By Gary Quan | Pounding The Rock (PtR), 2026-03-20 22:51:54
马刺队的西海岸之旅在大多数赛季都会给我提供3到4次机会，去萨克拉门托和旧金山现场看球。由于我的父亲正在勇敢地与癌症搏斗，无法按原计划观赛，这次行程便成了我姐姐自80年代末（海米斯费尔体育馆时期！）以来第一次现场观看马刺比赛的机会，同时也让我侄女（维克托·文班亚马 (Victor Wembanyama) 当然是她的最爱）和侄儿（文班甚至排不进他最喜欢的马刺球员前五？？？）亲眼见证了这支50胜劲旅的风采。虽然我们都忙着拍摄比赛视频而忘了拍全家福，但这依然是一个美妙的城市之夜，而且到第三节中段，胜利已经稳操胜券。
现场观察
- 黄金一号中心 (Golden 1 Center) 的大厅非常宽敞，容纳人数之多超乎想象。
- 不幸的是，这意味着二层看台的座位角度非常陡峭（比弗罗斯特银行中心还要陡），每个赛季都会发生好几次球迷从楼梯上摔下来的意外。
- 一位儿时的好友为我姐姐一家和我提供了足够吃好几场比赛的食物，我现在担心的是，这些孩子以后每次来看球都会期待这种丰盛的待遇和结果！
- 显然，唯一没有达到我姐姐预期的马刺球员是凯利·奥利尼克 (Kelly Olynyk)，她好几次重复道：“我不喜欢那个戴发带的家伙。”
- 我非常喜欢文班亚马为了更好地应对对手日益增加的身体对抗而进行的赛前准备训练。
赛前趣闻
这是我第一次看到文班为开球后随之而来的身体对抗所做的赛前准备：
萨克拉门托/圣安东尼奥赛前 pic.twitter.com/e9ol1QVZxU
— 来自圣何塞的 Gary Q (@ pattythrills) 2026年3月20日
这种脚步练习似乎也解释了为什么文班能够如此频繁地扭到脚踝却（敲木头祈祷）没有遭受更严重的伤病。
萨克拉门托/圣安东尼奥赛前 pic.twitter.com/36RD428Q01
— 来自圣何塞的 Gary Q (@ pattythrills) 2026年3月20日
看着一个7英尺4英寸的人轻松地将球扣进10英尺高的篮筐，真是一种极大的享受：
萨克拉门托/圣安东尼奥赛前 pic.twitter.com/olRSIr4JpX
— 来自圣何塞的 Gary Q (@ pattythrills) 2026年3月20日
肖恩·埃利奥特 (Sean Elliott) 似乎展示了格雷格·波波维奇 (Gregg Popovich) 灌输给他的“适度恐惧”概念：
圣安东尼奥/萨克拉门托赛前 pic.twitter.com/uXt3D1RfbR
— 来自圣何塞的 Gary Q (@ pattythrills) 2026年3月20日
上半场的统治力
凯尔登·约翰逊 (Keldon Johnson) 的这两次持球推进或许是他整个赛季拿到的最轻松的分数。
圣安东尼奥/萨克拉门托第一节——凯尔登双响 pic.twitter.com/JDTk8Xlzci
— 来自圣何塞的 Gary Q (@ pattythrills) 2026年3月20日
非常期待斯蒂芬·卡斯尔 (Stephon Castle) 和卢克·科内特 (Luke Kornet) 在季后赛中用一两个“57号乘客”式的空接来打断对手或开启马刺的进攻高潮：
萨克拉门托/圣安东尼奥第一节 57号区域 pic.twitter.com/EfgWIG0a7V
— 来自圣何塞的 Gary Q (@ pattythrills) 2026年3月20日
这些相对轻松的比赛对于迪伦·哈珀 (Dylan Harper) 寻找投篮手感也大有裨益。
圣安东尼奥/萨克拉门托第一节——迪伦底线 pic.twitter.com/t3obH0cOIW
— 来自圣何塞的 Gary Q (@ pattythrills) 2026年3月20日
如果在关键比赛中，卡特·布莱恩特 (Carter Bryant) 能投进一两个布鲁斯·鲍文式的底角三分，那将非常美妙：
圣安东尼奥/萨克拉门托第二节——卡特/丹尼 pic.twitter.com/klAtSE6FaC
— 来自圣何塞的 Gary Q (@ pattythrills) 2026年3月20日
文班亚马在面对同样灵活的大个子时展现了应有的表现——直接冲击篮筐：
圣安东尼奥/萨克拉门托第二节——文班近距离 pic.twitter.com/GnbGcRe2Cm
— 来自圣何塞的 Gary Q (@ pattythrills) 2026年3月20日
朱利安·尚帕尼 (Julian Champagnie) 的三分雨——尤其是弧顶及45度角区域的投篮——非常值得一看：
圣安东尼奥/萨克拉门托第二节——朱利安的手感 pic.twitter.com/6L0GL5j90W
— 来自圣何塞的 Gary Q (@ pattythrills) 2026年3月20日
下半场——替补球员的表演时间
德阿隆·福克斯 (De’Aaron Fox) 给文班亚马的这次空接得益于传球给卡斯尔的威胁，或者卡斯尔切入到篮筐另一侧的牵制：
圣安东尼奥/萨克拉门托第三节——41号公路 pic.twitter.com/vE9bWcaUDQ
— 来自圣何塞的 Gary Q (@ pattythrills) 2026年3月20日
福克斯有充足的时间来观察并瞄准这次侧翼三分：
圣安东尼奥/萨克拉门托——第三节——福克斯时间充裕 pic.twitter.com/sqJm2QOlsu
— 来自圣何塞的 Gary Q (@ pattythrills) 2026年3月20日
林迪·沃特斯三世 (Lindy Waters III) 和乔丹·麦克劳克林 (Jordan McLaughlin) 之间的外线配合非常精彩（由于防守注意力都在空切的马刺球员身上，这变得更加容易）：
圣安东尼奥/萨克拉门托第四节——替补后卫 pic.twitter.com/VorfAOjeh5
— 来自圣何塞的 Gary Q (@ pattythrills) 2026年3月20日
虽然整晚都受益于对手“斗牛士”式的防守，但看到凯尔登投进一些外线投篮还是很不错的：
圣安东尼奥/萨克拉门托——第四节——轻松取胜 pic.twitter.com/NbUmAM3oW9
— 来自圣何塞的 Gary Q (@ pattythrills) 2026年3月20日
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Sights and sounds from a Sacramento (s)LAUGH(t)ER
The Spurs’ West Coast trips have afforded me anywhere from 3-4 opportunities most seasons to see them in both Sacramento and San Francisco. With my dad — while bravely fighting his battle against cancer — unable to attend the game as had originally planned, the outing became a chance for my sister to see her first Spurs game in-person since the late 80s (HemisFair Arena!) and for my niece (Wemby is her favorite of course) and my nephew (Wemby’s not even his fifth favorite Spur???) to see the 50-win juggernaut live. While all of us were too busy taking videos of the action to remember to take family photos, it was a wonderful night on the town and with a victory securely in hand by midway through the third.
Observations
- The Golden 1 Center concourse is very wide and allows for a lot more people than one can imagine to occupy the same space.
- Unfortunately that means the second level seats are at such a steep angle (steeper than Frost Bank) that fans have tumbled down the stairs several times a season.
- A childhood friend hooked up my sister’s family and myself with enough food for several games, and my worry now is that these kids will now expect this bounty and outcome each future game that they go to!
- Apparently the only Spur that didn’t perform to my sister’s expectation was Kelly Olynyk, as she repeated “I don’t like the guy in the headband” on several occasions.
- I really enjoyed the pregame preparations that Wembanyama has been doing to better gird himself for the increasing amount of physical contact opponents are throwing at him.
Pregame Fun
This was my first time seeing Wemby’s pregame preparation for the physicality that tends to ensue after tipoff:
Sac/sas pregame pic.twitter.com/e9ol1QVZxU
— Gary Q from San Jose (@ pattythrills) March 20, 2026
This footwork also seems to explain how Wemby is able to turn his ankle so often and not (knock on wood) suffer worse injuries.
Sac sas pregame pic.twitter.com/36RD428Q01
— Gary Q from San Jose (@ pattythrills) March 20, 2026
There’s a ton of glee watching a 7’4” human dunk a ball with ease into a 10’ tall hole in the sky:
Sac sas pregame pic.twitter.com/olRSIr4JpX
— Gary Q from San Jose (@ pattythrills) March 20, 2026
Sean Elliott seemed to demonstrate the “appropriate” fear concept that Pop insialled into him:
Sas sac pregame pic.twitter.com/uXt3D1RfbR
— Gary Q from San Jose (@ pattythrills) March 20, 2026
1st Half Dominance
These two walkdowns by Keldon Johnson may have been the easiest buckets he’s had all season.
Sas sac 1st q – dual keldons pic.twitter.com/JDTk8Xlzci
— Gary Q from San Jose (@ pattythrills) March 20, 2026
Definitely looking forward to the 1-2 ‘Passenger 57’ lobs that Castle and Kornet will use to break up or start a Spurs run in the playoff rounds:
Sac sas 1st q area 57 pic.twitter.com/EfgWIG0a7V
— Gary Q from San Jose (@ pattythrills) March 20, 2026
These easier games have been good for Dylan Harper to try out figure out his shooting stroke, too.
Sas sac 1st q – dylan baseline pic.twitter.com/t3obH0cOIW
— Gary Q from San Jose (@ pattythrills) March 20, 2026
It will be very nice to get 1 or 2 Bruce Bowen corner threes from Carter Bryant in the games that count:
Sas sac 2nd q – carter / danny pic.twitter.com/klAtSE6FaC
— Gary Q from San Jose (@ pattythrills) March 20, 2026
Wembanyama did what he was supposed to do against a fellow agile big – take him right to the rack:
Sas sac 2nd q – wemby close in pic.twitter.com/GnbGcRe2Cm
— Gary Q from San Jose (@ pattythrills) March 20, 2026
Julian Champagnie’s splashes – particularly above the break – were something to behold:
Sas sac 2nd q -Julian wet j’s pic.twitter.com/6L0GL5j90W
— Gary Q from San Jose (@ pattythrills) March 20, 2026
2nd Half – Extended Bench Time
This Fox to Wembanyama lob was aided by the threat of a dumpoff to Castle or him diving to the other side of the rim:
Sas sac 3rd – highway41 pic.twitter.com/vE9bWcaUDQ
— Gary Q from San Jose (@ pattythrills) March 20, 2026
Fox had an inordinate amount of time to size up this wing three:
Sas sac – 3rd – fox has time pic.twitter.com/sqJm2QOlsu
— Gary Q from San Jose (@ pattythrills) March 20, 2026
This was nice perimeter action between Lindy Waters III and Jordan McLaughlin (made easier due to the attention on the diving Spur):
Sas sac 4th quarters- backup guards pic.twitter.com/VorfAOjeh5
— Gary Q from San Jose (@ pattythrills) March 20, 2026
Though helped by a very ‘ole’ defense most of the evening, it was nice for Keldon to see some of his outside shots go down:
Sas sac – 4th quarters- walkover pic.twitter.com/NbUmAM3oW9
— Gary Q from San Jose (@ pattythrills) March 20, 2026
By Gary Quan, via Pounding The Rock