By Tom Orsborn, Staff writer | San Antonio Express-News (SAEN), 2024-12-22 12:48:11
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德克萨斯州圣安东尼奥市 - 12月21日：圣安东尼奥马刺队的1号维克托·文班亚马(Victor Wembanyama)在第一节比赛中盖掉了波特兰开拓者队17号谢顿·夏普(Shaedon Sharpe)的投篮，比赛于2024年12月21日在德克萨斯州圣安东尼奥市的弗罗斯特银行中心举行。
费城——维克托·文班亚马(Victor Wembanyama)将马刺队在周六晚上于弗罗斯特银行中心以114-94大胜波特兰的比赛中令人印象深刻的防守表现归功于球队对球探报告的了解和对比赛计划的执行。
“我想说是因为了解对手球员，确定要限制谁，”文班亚马在球队本赛季第二次以20分的优势获胜的比赛中，上场30分钟得到30分和职业生涯最高的10次盖帽后说道。
“对于绝大多数NBA球队，包括他们，如果你盯防他们的最佳球员，并将球交到通常不太持球的球员手中，这就会奏效。”
周一晚上，马刺队将在客场四连赛的第一场对阵费城76人队时，他们不需要球探报告来告诉他们应该阻止谁接球。
在上个赛季的1月22日，乔尔·恩比德(Joel Embiid)在富国银行中心狂砍70分，创下了球队纪录，带领76人以133-123战胜马刺。
由于伤病缠身，包括挥之不去的膝盖酸痛，恩比德本赛季只打了七场比赛——这也是费城在上赛季取得47胜35负的战绩后，本赛季仅取得9胜17负的一个重要原因。但这位前MVP在周五以108-98战胜夏洛特的比赛中砍下34分，此前他因鼻窦骨折缺席了一场比赛，并被迫在对阵黄蜂的比赛中佩戴防护面具。
恩比德没有参加76人队在周六晚上以126-99输给联盟领先的克利夫兰骑士队的比赛，因为这是背靠背比赛的第二场，但他预计会在对阵马刺的比赛中复出。
当被问及马刺队这次计划如何限制恩比德时，文班亚马没有透露任何信息，但这位20岁的法国人表示他对他们的比赛计划充满信心。
“我们肯定有应对之策，”文班亚马说。
文班亚马和马刺队（15胜13负）在最近五场比赛中赢了四场，包括几乎从头到尾压制开拓者队（9胜18负），这让他们势头正盛。
在两天前以133-126加时战胜亚特兰大的比赛中得到42分之后，文班亚马又度过了一个得分之夜，同时他还领导了一场防守大战，将波特兰的投篮命中率限制在39.6%，其中三分球命中率为27.9%（43投12中）。开拓者队在任何一节的得分都没有超过25分。
临时教练米奇·约翰逊(Mitch Johnson)表示，马刺队打出了强硬的团队防守，积极地伸手干扰，并且“在进攻点上保持了良好的对抗性”，这使得文班亚马能够很好地 positioned 阻止投篮。
“这肯定是我们防守做得比较好的比赛之一，”约翰逊说。
这也让文班亚马的惊人技能，尤其是在防守端，成为了焦点。
根据ESPN的数据，自1974年以来，只有12场比赛有球员得到30分和10次盖帽，而文班亚马对阵开拓者队的表现正是其中之一，但他却是第一个在30分钟或更短的上场时间内做到这一点的球员。
这位身高7尺3寸的中锋还以连续62场至少一次盖帽的成绩创造了球队纪录。大卫·罗宾逊(David Robinson)以61场和55场的连续盖帽纪录分别排名第二和第三。
他在对阵开拓者队的比赛中送出10次盖帽，却没有一次犯规。
“我真的尽量避免犯规，”他在用法语回答一位法国记者的提问时说。“对我来说，看到球员们放下手或者做出不必要的犯规是相当令人沮丧的。NBA比赛中的犯规太多了。”
文班亚马以场均3.6次盖帽领跑联盟，上赛季他以场均3.5次盖帽排名新秀第一。
“我想在盖帽方面取得进步，”他说。
文班亚马盖掉了杰拉米·格兰特(Jerami Grant)的三次投篮，包括第二节在底角的一次三分球尝试。正如文班亚马关于球探报告的观点，格兰特在12次出手中只得到5分，而在12月13日波特兰118-116输给马刺的比赛中，他得到32分并出手19次。
文班亚马的7次盖帽中有7次使马刺队获得了球权。在周六的比赛之前，约翰逊谈到了文班亚马在盖帽时将球留在场内的能力，称之为一种“天生”且“非常重要”的技能。
“这只是你在盖帽方面变得得心应手后才会开始思考的事情，”文班亚马说。
尽管在最后8分半钟的比赛中坐在了板凳席上，而马刺队也追平了本赛季最大的赢球分差，但文班亚马成为了NBA历史上第一个在一场比赛中投进4个三分球并送出10次盖帽的球员。他也是自联盟在1974年开始记录盖帽以来，第一个在21岁以下有多场比赛盖帽上双的球员。
但对文班亚马来说，胜利才是最重要的。在这方面，马刺队是自2018-19赛季以来首次在圣诞节前取得15场胜利。他们在过去两个赛季都只取得了22场胜利，并且直到上赛季的3月17日才取得第15场胜利。
“找到动力真的不难，”文班亚马说。“我的职业生涯中还没有任何团队成就。我们还没有进入季后赛，还没有赢得过季后赛系列赛，更没有赢得总冠军。所以在 этом 联盟中找到动力真的不难。”
就像在周一晚上的比赛中找到他们需要阻止其接球的76人队球员一样容易。
“他显然是联盟中最好的球员之一，”约翰逊谈到恩比德时说。“他是一股强大的力量，可以用各种方式得分，还能获得罚球机会。我们必须改变一些防守策略，希望让他在人群中打球，让他以不同的方式感受到我们的存在。但我认为最重要的是不要让他在空位上打球，找到节奏，然后开始操控比赛，制造犯规，并在身体对抗方面成为侵略者。”
SAN ANTONIO, TX - DECEMBER 21: Victor Wembanyama #1 of the San Antonio Spurs blocks shot the of Deandre Ayton 32 of the Portland Trail Blazers in the first half at Frost Bank Center on December 21, 2024 in San Antonio, Texas.
San Antonio Spurs center Victor Wembanyama scored 30 points and had 10 blocked shots in Saturday night’s win over the Portland Trail Blazers.
After blocking 10 shots on Saturday night against Portland Victor Wembanyama, right, enters Monday night’s game against Philadelphia averaging a league-leading 3.8 blocks per game.
Joel Embiid’s teammates shower him with water after he scored a Philadelphia 76ers franchise-record 70 points against the Spurs on Jan. 22, 2024 at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia.
Portland Trail Blazers guard Anfernee Simons (1) clashes with San Antonio Spurs center Victor Wembanyama, left, during the second half of an NBA basketball game in San Antonio, Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Kin Man Hui)
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Wembanyama’s defense in spotlight after career-best 10 blocks
SAN ANTONIO, TX - DECEMBER 21: Victor Wembanyama #1 of the San Antonio Spurs blocks shot of Shaedon Sharpe #17 of the Portland Trail Blazers in the first half at Frost Bank Center on December 21, 2024 in San Antonio, Texas.
PHILADELPHIA — Victor Wembanyama credited the Spurs’ knowledge of the scouting report and execution of the game plan for their impressive defensive showing in a 114-94 rout of Portland on Saturday night at the Frost Bank Center.
“I would say it was knowing personnel, identifying who to stop,” Wembanyama said after scoring 30 points and registering a career-best 10 blocks in 30 minutes in the team’s second 20-point win of the season.
“The vast majority of NBA teams, including them, if you target their best players and put the ball in the hands of players that usually don’t have the ball that much, it works out.”
The Spurs won’t need a scouting report to tell them who to keep the ball away from Monday night when they face Philadelphia in the first game of a four-game trip.
On Jan. 22 last season, Joel Embiid torched them at the Wells Fargo Center for a franchise-record 70 points in leading the 76ers to a 133-123 victory.
Ravaged by injuries, including nagging knee soreness, Embiid has played in only seven games this season – a big reason why Philadelphia is just 9-17 after going 47-35 in 2023-24. But the former MVP pumped in 34 points in Friday’s 108-98 win over Charlotte after missing a game because of a sinus fracture that forced him to wear a protective mask against the Hornets.
Embiid did not play in the Sixers’ 126-99 loss to league-leading Cleveland on Saturday night because it was the second game of a back-to-back set, but he’s expected to return against the Spurs.
Wembanyama didn’t tip his hand when asked how the Spurs plan to slow Embiid down this time, but the 20-year-old Frenchman suggested he’s confident in their game plan.
“We for sure have got answers,” Wembanyama said.
It helps that Wembanyama and the Spurs (15-13) have momentum after winning four of their last five games, including their nearly wire-to-wire thumping of the Trail Blazers (9-18).
Two days after scoring 42 points in a 133-126 win over Atlanta in overtime, Wembanyama enjoyed another big scoring night while also leading a defensive charge that limited Portland to 39.6% shooting from the field, including 27.9% (12 of 43) from 3-point range. The Blazers never surpassed 25 points in a quarter.
Interim coach Mitch Johnson said the Spurs played strong team defense with active hands and “good physicality at the point of attack” that enabled Wembanyama to be well positioned to contest shots.
“It was one of our better defensive efforts for sure,” Johnson said.
And it put Wembanyama’s prodigious skills, especially defensively, in the spotlight.
His performance against the Blazers marked just the 12th game in which a player had 30 points and 10 blocks since 1974, but Wembanyama is the first to do it in 30 or fewer minutes played, according to ESPN.
The 7-foot-3 center also set a franchise record with his 62nd straight game with at least one block. David Robinson ranks second and third on that list with streaks of 61 and 55.
His 10 blocks against the Blazers came without him committing a single foul.
“I really try to avoid fouls,” he said in his native tongue in response to a question from a French reporter. “For me, it’s quite frustrating to see players dropping their hands or making unnecessary fouls. There are far too many fouls in the NBA game.”
Wembanyama leads the league in blocks per game with a 3.6 average after ranking first as a rookie last season at 3.5.
“I want to make progress on blocks,” he said.
Wembanyama rejected three shots by Jerami Grant, including a 3-point attempt from the corner in the second quarter. To Wembanyama’s point about the scouting report, Grant finished with just five points on 12 attempts after he scored 32 and attempted 19 in a 118-116 loss to the Spurs on Dec. 13 in Portland.
The Spurs gained possession of the ball after seven of Wembanyama’s blocks. Before Saturday’s game, Johnson talked about Wembanyama’s ability to keep the ball in play when he swats shots, calling it an “innate” and “very important” skill.
“It is just something you start thinking about once you get comfortable blocking shots,” Wembanyama said.
Despite sitting out the last 8 1/2 minutes while the Spurs tied their biggest margin of victory this season, Wembanyama became the first player in NBA history with four 3-pointers and 10 blocks in a game. He is also the first player under 21 with multiple games with double-figure blocks since the league started keeping track of blocks in 1974.
But winning is what matters most to Wembanyama. Along those lines, the Spurs have 15 wins before Christmas for the first time since the 2018-19 season. They finished the last two seasons with just 22 wins and they didn’t record their 15th victory last season until March 17.
“It’s really not hard to find motivation,” Wembanyama said. “I still don’t have any team achievement in my career. We haven’t qualified for the playoffs yet, haven’t won a playoff series yet or haven’t won it all. So it’s really not hard to find motivation in this league.”
Just like it won’t be difficult to find the 76er they need to keep the ball away from Monday night.
“He’s obviously one of the better players in the game,” Johnson said of Embiid. “He’s a force who scores in a variety of ways, gets to the free throw line. We’ll have to change up some looks and hopefully make him play in crowd a little bit and make him feel us in different ways. But I think the biggest thing is to not let him play in space and get into a rhythm and then also start manipulating the game and drawing fouls and being the aggressor in terms of initiating the physicality.”
By Tom Orsborn, Staff writer, via San Antonio Express-News