By Tom Orsborn, Staff Writer | San Antonio Express-News (SAEN), 2025-10-26 17:26:39
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圣安东尼奥马刺队前锋凯尔登·约翰逊 (Keldon Johnson)（3号）在2025年10月26日周日于圣安东尼奥弗罗斯特银行中心举行的马刺主场揭幕战第一节中，突破布鲁克林篮网队前锋扎伊尔·威廉姆斯 (Ziaire Williams)（1号）。马刺最终以118-107击败篮网。
在周日马刺以118-107战胜篮网的赛后发布会上，当凯尔登·约翰逊坐在身边时，维克托·文班亚马 (Victor Wembanyama) 决定拿这位队内效力时间最长的球员开个玩笑。
当一名来自法国的记者用法语向他提了一个长问题时，文班亚马转向约翰逊问道：“凯尔登？”
这个玩笑引得在场媒体一片笑声，但当谈及约翰逊在主场揭幕战中的影响力时，马刺全队的态度是严肃的。
“凯尔登现在为球队赢球所做的贡献比以往任何时候都大，看到这一点真的、真的很酷，尤其是因为很多时候他的贡献并非始于得分，”马刺队教练米奇·约翰逊 (Mitch Johnson) 说道。
在替补出场的29分钟里，凯尔登·约翰逊贡献了19分、7个篮板（其中3个是前场篮板）、1次助攻和1次抢断，他强硬的表现在弗罗斯特银行中心赢得了现场19,016名爆满观众的满堂彩。
“他靠自己拼出了运气，并且理应得到回报，”米奇·约翰逊说。“这是我们所有人都需要继续提升的方面。”
文班亚马表示，马刺队应该为凯尔登·约翰逊的所有篮板球制作一部“个人集锦”。这其中就包括在比赛仅剩1分15秒、圣安东尼奥手握111-107领先优势时，他在篮网球员特伦斯·曼 (Terance Mann) 三分不中后奋力拼下的那个篮板。值得一提的是，马刺队此役过后战绩提升至3胜0负，这是自2019-20赛季以来首次。
在比赛的最后2分28秒里，约翰逊还命中一记反手上篮，帮助马刺取得110-107的领先优势；并在比赛还剩35.6秒时送出一记高吊传球，助攻文班亚马扣篮得手，将领先优势扩大到10分。
“我太爱他（这种全能表现）了，”文班亚马在谈到约翰逊的全能发挥时说。“对我而言，这完全源于他深刻理解了一件经常被忽视的重要事情——那就是他该如何帮助我们，并且他对此全身心地投入。”
“所以，我对他致以完全的敬意。”
当被问及外界的盛赞时，凯尔登·约翰逊表示，这一切都归结于他“只是在扮演好自己的角色”。
“我感觉自己正全身心投入到我们在圣安东尼奥建立的体系中，我坚信我们能在这里成就一番事业，”他说。“我总是在赛季前说，无论我的任务是什么，我都会尽力去完成，以帮助球队获胜。我觉得我正在全身心投入，并且我了解和信任我的队友们，也明白我正在做好我的本职工作，就像文班做他的工作，其他每个人做他们的一样。”
“所以，我真的只是在全身心投入地扮演那个角色。而且，这一切正在带来回报，那就是胜利——胜利对我们来说是最重要的事情。”
San Antonio Spurs forward Keldon Johnson (3) pulls down a defensive rebound during the second half of the home opener against the Brooklyn Nets at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Sunday, Oct. 26, 2025. The Spurs defeated the Nets, 118-107.
San Antonio Spurs forward Victor Wembanyama (1) goes up for an alley-oop with an assist from Keldon Johnson (3) during the second half of the Spurs’ home opener at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Sunday, Oct. 26, 2025. The Spurs defeated the Nets, 118-107.
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Teammates, coach heap praise on Keldon Johnson after Spurs’ win
San Antonio Spurs forward Keldon Johnson (3) drives past Brooklyn Nets forward Ziaire Williams (1) during the first quarter of the Spurs’ home opener at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Sunday, Oct. 26, 2025. The Spurs defeated the Nets, 118-107.
With Keldon Johnson sitting next to him at the podium after the Spurs’ 118-107 win over Brooklyn on Sunday, Victor Wembanyama decided to use the team’s longest-tenured player as a comic foil.
Asked a long question in French by a reporter from his homeland, Wembanyama turned to Johnson and said, “Keldon?”
The joke drew laughter from the media, but the Spurs were serious when talking about the impact Johnson’s play had in their home opener.
“Keldon right now is impacting winning more than he ever has, and it’s really, really cool to see, especially because a lot of times it hasn’t started with scoring,” Spurs coach Mitch Johnson said.
In 29 minutes off the bench, Keldon Johnson produced 19 points, seven rebounds (three on the offensive end), one assist and one steal in a hard-nosed performance that delighted the sellout crowd of 19,016 at the Frost Bank Center.
“He’s creating his own luck and getting rewarded for that as he should,” Mitch Johnson said. “It’s something that we all need to continue to get better at.”
Wembanyama said the Spurs, who improved to 3-0 for the first time since the 2019-20 season, need to produce a “mix tape” featuring all of Keldon Johnson’s rebounds, including ripping one down after the Nets’ Terance Mann missed a 3-point shot with 1:15 left in the game and San Antonio nursing a 111-107 lead.
In the final 2:28 of the game, Johnson also had a reverse layup that gave the Spurs the 110-107 cushion and a lob pass to Wembanyama for a dunk that pushed the lead to 10 points with 35.6 seconds left.
“I love it,” Wembanyama said of Johnson’s all-around play. "And for me, it is just the product of him understanding a huge thing that often gets overlooked, a huge piece of how he can help us and him just totally buying in on it.
“So, total respect for him for this.”
Asked about all the praise heaped on him, Keldon Johnson said it all boils down to him “just playing my role.”
“I feel like I’m buying into what we have here in San Antonio, and I truly feel we could do something special here,” he said. "And I always say this before the season, whatever my job is, that’s what I got to do to help my team win. I feel like I’m just buying into that and I’m knowing and trusting my teammates and knowing that I’m doing my job just like Vic does his job and everybody else does their’s.
“So just really just buying into that role. And I mean it’s paying off and winning and winning is the most important thing to us.”
By Tom Orsborn, Staff Writer, via San Antonio Express-News