By Devon Birdsong | Pounding The Rock (PtR), 2025-12-18 09:00:00
我才不管亚当·萧华 (Adam Silver) 怎么说，在你的主队输掉NBA杯决赛后，还要撰文报道他们所谓的“连胜”，这感觉实在太诡异了。
马刺输了。我亲眼看着他们输的。他们打出了一轮精彩的锦标赛之旅，但现在一切都结束了。而我却被要求，既要假装这场比赛很重要，又要假装它在技术上从未发生过？
这叫什么鬼话！
好吧，我或许只是因为击败马刺的偏偏是尼克斯队而感到有些不爽——尤其是在马刺接连战胜了火箭、湖人、掘金和几乎未尝败绩的雷霆之后。但作为一名球迷，我实在想象不出还有什么比输掉一场重要比赛后，还必须假装它从未发生过更令人崩溃的了。
你必须解决这个问题，萧华，听见没？！这太让人困惑了！太愚蠢了！你那套关于破局优势（tiebreaker advantages）的论调也基本是扯淡，因为赢得NBA杯的球队就应该获得优势！
不管怎样，从技术统计上说，马刺目前仍处于一波三连胜之中。尽管我怀疑他们能否真的假装NBA杯的失利从未发生，但他们的确拥有一个独特的机会——在没有正式记上一场失利的情况下重新开始。
说实话，在一场惨败之后，还有什么比对阵华盛顿奇才更好的“清口剂”呢？这么说可能都算轻描淡写了，奇才队是真的很烂（BAD）。烂到什么程度？联盟战绩垫底，惨不忍睹。
我甚至不知道该如何评价奇才队而不显得虚伪。
他们的得分排在联盟第26位，进攻效率排在第27位，而这已经是他们的亮点了。他们的防守效率比倒数第二名还要差上3分，净效率值则接近-14。
后一个数据如果保持下去，将是NBA历史第三差的净效率值。而前一个数据则是历史第11差的防守效率。作为对比，即便是最近那几支摆烂的马刺队，其净效率值也从未跌入过历史倒数25名，我想我无需提醒各位那段时期的比赛有多么难看。
此外，奇才队还伤兵满营。他们的头号得分手和最佳防守球员都因伤缺阵，另外还有三名重要的轮换球员（以及可以说是他们第二好的防守者/年轻球员比拉尔·库利巴利 (Bilal Coulibaly)）也无法出战，球队能用的NBA级别的后卫已经捉襟见肘。
他们失误数极多（联盟第29），同时在限制对手利用失误得分方面也是联盟垫底——这大概是一支球队在NBA所能拥有的最糟糕的“成功配方”了。
简而言之，奇才队的前景不容乐观。这么说吧，在过去50年里，要评选最差的“奇才（wizard）”主题表现，这支球队大概能和1978年的电影*《绿野仙踪》（The Wiz）*打个平手。
我无法想象这场比赛对马刺来说能构成一场“陷阱之战”。只要他们认真对待最近那场“不算输”的比赛，就不会。哪怕维克托·文班亚马 (Victor Wembanyama) 今晚最终决定请假飞去参加祖母的葬礼，也不会（兄弟，我们致以诚挚的哀悼）。
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总而言之，如果马刺真的输了这场比赛，我将上演一场自蒙古铁骑驰骋草原以来未曾见过的暴走。我的意思是，相比之下，我的咆哮会让尼克松水门事件的录音带听起来都像是一篇优雅的哲学论文。
马刺有机会像什么都没发生过一样继续赢下去。外界也期待他们这么做。
这肯定比我对那位NBA总裁的期望要高多了。白痴！
华盛顿奇才 (4-20) vs. 圣安东尼奥马刺 (18-7)
2025年12月18日 | 中央时间晚7点
收看：FanDuel SW | 收听：WOAI (1200 AM)
马刺伤病 ：无
奇才伤病： 亚历克斯·萨尔 (Alex Sarr) – 缺阵 (大腿), 科里·基斯珀特 (Corey Kispert) – 缺阵 (拇指), 比拉尔·库利巴利 – 缺阵 (腹斜肌), 克里斯·米德尔顿 (Khris Middleton) – 缺阵 (膝盖), 马拉基·布兰纳姆 (Malaki Branham) – 出战成疑 (拇指)
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。
点击查看原文：Game Preview: San Antonio Spurs vs Washington Wizards
Game Preview: San Antonio Spurs vs Washington Wizards
I don’t care what Adam Silver says, it’s weird to be writing about an ongoing win streak after your team loses the NBA Cup Final.
The Spurs lost. I saw them lose. They went on a great tournament run, and now it’s over, and I’m supposed to simultaneously pretend that it was important, and also that it didn’t technically happen?
What a load of bollocks!
Okay, I might just still be a little upset about *the Knicks* being the ones to beat the Spurs after they took down the Rockets, Lakers, Nuggets, and nearly undefeated Thunder, but I just cannot imagine anything more crushing as a fan than losing an important game, and then having to pretend it didn’t happen.
You need to fix this, Silver, you hear me?! It’s confusing! It’s silly! And your argument about tiebreaker advantages is largely hooey, because the teams that win the NBA Cup *should* get an advantage!
Anyway, the Spurs are technically still riding a three-game win streak, and though I doubt that they’ll be able to pretend that their NBA Cup loss didn’t happen, they have a unique opportunity to start anew without technically suffering a loss.
And honestly, what could be a better post-whooping palate cleanser than a match-up against the Washington Wizards? At the risk of understating this, the Wizards are BAD. As in, worst record in the NBA, awful.
I’m not even sure what I can say about the Wizards that won’t sound disingenuous.
They’re 26th in scoring and 27th in offensive rating, and those are the positives. Their defensive rating is three points worse than 2nd-to-last place, and their net rating is just shy of -14.
The latter number, if it holds, would be the 3rd worst net rating in NBA history. The former number would be the 11th worst defensive rating. As a point of comparison, even the recently-tanking Spurs teams never managed to crack the all-time bottom 25 in net rating, and I don’t think I have to remind you all how hard that was to watch.
Additionally, the Wizards are pretty banged up. Their leading scorer and best defensive player is injured, in addition to three more important rotational players (and arguably their second-best defender/young player in Bilal Coulibaly), and they’re running out of NBA-quality guards.
They commit a ton of turnovers (29th) and are also dead last in opponents’ scoring off of their turnovers, about as ugly a recipe for success in the NBA as a team can manage.
In short, it’s not looking good for the Wizards. Like, it’s just about a tie between this team and the 1978 film The Wiz for worst wizard-themed performance of the last 50 years.
I can’t imagine this even functioning as a trap game for the Spurs. Not if they took their recent non-loss seriously. Not even if Victor Wembanyama ends up taking the night off to fly to his grandmother’s funeral (Our sincere condolences, buddy).
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In short, if the Spurs *do* lose this game, I’m going to go on a rampage not seen since the Mongols rode the Steppes. I mean, I’m gonna make the Nixon Tapes look like an elegant philosophical treatise, comparatively speaking.
The Spurs have a chance to just keep on winning as if nothing happened. The expectation is that they will.
It’s certainly more than I expect of the NBA commissioner. Schmuck!
Washington Wizards (4-20) vs. San Antonio Spurs (18-7)
December 18th, 2025 | 7 PM CT
Watch: FanDuel SW | Listen: WOAI (1200 AM)
Spurs Injuries: None
Wizards Injuries: Alex Sarr – Out (Thigh), Corey Kispert – Out (Thumb), Bilal Coulibaly – Out (Oblique), Khris Middleton – Out (Knee), Malaki Branham – Doubtful (Thumb)
By Devon Birdsong, via Pounding The Rock