By Tom Orsborn, Staff Writer | San Antonio Express-News (SAEN), 2025-11-01 12:13:05
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2025年10月26日，周日，圣安东尼奥，霜岸中心球馆，马刺主场揭幕战对阵布鲁克林篮网。图为圣安东尼奥马刺队前锋卡特·布莱恩特 (11号) 在第一节比赛中持球突破。最终马刺以118-107击败篮网。
菲尼克斯电 – 马刺队新秀前锋卡特·布莱恩特 (Carter Bryant) 将在这次前往“太阳谷”和“天使之城”的客场之旅中，享受到双重的回家体验。
布莱恩特在谈到马刺将于周日在菲尼克斯以及周三在洛杉矶对阵湖人队的比赛时表示：“回到家乡打球是你一直以来的梦想，而亚利桑那和加利福尼亚这两个地方，我都可以称之为家。”
布莱恩特成长于加利福尼亚州大洛杉矶地区的里弗赛德，并在亚利桑那大学度过了他的大一赛季，之后在六月的选秀中被马刺队以首轮第14顺位选中。
考虑到他与这两个地区的紧密联系，他预计届时将有大量亲朋好友到场观赛。他表示，自己最期待见到的是他的外祖母雪莉·弗里德 (Shelly Freed)。
“到目前为止，我几乎整个生涯都是在这两个地方度过的，并且在那里打出了许多精彩的篮球比赛，”他在谈到亚利桑那和加利福尼亚时说道。“我对此充满期待，也非常感激能有这个机会回去，在我的家人、朋友和更多球迷面前打球。但很显然，一切还是要以比赛为重。但我真的非常期待。”
现年19岁的布莱恩特在赛季前五场比赛中上场时间有限，但他在一些关键时段贡献了几个高光时刻，包括在上周一战胜多伦多的比赛中命中一记三分球，拿下个人NBA生涯首分，以及从弱侧协防封盖了猛龙队球员奥凯·阿巴基 (Ochai Agbaji) 的一次突破上篮。
“就算我以后再也得不了分，光凭这记三分球也值了，”他在谈到第二节命中的那记远投时说。“但希望接下来能有更多的进球。”
马刺队教练米奇·约翰逊 (Mitch Johnson) 对布莱恩特处理有限上场时间的方式表示赞赏。
“他表现很棒，”约翰逊说。“我认为他眼神明亮，但尚显稚嫩，正努力把每件事都做对。他在犯错中学习，并且毫不畏惧，我迫不及待地想看到他继续进步，慢慢减少这些错误。到那时，比赛的节奏对他而言会慢下来，他也能越来越快地洞悉场上的局势。”
“但我对卡特·布莱恩特没有任何怨言。”
2025年10月27日，周一，圣安东尼奥，霜岸中心球馆，马刺主场迎战多伦多猛龙队。图为赛前圣安东尼奥马刺队前锋卡特·布莱恩特 (11号) 为球迷签名。
马刺队享受“疯狂的”化学反应
球队能够取得5胜0负开局的一个可能因素，是休赛期进行的多次队内公开训练，这帮助球员们建立了紧密的联系。
作为一名在联盟征战七年的老将，同时也是队内目前效力时间最长的球员，约翰逊表示球队正享受着“疯狂的”化学反应。
“我感觉每个人的出发点都是正确的，”他说。“我不是说过去几年我们没有做到这一点，但我觉得今年，作为一个集体，每个人都步调一致，每个人都清楚目标是什么，我们想取得什么成就，也明白作为一个团队需要付出什么才能实现这些目标。”
那么，目标是什么呢？
“我们毫无疑问想打进季后赛。这就是目标，”他说。
如果这一目标得以实现，马刺队将终结连续六个赛季无缘季后赛的尴尬纪录，这也是队史最长的季后赛荒。
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Carter Bryant to enjoy homecoming journey on Spurs road trip
San Antonio Spurs forward Carter Bryant (11) drives to the net during the first quarter of the Spurs’ home opener against the Brooklyn Nets at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Sunday, Oct. 26, 2025. The Spurs defeated the Nets, 118-107.
PHOENIX – Spurs rookie forward Carter Bryant is set to enjoy a double homecoming on this trip to the Valley of the Sun and the City of Angels.
“It’s something you always dream about playing in, your home, and those are two places I refer to as home, Arizona and California,” Bryant said of the Spurs playing at Phoenix on Sunday and Los Angeles against the Lakers on Wednesday.
Bryant grew up in Riverside, Calif., in the Greater Los Angeles area and played his freshman season at Arizona in Tucson before the Spurs drafted him 14th overall in June.
Given his ties to the two areas, he’s counting on seeing plenty of family and friends in attendance at the games. He said he’s most looking forward to seeing his maternal grandmother, Shelly Freed.
“Just two places I spent practically my whole life in at this point, and I played a lot of good basketball there,” he said of Arizona and California. “I’m looking forward to it and I’m very grateful to have the opportunity to go back and play in front of my family and friends and more fans. But obviously, it’s all business. But I’m really looking forward to it.”
Bryant, 19, has played sparingly for the Spurs through the first five games, but he has delivered a few highlights in meaningful minutes, including recording his first NBA points by sinking a 3-pointer in the win over Toronto last Monday and swooping in from the weak side to block a driving layup attempt by the Raptors’ Ochai Agbaji.
“If I were not to score another point ever again, it would be dope,” he said of the 3 he drained in the second period. “But hopefully there’s a lot more buckets coming soon.”
Spurs coach Mitch Johnson praised Bryant for the way he’s handled his limited minutes.
“He’s been great,” Johnson said. "I think he is bright eyed, wet behind the ears, and he’s trying to do everything right. He’s making loud mistakes and I can’t wait for him to continue to just slowly learn he can make less of those mistakes and the game will slow down and he’ll be able to recognize patterns quicker and quicker.
“But I have no complaints with Carter Bryant.”
San Antonio Spurs forward Carter Bryant (11) signs autographs before the Spurs’ home game against the Toronto Raptors at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Monday, Oct. 27, 2025.
Spurs enjoying ‘crazy’ chemistry
One possible factor in the team’s 5-0 start is an offseason that included numerous open-gym workouts that helped the players bond.
Johnson, the seventh-year pro who ranks as the club’s longest-tenured current player, said the team is enjoying ‘crazy’ chemistry.
“I feel like everybody has the right intentions,” he said. “I’m not saying we didn’t have that the last few years, but I feel like as a collective group this year everybody’s on the same page and everybody knows what the goal is and what we’re trying to achieve and knowing what it takes as a team to be able to achieve those goals.”
So what’s the goal?
“We definitely want to be in the playoffs. That’s the goal,” he said.
If it is achieved, the Spurs will snap a six-year postseason drought, longest in club history.
By Tom Orsborn, Staff Writer, via San Antonio Express-News