By Jacob Douglas | Pounding The Rock (PtR), 2025-12-27 08:00:00
节日的欢庆气氛已然散去。圣安东尼奥马刺队度过了一个愉快的圣诞节，他们击败俄克拉荷马城雷霆队，取得了三连胜，同时也将球队的连胜纪录扩大到了8场。周六晚上，他们将回到圣安东尼奥主场迎战犹他爵士队，力求避免陷入“假期后遗症”。
爵士是一支充满拼劲的年轻球队，在任何一个夜晚都有能力击败任何疏忽大意的对手。一个典型的例子是，犹他在周五晚上以131-129的比分击败了东部最佳球队底特律活塞。他们拥有像劳里·马尔卡宁 (Lauri Markkanen) 和基昂特·乔治 (Keyonte George) 这样真正的高水平球员，这两人在昨晚对阵底特律的比赛中都砍下了30分。一旦马刺队状态不佳，他们的连胜纪录就可能被终结。
圣安东尼奥最近在对阵胜率不足五成的球队时表现有些起伏，包括最近一次战胜华盛顿奇才的比赛。他们需要利用好主场优势和体能优势，因为爵士队将迎来他们背靠背的第二场比赛。马刺队可能会缺少一名关键球员，因为德阿隆·福克斯 (De’Aaron Fox) 因左内收肌紧张被列为出战成疑。他们需要依靠阵容深度来对抗这支士气正盛的爵士队。
圣安东尼奥马刺 (23-7) vs. 犹他爵士 (11-19)
2025年12月27日 | 中部时间晚7点
观看：FanDuel Southwest | 收听：WOAI (1200 AM)
马刺伤情 ：斯坦利·乌穆德 (Stanley Umude) – 缺阵 (G联赛)，大卫·琼斯-加西亚 (David Jones-Garcia) – 出战成疑 (G联赛)，哈里森·英格拉姆 (Harrison Ingram) – 缺阵 (G联赛)，德阿隆·福克斯 – 出战成疑 (大腿)
爵士伤情： 中部时间下午1点前无需报告
比赛看点：
一场潜在的对攻大战
犹他队由乔治和以赛亚·科利尔 (Isaiah Collier) 领衔的年轻后卫群打出快节奏风格，并由马尔卡宁和凯尔·菲利波夫斯基 (Kyle Filipowski) 这样的大个子球员拉开场上空间。他们的比赛节奏排在联盟第5位，场均得分位列联盟第7。然而，他们的防守却是全联盟最差的。圣安东尼奥的进攻应该能继续在爵士队漏洞百出的防守面前大放异彩，但如果他们想避免陷入一场对攻大战，就需要像对阵雷霆时那样在防守端保持专注。
福克斯的替代者
虽然不能保证福克斯会休战，但考虑到他突然被列入伤病报告，他缺席本场比赛也不会令人意外。过去，马刺队曾将斯蒂芬·卡斯尔 (Stephon Castle) 调至主控后卫位置，并将朱利安·尚帕尼 (Julian Champagnie) 提上首发阵容。但鉴于迪伦·哈珀 (Dylan Harper) 近期表现出色，而尚帕尼的投篮手感挣扎，让这位新秀迎来其NBA生涯的首次首发或许是合理的选择。这样做会让马刺队更难像本赛季那样成功地错开后卫们的上场时间，但能为比赛开局提供更强的进攻火力。即使他不首发，看到哈珀在比赛末段接管福克斯的主要组织任务，也丝毫不会让人感到惊讶。
法式香草组合
爵士队经常同时派上两名大个子球员。马尔卡宁、菲利波夫斯基和优素福·努尔基奇 (Jusuf Nurkic) 经常一同在场，给内线阵容偏小的球队制造麻烦。犹他队的总篮板数排名联盟第6，进攻篮板数排名第7。圣安东尼奥可以派出由维克托·文班亚马 (Victor Wembanyama) 和卢克·科内特 (Luke Kornet) 组成的“法式香草”组合，来对抗爵士队的身高优势。本赛季，这对组合已共同出战46分钟，期间的净效率值为+4.1。当这两人在场时，他们能够高效地护筐和拼抢篮板。既然文班亚马的上场时间增加了（他在圣诞大战对阵雷霆时出战了26分钟），我们应该会开始更多地看到他和科内特一同在场。
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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Game Preview: San Antonio Spurs vs. Utah Jazz
Festive celebrations have ended. The San Antonio Spurs had a merry Christmas with their third-straight win over the Oklahoma City Thunder while extending their 8-game winning streak. They’ll look to avoid a holiday hangover against the Utah Jazz back home in San Antonio on Saturday night.
The Jazz are a scrappy young team that can beat unsuspecting teams on any given night. Case in point, Utah defeated the Eastern Conference’s best, the Detroit Pistons, on Friday night, 131-129. They have legit high-end players like Lauri Markkanen and Keyonte George, both of whom dropped 30 against Detroit last night. An off night for the Spurs could snap their winning streak.
San Antonio had some recent shaky performances against teams with losing records, including their most recent win against the Washington Wizards. They’ll need to take advantage of their home crowd and their rest advantage, as the Jazz will be on the second game of a back-to-back. The Spurs may be down a key contributor, as De’Aaron Fox is listed as questionable with left adductor tightness. They’ll need to lean on their depth to take down a confident Jazz squad.
San Antonio Spurs (23-7) vs. Utah Jazz (11-19)
December 27, 2025 | 7 PM CT
Watch: FanDuel Southwest | Listen: WOAI (1200 AM)
Spurs Injuries: Stanley Umude – Out (G League), David Jones-Garcia – Questionable (G League), Harrison Ingram – Out (G League), De’Aaron Fox – Questionable (thigh)
Jazz Injuries: Do not need to report until 1 pm CT
What to watch for:
A potential shootout
Utah plays a fast-paced style with its group of young guards, highlighted by George and Isaiah Collier, and space the floor with bigs like Markkanen and Kyle Filipowski. They are 5th in the NBA in pace of play, and score the 7th most points in the league. However, their defense is the worst in the NBA. San Antonio’s offense should continue to thrive against the porous Jazz defense, but they’ll need to lock in defensively as they did against OKC if they want to avoid a shootout.
A fill-in for Fox
It’s no guarantee that Fox sits, but given his sudden addition to the injury report, it wouldn’t be a shock that he misses the game. In the past, the Spurs have moved Stephon Castle to the lead guard position and added Julian Champagnie to the starting lineup. But with Dylan Harper playing so well recently, and Champagnie struggling to shoot the ball well, it could make sense to give the rookie his first NBA start. That would make it harder for the Spurs to stagger the guards like they’ve had success with this season, but it would give them more offensive firepower to start the game. Even if he doesn’t start, it wouldn’t be a surprise to see Harper take over Fox’s primary playmaking role at the end of the game.
French Vanilla
The Jazz often play two bigs together. Markkanen, Filipowski, and Jusuf Nurkic share the court a lot and cause problems for smaller teams in the paint. Utah is 6th in total rebounds and 7th in offensive rebounds. San Antonio could employ the “French Vanilla” duo of Victor Wembanyama and Luke Kornet to match up with the Jazz’s size. The duo has logged 46 minutes together this season with a +4.1 net rating in that time. They’ll be able to protect the rim and rebound at a high rate with those two in the game. Now that Wembanyama is playing more minutes (he logged 26 against the Thunder on Christmas), we should start to see a bit more of him and Kornet together.
By Jacob Douglas, via Pounding The Rock