# \[PtR\] 马刺惜败灰熊，球队表现“不够锐利”
**URL:** https://chinaspurs.com/t/topic/44270
**Category:** 环球刺讯
**Tags:** 杰里米-索汉, 2025-26赛季, 米奇-约翰逊, 达龙-福克斯, 朱利安-尚帕尼, 维克托-文班亚马, 凯尔登-约翰逊
**Created:** [2026 年1 月 7 日 05:00 UTC](https://chinaspurs.com/t/topic/44270 "2026-01-07T05:00:22Z")
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### 作者：  [@PtR](https://chinaspurs.com/u/PtR)
#### 发布日期： [2026 年1 月 7 日 05:00 UTC](https://chinaspurs.com/t/topic/44270/1 "2026-01-07T05:00:22Z")
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By Jacob Douglas | Pounding The Rock (PtR), 2026-01-07 04:30:00
在圣安东尼奥马刺队以105-106不敌孟菲斯灰熊队的比赛中，第三节刚开始几分钟，米奇·约翰逊 (Mitch Johnson) 就叫了暂停。暂停回来后，场上换了五名新球员，首发球员全部坐在了板凳上。此举显示了这位主教练对球队表现的失望。
“我们希望在下半场开始时能展现出应有的专注度和竞争力，但我们没有做到，”约翰逊在赛后告诉记者。
尽管马刺队在上半场大部分时间里都保持领先，但圣安东尼奥似乎从未完全掌控比赛。他们的进攻执行力不足，如果不是灰熊队投篮手感糟糕，马刺很可能在半场结束时就已经落后了。上半场，两队的投篮命中率均低于40%。朱利安·尚帕尼 (Julian Champagnie) 在上半场独得19分，在球队进攻陷入挣扎时帮助球队维持住了局面。
“我们可能在大部分时间里都控制着比赛，但这具有误导性，因为我们试图执行战术的过程并不锐利，”约翰逊说。“我们的身体语言、场上反应、对比赛计划的执行专注度，以及对需要完成的任务的认知，都不够锐利。这令人沮丧，责任在我。这是我们需要改进的地方，否则我们还会继续陷入类似的困境。”
当灰熊队在第三节取得领先后，约翰逊派上了更多的替补球员寻求改变。他换上了杰里米·索汉 (Jeremy Sochan) 和乔丹·麦克劳克林 (Jordan McLaughlin)，这两名球员在本赛季大部分时间里都被按在了板凳末端。当他们上场后，比赛局势瞬间扭转。
索汉迫使对手出现了一次8秒违例。麦克劳克林完成一次抢断并命中一记三分球。他们两人的防守努力给孟菲斯带来了压力，而圣安东尼奥的超级新星则在进攻端大放异彩。因膝伤缺席了过去两场比赛的维克托·文班亚马 (Victor Wembanyama) 此役替补出战且有上场时间限制。他在短短21分钟内爆砍30分。索汉、文班亚马和麦克劳克林的共同努力让马刺紧咬比分，仅以1分之差进入第四节。
“我认为杰里米（索汉）表现非常出色，”约翰逊说。“技术统计有时会骗人。他对我们起到了巨大的积极作用，远非数据所能体现。”
进入第四节，灰熊队由他们的角色球员引领。乔克·兰代尔 (Jock Landale) 和卡姆·斯潘塞 (Cam Spencer) 整场比赛都表现出色，尤其是在关键时刻，他们在攻防两端都上演了关键表现。兰代尔得到19分和9个篮板，其中6个是前场篮板。他的三记三分球让马刺队的防线不敢收缩，为孟菲斯创造了充足的空间。斯潘塞则充分利用了这些空间，贡献了21分、8个篮板和8次助攻。
当这两人为灰熊扩大领先优势时，凯尔登·约翰逊 (Keldon Johnson) 正竭尽所能帮助马刺留在比赛中。他在第四节初段得到8分，包括一记三分球和一次打成2+1的上篮。在第四节末段的追分时刻，圣安东尼奥严重依赖文班亚马，他们多次在高位将球交给他，试图奋力反超。最终，这位大个子在一次转换进攻中命中一记关键三分，帮助圣安东尼奥在比赛还剩3分45秒时取得领先。
凭借德阿龙·福克斯 (De’Aaron Fox) 对杰伦·威尔斯 (Jaylen Wells) 的一记惊为天人的追身封盖，以及随后在另一端的一记抛投，马刺在比赛仅剩一分多钟时以105-101领先。但今晚属于斯潘塞，他在接下来的两个回合中命中一记关键三分，随后又命中一记后撤步跳投，帮助灰熊队反超比分。在兰代尔于比赛还剩13秒时两罚不中后，马刺选择不使用他们的最后一次暂停，而是让福克斯来创造机会。他为自己创造出了空位跳投的空间，但在蜂鸣器响起时，他的投篮被协防球员从身后盖掉。
尽管根据约翰逊的说法，球队的表现“不够锐利”，圣安东尼奥本有机会在周三晚上主场迎战洛杉矶湖人队之前，先在客场拿下一场胜利。现在，他们将带着两连败的战绩返回主场。
“你必须为自己的生存而战，做好自己的本分，”约翰逊如此评价他球队的表现。
圣安东尼奥将力争在周三晚6:30（美国中部时间）于ESPN直播的比赛中终结连败。
_由生成式 AI 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：Spurs “not sharp” in loss to Grizzlies**
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> # Spurs “not sharp” in loss to Grizzlies
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> Mitch Johnson called a timeout just a few minutes into the third quarter of the San Antonio Spurs 106-105 loss to the Memphis Grizzlies. After that timeout, five new players were on the court, with the starters all sitting on the bench. It was a sign of the head coach’s frustration with his team’s performance.
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> “We wanted to come out (of the half) with a certain amount of focus and competitiveness, and we just didn’t,” Johnson told reporters after the game.
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> Despite the Spurs leading for most of the first half, it never quite felt like San Antonio had total control of the game. Their offensive execution was lacking, and if it weren’t for how poorly the Grizzlies were shooting, they may have found themselves down at halftime. Both teams shot below 40% from the field in the first half. Julian Champagnie’s 19 first-half points kept the Spurs’ offense afloat during their struggles.
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> “We were probably in control for most of the game, but it’s misleading because the process of what we were trying to execute was not sharp,” Johnson said. “Our body language, reactions, and focus on the gameplan execution, and what needed to be done were not sharp. That’s frustrating, and that’s on myself. It’s something we need to be better at, or we are going to continue to find ourselves in situations like this.”
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> Johnson went even deeper into his bench for help after the Grizzlies took a third-quarter lead. He subbed in Jeremy Sochan and Jordan McLaughlin, both of whom have been stuck at the end of the bench for the majority of the season. The game flipped immediately when they entered.
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> Sochan forced an 8-second violation. McLaughlin got a steal and knocked down a three-pointer. Both of their defensive effort put pressure on Memphis, while San Antonio’s superstar put in work on the offensive end. Victor Wembanyama came off the bench and was on a minutes restriction after missing the last two games with a knee injury. He exploded for 30 points in just 21 minutes. The combined efforts of Sochan, Wembanyama, and McLaughlin kept the Spurs around, down just 1 point heading into the fourth.
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> “I thought Jeremy was excellent,” Johnson said. “The box score can be misleading. He was a huge positive for us, much more than whatever the box score says.”
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> The Grizzlies were led in the fourth quarter by their role players. Jock Landale and Cam Spencer were excellent all game, particularly down the stretch, making clutch plays on both ends. Landale had 19 points and 9 rebounds, 6 of them were offensive. His three triples kept the Spurs’ defense honest, giving Memphis plenty of space. Spencer took advantage of that space on his way to 21 points, 8 rebounds, and 8 assists.
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> While those two were growing the Grizzlies’ lead, Keldon Johnson was doing what he could to keep the Spurs in the game. He had 8 early fourth-quarter points, including a three-pointer and an and-1 finish. San Antonio leaned heavily on Wembanyama down the stretch of the fourth, going to him in the high post several times as they looked to claw back into it. Finally, the big man hit a huge three in transition to give San Antonio the lead with 3:45 to go.
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> The Spurs found themselves up 105-101 with just over a minute left, thanks to a jaw-dropping De’Aaron Fox chase-down block on Jaylen Wells, followed by a floater on the other end. But it was Spencer’s night, as he hit a clutch three and then a step-back jumper in the next two possessions that put the Grizzlies ahead. After two missed FTs from Landale with 13 seconds left, the Spurs elected not to use their last timeout, instead letting Fox make something happen. He created space for himself to get an open jumper, but was blocked from behind by the help defender as the buzzer sounded.
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> Despite an “unsharp” effort, according to Johnson, San Antonio had an opportunity to grab a road win before facing the Los Angeles Lakers at home on Wednesday night. Now they’ll head back home on a two-game losing streak.
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> “You have to participate in your own survival and do your part,” Johnson said of his team’s performance.
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> San Antonio will look to snap the losing streak at 6:30 CT on ESPN Wednesday night.
By Jacob Douglas, via [Pounding The Rock](https://www.poundingtherock.com/game-recaps/92624/spurs-not-sharp-in-loss-to-grizzlies)
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### 作者：  [@PtR](https://chinaspurs.com/u/PtR)
#### 发布日期： [2026 年1 月 7 日 12:20 UTC](https://chinaspurs.com/t/topic/44270/2 "2026-01-07T12:20:06Z")
# 热评：
> [@GeeNoBeLee](#):
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> 好了，各位。是时候了。如果你有时间，不妨听我娓娓道来。
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> 我今年28岁。从2009年我12岁起就开始看马刺的比赛了。我阅读PTR（Pounding The Rock，马刺球迷社区）的时间（16年）比我这辈子不读PTR的时间（我生命的前12年）还要长。
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> 和大多数马刺球迷一样，我是个死忠。自从09年成为球迷以来，我经历了一切。我没赶上2000年代蒂米的王朝，我只是热爱我眼前所见的篮球，热爱波波和三巨头，并且完全沉浸其中。
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> 我就在那里，在宾夕法尼亚州东部，守着我的小屏幕，关注着每一个瞬间，彻底着了迷。
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> 被纳什/阿玛雷横扫
> 作为头号种子输给孟菲斯
> 选中了那个不能提名字的人
> 2013年总决赛第六场
> 2013年蒂米的那个捶地瞬间
> 鲍里斯·迪奥 (Boris Diaw)（他的一切）
> 帕蒂的挥毛巾（G’Day Mate）
> 通往“美丽篮球”的救赎之路
> 签约阿尔德里奇
> 季后赛与雷霆的连年鏖战
> #扎扎门
> 丹尼斯舅舅
> 德玛尔的岁月
> 不上不下的失败摆烂
> 普里莫事件
> 然后终于……我们迎来了皇冠上的明珠。我们第三次被一位划时代的中锋所震撼（是的，蒂米基本上就是个中锋）。
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> 我写下这些是为了表明，16年来，我一直在这里看球，看你们的评论。我不是想发表自己的任何看法，只是想看看其他马刺球迷的想法。我曾为Fansided写过关于马刺的文章，也曾想过联系SBNation为这个网站撰稿，但当时忙于追求篮球事业，在7年多的时间里，我曾为两支大学球队和几家篮球公司工作，最后离开了这个行业，去追求更正常的生活方式。
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> 但是今晚……今晚。
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> 今晚是我在这个网站上的第一条评论。
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> 因为，在波波的银黑世界里，这打的都是些什么玩意儿……
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> 这支球队现在的投篮简直一塌糊涂。总会有 一个 人（今晚是朱利安，但通常是凯尔登）能投进几个，而其他人则是在大空位的情况下哐哐打铁。文班在罚球线肘区的单打是我们 唯一 的进攻手段？？？
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> 这支球队到底怎么了！！！！！曾经的顺风顺水，他们的气场感染了整个联盟。全国直播上都打出了他们二人组的绰号！！！23胜7负……结果就是为了输掉这些对阵发展联盟球员、被裁掉的球员和长曲棍球运动员的无意义比赛。
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> 我们顶薪合同的德阿龙·福克斯 (De’Aaron Fox) 在哪儿呢？？？！！他在哪儿？？？我真是受够了当他的对位球员没球时，他就在防守端休息。他可是个顶薪球员，现在却被防守人放得 大空 ，什么都投不进，简直是把球扔进大海都扔不进。
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> 巴恩斯是突然就废了吗？？发生了什么？？？如果我再听到肖恩说一次“百分百先生”，我发誓……这些完全荒谬的投篮低谷期？？？来自整支球队……我真的……这些崩盘简直……太可悲了。
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> 我尽力对卡特/迪伦/斯蒂芬多一些宽容，因为他们还太年轻。但天啊，他们每隔一个回合就看起来不知所措。我姑且认为这是成长和在NBA建立稳定性的阵痛，但我的天，他们低迷时的表现可能和他们高光时一样引人注目？？
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> 我很高兴今天米奇（助教）换人更果断，在第三节开局当斯蒂芬/福克斯不愿绕过掩护时，立刻把他们换下了场。至少杰里米·索汉 (Jeremy Sochan) 在防守端很拼，即使他在进攻端已经做不了什么了（真希望他那个致胜的底角三分能进……）。
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> 只是……真的，已经太久太久没有对这支球队的表现抱有任何期望了。但现在，来自昔日老将时代的期望又回来了。地球上除了我们，没有哪支球队拥有一个“外星人”，尽管他还有些笨拙，一半时间里几乎不知道自己在做什么（或有能力做什么），在内线也几乎站不住一秒钟的位置，但他依然是那么的激动人心。
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> 福克斯……求你了……求你了，别再搞什么“在人群中后撤步然后投一些莫名其妙的球”了。他有那么快的速度，我发誓他几乎 从不 上篮。完全不像哈珀/卡斯尔那样能真正攻击篮筐。我开始为福克斯担心了，伙计。那场圣诞大战让我重新相信了他，但天啊。
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> 哈里森，我们爱我们的老将，他是我们的“叔”……但伙计，我们可能需要一个真正的首发四号位。
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> 这些年轻的后卫们，我只希望他们能找到任何方式来施加自己的影响力，别再一头撞上每一个掩护了。我很确定，被全联盟赞不绝口的斯蒂芬·卡斯尔 (Stephon Castle) 和迪伦·哈珀 (Dylan Harper) 不应该被凯莱布·乐福 (Caleb Love)（一个双向合同球员）和卡姆·斯宾塞 (Cam Spencer)（他能打NBA只是因为长曲棍球没有职业联赛）打爆。他们应该把那些家伙打得落花流水才对。
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> 说真的，各位……我……我都忘了再次全身心投入是什么感觉了。我们已经很多年没有机会了。自从#扎扎门之后，我们就再也没有真正的机会了。而今年，如果福克斯是一个合法的全明星级别球员，年轻一代也能成长起来，凭借文班的才华和他扭曲比赛的防守压力，他们的确有希望提前开启王朝。
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> 我们已经太久没有回到竞争行列中了。太久了，真的已经有十年了。十年来，我们只能对布林·福布斯 (Bryn Forbes) / 扎克·柯林斯 (Zach Collins) 的阵容闭上眼睛，那种感觉让我甚至开始怀念加里·尼尔 (Gary Neal) 和德胡安·布莱尔 (Dejuan Blair) 了。十年来，我们一直希望篮球之神能在我死之前再赐予我们一位划时代的球员，虽然我们可能不配拥有，但我们仍会以少数球队能有的尊严谦卑地接受。十年来，我们一直盯着乐透抽签的概率，每年五月的某个随机日子里，把头埋在枕头里，闭着双眼聆听马克·塔图姆 (Mark Tatum) 的声音，祈祷他不要念出我们球队的名字，从而给我们一个开启圣安东尼奥篮球新时代的机会。
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> 状元签
> 4号签
> 榜眼签
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> 这运气好得太离谱了。亿万分之一的幸运。
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> 再次全身心投入的感觉很痛苦。终结雷霆的完美赛季是自2017年西部决赛第一场第三节以来最激动人心的马刺时刻。
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> 天啊……这种感觉……能回来真是太好了。
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> 但是，嗯，既然我们已经回来了，求求了……求求了 🙏
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> 不要再毫无意义地输给一个长曲棍球运动员和一个乔克·兰代尔 (Jock Landale) 了（他永远是马刺人，但看在波波的份上，我们队里有个外星人，我们不应该再处于“哎呀，今晚被乔克打败了”的模式了……）。
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> 谢谢大家让我在这里咆哮，过去16年里我很享受阅读你们的反应，也许以后我会更常来这里逛逛，以一种更正常的方式，或者也许我会退回到马刺宇宙最遥远的角落，直到2045年小文班为马刺效力时再出来暴跳如雷。谁知道呢。
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> GSG
> PorVida
> RaceForSeis
> In PATFO We Trust
> [@Fkj](#):
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> 欢迎所有在输球后才来发帖的人……尽情发泄吧……
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> 就像一些人在赛前提到的，当你对阵一支满是替补或打不上球的球员的队伍时，他们反而有优势，因为他们没有任何赢球的压力。他们打得很放松，心态平和。我们摆烂时的马刺也赢过这样的比赛。
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> 现在的这支马刺队成了有赢球压力的那一方，并且正在学习如何应对。
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> 成功不是微波炉加热一下就来的。这需要时间，一路上还会经历各种坎坷。这不会是第一次，也不会是最后一次。
> [@Los Diablo](#):
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> 四名首发球员43投命中率仅27%，这样是赢不了球的。
> [@Morethanagame](#):
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> 我的天，下面的一些评论正是我在一场丑陋的比赛后感到如此疲惫、不想来这里的原因之一。我承认，半场结束后我去睡觉时就有一种不好的预感。他们虽然领先，但本该领先20分，因为灰熊打得实在太差了。你不能指望一支球队能持续打满48分钟都那么糟糕。果不其然，我们又见证了一场非常令人失望的表现。
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> 他们完全把比赛搞砸了。从上到下都应该承担责任。但是，在许多人似乎毫不留情地抨击球队的时候（我完全理解这种沮丧），并且球队可能感到非常沮丧，我还是想先从一些我喜欢的积极方面说起。
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> 我喜欢米奇（助教）通过将首发球员按在板凳上让他们承担责任。
> 我喜欢米奇在新闻发布会上主动揽责，同时也毫不讳言地指出了球队需要改进的地方。
> 我很高兴杰里米似乎一直做好了准备，并最终抓住了机会，用努力和能量证明了自己。
> 我喜欢维克强势回归并高效发挥。
> 我喜欢KJ一如既往地稳定发挥。
> 我也喜欢维克所说的，他们会作为一个团队共同度过难关，没有人相互指责。
>
> 与此同时，球迷们却在到处指责。不管球队和教练在赛季前三个月表现得多么出色，一段艰难的时期就足以让人们质疑他们的整体价值和资历。举一个（很明显的）例子，一旦你被称为“年度关键球员”，处境就会变得非常艰难，因为人们期望你在关键时刻如果没能为球队赢得比赛，你就得背所有的锅。然而，没有哪个关键球员能每一次都成功。如果他大多数时候都能成功，那就非常出色了。福克斯对球队的贡献是巨大的（不仅仅是在关键时刻），尤其是在维克缺阵的时候。但在对阵勇士的比赛中错失关键球，然后是这场比赛之后，球迷们对他投以的恶毒言辞让我感到恶心。正如马克·巴林顿 (Mark Barrington) 在比赛讨论帖中所说，比赛是在第二、第三和第四节输掉的（我甚至敢说是全部四节），而不是在最后几秒。
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> 教练和球员做出的决定都可能带来不同的结果。维克投最后一球，可能进也可能不进。让维克在场上多待30秒，可能改变也可能改变不了比赛。他可能会或不会再次受伤，而我们仍然输掉了比赛，或者是在赢得一场 常规赛 的过程中受伤。如果他们叫了暂停并布置一个战术，可能成功也可能不成功；另一方面，快速发球也可能有其优势。谁能肯定地说什么是最好的选择？我们之所以争论这些，是因为我们看到了结果，当结果不尽如人意时，我们总是对没有选择另一条路感到懊悔。教练组坚持了维克的上场时间限制原则，我敢肯定，如果输了比赛，他们也准备好承担任何指责或非议。我宁愿他们这样做。我们可以争论这些决定，但这并不意味着教练组输掉了比赛。也不意味着福克斯输掉了比赛。是整个团队共同输掉了比赛，因为他们整场比赛的表现，而不仅仅是最后几分钟。
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> 他们是否有些问题需要在情况失控前紧急修复？当然有。专注度、能量、执行力、防守强度、清晰的思路、沉着冷静等等——这些都是他们可以控制的事情。但是，正如我在输给爵士后写的那样，我预计他们的成长需要更长的时间，一路上还会有更多像这样的坎坷。现实介于两者之间——他们（还）没有媒体吹捧的那么好（或者说西部第二的水平），但他们也绝不像一些球迷贬低的那样差。
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> 归根结底，我不知道球员/教练是否会看/看多少球迷的言论。有时我希望他们根本不看，因为读到其中一些东西会多么糟糕，尽管我相信PtR上的大多数评论都是非常好的、有建设性的批评，球队可以从中受益。但哪怕只有万分之一的机会他们会读到我们写的东西，我总会注意我的评论可能对他们产生的影响，并努力做到细致入微和富有同情心。
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> > [@GeeNoBeLee](#):
> >
> > Alright yall. It’s time. Take a brief walk with me if you have a moment.
> >
> > I’m 28 Years old. I’ve been watching the Spurs since 2009 when I was just 12. I’ve been reading PTR for more time (16 years) than I have NOT been reading PTR on this planet (the first 12 years of my life).
> >
> > Like most of you Spurs fans, I am deathly loyal. I’ve been through it all since becoming a fan in 09. I knew not of the 2000s Timmy dynasty, I just loved the basketball I saw in front of me, Loved Pop and the Big 3, and just totally bought in.
> >
> > I was right there, in my little screen in Eastern Pennsylvania following every moment, completely hooked.
> >
> > Getting washed by Nash/Amare
> > Loosing to Memphis as a 1 Seed
> > Drafting He Who Shall not Be Named
> > Game 6 2013
> > The Timmy Bunny 2013
> > Boris Diaw (just all of it)
> > Patty’s Towel Wave (G’Day Mate)
> > Redemption arc into The Beautiful Game
> > LMA signing
> > Constant OKC battles in the playoffs
> > #ZazaGate
> > Uncle Dennis
> > The DeMar years
> > Failed half-measure tank jobs
> > Primo
> > And then finally … the crowned Jewel. We got gobsmacked by a Generational Center for a 3rd time (yes Tim is basically a center).
> >
> > I type this out to show I’ve been here watching, reading your comments, for 16 years. Not looking to provide any of my own thoughts, just looking to see what other Spurs fans think. I’ve written about the Spurs for Fansided, and have thought about reaching to SBNation to write for this site before, but was too busy pursuing a career in basketball, of which I worked for two collegiate teams and several basketball companies over 7 years, before eventually shifting away from the industry to pursue a more normal lifestyle.
> >
> > But tonight… tonight.
> >
> > Tonight is my first ever comment on this site.
> >
> > Because what in Pop’s Sliver&Black world was that….
> >
> > This team just cannot shoot a lick right now. ONE GUY (tn Julian, but usually it’s been Keldon) will hit a few and the rest are just wide open and just brick after brick. Wemby iso at the nail is our ONLY OFFENSE???
> >
> > What happened to this team ??? The wind at our backs, their aura was infecting the whole league. They had the Duo Nickname Graphic up on the national Broadcast!!! 23-7…… just to drop meaningless games against G-Leaguers, cast offs, and Lacrosse Players.
> >
> > WHERE IS OUR MAX CONTRACT DE’AARON FOX!!! WhERE IS HEE??? I’m sick and tired of him just resting on defense when his guy doesn’t have the ball. And he is a max guy being left just WIDE OPEN and he can’t hit anything right now, could not throw a tin can in the ocean.
> >
> > Barnes is just washed all the sudden?? What happened ??? If I hear Sean say “Mr 100%” one more time I swear….. these absolutely ridiculous shooting slumps??? From the entire team…. Like I just…. These collapses are just….. pitiful.
> >
> > I am trying my best to give Carter/Dylan/Steph a bit of leniency since they are just so young. But man they look out of sorts every other play. I’ll assume it’s the throws of growth and building consistency in the NBA, but my god, their downs may be just as loud as their ups??
> >
> > I was happy Mitch a stronger hook today, snagged Steph/Fox right out the game when they wouldn’t fight over a screen at the top of the 3rd Q. At least Jeremy fought on defense, even if he can’t do much of anything on Offense anymore (really wish he got that GW corner 3PT to go….).
> >
> > It’s just….. it’s been so so long since I ever had any expectation on this team to perform. But now the expectation from back in the old days of the old guard is back. No one on earth has an Alien on their team but us, and even tho he is awkward and barely knows what he is doing (or capable of doing) half the time and still can hardly hold position in the paint for more than a mere second, he is still utterly electrifying.
> >
> > Fox….. please… please, enough of the “step back in a crowd and put up some nonsense.” All this speed and I swear he hardly EVER takes a layup. Nothing like Harper/Castle who can actually get to the rim. I’m getting worried about Fox man. That XMas game made me buy in again, but geez.
> >
> > Harrison, we love our Vet, he’s Unc…. But man, we may need an actual starting 4.
> >
> > These young guards, I just hope they find any which way to impose their will and stop running directly into every screen set. I know for sure Stephon Castle and Dylan Harper who are being praised and praised throughout the league should not be getting COOKED by Caleb Love (literally on a Two-Way) and Cam Spencer who is only in the NBA because Lacrosse does not have a professional league. They should be TORCHING those guys.
> >
> > Really yall……. I…. I forgot what it was like to be all in again. It’s been so many years since we had a chance. We haven’t had a chance really since #ZazaGate, and this year, if Fox is a legit ALL-NBA player and the young regime rises up, they do have an outside shot at starting the dynasty early on the brilliance of Wemby and his warping defensive pressure.
> >
> > It’s been so long since we are back in the thick of things. It’s been so long, its been literally a decade. A decade of closing your eyes through the Bryn Forbes / Zach Collins lineups that had me wishing for Gary Neal and Dejuan Blair back. A decade of hoping for the Basketball Gods to bless us just one more time before I die with a Generational Player, of which we really are not deserving, but humbly accept with the dignity few franchises can claim. A decade of staring at lottery odds and listening with both eyes closed shoved into a pillow at Mark Tatum to give us a shot at the next era of San Antonio basketball by not calling out our teams name one random day in May every year.
> >
> > 1st
> > 4th
> > 2nd
> >
> > So so ridiculously lucky. One in a million billion quadrillion lives lucky.
> >
> > It’s hurts cuz I’m alllllll the way back now. Slamming the door on OKC’s perfect season was the most exciting Spurs moment since the 3rd Q of Game 1 of the 2017 WCF.
> >
> > Man…. It’s… it’s so good to be back.
> >
> > But yea, um, now that we here, please….. please 🙏
> >
> > No more pointless losses to a Lax Player and a Jock Landale (forever a Spur, but for Pop’s sake we have an Alien on the roster, we should not be in “oops, Jock got us tonight” mode anymore…..).
> >
> > Thanks for letting rant here yall, I’ve enjoyed reading your reactions for the past 16, maybe ill come round these parts more often, in a more normal way, or maybe slide back in the furthest realms of the Spuroverse to eventually Fly off the handle when Wemby Jr plays on the Spurs in 2045. Who knows.
> >
> > GSG
> > PorVida
> > RaceForSeis
> > In PATFO We Trust
>
> > [@Fkj](#):
> >
> > Welcome to all of you who post when we lose…Vent on..
> >
> > As mentioned by some prior to the game, when you play a team full of guy who don’t play or back ups. They have an advantage as they have zero pressure to win. They play loose and relaxed. Our tanking Spurs won such games also.
> >
> > This Spurs team is now the team with pressure to win, and is in the process of learning that.
> >
> > It is not microwave success . It takes time and taking lumps along the way.This is not the first or last lump .
>
> > [@Los Diablo](#):
> >
> > Can’t win with 4 starters shooting 27% on 43 shots.
>
> > [@Morethanagame](#):
> >
> > My goodness, some of the comments down here are one of the reasons why I felt so weary about coming here after an ugly game. I will admit I had a bad feeling when I went to bed after HT. They were leading but they should have been 20pt ahead, because the Grizzlies were playing so badly. You can’t expect a team to play that poorly for 48min consistently. Lo and behold, we had another very disappointing performance.
> >
> > They totally poopooed themselves. Accountability is due from top to bottom. BUT, at a time when seemingly many spare no words to trash the team (and I totally get the frustruation), and the team probably felt downtroddened, I’ll start with some things positive that I liked.
> >
> > I liked that Mitch held the starters accountable by benching them.
> > I liked that Mitch took accountability of himself during the press conference, while not mincing any words about what the team needs to do better of.
> > I loved that Jeremy seems to have stayed ready and finally snatched the opportunity he got to perform with effort and energy.
> > I liked that Vic came back strong and performed with efficiency.
> > I liked that nobody else was injured.
> > I liked that KJ was consistent as he’s been all season.
> > And I also liked that Vic said they would go through this as a team, and no one was pointing fingers at each other.
> >
> > Meanwhile, fans are pointing fingers at just about anyone. It doesn’t matter if the team and the coaches have performed very well for the first three months of the season. A difficult stretch is enough for people to question their overall worth and credentials. For example (and a glaring one), it’s so hard being called once the ‘clutch player of the year’, because expectation is that at clutch time if you don’t win the game for the team, you are taking all the blame. Well. No clutch player will perform every time successfully. If he’s performing most of the time, that’s very good. Fox has been so good for the team (and not just in clutch time), especially when Vic was out. But the viciousness that fans threw at him after missing the clutch during the Warriors game, and then this one, makes me sick. As Mark Barrington said in the game thread, the game was lost during the 2nd and 3rd and 4th quarters (I would venture to say all four quarters), not the last few seconds.
> >
> > Coaches and players made decisions that can go either way. Vic shooting the last shot may or may not have gone in. Having Vic being on the floor for another 30 sec may or may not have changed the game. He may or may not have reinjured himself and we still lost the game, or in the process of winning A REGULAR SEASON game. If they called for a timeout and drew a play, it may or may not have worked, and on the other hand, putting in the ball quickly could have also had its advantage. Who can say for sure what would have been the best option? We debate about these because we saw the result, and we are always resentful about not taking the other paths when the result is not what we like. The coaching staff stuck with the principle of Vic’s minute restriction, and I am sure were prepared to take any blame or accusation if they lost the game. I’d rather them do that. We can debate about these decisions, but it doesn’t mean the coaching team lost the game. It doesn’t mean Fox lost the game. The team collectively lost the game, because of their performance throughout the whole game, not just the last few minutes.
> >
> > Do they have things they need to urgently fix before this spiralled out of control? Absolutely. Focus, energy, execution, defensive intensity, clear thinking, composure, etc. - the things they can control. But still, as I wrote after the Jazz loss, I expect their growth to take longer, with even more tumbles like this along the way. The reality is somewhere in the middle - they are not (yet) as good as the hype (or No.2 in the Western Conference), but they are also not as bad as some of the fans dismissing them to be.
> >
> > At the end of the day, I don’t know whether/how much players/coaches look at what’s being said by the fans. Sometimes I hope they don’t look at all, because how awful it would be to read some of these things, even though I believe most of the comments on PtR are very good and constructive criticism that the team can benefit from. But just for an off chance that they might actually read what we are writing, I would always be mindful of what effect my comments might have on them, and try to be nuanced and compassionate.
via [Pounding The Rock](https://www.poundingtherock.com/game-recaps/92624/spurs-not-sharp-in-loss-to-grizzlies#comments)