By Tom Orsborn, Staff writer | San Antonio Express-News (SAEN), 2025-03-08 11:52:07
由生成式人工智能翻译，译文内容可能不准确或不完整，以原文为准。
圣安东尼奥马刺队后卫达龙·福克斯在2025年3月7日星期五于加利福尼亚州萨克拉门托举行的NBA篮球比赛前，对阵萨克拉门托国王队进行热身。
明尼阿波利斯——马刺队后卫达龙·福克斯(De’Aaron Fox)可能最早在三月中旬接受赛季报销的手指手术。
福克斯在周五以127-109输给国王队的比赛后表示，自从2月3日被国王队交易到圣安东尼奥后，他将在3月17日马刺队重返西海岸对阵湖人队时，让洛杉矶的医生检查他受伤的左手小指。这是他被交易后首次回到萨克拉门托比赛。
福克斯说：“手术可能会在那天进行，也可能不会，” 他指的是他去看专家的日期。
自从去年秋天在萨克拉门托的训练营中小指脱臼后，福克斯一直用胶带将他投篮手的无名指和小指绑在一起进行比赛。
福克斯在被交易到马刺队后不久表示，他“很可能”需要在休赛期接受手术，以清理可能存在的韧带损伤。但由于马刺队在2月20日宣布全明星中锋维克托·文班亚马(Victor Wembanyama)因右肩血栓将缺席本赛季剩余比赛后，球队进入西部季后赛附加赛的希望迅速破灭，福克斯正在考虑尽早接受手术。
在马刺队对阵湖人队之后，还剩下十五场比赛，其中包括七场主场比赛。马刺队定于4月13日在霜冻银行中心（Frost Bank Center）与猛龙队进行常规赛收官战。
福克斯糟糕的小指可能是他加入马刺队后投篮不佳的一个因素。在为新球队效力的14场比赛中，他的投篮命中率仅为43.0%，三分球命中率为24.4%，而周五的比赛中，他17投6中，三分球6投0中，得到16分。
“我已经两个星期没有投进球了，伙计，” 福克斯在赛后开玩笑说。
2025年3月7日星期五，在加利福尼亚州萨克拉门托举行的NBA篮球比赛前，圣安东尼奥马刺队后卫达龙·福克斯（左）在萨克拉门托国王队前球员弗拉德·迪瓦茨（右）的注视下进行热身。
文班亚马的旅行不存在健康风险
马刺队代理主教练米奇·约翰逊(Mitch Johnson)表示，维克托·文班亚马飞往萨克拉门托“不存在健康风险”。
尽管这位21岁的法国人正在服用血液稀释剂，但他还是得到了医疗团队的许可，可以长途飞行前往加利福尼亚州的首府。文班亚马上周参加了两场主场比赛，但周五是他首次参加客场比赛。
约翰逊说：“他想尽可能多地和他的队友在一起，所以我认为我们会尽可能多地看到他（旅行），” “我认为就这么简单。他想和他的团队在一起。离开他们对他造成了伤害。他有很多他以前从未有过的空闲时间，所以让他参与进来是件好事。”
约翰逊说，他不知道文班亚马是否也会前往明尼阿波利斯，马刺队（26胜35负）将于周日在两场客场之旅的最后一场比赛中面对森林狼队（36胜29负）。
如果他不来，人们会想念他的。自从他赛季报销以来，每当他在场边时，文班亚马都会积极地支持他的队友，无论是为他们欢呼，向他们指出他在场上看到的事情，还是单独或集体地进行鼓励。
约翰逊说：“我只是认为在更衣室里，在场边，和他的队友在一起对他和所有人来说都意义重大。”
马刺队相信文班亚马的血栓不会影响他未来的健康和篮球活动，并期望他为下赛季的开始做好准备。
麦克德莫特为马刺队祈祷
国王队前锋道格·麦克德莫特(Doug McDermott)对马刺队、教练格雷格·波波维奇(Gregg Popovich)和圣安东尼奥的感情很深。
麦克德莫特说：“我在那里学到了很多东西，并且在那里成长了很多——不仅作为一名篮球运动员，而且作为一个人——为有史以来最伟大的教练之一效力，从他那里学习如何成为一名更好的职业球员，” 他在2024年2月截止日期的交易中被交易到印第安纳之前，曾为马刺队效力了两个半赛季。
这位进入职业生涯第11个年头的球员说：“我将永远感谢他们为我所做的一切。”
麦克德莫特说，本赛季当他从远处观看马刺队经历波波维奇在11月初因轻微中风和文班亚马因血栓而遭受的困境时，他经历了“很多情绪”。
麦克德莫特说：“今年他们绝对在我的祈祷中，” “看到波波维奇这样很难受，我希望他能在某个时候健康回归。显然，文班亚马是一位特殊的天才，但更是一个更好的人，所以你永远不希望看到任何人经历这样的事情。但我认为这对他来说只会是一件小事，我们10年后就不会再谈论它了。”
马刺队表示，76岁的波波维奇和21岁的文班亚马预计都会完全康复。
波波维奇上周表示，他本赛季不会重返执教马刺队，以便“继续专注于我的健康，希望我将来能够重返执教岗位”。
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Fox could face season-ending surgery as soon as mid-March
San Antonio Spurs guard De’Aaron Fox warms up before an NBA basketball game against the Sacramento Kings, Friday, March 7, 2025, in Sacramento, Calif.
MINNEAPOLIS – Spurs guard De’Aaron Fox could face season-ending finger surgery as soon as mid-March.
Fox said after Friday’s 127-109 loss in his first game in Sacramento since the Kings traded him to San Antonio on Feb. 3 that his injured left pinkie would be examined by a doctor in Los Angeles when the Spurs are back on the West Coast to face the Lakers on March 17.
“The surgery may or may not happen that day,” Fox said, referring to the date he sees the specialist.
Fox has been playing with the little and ring fingers on his shooting hand taped together ever since he dislocated the pinkie during training camp with Sacramento last fall.
Fox said shortly after he was traded to the Spurs that “more than likely” he would need surgery in the offseason to clean up possible ligament damage. But with the Spurs’ hopes of landing a spot in the Western Conference play-in tournament fading fast after the team announced Feb. 20 that All-Star center Victor Wembanyama would miss the remainder of the season due to a blood clot in his right shoulder, Fox is considering undergoing surgery sooner.
Fifteen games, including seven at home, would be left after the Spurs face the Lakers. The Spurs are set to face Toronto at the Frost Bank Center in the regular season finale April 13.
Fox’s bad pinkie could be a factor in his poor shooting since he joined the Spurs. He’s shooting just 43.0% from the field and 24.4% from 3-point range in 14 games with his new team after scoring 16 points on 6 of 17 and 0 of 6 in Friday’s game.
“I haven’t made a shot in two weeks, man,” Fox joked after the game.
San Antonio Spurs guard De’Aaron Fox, left, warms up as former Sacramento Kings player Vlade Divac, right, looks on before an NBA basketball game against the Kings, Friday, March 7, 2025, in Sacramento, Calif.
No health risks involved in Wembanyama travel
Acting Spurs coach Mitch Johnson said there were “no health risks” involved in Wembanyama flying to Sacramento.
Although he’s on blood thinning medication, the 21-year-old Frenchman got the OK from the medical staff to make the long flight to California’s state capital. Wembanyama has been on the bench for two home games last week, but Friday marked the first road contest he has attended.
“He wants to be with his teammates as much as possible, so I think we’ll see him as much as they’ll allow him to (travel),” Johnson said. “I think it’s as simple as that. He wants to be with his team. Being away from them has taken a toll on him. He’s had a lot of time on his hands I don’t think that he’s ever had before, so it’s good to have him around.”
Johnson said he did not know if Wembanyama would also travel to Minneapolis, where the Spurs (26-35) will face the Timberwolves (36-29) Sunday in the final outing of a two-game trip.
If he doesn’t, he will be missed. Whenever he’s been on the bench since his season ended, Wembanyama has energetically supported his teammates whether by cheering them on, pointing out to them things he sees on the court or giving them pep talks both individually and collectively.
“I just think being in the locker room, being on the bench and being with his teammates means a lot to him and everybody else,” Johnson said.
The Spurs believe Wembanyama’s blood clot won’t affect his future health and basketball activities and expect him to be ready for the start of next season.
McDermott praying for Spurs
Kings forward Doug McDermott’s affection for the Spurs, coach Gregg Popovich and San Antonio runs deep.
“I learned a lot there and I grew up a lot there – not only as a basketball player but as a person – playing for one of the greatest coaches of all time, taking knowledge from him about how to be a better pro,” said McDermott, who played for the Spurs for two and a half season before they traded him to Indiana in a deadline deal in February 2024.
“I’ll always appreciate them for what they did for me,” the 11th-year pro said.
McDermott said he’s experienced “a lot of emotions” this season while watching from afar as the Spurs have dealt with losing Popovich to the mild stroke he suffered in early November and Wembanyama to the blood clot.
“They’ve definitely been in my prayers this year,” McDermott said. " It’s tough seeing Pop like that, and I hope he can make a healthy return at some point. And obviously Wemby is just a special talent but even a better human being, so you never want to see anyone go through something like that. But I think this is only going to be something so minor for him that we’re not going to be talking about it in 10 years."
The Spurs have said both Popovich, 76, and Wembanyama, 21, are expected to make full recoveries.
Popovich said last week he won’t return to coach the Spurs this season so he could "continue to focus on my health with the hope that I can return to coaching in the future.”
By Tom Orsborn, Staff writer, via San Antonio Express-News