2025-01-24 07:04:00
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巴黎——比赛还未开始，人群中就爆发出了第一阵雷鸣般的欢呼。原来，文班亚马(Victor Wembanyama)只需要对着麦克风说声你好，就能让巴黎的球迷陷入疯狂。
仅仅是这句问候，欢呼声就持续了大约30秒。
欢迎回家，文班！周四，文班亚马首次以NBA球员的身份在家乡父老面前亮相，成为了圣安东尼奥马刺队和印第安纳步行者队这场两场比赛的焦点，第二场将于周六晚上进行。
“今晚绝对与众不同，”文班亚马说道。“观众带来的支持是另一种感觉。我们每次都试图利用环境优势，而今晚很容易做到这一点。”
座无虚席的观众没有失望，文班亚马也没有。他打出了一场精彩的比赛——30分、11个篮板、6次助攻、5次盖帽——马刺队以140-110大胜，这是圣安东尼奥本赛季第二大分差的胜利，也是印第安纳第二大分差的失利。
无数球迷穿着文班亚马的球衣来到现场。确切地说，是他的所有球衣。至少三种不同颜色的马刺队球衣、法国国家队球衣，以及他在法国联赛效力时穿的球衣。NBA比赛在世界各地都很受欢迎，但这次不同。这是一次回乡之旅，也是一场庆祝。
“我只想说，能与文班亚马在同一个联盟效力是我的荣幸，”NBA总裁亚当·萧华(Adam Silver)在赛前说道。
在介绍首发球员时，文班亚马获得了迄今为止最热烈的欢呼。当法国国歌奏响时，他的脸出现在记分牌的视频屏幕上，全场沸腾。他赢得了开场的跳球；又是一阵欢呼。他错失了比赛的第一投，引来一阵叹息。但在接下来的比赛中，这样的叹息声并不多。
“要阻止他并不容易，”印第安纳后卫本内迪克特·马图林(Bennedict Mathurin)说道。“我们尽力了，但他真的很出色。”
这不是马刺对步行者，而是文班对阵其他所有人。如果说有压力的话，文班亚马——本赛季的最佳新秀和可能的全明星球员——似乎并没有受到影响。
“显然，为他送上的欢呼声非常非常感人，这反映了这座城市、这个国家以及这些人对他的感受，以及他对他们的感受，”马刺代理教练米奇·约翰逊(Mitch Johnson)说道。“有些比赛你知道你不需要激励球员，就像你说的那样。这就是其中之一。”
马刺队在赛前就知道文班亚马已经准备好了。哈里森·巴恩斯(Harrison Barnes)透露，文班亚马接管了球队更衣室的音乐选择权，他选择了法国艺术家的作品。
“他为今天感到兴奋，”巴恩斯说道。
可怜的布默(Boomer)。他是步行者队的吉祥物，一个蓝色毛茸茸的家伙。他在比赛中的任务包括戴着超大号手套，鼓励球迷为防守鼓掌。这通常在步行者队的主场比赛中效果很好，从表面上看，这场比赛也应该是步行者队的主场。
周四，布默的努力屡屡受挫。你看，和他一起欢呼就意味着球迷们会为对抗文班亚马的马刺队加油。这不可能发生，尤其是在巴黎。
严格来说，这种情况可能发生过一次。文班亚马在第三节末段完成了一次精彩的盖帽，如果算上的话，这将是他连续四个回合的第四次盖帽。观众显然没有看到裁判扎克·扎尔巴(Zach Zarba)做出的干扰球手势，所以这个球算进了——这是法国观众唯一一次为步行者队的得分欢呼。
“我认为这是一个很棒的氛围，”步行者队教练里克·卡莱尔(Rick Carlisle)说道。“我不知道文班亚马在赛前说了什么，但无论他说了什么，都奏效了。他们打了一场精彩的比赛。文班亚马是一位伟大的球员。法国应该为他感到非常非常自豪。他是独一无二的，他是那种不知多少年才会出现一次的球员。他所做的一切都令人叹为观止。”
当然，卡莱尔是对的。每个人都经常对文班亚马印象深刻。除了文班亚马本人。他不会沉迷于精彩片段或夸张的赞美。他坚称他只想赢球。
“今晚，我为我的球队感到骄傲，”文班亚马说道。“这很完美。这是一个完美的夜晚。我们赢得了比赛，而且我们以正确的方式赢得了比赛。”
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Victor Wembanyama dazzles with 30-point night in homecoming game
PARIS – The first enormous roar from the crowd came before the game even started. All Victor Wembanyama needed to do to get the fans in Paris into a full-blown frenzy was, it turned out, say hello into a microphone.
The cheering just from that lasted about 30 seconds.
Welcome home, Wemby. For the first time as an NBA player, Wembanyama played in his homeland Thursday – the star attraction in this two-game set between San Antonio and Indiana, a series that concludes Saturday night.
“Tonight was definitely different,” Wembanyama said. “It’s a different kind of support that the crowd brings. We try to use the circumstances to our advantage every time, and tonight was an easy night to use that.”
The sellout crowd wasn’t disappointed. Neither was Wembanyama. He had an incredible game – 30 points, 11 rebounds, 6 assists, 5 blocked shots – and the Spurs rolled to a 140-110 win, San Antonio’s second-largest victory margin of the season and Indiana’s second-largest defeat margin.
Countless fans showed up in Wembanyama jerseys. All of his jerseys, that is. Spurs jerseys in at least three different colors. French national team jerseys. The jerseys he wore when he played in the French league. NBA games are a big deal wherever they go in the world, but this was different. This was a homecoming and a celebration.
“I would just say it’s a pleasure to be part of a league with Victor Wembanyama,” NBA commissioner Adam Silver said before the game.
Wembanyama got – by far – the loudest ovation when the starters were introduced. When his face was shown on the scoreboard video screens during the playing of France’s national anthem, the building simply roared. He won the opening tap to start the game; another roar. He missed the game’s first shot, drawing an audible groan. There weren’t many of those the rest of the way.
“It’s not easy to stop him,” Indiana guard Bennedict Mathurin said. “We do what we can. But he’s really good.”
This wasn’t Spurs-Pacers. This was Wemby and a lot of other guys. And if there was pressure, Wembanyama – the league’s reigning Rookie of the Year and a likely All-Star this season – didn’t seem fazed.
“The ovation for him obviously was very, very moving just in terms of a reflection of how this city and country and these people feel about him and he feels about them,” acting Spurs coach Mitch Johnson said. “There’s certain games you know you don’t need to get the guys up for, as you say. This was one of them.”
The Spurs knew before the game that Wembanyama was ready. Harrison Barnes revealed that Wembanyama took over the team’s locker room musical selections. He picked French artists.
“He was excited for today,” Barnes said.
Poor Boomer. He’s the Pacers mascot. He’s a blue, furry thing. His in-game tasks include wearing oversized mitts on his hands and encouraging fans to clap for some defense. This ordinarily works wonders at Pacers home games, which this matchup technically was, at least on paper.
Boomer was foiled repeatedly Thursday. Cheering with him, you see, meant fans would have been cheering against Wembanyama’s Spurs. Not going to happen. Not in Paris.
Technically, it might have happened once. Wembanyama had a spectacular block late in the third quarter, and had it counted it would have been his fourth in as many possessions. The crowd evidently didn’t see referee Zach Zarba gesturing for goaltending, so the basket counted – and that was the only Pacers basket that the French crowd cheered.
“I thought it was a great environment,” Pacers coach Rick Carlisle said. “I don’t know what Victor said before the game, but whatever he said worked. They played a great game. Victor’s a great player. The country of France should be very, very proud. He’s a one of a kind. He’s a once every I-don’t-know-how-many-generations a player like that comes along. Just breathtaking, the things that he does.”
Carlisle is right, of course. Everyone is often impressed by Wembanyama. Except Wembanyama. He doesn’t get caught up in highlights or hyperbole. He insists that he wants only to win.
“Tonight, I’m proud of my team,” Wembanyama said. “It was perfect. It was a perfect evening. We had the win, and we won the right way.”
via ESPN