By Mateo Mayorga | Pounding The Rock (PtR), 2025-12-24 21:30:00
在摇滚乐的世界里，一支伟大的乐队凭借其持久的生命力和成员的多才多艺而脱颖而出。立刻映入脑海的便是滚石乐队，因为在许多曲目中，米克·贾格尔 (Mick Jagger) 的歌声触动了听众的心弦；而在另一些曲目里，最令人难忘的部分则是米克·泰勒 (Mick Taylor) 和基思·理ча兹 (Keith Richards) 如何让吉他奏出如泣如诉的旋律。
在NBA以及许多其他领域，伟大乐队的成功法则同样适用于一支球队。在篮球世界里，立刻让人想到的就是圣安东尼奥马刺队。他们已经取得了七连胜，并且期间诞生了七位不同的队内得分王。这背后的秘诀之一，是在这段时间里将他们的进攻节奏提升至联盟第7快，同时依然保持着高水平的防守（联盟第7）。考虑到提速可能会导致球员体能透支，这充分说明了他们的体能储备非常出色。
当然，他们是一支年轻的队伍，尚未有机会展示其持久的战斗力，但今年以来，他们每一步都走得非常正确。这其中就包括了面对任何一支弱旅时都未曾失手。
马刺是目前联盟中状态最火热的球队，他们的场均净胜分（6.8分）高居联盟第六。其中含金量最高的两场胜利，是在10天内双杀卫冕冠军俄克拉荷马城雷霆，后者本赛季正试图冲击NBA常规赛73胜的历史纪录。尽管雷霆（目前战绩26胜4负）仍有可能打破纪录，但马刺的胜利无疑让这一任务的难度呈指数级增加。队内效力时间最长的两位球员——德文·瓦塞尔 (Devin Vassell) 和凯尔登·约翰逊 (Keldon Johnson) ——延续了他们本赛季在大场面中挺身而出的表现。此外，斯蒂芬·卡斯尔 (Stephon Castle) 也向我们证明，他已为大场面做好准备，两次打爆了联盟的最佳防守。
令人惊叹的是，他们现在距离雷霆也仅有3.5个胜场的差距。虽然在当前的七连胜中，有三场胜利的对手是华盛顿奇才队和新奥尔良鹈鹕队这两支联盟垫底的球队，但这并不会过多地削弱连胜的价值，因此，对他们的真正评估最好还是看他们在面对强敌时的表现。
维克托·文班亚马 (Victor Wembanyama) 在从小腿拉伤中恢复后，参与了最近五场连胜，并且全部是以替补身份出战。此举很大程度上是出于谨慎，但让他以较少的上场时间出战，也有助于他平缓地重新融入球队的进攻体系，因为操之过急可能会打乱其他正处在节奏中球员的状态。这正是迈阿密热火队在泰勒·希罗 (Tyler Herro) 伤愈复出打了六场比赛后所遇到的问题之一，当时球队在他缺阵期间正打得顺风顺水。
文班亚马的替补角色就像一个“作弊码”，因为他可以在场上尽情地“享用”对方的替补阵容，正如斯蒂芬·库里 (Stephen Curry) 在2022年季后赛对阵人员不整的丹佛掘金队时所做的那样。值得注意的是，在文班亚马首次替补登场时，马刺队仅有两次处于落后局面，而每一次他都帮助球队扭转了局势。
这无疑是一个美好的篇章，因为这只是赛季进行了35%时，他们取得的第二波可观的连胜。阵容深度和无私的球风已成为他们的名片。没有理由认为这一点将会改变。
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Another sign the Spurs are deeper than people think
In rock and roll, a great band distinguishes itself through longevity and the versatility of its members. One that instantly jumps to mind is the Rolling Stones because on many tracks, Mick Jagger’s vocals touched a nerve, and on others, the most memorable parts were how Mick Taylor and Keith Richards made their guitars weep.
In the NBA and in many other fields, the same principles of a great band apply to a team. In the hoops realm, the one that instantly jumps to mind is the San Antonio Spurs. They’ve won seven in a row and had seven different leading scorers. Part of the formula has been speeding up their offense to the 7th-fastest team in the league during that stretch, while maintaining a high-level defense (7th). That says a lot of good things about their conditioning since going faster could break down their legs.
Of course, they are a young outfit and have not had a chance to show their longevity, but they’ve done everything right this year. That includes not dropping one outing against any of the bad teams.
The Spurs are the hottest team in the league and are sixth in point differential (6.8). The two best wins were 10 days apart against the defending champions, the Oklahoma City Thunder, who are trying to break the NBA’s regular-season win record (73). It is still possible for the Thunder (26-4) to break the record, but the Spurs made things exponentially harder. It continued the trend of Devin Vassell and Keldon Johnson, the two longest tenured guys, showing up for big games this year. Also, Stephon Castle showed us he was ready for prime time, cooking the best defense in the league twice.
Somehow, they are only 3.5 games behind the Thunder, too. While three of their victories in their current seven-game wins treak were against the Washington Wizards and the New Orleans Pelicans, who are squads at the bottom, not too much can be taken away from that, so it’s best to evaluate only when they’ve seen worthy competition.
Victor Wembanyama has played in the last five of the wins, coming back from his calf strain, and it’s all been off the bench. As much as it has been for precaution, playing him lower minutes can also help to slowly transition him back into an offense because doing it too quickly could throw off the other players who were in a groove. That was one of the issues the Miami Heat experienced when Tyler Herro returned for six games while they were rolling without him.
Wembanyama’s bench run is a cheat code because he gets to feast on more reserves, as Stephen Curry did for a four games against the undermanned Denver Nuggets in the 2022 playoffs. Notably, the Spurs have only been down twice when Wembanyama enters the game for the first time, and each time he had help turn things around.
This is a nice chapter as it’s their second considerable win streak, through only 35 percent of the season. Depth and unselfishness has been their calling card. There is no reason think that is going to change.
By Mateo Mayorga, via Pounding The Rock