By Jeph Duarte | Pounding The Rock (PtR), 2026-02-28 12:00:00
首先，我必须强调这一点——马刺已经拿到了十一连胜。在队史上，马刺曾有八次达成至少11连胜。其中两次发生在夺冠赛季：第一次是在2002-2003赛季末段，那年他们赢得了队史第二座NBA总冠军；第二次是在2013-2014赛季，他们以一波11连胜开启了征程，并在该赛季随后打出了队史最长的19连胜，不过关于那段往事，希望我们能在未来的文章中再细聊。
在2011-2012赛季，马刺在常规赛最后10周内两次打出11连胜。这股势头延续到了季后赛，他们首轮横扫犹他爵士 (Utah Jazz)，次轮横扫洛杉矶快船 (LA Clippers)，并在西部决赛对阵俄克拉荷马城雷霆 (Oklahoma City Thunder) 时取得了2-0的领先。
尽管在狂揽各项赛事累计20连胜后，马刺最终连丢四场输给了那支更年轻的雷霆，遭遇了惨痛的结局，但即便在当时，显然这支球队已经展现出了一些特别的特质。他们在随后的两年都打进了总决赛，虽然在2013年功亏一篑，但在2014年他们击溃了迈阿密热火 (Miami Heat) 的“三巨头”超级球队——并捧起了队史第五座拉里·奥布莱恩 (Larry O’Brien) 冠军奖杯。
在2010-2011赛季初，马刺也曾有过一次12连胜。他们有望在周日重复这一壮举，但这绝非易事。
为了达成12连胜，他们必须在麦迪逊广场花园 (Madison Square Garden) 击败战绩高居东部第三的纽约尼克斯 (New York Knicks)。本赛季到目前为止，马刺与尼克斯平分秋色。他们输掉了阿联酋航空杯 (Emirates Cup) 决赛（虽然这不计入常规赛战绩，但确实让纽约人赢得了吹嘘的资本）。不过，马刺在除夕夜的主场比赛中成功复仇，当时朱利安·尚帕尼 (Julian Champagnie) 投中了11记三分球，砍下全队最高的36分。
这位“大苹果城”地道的本地人显然很享受在家乡父老面前打球。尚帕尼一定在赛程表上重点标注了纽约的对手，因为这位马刺神射手在周四晚上对阵布鲁克林 (Brooklyn) 的比赛中，三分球9投6中砍下了26分。如果他能保持这种火力，他和马刺队就有望带着12连胜的热度前往费城 (Philly)。
这些连胜意味着什么？最直接的，它是强大实力的体现，是球员与目标达成一致的象征。在某些情况下，连胜是争冠之路的积淀；而在其他情况下，它仅仅代表了球队在特定时间点所处的状态。
本赛季，在12月27日到1月13日期间，马刺仅取得4胜6负，并以两位数的分差惨败给爵士、克利夫兰 (Cleveland) 和雷霆。在那一刻，尽管马刺在常规赛四次交手中赢了雷霆三次，但大多数专家并未将他们视为争冠球队。
而现在，随着马刺在面对顶尖球队时展现出的韧性，这波连胜有助于证明他们正以比预期更快的速度跻身竞争者行列。
即便如此，任何连胜都应该理性看待，就像输掉一两场惨败并不代表世界末日一样。
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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Open Thread: What the eleven game winning streak means for the San Antonio Spurs
First of all, I have to say this- the Spurs have ELEVEN consecutive wins. The Spurs have hit 11 total straight wins on eight previous occasions. Two of those were during Championship runs. The first time was late in 2002-2003 season when they won their second NBA title. They also kicked off their 2013-2014 campaign with an eleven game streak. Later that season they eventually had a nineteen game run, their longest in franchise history, but hopefully that will be a discussion for a future post.
In the 2011-2012 season, they accumulated two 11-game streaks over the final 10 weeks of the season. This led into a sweep of the Utah Jazz in the first round of the playoffs, followed by a sweep of the Clippers in the second round, and eventually taking a 2-0 lead in the Western Conference Finals against the Oklahoma City Thunder.
They eventually lost to the younger OKC squad in the next four games, a most disastrous outcome after amassing a 20-game overall winning streak. But even then it was obvious the team was onto something special. They made the Finals the following two years, coming up short in 2013 and then dismantling the Heatles super team — and picking up their fifth Larry O’Brien — in 2014.
The Spurs had one 12-game streak at the start of their 2010-2011 season. They could repeat this feat on Sunday, but it will not be easy.
To win twelve straight they have to beat the New York Knicks, the third best record in the Eastern Conference, in Madison Square Garden. So far this season, they split games with the Knicks. They lost the Emirates Cup Finals (which did not effect their overall record but did supply the Knickerbockers with bragging rights). However, they did win at home on New Year’s Eve when Julian Champagnie finished with a team-high 36 points on 11 three-pointers.
The Big Apple native definitely likes playing to his hometown crowd. Champagnie must mark his calendar for those New York opponents as the Spurs sharpshooter scored 26 points while hitting 6 of 9 three-pointers against Brooklyn on Thursday night. If he can maintain that intensity, he and the Spurs could ride the game into Philly on a 12-game heater.
What do these streaks mean? Most directly, it’s an impressive show of strength and an alignment of players and goals. In a few cases, they are a build up to a title run. In others, it’s just a sign of where the team is at that specific moment in time.
This season, between December 27 and January 13, the Spurs went 4-6 losing by double-digits to Utah, Cleaveland, and OKC. In that moment, most pundits were not considering the Spurs for title contention despite them beating the Thunder in 3 of their 4 meetings.
Now, as the Spurs have shown resilience against the top teams, the streak helps illuminate their emergence as a contender at a quicker pace than originally anticipated.
That said, any streak must be taken with a grain of salt in the same way a blowout loss or two is not the end of the world.
By Jeph Duarte, via Pounding The Rock