By Jeff McDonald, Staff writer | San Antonio Express-News (SAEN), 2024-12-28 11:51:50
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2024年12月27日，纽约市——在巴克莱中心举行的对阵布鲁克林篮网队的比赛第一节，圣安东尼奥马刺队的3号球员克里斯·保罗(Chris Paul)与1号球员文班亚马击掌。
明尼阿波利斯——这么说吧，关于文班亚马：他知道如何承受打击。
或者更准确地说，是头撞。
在周五以96-87的比分艰难战胜布鲁克林篮网的比赛中，这位马刺队20岁的超级巨星在第三节与篮网队的杰伦·威尔逊(Jalen Wilson)争抢篮板时，被后者的头部撞到了下巴，着实吓了一跳。
文班亚马痛苦地捂着脸在地板上趴了几秒钟后，最终走进了更衣室，在那里他通过了脑震荡测试并回到了比赛。
“这不是一次奇怪的碰撞，也不是什么恶意犯规，”他说。“这不是一次恶意动作，一次卑劣的……随便什么。他只是跳了起来，而我碰巧在他上方，就像挨了一记上勾拳一样，下巴承受了他跳跃的全部力量。”
文班亚马打满了整个第四节，最终得到19分和6次盖帽。他还投进了6记三分球中的3记，这标志着他连续第22场比赛至少有一次盖帽和一次三分球命中，创造了NBA纪录。
马刺队代理教练米奇·约翰逊(Mitch Johnson)表示，他最初认为这次让他的球星短暂离场的撞击只是一次典型的、硬碰硬的篮球比赛。
“我什么都没看到，”约翰逊说。“我实际上以为他只是在地板上多喘了口气。比赛非常激烈，你来我往。我其实并不认为这需要他去更衣室。”
尽管在布鲁克林取得了强势的胜利，但在周日对阵明尼苏达森林狼的比赛之前，有理由关注文班亚马的状况。
在周五的胜利之后，文班亚马在回答记者关于上半场发生的一些比赛的问题时显得有些吃力。
“我刚刚意识到上半场对我来说有点模糊，”文班亚马说。“我不知道为什么。是因为撞击吗？”
目前，球队表示文班亚马已经通过了脑震荡测试，除非出现不可预见的并发症。
值得注意的是，周六早上，在马刺队离开纽约之前，文班亚马感觉神清气爽，足以在华盛顿广场公园向所有来者发起国际象棋挑战。
周六早上8:30左右，文班亚马在X上发帖：“谁想在华盛顿广场公园的西南角和我下棋？我就在那里。”
他下了一个多小时的棋，然后在网上为NBA提出了一个建议：“我们需要一个只限NBA球员参加的国际象棋锦标赛，收益将捐给获胜者选择的慈善机构。”
国际象棋的好日子
https://t.co/kdlYt9Nwgm pic.twitter.com/NY1f4HJcCy
— 圣安东尼奥马刺 (@spurs) 2024年12月28日
至于前一天晚上的头撞是否影响了他的比赛？
“感觉有点奇怪，但我通过了脑震荡测试，”文班亚马说。“之后我感觉还好，所以我准备好了。”
2024年12月27日，纽约市——在巴克莱中心举行的比赛下半场，布鲁克林篮网队的33号球员尼克·克拉克斯顿(Nic Claxton)投篮，马刺队的1号球员文班亚马防守。
尚帕尼(Julian Champagnie)扮演了荣归故里的国王角色
一个赛季前，朱利安·尚帕尼(Julian Champagnie)的回家之旅，嗯，没什么好写的。
这位史坦顿岛本地人在上赛季以122-115输给布鲁克林的加时赛中，在16分钟的出场时间里三次出手全部落空。
尚帕尼决心在本赛季唯一一次前往巴克莱中心的比赛中展现出更好的状态。
“这是我的主场，”他说。“我必须有所表现。”
尚帕尼确实做到了这一点，在第二节开始的几分钟内，他爆发砍下18分中的10分，帮助马刺队摆脱了开局的低迷，进入了比赛状态。
他在第二节三分球4投3中，包括一次4分球，当时布鲁克林的泰雷塞·马丁(Tyrese Martin)滑到了他的落地区域，被吹罚了一次恶意犯规。
“投篮就是进了，”尚帕尼说。“我投进了第一个，这就是节奏。第二个也进了，在那之后，感觉就像，‘好吧，既然他们不防守，我就投。’”
保罗的罚球连中纪录被终结
马刺队控球后卫克里斯·保罗在本赛季开始时连续罚中42个罚球。
这一连胜纪录在周五结束，当时保罗在比赛还剩4分01秒时两罚一中，错失了其中一个技术犯规罚球。
在周日的比赛之前，保罗44罚43中。他97.7%的罚球命中率本来可以领先NBA，但他没有足够的出手次数来获得排名资格。
保罗在他20年的NBA职业生涯中曾一次领跑联盟罚球命中率，在2020-21赛季效力于菲尼克斯太阳队时，他的罚球命中率为93.4%。
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Wembanyama takes uppercut, plays chess in New York
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.
MINNEAPOLIS – Say this much for Victor Wembanyama: He knows how to take a punch.
Or, more accurately, a head butt.
The Spurs’ 20-year-old old superstar had a scare during Friday’s 96-87 brawl of a win at Brooklyn when the head of the Nets’ Jalen Wilson collided with Wembanyama’s chin as they battled for a rebound in the third quarter.
After remaining prone on the floor for several agonizing seconds with hands over face, Wembanyama eventually headed to the locker room, where he passed a concussion test and returned to the game.
“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.”
Wembanyama played the entire fourth quarter and ended with 19 points and six blocks. He also swished 3 of 6 3-pointers, marking his 22nd consecutive game with at least one block and one three-ball, an NBA record.
Mitch Johnson, the Spurs’ acting coach, said he initially thought the shot that briefly took his star off the court was a typical, hard-nosed basketball play.
“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.”
Despite the strong finish in Brooklyn, there is reason to monitor Wembanyama’s condition heading into Sunday’s game at Minnesota.
Following Friday’s victory, Wembanyama struggled to answer reporters’ questions about plays that happened in the first half.
“I just realized the first half is a little blurry to me,” Wembanyama said. “I don’t know why. Because of the hit?”
For now, the team says Wembanyama has cleared concussion protocols barring unforeseen complications.
It should be noted Wembanyama was feeling sharp enough Saturday morning to challenge all comers to a game of chess in Washington Square Park before the Spurs departed New York.
Around 8:30 a.m. Saturday morning Wembanyama posted to X, “Who wants to meet me at the SW corner of Washington Square park to play chess? Im there.”
He played for more than an hour before posting a follow up suggestion for the NBA: “We need an NBA players only Chess tournament, proceeds go to the charity of choice of the winner.”
A good day for chess
— San Antonio Spurs (@ spurs) December 28, 2024
As for the head butt the night before effecting either of his games?
“It was a little weird, but I passed a concussion test,” Wembanyama said. “I was feeling OK after that, so I was ready."
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.
Champagnie plays role of homecoming king
A season ago, Julian Champagnie’s return home was, well, nothing to write home about.
The Staten Island native missed all three shots he attempted in 16 minutes of last season’s 122-115 overtime loss at Brooklyn.
Champagnie was determined to put on a better showing in this season’s lone trip to the Barclays Center.
“This is home,” he said. “I’ve got to show something.”
Champagnie did just that, exploding for 10 of his 18 points in the opening moments of the second quarter to help the Spurs shake off a sluggish start and get into the game.
He buried 3 of 4 from 3-point range in the second quarter, including a 4-point play that included a flagrant foul when Brooklyn’s Tyrese Martin slid under his landing zone.
"Shots just fell,” Champagnie said. “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.’ "
Paul’s free-throw streak halted
Spurs point guard Chris Paul began the season by making 42 consecutive free throws.
That streak ended Friday when Paul clanged the first of a pair of technical foul shots with 4:01 remaining.
Paul enters Sunday’s contest 43 of 44 from the foul line. His 97.7% clip would lead the NBA, except he does not have enough attempts to qualify.
Paul led the league in foul shooting once in his 20-year NBA career, hitting 93.4% in 2020-21 while with Phoenix.
By Jeff McDonald, Staff writer, via San Antonio Express-News