By Michael C. Wright | ESPN, 2024-10-31 14:45:00
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俄克拉荷马城——周三，切特·霍姆格伦(Chet Holmgren)率领俄克拉荷马城雷霆队以 105-93 战胜圣安东尼奥马刺队，展现了令人窒息的防守实力。然而在赛后，这位 22 岁的年轻人却淡化了他与马刺队7英尺中锋维克多·文班亚马(Victor Wembanyama)之间新兴的竞争关系。
当被问及与上赛季一致当选NBA年度最佳新秀的文班亚马之间的对决的精彩程度时，获得该奖项第二名的霍姆格伦将其全部归因于宣传。
“因为 NBA 是一项生意，联盟是围绕着球员打篮球而建立的，”霍姆格伦说道。“这是为了让人们来看比赛。这是他们宣传的方式之一：通过宣传球员。我只是把它看作一种广告形式。这不会改变我们的目标。我们正在努力赢得篮球比赛。NBA 会处理围绕它的生意。”
尽管霍姆格伦只在少数几次与马刺队的明星球员对位，在文班亚马的防守下3投2中得到7分，但他确实在球场上处理好了自己的“生意”。
与此同时，作为主要防守者，霍姆格伦将圣安东尼奥的射手们的投篮限制在17投4中，三分球7投0中，仅得到10分。
雷霆队全场完成了18次抢断，上下半场各9次，这是球队自2008-09赛季来到俄克拉荷马城以来的单场第二高抢断数。六名球员（霍姆格伦、杰伦·威廉姆斯(Jalen Williams)、卡森·华莱士(Cason Wallace)、亚历克斯·卡鲁索(Alex Caruso)、奥斯曼·迪昂(Ousmane Dieng)和阿杰伊·米切尔(Ajay Mitchell)）都贡献了多次抢断，这也追平了球队搬迁至此后的单场最高纪录。
雷霆队全队利用马刺队的22次失误得到了27分。
“我们今晚的胜利归功于防守端，”霍姆格伦说道。“进攻端并不完美。但我觉得我们在防守端几乎整场比赛都非常稳固。”
比赛一开始，霍姆格伦就送给文班亚马一个盖帽，并在圣安东尼奥的第一次进攻中从杰里米·索汉(Jeremy Sochan)手中完成抢断。霍姆格伦最终以19分、5个篮板和2次助攻以及2次抢断和2次盖帽的数据成为全场第二高得分手。
当霍姆格伦作为主要防守者或协防者进行干扰时，圣安东尼奥的投篮命中率仅为12投2中。他只作为主要防守者防守了文班亚马的两次投篮，两次都未能命中。
文班亚马在前四场比赛中表现挣扎，54投22中，共计15次失误。
身穿白色耐克运动服的文班亚马系好他20.5码的球鞋，坐下来反思这个夜晚，他在得分（6分）和投篮命中数（1个）上都创下了职业生涯新低。当被问及他每晚是否都能得到想要的投篮机会时，他摇了摇头。
“我没有得到轻松的投篮机会，”文班亚马说道。“我必须在准备方面做得更好。当然，我的投篮感觉很好。身体上，我感觉很好。但我需要在准备和创造条件以获得轻松的投篮机会方面做得更好。”
赛后，波波维奇(Gregg Popovich)向聚集在Paycom中心的媒体道歉，因为他花了很长时间才开始他的赛后新闻发布会。这位教练说他需要先和球队谈谈。波波维奇没有接受提问。
“那是一支非常好的防守型球队，”他说道。“这是一支季后赛球队，很可能会在季后赛中走得很远。他们比我们更强。但这无关紧要。我们正在努力达到他们的水平。”
文班亚马谈到了波波维奇关于圣安东尼奥在比赛中注意力不集中的说法，并表示球队可能“感觉有点迷失”，并补充说“有时我们会变得不那么稳固。我认为这更像是一个问题，而不是投入度的问题。”
他还谈到了与霍姆格伦对决时带来的所有额外关注。两位球员经常试图将注意力从个人对决上转移开，将注意力集中在球队上。
这会让人筋疲力尽吗？
“不会，”文班亚马说道，“因为我现在没有社交网络。我根本不关注这些。所以我没有感觉到。但每次我与那个位置上的优秀球员对抗时，这都是一种不同的挑战，因为并非每支球队都是这样。并非每支球队都有一个进攻型的大个子。所以这总是一个很好的挑战。”
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Thunder’s Chet Holmgren gets best of Spurs’ Victor Wembanyama
OKLAHOMA CITY – Chet Holmgren led a suffocating defensive effort by the Oklahoma City Thunder in their 105-93 win Wednesday over the San Antonio Spurs. Yet in immediate aftermath, the 22-year-old found himself downplaying the budding rivalry with Spurs 7-footer Victor Wembanyama.
Asked about the spectacle of the matchup with Wembanyama, who unanimously won NBA Rookie of the Year last season, Holmgren, the runner-up, chalked it all up to promotion.
“Because the NBA is a business, and the league has been built around players playing basketball,” Holmgren said. “It’s about getting people to come and watch the games. That’s one of the ways they do it: by advertising the players. I just see it as a form of advertisement. It doesn’t change what our mission is. We’re trying to win the basketball games. The NBA is gonna handle the business around it.”
Holmgren certainly took care of business on the court, though he matched up against the Spurs star on only a few occasions, going 2-for-3 with Wembanyama defending for seven points.
Holmgren, meanwhile, limited San Antonio’s shooters to 10 points on 4-for-17 from the floor and 0-for-7 from deep as the primary defender.
The Thunder finished with 18 steals, nine in each half, for their second most in a game since the team arrived in Oklahoma City for the 2008-09 season. Six players (Holmgren, Jalen Williams, Cason Wallace, Alex Caruso, Ousmane Dieng, Ajay Mitchell) gobbled up multiple steals, which ties for their most in one outing since the franchise moved.
As a team, the Thunder racked up 27 points off 22 Spurs turnovers.
“We won tonight on the defensive end,” Holmgren said. “It wasn’t perfect on offense. I feel like we were very solid almost throughout the whole game on the defensive end.”
Holmgren opened the night with a block on Wembanyama and a steal off Jeremy Sochan on San Antonio’s first possession. Holmgren finished as the game’s second-leading scorer with 19 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists to go with 2 steals and 2 blocks.
When Holmgren contested shots as the primary or help defender, San Antonio shot 2-for-12 from the floor. He served as the primary defender for just two of Wembanyama’s shots, both misses.
Wembanyama has struggled over his first four games, shooting 22-for-54 from the field with 15 total turnovers.
Dressed in a white Nike sweatsuit, Wembanyama tied up his size 20.5 shoes and took a seat to reflect on a night in which he logged career lows in points (6) and field goals (1). He shook his head when asked if he was getting the shots he wanted on a nightly basis.
“I’m not getting easy shots,” Wembanyama said. “I have to be way better at preparing. Of course, my shot feels good. Physically, I feel good. But I need to be much better at preparing and getting conditions to have those easy shots.”
After the game, Popovich apologized to the media assembled at Paycom Center for taking so long to start his postgame news conference. The coach said he needed to address the team first. Popovich didn’t take questions.
“That’s a very good defensive team,” he said. “It’s a playoff team that’s very possibly going very deep into the playoffs. They’re a better team than we are. But that’s beside the point. We’re trying to get to their level.”
Wembanyama addressed Popovich’s assertion that San Antonio loses focus in games and said the team may be “feeling a little lost,” adding that “sometimes we get a little less solid. I think this is kind of the issue more than engagement.”
He also spoke on all the extra attention that comes with facing off against Holmgren. Both players often try to deflect the hoopla away from the individual matchup to focus the attention on the teams.
Is it exhausting?
“It’s not,” Wembanyama said, “because I don’t have a social network right now. I’m not following that at all. So I don’t feel that. But every time I go up against a good player at that position, it’s a different kind of challenge because it’s not the case with every team. Not every team has an offensive-minded big. So it’s always a good challenge.”
By Michael C. Wright | ESPN, via ESPN