By Michael C. Wright | ESPN, 2024-12-20 14:41:00
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圣安东尼奥——德文·瓦塞尔(Devin Vassell)掰着手指头细数维克托·文班亚马(Victor Wembanyama)周四晚上砍下42分的精彩瞬间，正是文班亚马的出色表现带领圣安东尼奥马刺队以133-126的加时赛战胜了亚特兰大老鹰队。
“他传给杰里米·索汉(Jeremy Sochan)的那球，我当时坐在那里心想，‘这不可能。’结果他居然传成了，”瓦塞尔笑着说。“然后很显然，他又给自己来了个打板空接。我们这是在自家后院玩耍，还是在打NBA？”
无论在哪个场地，文班亚马的表现都堪称超凡脱俗。他成为了NBA历史上首位单场命中7记三分球，同时还能贡献6个篮板、5次助攻和4次盖帽的球员。这位20岁的年轻球员也继乔尔·恩比德（2022年11月）和卡尔-安东尼·唐斯（2018年12月）之后，成为本世纪第三位在连续两场比赛中累计得到60分、10次助攻和10次盖帽的球员。
在与老鹰队的比赛中，文班亚马以戏剧性的方式完成了最新的里程碑。他在加时赛中独得马刺队13分中的8分，4投3中，三分球2投2中。在加时赛还剩1分52秒时，文班亚马接克里斯·保罗(Chris Paul)的助攻命中一记29英尺远投，帮助马刺队锁定胜局。
文班亚马与名人堂控球后卫托尼·帕克并列队史40+得分场次第八名（3次）。
“我认为他今晚以积极的方式展现了自己的意志力，”马刺代理教练米奇·约翰逊(Mitch Johnson)说道。“你可以从他的体型上看出这一点，尤其是当他充满激情、充满信念地打球时，他会把球带到他想去的任何位置，没有什么能够阻止他。”
老鹰队在上半场显然难以做到这一点，文班亚马上半场9投6中，其中三分球6投4中，得到24分和3次盖帽。
周四晚上的比赛是本赛季马刺队所有球员都保持健康并可以上场的首场比赛。马刺队抓住了这个机会，将瓦塞尔本赛季首次放入首发阵容，同时将新秀斯蒂芬·卡斯尔(Stephon Castle)安排到替补席。瓦塞尔得到23分，三分球7投5中，还有4个篮板、2次助攻和2次抢断。马刺队利用老鹰队的23次失误得到了35分，追平了本赛季的最高纪录。
“感觉如释重负，”文班亚马谈到马刺队终于以健康的阵容出战时说道。“甚至在比赛前，我的几位队友仍然出战成疑。所以我们当时就在想，‘今天终于可以了吗？’”
是的，终于可以了。但这同时也成为了属于文班亚马的夜晚。
在第四节3分4秒的时间里，文班亚马连续得到11分中的9分，他用各种方式得分——从中距离、篮下到三分线外——最后以一记空中接力助攻索汉完成扣篮，索汉背对篮筐完成了这次精彩的配合。
在此前的一个回合中，当进攻时间即将耗尽时，文班亚马在克林特·卡佩拉(Clint Capela)的防守下在禁区内踉跄了一下，此时队友朱利安·尚帕尼(Julian Champagnie)正站在篮下。文班亚马将球打到篮板上，然后自己完成了一记双手暴扣，让队友们在终场哨响后仍然惊叹不已。
“有时候，你就是能感觉到，”文班亚马谈到这个即兴发挥的动作时说道。“我认为我们对他们防守的解读很好，并且在单打时保持了良好的空间。我认为这是多种因素的结合。没有一个单一的答案，但事实是我们已经适应了不同类型的防守，这就是我所说的。”
保罗得到12分、8次助攻、7个篮板和4次抢断，他在第三节得到了本场比赛的第一分。保罗在第三节初段的急停跳投是他自上周五战胜波特兰队首节以来的第一个运动战进球。
他对阵老鹰队4投4中，包括在比赛还剩19.5秒时命中一记25英尺的急停跳投锁定胜局。这是保罗职业生涯第四场得分上双且命中率100%的比赛。
尽管如此，保罗赛后谈论的仍然是文班亚马。
“那太疯狂了，”保罗回忆起文班亚马的自抛自扣时说道。“我们刚才在更衣室里还在讨论这件事。我看到莱特(Julian Champagnie)空切，我以为他要把球传给他。当我看到他把球打到篮板上时，我心想，‘该死，文班在那里干什么？’我告诉你，几乎每个晚上他都会做出一些让你觉得‘该死，这就是为什么人们总是谈论他’的事情。”
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Wemby’s poster jam, 42-point effort propel Spurs in OT victory
SAN ANTONIO – Finger by finger, Devin Vassell counted the “wow” moments executed by Victor Wembanyama in his 42-point gem Thursday night that carried the San Antonio Spurs to a 133-126 overtime win over the Atlanta Hawks.
“The pass to Jeremy [Sochan], I sat there and said, ‘There is no way.’ Way,” Vassell said, laughing. “Then obviously he throws it off the glass [to himself]. Are we playing in our backyard or are we playing in the NBA?”
Regardless of the venue, Wembanyama’s performance proved near otherworldly. He became the first NBA player to connect on seven 3-pointers while totaling 6 rebounds, 5 assists and 4 blocks in the same game. The 20-year-old joined Joel Embiid (November 2022) and Karl-Anthony Towns (December 2018) as the only players this century to rack up 60 points, 10 assists and 10 blocks in a two-game span.
Wembanyama capped the latest milestone in dramatic fashion against the Hawks by scoring eight of San Antonio’s 13 points in overtime, shooting 3-of-4 from the field and making both 3-point attempts. Wembanyama’s 29-footer off a Chris Paul assist with 1:52 remaining in overtime gave San Antonio the lead for good.
Wembanyama is tied with Hall of Fame point guard Tony Parker for the eighth-most 40-point games in franchise history (3).
“I thought he imposed his will in a positive way tonight,” Spurs acting coach Mitch Johnson said. “You can see it physically just because of his sheer size when he’s demonstrative, playing with conviction, where he is going to get the ball to the spots he wants to get to and nothing’s going to stop him.”
Atlanta certainly struggled to do so in an opening half in which Wembanyama scored 24 points on 6-of-9 shooting, including 4-of-6 from beyond the arc, with three blocks.
Thursday night’s game marked the first time all season every player on San Antonio’s roster was healthy and available to play. The Spurs took advantage, inserting Vassell into the starting lineup for the first time this season while moving rookie Stephon Castle into a reserve role. Vassell scored 23 points while going 5-of-7 from 3-point range with four rebounds, two assists and two steals, as San Antonio tied a season high with 35 points off Atlanta’s 23 turnovers.
“It felt like a big relief,” Wembanyama said of the Spurs finally playing with a healthy roster. “Even before the game, I think some of my teammates were still questionable. So we were like, ‘Is it the day, finally?’”
Yes, it was. But it also turned out to be Wembanyama’s night.
Over a span of 3 minutes, 4 seconds in the fourth quarter, Wembanyama served as the catalyst for 11 straight points, scoring nine on his own in a variety of ways – from the mid-post, near the bucket and out to the 3-point line – before closing the explosion with an alley-oop to Sochan, who laid it in with his back turned to the basket.
One possession before, Wembanyama stumbled down the lane as time ticked off the shot clock with Clint Capela defending and teammate Julian Champagnie standing under the basket. Wembanyama tossed an alley-oop to himself off the backboard for a two-handed poster jam that left teammates still in awe well after the final buzzer.
“Sometimes, you just feel it,” Wembanyama said of the freelance nature of the play. “I think the way we read their coverage was good, and having good spacing to leave space on the isos [was good]. I think it was a combination of things. There’s not one answer, but the fact we’ve adapted to the different types of defenses, this is what I’m talking about.”
Paul finished with 12 points, 8 assists, 7 rebounds and 4 steals, scoring his first basket of the night in the third quarter. Paul’s pull-up jumper early in that frame registered as his first made field goal since the opening quarter of Friday’s win at Portland.
He shot 4-of-4 against Atlanta, including a 25-foot pull-up jumper to put the game on ice with 19.5 seconds left. It was Paul’s fourth career game with 10-plus points on 100% shooting from the field.
Still, all Paul could talk about afterward was Wembanyama.
“That was wild,” Paul said, recalling Wembanyama’s self alley-oop. “We were just talking about it in the locker room. I saw Julian cut and I thought he was about to pass it to him. When I saw him put it off the backboard, I was like, ‘Damn, what is Vic doing there?’ I tell you, just about every night he does something that you’re like, ‘Damn, that’s why they talk about him all the time.’”
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