By Jacob Douglas | Pounding The Rock (PtR), 2026-01-14 17:58:37
人们常说，连续三次击败同一支球队并非易事。正如我们在过去几十年的季后赛系列赛中所见，连续四次击败他们更是难上加难。横扫并非家常便饭，尤其当对手是历史级的强队时。从很多方面来说，圣安东尼奥马刺队以98-119的比分被俄克拉荷马雷霆队完全压制，这并不应让球迷感到意外。在新年夜之前被马刺三次击败后，雷霆队一直在寻求复仇，而他们做到了。
更令人担忧的是，这支马刺队自圣诞节以来判若两队。你可以称之为在短时间内三胜联盟顶级强队后的骄兵之态，可以称之为状态低迷，也可以归咎于伤病带来的问题——随便你怎么定义，但这支球队近10场比赛4胜6负的表现确实糟糕。面对实力平平的球队，他们打得难解难分，而这些比赛本应以两位数的分差轻松取胜。而面对雷霆这样的顶级强队，则演变成了一场溃败，整个下半场都一筹莫展。
圣安东尼奥马刺队目前的进攻体系已经失灵。他们过于依赖单打，并且投不进三分球。赛季初曾让球迷兴奋不已的球的传导和转换进攻，在这个月几乎销声匿迹。幸运的是，他们的防守仍然是NBA最顶尖的之一。若非如此，这段时间的战绩可能会更加惨不忍睹。面对像雷霆这样的队伍，你必须在攻防两端都做到近乎完美。全场40%的投篮命中率，以及在内线得分上以40-56被对手超越，是赢不了球的。
现在，圣安东尼奥马刺队将迎来连续三个主场比赛。这三场是对阵密尔沃基雄鹿队、明尼苏达森林狼队和犹他爵士队的可争取胜利的比赛。是时候让这支球队重回正轨，开始积累势头了，这样他们才能在2月4日常规赛最后一次交锋中与雷霆队扳回一城。
几点观察：
- 如今这么说似乎有些冒犯，但 维克托·文班亚马 (Victor Wembanyama) 在周二的比赛中确实表现不佳。圣安东尼奥马刺队始终让他担任沉退协防核心的防守策略被证明是重大失策。俄克拉荷马雷霆队抓住这一点，频频冲击他的防区，要么找到外线空位的射手，要么直接在他身边完成终结。他在防守端脚步移动缓慢且经常失位。而在进攻端，他的队友也没能给他提供太多支持。 文班 陷入了过多的单打，而这似乎是球队有意为之。当雷霆在下半场提升防守强度后，他打得非常挣扎，很难获得好的出手机会。
- 如果有人捡到了 哈里森·巴恩斯 (Harrison Barnes) 的跳投技能包，请尽早归还至霜冻银行中心。周二这位老将再次三分球颗粒无收，他在一月份手感冰凉，三分命中率仅为21.2%。在 德文·瓦塞尔 (Devin Vassell) 缺阵的情况下，马刺迫切需要巴恩斯和 朱利安·尚帕尼 (Julian Champagnie) 来提供场上空间。随着队内最好的两名射手，一个因伤缺阵，另一个陷入低迷，马刺的进攻失去了新年前赖以成功的关键一环。
- 说到瓦塞尔，这支球队显然非常需要他回归。尤其是在对阵雷霆的比赛中，瓦塞尔为球队提供了一个必要的进攻解压阀，一个能在进攻陷入停滞时命中高难度投篮的球员。他是马刺队中少数几个既能运球又能投篮的球员之一。他也是 谢伊·吉尔杰斯-亚历山大 (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander) 的主要防守者，而后者在本赛季对阵圣安东尼奥马刺队的比赛中打出了最佳表现。瓦塞尔绝非顶级防守者，但在之前的交锋中，仅仅是拥有一个高大、运动能力强的侧翼球员，能够与圣安东尼奥马刺队其他外线防守者轮流尝试限制SGA，似乎就起到了效果。
- 德阿龙·福克斯 (De’Aaron Fox) 在这支球队中的角色定位完全错了。本赛季，他作为球队主要组织者时表现最为出色。当他能通过挡拆发起进攻并在转换中冲击篮下时，他的发挥堪称惊艳。然而，他并不擅长扮演一个在底角等待机会的无球二号位。马刺队反而选择让 斯蒂芬·卡斯尔 承担主要的组织责任。这对卡斯尔培养这些技能有好处，但如果马刺想要赢球，最有利的配置是让福克斯承担大部分组织任务，而卡斯尔则扮演一个高大、强壮的侧翼球员，负责掩护、空切，并利用球的大范围转移后出现的路线冲击篮筐。马刺的教练组必须找出让这两名球员成功共存的方法。
- 最后说点积极的， 迪伦·哈珀 (Dylan Harper) 在周二的上场时间里表现好多了。他的跳投能够命中，并且有一些不错的防守表现。尽管对手似乎已经找到了在内线限制他的办法，但无论如何，这位新秀需要一场这样能看到球投进篮筐的比赛来提升信心，而他在对阵雷霆的比赛中做到了。
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What we learned from the Spurs loss to the Thunder
They say beating a team three times in a row is difficult. As we’ve seen over decades of playoff series, beating them four times in a row is even more rare. Sweeps aren’t something that happens all of the time, especially against historically good teams. In many ways, it shouldn’t surprise fans that the San Antonio Spurs were dominated by the Oklahoma City Thunder 119-98. After the Spurs defeated them thrice before New Year’s Eve, OKC was looking for its revenge, and it got it.
What is more concerning is that this Spurs team has simply not looked the same since Christmas. Call it hubris from defeating the league’s best team three times in a short stretch, call it a slump, or diagnose the issues stemming from injuries, call it whatever you want – this team has looked poor, going 4-6 in their last 10 games. Against mediocre teams, it looks like close games that the Spurs should have won by double-digits. Against elite teams like OKC, it looks like a blowout where nothing works for a whole half.
San Antonio’s offense is broken right now. They are too isolation-heavy and can’t hit three-pointers. The ball movement and transition offense that thrilled fans early in the season is essentially non-existent this month. Fortunately, their defense has remained one of the best in the NBA. Without it, this stretch could look much worse. Against a team like the Thunder, you have to be nearly perfect on both ends. Shooting 40% from the field and getting outscored 56-40 in the paint won’t get it done.
Now, San Antonio gets to go home for three games. Three winnable games against the Milwaukee Bucks, Minnesota Timberwolves, and Utah Jazz. It’s time for this team to get back on track and start building momentum so they can get even with OKC in their next and final regular-season matchup on February 4th.
Takeaways:
- It feels like a sin to say this these days, but Victor Wembanyama had a bad game on Tuesday. San Antonio’s defensive strategy of having him be the low man defensively at all times backfired on them in a major way. Oklahoma City drove right at him and found open shooters, of just finished around him. He was too slow-footed and often out of position defensively. His team didn’t do him a lot of favors on the offensive end. There was too much isolation and 1-on-1 play from Wemby, seemingly by design. When the Thunder ratcheted up defensive pressure in the second half, he had a miserable time getting good looks at the basket.
- If anyone finds Harrison Barnes’ jump shot, please return it to the Frost Bank Center at your earliest convenience. Tuesday marked another 0-for-three-point shooting night for the veteran, who has gone ice cold in January, shooting 21.2% from three. Without Devin Vassell in the lineup, the Spurs desperately need Barnes and Julian Champagnie to provide floor spacing. With two of their best shooters disappearing, one from injury and the other from a slump, the Spurs’ offense is missing a key component to what made it successful before the new year.
- Speaking of Vassell, it’s so clear that this team needs him back. Especially against OKC, Vassell provided a needed offensive release valve. Someone who could hit tough shots when things broke down. He’s one of the few Spurs players who can both dribble and shoot. He was also the primary defender on Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, who had his best game against San Antonio this season. Vassell isn’t an elite defender by any means, but just having a big, athletic wing who can take turns with San Antonio’s other perimeter defenders in attempting to slow down SGA seemed to work in their previous matchups.
- De’Aaron Fox has been woefully miscast on this team. He’s done his best work this season as the team’s primary playmaker. When he can operate out of the pick and roll and get downhill in transition, he has been fantastic. What he is not great at is being an off-ball two guard who waits in the corner for his opportunity. Instead, the Spurs have elected to give Stephon Castle primary playmaking responsibilities. It’s good for Castle to develop those skills, but if the Spurs want to win games, the most advantageous setup is having Fox handle the bulk of playmaking duties, while Castle acts as a big, physical wing who screens, cuts, and takes advantage of lanes to the basket coming off ball reversals. The Spurs’ staff has to figure out how to play these two together successfully.
- To end things on a positive note, Dylan Harper looked much better in his minutes on Tuesday. His jump shot was falling, and he made some good defensive plays. It still seems like teams have figured out how to slow him down inside a bit. Regardless, the rookie needed a confidence-boosting game where he saw the ball go in a bit, and he got it against the Thunder.
By Jacob Douglas, via Pounding The Rock