By Tom Orsborn, Staff writer | San Antonio Express-News (SAEN), 2024-12-15 11:29:24
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12月13日星期五，在俄勒冈州波特兰市举行的NBA篮球比赛上半场，圣安东尼奥马刺队中锋维克多·文班亚马(Victor Wembanyama) (1号)从波特兰开拓者队前锋图马尼·卡马拉(Toumani Camara) (33号)头顶传球。（美联社照片/Amanda Loman）
维克多·文班亚马(Victor Wembanyama)让昌西·比卢普斯(Chauncey Billups)看起来很有眼光。
在马刺队周五在波特兰以118-116获胜之前与记者见面时，开拓者队主教练详细列举了他认为这位7尺3寸的中锋在其第二个赛季中取得进步的方面。
比卢普斯特别强调的一项技能：他作为 组织者 的成长。
“你可以看出他非常了解他的队友，”比卢普斯说。“他可以带球突破，然后把球传出去，因为他知道有人会空切。他已经熟悉了各种防守策略，以及人们如何防守他。”
仿佛是为了印证比卢普斯的球探报告的准确性，这位20岁的法国球员在马刺队的逆转胜利中送出了7次助攻，同时还拿下了全队最高的28分。
这是文班本赛季第五次单场助攻达到7次或以上。在12月1日马刺127-125战胜萨克拉门托国王队的比赛中，他砍下了职业生涯最高的11次助攻，并获得了34分、14个篮板的三双数据。在周日晚上以92-106输给明尼苏达森林狼队之后，他的场均助攻数为3.9次，与新秀斯蒂芬·卡斯尔(Stephon Castle)并列全队第二。
在马刺队中，只有克里斯·保罗(Chris Paul)的场均助攻数（8.4次）高于文班。本赛季文班三次领衔全队助攻，在队内排名第二，仅次于保罗的17次。
尽管从数据上看，文班亚马本赛季的场均助攻数与上赛季大致相同，但正如比卢普斯指出的那样，很明显，他对进攻、队友的优缺点以及对手如何防守他有了更好的理解。
而且他仍然乐于传球。
“我对此感到非常满意，因为这是我职业生涯目前正在经历的一个阶段，”文班亚马谈到他的组织能力时说。“在进入联盟之前，我从来没有在一场比赛中送出过10次或更多的助攻，也很少有7次以上，所以这是我发展的一部分，也是我愿意迈出的一步，因为我正在努力迫使球队用不止一名球员来防守我。从数学上讲，这意味着我的一个队友是空位的。这是赢得比赛的最佳方式，让每个人都参与进来。”
事实上，文班亚马在波特兰的几记最佳传球都送给了替补后卫布雷克·韦斯利(Blake Wesley)，在保罗因抱怨裁判判罚在第一节末段被罚出场后，韦斯利的上场时间有所增加。马刺队在比赛开始前控球后卫位置就人员吃紧，特雷·琼斯(Tre Jones)因为12月3日以来的肩伤而身着便服坐在替补席上。
文班亚马最精彩的传球之一出现在第三节中段，当时比分是62平。在弧顶被杰拉米·格兰特(Jerami Grant)严密防守的情况下，文班亚马在挡拆配合中用一记快速的击地传球找到了韦斯利，后者轻松上篮得分。
在对阵开拓者队的比赛中，文班亚马还有几次传球引发了一系列进攻，最终导致其他轻松得分。“二次助攻”就出现在第三节初段，当时他用一个假动作晃起了6尺7寸的前锋格兰特，然后迅速突破到内线。进入禁区后，文班亚马用左手背后传球找到了韦斯利，后者将球传给了底角空位的哈里森·巴恩斯(Harrison Barnes)，后者命中三分，帮助马刺队以55-47领先。
“比赛节奏对他来说正在放慢，”巴恩斯谈到文班亚马时说。“他乐于传球。他拥有出色的球场视野。显然，他是球探报告中的头号（得分威胁），球队会对他采取许多不同的防守策略，并派出许多不同的球员来防守他。但他十次中有九次都能做出正确的判断。”
马刺队代理主教练米奇·约翰逊(Mitch Johnson)认为，文班亚马在面对包夹时的传球能力只会随着时间的推移而变得更好。
“我们正在不断学习如何利用他，并把他放在能够利用局势的位置上，”约翰逊说。
在季前赛中，文班亚马曾表示，如果本赛季场均助攻超过4.0次，对他来说将是“一个很好的进步标志”。
“我必须成为一名组织者，”他说。“我必须为我的队友创造机会。”
从比卢普斯的角度来看，文班亚马在这方面做得相当不错，以至于他质疑为什么还要把文班亚马定义为中锋。
“我不知道我应该把他定义成什么位置，”比卢普斯说。“他可以打所有位置，他可以防守所有位置。他是一名特殊的球员……一个独一无二的天才。”
Washington Wizards center Jonas Valanciunas (17) guards San Antonio Spurs center Victor Wembanyama (1) during the first half at Frost Bank Center on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024, in San Antonio, Texas.
San Antonio Spurs center Victor Wembanyama (1) looks to pass as Utah Jazz center Walker Kessler (24) and guard Keyonte George (3) defend during the second half of an NBA basketball game, on Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2024, in Salt Lake City.
PHOENIX, ARIZONA - DECEMBER 03: Victor Wembanyama #1 of the San Antonio Spurs posts up on Devin Booker #1 of the Phoenix Suns during the first half of the Emirates NBA Cup game at Footprint Center on December 03, 2024 in Phoenix, Arizona.
PHOENIX, ARIZONA - DECEMBER 03: Victor Wembanyama #1 of the San Antonio Spurs posts up on Kevin Durant #35 of the Phoenix Suns during the first half of the Emirates NBA Cup game at Footprint Center on December 03, 2024 in Phoenix, Arizona.
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Spurs’ Victor Wembanyama shows growth as playmaker
San Antonio Spurs center Victor Wembanyama (1) passes over Portland Trail Blazers forward Toumani Camara (33) during the first half of an NBA basketball game Friday, Dec. 13, 2024, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Amanda Loman)
Victor Wembanyama made Chauncey Billups look good.
Meeting with reporters before the Spurs’ 118-116 win Friday at Portland, the Trail Blazers coach gave a detailed rundown on what areas he thinks the 7-foot-3 center has improved in during his sophomore season.
One skill that stands out to Billups: His growth as a playmaker.
“You can tell he knows his players very well,” Billups said. “He can just kind of drive it and just throw it knowing that a guy’s going to be cutting. He’s gotten familiar with coverages, with how people play him.”
As if on cue, the 20-year-old native of France underscored the accuracy of Billups’ scouting report by amassing seven assists to go along with his club-best 28 points in the Spurs’ come-from-behind win.
It was the fifth time this season Wembanyama has finished with seven or more assists. He had a career-high 11 in the 127-125 win over Sacramento on Dec. 1 as part of a 34-point, 14-rebound triple-double and was averaging 3.9 after Sunday night’s 106-92 loss to Minnesota, which ties him for second on the team with rookie Stephon Castle.
Only Chris Paul (8.4) has a better average among the Spurs. Wembanyama has led the team in assists three times this season, ranking second on the club behind Paul’s 17.
Although statistically Wembanyama is averaging about the same number of assists as he did last season, it’s clear he has, as Billups pointed out, a better understanding of the offense, the strengths and weaknesses of his teammates, and of how teams are defending him.
And he remains a willing passer.
“I get a lot of satisfaction because it’s a step in my career I’m currently in,” Wembanyama said of his playmaking. “Before coming in the league, I never really had 10 assists or more in a game and rarely had seven plus, so it’s in my development and a step I’m willing to take because I’m trying to force teams to guard me with more than one player. Mathematically, it means one of the guys is open. This is the best way to win games, involving everybody.”
Indeed, Wembanyama made some of his best passes in Portland to reserve guard Blake Wesley, whose playing time increased after Paul was ejected late in the first period for complaining about the officiating. The Spurs entered the game already thin at the point, with Tre Jones on the bench in street clothes because of a bum shoulder that has sidelined him since Dec. 3.
One of Wembanyama’s sharpest passes came with the score tied 62-62 midway through the third period. Guarded tightly by Jerami Grant at the top of the key, Wembanyama hit Wesley with a sharp bounce pass on a pick and roll that resulted in an uncontested layup.
Wembanyama had several other passes against the Trail Blazers that triggered sequences that led to other easy buckets. One such “hockey assist” came early in the third quarter when he sped past Grant into the paint after a pump fake got the 6-7 forward off his feet. Once in the lane, Wembanayama hit Wesley with a left-handed behind-the-back pass the guard turned into an assist when he found Harrison Barnes in the corner for a open 3 that gave the Spurs a 55-47 lead.
“The game is just slowing down for him,” Barnes said of Wembanyama. “He’s a willing passer. He has great court vision. Obviously, he’s the number one (scoring threat) on the scouting reports and teams are going to throw a lot of different schemes and a lot of different bodies at him. But he’s going to make the right read nine out of ten times.”
Wembanyama’s facilitating out of double teams will only get better with time, acting Spurs coach Mitch Johnson believes.
“We’re continuing to learn how to play off him and put him in spots to take advantage of situations,” Johnson said.
In the preseason, Wembanyama said it would be a “good mark of improvement” for him to average more than 4.0 assists this season.
“I have to be a playmaker,” he said. “I have to facilitate for my teammates.”
From Billings’ viewpoint, Wembanyama is doing a pretty good job of that, so much so he questions why Wembanyama should be labeled a center any more.
“I don’t know what I consider him," Billups said. “He can play them all, he can guard them all. He’s a special, special player…A unique talent.”
By Tom Orsborn, Staff writer, via San Antonio Express-News
