By Jeff McDonald, Staff Writer | San Antonio Express-News (SAEN), 2024-12-20 13:28:58
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2024年12月19日星期四，在圣安东尼奥Frost Bank中心举行的马刺与亚特兰大老鹰队的NBA比赛下半场，圣安东尼奥马刺中锋维克托·文班亚马(Victor Wembanyama)投中三分球后做出反应。圣安东尼奥在加时赛中以133-126击败亚特兰大。
维克托·文班亚马(Victor Wembanyama)在周四晚上砍下了职业生涯第三场40+的比赛，帮助马刺以133-126的加时赛战胜了亚特兰大老鹰队，并在下半场自抛自扣，再次制造了病毒式传播的精彩瞬间。
然而，对于这位马刺的二年级新星来说，这周最美好的事情发生在比赛之前。
在与老鹰队比赛开始前不到一个小时，马刺宣布本赛季球队所有球员都将可以出战。
“这是最好的感觉，”文班亚马说。“很高兴看到每个人都健康。”
马刺的良好感觉始于在Frost Bank中心以133-126的加时赛战胜亚特兰大。
对于代理教练米奇·约翰逊(Mitch Johnson)来说，全员健康的状态创造了一种“幸福的烦恼”。
面对15名可用球员重新安排轮换阵容的任务，约翰逊做出了一个明智的篮球决定：让文班亚马留在原来的位置上。
这位马刺队的首发中锋用42分、7个三分球和4个盖帽回报了约翰逊的信任。
“我认为他以一种积极的方式展现了自己的意志，”约翰逊谈到这位身高7尺3寸的文班亚马时说道。
随着凯尔登·约翰逊(Keldon Johnson)、特雷·琼斯(Tre Jones)和扎克·科林斯(Zach Collins)同时从伤病名单中复出，米奇·约翰逊的其他决定则更加微妙。
德文·瓦塞尔(Devin Vassell)迎来了本赛季的首次首发，将朱利安·尚帕尼(Julian Champagnie)挤到了替补席，并以23分追平了赛季最高得分。
在周四之前，由瓦塞尔、文班亚马、克里斯·保罗(Chris Paul)、哈里森·巴恩斯(Harrison Barnes)和杰里米·索汉(Jeremy Sochan)组成的马刺首发五人组总共只一起上场了7分钟。
他们在对阵老鹰的比赛中一起打了13分钟，并且在这段时间内取得了惊人的+32.8的净效率值。
“整个赛季第一次拥有完整的阵容感觉很棒，”瓦塞尔说。“无论你打了2分钟还是48分钟，都没关系。每个人都做出了贡献。”
通过启用这套阵容，约翰逊终于能够使用教练组在夏天伤病爆发之前设想的主力阵容了。
“这不是一个必然的结论，”约翰逊说，“但我得说，这肯定是赌场里最受欢迎的选择。”
马刺在全员出战战胜亚特兰大的比赛中并非一切都很完美。
由于使用了以前从未见过的阵容组合，约翰逊预计马刺在周四的比赛中会出现一些成长的阵痛，事实也确实如此。
马刺出现了17次失误，送给老鹰28分。老鹰队则更加“慷慨”，送出了23次失误，让马刺得到了35分。
“我认为不足之处更多的是基于决策，而不是基于努力，”约翰逊说。“我们可以接受其中的一些问题。”
周六，波特兰开拓者队将做客Frost Bank中心，马刺的目标是将胜利和健康延续下去。
一场胜利将使目前战绩为14胜13负的马刺自12月1日以来首次胜率超过50%。
马刺本赛季已经两次击败开拓者（9胜18负），包括上周五在波特兰摩达中心以118-116的比分逆转17分的落后取胜。
“我们只想继续努力争取胜利，而不是满足于此，”控球后卫克里斯·保罗说道。
保罗差点毁掉了马刺队周四的完美健康之夜。
在对阵亚特兰大的加时赛后期，这位39岁的老将因为右手受伤不得不短暂下场。保罗将沿着他的投篮手臂向下蔓延的刺痛感比作一个人被打到麻筋的感觉。
在接下来的暂停时间里，人们看到保罗通过向上抛球来测试他的手臂。
“我一直在空中抛球，只是为了确保如果他们犯规，我能够罚球，”保罗说。
经过短暂的休息和恢复后，保罗在加时赛还剩38.1秒时回到场上，并立即锁定了胜局。
保罗在三分线顶弧投进的三分球——用他几乎感觉不到的右臂投出——使马刺在比赛还剩19.5秒时领先7分。
“投进那个三分是告诉我们他没事的最好方式，”文班亚马说。
一如既往，文班亚马也没有让周四的比赛过去，而没有提供一些他自己的精彩瞬间。
其中一个出现在第四节中段，当时文班亚马面临着快速流逝的进攻时间。
文班亚马似乎被老鹰队的防守困在了油漆区内，但他即兴发挥，将球从篮板上捞回，然后在24秒进攻时间到期之前完成扣篮。
2024年12月19日星期四，在圣安东尼奥Frost Bank中心举行的NBA比赛下半场，圣安东尼奥马刺中锋维克托·文班亚马(Victor Wembanyama)隔扣亚特兰大老鹰中锋克林特·卡佩拉(Clint Capela)。文班亚马得到42分，带领圣安东尼奥以133-126的加时赛战胜亚特兰大。
这一球将比分在比赛还剩5分56秒时扳平为101平，为一场势均力敌的比赛奠定了基础。
“几乎每个晚上他都会做一些让人觉得‘该死，这就是为什么他们一直在谈论他’的事情，”保罗说。
事实上，文班亚马的滑稽动作似乎仍然让他的队友感到惊讶。
尚帕尼认为自己抢到了一个篮板，却无意中成为了文班亚马扣篮海报的背景。
“这种事时有发生，”文班亚马笑着说。
如果健康状况允许，此前一直运气不佳的马刺队有望迎来更多的好消息。
敲敲木头。
“我们知道每个人都会得到他们的机会，这里没有自私的球员，”文班亚马说。“所以我们会一起享受很多乐趣。”
San Antonio Spurs forward Keldon Johnson (0) signals to the crowd after a basket during the second half of the San ASpurs NBA game with the Atlanta Hawks at the Frost Bank Center on Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024 in San Antonio. San Antonio beat Atlanta 133-126 in overtime.
San Antonio Spurs forward Harrison Barnes (40) drives past Atlanta Hawks guard Tre Young (11) during the first half of their NBA game at the Frost Bank Center on Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024 in San Antonio. San Antonio beat Atlanta 133-126 in overtime.
San Antonio Spurs center Victor Wembanyama (1) celebrates a missed free throw by Atlanta Hawks guard Tre Young (not pictured) during the second half of their NBA game at the Frost Bank Center on Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024 in San Antonio. San Antonio beat Atlanta 133-126 in overtime.
San Antonio Spurs guard Tre Jones (33) looks for a way past Atlanta Hawks forward Vit Krejci (27) during the first half of their NBA game at the Frost Bank Center on Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024 in San Antonio. San Antonio beat Atlanta 133-126 in overtime.
San Antonio Spurs center Victor Wembanyama (1) looks to shoot over Atlanta Hawks center Clint Capela (15) during the first half of their NBA game at the Frost Bank Center on Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024 in San Antonio. San Antonio beat Atlanta 133-126 in overtime.
San Antonio Spurs guard Devin Vassell (24) shoots over Atlanta Hawks forward De’Andre Hunter (12) during the first half of their NBA game at the Frost Bank Center on Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024 in San Antonio. San Antonio beat Atlanta 133-126 in overtime.
San Antonio Spurs center Victor Wembanyama (1) tries to drive past Atlanta Hawks forward Larry Nance Jr. (22) and forward De’Andre Hunter (12) during the second half of their NBA game at the Frost Bank Center on Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024 in San Antonio. San Antonio beat Atlanta 133-126 in overtime.
San Antonio Spurs center Victor Wembanyama (1) shoots a 3-pointer over Atlanta Hawks forward Larry Nance Jr. (22) during the second half of their NBA game at the Frost Bank Center on Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024 in San Antonio. San Antonio beat Atlanta 133-126 in overtime.
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Spurs aim to keep good times and good health rolling
San Antonio Spurs center Victor Wembanyama (1) reacts after hitting a 3-pointer during the second half of the Spurs NBA game with the Atlanta Hawks at the Frost Bank Center on Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024 in San Antonio. San Antonio beat Atlanta 133-126 in overtime.
Victor Wembanyama posted his third career game of at least 40 points Thursday night, helped shepherd the Spurs to a 133-126 overtime victory over Atlanta and produced another viral moment when he bounced an alley-oop off the backboard to himself in the second half.
For the Spurs’ sophomore sensation, however, the best part of his week came before any of that happened.
A little less than an hour before tipoff against the Hawks, the Spurs announced every player on the roster would be available for the first time this season.
“It was the best feeling,” Wembanyama said. “It was great to see everybody.”
The Spurs’ era of good feelings began with a stirring 133-126 overtime win over Atlanta at the Frost Bank Center.
For acting coach Mitch Johnson, the team’s clean bill of health created a “good problem to have” sort of scenario.
Tasked with reconfiguring his rotation around 15 available players, Johnson made the brilliant basketball decision to leave Wembanyama right where he was.
The Spurs’ starting center rewarded Johnson with 42 points, seven 3-pointers and four blocked shots.
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“I thought he imposed his will in a positive way,” Johnson said of the 7-foot-3 Wembanyama.
With Keldon Johnson, Tre Jones, and Zach Collins coming off the injured list at once, Mitch Johnson’s other decisions were a bit more nuanced.
Devin Vassell drew his first start of the season, nudging Julian Champagnie to the second unit, and equaled a season high with 23 points.
Before Thursday, the Spurs’ starting five of Vassell, Wembanyama, Chris Paul, Harrison Barnes and Jeremy Sochan had totaled seven minutes on the floor together.
They played together 13 minutes against the Hawks, and posted a stellar net rating of plus-32.8 in that span.
“It felt great to have the whole team for the first time this whole season,” Vassell said. “Whether you played two minutes or 48 minutes, it didn’t matter. Everybody contributed.”
In deploying that fivesome, Johnson at last was able to use the starting unit the coaching staff mostly envisioned during the summer, before the injury bug took hold.
“It wasn’t a foregone conclusion,” Johnson said, “but I would say that was the house favorite at the casino for sure.”
Not everything was pretty about the Spurs’ full-strength victory over Atlanta.
Using combinations previously unseen, Johnson expected the Spurs to have a few moments of growing pains Thursday and was not disappointed.
The Spurs committed 17 turnovers, good for 28 points for the Hawks. Atlanta was even more generous, giving away 23 turnovers that led to 35 points for the Spurs.
“I thought the low lights or rough patches were more decision-based and not effort-based,” Johnson said. “We can live with some of that stuff.”
The Spurs will aim to keep the good times and good health rolling Saturday when the Portland Trail Blazers visit the Frost Bank Center.
A victory would push the Spurs, now 14-13, two games over .500 for the first time since Dec. 1.
The Spurs have already defeated the Blazers (9-18) twice this season, including 118-116 victory at Portland’s Moda Center last Friday in which they overcame a 17-point deficit in the fourth quarter.
“We just want to keep trying to stack wins and not be satisfied with this,” point guard Chris Paul said.
Paul nearly ruined the Spurs’ first night of perfect health before it was over Thursday.
Late in the overtime period against Atlanta, the 39-year-old had to briefly come out of the game after banging his right hand. Paul likened the tingling nerve sensation running down his shooting arm to what happens when a person takes a blow to the funny bone.
At an ensuing timeout, Paul was seen testing his arm by flipping a ball to himself.
“I was throwing the ball in the air, just making sure if they fouled I’d be able to shoot free throws,” Paul said.
After a brief respite to recover, Paul returned to the floor with 38.1 seconds left in overtime and immediately put the game on ice.
Paul’s top-of-the-arc 3-pointer – launched from a right arm he could hardly feel – put the Spurs ahead by seven with 19.5 seconds to go.
“Hitting that three was the best way to tell us he’s fine,” Wembanyama said.
True to form, Wembanyama did not let Thursday pass without supplying a few highlight-reel moments of his own.
One came midway though the fourth quarter, as Wembanyama faced a rapidly draining shot clock.
Seemingly caged in by the Hawks’ defense in the paint, Wembanyama improvised, scooping the ball off the glass to himself then dunking it home just before the 24-second clock expired.
San Antonio Spurs center Victor Wembanyama (1) dunks a ball over Atlanta Hawks center Clint Capela (15) during the second half of their NBA game at the Frost Bank Center on Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024 in San Antonio. Wembanyama scored 42 points to lead San Antonio past Atlanta 133-126 in overtime.
The play tied the score at 101 with 5:56 left in regulation, setting the stage for a down-to-the-wire finish.
“Just about every night he does something that’s like, ‘Damn, that’s why they talk about him all the time,’ ” Paul said.
Indeed, Wembanyama’s antics still seem to surprise even his teammates.
By crashing the glass for what he believed to be a rebound, Champagnie found himself unwittingly on Wembanyama’s dunk poster.
“It happens,” Wembanyama said with a grin.
Good health willing, the heretofore snakebitten Spurs are poised for more glad tidings to come.
Knock on hardwood.
“We know everybody is going to get their chance and there is no unselfish player here,” Wembanyama said. “So we’re going to have a lot of fun together.”
By Jeff McDonald, Staff Writer, via San Antonio Express-News