By Tom Orsborn, Sports reporter | San Antonio Express-News, 2024-04-06 12:10:13
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前鹈鹕队球员德文特 格拉汉姆在周五晚上对阵新奥尔良的比赛中替补出场 25 分钟，得到 20 分。
在马刺队周五以 111-109 战胜新奥尔良之后，维克托 文班亚马虽然仅差一个助攻便能拿下三双，但格雷格 波波维奇首先提到的两名球员却是大部分时间坐在替补席末端的球员。
“德文特非常出色，桑德罗也非常出色，”教练谈到后卫德文特 格拉汉姆和小前锋桑德罗 马穆克拉什维利时表示。
在过去六个月里，格拉汉姆和马穆克拉什维利毫无怨言地接受了自己的角色，他们为伤病困扰的球队做出了巨大贡献。
在面对自己以前的球队、17,422 名球迷座无虚席的比赛中，格拉汉姆为马刺队攻下全场最高的 20 分。毫无疑问，很多人在他从 2021 年效力鹈鹕队一个多赛季后于 2023 年 2 月被交易到马刺队时都为他欢呼。
“我认识球场里的所有工作人员、教练和队友，”格拉汉姆说。“这座城市在我在这里的时候给了我很多关爱，我仍然在这里有一个家。”
在替补席上出场的 25 分钟里，格拉汉姆命中了本赛季最高的 4 个三分球，还送出了 5 次助攻和创赛季新高的 3 次抢断。他的表现无疑让 Smoothie King Center 的一些人想起了他在 2021-22 赛季效力鹈鹕队期间的表现，他在 76 场比赛中场均得到 11.9 分和 4.2 次助攻，其中 63 场比赛首发。
“非常满意，”格拉汉姆谈到自己对阵新奥尔良的表现时说。
马刺队（19 胜 58 负）在没有四名轮换球员的情况下出场，分别是德文 瓦塞尔（脚）、杰里米 索坎（脚踝）、凯尔登 约翰逊（脚）和切迪 奥斯曼（脚踝）。
鹈鹕队也有伤病问题，没有上场的是得分王锡安 威廉森（手指）和布兰登 英格拉姆（膝盖），他们输掉了第四场，战绩为 45 胜 32 负。
文班亚马克服了开局不利的状态——他在上半场仅得到 2 分且没有投中任何运动目标——，最终得到 17 分、12 个篮板、9 次助攻和 3 次盖帽，因为马刺队从第二节落后 15 分的劣势中奋起。
如果没有格拉汉姆和马穆克拉什维利填补空缺，这场胜利就不会出现。
“波（波维奇）前几天告诉我们，他不在乎谁上场，”格拉汉姆说。“（他说）‘无论谁上场，都出去打出自己的风格，表现出侵略性，充满自信’。”
马穆克拉什维利在本赛季首次首发，也是他在三年的职业生涯中第 11 次首发，他在 11 次投篮中 7 次命中，得到本赛季最高的 15 分。
“对于那些之前没有机会上场的球员，我感到非常高兴，”马穆克拉什维利谈到这份名单时说，其中还包括替补席上的二年级新秀小前锋西迪·西索科，他在周五晚上六分钟的时间里颗粒无收。“我们也在乎胜利。现在有许多平时没有上场的机会的人上场了。我们不想上去随便糊弄，我们想要胜利。”
为了做好准备，格拉汉姆和马穆克拉什维利在训练后每天都会和马刺队工作人员进行三人篮球赛。最重要的是，他们始终保持着积极的态度。
“我能靠打篮球为生，生活其实还不算太糟，”格拉汉姆说。“醒来、去旅行、吃很多好吃的，往返航班都是包机。如果不能打篮球是我生活中最糟的事，我想我还可以。”
马刺队创造单赛季助攻纪录
马刺队周五在通过 34 次助攻单场助攻 30 次以上的比赛数（42 场）方面创下了俱乐部纪录。
“这是一支非常无私的球队，”波波维奇说。“我们整年都是一个助攻很棒的球队。”
文班亚马对阵新奥尔良送出全队最高的 9 次助攻，他在过去五场比赛中已经送出了五次或更多的助攻，在此期间场均助攻 7.0 次。
“维克最棒的一点是他喜欢传球，”马穆克拉什维利说。“即使他有时投不进球，他也不会是一个自私的球员，试图投进自己的球。他会传球给你，信任你，相信你的决策。我非常喜欢和他一起打球。”
大艾城是文班亚马最爱的城市之一
文班亚马在周五的比赛后表示，他将有法国风味的新奥尔良评选为自己最喜爱的 NBA 停留地之一。
“现在，我渴望家乡，除了法国，没有什么能让我满意，但我认为这是我访问过的最喜欢的城市之一，”他说。“去餐馆，食物很棒。我也很喜欢这座城市的景色。”
原文如下：
Rarely used players coming to rescue for injury-depleted Spurs
Former Pelican Devonte’ Graham scored 20 points in 25 minutes in the Spurs’ win Friday night in New Orleans.
Victor Wembanyama finished one assist shy of a triple-double, but the first players Gregg Popovich mentioned after the Spurs’ 111-109 win over New Orleans on Friday were two players who spent the majority of the season at the bottom of the bench.
“Devonte’ was superb, Sandro was superb,” the coach said of guard Devonte’ Graham and forward Sandro Mamukelashvili.
After accepting their roles without complaint the past six months, Graham and Mamukelashvili are making major contributions for the injury-ravaged team.
Graham led the Spurs with a season-high 20 points against his former team before a sellout crowd of 17,422, many of whom undoubtedly cheered him on when he played for the Pelicans for one-plus seasons from 2021 until he was traded to the Spurs in February 2023.
“I know all the staff in the arena, all the coaches, all the teammates,” Graham said. “The city showed me a lot of love when I was here and I still got a home here.”
In a season-high 25 minutes off the bench, Graham hit a season-best four 3-pointers and also had five assists and a season-high three steals. It was a performance that no doubt reminded some at the Smoothie King Center of his play for the Pelicans in 2021-22 when he averaged 11.9 points and 4.2 assists over 76 games, including 63 starts.
“It was very satisfying,” Graham said of his play against New Orleans.
The Spurs (19-58) played without four rotation players, Devin Vassell (foot), Jeremy Sochan (ankle), Keldon Johnson (foot) and Cedi Osman (ankle).
The Pelicans had injury problems of their own, playing without leading scorers Zion Williamson (finger) and Brandon Ingram (knee) in losing their fourth in a row to fall to 45-32.
Wembanyama overcame a slow start — he finished the first half with just two points and no field goals — to record 17 points, 12 rebounds, nine assists and three blocks as the Spurs rallied from a 15-point second quarter deficit.
But the win wouldn’t have happened without Graham and Mamukelashvili filling in so well.
“Pop told us the other day he don’t care who is playing,” Graham said. “(He said), ‘Whoever suits up go out there and play the right way, be aggressive, full of confidence,’ and that is exactly what we did tonight.”
In his first start of the season and just the 11th of his three-year career, Mamukelashvili scored a season-high 15 points on 7 of 11 from the field.
“Super happy for everybody who is playing who didn’t get a chance (earlier),” Mamukelashvili said of a list that also includes second-round rookie forward Sidy Cissoko, who was scoreless in six minutes Friday night. “We are here to win too. A lot of guys are now playing who usually didn’t play. We don’t want to go out there and just play around. We want to win.”
To stay ready, Graham and Mamukelashvili played daily three-on-three games after practice with Spurs staffers. And perhaps most important of all, they maintained a positive attitude.
“I get to play basketball for a living and life isn’t really that bad,” Graham said. “Wake up, get to travel, eat a lot of good food, paid flights, charter flights. If not playing basketball is the worst thing going on in my life, I think I am doing pretty well.”
Spurs set single-season assist mark
The Spurs on Friday established a club record for most games (42) in a season with 30-plus assists by notching 34.
“Very unselfish group,” Popovich said. “We have been a great assist team all year.”
With his team-high nine assists against New Orleans, Wembanyama has recorded five or more assists over his last five games, averaging 7.0 in that span.
“The best thing about Vic is he loves passing the ball,” Mamukelashvili said. “Even though sometimes he doesn’t make his shot, he won’t be a selfish player who tries to jack up his shot. He is going to give you the ball and trust you and trust your decision-making. I just love playing with him.”
Big Easy a Wembanyama favorite
Wembanyama said after Friday’s game he ranks French-flavored New Orleans as one of his favorite NBA stops.
“Right now, I’m craving home, so nothing can re-satisfy me except France, but I think it’s one of my favorite cities that I’ve visited,” he said. “Going to the restaurants, the food is pretty good. I just like the way the city looks, too.”
By Tom Orsborn, Sports reporter, via San Antonio Express-News