By Gary Quan | Pounding The Rock (PtR), 2025-12-25 22:16:54
卫冕年度最佳新秀斯蒂芬·卡斯尔 (Stephon Castle) 面对谢伊·吉尔杰斯-亚历山大 (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander) 命中一记后撤步跳投——这球颇有这位雷霆后卫以往在无数对手头上得分的风采——彻底终结了俄克拉荷马城雷霆队任何翻盘的希望，圣安东尼奥马刺队在圣诞大战中送给了卫冕冠军本赛季的第三场失利。圣安东尼奥顶住了俄克拉荷马城开场的火热手感，凭借德阿隆·福克斯 (De’Aaron Fox) 首节13分（三分球3投3中）的表现，以及全队凝聚且充满活力的攻防两端极具统治力和窒息感的发挥，最终以117-102客场取胜，向全国观众展示了胜利之师的风采。本场比赛圣安东尼奥投篮命中率高达54%（三分命中率38%），并对雷霆的每一次追分势头都给予了强有力的回应。
德阿隆·福克斯（29分）领衔马刺多位得分上双的球员，斯蒂芬·卡斯尔（19分7助攻）、维克托·文班亚马 (Victor Wembanyama)（19分11篮板）以及哈里森·巴恩斯 (Harrison Barnes)（15分6篮板）也提供了有力的火力支援。新秀迪伦·哈珀 (Dylan Harper)（12分）继续着惊艳的表现，他与他的后场搭档们将失误控制在了最低水平。
吉尔杰斯-亚历山大（22分、6篮板、4助攻）在上下半场末段都有一些亮眼表现，但未能从队友那里获得足够支持——切特·霍姆格伦 (Chet Holmgren)（10分12篮板）和杰伦·威廉姆斯 (Jalen Williams)（12分6助攻）。以赛亚·哈尔滕施泰因 (Isaiah Hartenstein)（13分12篮板）贡献了两双数据，亚历克斯·卡鲁索 (Alex Caruso)（12分）的表现也令人敬佩。
在首节前半段，两队展开了猛烈的对攻——在六分钟的时间里合砍45分。俄克拉荷马城通过其引以为傲的首发阵容多点开花，而福克斯和卡斯尔则各自命中四球予以回应。尽管雷霆开局10投9中，但凭借哈珀、文班亚马和福克斯的一波连续得分，圣安东尼奥在第一节结束时以41-36领先。
圣安东尼奥在充满争议的第二节继续扩大领先优势。每当俄克拉荷马城看似要发起 серьезной угрозы时，马刺总能用自己的一波攻势作为回应。卡斯尔和福克斯再次挺身而出，而吉尔杰斯-亚历山大则凭借他强大的造犯规能力，阻止了圣安东尼奥将比分彻底拉开。在顶住雷霆的第一波真正反扑后，马刺以69-60领先进入中场休息。
caractérisée的进攻执行力在第三节迅速消失，然而圣安东尼奥凭借更出色的防守、拼抢以及在节末胶着阶段的一些强硬表现，成功扩大了来之不易的领先优势。哈珀和约翰逊的连续扣篮让马刺在三节过后以95-79领先。
场边观察
- 我们已经从“灌篮响叮当”比赛毕业了！
- 这是第一个我的全家都正式成为马刺球迷的假日季。我们终于把最后一位家庭成员也争取过来了！
- 前几天晚上，当同时播放马刺/雷霆和掘金/独行侠的比赛时，我妻子注意到的第一件事是“ *丹佛的教练和OKC的教练……他们的发型是NBA里最烂的。 *”
- 这仍然是我最喜欢的罗杰·梅森与圣诞节的回忆。
- 当卫冕年度最佳新秀在第一节末段造成一次犯规后，迈克·蒂里科 (Mike Tirico) 将其称之为‘ *斯蒂芬·卡斯尔雷霆万钧的力量 *’。
- 如果说2010年代的雷霆在运动能力和身体对抗上对马刺占有优势，那么这支2020年代中期的马刺——当然，目前为止——在最近的三次交锋中则明显占据了上风。用迈克尔·斯科特 (Michael Scott) 的话说，“世道变了，真是风水轮流转啊……”
- 看到马刺球员轮番冲击霍姆格伦的禁区，确实是一种非常享受的观赛体验。
- 迪伦的突破 ：他在第一节末段突入内线，穿越了雷霆四名防守球员的阵地，并让随后的上篮看起来轻松得有些滑稽。#吉诺比利精神
- 关键时刻的执行力 ：在第四节，巴恩斯在长时间持球后，找到了罚球线位置的文班亚马，后者迅速将球传给切入的卡斯尔，助其完成双手暴扣。
- 本场最佳回合 #1 ：哈珀在一次进攻中几乎吸引了OKC所有防守球员的注意力，随后他找到了禁区深处的科内特 (Kornet)，助其扣篮得分，为第二节拉开序幕。
- 本场最佳回合 #2 ：在首节后半段，圣安东尼奥完成了一次关键的防守后，瓦塞尔 (Vassell) 持球推进并命中了一记大胆的26英尺远投。
- 本场最佳回合 #3 ：在上半场最后时刻，福克斯神奇地避开了三名防守球员的围剿，在霍姆格伦头上强行打进一个硬气的进球。（我真的很享受输入任何‘在霍姆格伦头上’的字眼）。
比赛回顾
雷霆队开场前七次出手全部命中，这基本概括了比赛最初几分钟的场面——其中大部分得分来自OKC的三位核心球员。当他们投失第一球时，篮板球幸运地落到了卢·多尔特 (Lu Dort) 手中——他命中了一记三分。多尔特连续投进的第二记三分帮助他们取得了七分的领先，而卡斯尔也用自己的两次得分予以回应。福克斯的第二记三分将圣安东尼奥的比分追至只差四分。凯尔登·约翰逊 (Keldon Johnson) 的第一次出手在篮筐上颠了好几下后才缓缓落入网中。尽管OKC在进攻端持续奏效，但文班亚马的一次接球就投的打三分，将分差缩小到一个球权之内。节末，哈珀和福克斯凭借世界级的得分能力，帮助马刺反超并带着五分优势进入下一节。
第二节开始，OKC跑了一个与周二那场比赛中科内特在霍姆格伦头上完成空中接力扣篮时完全相同的战术，但这次以赛亚·哈尔滕施泰因未能完成终结。在阿隆·威金斯 (Aaron Wiggins) 命中一记三分后，文班亚马在哈尔滕施泰因头上完成了一记石破天惊的双手暴扣。在一系列回合中，裁判的吹罚尺度之松，足以让这场比赛堪比一场大学橄榄球赛，直到杰伦·威廉姆斯的一次进攻尝试时才“仁慈地”吹响了哨子。卡斯尔的罚球帮助马刺取得了当时最大的领先优势——九分。在马刺将领先优势扩大到14分后，吉尔杰斯-亚历山大在转换进攻中打成一次2+1，并命中一记后撤步底角跳投，将分差追回到个位数，两队以九分之差进入半场休息。
第三节的开局与前两节截然不同，双方内线球员包揽了前四次进球中的三次，两队在开场五分钟内仅得到寥寥16分。在卡斯尔迎着霍姆格伦命中一记高难度投篮后，杰伊·比拉斯 (Jay Bilas) 巧妙地评论道，这是“ *一位伟大球员的崛起。 *” 卡斯尔助攻科内特的空中接力让圣安东尼奥再次领先11分。随后卡斯尔吸引了两名OKC防守球员，并为哈里森·巴恩斯送出保姆级助攻，助其命中一记空位侧翼三分，而巴恩斯的跨步上篮则短暂地将领先优势再次扩大到17分——尽管马刺的侧翼球员错失了不止一次的空位机会。文班亚马在空中改变了一次投篮尝试，转而助攻沿底线切入的哈珀完成一记势大力沉的扣篮。卡鲁索的三分球将OKC的分差追至12分以内。就像他本赛季多次做到的那样，福克斯在另一端用一记跳投作出了回应。虽然福克斯的下一次出手偏出，但约翰逊暴力地将这记投失的球补扣入网，圣安东尼奥带着16分的领先优势进入第四节。
圣安东尼奥将于周六晚上7:00（美国中部夏令时间）主场迎战由劳里·马尔卡宁 (Lauri Markkanen) 领衔的犹他爵士队。
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San Antonio vs. Oklahoma City, Final Score: Spurs take back end of home-and-home series in Christmas day victory 117-102
A stepback jumper by reigning Rookie of the Year Stephon Castle over Shai Gilgeous-Alexander – reminiscent of ones that the Thunder guard has hit over so many others – ended any comeback hopes for the Oklahoma City Thunder, and the San Antonio Spurs handed the champs their third loss of the young season on Christmas Day. San Antonio weathered a white-hot start from Oklahoma City, and behind a 13-point (3-for-3 from three) first quarter triples from De’Aaron Fox, followed by a dominant and strangling two-way effort from the cohesive and charged squad, showcased the victorious Spurs to a national audience in the 117-102 road win. San Antonio shot 54% (38% from three) and emphatically answered every Thunder run.
De’Aaron Fox (29 points) paced a handful of Spurs players in double-digits, while Stephon Castle (19 points and 7 assists), Victor Wembanyama (19 points and 11 reboundes), and Harrison Barnes (15 points and 6 rebounds) supplied supporting firepower. Rookie Dylan Harper (12 points) continued to dazzle, as he and his backcourt counterparts minimized turnovers.
Gilgeous-Alexander (22 points, 6 rebounds, and 4 assists) had some impressive moments at the end of each half for Oklahome City, but did not get enough from his teammates – Chet Holmgren (10 points and 12 rebounds) and Jalen Williams (12 points and 6 assists). Isaiah Hartenstein (13 points and 12 rebounds) put up a double-double and Alex Caruso (12 points) competed admirably.
The teams traded thunderous blows over the first half of the opening stanza – putting up 45 points in a six minute span. Oklahoma City spread out its firepower through its vaunted starting lineup, while Fox and Castle put up four buckets apiece in response. Despite the Thunder starting 9-for-10, a procession of Harper, Wembanyama, and Fox scores allowed San Antonio to end the first up 41-36.
San Antonio continued to add to its lead during a contentious second period. Whenever it looked like Oklahoma City would mount a serious threat, the Spurs responded with a runs of their own. Castle and Fox again provided those answers as Gilgeous-Alexander prevented a San Antonio runaway by his sheer foul-drawing will. After weathering the Thunder’s first real push, the Spurs went to the break up 69-60.
The offensive execution that characterized the first half died out quickly in the third quarter, and yet San Antonio was able to add to its hard-earned advantage with better defending, hustle, and some nasty in the fraught final part of the quarter. Harper and Johnson’s successive dunks made it 95-79 after three.
Observations
- We graduated from the ‘Dunk the Halls’ game!
- This is the first holiday season where my entire family is officially Spurs fans. We finally converted the final sibling!
- The other night, while showing both the Spurs/Thunder and Nuggets/Mavericks game on at the same time, the first thing my wife noted was that “the Denver coach and the OKC coach… have the worst haircuts in the NBA.”
- Still my favorite Roger Mason and Christmas memory.
- Mike Tirico, after the reigning Rookie of the Year drew a foul late in the first. referred to it as ‘the furious power of Stephon Castle.’
- While the 2010s Thunder owned the athleticism and physicality advantages over the Spurs, these mid-2020s Spurs – thus far, of course – have wielded the clear advantage in these last three tilts. To quote Michael Scott, “well, well, well, how the turntables…”
- It really is an enjoyable viewing experience seeing Spur-after-Spur seek out Holmgren in the paint.
- Dylan’s Driving: He went downhill and through a quartet of Thunder defenders late in the first and made the ensuing layup look comically easy. #Ginobilispirit
- Crunchtime Execution: After Barnes clutched the ball for an eternity in the fourth, he found Wembanyama at the nail, who swiftly found a cutting Castle for a two-handed slam.
- Sequence of the Game #1: After Harper spent nearly a full possession occupying most of the OKC defenders, he found Kornet deep in the paint for a dunk to start the second.
- Sequence of the Game #2: After San Antonio got a needed stop late in the opening half, Vassell came down the court and knocked down an audacious 26-footer.
- Sequence of the Game #3: In the last moments of the first half, Fox somehow avoided being gang—tackled by three defenders and willed home a manly bucket over Holmgren. (I’m really enjoying typing anything ‘over Holmgren’).
Game Rundown
The first seven Thunder shots went down, and that sums up the first handful of moments – with OKC’s main three contributing the majority of them. When they did miss their first shot, the carom found its way to Lu Dort – who hit a three. Dort’s second three in a row put them up seven, while Castle matched with two makes of his own. Fox’s second three brought San Antonio within four. Keldon Johnson’s first shot bounced a handful of times on the rim before gently falling in. While OKC continued to find success on one end, a catch-and-shoot and-1 by Wembanyama rendered it a one-possession game. Harper and Fox’s world-class bucket-getting towards the end of the frame put the Spurs back ahead by five.
At the start of the second period, OKC ran the same play that netted the Kornet lob dunk over Holmgren from Tuesday night but Isaiah Hartenstein could not complete the deal. After an Aaron Wiggins three, Wembanyama threw down a monstrous two-handed slam over Harteinstein. The referees allowed enough physical contact during a series of sequences to qualify this for a college football game before “mercifully” calling one on a Jalen Williams’ attempt. Castle’s free throws gave the Spurs their biggest lead to that point at nine. After the Spur lead went up to 14, Gilgeous-Alexander converted an and-1 in transition and hit a stepback baseline shot to bring it back to single-digits, and the teams went to the half separated by nine.
The third quarter started starkly different than the two before it, with the bigs netting three of the first four baskets collectively and the teams putting up a paltry 16 points in the first five minutes. After Castle converted a degree-of-difficulty shot over Holmgren, Jay Bilas quipped that this was the ’the emergence of a great player.” A Castle-to-Kornet lob put San Antonio back up 11. Castle strung out two OKC defenders and spoonfed Harrison Barnes for an open wing three, and Barnes’ stepthrough lay-up pushed the lead briefly back out to 17 – despite the Spurs wingmen missing more than a handful of open opportunities. Wembanyama altered a shot attempt in mid-air to find a cutting Harper baseline for a power slam. Caruso’s three brought OKC within a dozen. and like he has done so many times this season, Fox answered at the other end with a jumper. While Fox missed the next attempt, Johnson violently slammed home the errant shot and San Antonio went to the fourth up 16.
San Antonio hosts Lauri Markkanen and the Utah Jazz Saturday night at 7:00 PM CDT.
By Gary Quan, via Pounding The Rock