By Tom Orsborn, Staff writer | San Antonio Express-News (SAEN), 2025-01-11 15:44:39
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2024 年 12 月 13 日，俄勒冈州波特兰：在摩达中心对阵波特兰开拓者队的上半场比赛中，圣安东尼奥马刺队的代理主教练米奇·约翰逊在场边观赛。
洛杉矶——代理马刺队主教练米奇·约翰逊(Mitch Johnson)不想听到任何关于球队过去几天可能面临的挑战的问题。因为洛杉矶地区有那么多人因历史性的山火而哀悼生命、财产和贵重物品的损失。
“他们很棒，他们非常理解，与这里真正发生的事情相比，我们显得微不足道，”约翰逊谈到球员们时说，“所以，认为我们除了赛程略有变化之外还经历了什么，这几乎是愚蠢的。”
“我们所有的思念、祈祷和能量都献给了洛杉矶人民以及这里发生的一切，球员们在他们的处理方式和理解上都表现得非常成熟。”
约翰逊是在周六上午监督了在加密货币网体育馆进行的一个小时的训练后发表上述评论的，当时马刺队正在等待 NBA 关于他们周一与湖人队比赛状态的消息。
由于山火继续肆虐洛杉矶地区，NBA 周五深夜宣布推迟周六的马刺队与湖人队的比赛。这是自 2021 年 12 月 29 日以来马刺队的第一场被推迟的比赛，当时由于 COVID-19 的爆发和伤病，迈阿密热火队无法派出所需的八名球员参加比赛。
马刺队首席执行官R.C.布福德(R.C. Buford)在一份声明中表示，俱乐部“完全”支持这一决定。
“看到洛杉矶社区的广泛破坏，令人心碎，”布福德说。“我们的心与所有受山火影响的人同在，从遭受难以想象损失的家庭到继续勇敢战斗在一线的第一批救援人员。”
这场比赛是 NBA 周五晚些时候推迟的两场比赛之一。它还搁置了原定于周六在 Intuit Dome 球馆举行的洛杉矶快船队对阵夏洛特黄蜂队的比赛。
周五的公告使因火灾而推迟的比赛增加到三场。NBA 还暂停了原定于周四举行的湖人队与黄蜂队的比赛。
联盟在一份声明中表示，比赛被推迟是为了“不让任何资源从扑灭火灾的工作中转移”。
NBA 还宣布将向美国红十字会、世界中央厨房和其他救援组织捐赠 100 万美元，以帮助受灾群众。
“洛杉矶社区在我们心中，”湖人队在一份声明中说。“湖人队期待着尽快回到球场，向洛杉矶的第一批救援人员致敬，并铭记我们挚爱的社区所遭受的痛苦。”
重新安排的比赛日期将在稍后公布。
据美联社报道，大火已经吞噬了大约 56 平方英里的土地，面积比旧金山还要大。成千上万的人仍在疏散令之下，周五晚上，在帕利塞德大火东侧发生火情后，包括 405 号州际公路一部分在内的地区下达了新的疏散令。
据美联社报道，洛杉矶县法医办公室称，至少有 11 人丧生。
自从马刺队的飞机在周三晚上输给密尔沃基后于周四凌晨 4 点左右降落在洛杉矶以来，他们面临着一些后勤方面的挑战。
随着大火逼近圣莫尼卡，马刺队从他们在该市的酒店搬到了 30 多英里外的洛杉矶市中心的一家酒店，远离任何火焰和烟雾。他们原定于周四在圣莫尼卡的一所高中体育馆进行训练，但由于该地区所有学校都关闭了，这些计划被取消了。
“老实说，这是一个不稳定的情况，因为一直在发生新的事情，对吧？”马刺队前锋哈里森·巴恩斯(Harrison Barnes)说。“我们从圣莫尼卡开始，然后我们最终到了市中心，然后比赛在昨晚被推迟了，我们不知道比赛的下一个状态是什么，是两场比赛还是一场比赛，或者其他什么。”
“但我认为球员们已经理解了情况的严重性，在他们继续了解更多信息的同时，他们也在努力看看自己可以在哪里帮助和支持那些受到火灾影响的人。”
如果 NBA 推迟周一的比赛，球队的计划是尽快返回圣安东尼奥。约翰逊说，他们现在所经历的不确定性与 NBA 球员、教练和工作人员在大流行期间所经历的相似。
“这绝对可能是最接近的感觉，就其不确定性而言，”他说。“不确定你的赛程会是什么。不确定你是今天旅行，明天比赛，还是再待几天。”
NBA 大家庭的几位成员受到了火灾的影响。
湖人队教练J.J.雷迪克(J.J. Redick)在太平洋帕利塞德的租住房屋是该地区 5300 座被这场最大的火灾烧毁的建筑物之一。快船队球星、前马刺队球员科怀·伦纳德(Kawhi Leonard)已经离开他的球队，与被迫撤离的家人在一起。
金州勇士队教练、前马刺队球员史蒂夫·科尔(Steve Kerr)说，他在帕利塞德的童年住所被烧毁了。科尔说，他 90 岁的母亲安在撤离后安全无恙。
除了 NBA 暂停的比赛外，其他几场职业和大学比赛也被推迟或移出了该地区，包括洛杉矶公羊队与明尼苏达维京人队的季后赛，这场比赛将于周一晚上在亚利桑那州格伦代尔举行。
马刺队也受到了这场灾难的个人影响。
“正在发生的一切确实很可怕，”在洛杉矶快船队效力期间就在洛杉矶安家的马刺队控球后卫克里斯·保罗(Chris Paul)在密尔沃基告诉记者。“我向一些失去一切的亲密朋友和家人致以无限的爱和祈祷。”
保罗的妻子和两个孩子周二撤离了他们的家，逃到洛杉矶一个更安全地区的酒店。马刺队的一位发言人说，保罗的家目前幸免于难。
约翰逊说，在这段艰难的时期，马刺队团结在保罗的周围。
“我知道有几个人去了他家，和他们待了一段时间，”约翰逊说。“作为一个组织，我们对每个人都很开放，如果他们的家人或任何亲人和他们认识的人正在经历一些事情，那比篮球更重要。希望当我们像今天这样进行一些篮球训练时，这对这些球员来说可以是一个小小的避难所，让他们稍微恢复一些常态。”
约翰逊说，他住在洛杉矶以北约 95 英里的圣巴巴拉的母亲很安全。
“真的很难控制这些火灾，我们非常感激并感谢第一批救援人员和所有试图帮助控制和控制这些火灾的人，”他说。
巴恩斯说，他和他的队友们一直试图正确看待事情。
“为所有在这个地区受火灾影响的人祈祷，”他说。“很多人失去了家园，流离失所，受到了影响。……我们非常幸运，也非常荣幸能够处在我们的位置上。”
巴恩斯曾在萨克拉门托打过多年球，他对加州的山火并不陌生。
“我们经历过几次这样的事情，这很可怕，”巴恩斯的妻子来自北加州，他说。“你想把功劳归于所有的消防员，所有在那里工作的急救人员。”
A man walks his bike among the ruins left behind by the Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
Firefighters battle fire from the surf as beachfront homes go up in flames along Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu in the Palisades Fire on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (David Crane/Los Angeles Daily News/TNS)
PASADENA, CALIFORNIA - JANUARY 08: The Pasadena Jewish Temple & Center burns shortly after sunrise during the Eaton Fire on January 08, 2025 in Pasadena, California. Over 1,000 structures have burned, with two people dead, in wildfires fueled by intense Santa Ana Winds across L.A. County. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
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As wildfires ravage L.A. area, Spurs’ maintain perspective
PORTLAND, OREGON - DECEMBER 13: Acting head coach Mitch Johnson of the San Antonio Spurs watches from the sideline during the first half against the Portland Trail Blazers at Moda Center on December 13, 2024 in Portland, Oregon.
LOS ANGELES – Acting Spurs coach Mitch Johnson didn’t want to hear questions about any challenges the team may have faced the past several days. Not with so many people in the Los Angeles area mourning the loss of life, property and valuables caused by historic wildfires.
“They’ve been great in the sense they’ve been very understanding that we pale in comparison to what’s really going on out here,” Johnson said of the players, "so it almost feels silly to think we’re going through anything but a little bit of a schedule change.
“All of our thoughts and prayers and energy has been for the people of Los Angeles and all this going on out here, and the guys have been just very mature in their approach and understanding of that.”
Johnson’s comments came after he oversaw an hour-long practice at Crytpo.com Arena on Saturday morning while the Spurs awaited word from the NBA about the status of their game against the Lakers on Monday.
With wildfires continuing to ravage the Los Angeles area, the NBA announced late Friday night it had postponed Saturday’s Spurs-Lakers game. It’s the first postponed Spurs game since Dec. 29, 2021 when a COVID-19 outbreak and injuries prevented the Miami Heat from fielding the required eight players to play the game.
Spurs CEO R.C. Buford said in a statement the club “fully” supported the decision.
“It’s beyond heartbreaking to see the widespread devastation across the Los Angeles community,” Buford said. “Our thoughts remain with all of those impacted by the wildfires, from families who have experienced incomprehensible loss to the first responders who continue to bravely fight on the front lines.”
That contest was one of two the NBA postponed late Friday. It also set aside a Los Angeles Clippers game against Charlotte slated for Saturday at the Intuit Dome.
Friday’s announcement raised the list of games postponed by the fires to three. The NBA also halted a Lakers-Hornets game scheduled for Thursday.
The games were postponed so “no resources would be diverted from efforts to combat the fires,” the league said in a statement.
The NBA also announced it will donate $1 million to the American Red Cross, World Central Kitchen and other relief organizations to help victims of the disaster.
“The Los Angeles community is in our hearts,” the Lakers said in a statement. “The Lakers look forward to getting back on the court soon, honoring LA’s first responders and recognizing the heartbreak endured across our beloved community.”
Dates for the rescheduled games will be announced at a later time.
The fires have consumed about 56 square miles, an area larger than San Francisco, the Associated Press reported. Tens of thousands of people remained under evacuation orders and new evacuations were ordered Friday evening in an area that includes part of Interstate 405 after a flare up on the eastern side of the Palisades Fire.
At least 11 people have been killed, according to the Los Angeles county medical examiner’s office, the AP reported.
The Spurs have faced several logistical challenges since their plane touched down in Los Angeles at around 4 a.m. Thursday after they lost at Milwaukee on Wednesday night.
With fire encroaching on Santa Monica, the Spurs moved from their hotel in that city to one in downtown Los Angeles more than 30 miles away and far from any flames and smoke. They had been scheduled to practice at a high school gym in Santa Monica on Thursday, but those plans were scuttled after all schools in the area were closed.
“It’s been honestly a fluid situation just because there’s new stuff happening all the time, right?” Spurs forward Harrison Barnes said. "We started in Santa Monica and then we ended up downtown and then the game was postponed last night, and we don’t know what the next status of the game is, whether it’s two games or one game or whatever.
“But I think guys have just understood the gravity of the situation, trying to see where they can help out and support people who are being affected and impacted by the fires while they continue to learn more information.”
Should the NBA postpone Monday’s game, the team’s plan is to return to San Antonio as quickly as possible. Johnson said the uncertainty they are living with now is similar to what the NBA players, coaches and staffers experienced during the pandemic.
“It’s definitely probably the closest feeling just in terms of uncertainty,” he said. “Not sure what your schedule’s going to be. Not sure if you’re traveling today, playing tomorrow, staying for a couple more days.”
Several members of the NBA family have been affected by the fires.
Lakers coach JJ Redick’s rental home in Pacific Palisades was one of the 5,300 structures in that area lost in the biggest of the fires. Clippers star and former Spur Kawhi Leonard has left his team to be with family members who were forced to evactuate.
Golden State Warriors coach and former Spur Steve Kerr said he lost his childhood home in Palisades. Kerr said his 90-year-old mother, Ann, is safe after evacuating.
In addition to games paused by the NBA, several other pro and college games have been either postponed or moved out of the area, including the Los Angeles Rams’ playoff game with the Minnesota Vikings, which will take place Monday night in Glendale, Ariz.
The Spurs also have been touched personally by the disaster.
“It’s definitely scary, everything that is going on,” Spurs point guard Chris Paul, who has raised his family in LA since his days with the Los Angeles Clippers, told reporters in Milwaukee. “I’m sending so much love and prayers to some of my closest friends and family who have lost everything.”
Paul’s wife and two children evacuated their home Tuesday, fleeing to a hotel in a safer part of Los Angeles. A Spurs spokesman said Paul’s home has survived so far.
Johnson said the Spurs have rallied around Paul during the difficult time.
“I know there’s been a couple guys that went to his house, spent some time with them,” Johnson said. “We’ve been very open as an organization with everybody that if their families or any loved ones and people they know are going through things that is a priority over basketball. And hopefully when we do have some basketball like practice today, that can be just a little bit maybe of a sanctuary for these guys to get a little bit of normalcy.”
Johnson said his mother, who lives in Santa Barbara about 95 miles north of LA, is safe.
“It’s really hard to contain and control these fires and we are just very grateful and thankful in prayers for the first responders and everybody that’s trying to help contain and get this stuff under control,” he said.
Barnes said he and his teammates have tried to keep things in perspective.
“Prayers for all people affected in this area with the fires,” he said. “A lot of people lost homes, been displaced, been affected by it. … We’re extremely blessed and privileged to be in our situation.”
Having played for years in Sacramento, Barnes is no stranger to California wildfires.
“We’ve experienced this a few times and it’s devastating,” said Barnes, whose wife is from Northern California. “You want to give credit to all the firefighters, all the people who are first responders who are out there doing the work.”
By Tom Orsborn, Staff writer, via San Antonio Express-News