By Tom Orsborn, Staff writer | San Antonio Express-News (SAEN), 2025-01-14 13:21:40
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2025年1月13日星期一，在洛杉矶举行的一场NBA篮球比赛后，圣安东尼奥马刺队中锋维克托·文班亚马(Victor Wembanyama)和后卫克里斯·保罗(Chris Paul)与洛杉矶湖人队主教练JJ·雷迪克(JJ Redick)的孩子凯(Kai)和诺克斯(Knox)合影，并在他们的球衣上签名。(美联社照片/Kevork Djansezian)
洛杉矶——克里斯·保罗(Chris Paul)一家度过了艰难的一周。但这远不及JJ·雷迪克(JJ Redick)及其家人所经历的那么困难。
考虑到这一点，保罗想出了一个善举来安慰他这位前洛杉矶快船队的队友和他的两个年幼的儿子。
在洛杉矶充满情绪的五天之后，保罗以13分和10次助攻的两双数据结束了这段旅程，帮助马刺队从第二节11分的落后中反弹，在周一晚上以126-102击败湖人队。与此同时，肆虐该地区的野火迫使保罗一家撤离家园，火势仍在继续蔓延。
“能够稍微转移一下注意力，打打球，感觉很不错，”保罗说。
赛后，他将注意力转向了帮助雷迪克。
这位湖人队的新任主教练和他的家人是洛杉矶遭受严重损失的数千人之一。截至周二，已有24人死亡，数千人无家可归。
雷迪克一家也属于后者。他们租住的位于太平洋帕利塞兹的房屋上周被烧毁。
“我们作为夫妻近20年，作为父母10年，所有对我们来说重要的东西都在那所房子里，”雷迪克说。“有些东西你无法替代，永远也无法替代。”
在大火中丢失的珍贵物品中，包括雷迪克的两个小儿子凯和诺克斯收集的篮球纪念品。
为了鼓舞孩子们的精神，保罗在赛后脱下了他的3号球衣，签名后送给了他们。维克托·文班亚马(Victor Wembanyama)也同样签下了他的1号球衣送给了他们。
“在这个联盟里打了很多年，有些人只是队友。JJ是我家庭的一份子，”保罗谈到这位曾一起效力四个赛季的队友时，声音哽咽，饱含深情。“他，他的妻子，那些孩子们，诺克斯和凯。
“我知道很多人失去了家人和家园等等。当亲近的人受到影响时，感觉就不一样了。我和JJ是终极竞争对手，我们关系很亲密，无论输赢。我今天 actually 告诉他我想为他的孩子们做这件事。我知道他们有多么热爱篮球，伙计，这真是个艰难的处境。”
这个举动感动了雷迪克，他看到儿子们收到球衣后露出了笑容。
“他们是NBA的铁杆球迷，”他说。“我在家里做了两年的播客，所有球员都会来。他们要么得到一件签名球衣，要么得到一张签名卡。他们失去了一切……他们能这样做真是太好了。”
文班亚马也很乐意提供帮助。
“克里斯早些时候问我是否可以这样做，”他说。“我不知道他们是如此的铁杆球迷，但JJ是我喜欢的人，而且他直接受到了这场火灾的影响。所以，我就想，如果我能让他们开心，我会去做。”
自从上周四早上在密尔沃基打完比赛后抵达洛杉矶以来，保罗首次公开发表讲话，他表示，在经历了可怕的经历后，他的家人现在一切都好。
“我想部分原因是因为我在这里，”他说。“这就是上帝有时的安排。我在洛杉矶有很多亲戚。我在这里已经13年了，把这里当作自己的家。所以，对每个人来说，这都是难熬的一周——我的家人，我的亲戚，以及洛杉矶的人们。”
马刺队代理教练米奇·约翰逊(Mitch Johnson)在赛前发表了感人肺腑的讲话，表达了对这座城市的支援，他说马刺队的“思念和祈祷”与“洛杉矶市的人民、消防员和所有参与救援工作的人”同在。
“这座伟大的城市遭到难以置信的破坏，这些图像和视频令人心碎，我们只希望今晚能在这个时候带来一些小小的常态和积极的注意力，”约翰逊说。
比赛开始时，全场为遇难者默哀。湖人队一度取得两位数的领先优势，半场结束时以62-53领先。
凭借新秀斯蒂芬·卡斯尔(Stephon Castle)在第三节砍下23分中的14分，以及哈里森·巴恩斯(Harrison Barnes)在第四节拿下17分中的10分，马刺队在下半场以73-40的比分获胜，终结了三连败，并将战绩扳平为19胜19负。湖人队（20胜17负）在第三节还剩30秒时以89-86领先，之后马刺队打出一波30-9的攻势锁定胜局。
文班亚马和德文·瓦塞尔(Devin Vassell)也为马刺队贡献了23分。自从上周三在密尔沃基输球后，马刺队再次回到球场，因为NBA推迟了他们周六晚上对阵湖人队的比赛。
“我认为这可能是我们作为一个集体，特别是进攻方面，表现最好的一场比赛，”约翰逊说。
赛后，马刺队返回圣安东尼奥，将与孟菲斯灰熊队进行两场比赛，第一场定于周三晚上进行。
“对球员们来说，待在这里很艰难，不知道是否会比赛，也不知道到底发生了什么，”保罗说。“但我认为对我们和湖人队来说，我们都很兴奋能有机会打球，感受一些常态……这对我们这支年轻的球队来说是一场非常好的胜利。”
39岁的保罗说，在年轻的队友们了解到他的家庭情况后，他得到了他们很多情感上的支持。
“伙计，他们太棒了，”他说。“我们队的每个人。情况真是太糟糕了。”
保罗说，马刺队每天都能感受到洛杉矶正在进行的生死之战，因为他们与急救人员住在同一间市中心的酒店。
“我们一直看到消防员进进出出，轮班，”保罗说。“看到这些真正的英雄。”
在周一晚上，对于诺克斯和凯·雷迪克来说，保罗就是其中之一。
San Antonio Spurs guard Chris Paul hugs Los Angeles Laker head coach JJ Redick with Victor Wembanyama looking on after an NBA basketball game Monday, Jan. 13, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)
Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James has his layup blocked by San Antonio Spurs center Victor Wembanyama due the second half of an NBA basketball game Monday, Jan. 13, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)
San Antonio Spurs center Victor Wembanyama (1) makes a layup against Los Angeles Lakers forward Anthony Davis (3) during the first quarter of an NBA basketball game Monday, Jan. 13, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JANUARY 13: Victor Wembanyama #1 of the San Antonio Spurs dunks against the Los Angeles Lakers during the second half at Crypto.com Arena on January 13, 2025 in Los Angeles, California.
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Spurs’ Chris Paul follows win over Los Angeles Lakers with kindness
San Antonio Spurs center Victor Wembanyama and guard Chris Paul pose after autographing their jersey with Kai and Knox, children of Los Angeles Lakers head coach JJ Redick after an NBA basketball game Monday, Jan. 13, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)
LOS ANGELES – Chris Paul’s family had a tough week. But not nearly as difficult as the one JJ Redick and his clan endured.
With that in mind, Paul came up with an act of kindness to comfort his former Los Angeles Clippers teammate and his two young sons.
Paul capped an emotional five days in Los Angeles with a 13-point, 10-assist double-double that helped the Spurs rally from an 11-point second quarter deficit to defeat the Lakers 126-102 on Monday night as wildfires that devastated the area and forced his family to evacuate their home continued to rage.
“It was cool to get my mind off of it a little bit and play,” Paul said.
Afterward, he turned his attention toward helping Redick.
The first-year Lakers coach and his family were among the thousands in L.A. who suffered severe losses. As of Tuesday, 24 people had died and thousands more had lost their homes.
The Redicks were among the latter. The Pacific Palisades home they rented burned down last week.
“Everything we owned that was of any importance to us in almost 20 years together as a couple and 10 years of parenting was in that house," Redick said. "There are certain things you can’t replace, that will never be replaced.”
Among the cherished items lost in the inferno: Basketball memorabilia collected by Redick’s young sons, Kai and Knox.
Hoping to boost the boys’ spirits, Paul took off his No. 3 jersey after the game, signed it and presented it to them on the court. Victor Wembanyama did the same with his No. 1 jersey.
“You play a lot of years in this league, and some guys are just teammates. JJ is a part of my family,” said Paul, his voice cracking with emotion, of his teammate for four seasons. "Him, his wife, those kids, Knox and Kai.
"I know a lot of people lost family members and homes and stuff like that. It just hits different when people are close to you. Me and JJ are the ultimate competitors, as close as we are, to lose, to win or whatnot. I actually told him today I wanted to do that for his boys. I know how big of basketball fans they are, and it’s just a tough situation, man.”
The gesture touched Redick, who saw his sons break into smiles upon receiving the jerseys.
"They’re huge NBA fans,” he said. “I ran a podcast out of my home for two years, all the players would come through. They would get either a jersey or a card signed. They lost all that… It was nice of them to do it.”
Wembanyama was happy to help out.
“Chris asked me earlier if it was OK for me to do that,” he said. "I didn’t know they were huge fans like this, but JJ is a person I like, and that was directly impacted by this. So, I just knew, if I can make those kid’s days, I’ll do it.”
In his first public comments since arriving in Los Angeles with his teammates last Thursday morning after a game in Milwaukee, Paul reported that his family is doing well after their frightening experience.
“I think part of it’s became I’m here,” he said. “That’s just the way God works sometimes. And I got a lot of extended family here in LA. I’ve been here for 13 years now, calling this place home. So, it’s been a week for everyone – my family, my extended family and just the people of LA.”
Acting Spurs coach Mitch Johnson gave a heartfelt statement before the game in support of the city, saying the Spurs’ “thoughts and prayers” were with the “people in the city of Los Angeles, the firefighters and all others participating in the relief efforts.”
“The images and videos of the unbelievable level of destruction of this great city is absolutely heartbreaking and we just hope maybe tonight can be some small slice of normalcy and positive distraction at this time,” Johnson said.
After the game began with a moment of silence for the victims, the Lakers built their double-digit lead before settling for a 62-53 cushion at halftime.
With rookie Stephon Castle pumping in 14 of his 23 points in the third period and Harrison Barnes collecting 10 of his 17 in the fourth quarter, the Spurs won the second half, 73-40, to snap a three-game losing streak and even their record at 19-19. The Lakers (20-17) led 89-86 with 30 seconds left in the third before the Spurs went on a 30-9 run to ice the game.
Wembanyama and Devin Vassell also scored 23 for the Spurs, who were back on the court for the first time since losing at Milwaukee last Wednesday after the NBA postponed their game against the Lakers on Saturday night.
“I think was probably our best game as a collective group, especially offensively,” Johnson said.
The Spurs returned to San Antonio after the game for two games against Memphis, with the first one set for Wednesday night.
“It has been tough for the guys just being here not knowing if you’re going to play, not knowing really what’s going on,” Paul said. “But I think for us and the Lakers, we were just excited to get a chance to hoop and play and have some sense of normalcy. … It was a really good win for our young team.”
Paul, 39, said he received a lot of emotional support from his younger teammates after they learned about his family’s situation.
“Man, them guys been amazing,” he said. “Everybody with our team. Crazy, crazy situation.”
Paul said the Spurs received daily reminders of the life-and-death battle being waged in Los Angeles because they shared their downtown hotel with first responders.
“We’ve been seeing the firefighters coming in and out, rotating shifts,” Paul said. “Just seeing those true heroes.”
On Monday night, for Knox and Kai Redick, Paul was one of them.
By Tom Orsborn, Staff writer, via San Antonio Express-News