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2024 年 8 月 8 日，美国东部时间下午 3:18
巴黎 - 在主场观众的热情助威下，维克多·文班亚马(Victor Wembanyama)带领法国队在周四的两场半决赛中以 73-69 击败德国队，连续第二次闯进奥运会金牌争夺战。
法国队本场比赛由盖尔雄·亚布塞莱(Guerschon Yabusele)拿下 17 分领衔，伊塞亚·科尔迪尼耶(Isaia Cordinier)贡献 16 分，其中最重要的是比赛还剩 7 秒时两罚全中，锁定胜局。
作为东京奥运会的银牌得主，法国队将在决赛中对阵美国队，后者在周四的另一场半决赛中以 95-91 险胜塞尔维亚队。
比赛结束后，文班亚马球衣的领口沾满了鲜血，这是他脖子左侧一道新鲜伤口留下的。他在比赛中挥汗如雨，比赛结束后强忍着泪水。
血水、汗水和泪水，这是多么贴切的写照。
“在我们的国歌中，我们谈到了鲜血，”文班亚马说。“我们愿意为球场洒热血。所以，这没什么大不了的。如果这能让我们赢得金牌，我愿意付出一切。”
文班亚马，这位已经获得 NBA 年度最佳新秀和状元秀的球员，现在又获得了一项新的荣誉——奥运奖牌得主。唯一的问题是，这枚奖牌将会是金色的还是银色的，答案将在周六晚上揭晓。三年前，法国队在东京奥运会决赛中输给了美国队。
那时的文班亚马还是个孩子，一个 17 岁的少年，刚刚开始以 NBA 未来之星的身份为人所知。现在的他长大了，一个 7 英尺 4 英寸高、20 岁的年轻人，已经被视为民族英雄，更不用说他在圣安东尼奥的英雄地位了，在那里，他肩负着带领马刺队重回巅峰的重任。
“当然，这是梦想成真的一部分，”文班亚马说。“我们可以实现几个月前为自己设定的目标。我们可以创造历史，甚至更多。这是一个千载难逢的梦想。”
在马刺队主教练格雷格·波波维奇(Gregg Popovich)和球队总裁布福德(RC Buford)的注视下，他在周四的最终数据是：11 分，7 个篮板，17 投仅 4 中。数据看起来并不出色，但他的影响力远远超出了数据统计表上的内容。
在第三节中段，德国后卫丹尼斯·施罗德(Dennis Schroder)突破文班亚马杀入篮下。那一刻，文班亚马所要做的就是转身；他伸出右手臂，阻止了施罗德的投篮，甚至没有让球稍微离开一点地面。
在第四节，他又一次防住了施罗德，这一次，他盖掉了施罗德的一次三分球尝试。这次盖帽帮助法国队的弗兰克·尼利基纳(Frank Ntilikina)在另一端命中一记三分球，主队将领先优势扩大到 10 分，文班亚马兴奋地挥舞着拳头庆祝。在德国队奋力追赶比分的时候，文班亚马在进攻时间即将走完的情况下，在罚球线内送出了一记不可思议的击地传球，助攻亚布塞莱获得两次罚球机会，并在比赛还剩 4 分钟时将领先优势扩大到 69-60。
文班亚马在比赛还剩 10.9 秒时的罚球命中，将比分改写为 71-68，德国队再也没有机会扳平或反超比分，比赛就此结束。法国队在赛后疯狂庆祝，这是理所当然的。
“球迷们让我忍不住想哭，”文班亚马说。“我感谢他们。”
法国队将成为第三支在本土参加奥运会男篮金牌争夺战的球队。美国队曾在 1984 年洛杉矶奥运会和 1996 年亚特兰大奥运会上做到这一点，并两次夺冠。
美国队（1984 年和 1996 年的金牌）和苏联队（1980 年在莫斯科获得铜牌）是迄今为止仅有的在本土获得奥运会男篮奖牌的球队；法国队将在周六加入这一行列，获得金牌或银牌。
近年来，大多数奥运会东道主甚至都没有接近奖牌：日本队在三年前的东京奥运会上获得第 11 名，巴西队在 2016 年里约热内卢奥运会上获得第 9 名，英国队在 2012 年伦敦奥运会上获得第 9 名，中国队在 2008 年北京奥运会上获得第 8 名，西班牙队在 1992 年巴塞罗那奥运会上获得第 9 名，韩国队在 1988 年汉城奥运会上获得第 9 名。（这些年来的例外是美国队在 1996 年夺冠，澳大利亚队在 2000 年悉尼奥运会上获得第四名，以及希腊队在 2004 年雅典奥运会上获得第五名。）
当然，那些球队没有文班亚马，他现在有机会赢得金牌。
“这件球衣给我们带来了一种我们在其他任何地方都找不到的能量，”他说。“这是我们所有爱国者都能感受到的东西。我们热爱我们的球衣。我们热爱我们的国家。”
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Bloodied Wemby leads France to Olympic final
- ESPN News Services
Aug 8, 2024, 03:18 PM ET
PARIS – Bolstered by an electric home crowd, Victor Wembanyama and France are headed to the gold medal game for the second consecutive Olympics after beating Germany 73-69 in the first of two semifinals Thursday.
France was led by a 17-point effort from Guerschon Yabusele while Isaia Cordinier chipped in 16, none more important than two free throws with seven seconds to play to seal the win
The silver medalists in the Tokyo Games, France now faces the United States for gold after the the Americans survived upset-minded Serbia, 95-91 in Thursday’s other semifinal.
Blood stained the neckline of Wembanyama’s jersey after the game, courtesy of a fresh cut on the left side of his neck. He did plenty of sweating during the game and was holding back tears when it was all over.
Blood, sweat and tears. How fitting.
“In our national anthem, we talk about blood,” Wembanyama said. “We’re willing to spill blood on the court. So, it’s no big deal. If it allows us to win gold, I’m offering. Take all of it.”
Wembanyama – already the NBA Rookie of the Year and a No. 1 draft pick – now has a new accolade – an Olympic medalist. The only question is whether it’ll be gold or silver, something that will be determined Saturday night. The French lost to the U.S. in the final at the Tokyo Games three years ago.
Wembanyama was just a kid then, a 17-year-old who was in the early days of becoming known as an NBA prospect. He’s a bigger kid now, a 7-foot-4 20-year-old who is already considered a national hero – not to mention one in San Antonio, where he’s been tasked with leading the Spurs back to prominence.
“Of course, it’s part of a dream come true,” Wembanyama said. “We can be part of a goal that we set for ourselves months back. We can write history, even more. A once-in-a-lifetime dream.”
His final numbers Thursday, with Spurs coach Gregg Popovich and team president RC Buford looking on: 11 points, seven rebounds on just 4 of 17 shooting. The numbers didn’t look great, but his impact went well beyond what was on the stat sheet.
Midway through the third quarter, Germany guard Dennis Schroder got by Wembanyama on his way to the rim. All Wembanyama had to do was basically turn around at that point; he stuck out his right arm and stopped Schroder’s shot from getting even the tiniest bit airborne.
In the fourth, he got Schroder again – this time, blocking a 3-point try. That led to a 3-pointer by France’s Frank Ntilikina at the other end, the hosts took a 10-point lead and Wembanyama pumped his fist in celebration. When Germany was chipping away late, Wembanyama made an unreal bounce pass through the lane with the shot clock running down to set up Yabusele for a pair of free throws that pushed the lead back to 69-60 with 4:00 left.
Wembanyama’s free throw with 10.9 seconds remaining made it 71-68, Germany never got another shot to tie or take the lead and that was that. France celebrated wildly afterward, for good reason.
“The fans, they made it hard for me not to cry,” Wembanyama said. “I thank them.”
The French will be only the third team to play for Olympic men’s basketball gold on home soil. The U.S. did it at Los Angeles in 1984 and at Atlanta in 1996, winning both times.
The U.S. (with the golds in 1984 and 1996) and the Soviet Union at Moscow in 1980 (bronze) were, until now, the only teams to win a medal of any color in men’s basketball at home; France will join that list Saturday by claiming either gold or silver.
In recent times, most Olympic hosts didn’t even come close to the medals: Japan finished 11th at Tokyo three years ago, Brazil was ninth at Rio de Janeiro in 2016, Britain was ninth at London in 2012, China was eighth at Beijing in 2008, Spain was ninth at Barcelona in 1992 and South Korea was ninth at Seoul in 1988. (The exceptions in those years were the U.S. win in 1996, Australia finishing fourth at Sydney in 2000 and Greece placing fifth at Athens in 2004.)
Of course, those teams didn’t have Wembanyama, who now has a chance to win gold.
“This jersey brings to us a different energy that we can’t find nowhere else,” he said. “It’s something that we all feel as patriots. We love our jersey. We love our country.”
The Associated Press and Reuters contributed to this report.
via ESPN
