By Gary Quan | Pounding The Rock (PtR), 2026-04-03 05:08:44
斯蒂芬·卡斯尔 (Stephon Castle) 冷静的领导力和组织能力，辅以达龙·福克斯 (De’Aaron Fox)、凯尔登·约翰逊 (Keldon Johnson) 和迪伦·哈珀 (Dylan Harper) 的精彩表现，在第四节掀起了一波 21-5 的进攻高潮，挫败了快船队的逆转企图。在缺少 MVP 兼 DPOY 候选人维克托·文班亚马 (Victor Wembanyama) 的情况下，圣安东尼奥（59胜18负）顶住了科怀·伦纳德 (Kawhi Leonard) 在上半场的出色发挥，将快船队其他球员的总得分限制在 31 分，并锁定了队史常规赛第五高的胜场数——追平了 2004-2005 赛季。
马刺队的福克斯（22分、8个篮板和5次助攻）确保了文班亚马今晚在客场取胜的过程中不会被怀念。卡斯尔（20分、5次助攻和4个篮板）、德文·瓦塞尔 (Devin Vassell)（14分和10个篮板[!]）以及朱利安·尚帕尼 (Julian Champagnie)（13分、8个篮板和4次助攻）确保了对外线的统治，而哈珀（19分和5次助攻）和约翰逊（13分和6个篮板）再次在替补席上表现出色。马刺队这场出色表现中唯一的瑕疵是出现了一些在他们看来很粗心的失误，导致洛杉矶队在另一端得到了十多分。
伦纳德（24分、6个篮板和5次助攻）正如他在詹姆斯·哈登 (James Harden) 交易后的表现一样，在前三节的大部分时间里单枪匹马地让快船队留在了比赛中。约翰·科林斯 (John Collins)（15分和6个篮板）和达里乌斯·加兰 (Darius Garland)（11分）提供了第二火力，而本内迪克特·马图林 (Benedict Mathurin)（18分和6个篮板）在下半场表现强劲。
节奏明快且势均力敌的第一节中，马刺队的卡斯尔和瓦塞尔得分非常流畅，而快船队的伦纳德在首次投篮命中后迅速进入状态，早早砍下 11 分。裁判允许了相当程度的身体接触，双方都有几次身体接触未被吹罚。哈珀和福克斯在首节后段接管了进攻，帮助圣安东尼奥追上并反超了洛杉矶，哈里森·巴恩斯 (Harrison Barnes) 100% 回报了福克斯的分球，以一记节末三分将比分定格在 33-25。
圣安东尼奥延续了近期建立 20 分领先优势的趋势，这得益于福克斯极致的速度以及防守端对快船队禁区尝试的封锁。马刺队在第二节的大部分进球都来自助攻，在卡特·布莱恩特 (Carter Bryant) 完成一次飞身补篮后，马刺领先了 22 分。更重要的是，圣安东尼奥成功限制了伦纳德的进一步爆发。哈珀的一记高难度超远投篮让马刺领先了 24 分。
圣安东尼奥被一个比快船队更老辣的对手刺痛了——“第三节魔咒”。伦纳德发动了一波攻势，将巨大的领先优势缩小了一半。洛杉矶队拿出了更强硬的防守，阻止了马刺队的势头。约翰逊教练在节末派上了一套由巴恩斯出任 5 号位的小个阵容，伦纳德·米勒 (Leonard Miller) 的一次上篮让快船队将分差迫近到 12 分，令人担忧。马图林的 2+1 将分差缩小到个位数。卢克·科内特 (Luke Kornet) 在第三节和第四节之间罚中了四球——当时马刺队正陷入外线投篮打铁的泥潭——这防止了进一步的灾难发生，他们有幸带着 9 分的优势进入第四节。
赛后观察
- “别再拉我了！”全场最佳回合：在第三节末段造成克里斯·邓恩 (Kris Dunn) 犯规后，哈珀将邓恩一路背打到禁区深处，并在其头顶抛出一记轻盈的投篮，完成 2+1，将比分改写为 83-64。
- 非官方统计，这可能是马刺队史上在篮筐正前方所有点位投篮最准的阵容……卡斯尔、福克斯、哈珀、文班亚马……
- 如果季后赛首轮对阵快船，防守伦纳德的最佳对位人选：1) 卡斯尔，2) 尚帕尼，3) 布莱恩特和巴恩斯（12次犯规，宝贝！）。
- 卡斯尔在投篮动作中不断遭到不公平的侵犯，但却无法获得通常会给到像凯里·欧文 (Kyrie Irving) 或斯蒂芬·库里 (Steph Curry) 这样资深侧翼球员的罚球待遇。
- 有趣的数字：昨晚对阵金州勇士队的半场比分是 70-49 / 对阵快船队第三节还剩 10:00 时的比分也是 70-49。
- 雷霆 127 湖人 82 #宣告实力的比赛
- 全场最佳回合 #1：第二节初期，福克斯不负其“Swipa”的外号，从毫无防备的邓恩手中抢断，完成快攻扣篮。
- 全场最佳回合 #2：第二节中段，在瓦塞尔投进一记接球三分后，紧接着的一个回合出现了“团队篮球”的典范。球在卡斯尔（左翼）、科内特（弧顶）和瓦塞尔（正面）之间呈三角形传递，最终由后者命中三分。
- 全场最佳回合 #3：听听雅各布·托比 (Jacob Tobey) 的解说：“迪伦·哈珀出手……他在半场哨响时投进了！这个年轻人无所不能！”哈珀 41 英尺外的压哨球让文班亚马难以置信地抱住了头。
比赛综述
开场后，布鲁克·洛佩斯 (Brook Lopez) 命中了一记 16 英尺的跳投，随后又在底线命中一球。卡斯尔耐心地执行了克里斯·保罗 (Chris Paul) 式的高位挡拆并稳稳命中跳投，随后助攻科内特完成空接。伦纳德的前两次中距离跳投让快船紧咬比分；卡斯尔随即还以颜色，完成了一个伦纳德式的后仰跳投。快船在伦纳德的带领下取得了 3 分的领先。哈珀展现了他极其灵动的一面，他杀入篮下，并以一种奇妙的方式将球传到队友手中。福克斯分球给巴恩斯命中侧翼三分，帮助马刺以 8 分领先结束首节。
哈珀将洛佩斯带到禁区深处，命中一记丝滑的后撤步跳投，随后尚帕尼命中三分。接着，福克斯抢断邓恩得分，并在随后面对同一人抛投命中，以一波 9-0 的攻势开启第二节。洛佩斯一次别扭的补篮为快船打破得分荒。科内特在开场的前四分钟里镇守禁区。圣安东尼奥在比赛还剩七分多钟时就突破了 50 分大关。马刺的防守非常出色，以至于伦纳德试图模仿哈登式的挥臂动作来诱使裁判吹罚福克斯犯规（但没吹！）。马刺以 68-44 领先进入半场。
伦纳德延续了火热的手感——在第三节开局阶段，他以 8-5 的个人得分领先马刺全队。尚帕尼令人印象深刻地强行打板命中，随后又补篮得分，将领先优势稳固在两位数。圣安东尼奥对伦纳德进行了几次包夹，迫使他出球。约翰逊在本节中段造成了洛佩斯的第四次犯规，随后强攻禁区，在洛佩斯和伦纳德的防守下得分。从那时起，马刺队的进攻彻底陷入停滞，快船队在第三节打出了 34-19 的反击潮。
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圣安东尼奥马刺队将于周六下午 2:00（中部夏令时间）在 Amazon Prime Video 上对阵尼古拉·约基奇 (Nikola Jokic) 领衔的丹佛掘金队。
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San Antonio vs. Los Angeles, Final Score: Spurs flatten Clippers in the fourth to win 118-99
Stephon Castle’s heady leadership and playmaking, interspersed with highlight plays from De’Aaron Fox, Keldon Johnson, and Dylan Harper, turbocharged a decisive 21-5 ambush in the fourth quarter to thwart a Clippers comeback. Without the services of MVP and DPOY candidate Victor Wembanyama, San Antonio (59-18) weathered a good first half by Kawhi Leonard to hold the rest of the Clippers to a total of 31 points, and clinched their fifth winningest regular season – tied with the 2004-2005 edition.
San Antonio’s Fox (22 points, 8 rebounds, and 5 assists) saw to it that Wembanyama would not be missed tonight in the road win. Stephon Castle (20 points, 5 assists, and 4 rebounds), Devin Vassell (14 points and 10 rebounds[!]), and Julian Champagnie (13 points, 8 rebounds, and 4 assists) ensured perimeter domination, while Harper (19 points and 5 assists) and Johnson (13 points and 6 rebounds) excelled yet again off the bench. The only pockmark on an otherwise excellent effort for the Spurs was giving up a handful of careless turnovers, by their standards, which resulted in over a dozen LA points at the other end.
Leonard (24 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists), as he has since the James Harden trade, single-handedly kept the Clippers in the game for most of the first three quarters. John Collins (15 points and 6 rebounds) and Darius Garland (11 points) supplied secondary offense, while Benedict Mathurin (18 points and 6 rebounds) came on strong in the second half.
A brisk and evenly-played first quarter featured San Antonio’s Castle and Vassell scoring fluidly while the Clippers’ Leonard built quickly on his first make to amass 11 early points. The referees allowed a good amount of physical contact as a handful of no-calls occurred for both sides. Harper and Fox carried the production later in the period to help San Antonio catch and surpass LA, and Harrison Barnes 100% rewarded Fox’s kickout with a quarter-ending three to make it 33-25.
San Antonio continued its recent trend of building 20-point leads through Fox’s supreme quickness and their defense locking down any Clippers attempts around the paint. The Spurs assisted on most of their second period baskets, and after a soaring tip finish from Carter Bryant, led by 22. More importantly, San Antonio was able to keep Leonard from going further off. Harper’s desperation heave put the Spurs up 24.
San Antonio was stung by an older foe than the Clippers – the third quarter bug – as Leonard kickstarted an LA run to slice the large lead in half. LA put forth a far tougher defensive effort to halt the Spurs’ momentum. Coach Johnson ran out an undersized lineup late in the frame featuring Harrison Barnes at the 5, and a Leonard Miller lay-up brought the Clippers concerningly within 12. Mathurin’s and-1 shaved the deficit to single digits. Two pairs of Kornet free throws spanning the third and fourth periods – amidst a sea of Spurs’ missed outside shots – prevented further calamity from happening and they were fortunate to go to the fourth up nine.
Observations
- ‘Stop Hacking Me!’ Sequence of the Game: After drawing a foul on Kris Dunn late in the third period, Harper backed Dunn down deep into the paint and toss a feather over his head and earned an and-1 to make it 83-64.
- Unofficially, this might be the best all-time Spurs roster ever at shooting from all points straightaway from the basket… Castle, Fox, Harper, Wembanyama…
- In the event of a first-round match-up with the Clippers, the best on-ball defenders for Leonard: 1) Castle, 2) Champagnie, and 3) Bryant and Barnes (12 fouls baby!).
- Castle keeps on getting unfairly hacked in the act of shooting, but denied free throw attempts that would typically go to more seasoned wingmen like Kyrie Irving or Steph Curry.
- Fun with numbers: Halftime score last night against GSW 70-49 / Score with 10:00 left in the third against LAC 70-49.
- OKC 127 Lakers 82 *statementgame
- Sequence of the Game #1: Early in the second period, Fox lived up to his nickname and ‘swipa’-ed it from an unsuspecting Dunn to get himself a transition slam.
- Sequence of the Game #2: Partway through the second quarter, ‘Beautiful Ball’ ensued one possession after Vassesll swished a catch-and-shoot three. The ball ping-ponged in a triangle formation from Castle (left wing) to Kornet (center) to Vassell (straightaway) for a triple.
- Sequence of the Game #3: Take it away Jacob Tobey: “Dylan Harper puts it up… AND HE PUT IT DOWN AT THE HALFTIME BUZZER! THE YOUNG KID CAN DO ANYTHING!” Harper’s 41-foot buzzer beater caused Wembanyama to put his hands over his head incredulously.
Game Rundown
From the tip, Lopez swished a Pop-a-shot from 16 feet and followed it with another from the baseline. Castle patiently ran the Chris Paul high-pick-and-roll perfectly for a jumper, and fed Kornet for a Passenger 57 lob. Leonard’s first two midrange jumpers kept LA right at San Antonio’s heels; Castle went right back at him to do a Kawhi-like fadeaway. The Clippers followed Leonard’s lead to grab a 3-point advantage. Harper was at his slithery best as he willed his way to the rim and guided balls funkily into teammate’s hands. Fox’s kickout to Barnes for a wing triple helped the Spurs exit the quarter up eight.
Harper guided Lopez deep into the paint and hit a smooth stepback jumper, and Champagnie followed with a triple. Then Fox’s steal and score off Dunn and subsequent floater over the same guy ended a 9-0 run to start the second. Lopez’s awkward flailing tip started the scoring again for LA. Kornet stoutly defended the interior in those opening four minutes. San Antonio glided past the 50 point mark with over seven minutes left. The Spurs defended so well that Leonard tried to bait the officials into a call on Fox by throwing his arms out Harden-style (no call!). The Spurs soared into the half ahead 68-44.
Leonard continued his stellar shooting – outscoring the Spurs 8-5 to the start the third. Champagnie impressively muscled home a banker and followed it with a putback to keep the lead safely in double digits. San Antonio threw a few traps at Leonard to force it out of his hands. Johnson drew Lopez’s fourth foul halfway through the frame, and then bullied his way deep in the paint to score over both Lopez and Leonard. From there the well went completely dry for the Spurs, and the Clippers pieced together an impressive 34-19 third quarter.
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San Antonio takes on Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets Saturday afternoon at 2:00 PM CDT on Amazon Prime Video.
By Gary Quan, via Pounding The Rock