By Nick Moyle, Staff writer | San Antonio Express-News (SAEN), 2024-07-22 12:43:01
由生成式人工智能翻译，译文内容可能不准确或不完整，以原文为准。
图片说明：2022 年 11 月 14 日，星期一，法国波城，在 2023 年国际篮联篮球世界杯欧洲区预选赛法国队对阵波斯尼亚和黑塞哥维那队的比赛中，法国队的维克多·文班亚马(Victor Wembanyama)正在防守。这位 NBA 年度最佳新秀和年度最佳防守球员的亚军将成为巴黎奥运会的焦点人物之一。
周日，法国男篮与澳大利亚男篮进行了一场表演赛，这场比赛让马刺队充满希望的未来与光辉历史中备受爱戴的球员对决。维克多·文班亚马和帕蒂·米尔斯(Patty Mills)在巴黎奥运会前的最后一场较量也没有让人失望。
这位 20 岁的马刺队中锋在自己家门口打出了近乎三双的数据，他在 26 分钟内 15 投 7 中，得到 17 分、12 个篮板和 8 次助攻。比文班亚马年长近 16 岁的米尔斯同样表现出色，他以 62% 的命中率砍下全场最高的 24 分，外加 3 次助攻，帮助澳大利亚队在奥尔良 CO’Met 体育馆以 83-82 险胜。
这场失利是法国队的四连败，也让“蓝衣军团”的热身赛战绩跌至 4 胜 4 负。文班亚马本有机会阻止球队的颓势，但在比赛还剩 1 秒时，他在一次有对抗的情况下接球跳投三分不中。
“我并不担心，”文班亚马在周日的失利后说道，“我们会在 6 天后做好准备。”
对于 35 岁的米尔斯来说，这场充满活力的比赛让人回想起他在马刺队效力 10 年（2011-2021 年）的时光。维克多·文班亚马对阵澳大利亚队的精彩片段
17 分 | 12 个篮板 | 8 次助攻
给他的表现打分，1-10 分
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— 文班缪斯 (@Wemby_Muse) 2024 年 7 月 21 日
这位 2014 年 NBA 总冠军在比赛的最后 4 分钟内命中了两记反超比分的 3 分球，这是澳大利亚队在比赛还剩 2 秒时，戴森·丹尼尔斯(Dyson Daniels)上篮反手上篮绝杀之前的仅有的得分。米尔斯勇敢的投篮帮助澳大利亚队以 5 胜 2 负的战绩结束了奥运会前的赛程，其中包括以 98-92 惜败于美国队，以及以 84-73 战胜塞尔维亚队和卫冕 NBA MVP 尼古拉·约基奇(Nikola Jokic)。
“他在身体状态上是我见过他最好的状态，他有打好比赛和让我们获得奖牌的动力，”澳大利亚队教练布莱恩·戈尔吉安(Brian Goorjian)在谈到米尔斯时说道，据澳大利亚联合通讯社报道。“我知道他打得越多（就会越好），因为他已经有一年没有打多少球了，所以他需要比赛，需要比赛的感觉。”
随着所有热身赛的结束，文班亚马现在正期待着自己第一次参加奥运会篮球比赛。这位法国人的首场比赛将成为这项四年一度的赛事漫长历史中最受期待的首秀之一。
与此同时，米尔斯正在接近其辉煌的国家队生涯的尾声。这位堪培拉人将第五次——也可能是最后一次——参加奥运会，他是奥运会历史上得分第六高的球员（501 分），仅比排名第五的前队友马努·吉诺比利(Manu Ginobili)（523 分）少 22 分。
巴黎奥运会开幕式将于 7 月 26 日星期五举行。男子篮球小组赛将于 7 月 27 日在皮埃尔·莫鲁瓦球场拉开帷幕。法国队将迎战巴西队，而澳大利亚队将对阵西班牙队。
马刺队的维克多·文班亚马将在巴黎与世界顶尖球员一决高下。即使法国队表现挣扎，这位年轻的大个子球员在高风险比赛中获得的经验对圣安东尼奥来说也是一种胜利。
2024 年 5 月 11 日，星期六，维克多·文班亚马在圣安东尼奥斯科比教育中心和天文馆举行的新闻发布会上发表讲话，此前他获得了 2023-24 赛季的年度最佳新秀奖杯。
图片说明：2021 年 8 月 7 日，星期六，在日本东京举行的 2020 年夏季奥运会男子篮球铜牌争夺战中，澳大利亚队的帕蒂·米尔斯（5 号）在对阵斯洛文尼亚队的比赛时间即将结束时做出了反应。澳大利亚奥委会表示，尽管澳大利亚人口相对较少，只有 2600 万，但他们的代表团仍可能是巴黎奥运会的第三大代表团。10 名土著运动员也将代表澳大利亚参赛，其中 NBA 球星帕蒂·米尔斯是首位五次参加奥运会的土著运动员。
2021 年 3 月 31 日，星期三，在圣安东尼奥举行的 NBA 常规赛马刺队对阵萨克拉门托国王队的比赛中，马刺队的帕蒂·米尔斯在上半场与主教练格雷格·波波维奇(Gregg Popovich)交谈。
2014 年 6 月 15 日，在德克萨斯州圣安东尼奥举行的 NBA 总决赛第五场比赛中，圣安东尼奥马刺队以 107-84 击败迈阿密热火队，赢得 NBA 总冠军，并在赛后庆祝。从左至右依次是：总决赛 MVP 科怀·伦纳德(Kawhi Leonard)、托尼·帕克(Tony Parker)、蒂姆·邓肯(Tim Duncan)、马努·吉诺比利和帕蒂·米尔斯。马刺队在七局四胜制的系列赛中以 4-1 获胜。法新社图片/罗宾·贝克(Robyn Beck)
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Wemby battles with former Spur Patty Mills in final Olympic tune-
FILE - France’s Victor Wembanyama defends during the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 European Qualifiers match between France and Bosnia Herzegovina in Pau, southwestern France, Monday, Nov. 14, 2022. The NBA rookie of the year and runner-up for defensive player of the year will be one of the faces of the Paris Games.
Sunday’s exhibition game between the French and Australian men’s national teams pitted the electrifying future of the Spurs against a beloved remnant of its glorious past. And the final Paris Olympics sparring session between Victor Wembanyama and Patty Mills did not disappoint.
The 20-year-old Spurs center tallied a near triple-double on his home soil with 17 points on 7-of-15 shooting, 12 rebounds and eight assists in 26 minutes. Mills, nearly 16 years Wembanyama’s senior, was equally spectacular as he produced a game-high 24 points on 62% shooting with three assists in the Boomers’ 83-82 win at CO’Met Arena Orléans.
The loss marked France’s fourth straight and dropped Les Bleus’ exhibition record to 4-4. Wembanyama had a chance to stop the skid but misfired on a contested catch-and-fire 3-pointer with one second remaining.
“I’m not worried,” Wembanyama said after Sunday’s loss, “we’ll be ready in 6 days.”
For Mills, 35, this sprightly performance conjured visions of his 10-year run with the Spurs (2011-21).Victor Wembanyama’s highlights vs Australia
17 PTS | 12 REB | 8 AST
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— WembyMuse (@Wemby_Muse) July 21, 2024
The 2014 NBA champion buried a pair of go-ahead 3-pointers in the game’s final four minutes, which served as Australia’s only points before Dyson Daniels’ game-winning reverse layup with two seconds left. Mills’ gutsy shooting helped Australia close its pre-Olympic schedule with a 5-2 record, a stretch that included a spirited 98-92 loss to Team USA and an 84-73 win over Serbia and reigning NBA MVP Nikola Jokic.
“He came into this thing physically in the best shape I’ve seen him, with the motivation to play well and for us to medal,” Australia coach Brian Goorjian said of Mills, per the Australia Associated Press. “I just know the more he plays (the better he’ll get], because he’s been through a year where he hasn’t played a lot, so he needs reps and he needs games.”
With all of the prep games out of the way, Wembanyama now awaits his first taste of Olympic basketball. The Frenchman’s first game will rank among the most-anticipated debuts in the quadrennial tournament’s long history.
Mills, meanwhile, is approaching the twilight of a remarkable international career. The Canberra native enters his fifth – and likely final – Olympics as the event’s sixth all-time leading scorer (501 points), just 22 shy of moving into a tie for fifth with former teammate Manu Ginobili (523).
The Opening Ceremony of the Paris Olympic Games will take place on Friday, July 26. Men’s basketball group play begins the following day, July 27, at Pierre Mauroy Stadium. France will open against Brazil, while Australia takes on Spain.
The Spurs’ Victor Wembanyama will be going head-to-head with the world’s best in Paris. Even if the French team struggles, the young big man getting reps in high-stakes games is a win for San Antonio.
Victor Wembanyama speaks at a press conference after receiving his 2023-24 Rookie of the Year trophy at Scobee Education Center & Planetarium on Saturday, May 11, 2024 in San Antonio.
FILE - Australia’s Patty Mills (5) reacts as time runs down against Slovenia during the men’s bronze medal basketball game at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Saturday, Aug. 7, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. The Australian Olympic team said their team is also likely to be the third-largest delegation at the Paris Olympics — despite its relatively small population of 26 million. Ten Indigenous athletes will also represent Australia with NBA star Patty Mills the first five-time Indigenous Olympian.
Spurs’ Patty Mills talks to coach Gregg Popovich during the first half of the team’s NBA basketball game against the Sacramento Kings, Wednesday, March 31, 2021, in San Antonio.
The San Antonio Spurs celebrate with the Larry O’Brien NBA Championship Trophy after the Spurs defeated the Miami Heat 107-84 in Game 5 of the NBA Finals to win the NBA Finals Championship, June 15, 2014 in San Antonio,Texas. From left are: MVP Kawhi Leonard, Tony Parker, Tim Duncan, Manu Ginobili and Patty Mills. The Spurs won the best of seven series 4-1. AFP PHOTO / Robyn Beck
By Nick Moyle, Staff writer, via San Antonio Express-News