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.
圣安东尼奥马刺队用一样的比数(123-98)赢下了前两场比赛，对手分别是密尔瓦基公鹿
和犹他爵士。这两场的总得分(123分)是马刺队本赛季新高，然而贡献这些分数的球员在
两场比赛有所不同。
对战公鹿，马刺队的得分产出相当标准，先发球员得到67分、板凳球员得到56分。然而
56分的板凳贡献已经高于马刺队本赛季板凳球员的平均得分(40.6分)，这些板凳球员因为
大比分的胜利有了多一点的上场时间，贡献马刺本场总得分45.5%，比本赛季平均高出了
6.3%。
星期三对犹他爵士，马刺的板凳球员又更向上提升，贡献了全队得分(123分)中的70分，
占全队进攻产出的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."
板凳球员的贡献如此令人印象深刻的原因是马刺让通常从板凳出发的West和Mills取代
LaMarcus Aldridge和Tony Parker先发。Parker因为臀部酸痛缺席了前两场比赛，而
Aldridge则是得到了一天休假。
因此马刺队板凳尽出，扣除被拉上先发的West和Mills(这两人加起来场均贡献14.5分)，
剩下的板凳球员攻下70分并且有五位得分上双，Manu Ginobili攻下14分，板凳三人组
Jonathon Simmons、Boban Marjanovic、Kyle Anderson各攻下13分，Ray McCallum也
砍下10分。
“我们真的非常幸运，制服组将工作做得很好带来很多有天赋的球员，一些想得到冠军
的好球员，让我们能奢侈的在Tony和LaMarcus缺阵的情况下仍然能赢下一场好比赛。”
Ginobili在赛后说道。
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.
本场比赛马刺板凳球员的命中率是61.7%，助攻数占全队34次的一半。然而这个层级的板
凳贡献可能是有点不科学，但马刺板凳球员的整体统治力已经持续了整个赛季。
马刺的板凳球员场均攻下40.6分，在联盟排第三仅次于纽奥良鹈鹕和明尼苏达灰狼。但
真正让马刺板凳与众不同的原因在他们的防守，他们每场能够比对手多得6.3分，在联盟
排名第一且高出第二名的金州勇士(1.4分)将近5分。
马刺全队每百回合只让对手得93.4分排名联盟第一，比第二的塞尔提克少4.5分。在板凳
球员上场时这个防守数据甚至更好，每百回合只让对手得92.5分，比排名第二的迈阿密
热火少4分。
在板凳球员上场时，马刺队每百回合比他们的对手多得15.6分，金州勇士6.2分排第二，
两队的差距超过9分。
马刺的先发球员表现也不错，他们有联盟第五的进攻，联盟最好的防守，每百回合的分差
仅次于排名第一的金州勇士。
但马刺的板凳球员在贡献方面显得独一无二，他们拥有全联盟板凳中最好的进攻和最好的
防守，和最大的净胜分差。
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