By Tom Orsborn, Staff writer | San Antonio Express-News (SAEN), 2024-12-27 23:40:28
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2024年12月27日星期五，在纽约举行的一场NBA篮球比赛上半场，圣安东尼奥马刺队的维克托·文班亚马（Victor Wembanyama）（左）防守布鲁克林篮网队的尼克·克拉克斯顿（Nic Claxton）（右）。
纽约——马刺队在周五晚上了解到，文班亚马的下巴并不脆弱。他可以从困境中站起来，并最终回到战斗中。
在第三节还剩4分43秒时，文班亚马的下巴遭到猛烈一击，被迫接受脑震荡测试。但他最终还是拿下了19分和6个盖帽，帮助马刺队在开局低迷后以96-87击败了布鲁克林篮网队。
巴克莱中心17990名座无虚席的观众在球员介绍时为文班亚马大声欢呼，然后当他在与篮网队的杰伦·威尔逊(Jalen Wilson)争抢篮板时，被后者的头部撞到下巴而倒地时，全场发出了一声惊呼。
文班亚马双手捂脸在地板上躺了几秒钟后，走进了更衣室，接受队医的检查。
“这不是一次奇怪的碰撞或其他什么，”他说。“这不像是一个糟糕的动作，一个卑鄙的举动。他只是跳了起来，而我碰巧在他上方，就像被上勾拳一样，下巴承受了他跳跃的全部力量。所以，这有点奇怪，但我通过了脑震荡测试，之后感觉良好，所以我准备好了。”
文班亚马在上半场仅得4分的情况下，在第三节被撞之前得到了11分。上半场双方战成41平。他回到了第四节的比赛中，在打满整节12分钟的情况下，贡献了4分、4个篮板、3个盖帽和2次助攻。
马刺队代理主教练米奇·约翰逊(Mitch Johnson)说，他一开始并没有意识到文班亚马被撞了。
“我什么都没看到，”约翰逊说。“我实际上以为他只是在地上多喘了口气。比赛非常激烈，你来我往。我实际上并不认为这是需要他去更衣室的事情。”
考虑到下巴的撞击以及第一节只得到2分，对于场均25.2分的文班亚马来说，这是一个令人印象深刻的、需要咬牙坚持的夜晚。
“我们不会因为文班表现不好的半场或一节就垂头丧气，因为我们知道他会重新振作起来，”马刺队替补球员朱利安·尚帕尼(Julian Champagnie)说。“但是，是的，他在第三节爆发了。他打得很努力，投进了一些球，我们也受到了他的能量的鼓舞。”
尚帕尼替补出场为马刺队贡献了18分，马刺队也因此终结了两连败，战绩提升至16胜15负。凯尔登·约翰逊(Keldon Johnson)替补出场得到15分，杰里米·索汉得到12分和14个篮板，这是他本赛季的第六次两双。
基翁·约翰逊(Keon Johnson)的25分领衔篮网队，他们在周四晚上战胜密尔沃基雄鹿队后，战绩下滑至12胜19负。谢克·米尔顿(Shake Milton)得到16分和12个篮板。
布鲁克林队缺少了他们的得分王卡姆·约翰逊（Cam Johnson）（髋部挫伤）和助攻王本·西蒙斯（Ben Simmons）（下背部管理）。
以下是本次四连客之旅第三场比赛的三个要点，目前战绩为1胜2负，周日将在明尼苏达结束：
- 圣诞节的干扰可能导致了比赛的慢热
米奇·约翰逊在这场四连客之旅开始前表示，他的挑战是提醒球员们，这首先是一次商务旅行。
马刺队和他们的几位家人自周一晚从费城乘火车抵达纽约以来一直待在这里。在周三圣诞大战中与尼克斯队激战并以117-114落败后，马刺队在周四上午进行了短暂的训练后休息了一天。
无论出于什么原因，他们在对阵布鲁克林的第一节比赛中状态低迷，首节结束时以11-22落后，这是他们本赛季得分最低的一节。
“在比赛开始的方式上，需要有一定的成熟度，”约翰逊说。“我把它（慢热）归因于什么，我不知道。但是，很明显，我们没有采取合适的策略、能量、纪律、态度、力量、信念，总之就是很多方面，你必须做到。你能看到它，你能感觉到它。这个房间里的每个人都能。”
文班亚马也被问及对第一节比赛表现不佳的解释。
“我想是成熟度的问题，能够在精神上为比赛做好准备，付出同样的努力，”他说。“我们大多数人的家人都在这里，圣诞节有很多事情要考虑，我不知道，也许这是一个成熟度的问题，能够专注于比赛，并在任何一个晚上都按照比赛计划进行。”
- 在他的家乡比赛，尚帕尼带来了充足的能量
尚帕尼出生于史泰登岛，但在布鲁克林长大，他总是期待着在家乡比赛。
“这是我的家，”他说。“我必须有所表现。”
由于马刺队在第一节25投仅21中，文班亚马在第一节3投仅得2分，而德文·瓦塞尔(Devin Vassell)则在16投4中的低效表现中苦苦挣扎得到10分，马刺队需要有人在得分方面站出来。
尚帕尼做到了，他在第二节砍下18分中的10分，在马刺队在第一节最多落后14分的情况下点燃了球队的进攻火花。
“攻防两端都慢热令人失望，”米奇·约翰逊说。“但我认为朱利安，以及特雷·琼斯(Tre Jones)和凯尔登，替补出场带来了一些能量，然后一些球员也跟上了。但朱利安在攻防两端都表现出色。”
尚帕尼在第二节三分球4投3中。
“队友们总是告诉我投篮，所以任何时候我觉得我有一个空位或者我可以出手，我就会投，”他说。“但球就是进了。我投进了第一个，这就是节奏。第二个也进了，之后就有点像，‘好吧，如果他们不防守，我就投。’”
- 巴恩斯的职业精神正在产生巨大的影响，就像他在萨克拉门托一样
哈里森·巴恩斯(Harrison Barnes)周四在训练结束后留下来与马刺队的非轮换球员进行对抗训练，这并没有让布鲁克林主教练霍尔迪·费尔南德斯(Jordi Fernandez)感到惊讶。
这位篮网队的新任主教练曾在萨克拉门托担任过两年的助理教练，当时这位老将前锋效力于国王队。
“他每天早上六点都会在那里，而且他是最后一个离开的，”费尔南德斯说。“终极职业球员，超级聪明，总是年轻球员的榜样。不仅是如何训练，还有如何为人处世。我从他身上学到了很多。除了拥有良好的关系，并且是一个可以谈论许多不同事情的人之外，和他一起工作并看到他能为他的队友和他们的发展做些什么，真是太好了。”
马刺队后卫马拉基·布拉纳姆(Malaki Branham)说，巴恩斯的榜样正在影响着他和俱乐部的其他年轻球员。周三，在其他首发球员都回到球队酒店很久之后，巴恩斯仍然在巴克莱中心，因为他想进行一些额外的训练，布拉纳姆说这让他、扎克·科林斯(Zach Collins)、布雷克·韦斯利(Blake Wesley)和西迪·西索科(Sidy Cissoko)都很兴奋。
“他想跑一跑，做一些有氧运动，”布拉纳姆说。“我们很高兴他留下来和我们一起打球。他是一位很棒的老将，一个真正的好人。能和他一起学习，尽可能多地向他学习，真是太好了。”
San Antonio Spurs’ Devin Vassell, left, shoots the ball against Brooklyn Nets’ Nic Claxton, right, during the second half of an NBA basketball game Friday, Dec. 27, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Pamela Smith)
San Antonio Spurs’ Devin Vassell, left, shoots the ball against Brooklyn Nets’ Keon Johnson, center, during the second half of an NBA basketball game Friday, Dec. 27, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Pamela Smith)
San Antonio Spurs’ Jeremy Sochan, center, shoots the ball against Brooklyn Nets’ Reece Beekman, right, during the second half of an NBA basketball game Friday, Dec. 27, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Pamela Smith)
San Antonio Spurs’ acting head coach Mitch Johnson, right, speaks to a referee during the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Brooklyn Nets Friday, Dec. 27, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Pamela Smith)
San Antonio Spurs’ Chris Paul dribbles during the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Brooklyn Nets, Friday, Dec. 27, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Pamela Smith)
Brooklyn Nets’ Shake Milton, right, dribbles the ball against San Antonio Spurs’ Jeremy Sochan, left, during the second half of an NBA basketball game Friday, Dec. 27, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Pamela Smith)
Brooklyn Nets’ Shake Milton, right, dribbles the ball against San Antonio Spurs’ Jeremy Sochan, left, during the second half of an NBA basketball game Friday, Dec. 27, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Pamela Smith)
San Antonio Spurs’ Devin Vassell, left, defends the ball from Brooklyn Nets’ Shake Milton, right, during the second half of an NBA basketball game Friday, Dec. 27, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Pamela Smith)
San Antonio Spurs’ Jeremy Sochan gestures to teammates during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Brooklyn Nets Friday, Dec. 27, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Pamela Smith)
San Francisco Spurs’ Harrison Barnes, right, dribbles the ball against Brooklyn Nets Jalen Wilson, left, during the first half of an NBA basketball game Friday, Dec. 27, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Pamela Smith)
San Antonio Spurs’ Keldon Johnson, right, and Harrison Barnes, left, react after Barnes dunked the ball during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Brooklyn Nets Friday, Dec. 27, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Pamela Smith)
San Antonio Spurs’ Chris Paul, left, dribbles the ball against Brooklyn Nets’ Reece Beekman, right, during the first half of an NBA basketball game Friday, Dec. 27, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Pamela Smith)
San Antonio Spurs’ acting head coach Mitch Johnson stands on the court during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Brooklyn Nets Friday, Dec. 27, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Pamela Smith)
San Antonio Spurs’ Tre Jones, right, dribbles the ball against Brooklyn Nets’ Reece Beekman, during the first half of an NBA basketball game Friday, Dec. 27, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Pamela Smith)
San Antonio Spurs’ Stephon Castle, left, attempts to shoot the ball past Brooklyn Nets’ Noah Clowney, right, during the first half of an NBA basketball game Friday, Dec. 27, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Pamela Smith)
Brooklyn Nets’ Noah Clowney, center, shoots the ball during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the San Antonio Spurs Friday, Dec. 27, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Pamela Smith)
San Antonio Spurs’ Stephon Castle, left, dribbles the ball against Brooklyn Nets’ Shake Milton, right, during the first half of an NBA basketball game Friday, Dec. 27, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Pamela Smith)
San Antonio Spurs’ Devin Vassell, center, reacts after scoring a 3-point basket during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Brooklyn Nets, Friday, Dec. 27, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Pamela Smith)
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - DECEMBER 27: Reece Beekman #4 of the Brooklyn Nets and Stephon Castle #5 of the San Antonio Spurs battle for a rebound at Barclays Center on December 27, 2024 in New York City.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - DECEMBER 27: Jeremy Sochan #10 of the San Antonio Spurs shoots the ball as Noah Clowney #21 of the Brooklyn Nets defends at Barclays Center on December 27, 2024 in New York City.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - DECEMBER 27: Victor Wembanyama #1 of the San Antonio Spurs reacts against the Brooklyn Nets during the second quarter at Barclays Center on December 27, 2024 in New York City.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - DECEMBER 27: Keldon Johnson #0 of the San Antonio Spurs shoots the ball as Noah Clowney #21 of the Brooklyn Nets attempts to block during the first quarter at Barclays Center on December 27, 2024 in New York City.
The Brooklyn Nets’ Noah Clowney (21) is issued a second technical foul and ejected against the San Antonio Spurs during the second half at Barclays Center on Friday, Dec. 27, 2024, in New York.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - DECEMBER 27: Acting head coach Mitchell Johnson of the San Antonio Spurs looks on against the Brooklyn Nets at Barclays Center on December 27, 2024 in New York City.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - DECEMBER 27: Stephon Castle #5 of the San Antonio Spurs dribbles the ball as Nic Claxton #33 of the Brooklyn Nets defends during the first quarter at Barclays Center on December 27, 2024 in New York City.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - DECEMBER 27: Devin Vassell #24 of the San Antonio Spurs shoots the ball as Jalen Wilson #22 and Nic Claxton #33 of the Brooklyn Nets defend during the second quarter at Barclays Center on December 27, 2024 in New York City.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - DECEMBER 27: Jeremy Sochan #10 of the San Antonio Spurs looks on against the Brooklyn Nets during the second quarter at Barclays Center on December 27, 2024 in New York City.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - DECEMBER 27: Keldon Johnson #0 of the San Antonio Spurs and Nic Claxton #33 of the Brooklyn Nets fight for control of the ball during the second quarter at Barclays Center on December 27, 2024 in New York City.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - DECEMBER 27: Chris Paul #3 of the San Antonio Spurs dribbles the ball against the Brooklyn Nets during the second quarter at Barclays Center on December 27, 2024 in New York City.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - DECEMBER 27: Chris Paul #3 of the San Antonio Spurs high fives Victor Wembanyama #1 during the first quarter against the Brooklyn Nets at Barclays Center on December 27, 2024 in New York City.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - DECEMBER 27: Nic Claxton #33 of the Brooklyn Nets reacts after being defeated by the San Antonio Spurs at Barclays Center on December 27, 2024 in New York City.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - DECEMBER 27: Noah Clowney #21 of the Brooklyn Nets is issued a second technical foul and ejected against the San Antonio Spurs during the second half at Barclays Center on December 27, 2024 in New York City.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - DECEMBER 27: Keon Johnson #45 of the Brooklyn Nets shoots the ball against the San Antonio Spurs during the second half at Barclays Center on December 27, 2024 in New York City.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - DECEMBER 27: Nic Claxton #33 of the Brooklyn Nets shoots the ball as Victor Wembanyama #1 of the San Antonio Spurs defends during the second half at Barclays Center on December 27, 2024 in New York City.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - DECEMBER 27: Reece Beekman #4 of the Brooklyn Nets dribbles the ball as Tre Jones #33 of the San Antonio Spurs defends during the second half at Barclays Center on December 27, 2024 in New York City.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - DECEMBER 27: Dorian Finney-Smith #28 of the Brooklyn Nets dribbles the ball against the San Antonio Spurs during the second half at Barclays Center on December 27, 2024 in New York City.
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Spurs’s Victor Wembanyama leads San Antonio past Brooklyn Nets
San Antonio Spurs’ Victor Wembanyama, left, defends the ball from Brooklyn Nets’ Nic Claxton, right, during the first half of an NBA basketball game Friday, Dec. 27, 2024, in New York.
NEW YORK – The Spurs learned Friday night that Victor Wembanyama does not have a glass jaw. He can get up off the canvas and eventually get back into the fight.
Wembanyama shook off a hard blow to the chin with 4:43 left in the third period that forced him to undergo a concussion test to finish with 19 points and six blocks in helping the Spurs down Brooklyn 96-87 after a sluggish start.
A sellout crowd of 17,990 at Barclays Center cheered loudly for Wembanyama during player introductions and then let out a gasp when he fell to the floor after the head of the Nets’ Jalen Wilson came up into the 20-year-old star’s chin as they battled for a rebound.
After lying on the floor for several seconds with his hands covering his face, Wembanyama walked to the locker room to get checked out by the team’s medical staffers.
“It was not a weird play or nothing,” he said. “It was not like a bad move, a cheap whatever. He just jumped and I happened to be hovering over him and just took the full force of the jump in my chin like an uppercut. So, it was a little weird, but I passed a concussion test and I was feeling OK after that, so I was ready.”
Wembanyama scored 11 points in the third period before he got hit after recording just four in the first half, which ended tied 41-41. He returned to the court for the start of the fourth period to produce four points, four rebounds, three blocks and two assists while playing the entire 12 minutes of the final frame.
Acting Spurs coach Mitch Johnson said he wasn’t aware at first that Wembanyama had been hit.
“I didn’t see anything at all,” Johnson said. “I actually thought he was just taking an extra breath on the ground. The game was pretty physical, going up and down. I actually didn’t think it was something for him to go to the locker room.”
Given the blow to the chin and a first period in which he scored just two points, it was an impressive grind-it-out kind of night for Wembanyama, who entered the game averaging 25.2 points.
“We don’t hang our hats on no bad half or bad quarter that Vic has just because we know that he’s going to pick it up,” Spurs reserve Julian Champagnie said. “But yeah, he came on that third quarter. He definitely played hard, made some shots and we fed off his energy.”
Champagnie contributed 18 points off the bench for the Spurs, who snapped a two-game losing streak to improve to 16-15. Keldon Johnson had 15 points off the bench and Jeremy Sochan finished with 12 points and 14 rebounds for his sixth double-double of the season.
Keon Johnson’s 25 points led the Nets, who fell to 12-19 after winning at Milwaukee on Thursday night. Shake Milton had 16 points and 12 rebounds.
Brooklyn played without leading scorer Cam Johnson (hip contusion) and assist leader Ben Simmons (lower back management).
Here are three takeaways from the third game of a four-game road trip that now stands at 1-2 and ends Sunday at Minnesota:
1. Christmas distractions may have contributed to slow start
Mitch Johnson said before the start of this four-game trip his challenge would be reminding the players it was first and foremost a business trip.
The Spurs and several of their family members have been in New York since they arrived via train from Philadelphia late Monday night. After battling the Knicks before falling 117-114 in Wednesday’s big Christmas Day game, the Spurs had Thursday off after a brief practice that morning.
For whatever reason, they were flat in the first period against Brooklyn, trailing 22-11 after the first quarter, their lowest scoring period of the season.
“There needs to be a maturity level just for your approach in the way that you start games,” Johnson said. “What I attribute (the slow start to), I don’t know. But, obviously, we did not have the proper approach, energy, discipline, attitude, force, conviction, a ton of words, and you just have to do it. You can see it, you can feel it. Everybody in this room could.”
Wembanyama was also asked to give a reason for the lackluster first quarter.
“I guess maturity, being able to prepare up to the game mentally to give the same kind of effort,” he said. “Most of us had our families here, had a lot on our mind with Christmas, and I don’t know, maybe that’s a maturity thing to be able to focus on the game and to answer to the game plan on any night.”
2. Playing in his hometown, Champagnie brought plenty of juice
Born in Staten Island but raised in Brooklyn, Champagnie always looks forward to playing in his hometown.
“This is home,” he said. “I got to show something.”
With the Spurs missing 21 of 25 shots from the field in the first period, Wembanyama scoring just two points on three attempts in the first and Devin Vassell fighting through a 10-point night on an inefficient 4-for-16 shooting effort from the field, the Spurs needed someone to step up scoring-wise.
Champagnie delivered, notching 10 of his 18 points in the second quarter to spark the Spurs after they trailed by as many as 14 points in the first quarter.
“The sluggish start on both ends was disappointing,” Mitch Johnson said. “But I thought Julian, along with Tre (Jones) and Keldon brought some energy off the bench and then some guys followed. But Julian was great on both sides of the floor.”
Champagnie hit 3 of 4 from 3-point range in the second.
“The guys are always telling me to shoot the basketball, so anytime I feel like I have an open shot or I can get the ball off, I’m going to shoot it,” he said. "But shots just fell. I got the first one, and that’s the rhythm. Second one fell and after that it was kind of like, ‘All right, well, if they’re not going to guard, I’m going to shoot it.’ "
3. Barnes’ professionalism is having a big impact just as it did in Sacramento
Harrison Barnes staying late at practice Thursday to scrimmage with the Spurs’ non-rotation players came as no surprise to Brooklyn coach Jordi Fernandez.
The first-year Nets skipper was an assistant at Sacramento for two years when the veteran forward was with the Kings.
“He’d be there at six in the morning every day, and he’d be the last one to leave,” Fernandez said. “Ultimate pro, super smart, always a role model for the young guys. Not just on how to work but also how to behave. I learned a lot from him. Besides having a great relationship and being a person that you can talk to about many different things, it was great to work with him and see what he could do for his teammates and with their development.”
Spurs guard Malaki Branham said Barnes’ example is rubbing off on him and the club’s other young players. On Wednesday, Barnes was at Barclays Center long after the other starters had returned to the team hotel because he wanted to get in some extra work, which Branham said thrilled him, Zach Collins, Blake Wesley and Sidy Cissoko.
“He wanted to get some run in, get some cardio in,” Branham said. “We were definitely happy he stayed and played with us. He’s an awesome vet, a real good dude, man. It’s been good to just hang with him and learn from him as much as I can.”
By Tom Orsborn, Staff writer, via San Antonio Express-News