By Tom Orsborn, Staff writer | San Antonio Express-News (SAEN), 2025-03-22 14:03:34
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圣安东尼奥马刺队的德文·瓦塞尔(Devin Vassell)(24)在圣安东尼奥马刺队的杰里米·索汉(Jeremy Sochan)扣篮后做出反应。2025年3月21日星期五，圣安东尼奥马刺队对阵费城76人队的比赛在霜冻银行中心举行。
多伦多——在周五对阵费城76人队的比赛中，马刺队代理教练米奇·约翰逊(Mitch Johnson)在德文·瓦塞尔(Devin Vassell)上场前，将他拉到一旁进行了简短的谈话。
“今晚就改变比赛，”约翰逊告诉瓦塞尔。“就是要影响胜利。无论如何，做到这一点。”
比赛结束时，很明显，瓦塞尔将教练的信息铭记于心。
瓦塞尔出场全队最高的37分钟，以20分结束比赛，其中三分球8投4中，还有7次助攻、5个篮板和3次抢断在以128-120战胜伤兵满营的76人队的比赛中。
这是这位五年级职业球员最新的全能表现。在过去的12场比赛中，他场均得到18.8分、5.4个篮板、3.6次助攻、1.8次抢断和1.1次盖帽，三分球命中率为39.1%，场均出手7.7次。
“有一段时间，我们一直在谈论他的投篮低迷，或者你想怎么称呼它，它掩盖了很多东西，”约翰逊谈到瓦塞尔在赛季中期经历投篮困难期时，仍然在各个方面都做出贡献。
“现在他开始投篮，恢复到正常状态，他可能更具侵略性了，”约翰逊说。“他一直在影响胜利，并以各种方式在比赛中留下印记已经有一段时间了。看到这一点很好。”
后卫布雷克·韦斯利(Blake Wesley)强调，瓦塞尔在防守端表现出色，他在战胜尼克斯队的比赛中得到职业生涯最高的4次盖帽两天后，在对阵76人队的比赛中又贡献了3次抢断，这突显了这一点。
“我认为他真的很专注于防守，”注重防守的韦斯利说。“我在罚球线上一直在和他（说），‘我们必须阻止他们得分。’他真的接受了这一点。”
瓦塞尔表示，这一切都源于他渴望成为一名出色的攻防兼备球员的愿望。
“你无法控制投篮命中与否，”他说，“但你可以控制其他所有事情…（包括）在防守端成为一个令人讨厌的人。”
索汉获得赛季最高的得分
马刺队前锋杰里米·索汉(Jeremy Sochan)表示，他对阵费城76人队的23分表现反映了他随心所欲、自由发挥的进攻方式。
“我不是那种在一场比赛中获得五次单打机会并以那种方式打球的球员，”他说。“我的风格是关于积极进取，成为球队的攻防两端的力量，成为能量、连接者，并且会有这样的比赛。重要的是坚持下去，信任我的队友、教练，以及我周围的每一个人。”
这是索汉本赛季仅有的第四次得分超过20分的比赛，也是自圣诞节在纽约以117-114输给尼克斯队的比赛中得到21分以来的第一次，索汉在35分钟内17投11中。他还抢下全队最高的9个篮板，包括4个进攻篮板，并有2次助攻。
周五的比赛是索汉连续第二场担任中锋首发，之前是比斯马克·比永博(Bismack Biyombo)连续首发了15场。
当被问及索汉是否会一直首发到本赛季结束时，约翰逊说：“仅仅基于我们的可用性和我们阵容的组成，我认为每个位置都是不确定的，不仅仅是杰里米。”
文班亚马优先考虑健康
周五的比赛是马刺队连续第五场没有维克托·文班亚马(Victor Wembanyama)在场边为他们加油的比赛。
在被诊断出右肩血栓后，马刺队于2月20日宣布文班亚马本赛季剩余时间报销。
德阿隆·福克斯(De’Aaron Fox)周二在洛杉矶接受了左手小指肌腱修复手术，他在周五也出现在了现场，此前他也参加了周四的比赛。
约翰逊表示，文班亚马的缺席是由于医疗团队制定的治疗方案。
“他们有时会和我们在一起，有时不会，”约翰逊谈到这两位球星时说。
“这只是优先考虑他们的健康，以及他们需要做些什么才能继续为明年做好准备，这仍然是一个漫长而有条不紊的过程，”约翰逊补充说。“这是一个非常周密的计划，他们必须遵循并一丝不苟地执行。所以，一切进展顺利。（文班亚马）目前只是在遵守计划。”
马刺队预计文班亚马和福克斯都能在下赛季开始前做好准备。
San Antonio Spurs Devin Vassell (24) dunks on the Philadelphia 76ers. San Antonio Spurs v Philadelphia 76ers on Friday, March 21,2025 at the Frost Bank Center.
San Antonio Spurs Devin Vassell (24) steals the ball from Philadelphia 76ers Guerschon Yabusele (28). San Antonio Spurs v Philadelphia 76ers on Friday, March 21,2025 at the Frost Bank Center.
San Antonio Spurs Devin Vassell (24) dunks on the Philadelphia 76ers. San Antonio Spurs v Philadelphia 76ers on Friday, March 21,2025 at the Frost Bank Center.
San Antonio Spurs Devin Vassell (24) watches his three go in against the Philadelphia 76ers. San Antonio Spurs v Philadelphia 76ers on Friday, March 21,2025 at the Frost Bank Center.
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Vassell continues to ‘impact winning’ with all-around play
San Antonio Spurs Devin Vassell (24) reacts after a San Antonio Spurs Jeremy Sochan dunk. San Antonio Spurs v Philadelphia 76ers on Friday, March 21,2025 at the Frost Bank Center.
TORONTO – Acting Spurs coach Mitch Johnson pulled Devin Vassell aside for a quick chat just before the forward took the court for Friday’s game against Philadelphia.
“Just change the game tonight,” Johnson told Vassell. “Just affect winning. However it is, just do that.”
By the end of the contest, it was clear that Vassell took his coach’s message to heart.
Logging a team-high 37 minutes, Vassell finished with 20 points sparked by a 4-for-8 night from 3-point range, seven assists, five rebounds and three steals in the 128-120 win over the injury-depleted Sixers.
It was the latest all-around effort by the fifth-year pro. Over the last 12 games, he’s averaged 18.8 points, 5.4 rebounds, 3.6 assists, 1.8 steals and 1.1 blocks while shooting 39.1% from 3-point territory on 7.7 attempts.
“There was a time we were talking about his shooting slump, or whatever you want to call it, and it overshadowed a lot of it,” Johnson said of Vassell doing a little bit of everything even as he suffered through a rough patch shooting-wise midway through the season.
“Now that he’s making shots and back to his normal self, he’s probably more aggressive,” Johnson said. “He’s been impacting winning and leaving his imprints on the game in a variety of ways now for a while. It’s been good to see.”
Guard Blake Wesley emphasized that Vassell has been outstanding defensively, a fact underscored by his three steals against the Sixers coming two days after he had a career-best four blocks in a win over New York.
"I think he’s really locking in on defense,” the defensive-minded Wesley said. “I’ve been talking to him at the free throw line (saying), ‘We got to get stops. He’s really buying into that.”
Vassell said it’s all part of his desire to excel as a two-way player.
“You can’t control makes and misses,” he said, “but you can control all the other stuff … (including) being a pest on the defensive end."
Sochan collects season high for points
Spurs forward Jeremy Sochan said his 23-point performance against Philadelphia reflected his go-with-the-flow, free-styling approach to performing on the offensive end.
“I’m not a player that’s going to get five isolations in a game and play that way,” he said. “My style is about being aggressive, being a two-way presence for the team, being the energy, the connector, and there’s going to be games like this. It’s about staying the course and just trusting my teammates, the coaches, everyone around me.”
In notching just his fourth 20-plus outing of the season and first since he had 21 in the 117-114 loss to the Knicks on Christmas Day in New York, Sochan hit 11 of 17 from the floor in 35 minutes. He also had a team-high nine rebounds, including four on the offensive end, and two assists.
Friday’s game marked the second in a row Sochan has started at center after Bismack Biyombo had started the previous 15.
Asked if Sochan would start for the remainder of the season, Johnson said, “Just based on our availability and just kind of the makeup of our roster and lineup, I think it’s fluid everywhere, not just with Jeremy.”
Wembanyama prioritizing health
Friday’s game marked the fifth in a row the Spurs have played without Victor Wembanyama cheering them on from the bench.
The Spurs ruled Wembanyama out for the rest of the season on Feb. 20 after he was diagnosed with a blood clot in his right shoulder.
De’Aaron Fox, who underwent surgery to repair a tendon in his left pinkie Tuesday in Los Angeles, was in attendance Friday after also showing up to Thursday’s game.
Johnson said Wembanyama’s absence is due to the treatment plan outlined by the medical staff.
“There are times when they’re with us, there’s times when they’re not,” Johnson said of the two stars.
“That’s just prioritizing their health and what they need to do to continue to get ready for them to hit the ground running next year, which is still a long, methodical process,” Johnson added. "That’s a very layered plan that they have to follow and be meticulous with. So, everything’s going well. (Wembanyama) is just adhering to the plan at this point.”
The Spurs expect Wembanyama and Fox to be ready to go by the start of next season.
By Tom Orsborn, Staff writer, via San Antonio Express-News