SPURS BENCH ON ANOTHER LEVEL
By Brian Martin
The San Antonio Spurs have won each of their past two games by the same score
- 123-98 - defeating the Milwaukee Bucks on Monday and the Utah Jazz on
Wednesday.
While the total points scored was a season-high each night - the players that
contributed those points varied between the two games.
Against the Bucks, the Spurs had a fairly standard scoring output - the
starters combined for 67 points, while the bench accounted for 56. While the
56 bench points is higher than the squad's 40.6 average, the reserve unit got
a bit more time on the court due to the large margin of victory. The bench
accounted for 45.5% of the Spurs' points, up by 6.3% of their season average.
On Wednesday, the Spurs bench turned it up even further, scoring 70 of San
Antonio's 123 points, accounting for 56.9% of the team's offensive output.
聖安東尼奧馬刺隊用一樣的比數(123-98)贏下了前兩場比賽，對手分別是密爾瓦基公鹿
和猶他爵士。這兩場的總得分(123分)是馬刺隊本賽季新高，然而貢獻這些分數的球員在
兩場比賽有所不同。
對戰公鹿，馬刺隊的得分產出相當標準，先發球員得到67分、板凳球員得到56分。然而
56分的板凳貢獻已經高於馬刺隊本賽季板凳球員的平均得分(40.6分)，這些板凳球員因為
大比分的勝利有了多一點的上場時間，貢獻馬刺本場總得分45.5%，比本賽季平均高出了
6.3%。
星期三對猶他爵士，馬刺的板凳球員又更向上提升，貢獻了全隊得分(123分)中的70分，
佔全隊進攻產出的56.9%。
What makes the bench production on Wednesday so impressive is that they did
it with two players that normally come off the bench - David West and Patty
Mills - starting the game in place of LaMarcus Aldridge and Tony Parker.
Parker has missed the past two games with hip soreness, while Aldridge was
given Wednesday night off for rest.
So, San Antonio's already depleted bench - West and Mills combine to average
14.5 points per game - racked up 70 points and had five players score in
double figures, led by Manu Ginobili's 14 points. The trio of Jonathon
Simmons, Boban Marjanovic, Kyle Anderson scored 13 apiece while Ray McCallum
added 10 points.
"We've been really lucky and the front office has done a great job of
bringing talent, good guys that want to win a championship," Ginobili said
after the game. "We can have the luxury of sitting Tony and LaMarcus and
still win a good game."
板凳球員的貢獻如此令人印象深刻的原因是馬刺讓通常從板凳出發的West和Mills取代
LaMarcus Aldridge和Tony Parker先發。Parker因為臀部痠痛缺席了前兩場比賽，而
Aldridge則是得到了一天休假。
因此馬刺隊板凳盡出，扣除被拉上先發的West和Mills(這兩人加起來場均貢獻14.5分)，
剩下的板凳球員攻下70分並且有五位得分上雙，Manu Ginobili攻下14分，板凳三人組
Jonathon Simmons、Boban Marjanovic、Kyle Anderson各攻下13分，Ray McCallum也
砍下10分。
「我們真的非常幸運，制服組將工作做得很好帶來很多有天賦的球員，一些想得到冠軍
的好球員，讓我們能奢侈的在Tony和LaMarcus缺陣的情況下仍然能贏下一場好比賽。」
Ginobili在賽後說道。
The Spurs bench shot 61.7% from the field (29-47) and had half of San
Antonio's 34 assists. While this level of offensive production is a bit of an
anomaly, the overall dominance of the Spurs bench has been very consistent
all season long.
The San Antonio bench averages 40.6 points per game, the third-highest mark
in the league behind New Orleans and Minnesota. But what separates the Spurs
bench from the competition is its defense. The Spurs reserves outscore their
opponents by 6.3 points per game - the highest mark in the league by nearly
five points (Golden State is second at +1.4).
The Spurs as a team own the top defensive rating in the league at 93.4 points
allowed per 100 possessions - that is 4.5 points better than the
second-ranked Celtics. That top-ranked defense is even better with its bench
players on the floor, allowing just 92.5 points per 100 possessions - four
points fewer than the second-ranked Heat.
The Spurs bench owns a 15.6 net rating, meaning they outscore their opponents
by 15.6 points per 100 possessions while on the court. The Warriors have the
second-best mark at 6.2 - more than nine points lower than San Antonio.
San Antonio's starters are great - they own the league's fifth-ranked
offense, top-ranked defense and rank second behind Golden State in point
differential per 100 possessions.
But San Antonio's bench is simply unmatched in its production - claiming the
top offense, top defense and top net rating of any reserve unit.
本場比賽馬刺板凳球員的命中率是61.7%，助攻數佔全隊34次的一半。然而這個層級的板
凳貢獻可能是有點不科學，但馬刺板凳球員的整體統治力已經持續了整個賽季。
馬刺的板凳球員場均攻下40.6分，在聯盟排第三僅次於紐奧良鵜鶘和明尼蘇達灰狼。但
真正讓馬刺板凳與眾不同的原因在他們的防守，他們每場能夠比對手多得6.3分，在聯盟
排名第一且高出第二名的金州勇士(1.4分)將近5分。
馬刺全隊每百回合只讓對手得93.4分排名聯盟第一，比第二的塞爾提克少4.5分。在板凳
球員上場時這個防守數據甚至更好，每百回合只讓對手得92.5分，比排名第二的邁阿密
熱火少4分。
在板凳球員上場時，馬刺隊每百回合比他們的對手多得15.6分，金州勇士6.2分排第二，
兩隊的差距超過9分。
馬刺的先發球員表現也不錯，他們有聯盟第五的進攻，聯盟最好的防守，每百回合的分差
僅次於排名第一的金州勇士。
但馬刺的板凳球員在貢獻方面顯得獨一無二，他們擁有全聯盟板凳中最好的進攻和最好的
防守，和最大的淨勝分差。
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進攻幫你贏得球迷，防守幫你贏得總冠軍。