By Tom Orsborn, Staff writer | San Antonio Express-News (SAEN), 2025-01-12 15:38:44
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2025年1月6日星期一，在芝加哥举行的NBA篮球比赛下半场，圣安东尼奥马刺队主教练米奇·约翰逊（左）与马刺队后卫德文·瓦塞尔(Devin Vassell)（24号）交谈。(美联社照片/Nam Y. Huh)
洛杉矶——在过去几天马刺队面临的所有不确定性中，德文·瓦塞尔(Devin Vassell)感觉自己又像个新秀了。
“感觉就像新冠疫情又来了，”这位前锋说道。
球队发言人表示，在经历了周日训练的不确定性后，NBA通知球队，周一晚上对阵湖人队的比赛将如期举行。
由于持续的山火已在洛杉矶地区摧毁了1万多座建筑物，并造成至少13人死亡，联盟推迟了周六晚上的马刺队与湖人队的比赛，这场比赛的状态一直不明朗。
周日上午，马刺队在加密货币网体育馆完成了训练，但不知道他们是否会在周一晚上比赛。但在训练结束后不久，联盟传来消息，比赛将照常进行。
NBA推迟了马刺队和湖人队的比赛，以及原定于周六晚上举行的洛杉矶快船队和夏洛特黄蜂队的比赛。联盟在一份声明中表示，它希望“确保不会有任何资源从山火救援工作中转移”。
瓦塞尔说，尽管周四不得不更换球队酒店，以远离摧毁太平洋帕利塞兹的大火，但马刺队在周六和周日的训练中保持了专注。
“利用这段空闲时间，我们能够专注于我们的技术，做我们需要做的事情，”他说。“每天都努力变得更好。”
除了两次训练外，马刺队周六还进行了一次长时间的录像分析。
替补控球后卫特雷·琼斯(Tre Jones)说：“这是我们在繁忙的赛程中一直没能做到的事情。我们了解了我们在比赛中的表现，也了解了彼此，然后我们就能上场训练了。”
马刺队在三连败后战绩为18胜19负，自周三晚上在密尔沃基输球后就没有打过比赛。湖人队战绩为20胜16负，自周二输给达拉斯后就没有打过比赛。
“我想这对我们来说是一个休息身体、放松一下的好时机，”瓦塞尔说。“在赛季中你不会有这样的休息时间，尤其是考虑到我们的赛程有多么疯狂。”
额外的休息日给了马刺队前锋杰里米·索汉(Jeremy Sochan)一个疗伤的机会。由于下背部紧张，他在周三密尔沃基的比赛中缺席，在周六的比赛被推迟之前，他能否上场还是个未知数。
索汉在周六和周日都参加了训练。
对球队的许多成员来说，过去几天的不确定性让人想起了疫情期间的生活。
“我们待在酒店房间里，哪儿也去不了，什么也做不了，”瓦塞尔说。“什么地方都没开门。除此之外，考虑到正在发生的一切，你真的想做什么吗？现在真的是一个做任何事情都很奇怪的时期。”
周日是这场历史性灾难的第6天，这场灾难已经损毁或摧毁了1万多座建筑物，并造成至少13人死亡。
“看到这么多人受到影响，我真的很伤心，”琼斯说。“你要么遇到一个受影响的人，要么遇到一个朋友或家人受影响的人。这太令人难过了，这就是我们世界的现实。你总是会专注于自己的事情或家里发生的事情。你不会真的去想正在发生的一切。我认为这样的事情真的让我们看清了现实世界中正在发生的事情，以及这些事情一直在发生。
“你只需要在你的思想和祈祷中记住每个人。”
加利福尼亚州阿尔塔迪纳-1月8日：1月8日，在加利福尼亚州阿尔塔迪纳的伊顿大火期间，一个人看着一栋房屋燃烧。在洛杉矶县，由强烈的圣安娜风助长的山火已经烧毁了1000多座建筑物，造成两人死亡。(马里奥·塔玛/盖蒂图片社)
消防员们正努力控制在洛杉矶县蔓延并摧毁了几个社区的六场大火，NBA在已经推迟了三场比赛之后，仍在密切关注局势。
这些比赛将在晚些时候进行。
瓦塞尔表示，他理解NBA在决定是否进行或推迟比赛时面临一些艰难的决定。
“如果我们真的比赛，那会是什么样子?”他说。“如果我们不比赛，那么很明显，我们必须弄清楚什么时候再比赛。是在（2月的）全明星赛之前吗？我只是不知道，所以有很多不确定性。”
山火扰乱了湖人队和马刺队成员的生活。湖人队教练JJ·雷迪克(JJ Redick)在太平洋帕利塞兹的房子被烧毁，马刺队控球后卫克里斯·保罗(Chris Paul)的家人被迫撤离他们的家。
“我知道他们组织里的人受到了影响，”琼斯说。“我们认识的人受到了影响，现在也在四处搬家。”
和瓦塞尔一样，琼斯表示，联盟面临着一个艰难的决定。
“（进行周一的比赛）可能会给一些人的生活带来一些正常的感觉，”琼斯说。“但也可能为时过早。大火仍在继续，人们仍在疏散，所以这仍然是一个非常严峻的形势，我们需要继续密切关注它对人们的影响。”
San Antonio Spurs guard Devin Vassell (24) pulls up for a shot over Denver Nuggets guard Julian Strawther (3) during the first half of their NBA game with the Denver Nuggets at the Frost Bank Center on Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025 in San Antonio. Denver beat the Spurs 122-111 in overtime.
A statue and other structures are burned as the Palisades Fire ravages a neighborhood amid high winds in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
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As wildfires continue, Spurs set to return to court in Los Angeles
San Antonio Spurs head coach Mitch Johnson, left, talks to Spurs guard Devin Vassell (24) during the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Chicago Bulls in Chicago, Monday, Jan. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
LOS ANGELES – With all the uncertainty the Spurs have faced the last few days, Devin Vassell felt like a rookie again.
“It feels like COVID kind of all over again,” the forward said.
But the team gained some clarity Sunday after practice when the NBA informed it that Monday night’s game against the Lakers would be played as scheduled, a team spokesman said.
The status of the game had been uncertain after the league postponed Saturday night’s Spurs-Lakers game due to the ongoing wildfires that have destroyed more than 10,000 structures and killed at least 13 people in the Los Angeles area.
The Spurs finished practice Sunday morning at Crypto.com Arena not knowing whether they would be playing Monday night. But word came down from the league shortly after the workout ended that the game was a go.
The NBA postponed the Spurs-Lakers game and the L.A. Clippers-Charlotte Hornets game scheduled for Saturday night. In a statement, the league said it wanted to “ensure that no resources will be diverted from the wildfire response efforts.”
Despite having to change team hotels Thursday to move away from the fire that destroyed Pacific Palisades, the Spurs maintained their focus at their practices Saturday and Sunday, guard Devin Vassell said.
“With this little bit of free time, we’ve been able to focus on our crafts and do what we need to do,” he said. “Just trying to get better each day.”
In addition to their two workouts, the Spurs also had a lengthy film session Saturday.
“That’s something we haven’t really been able to do with our busy schedule,” backup point guard Tre Jones said. “We learned about what we’ve been doing in games and we learned about each other and then we were able to just get on the court and work on things.”
The Spurs, who are 18-19 after losing three in a row, have not played since losing at Milwaukee on Wednesday night. The Lakers, 20-16, have not played since they lost to Dallas on Tuesday.
“I guess it’s a good time for us to rest our bodies and just kind of relax,” Vassell said. “You don’t get time like this off during the season, especially with how crazy our schedule is and has been.”
The extra days off gave Spurs forward Jeremy Sochan a chance to heal. He was questionable for Saturday’s game before it was postponed after he sat out Wednesday’s outing in Milwaukee with a tight lower back.
Sochan practiced on Saturday and Sunday.
For many members of the team, the uncertainty of the last several days conjured memories of life during the pandemic.
“We’re in our hotel room, you can’t go nowhere, you can’t do anything,” Vassell said. “There’s nothing open. And then on top of that, it’s like with everything going on, do you really want to do something? It’s just a weird time to really kind of do anything.”
Sunday marked Day 6 of a historic disaster that has already damaged or destroyed more than 10,000 structures and killed at least 13 people.
“It is really sad to see so many people affected by this,” Jones said. "You either run into someone that was affected or has a friend or family member that was affected. It’s so sad that that’s just the reality of our world. You always kind of just get wrapped up in your own things or what’s going on in your home. You don’t really think about everything that’s going on. And I think something like this just really puts into perspective what’s going on in the real world, and that these things are going on all the time.
“You just got to keep everyone in your thoughts and prayers.”
ALTADENA, CALIFORNIA - JANUARY 08: A person views a home burning during the Eaton Fire on January 8, 2025 in Altadena, 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)
As firefighters struggled to contain six fires that have burned across Los Angeles County and wiped out several communities, the NBA continues to closely monitoring the situation after it already has postponed three games.
The games will be played at a later date.
Vassell said he understood the NBA faced some tough decisions in deciding whether to play or postpone games.
“If we do play, how’s that going to look?” he said. “And if we don’t play, then obviously we got to figure out when we’re going to play again. Is it before All-Star break (in Febuary)? I just don’t know, so it’s a lot of uncertainty.”
The wildfires have disrupted the lives of members of both the Lakers and the Spurs. Lakers coach JJ Redick lost his home in Pacific Palisades and Spurs point guard Chris Paul’s family was forced to evacuate their home.
“I know people in their organizations have been affected,” Jones said. “We have people that we know that are affected and kind of moving pieces around right now as well.”
Like Vassell, Jones said the league faced a difficult decision.
“(Playing Monday’s game) could be something to try to bring some normalcy to some people’s lives,” Jones said. “But it also could be too soon for that. The fires are still going on, people are still evacuating and so it’s still a very serious situation and something that we have to continue to pay a lot of attention to, just how it affects people.”
By Tom Orsborn, Staff writer, via San Antonio Express-News