By Michael C. Wright | ESPN, 2025-10-11 12:21:38
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圣安东尼奥电——榜眼秀迪伦·哈珀 (Dylan Harper) 成为了又一位领悟到这一点的球员：给维克托·文班亚马 (Victor Wembanyama) 送出的空接传球，几乎没有他接不到的高度。
在周五圣安东尼奥马刺队以134-130战胜犹他爵士队的比赛中，哈珀迎来了他的季前赛首秀。上半场还剩44.3秒时，他为文班亚马送出一记空中接力，助攻后者完成双手暴扣。随后，哈珀向文班亚马点头并指了指，承认自己本可以把这个球传得更轻松些。
“我下次会传得再高一点，”哈珀对微笑的文班亚马说道，两位队友一边走回场内一边击掌。
哈珀给文班亚马的这次空接传球，只是他在上半场近乎完美表现中的一个小瑕疵。在12分半钟的上场时间里，他打出了全场最高的+22正负值，5投4中得到9分，并送出两次助攻。进入第三节后，哈珀又添上一次助攻，随后因上场时间限制，在比赛还剩6分23秒时被换下，再未登场。
他本场共出战18分钟，最终正负值为+20。
“这只是他年轻职业生涯中的又一步，他会继续成长，”马刺队教练米奇·约翰逊 (Mitch Johnson) 说道。“显然，他打出了一些精彩的表现，希望这能让他感觉良好。但无论是在球迷面前、在聚光灯下打球，还是那些人们会津津乐道的得分、命中投篮或送出妙传的瞬间，能亲身经历这一切，参与球队的防守，积极地全场奔跑，这都是无价的宝贵经验。”
哈珀在当天早些时候的投篮训练中曾表示，他会在季前赛首秀中感到紧张。但他很快就摆脱了这种情绪。他的前两次助攻都是为空中接力，分别助飞了文班亚马和卢克·科内特 (Luke Kornet)。哈珀在防守端也十分积极，在大部分上场时间里都对位进行全场盯防。
“能和他一起在场上打球感觉很好，”文班亚马说。“他看起来已经准备好了，传出这样的球也显得非常自如。所以我非常有信心，也很高兴能和他一起在场上度过一些时间。”
首节比赛还剩6分12秒时，哈珀登场仅10秒就得到了他的第一分，他通过一次空切跑位甩开防守者，接哈里森·巴恩斯 (Harrison Barnes) 助攻上篮得手。随后，哈珀迅速过掉前罗格斯大学队友、今年的5号秀埃斯·贝利 (Ace Bailey)，命中了个人第二球。
“能和这些家伙们重回赛场，在赛季开始前培养化学反应，能再次打球的感觉真的很好，”哈珀说。“我的队友们在赋予我信心方面做得非常出色，他们会指出我的错误。但归根结底，他们在这里帮助我，我也会帮助他们。背后有这样的支持对我非常有帮助。”
由于在9月份接受了左手拇指副韧带部分撕裂的修复手术，哈珀出于预防措施缺席了马刺队的前两场季前赛。在球队训练营的大部分训练中，他都戴着受伤拇指的夹板参加。
但马刺队管理层希望限制这位19岁小将的身体接触。
哈珀在他的首场季前赛中身体毫发无损，但他承认，在判断如何精准地给这位身高7英尺4英寸（约2.24米）的新队友送出空接传球时，他必须“转变我的思维”。
“我本应该传得更高，高得多，”哈珀说。“这很奇妙。从来没有人跟这么高的球员一起打过球。你上场后，把球抛向空中，以为自己传得太高了。但他接住了，你才反应过来，‘这球其实还有点低了。’就是诸如此类的小细节。只需要把球传到除了他以外谁都拿不到的地方就行。”
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Spurs rookie Dylan Harper shows promise in preseason debut
SAN ANTONIO – Count No. 2 pick Dylan Harper as the latest to learn the lesson that it’s nearly impossible to throw Victor Wembanyama a lob he can’t reach.
Making his preseason debut for the San Antonio Spurs, Harper lofted an alley-oop to Wembanyama for a two-handed jam with 44.3 seconds left in the first half Friday of San Antonio’s 134-130 victory over the Utah Jazz. Harper nodded and pointed to Wembanyama, acknowledging he might have made the play more difficult than necessary.
“I’m going to throw it a little higher,” Harper said to a smiling Wembanyama as the teammates smacked hands while walking back.
Harper’s lob to Wembanyama represented just one minor flaw in what appeared to be a near-flawless performance for the rookie in the first half. He registered a game-best plus-minus of 22 over 12½ minutes, shooting 4-of-5 for nine points with two assists. Harper tacked on an additional dime in the third quarter before checking out for good with 6:23 remaining due to a minutes restriction.
He played 18 minutes and finished with a plus-minus of 20.
“It’s just another step for him and his young career as he’s going to continue to grow,” Spurs coach Mitch Johnson said. “Obviously, he made some plays, which hopefully he’ll feel good about. But just to be able to do it in front of fans and in the bright lights, whether it was the plays that people will talk about when he scored, made a shot or made a good pass. Just to be able to go through team defense and run the floor, it is just invaluable experience.”
Harper said earlier in the day at shootaround that he would feel first-game jitters in his preseason debut. But he shook them off quickly. Harper flicked alley-oops to Wembanyama and Luke Kornet for his first two assists. Harper was active on defense too, defending players full court throughout most of his minutes.
“It is good to be on the court with him,” Wembanyama said. “He looks ready, very comfortable already throwing these kinds of passes. So I’m very confident and I’m very happy to be able to spend some time on the court with him.”
Harper scored his first bucket 10 seconds after checking into the action with 6:12 left in the opening quarter by running past his defender on a cut to the basket for a layup off an assist from Harrison Barnes. Harper zipped by former Rutgers teammate and No. 5 pick Ace Bailey for his next basket.
“Just being back out on the court with them guys, just getting the chemistry going before the season starts, it just felt good to play again,” Harper said. “My teammates do a great job of empowering me, and they’re going to let me know what I do wrong. But ultimately, they’re here to help me out and I’m here to help them out. Just having that confidence behind me is very helpful.”
Harper sat out the Spurs’ first two preseason games as a precautionary measure after undergoing surgery in September to repair a partially torn collateral ligament in his left thumb. Wearing a splint on the injured thumb, Harper participated in many of the club’s training camp workouts.
But Spurs officials wanted to limit the 19-year-old’s exposure to contact.
Harper emerged from his first preseason action unscathed physically but admitted he must “flip [my] brain” in gauging how to accurately hit his new 7-foot-4 teammate on alley-oop passes.
“I should’ve [thrown] higher, a lot higher,” Harper said. “It’s weird. Ain’t no one ever played with someone that tall. You get out there. You throw it up, and you think you threw it too high. But then he catches it and you’re like, ‘It’s a little too low.’ So just little things like that. Just throw where no one else can get it but him.”
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