By Mateo Mayorga | Pounding The Rock (PtR), 2026-03-01 20:49:49
杰里米·索汉 (Jeremy Sochan) 完成了复仇，而且几乎没费什么力气，而圣安东尼奥马刺则在全美直播的比赛中颜面扫地，11连胜宣告终结。这是自上赛季圣诞大战维克托·文班亚马 (Victor Wembanyama) 在一场惜败中惊艳全场后，马刺队首次回到麦迪逊广场花园。
开场阶段双方手感都不理想，但文班亚马的防守奠定了基调，他不断干扰对手投篮并完成抢断。马刺在开场前八分钟通过推节奏和外线施压，迅速取得了12分的领先优势。但在文班休息时，马刺防守端开始松懈。由于杰伦·布伦森 (Jalen Brunson) 的爆发，加之球队粗心的失误和犯规，首节结束时马刺反而落后一分。
尼克斯的攻势如洪水般爆发，在第一、二节之间打出了一波29-4的高潮，马刺的进攻彻底陷入停滞。直到半场还剩6分钟时，马刺的替补席才拿到第一分，这展现出了一丝生机，紧接着文班通过一波连拿7分的表现提振了士气。
半场结束时马刺落后10分（仅得41分，创下赛季新低），他们最大的问题在于无法限制对手的突破、篮板保护不力，以及球权流转表现平平。
第三节马刺得到了一些转机，卡尔-安东尼·唐斯 (Karl-Anthony Towns) 在93秒内领到两次犯规，德文·瓦塞尔 (Devin Vassell) 和文班联手投进五球。然而，马刺的表现依然拖泥带水，不断失误且屡屡丢掉二次进攻篮板。马刺甚至故技重施：在几分钟的像样表现后又给了拥趸们希望——其中包括卡斯尔的积极拼抢让他们重振旗鼓，但他们的协防却持续暴露漏洞。
尼克斯随后接连制造进攻犯规，逼迫马刺失误，并用更多的三分球痛击对手，迫使马刺不得不祭出联防。文班在本节早些时候下场休息，在主队进一步扩大领先优势后才重新登场。最终，马刺在比赛还剩不到四分钟时缴械投降。
观察与思考
- 尼克斯打得极具侵略性，面对这支目前最受关注的球队，他们表现得毫无惧色。他们在持球施压上做到了极致，在篮板拼抢上更加强硬，并在内线让马刺举步维艰。下半场马刺虽然曾将比分迫近，但始终无法跨过那道坎。根据 Cleaning the Glass 的数据，马刺本场每百回合仅得 92.7 分，仅排在全联盟后 3% 的水平。
- 文班亚马是上半场唯一准备充分并得分上双的马刺球员。其他球员则过于沉溺于一对一单打或难度极高的出手，防守端也仅出了三分力。不过文班的表现也并非无懈可击，他全场出现了7次失误，且三分命中率极低（16.7%）。除他之外，瓦塞尔和卡斯尔是马刺阵中仅有的得分上双的球员。
- 布伦森和唐斯是两名防守弱环，但马刺对他们的挡拆针对性攻击不够。尤其是唐斯无法在掩护高度完成防守，给了持球者太多的处理球空间。
- 盖帽有时会在心理上摧毁被封盖的球员，让他们不敢再强力攻筐而选择在外线徘徊。卡斯尔开场曾大胆尝试扣篮，但被OG·阿奴诺比 (OG Anunoby) 封盖，直到半场结束他仅在油漆区内又出手了两次。不过下半场他及时调整，6投4中。
- 乔·格鲁登 (Jon Gruden) 曾讲过一个精彩的故事：佩顿·曼宁 (Peyton Manning) 在遭遇闪击突袭后，一边跑向场边一边难以置信地问道：“你是不是[屏蔽词]疯了？”当乔什·哈特 (Josh Hart) 挑战文班时，我的脑海里也冒出了同样的想法——他的投篮就像被苍蝇拍扇中的蚊子一样被文班直接拍飞。
- 对于迪伦·哈珀 (Dylan Harper) 来说，这是一个艰难的下午。他在六分钟内领到两次犯规：一次是扑向三分投手，另一次是在被假动作晃起后侵犯了持球人。由于他是新秀，尚可理解，但德阿伦·福克斯 (De’Aaron Fox) 的表现则无法令人接受。他在第四节犯了兵家大忌，对正在三分出手的布伦森犯规，直接让尼克斯的领先优势扩大到了21分。
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San Antonio at New York, Final Score: Spurs can’t get out of the mud against the Knicks, 114-89
Jeremy Sochan got revenge and barely had to stand up, as the San Antonio Spurs got humbled and had their 11-game win streak snapped on national TV. It was their first game back at Madison Square Garden since Victor Wembanyama set it on fire in a close, losing effort in last season’s Christmas Day game.
Neither side was shooting well early, yet Wembanyama’s defense set the mood, altering shots and poking balls loose. The Spurs raced out to a 12-point lead within the first eight minutes after pushing the pace and exposing the perimeter, but they loosened up when Wembanyama rested, ending the frame down a point thanks to Jalen Brunson going wild, careless turnovers and fouls.
New York’s avalanche extended to a 29-4 run between the first and second quarters, as the Spurs’ offense fractured. Their first bench points came with six minutes to go in the half, and that showed a faint sign of a heartbeat, which Wemby soon cranked up with a seven-point burst.
They went to intermission down 10 (scoring a season low of 41) with their biggest problems being unable to guard penetration, getting outrebounded, and their ball movement being below par.
The Spurs subsequently got some help in the third quarter with Karl-Anthony Towns picking up two fouls in 93 seconds, and Devin Vassell plus Wemby combining for combining for five baskets, yet they were still sloppy, picking up turnovers and giving up second-chance points. The Spurs even did that thing again: giving their supporters hope off a few minutes of competent play. It included Castle’s hustle reinvigorating them, but their help defense kept getting exposed.
The Knicks followed up taking charge fouls, forcing turnovers and smacking them with more threes, which forced to the Spurs to mix in a zone defense. Wembanyama took a rest early in the period and he came back after the hosts made an extra dent. The Spurs later submitted with fewer than four minutes left.
Observations
- The Knicks have some muscle, and they played fearlessly against the team that had the biggest target on its back. They put the most pressure on the ball, were nastier on the glass, and made life difficult in the paint. The Spurs got within striking distance in the second half, but weren’t able to get over the hump. They finished scoring 92.7 points per 100 possessions, good enough for the third percentile, per Cleaning the Glass.
- Wembanyama was the only Spur who showed up prepared and scored in double figures in the first half. The others were too willing to go one-on-one or take tough shots, and they defended in third gear. Still, it wasn’t all great for Wemby as he finished with seven turnovers and logged an abysmal 3-point shooting percentage (16.7). Aside from him, Vassell and Castle were the only ones in to score in double figures.
- Brunson and Towns are two weak defenders, and the Spurs didn’t put them in screen rolls enough. Consider how Towns cannot guard at the level of the screen, giving the ball handler too much space.
- Blocks can be mentally devastating for the player denied because they start attacking less forcefully or stick to the perimeter. Castle boldly attempted a jam, getting stopped by OG Anunoby early, and only took two more shots in the lane by intermission. Then he made four shots in six attempts in the second half.
- Jon Gruden has told a great story of Peyton Manning jogging up the sidelines, incredulously asking, “Are you out of your [expletive] mind,” after blitzing him? It’s exactly what raced through my mind when Josh Hart challenged Wemby, getting his shot swatted like a mosquito with a flyswatter.
- It was a rough afternoon for Dylan Harper, who picked up two fouls within six minutes by lunging at a 3-point shooter and brushing up on the ball handler after biting on a fake. Still, he’s a rookie, so he gets somewhat of a pass, but De’Aaron Fox gets none. He committed the cardinal sin of fouling Brunson on a 3-point attempt in the fourth quarter, which extended New York’s lead to 21.
By Mateo Mayorga, via Pounding The Rock