By Tom Orsborn, Staff writer | San Antonio Express-News (SAEN), 2025-03-13 12:13:19
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。
圣安东尼奥马刺队前锋凯尔登·约翰逊(Keldon Johnson) (0) 在2025年3月12日星期三于圣安东尼奥霜冻银行中心对阵达拉斯小牛队的第四节比赛中，在暂停期间做出反应。马刺队以 126-116 击败小牛队。
马刺队替补席上的积极拼抢，包括凯尔登·约翰逊和朱利安·尚帕尼的两次精彩表现，帮助马刺队在周三晚上以 126-116 战胜小牛队。
在第三节还剩不到 4 分钟时，约翰逊表现出了他最具活力的状态，他先是以欧洲步上篮得到 2 分，帮助马刺队以 86-81 领先，然后又奋力抢断，最终帮助德文·瓦塞尔投中三分，将领先优势扩大到 8 分。
约翰逊以16.6分的场均替补得分领跑全明星赛后的NBA，在11场比赛中，他上场17分钟，得到18分、5个篮板和2次助攻。
“我觉得我打得很好，相当稳定，但我的能量一直都很稳定，”约翰逊说。“这是最重要的事情。”
马刺队前锋杰里米·索汉(Jeremy Sochan)也替补出场24分钟得到18分，他称约翰逊是马刺队的“能量小子”。
“他总是会带来活力，无论他感觉好不好，”索汉说。“我认为这是我们作为一个团队、一个组织、以及球迷的幸运，能够每天看到这一点。他的努力和他的自豪感。看到这些令人惊叹，它也激励着我们前进。”
约翰逊说：“当我带来能量时，它会感染我的队友，总的来说，我们是一支更好的球队。”
在第四节，轮到尚帕尼为马刺队提供动力。他在中场附近倒地追抢一个球，抢到球后传给福克斯，福克斯又将球传给约翰逊，约翰逊扣篮得分，在比赛还剩 10:11 时帮助马刺队取得 14 分的优势。
尚帕尼上场 18 分钟得到 7 分、2 个篮板和 2 次抢断。
“这些都是制胜球，是伟大的团队鼓舞人心的时刻，”马刺队代理教练米奇·约翰逊说。“它们只是给球队的其他成员带来了能量。”
老将恶搞明星新秀
马刺队后卫斯蒂芬·卡斯尔(Stephon Castle)可能是年度最佳新秀的主要候选人，但这并不意味着他可以免受老队友的恶搞。
在周三晚上以 126-116 战胜达拉斯的比赛中，当卡斯尔发现他的跑车在霜冻银行中心的球员停车场被卸掉了轮胎后，德阿隆·福克斯和其他老将幸灾乐祸。
自从2月3日在一笔三方交易中从萨克拉门托加盟马刺队以来，福克斯开玩笑地抱怨说，20岁的卡斯尔一直逃避他的新秀职责，这是新秀球员的成人礼，基本上就是随叫随到，听从老将的指挥。
马刺队卸掉了斯蒂芬·卡斯尔的汽车轮胎
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“斯蒂芬什么都不做，”福克斯在被问及这个恶作剧时说。“所以你肯定罪有应得。必须发生一些事情。我想，他会给飞机带什么东西吗？他会带食物或零食吗？他至少可以在训练时分发鞋子。”
杰里米·索汉只比卡斯尔大一岁，但已经是他的第三个NBA赛季，他称这个恶作剧“太好笑了”。
“我在那里。我亲眼目睹了，”索汉笑着说。“卡斯尔有点震惊，无言以对。但这就是会发生的。不过我没遇到。”
索汉说他认为桑德罗·马穆克拉什维利可能参与了轮胎的拆卸。
“我认为桑德罗是罪魁祸首，但我不知道他是怎么做到的，”索汉说。“我记得在比赛之前我们在投篮，他说，‘看。板凳后面。那些家伙要卸掉斯蒂芬的轮胎。’我想，‘你在说什么？’他说，‘等着瞧。’然后就发生了。”
几位老将回忆说，他们度过了自己的新秀赛季，没有被恶搞，因为他们总是准备好服从“他们的老将”的命令。
德阿隆·福克斯谈马刺队恶搞斯蒂芬·卡斯尔，卸掉他的车轮胎：“斯蒂芬什么都不做。他不履行任何新秀职责，这让我很疯狂。”
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“如果他们凌晨 3 点需要我，我就会起床，”比斯马克·比永博说。
福克斯说：“我是一个很棒的新秀。斯蒂芬什么都不做。他不履行任何新秀职责，这太疯狂了。”
2 月 7 日，卡斯尔在夏洛特的比赛中得到赛季最高的 33 分，但球队输球后，福克斯首次抨击卡斯尔没有履行新秀职责。
“我想，该死，我走进这里，以为我的毛巾会放在椅子上，”福克斯在加盟马刺队的第二场比赛后，在更衣室里笑着说。
“在我第一次投篮训练时，斯蒂芬没有准备好鞋子。所以，我想，这里的新秀在做什么？”
卡斯尔很有可能在失去了他的轮胎后会做得更好。
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Dallas Mavericks center Dwight Powell (7) fouls San Antonio Spurs forward Keldon Johnson (0) as he goes up for a shot during an NBA game at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Wednesday, March 12, 2025. The Spurs defeated the Mavericks, 126-116.
San Antonio Spurs forward Julian Champagnie (30) and Dallas Mavericks guard Klay Thompson (31) fight for the ball during an NBA game at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Wednesday, March 12, 2025. The Spurs defeated the Mavericks, 126-116.
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Johnson, Champagnie praised for hustle
San Antonio Spurs forward Keldon Johnson (0) reacts while walking into a timeout during the fourth quarter against the Dallas Mavericks at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Wednesday, March 12, 2025. The Spurs defeated the Mavericks, 126-116.
Hustle plays by the Spurs bench, included a pair of beauties from Keldon Johnson and Julian Champagnie, helped spark the Spurs to their 126-116 win over the Mavericks on Wednesday night.
Johnson was at his energetic best with under 4 minutes left in the third quarter with a sequence that began with him Euro-stepping his way to a finger-roll layup that gave the Spurs an 86-81 lead and ended with him diving for a steal that eventually led to a Devin Vassell 3-pointer that pushed the lead to eight points.
Johnson, who leads the NBA in bench scoring since the All-Star break with a 16.6 average over 11 games, finished with 18 points, five rebounds and two assists in 17 minutes.
“I feel as though I’ve been playing pretty well, pretty consistent, but my energy has been consistent,” Johnson said. “That’s been the main thing.”
Spurs forward Jeremy Sochan, who also finished with 18 points off the bench in 24 minutes, called Johnson the Spurs “energy guy.”
“He’s always going to bring that, whether he’s feeling not well or he’s feeling well,” Sochan said. “And I think that’s the blessing we have as a team, as an organization, as the fans, to see that every day. Just his effort and just his pride. It’s amazing to see and it gets us going too.”
Said Johnson, “When I bring energy, it’s contagious to my teammates and overall we are a better team.”
In the fourth quarter, it was Champagnie’s turn to give the Spurs an boost. Hitting the floor to chase down a steal near midcourt, he corraled the ball before passing ahead to Fox, who then dished to Johnson for a dunk that gave the Spurs a 14-point advantage with 10:11 left.
Champagnie seven points, two rebounds and two steals in 18 minutes.
“Those are winning plays, plays that are great team uplifting moments,” acting Spurs coach Mitch Johnson said. “They just give energy to the rest of the team.”
Veterans prank star rookie
Spurs guard Stephon Castle may be the leading candidate to win rookie of the year, but that doesn’t mean he’s immune from getting pranked by his older teammates.
De’Aaron Fox and other veterans got a good laugh at Castle’s expense after he discovered the wheels had been removed from his sports car at the Frost Bank Center’s players parking lot during Wednesday night’s 126-116 win over Dallas.
Since joining the Spurs from Sacramento in a three-team trade Feb. 3, Fox has jokingly complained that the 20-year-old Castle has been shirking his rookie duties, a right of passage for first-year players that basically boils down to being at the beck and call of the vets.
Spurs took the wheels off Stephon Castle’s car
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“Steph does absolutely nothing,” Fox said when asked about the prank. “So you deserved it, for sure. Something needed to happen. I’m like, does he bring anything to the plane? Does he bring any food, snacks? The least he could do is pass the shoes out at shootaround.”
Jeremy Sochan, who is just a year older than Castle but is in his third NBA season, called the prank “hilarious.”
“I was there. I had to see that,” Sochan said with a smile. “Castle was a little shocked, at a loss for words. But it happens. It didn’t happen to me, though.”
Sochan said he thought Sandro Mamukelashvili might have had a hand in the removal of the wheels.
“I think Sandro was the main culprit for that, but I don’t know how he did it,” Sochan said. “I remember before the game we were shooting and he was like, ‘Look. Behind the bench. Those guys are going to take Steph’s wheels.’ I’m like, ‘What are you talking about?’ He’s like, ‘Just wait.’ And then it happened.”
Several of the vets recalled getting through their rookie seasons without being pranked because they were always ready to follow orders from “their vets.”
De’Aaron Fox on the Spurs pranking Stephon Castle by taking the wheels off his car: “Steph doesn’t do anything. He doesn’t do any rookie duties, which is crazy to me.”
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“If they wanted me at 3 a.m., I would be up,” Bismack Biyombo said.
Said Fox, “I was a great rookie. Steph doesn’t do anything. He doesn’t do any rookie duties, which is crazy.”
Fox first busted Castle’s chops about coming up short on his rookie duties after the fourth overall pick scored a season-high 33 points in a loss at Charlotte on Feb. 7.
“I’m like, damn, I walked in here and thought my towel was going to be on the chair,” Fox said with a smile in the locker room after just his second game with the Spurs.
“And at my first shootaround, Steph didn’t have the shoes ready. So, I’m like, what are the rookies doing around here?”
Chances are, Castle might do a better job after losing his wheels.
By Tom Orsborn, Staff writer, via San Antonio Express-News