By Tom Orsborn, Staff Writer | San Antonio Express-News (SAEN), 2025-10-28 00:03:21
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2025年10月27日，星期一，在圣安东尼奥，多伦多猛龙队前锋桑德罗·马穆克拉什维利 (Sandro Mamukelashvili) (54号) 重返霜岸中心，在新东家对阵圣安东尼奥马刺队的比赛中，他向欢呼的球迷挥手致意，受到了热烈欢迎。
尽管维克托·文班亚马 (Victor Wembanyama) 的赛季开局已足够惊艳，但一位朋友兼前队友相信，这位马刺新星的巅峰时刻远未到来。
“我认为他才刚刚开始，”多伦多队的桑德罗·马穆克拉什维利说。
这位身兼中锋与前锋的球员补充道：“他正在摸索。想象一下，一旦他完全搞明白了会是怎样一番景象。”
就在NBA官方宣布文班亚马当选西部周最佳球员的同一天，他用又一次统治级的两双表现，搅乱了马穆克拉什维利重返霜岸中心的回归之夜，并率领马刺在周一晚间以121-103击败猛龙。
在这场背靠背比赛的第二场中，文班亚马出战31分钟，以投篮8投7中、罚球10罚全中的超高效率砍下24分。此外，他还贡献了15个篮板、4次助攻和1次盖帽，最终取得了惊人的+35的正负值。
“这是帮助球队的最好方式，”文班亚马在谈到自己的高效表现时说。“有时候，人们很容易低估放弃一些投篮机会的价值。今年夏天我付出了很多努力，来学习如何阅读场上局势，判断何时应该出手、何时不该，并尽可能选择质量最高的出手机会。”
在帮助马刺队自2017年以来首次取得4胜0负的开局战绩的同时，文班亚马也拿下了个人连续第四场两双，赛季场均数据提升至31.0分、13.8个篮板以及联盟最高的4.8次盖帽，投篮命中率高达60.3%。
“他打得太棒了，”马穆克拉什维利说。“他更多地利用自己的身材优势，突破更坚决，发挥自己的臂展和额外的脚步。文班就是文班。他无所畏惧，打球非常努力。在防守端，他几乎改变了所有人的想法。他会把整个禁区搅得天翻地覆，让你连突破进去的念头都没有。”
此役对阵旧主，马穆克拉什维利替补出场17分钟，得到5分、2次助攻和1次抢断。他认为，这位21岁的法国球员在自己的第三个NBA赛季里，正将一切融会贯通。
“我认为前两年更像是一个探索的过程，‘好了，这是我想做的事，这是我打算实现它的方式’，”马穆克拉什维利说。“现在他找到了答案。我想他会不断进步，继续摸索如何达到他想要的高度，身体也会变得更强壮。这仅仅是个开始。”
在与这位同为欧洲球员的对手交手之前，一向和蔼可亲的马穆克拉什维利享受了前东家的热情欢迎，其中包括在18,354名座无虚席的观众面前播放的赛前致敬视频，他也挥手向大家致意。
在马刺效力的两个多赛季里，这位来自东欧国家格鲁吉亚的球员深受球队和球迷喜爱。今年七月，他与猛龙队签下了一份为期两年、价值550万美元的合同，以期获得更多的上场时间。去年三月，马穆克拉什维利曾创造NBA历史，在带领马刺战胜纽约尼克斯队的比赛中，他仅用19分钟就砍下34分，创下了出场时间少于20分钟的球员得分纪录。
那场令人难忘的表演，正是在霜岸中心的观众面前完成的，当时观众席中还包括了马穆克拉什维利的好友——说唱歌手弗拉沃·弗拉夫 (Flavor Flav)。
“这太酷了，”马穆克拉什维利谈到他的回归欢迎仪式时说。“我太爱这里了。圣安东尼奥对我来说是一个特别的地方，能回来感觉很棒。我和队里的每个人关系都非常亲近，很高兴能再见到他们。我想为那段视频说声谢谢。它太棒了。我可能永远都不会忘记，我感谢这支球队对我的厚爱——尽管我不是什么明星球员。”
“这充分说明了他们，说明了这支球队的文化：即便你只是来这里，只要你是个好人，努力打球，并维护球队的高标准，他们就会向你表达关爱。”
马刺队教练米奇·约翰逊 (Mitch Johnson) 表示，这份“关爱”是马穆克拉什维利应得的。
“他是球迷最喜爱的球员之一，更衣室里的所有队友也都喜欢他，”约翰逊说。
如今，马穆克拉什维利也正在多伦多——这座世界上最多元化的城市之一——成为一位受欢迎的人物。
“他棒极了，”猛龙队教练达尔科·拉贾科维奇 (Darko Rajakovic) 说。“球队里的每一个人都喜欢他。他与所有人都相处融洽。我们的球迷也喜欢他。多伦多有一个庞大的格鲁吉亚裔社区。他很享受与他们建立联系，他还会去一个格鲁吉亚东正教教堂，所以他很喜欢在那里的生活环境。”
马穆克拉什维利说：“那里有很多格鲁吉亚餐厅，有很多格鲁吉亚人。多伦多这座城市真的很棒，队里也有一群非常出色的伙计。这里的每个人都极度渴望胜利。”
输给马刺后，猛龙队的战绩来到了1胜3负，但马穆克拉什维利对未来充满信心。
“开局慢热，但这是一个过程，”他说。“没有谁能在三场比赛后就赢得总冠军，也没有谁能在三场比赛后就锁定季后赛席位。这对我们来说只是一个积累的过程。一旦我们磨合到位、产生化学反应，一切都会变得很棒。”
Toronto Raptors forward Sandro Mamukelashvili (54) makes a shot over San Antonio Spurs forward Victor Wembanyama (1) during the NBA game at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Monday, Oct. 27, 2025. The Spurs defeated the Raptors, 121-103.
San Antonio Spurs forward Victor Wembanyama (1) goes up for a shot over Toronto Raptors forward Sandro Mamukelashvili (54) at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Monday, Oct. 27, 2025. The Spurs defeated the Raptors, 121-103.
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Sandro Mamukelashvili: Spurs’ Victor Wembanyama ‘just getting started’
Toronto Raptors forward Sandro Mamukelashvili (54) waves to cheering fans as he is welcomed back to the Frost Bank Center for the game between his new team and the San Antonio Spurs in San Antonio, Monday, Oct. 27, 2025.
As spectacular as Victor Wembanyama’s start to the season has been, a friend and former teammate believes the best is yet to come for the Spurs star.
“I think he’s just getting started,” Toronto’s Sandro Mamukelashvili said.
“He’s figuring it out,” the center/forward added. “Imagine once he figures it out.”
On the same day the NBA named him the Western Conference Player of the Week, Wembanyama spoiled Mamukelashvili’s return to the Frost Bank Center with another dominating double-double that fueled the Spurs’ 121-103 win over the Raptors on Monday night.
Logging 31 minutes in the second game of a back-to-back, Wembanyama amassed 24 points on a highly efficient 7 of 8 from the floor and 10 of 10 from the foul line. He also had 15 rebounds, four assists and one block en route to finishing a whopping plus-35.
“It’s the best way to help my team,” Wembanyama said of his efficiency. “Sometimes it’s easy to underestimate the value of turning down shots, and I’ve done a lot of work this summer to recognize the situation and when to take a shot and when to not, and to take the highest quality shots possible.”
In helping the Spurs improve to 4-0 for the first time since 2017, Wembanyama recorded his fourth consecutive double-double and hiked his season averages to 31.0 points on 60.3% shooting from the field, 13.8 rebounds, and a league-best 4.8 blocks.
“He’s been amazing,” Mamukelashvili said. “He’s using his size a lot more, driving harder, using his length, the extra step. Wemby’s Wemby. He’s fearless. He plays hard. And defensively, he kind of changes everybody’s idea. He’s going to muck up the whole paint so you don’t even want to drive.”
Mamukelashvili, who had five points, two assists and a steal in 17 minutes off the bench against his former team, believes it’s all coming together for the 21-year-old Frenchman in his third season in the NBA.
“I think the first two years were more of, ‘OK, this is what I want to do and this is how I’m going to do it,’ and kind of finding,” Mamukelashvili said. “He found it. I imagine he’s just going to keep me better, keep figuring out how he can get to where he wants to get and get physically stronger. This is just the beginning.”
Before battling his fellow European, the always affable Mamukelashvili enjoyed a warm greeting from his former team that included a pre-game video tribute before a sellout crowd of 18,354 that he recognized with a wave of his hand.
A team and fan favorite in his two-plus seasons with the Spurs, the native of the Eastern European country of Georgia signed a two-year, $5.5 million contract with the Raptors in July with the goal of gaining more playing time. Mamukelashvili made NBA history last March when he led the Spurs to a win over the New York Knicks by scoring 34 points in just 19 minutes, a record for the most points when playing fewer than 20 minutes.
The memorable performance came before a Frost Bank Center crowd that included Mamukelashvili’s good friend, rapper Flavor Flav.
“It was cool,” Mamukelashvili said of his homecoming reception. "I loved it. San Antonio is a special place for me and coming back was great. I got really close with everybody on the team and it was great seeing them. And I want to say thank you for the video. It was great. I probably will never forget it and I appreciate the organization for loving me - even though I’m not a star player.
“It kind of says a lot about them, about the organization that even if you come in, you’re a good guy, you play hard and you uphold the organization at the high standards, they show love.”
Spurs coach Mitch Johnson said the “love” was well-deserved.
“He was one of the fan favorites, and all the guys in the locker room loved him too," Johnson said.
Now, Mamukelashvili is on his to becoming a popular figure in Toronto, one of the world’s most diverse cities.
“He is awesome,” Raptors coach Darko Rajakovic said. “Everybody in the organization loves him. He’s getting along with everybody. Our fans like him. There is a big Georgian population in Toronto. He enjoys being connected with them and there is a Georgian Orthodox church he goes to, so he likes being in the market there.”
Said Mamukelashvili, “There are a bunch of Georgian restaurants, a bunch of Georgians, and Toronto is really nice and there are an amazing group of guys on this team. Everybody here wants to win so bad.”
With the loss to the Spurs, the Raptors fell to 1-3, but Mamukelashvili sees better days ahead.
“Slow start, but it’s a process,” he said. “Nobody wins the championship after three games. Nobody makes the playoffs after three games. It’s just going to be a build up for us. Once we figure it out and click, it will be amazing.”
By Tom Orsborn, Staff Writer, via San Antonio Express-News