By Tom Orsborn, Staff writer | San Antonio Express-News (SAEN), 2024-11-18 15:45:26
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。
自接替格雷格·波波维奇(Gregg Popovich)以来，米奇·约翰逊(Mitch Johnson)执教了他的第一场完整规模的马刺队训练。周一早上，一些球员回想起在拉斯维加斯为他效力的日子。
“对我来说，这有点像一个轮回，我在夏季联赛中为他打球，所以这真的很酷，”特雷·琼斯(Tre Jones)说道。
周二晚上主场迎战俄克拉荷马城的比赛将是约翰逊执教的连续第10场比赛。波波维奇在11月2日轻微中风后一直缺阵，但赛程安排直到周一才允许约翰逊监督训练。
“我们并不总是能有训练日，我们知道这对像我们这样的球队来说有多么重要，所以我们今天非常专注，”琼斯说道。
正如比赛中一样，马刺队在胜利资本训练中心的一切都照常进行。
“他做的正是波波教练让我们做的事情，”琼斯谈到约翰逊时说。“我认为他仍然与波波教练保持着持续的沟通，我们都知道我们想要前进的方向。我们知道每天需要做的小事。”
自从约翰逊接手以来，球队的战术并没有改变，但他的执教方式并不是波波维奇的翻版。
“他们肯定有区别，”琼斯说。“米奇正试图让我们真正自信地、自由地打球。自从他接手以来，他一直在推动这一点。他一直在努力帮助我们在事情不顺利的时候继续前进到下一个回合。没有波波教练在场边，你会感觉像是少了你的主教练，一个对我们每天都意义重大的人。
“但米奇一直在我们身边，他一直在大声地支持我们，并确保我们保持专注，做正确的事情。”
扎克·科林斯(Zach Collins)说：“真的没有太大的区别。我觉得米奇还没有像波波教练那样对我们大吼大叫，但给他一些时间，他会更自如的。”
随着时间的推移，约翰逊甚至可能会吃到他的第一个技术犯规。
“我希望如此，”科林斯说。“我会喜欢的。那太棒了。希望当他这么做的时候，我们能领先15分左右。”
文班亚马周二晚出场成疑
马刺队将维克托·文班亚马(Victor Wembanyama)列为周二晚出场成疑。
由于右膝挫伤，文班亚马缺席了周六在达拉斯的比赛。这位明星中锋在周五于弗罗斯特银行中心输给洛杉矶湖人队的比赛中与安东尼·戴维斯相撞受伤。
琼斯说，文班亚马没有完全参加训练。
“他今天没有进行全场训练，”琼斯说。“今年我们没有太多时间休息，我们有两天的比赛间隔。这对我们来说现在很少见，所以我认为让他多休息一下是件好事。我想我们会看看他明天感觉如何。”
在参加了前13场比赛后，文班亚马以场均22.7分、10.5个篮板和3.7次盖帽领跑马刺队（6胜8负）。
后卫德文·瓦塞尔(Devin Vassell)将在周二复出，他在脚部手术后复出，因伤病管理缺席了周六的比赛。
San Antonio Spurs interim head coach Mitch Johnson yells to his players during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Dallas Mavericks Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024, in Dallas. (AP Photo/Jeffrey McWhorter)
San Antonio Spurs interim head coach Mitch Johnson gestures to point guard Chris Paul during the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Dallas Mavericks Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024, in Dallas. Dallas won 110-93. (AP Photo/Jeffrey McWhorter)
San Antonio Spurs acting head coach Mitch Johnson talks with NBA referee Ben Taylor during the second half at Frost Bank Center on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024, in San Antonio, Texas. The Spurs defeated the Wizards, 139-130.
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Business as usual as Spurs’ Mitch Johnson runs his first practice
With Mitch Johnson running his first full-scale Spurs practice since taking over for Gregg Popovich, a few players had flashbacks Monday morning to their days playing for him in Las Vegas.
“It’s kind of full circle moment for me playing for him in Summer League, so it’s really cool,” Tre Jones said.
Tuesday night’s home outing against Oklahoma City will mark the 10th game in a row Johnson has been at the helm after a mild stroke suffered Nov. 2 sidelined Popovich, but the scheduled hasn’t allowed him to oversee a workout until Monday.
“You don’t always get practice days and we know how important this is for a team like us, so we were locked in today,” Jones said.
As has been the case in games, it was business as usual for the Spurs at the Victory Capital Performance Center.
“He’s doing exactly what Pop had us doing,” Jones said of Johnson. “I think he’s still in constant communication with (Popovich) and we all kind of know the direction we want to be headed in. We know the little things we need to be doing on a day-to-day basis.”
The playbook has not changed since Johnson took over, but his approach to coaching is not a carbon copy of Popovich.
“They definitely have their differences,” Jones said. "Mitch is trying to just allow us to play real confident and with a lot of freedom. He’s been pushing that since he took over. He’s been trying to help us continue to just move on to the next play when things don’t go our way. Without Pop on the sideline, you kind of feel like you’re missing your head coach, someone that means so much to us on a day-to-day basis.
“But Mitch has been there for us and he’s been very vocal about having our backs and about making sure we stay locked in and we’re doing the right things.”
Said Zach Collins, “There really is not too much of a difference. I don’t think Mitch has yelled at us quite as much yet, but give it some time and he’ll get more comfortable.”
With time, Johnson might even get his first technical.
“I hope so,” Collins said. “I would love that. That’d be awesome. Hopefully, we’re up like 15, though, when he does it.”
Wembanyama doubtful for Tuesday night
The Spurs listed Victor Wembanyama as doubtful for Tuesday night.
Wembanyama sat out Saturday’s loss at Dallas due to a bruised right knee. The star center suffered the injury in a collision with Anthony Davis in Friday’s loss to the Los Angeles Lakers at the Frost Bank Center.
Wembanyama did not fully participate in practice, Jones said.
“He wasn’t going up and down today,” Jones said. “We haven’t had a lot of time to rest this year, and we’ve got two days between games. That’s kind of rare right now for us, so I think it was good to give him a little extra rest. I think we’re going to see how he feels tomorrow.”
Wembanyama leads the Spurs (6-8) in scoring (22.7 points), rebounding (10.5) and blocks (3.7) after appearing in the first 13 games.
Guard Devin Vassell will return Tuesday after missing Saturday’s game due to injury management following his return from foot surgery.
San Antonio Spurs interim head coach Mitch Johnson yells to his players during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Dallas Mavericks Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024, in Dallas. (AP Photo/Jeffrey McWhorter)
San Antonio Spurs interim head coach Mitch Johnson gestures to point guard Chris Paul during the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Dallas Mavericks Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024, in Dallas. Dallas won 110-93. (AP Photo/Jeffrey McWhorter)
San Antonio Spurs acting head coach Mitch Johnson talks with NBA referee Ben Taylor during the second half at Frost Bank Center on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024, in San Antonio, Texas. The Spurs defeated the Wizards, 139-130.
By Tom Orsborn, Staff writer, via San Antonio Express-News