By Marilyn Dubinski | Pounding The Rock (PtR), 2026-04-14 16:51:32
常规赛已落下帷幕，自2019年以来（好吧，如果你算上附加赛的话，从技术上说是2022年），马刺队的征程首次没有止步于此！相比上赛季的34胜48负，马刺队本赛季实现了28胜的巨大飞跃，以62胜20负的战绩作为西部乃至全联盟的二号种子杀入季后赛。他们将在季后赛首轮对阵今晚菲尼克斯太阳队与波特兰开拓者队之间7、8名附加赛的胜者。无论对手是谁，第一场比赛都已定于中部时间周日晚上8:00开球。
当对阵详情出炉后，我们会带来更多报道。但在此期间，我认为回顾一下自2016-17赛季以来马刺队最令人兴奋的常规赛会很有趣。在我看来，本赛季可以分为四个阶段。第一阶段是（拉斯维加斯）NBA杯之前的赛程，马刺队表现出色，展现了全新的水准，但由于伤病，不得不耐心等待完整阵容的回归。接着是12月全员健康时的战绩飙升，随后是1月的“低迷期”，最后是2月及以后，他们开始看起来像一支真正的争冠球队。
我们将回顾赛季的每个阶段，以及它们如何塑造了马刺队史上最伟大的常规赛之一。首先从这里开始：
第一部分：10月22日 – 12月10日 (17胜7负)
尽管存在质疑者，但马刺队带着极高的乐观情绪开启了本赛季。维克托·文班亚马 (Victor Wembanyama) 从上赛季因深静脉血栓而提前报销的阴影中强势回归，并决心不负众望。他在揭幕战中对阵了进入NBA的下一位超级新秀库珀·弗拉格 (Cooper Flagg)，文班亚马以40分15篮板的表现统治了赛场。他不仅要提醒所有人他是谁，还要证明尽管弗拉格备受瞩目，但这位眼神稚嫩的新秀目前还不在他的层级上。（虽然弗拉格已经证明了自己会非常出色。大家都在关注文班亚马与切特·霍姆格伦 (Chet Holmgren) 的宿敌对决，但也请留意这一组对手。）
凭借文班亚马的统治力，马刺队取得了开局五连胜——创造了队史纪录。而此时球队仍在等待德阿隆·福克斯 (De’Aaron Fox) 在休赛期手指手术和腿筋伤势后的赛季首秀。他在第九场比赛终于复出，结果文班亚马却因为当今体育界最令人畏惧的四个字——“小腿拉伤”——连续缺席了12场比赛。
尽管如此，这或许是因祸得福，因为它让福克斯得以融入阵容，并作为主要持球者赢得了队友的尊重。在那段时期，他场均砍下25分（比他的赛季平均水平高出6.5分）和6.5次助攻。他表现最出色的一场比赛是客场对阵奥兰多魔术队那场令人难忘的加时逆转，他砍下31分5助攻，展现了为何他是2023年的“关键先生”。锦上添花的是，卢克·科内特 (Luke Kornet) 以一个滑稽的盖帽后摆Pose为比赛收尾，他也证明了自己是文班亚马迄今为止最好的替补，并迅速成为联盟休赛期最被低估的引援之一。
令人惊讶的是，在没有文班亚马的情况下，马刺队在那段时间打出了9胜3负的战绩，包括杀入NBA杯淘汰赛。那一阶段以在洛杉矶的一场132-119的大胜告终，他们在四分之一决赛中击败了阵容齐整的湖人队（湖人本赛季曾击败过他们一次）。那场比赛由斯蒂芬·卡斯尔 (Stephon Castle) 领衔，他打出了统治级表现，全场贡献30分10篮板6助攻，与卢卡·东契奇 (Luka Doncic) 正面交锋。尽管这位上届最佳新秀在进入本赛季时已经足够优秀，但他在二年级赛季的进步比预期还要大，为未来带来了更多的乐观期待。
尽管第一阶段有一半的时间没有文班亚马，但马刺队展现了他们的深度，并证明了自己是一支不容小觑的力量——这或许比预期的要早了一个赛季。很快，他们将吸引全联盟的目光。
请明天继续关注我们对这段不可思议常规赛的回忆之旅，也请务必在下方的评论区分享更多关于开局阶段你最难忘的回忆！
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Spurs Regular Season Recap, Part 1: A strong start despite injuries
The regular season has come to a close, and for the first time since 2019 (well, technically 2022 if you want to count the play-in), this is not the end of the line for the Spurs! After a 28-game turnaround from last season’s 34-48 to 62-20, the Spurs are headed to the playoffs as the second seed in the West and NBA overall. They will face the winner of tonight’s 7th vs. 8th seed match-up between the Phoenix Suns or Portland Trail Blazers in the first round of the playoffs, with Game 1 already scheduled for 8:00 PM CT on Sunday regardless of opponent.
We’ll have plenty more when we know about that series, but in the meantime, I thought it would fun to look back at what was the most exciting regular season for the Spurs since 2016-17. In my mind, there were four parts of this season. The first is what I would consider the pre-NBA Cup (in Vegas) stretch, where the Spurs played well and showed they were on a new level but were having to patiently wait for a complete roster due to injuries. Then there was the December surge when they finally were healthy, followed by a January “slump”, and lastly, February and onward, when they started looking like a true contender.
We’ll look back at each part of the season and how it shaped what turned out to be one of the greatest regular season’s in Spurs history, beginning with:
Part 1: Oct. 22 – Dec. 10 (17-7)
Despite having doubters, the Spurs entered the season with high optimism. Victor Wembanyama made a triumphant return from deep vein thrombosis that had shortened his previous season to the All-Star break, and he was determined to make the most of it. He also got to open the season against the next great prospect to enter the NBA in Cooper Flagg, and Wemby dominated with a 40-point, 15-rebound performance, determined not only to remind everyone who he is, but also that despite the hype, the doe-eyed rookie was not on his level just yet. (Although he has proven he will be darn good. Everyone is watching the Wemby vs. Chet Holmgren rivalry, but keep an eye on this one, too.)
The Spurs would go on to win their first five games — a franchise record — by riding Wemby’s dominance, all while waiting for De’Aaron Fox to make is season debut following offseason finger surgery and a hamstring injury. He finally did nine games in, only for Wemby to then miss 12 straight games with the most dreaded two words in sports these days: calf strain.
Still, it may have been a blessing in disguise as it allowed Fox to integrate himself with the roster and gain their respect as the main ball handler. He averaged 25 points — 6.5 above his season average —and 6.5 assists during that stretch, with his best game being a memorable 114-112 OT win in Orlando, in which he had 31 points and 5 assists while showing why he was Mr. Clutch in 2023. As the cherry on top, the game was capped off by a hilarious Luke Kornet block-and-pose, who also showed his worth as Wemby’s best backup yet and quickly becoming one of the most underrated offseason acquisitions in the league.
The Spurs surprisingly went 9-3 in that timeframe without Wemby, including making the NBA Cup Tournament. That stretch concluded with a dominant 132-119 quarterfinals win in Los Angeles against a healthy Lakers squad that had already beaten them once this season, led by a dominant performance from Stephon Castle, who went toe-to-toe with Luka Doncic with a 30-point, 10-rebound, 6-assist performance. As good as the reigning Rookie of the Year was coming into the season, he made an even bigger leap than expected in his sophomore campaign, bringing plenty more optimism for the future.
Despite 50% of the first part of the season coming without Wemby, the Spurs were able to show off their depth and establish themselves as a force to be reconned with perhaps a season sooner than expected, and soon, they would have the entire league’s attention.
Check back tomorrow as we continue to walk down memory lane of an incredible regular season, and make sure to add more of your favorite memories from the opening stretch in the comments below!
By Marilyn Dubinski, via Pounding The Rock