By Mateo Mayorga | Pounding The Rock (PtR), 2026-01-21 04:08:29
圣安东尼奥马刺队的休斯顿之旅以失败告终，他们在比赛末段安于现状，放松了对三分线的防守。这是他们本赛季与火箭的第二次交锋，目前双方战绩持平，本赛季还剩下两次交手。
首节结束，马刺以39-28领先。他们火热的三分球手感支撑着球队，弥补了在内线的挣扎；而火箭的得分则几乎全部来自近距离。随后，维克托·文班亚马 (Victor Wembanyama) 在隔扣克林特·卡佩拉 (Clint Capela) 后状态升温，全队又命中三记三分，但他们的转换进攻未能转化为轻松得分。
半场结束时，他们仍然手握10分领先优势，命中的三分球数量是休斯顿的两倍还多，并在篮板球上压制住了对手。进入第三节，马刺的远投命中率开始下滑，但这一过程并非一蹴而就。当马刺投进全场第14记三分时，镜头给到火箭主教练艾米·乌度卡 (Ime Udoka)，他坐在替补席上已然面无表情。
随后，火箭队开始打得更具紧迫感，在第四节初迅速抹平了圣安东尼奥的领先优势，而马刺则开始满足于在外线仓促出手。马刺甚至遭遇了从第三节末开始、长达六分钟的得分荒，而在休斯顿海啸般的攻势面前，他们此后也未能重新找回状态。
赛后观察
- 这是球队本赛季最严重的崩盘之一。他们在第四节11次三分出手全部投失，因为拒绝更多地冲击内线，最终将胜利拱手相让。第四节他们净负对手15分。
- 火箭拥有联盟前七的防守，但马刺能在前三节保持火热的三分球手感并不令人意外，因为休斯顿场均会给对手20.8次空位出手机会。明明三分比两分多，他们却依然选择优先收缩内线，这种策略实在令人费解。
- 休斯顿主场的篮筐水平出了问题，导致比赛在原定开球时间20分钟后，更换新篮筐才得以开始。期间，马刺队曾短暂返回更衣室，而火箭队则留在场上继续热身。在维修人员解决问题后，比赛才正式开始。这种突发状况在一定程度上导致了马刺开场防守不稳，因为这类离奇的插曲会打乱球员的心理节奏，毕竟他们是依赖固定流程的运动员。第四节初，篮筐又需要进行短暂的二次检查，这在休斯顿正要掌控比赛时打断了比赛节奏，但他们并未受此影响。反观圣安东尼奥，他们在整个末节都像是被打懵了。
- 朱利安·尚帕尼 (Julian Champagnie) 是本场球队的头号射手，命中了八记三分球。其中有四记来自第一节，这也是马刺在比赛延误开场后，仍能在早期保持心理优势的一大原因。但他随后手感骤降，冰冷无比。
- 阿尔佩伦·申京 (Alperen Şengün) 对阵马刺时的目标，就是和文班亚马进行身体对抗。在文班亚马变得更强壮之前，这一策略将持续有效。通过身体冲撞和顶着胸口强攻，是申京用来反制对手身高臂长优势的方式。文班不能轻易起跳犯规，让对手轻松得利，就像他在第二节还剩七秒时吃到的那记犯规一样，那已是他的第三次犯规。
- 里德·谢泼德 (Reed Sheppard) 是一位神射手，在第四节给予了马刺队沉重打击。但同时，他也是联盟防守最差的球员之一。比赛中，他被安排去防守进攻能力较弱的卡特·布莱恩特 (Carter Bryant)，从而避免对位脚步更快的持球人。但一次换人调整后，他不得不去防守一名持球手，结果在场上显得无所适从。当马刺进攻陷入停滞时，他本是球队可以去“军训”的目标，借此重新找回进攻节奏，而不是一味地选择跳投。
- 这是马刺本赛季第六次半场得分达到或超过70分。在这些比赛中，他们的战绩为4胜2负。
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San Antonio at Houston, Final Score: Spurs fall apart late against Rockets, 106-111
The San Antonio Spurs’ tour into Houston was a failure because they got satisfied with their work late and lost interest in guarding the 3-point line. It was their second matchup of the season with the Rockets, and now they are even with two outings to go.
The first quarter ended with a 39-28 lead, as their hot 3-point shooting carried them and made up for struggles in the lane, while the Rockets were getting nearly everything at close range. Victor Wembanyama subsequently heated up after jamming over Clint Capela, and the team drained three more trifectas, but their open-court offense failed to pick up easy points.
They still went to halftime ahead by 10, more than doubling Houston’s 3-point makes, and keeping them at bay on the glass. The long-range shooting slowed down in the third quarter, but it took a while, and at one point, coach Ime Udoka looked numb on the bench when the cameras caught him following the Spurs’ 14th trey.
The Rockets then started playing with more urgency, quickly erasing all of San Antonio’s cushioning early in the fourth quarter as the latter started settling for outside shots. The Spurs even suffered a six-minute drought extending from the end of the third quarter, but they still couldn’t get it together after that amid Houston’s Tsunami.
Observations
- This is one of the team’s biggest meltdowns of the season. They failed 11 3-point tries in the fourth quarter, giving the game away because they refused to go to the body more. They were outscored in the fourth quarter by 15.
- The Rockets have a top-seven defense, but it’s no surprise the Spurs were blazing from 3-point range for three quarters because Houston allows 20.8 wide-open attempts per game. It makes no sense why the strategy is to pack the paint first when three is more than two.
- Houston had a problem with the rim’s leveling and had to bring in a new one 20 minutes after the scheduled tip-off. The Spurs went back to the locker room for a bit, while the Rockets kept warming up, but everything got rolling after the maintenance crew fixed it. This played a role in the Spurs being shaky on defense early because bizarre things like this can mentally throw players off, as they are creatures of routine. The rim needed a brief second look early in the fourth quarter, which cut the flow of the game as Houston was taking control, but they were fine. San Antonio was shellshocked the entire period.
- Julian Champagnie was the team’s top marksman, making eight 3-pointers. Four of them came in the first quarter, and that was a big reason why the Spurs maintained their early mental edge after the delayed start. But he later went colder than an ice box.
- Alperen Şengün’s objective against the Spurs is to get physical with Wembanyama, and it will continue to work until the latter gets stronger. Bumping and driving to the chest are how Şengün counters the length. Wemby can’t bail him out by leaving his feet, like when he picked up his third foul with seven seconds left of the second quarter.
- Reed Sheppard is a sharpshooter who torched the Spurs in the fourth quarter, but he is one of the worst defenders in the league, and he took on the easier assignment of guarding a weaker offensive player- Carter Bryant- so he didn’t have to contend with the quicker-footed ball handlers. Then there was a substitution, and he had no choice but to pick one up, and he looked lost out there. If the offense fails apart, he’s an option to hunt to try to reestablish a rhythm instead of settling for jumpers.
- This was the sixth time the Spurs have scored at least 70 going into halftime. Their record is 4-2 on those nights.
By Mateo Mayorga, via Pounding The Rock