By Marilyn Dubinski | Pounding The Rock (PtR), 2026-01-31 21:08:31
随着一场暴风雪席卷北卡罗来纳州夏洛特市及大西洋沿岸大部分地区，一场本就因马刺队次日还有另一场午后赛而提前的比赛，被进一步提前至中部时间上午11点，希望能为他们留出充足的时间完成比赛并及时撤离。与室外的大雪纷飞不同，光谱中心球馆内则是一片火热，尤其是对于黄蜂队而言，他们凭借第二节的强势表现让马刺队陷入了一个难以爬出的大坑，尽管马刺在下半场赢下了两个单节。
从两队开场的进攻表现来看，你完全不会觉得这是一场提前进行的比赛，双方都展现了大量的球的转移和活力。马刺队开局7投4中，尽管他们在篮下错失了一些轻松得分的机会，但黄蜂队开局8投6中，并打出一波7-0的攻势，早早以15-10领先。取代哈里森·巴恩斯 (Harrison Barnes) 重回首发阵容的德文·瓦塞尔 (Devin Vassell) 送出一记盖帽，随后朱利安·尚帕尼 (Julian Champagnie) 完成一次打四分，帮助马刺以22-20反超比分，随着替补阵容登场，比赛节奏稍稍放缓。迪伦·哈珀 (Dylan Harper) 已经准备好与同届新秀康·克努佩尔 (Kon Knueppel) 对决，他替补登场后迅速得到7分，凭借快攻得分6-0的优势，马刺队在疯狂的第一节过后以30-26领先。
第二节伊始，马刺队再添两次快攻扣篮，但前犹他爵士队首发、向来是马刺队“眼中钉”的科林·塞克斯顿 (Collin Sexton) 在黄蜂替补席上给马刺制造了麻烦，他迅速砍下10分。在马刺一度领先多达7分之后，黄蜂队打出一波10-2的攻势，以41-40反超了比分。半场结束前3分30秒，双方战至45平，但从此刻起，马刺队的一切开始分崩离析。半场阵地进攻的挣扎、失误以及维克托·文班亚马 (Victor Wembanyama) 的糟糕上半场（8投2中得到4分，0个防守篮板，防守端失位）共同导致了黄蜂队在半场结束前打出一波16-2的攻击波。这其中包括他的同届新秀对手布兰登·米勒 (Brandon Miller) 命中的三记三分球，米勒半场便砍下18分，其中第二记三分还造成文班亚马犯规，打成了四分。又一次糟糕的半场收尾，让大部分时间里似乎掌控着局面的马刺队，突然间以47-61落后。
夏洛特黄蜂在下半场率先命中两球，并将领先优势扩大到20分之多，篮球之神似乎也站在他们那边，米勒又投进了两个本不该进的球。尽管如此，马刺队似乎以全新的专注度回到了场上。他们慢慢地蚕食分差，并顶住了黄蜂队的几波小高潮，凭借尚帕尼和巴恩斯的三分球，数次将分差缩小到个位数。在第三节结束时，分差本可以更小，但塞克斯顿和克努佩尔凭借进攻篮板在最后时刻命中了两记三分，将领先优势维持在10分，比分为85-75，比赛还剩12分钟。
“掌控”这个词在这场比赛中显得很主观，因为马刺队有时似乎比黄蜂队更能“掌控”自己的比赛节奏，但黄蜂队却在乱战和攻防转换的混乱局面中打得风生水起，通过拼抢球和接近失误的混乱场面命中三分。格兰特·威廉姆斯 (Grant Williams) 的一记这样的三分球将领先优势再次扩大到13分，比分为96-83。但老将巴恩斯短暂地找回状态，他连中两记三分，开启了马刺一波15-4的攻击波，其中还包括斯蒂芬·卡斯尔 (Stephon Castle) 连得五分，帮助球队将分差缩小到两分，比分为100-98，并迫使黄蜂队叫了暂停。但这也是马刺队最接近胜利的时刻，他们就是无法完成反超。比赛末段，巴恩斯在迈尔斯·布里奇斯 (Miles Bridges) 出手三分后（实际上是在他球已出手后很久）对其犯规，让对手在比赛还剩一分钟时获得了五分的领先。不久后，文班有机会扳平比分，但他在进攻时限早期选择了一次不明智的三分出手，在比赛还剩25秒时严重偏出。最终，米勒用两次罚球锁定了胜局，帮助夏洛特以111-106获胜，并取得了自2016年以来的首次六连胜。
比赛观察
- 同样是自2016年以来的首次，巴恩斯坐上了替补席，瓦塞尔重回首发阵容，取代了他的位置，而非朱利安·尚帕尼。对于一位备受爱戴的老将来说，终结长达十年的连续首发纪录一定是个艰难的决定，但有些事需要改变。即便这不是瓦塞尔最出色的一场比赛，但他充满活力，并且比近期的巴恩斯更愿意出手，他在第一节就命中了两个三分球，全场得到15分。巴恩斯替补登场后开局不佳，两次出手不中，并在上半场罕见地出现了一次回场违例，但尽管最后对布里奇斯犯规，他仍然是球队末段追分攻势中的关键一员。
- 新秀哈珀和克努佩尔之间的对决相当激烈。哈珀是马刺队的头号得分手，他不断撕裂黄蜂队的防线，三分球3投2中，全场得到20分。而在另一端，马刺队在限制克努佩尔（他已经是一位投篮命中率达到50/40/90的射手）方面做得很好。他们通过团队防守对他进行围剿，将其得分限制在13分，三分球4投1中，尽管他命中的那一记三分是在第三节末段的关键球，阻止了马刺队进一步起势。
- 这感觉是文班本赛季表现最差的比赛之一。他在防守端脚步混乱，数次接近盖帽但最终一个未得，他的投篮手感也完全不在状态，即便是篮下进攻也频频失手，全场15投6中得到16分。值得称赞的是，他在下半场努力打得更具侵略性，在首节只有一个进攻篮板后，下半场抢下了七个篮板，但这仍是一场他宁愿忘记的比赛。
- 文班之所以在最后能有机会追平比分，是因为在比赛还剩36秒时，米勒在落地时踩到了福克斯的脚上，裁判吹罚了三分犯规，但马刺主帅约翰逊对此提出了挑战。很明显这个判罚会被推翻，因为福克斯是垂直起跳，而米勒在落地时伸腿制造了接触，录像回放后也证实了这一点。然而，解说员似乎不了解规则，他们认为判罚会维持，并声称那是米勒“自然的投篮动作”，而事实显然并非如此。总的来说，Prime视频在组建其NBA转播团队方面做得不错，但这些解说员们还需要在三分犯规规则方面多补补课。
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假如马刺队能够战胜恶劣天气，顺利返回圣安东尼奥，他们将迎来另一场提前开球的比赛，对手是魔术队，这是一支难缠的球队，但战绩持续在五成胜率左右徘徊。
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Spurs can’t rally past red hot Hornets in snowy Saturday matinee
With a snowpocalypse approaching Charlotte, North Carolina and much of the Atlantic seaboard, a game that was already an early tip-off due to the Spurs having another afternoon game tomorrow got pushed even further back to 11:00 AM CT to hopefully give them adequate time to play and get out of dodge. Unlike the snowy exterior, things were red hot inside Spectrum Center, especially for the Hornets, who used a big second quarter to put the Spurs in a hole they couldn’t quite climb out of despite winning both second-half quarters.
You wouldn’t know this was an early start with the way both teams started on offense, with plenty of ball movement and energy. The Spurs started 4-7, although they were missing some easy looks near the rim, but the Hornets started 6-8 to lead 10-15 early after a 7-0 run. A block from Devin Vassell, who returned to the starting lineup in place of Harrison Barnes, led to a four-point play from Julian Champagnie to take the lead back at 22-20, and the pace started to settled down a bit as the bench units checked in. Dylan Harper was ready to battle with fellow rookie Kon Knueppel, getting 7 early points off the bench, and the Spurs led 30-26 after a wild first quarter, in part courtesy of an 6-0 advantage on the fast break.
The Spurs tacked on two more fast break dunks to start the second quarter, but former Utah starter Collin Sexton, who has always been a thorn in their side, gave the Spurs trouble off the Hornets bench with 10 quick points, and a 10-2 Hornets run gave them the lead, 41-40, after the Spurs had led by as much as seven. Things were tied up at 45 apiece with 3:30 remaining in the half, but that’s when everything started falling apart for the Spurs. Struggles with half court offense, turnovers and a rough half from Victor Wembanyama (4 points on 2-8 shooting, 0 defensive rebounds and out of place on defense) all helped contribute to a Hornets 16-2 run to close the half. That included three straight threes from his draft class rival Brandon Miller, who had 18 points at the half, including a four-point play on the second one as Wemby fouled him, and another brutal closing to a half had a Spurs team that had seemed in control most of the time suddenly down 61-47.
Charlotte scored the first two buckets out of halftime and led by as much as 20, with the basketball gods seemingly on their side as Miller hit two more shots that had no business going in. Still, the Spurs appeared to come out with a renewed focus. They slowly grinded away and absorbed a few more Hornets mini-runs to get within single digits a couple of times off threes from Juilan Champagnie and Barnes. It could have been even closer by the end of the third quarter, but a couple of late threes off offensive rebounds by Sexton and Knueppel kept the lead at ten, 85-75, with 12 minutes to go.
Control was a subjective word in this game, because the Spurs seemed to be more “in control” of their own game than the Hornets at times, but the Hornets were thriving off of broken plays and chaos, hitting threes off scrambles and near-turnovers. One such three from Grant Williams got the lead back out to 13 at 96-83, but veteran Barnes briefly returned to form, hitting two straight threes to kick off a Spurs 15-4 run, which also included five straight points from Castle to help cut the lead to two, 100-98, and force a Hornets timeout. That would be as close as the Spurs got, as they just couldn’t do enough to take the lead. Barnes fouled Miles Bridges late on a three (as in well after he had released the ball) to give them a five-point lead with a minute to go. Wemby had a chance to tie things up soon after but took an ill-advised three early in the shot clock, missing badly with 25 seconds to go, and Miller sealed the outcome with two free throws, giving Charlotte the 111-106 win and their first six-game winning streak since 2016.
Game Notes
- Another first since 2016 was Barnes coming off the bench, with Vassell returning to the starting lineup in his place instead of Julian Champagnie’s. It must have been a tough a decision to end a ten-year streak for a beloved veteran, but something needed to change. Even if it wasn’t his finest outing, Vassell was energetic and more willing to shoot than Barnes had been lately, hitting his two threes in the first quarter on his way 15 points overall. Barnes started poorly off the bench, missing his two attempts and committed a rare over-and-back penalty in the first half, but then he was a key part of their late comeback attempt despite the foul on Bridges.
- It was quite the battle between rookies Harper and Knueppel. Harper was the Spurs’ leading scorer with 20 points while slicing through the Hornets defense and hitting 2-3 threes, and the Spurs did a good job of holding Knueppel, who is already a 50/40/90 shooter, in check on the other end. They did a good job of swarming him on defense, holding to just 13 points and 1-4 from three, although the one he did make was a huge one late in the third to keep the Spurs from stealing too much momentum.
- This felt like one of Wemby’s worst games of the season. He was out of step defensively, coming close but never recording a block, and his shot just wasn’t there, even around the rim, as he finished with 16 points on 6-15 shooting. To his credit, he tried to be more assertive in the second half, recording seven rebounds after just one offensive one in the first, but it was one of those games he’d rather forget.
- What gave Wemby a chance to tie things late was Johnson challenged a call on another three-point foul after Miller landed on Fox’s foot with 36 seconds to go. It was pretty obvious it would be overturned because Fox went straight up and down while Miller extended his leg out late to create the contact, and that was exactly the case after video review. However, the announcers didn’t seem to know the rule, believing it would be upheld while claiming that was Miller’s “natural shooting motion” when it clearly wasn’t. Overall, Prime has done a good job of putting together their NBA ensemble, but these fellas could use a little education on three-point foul rules.
Up next: Sunday vs. Orlando Magic
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Assuming the Spurs can beat the weather and make it back to San Antonio, they’ll have another early tip-off against a Magic team that is tough but continues to hover around .500.
By Marilyn Dubinski, via Pounding The Rock