球才会被计算在内。无论如何，尽管马刺因此夺回了球权并最终得分，但感觉那记三分球的意义和影响力会大得多。相反，尼克斯利用了这次录像回放的暂停时间重新部署，势头又回到了他们那边。
- 此前已有报道称，杯赛的季后赛阶段下赛季可能不会再回到拉斯维加斯，因为它没有产生预期的上座率（考虑到这是临时通知的额外旅程，并非每个球迷都有能力或时间负担，这并不太令人意外）。然后，在赛前，亚当·萧华 (Adam Silver) 表示他们会考虑将杯赛决赛放在具有历史意义的大学场馆等选项。恕我直言，这难道不是制造了和拉斯维加斯同样的问题吗？我真的不理解。如果上座率是问题所在，最好的解决方案就是直接在主队场馆比赛，而不是在中立场地。我只是觉得，除了参赛两队的核心球迷群体外，这项杯赛并没有引起那么大的热情，而NBA球迷并不习惯为中立场地的比赛去旅行或做计划。
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Spurs’ fourth quarter meltdown vs. Knicks ends Cup title hopes
After perhaps their most satisfying victory in years — a win over the defending champion Thunder to get to the NBA Cup Finals — the Spurs had one more hurdle in their way of some hardware: the New York Knicks. The two teams have put out a couple of entertaining match-ups over the last couple of seasons, and this one was no different. For 34 minutes, it looked like the Spurs were on their way to a win with clean, fluid offense and doing just enough to keep the Knicks at arm’s length on defense. Unfortunately, good things don’t last forever. The dam finally broke late in the third quarter, and the Spurs completely collapsed as the Knicks ran away with the victory.
There was as least no slow start for the Spurs tonight, with Stephon Castle inserting his will on offense early by getting in the paint and finding his teammates without turning the ball over, and the Spurs quickly found themselves up 17-12. Wemby still came off the bench in this game, entering the game five minutes in instead of waiting until the second quarter, but his shot was off at first, and the Knicks responded with a 9-2 run, eventually getting the lead as high as three. However, the Spurs regrouped, and a three from Keldon Johnson and free throws from De’Aaron Fox gave them a 30-28 lead after 12 minutes.
Dylan Harper and Julian Champagnie combined to hit 3 threes to open the second quarter, and the Spurs slowly built on their lead. Back-to-back poster dunks from Devin Vassell and Castle got them ahead 50-43, forcing another Knicks timeout. After OG Anunoby had almost single-handedly keeping New York in the game offensively with 20 points in the half, his teammates started to catch up. They chipped away, tying the game at 59 apiece off a steal with 27 seconds left, but Fox calmly responded has he always does with a mid-range jumper to give the Spurs a 61-59 halftime lead.
Fox then hit consecutive threes to open the third quarter, and an alley-oop from Castle to Luke Kornet had them on an 8-2 run. The Knicks initially had a bit of a response and cut the lead back to 4, but the Spurs fought right back. Dylan Harper got the lead to double figures a couple of times, including on a four-point play where he hit a three while Castle was being flung to the floor in the post. Wemby finally got going on offense with a couple of threes, and two alley-oops and a mid-range. His second three had the Spurs up 92-81 with two minutes left in the quarter and seemingly all the momentum on their side, but everything would fall apart from there.
Across the final 14 minutes of the game, the Spurs were outscored 43-21. They couldn’t keep the Knicks, especially Mitchell Robinson, off the offensive glass as they opened the fourth quarter on an 11-2 run, with all their points coming off offensive rebounds, and there was suddenly a lid on the basket on the other end. Bad habits like turnovers and rushed shots replaced the wonderful offense the Spurs had displayed before, and any thoughts they had about making a final run were quickly stymied by a Knicks response, and things ended in a 113-124 loss.
In the end, the Spurs couldn’t win the Cup, but that shouldn’t stop them from being extremely proud for getting there amidst all the injuries and scheduling challenges they’ve been through so far. They still get a hefty participation bonus (hopefully $230k is enough for Keldon Johnson’s llama), and they got some valuable experience playing in games with something on the line as they look to make the playoffs for the first time since 2019. There is nothing for them to hang their heads about. (Also, this game doesn’t count as a loss in the standings, so there’s that.)
Game notes
- Although the shooting numbers were unimpressive (5-15 on the night), it’s possible Castle was headed for a Cup MVP night based on everything else he was doing. (Maybe not because it technically goes to the best player of the whole tournament, but I digress). His presence in the paint was throwing the entire Knicks defense off most of the game, and he did a good job at finding his teammates with clean passes instead of getting caught in the air and throwing it away. He finished the game with 12 assists to just 2 turnovers, both of which came in panic time at the end. There was also his usual solid defense, and for the second straight game, he avoided sending a known foul merchant to the free throw line (this time Jalen Brunson, who shot just three free throws all game).
- Harrison Barnes had another 0-fer night from three in Vegas, going 0-4, making him 0-12 in the last two games (although he was 4-5 inside the arc and 3-3 from the line for 11 points). None of the Spurs snipers had good games from three, with Fox and Devin Vassell combining to go 4-13 and Julian Champagnie hitting 1-4. (Although he should have had a second, more on that below.) The only one who had a good night from three was Harper, who hit 5-7.
- The Champagnie three that was waived off in the fourth quarter really hurt. It was while the Spurs were trying to recover from the Knicks’ initial run, and it would have gotten them within 4 points with some momentum on their side. The refs had initially waived it off and called a charge on Kornet on the screen. Mitch Johnson challenged the call, and it was changed to a blocking foul, but the refs did not count Champagnie’s three even though he shot it before the whistle, presumably because the foul occurred before the shot. I guess they would have had to change it to a no call for the shot to have counted. Regardless, even though it got the ball back for the Spurs and they got a bucket out of it, it felt like that three would have been much more meaningful and impactful. Instead, the Knicks got to use the review timeout to regroup, and the momentum was right back on their side.
- It had already been noted that the Cup playoffs would probably not return to Vegas next season because it wasn’t producing the turnout that was expected (not too surprising considering it’s short notice and extra travel that not every fan can afford or has time for). Then, before the game, Adam Silver said they would consider options such as historical college locations for the Cup Finals. I’m sorry, doesn’t that just create the same problem as Vegas? I honestly don’t get it. If turnout is the issue, the best solution to just play at the home team’s venue, not a neutral site. I just don’t think there’s that much excitement for the Cup beyond the fan bases of the two teams playing for it, and neutral site games aren’t something NBA fans are used to traveling or planning for.
Up next: Thursday vs. Washington Wizards
By Marilyn Dubinski, via Pounding The Rock