By Jeff McDonald, Staff Writer | San Antonio Express-News (SAEN), 2024-11-26 14:26:05
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。
2024年11月23日星期六，在圣安东尼奥Frost Bank中心举行的马刺队与金州勇士队的NBA比赛下半场，圣安东尼奥马刺队中锋维克托·文班亚马(Victor Wembanyama)祝贺前锋哈里森·巴恩斯(Harrison Barnes)投篮得分。马刺队以104-94击败了勇士队。
盐湖城——哈里森·巴恩斯(Harrison Barnes)从未想过会在新墨西哥州上空约30,000英尺的地方收到这个消息。
当时，在马刺队周一飞往犹他的包机上，队友凯尔登·约翰逊(Keldon Johnson)抢过麦克风，宣布巴恩斯被评为NBA西部周最佳球员。
作为新晋的焦点人物，巴恩斯的第一个反应是疑惑为什么天生喧闹的约翰逊竟然还需要麦克风。
“他的声音已经够大了，”巴恩斯说。
巴恩斯对他的第一个西部周最佳球员奖项的第二个反应，充分说明了为什么其他马刺球员都为他的成就感到高兴。
“我认为这证明了我们作为一个团队的表现，”巴恩斯说。“我们正在不断积累胜利，积累积极的比赛日。这是一个个人奖项，但它真正属于整个球队。”
巴恩斯是自2020年德玛尔·德罗赞(DeMar DeRozan)以来马刺队的第一位周最佳球员，他在连续三场比赛中场均得到22.3分和8.7个篮板。在这段时间里，他的投篮命中率高达61.8%，其中三分球15投9中，并且没有出现失误。
更重要的是，马刺队取得了3胜0负的战绩，其中包括战胜俄克拉荷马城和金州勇士队的重大胜利，以及在对阵犹他爵士的比赛中20分逆转取胜。
32岁的巴恩斯并非典型的周最佳球员。
联盟历史上还没有任何球员在第13个赛季才获得他的第一个此类奖项。迈克·康利(Mike Conley)和朱·霍勒迪(Jrue Holiday)都是在他们的第12个赛季才取得这一成就。
“是的，我老了，”巴恩斯笑着说。“这就是事实。”
马刺队更愿意将巴恩斯视为经验丰富的老将，这也是他们在7月份将他从萨克拉门托国王队带过来的原因之一。
在这方面，巴恩斯的周最佳球员奖项也有一部分要归功于马刺队总经理布莱恩·莱特(Brian Wright)。
当初国王队为了与芝加哥公牛队交易德罗赞而寻求削减薪资时，莱特和马刺队出手接下了巴恩斯的合同，并因此获得了一个2031年的选秀权互换。
在周二与犹他爵士队在三角洲中心的复赛之前，巴恩斯作为马刺队的首发大前锋场均得到11.5分和4.7个篮板。他52%的投篮命中率在马刺队的首发阵容中名列前茅。
“他就像一个沉默的杀手，”控球后卫特雷·琼斯(Tre Jones)说。“他什么都做一点。它并不总是体现在数据统计上，（尽管）显然最近它已经体现出来了。”
在NBA摸爬滚打多年后，巴恩斯也知道什么时候该站出来说话。
他的到来，以及39岁控球后卫克里斯·保罗(Chris Paul)的加盟，为马刺队的更衣室带来了两位老将的声音，这是他们一段时间以来所没有的。
约翰逊一直是巴恩斯最热心的弟子之一，在球队飞行和更衣室里都坐在这位老队友的旁边。
“如果他看到我可以在球场上改进的地方或做得更好的地方，他会在那里鼓励我，告诉我，并坦诚相待，”约翰逊说。
其中一个可教的时刻出现在上周马刺队在圣安东尼奥以126-118战胜爵士队的比赛结束时。
约翰逊在比赛的最后时刻完成了一记扣篮，并挂在篮筐上以增强效果，为这场胜利画上了句号。
这一举动导致约翰逊被判技术犯规，不过——至少这一次——由于比赛胜局已定，这对马刺队并没有造成伤害。
“凯尔登每天都在练习中做那个扣篮，我告诉他，‘你在比赛中会被吹技术犯规，’”巴恩斯说。“你会谈到某些事情以及它如何反过来咬你一口。我们永远都不想处于这样一种情况，比如说那发生在第三节或第四节早些时候。”
约翰逊认真听取了巴恩斯的建设性批评。
“我已经25岁了，在这个联盟里仍在学习，”约翰逊说。“有像HB这样的人在身边帮助我成长。”
这就是为什么当周一传出巴恩斯获得了一项意想不到的职业成就的消息时，约翰逊自然而然地成为了宣布这一消息的人——无论有没有麦克风。
“这是他的第13个赛季，也是他的第一个西部周最佳球员，”约翰逊说。“他在第13年仍在进步。对我来说，这表明只要你坚持下去，一切皆有可能。”
San Antonio Spurs’ Keldon Johnson (0), Chris Paul (3), Stephon Castle (5) and Harrison Barnes (40) come onto the court after a time out during the second half of their NBA game with the Oklahoma City Thunder at the Frost Bank Center on Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024 in San Antonio. San Antonio beat Oklahoma City 110-104.
San Antonio Spurs forward Harrison Barnes (40) reaches for the ball as Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry (30)drives down the court during the first half of their NBA game at the Frost Bank Center on Saturday, Nov. 23, 2024 in San Antonio. The Spurs beat the Warriors 104-94.
San Antonio Spurs forward Harrison Barnes (40) looks to pass the ball during the second half of the Spurs NBA game with the Golden State Warriors at the Frost Bank Center on Saturday, Nov. 23, 2024 in San Antonio. The Spurs beat the Warriors 104-94.
Spurs forward Harrison Barnes has lent a veteran presence to the young team, but he’s also been a contributor on the stat sheet, averaging 11.5 points and 4.7 rebounds per game.
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Spurs’ Barnes shares credit for making history
San Antonio Spurs center Victor Wembanyama (1) congratulates forward Harrison Barnes (40) on making a basket during the second half of the Spurs NBA game with the Golden State Warriors at the Frost Bank Center on Saturday, Nov. 23, 2024 in San Antonio. The Spurs beat the Warriors 104-94.
SALT LAKE CITY — The news Harrison Barnes never expected to receive came at 30,000 feet somewhere roughly over the state of New Mexico.
That’s when teammate Keldon Johnson commandeered the microphone on the Spurs’ charter flight to Utah on Monday to announce Barnes had been named the NBA’s Western Conference Player of the Week.
As the newly minted man of the hour, Barnes’ first reaction was to wonder why the naturally boisterous Johnson needed a microphone at all.
“He’s loud enough as it is,” Barnes said.
Barnes’ second reaction to his first Western Conference Player of the Week award says a lot about why the rest of the Spurs were so happy for his accomplishment.
“I think it’s just a testament to how we’re playing as a team,” Barnes said. “We’re continuing to stack wins and stack positive days. It’s an individual award, but it really belongs to the organization.”
Barnes became the Spurs’ first Player of the Week winner since DeMar DeRozan in 2020, stitching together a three-game stretch in which he averaged 22.3 points and 8.7 rebounds. He hit 61.8% from the field in that span, including 9 of 15 from 3-point range, and did not commit a turnover.
More importantly, the Spurs went 3-0 with big-time victories over Oklahoma City and Golden State, sandwiched around a win over Utah that included a comeback from 20 points down.
The 32-year-old Barnes is not your typical Player of the Week.
No player in league history has won his first such award as late as his 13th season. Mike Conley and Jrue Holiday both achieved that feat in their 12th seasons.
“Yeah, I’m old,” Barnes said with a laugh. “That’s what that says.”
The Spurs would prefer to think of Barnes as seasoned and experienced, which is one of the reasons they brought him over from Sacramento in July.
In that, give part of Barnes’ Player of the Week award to Spurs general manager Brian Wright.
When the Kings were looking to shed salary to make a deal with Chicago for DeRozan, Wright and the Spurs stepped in to take Barnes’ contract off Sacramento’s books, garnering a 2031 pick swap for their troubles.
Heading to Tuesday’s rematch with Utah at the Delta Center, Barnes is averaging 11.5 points and 4.7 rebounds as the Spurs’ starting power forward. His field-goal percentage of 52% ranks tops among the Spurs’ starting group.
“He’s just a kind of silent killer,” point guard Tre Jones said. "He does a little bit of everything. It doesn’t always show up on the stat sheet, (although) obviously lately it has been.”
Having been around the NBA block a few times, Barnes also knows when to speak up.
His arrival, along with that of 39-year-old point guard Chris Paul, has afforded the Spurs a pair of veteran voices in the locker room the likes of which they haven’t had in a while.
Johnson has been one of Barnes’ most eager disciples, sitting beside his elder teammate on team flights and in the locker room.
“If he sees something I can improve or something I can do better on the court, he’s there to pick me up and tell me and be honest about it,” Johnson said.
One of those teachable moments came at the end of the Spurs’ 126-118 win over the Jazz last week in San Antonio.
Johnson punctuated the triumph with a stanchion-rattling dunk in the waning moments, hanging on the rim for added effect.
The move resulted in a technical foul for Johnson, which — at least this time — did not hurt the Spurs with the game already in hand.
“Keldon does that dunk every day in practice, and I tell him, ‘You’re going to get called for a tech in a game,’" Barnes said. “You talk about certain things and how it could come back to bite you. And we don’t ever want to be in a situation where let’s say that’s in the third quarter or earlier in the fourth and that happens.”
Johnson took Barnes’ constructive criticism to heart.
“I’m 25 years old and still learning in this league,” Johnson said. “Having someone like HB around helps me grow.”
That is why when the news broke that Barnes had earned an unexpected career achievement Monday, Johnson was the natural person to announce it — with or without a microphone.
“This is his 13th year, and it’s his first Western Conference Player of the Week,” Johnson said. “He’s still improving in year 13. To me, that shows as long as you stick at it, anything is possible.”
San Antonio Spurs’ Keldon Johnson (0), Chris Paul (3), Stephon Castle (5) and Harrison Barnes (40) come onto the court after a time out during the second half of their NBA game with the Oklahoma City Thunder at the Frost Bank Center on Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024 in San Antonio. San Antonio beat Oklahoma City 110-104.
San Antonio Spurs forward Harrison Barnes (40) reaches for the ball as Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry (30)drives down the court during the first half of their NBA game at the Frost Bank Center on Saturday, Nov. 23, 2024 in San Antonio. The Spurs beat the Warriors 104-94.
San Antonio Spurs forward Harrison Barnes (40) looks to pass the ball during the second half of the Spurs NBA game with the Golden State Warriors at the Frost Bank Center on Saturday, Nov. 23, 2024 in San Antonio. The Spurs beat the Warriors 104-94.
Spurs forward Harrison Barnes has lent a veteran presence to the young team, but he’s also been a contributor on the stat sheet, averaging 11.5 points and 4.7 rebounds per game.
By Jeff McDonald, Staff Writer, via San Antonio Express-News