By Gary Quan | Pounding The Rock (PtR), 2025-12-18 00:21:03
*在我支持马刺的数十年生涯中，一段最“迷弟”般的36小时体验就此开始。周一下午，在吃完一顿很晚的午餐后，我回到酒店，正好看到圣安东尼奥的一众球员与工作人员返回他们僻静的驻地。我短暂地打扰了百忙之中的米奇·约翰逊 (Mitch Johnson)，告诉他，他是赛季至今的最佳教练；对此，他用一种非常“马刺”的方式回应道：“ *只希望能顺利打完这个赛季。谢谢你。 ”
我告诉约翰逊教练他是年度最佳教练，他回答说“只希望能顺利打完这个赛季。” pic.twitter.com/ryUZaUCbKm
— Gary Q from San Jose (@ pattythrills) December 15, 2025
昨天，马刺打出了一个非常振奋人心且行云流水的上半场，砍下61分，以下是其中一些执行得更出色的回合：
哈里森·巴恩斯 (Harrison Barnes) 是马刺阵中积极拼抢进攻篮板，并转化为二次进攻得分的几名球员之一（至少在尼克斯队在另一端对圣安东尼奥如法炮制之前是这样）：
第一节 – 巴恩斯进攻补篮 pic.twitter.com/i6w1PcLwWC
— Gary Q from San Jose (@ pattythrills) December 17, 2025
电视转播的横向视角，无法完全展现德阿龙·福克斯 (De’Aaron Fox) 突入禁区的打法有多么‘狡黠’，他总能躲避防守并完成出手：
第一节 – 像D·福克斯一样狡黠 pic.twitter.com/k9oK76vSuL
— Gary Q from San Jose (@ pattythrills) December 17, 2025
卢克·科内特 (Luke Kornet) 在赛季第一周就成了我心中有史以来最喜欢的科内特，而这记补篮就是他巨大场上覆盖能力的一个绝佳例子：
第二节 – 科内特补篮 pic.twitter.com/4onNBjid68
— Gary Q from San Jose (@ pattythrills) December 17, 2025
新秀迪伦·哈珀 (Dylan Harper)，本场比赛的球队得分王(!)，在这里展示了他流畅自然的投篮动作：
第二节 – 哈珀接球就投 pic.twitter.com/y91Qj1iqCH
— Gary Q from San Jose (@ pattythrills) December 17, 2025
一名七尺长人借“pindown”掩护完成接球就投，仅此而已：
第二节 – 文班的“杜兰特式”pindown掩护投篮 pic.twitter.com/HEhytiLDEK
— Gary Q from San Jose (@ pattythrills) December 17, 2025
坚毅的后卫斯蒂芬·卡斯尔 (Stephon Castle) 在禁区深处命中这记投篮：
第二节 – 卡斯尔急停跳投 pic.twitter.com/bMzG5zZsuW
— Gary Q from San Jose (@ pattythrills) December 17, 2025
现场观察
- T-Mobile球馆是职业体育场馆中座位区最陡峭的之一，这对于冰球比赛来说没问题，但看篮球比赛时需要花点时间适应。
- 尼克斯和马刺球迷的数量差距，无论从视觉上还是听觉上看，都非常悬殊，大概是2:1甚至3:1。
- 当文班亚马在第一节中段替补登场时，现场分贝明显飙升。仿佛球迷们第一次亲眼见到复仇者联盟的英雄降临地球。
- 上半场的观众氛围更像是全明星周末，但在最后的一节半时间里，气氛转变成了分区决赛的感觉。
- 在比赛暂停期间能看到马刺的小野狼舞团 (Jackals) 和激情四射啦啦队 (Hype Quad) 登场表演，感觉非常酷！
- 临近开球时，从拉斯维加斯大道走过长长的步道进入球馆大门，只花了大约15分钟。
- 我们左边的两个尼克斯球迷轮番贬低着马刺的一切，从小野狼舞团（‘他们太吵了！’），到圣安东尼奥赛季初的成功（‘他们厉害不就是因为那个巨人嘛！’），再到文班在上半场那记反身空接扣篮失手（那阵狂笑听起来还真像豺狼的嚎叫）。
- 我那位身怀六甲的朋友需要在三节后去场馆大厅伸展一下、走一走，结果我们就在球馆主入口附近的大屏幕上，目睹了球队第四节灾难级的投篮表现（17投4中？？？？）。
- 如果没有两个醉醺醺、神志不清的球迷因在公共场合醉酒闹事而被捕，那就算不上一场真正的职业体育赛事了。
这可能是我经历过的，从高强度比赛到赛后轻松惬意氛围之间，反差最大的一次体验。在拍下下面这张标准的游客照后，我们步行几分钟到了一家餐馆，结果发现就在前湖人球员乔丹·法玛尔 (Jordan Farmar) 旁边吃了晚餐，并复盘马刺下半场究竟是哪里出了问题。
也许这是杯赛在拉斯维加斯举办的最后几年了？ pic.twitter.com/3IEM9OE7mi
— Gary Q from San Jose (@ pattythrills) December 17, 2025
在T-Mobile球馆附近，和所有逗留的马刺球迷分享回忆、互相拥抱，度过了一个漫长的夜晚后，我对NBA球员的围观还没结束。今天早上，当我走过附近的一家度假酒店时，我向右看了一眼，又回头确认了一下。当我瞥见那位身高6尺10寸、前灰熊队和开拓者队的大个子扎克·兰多夫 (Zach Randolph) 时，我立刻闪回到2011年季后赛输给孟菲斯队的可怕记忆中，于是我离他远远的。他显然也和我们这些凡人一样——正试图直接向赌场负责人请教牌桌游戏的玩法。
愿马刺继续积累胜场，向季后赛发起冲击，并且明年能在圣安东尼奥主场举办一杯赛的半决赛！
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。
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Sights and Sounds from the NBA Cup Finals in Las Vegas
The start of some of the best ‘fanboy-like’ 36 hours of my decades of supporting the Spurs started on Monday after a very late lunch, which allowed me to return to my hotel and see a parade of San Antonio’s players and staff retreat to their secluded base. I briefly interrupted a very busy Mitch Johnson to tell him that he was the Coach of the Year so far; to which he replied in typical Spursy fashion: “just hope to make it through the season. Thank you.”
I told Coach Johnson he’s the coach of the year and he replies “just hope to make it through the season.” pic.twitter.com/ryUZaUCbKm
— Gary Q from San Jose (@ pattythrills) December 15, 2025
Yesterday, and in a very encouraging and free-flowing 61-point first half showing for the Spurs, here were some of the better executed sequences:
Harrison Barnes was one of several Spurs that hit the offensive boards hard to convert second-chance opportunities (at least before the Knicks did it to San Antonio at the other end):
Qtr 1 – Barnes offensive follow pic.twitter.com/i6w1PcLwWC
— Gary Q from San Jose (@ pattythrills) December 17, 2025
The side-to-side TV angle of De’Aaron Fox’s forays into the paint don’t do justice to how ‘sly’ Fox is in evading defenders and getting his shot off:
Qtr 1 – sly like D Fox pic.twitter.com/k9oK76vSuL
— Gary Q from San Jose (@ pattythrills) December 17, 2025
Luke Kornet became my favorite Kornet of all time in the first week of the season, but this tip-in is a great example of his ability to cover so much of the floor:
Qtr 2 -Kornet tip pic.twitter.com/4onNBjid68
— Gary Q from San Jose (@ pattythrills) December 17, 2025
Rookie Dylan Harper, who led the team in scoring(!), shows off a natural shot release here:
Qtr 2 – Harper catch and shoot pic.twitter.com/y91Qj1iqCH
— Gary Q from San Jose (@ pattythrills) December 17, 2025
Just a 7-footer doing a catch-and-shoot basket off of a pindown:
Qtr 2 – Wemby “KD” pindown pic.twitter.com/HEhytiLDEK
— Gary Q from San Jose (@ pattythrills) December 17, 2025
Stalwart guard Stephon Castle knocked down a this shot deep in the paint:
Qtr 2 – Castle pull-up pic.twitter.com/bMzG5zZsuW
— Gary Q from San Jose (@ pattythrills) December 17, 2025
Observations
- T-Mobile Arena has one of the steepest seating setups of professional sports stadiums, which is fine for hockey, but can take some time to get used to during basketball.
- The fan disparity between Knicks and Spurs fan very much looked (and sounded) like 2:1 or 3:1.
- There was a distinct decibel spike when Wembanyama checked into the game midway through the first. As if fans were seeing an Avenger descend to Earth for the first time
- The first half crowd seemed more like an All-Star Weekend group that transitioned to a Conference Finals feel in the last 1.5 quarters.
- It was very cool to see both the Jackals and the Hype Quad featured during stoppages in action!
- The time from the long walkway from the Strip into the arena doors was only about 15 minutes close to tipoff.
- The two Knicks fans to the left of us took turns disparaging all things Spurs, from the Jackals (’they’re loud!‘), San Antonio’s early-season success (‘they’re only good because of that GIANT!‘), and Wemby’s missed reverse lob attempt in the first half (a cackle that very much sounded like a jackal).
- My very pregnant friend needed to stretch and walk around the concourse after three quarters, and we ended up catching the ghastly fourth quarter shooting performance (4-for-17???) on a large screen near the arena’s main entrance.
- It wouldn’t be a professional sports event without two very disoriented fans arrested for being drunk in public.
It may have been the most high-intensity-game-to-relaxed-chill-post-game transition that I experienced. After snapping the typical tourist photos like this one below, we hoofed it to an eatery minutes away and ended up having dinner near former Laker Jordan Farmar and reviewed where it went wrong for the Spurs in the second half.
Maybe the last years of the Cup in vegas? pic.twitter.com/3IEM9OE7mi
— Gary Q from San Jose (@ pattythrills) December 17, 2025
After a long night of sharing memories and side hugs with any and all Spurs fans lingering nearby in the vicinity of T-Mobile, my gawking at NBA players was not done. As I was walking through a nearby resort this morning, I looked to my right and did a double-take. Upon glancing at the 6’10” former Grizzly and Blazer big Zach Randolph, I immediately had horrible flashbacks to that 2011 NBA playoff loss against Memphis, and gave him a wide berth. He apparently is like the rest of us mortals – trying to figure out how to play a table game directly from the person-in-charge of gaming.
Here’s to the Spurs continuing to stack wins towards a playoff run, AND hosting a Cup semifinal next year in San Antonio!
By Gary Quan, via Pounding The Rock