By Jeff McDonald, Staff Writer | San Antonio Express-News (SAEN), 2025-11-08 14:37:55
由生成式人工智能翻译，译文内容可能不准确或不完整，以原文为准。
圣安东尼奥马刺队前锋朱利安·尚帕尼 (Julian Champagnie) (30号) 在NBA圣安东尼奥站的一场比赛下半场中，突破休斯顿火箭队前锋小贾巴里·史密斯 (Jabari Smith Jr.) (10号)。比赛于2025年11月7日，周五进行，圣安东尼奥以121-110击败休斯顿。
朱利安·尚帕尼 (Julian Champagnie) 任由那股失落感蔓延，他别无选择。
从洛杉矶Crypto.com球馆的更衣室，到载着马刺队前往机场的大巴，再到返回圣安东尼奥的航班上，甚至当他周四晚间终于闭上双眼时，这种感觉依然如影随形，闯入他的梦魇。
周三对阵湖人队的比赛中，尚帕尼在终场前0.2秒错失了两次本可以将比赛拖入加时赛的罚球，最终马刺队以116-118惜败。
这份失望一直萦绕在他心头，直到他回到主场。
“那种事不会再发生了，”尚帕尼郑重承诺。
那么，尚帕尼究竟是何时才走出自我苛责的阴影呢？
“大概（周五）下午4点吧，”尚帕尼说道。
当周五的比赛结束时，那份梦魇对于尚帕尼而言已然烟消云散。
在NBA阿联酋杯的一场激烈对抗中，他贡献了22分和6记三分球，为马刺队以121-110力克休斯顿队立下汗马功劳。这场胜利也是马刺队迄今为止最令人印象深刻的一场。
尚帕尼就此发现，在洛杉矶经历低谷之后，洗刷失落感的最佳方式，就是在霜冻银行中心用火热的手感点燃篮网。
“必须得快速翻篇，”这位24岁的小前锋尚帕尼说。“专注于下一场比赛。我一直在场上告诉自己，在洛杉矶的那场失利已经过去了，这是一场全新的比赛。”
在短短48小时内，尚帕尼从洛杉矶的“罪人”变成了休斯顿面前的英雄。
尚帕尼在对阵休斯顿的比赛中命中6记三分球，追平了个人生涯最高纪录。他创下生涯新高的4次抢断，更是马刺队在关键时刻成功压制火箭队防守中，他积极表现的有力证明。
更锦上添花的是，尚帕尼在比赛末段还抢下一个关键的进攻篮板，帮助马刺队在试图锁定胜局时成功消耗了比赛时间。
“我从不怀疑他能强势反弹，”前锋凯尔登·约翰逊 (Keldon Johnson) 说。“（在洛杉矶的）比赛一结束，我们就把它抛在脑后了。我们改变不了任何事。看到他能放下过去，这本身就展现了巨大的成长。”
自从2023年情人节被费城76人队放弃两天后，马刺队从被裁球员名单中将他“捡”了回来，尚帕尼确实已经取得了长足的进步。
他抵达圣安东尼奥时，抱着非常现实的期望。
“我当时只希望能别再被裁掉了，”尚帕尼说。
那年夏天，尚帕尼签下了一份为期两年、年薪300万美元的合同重返球队，这使他如今成为NBA中性价比最高的球员之一。
2023年6月，马刺队选中了维克托·文班亚马 (Victor Wembanyama)，使他们正在进行的重建计划进入了快车道。
尚帕尼很快发现自己已身处这场变革的中心。
当尚帕尼这位生涯罚球命中率高达84.4%的球员，在周三对阵湖人的比赛中站上罚球线，有机会将比赛送入加时的时候，他的马刺队友们都相信结果已是板上钉钉。
“我们对朱利安抱有百分之百的信心，”前锋哈里森·巴恩斯 (Harrison Barnes) 说道，他在对阵火箭的比赛中同样命中了6记三分球，砍下赛季新高的24分。“我们希望站在罚球线上执行那些投篮的，非他莫属。”
尚帕尼的第一次尝试弹框而出，这迫使他故意罚失第二球，以便马刺队能尝试补篮追平比分。
但这个计划也未能奏效，马刺队最终空手而归，结束了这次令人失望的菲尼克斯和洛杉矶客场之旅。
从洛杉矶到圣安东尼奥，尚帕尼一路上都在自责。
“我想赢得比赛，”尚帕尼说。“我真希望自己当时能罚进那两球。”
然而，当尚帕尼周五早上来上班时，他的马刺队友们则相信另一件事是必然会发生的。
尚帕尼会摆脱阴霾，为比赛做好准备。
“我从未有过任何怀疑，”文班亚马说。“我见过他训练，和他并肩作战了好几个月。我了解他的努力程度，也知道他在投篮方面能做到什么，所以我毫无疑问。”
接下来尚帕尼将面临什么，还有些悬而未决。
随着全明星后卫德阿隆·福克斯 (De’Aaron Fox) 预计将在周六对阵新奥尔良的比赛中迎来赛季首秀，马刺队的首发阵容中将有人不得不回到替补席。
尚帕尼很有可能会是那个被移出首发的人。
不过，在打出了一场对阵休斯顿的完美救赎之战后，尚帕尼觉得，这次，他可以让这份美好的感觉多停留一会儿。
毕竟，这是他应得的时刻。
“看到他今天站出来命中投篮，尤其是在我们最需要他的时候，我真为他感到高兴，”约翰逊说。“我觉得这是他应得的。”
San Antonio Spurs forward Julian Champagnie (30) and forward Victor Wembanyama (1) fight for a rebound with Houston Rockets center Steven Adams (12) during the first half of an NBA game in San Antonio, Friday, Nov. 7, 2025. San Antonio beat Houston 121-110.
San Antonio Spurs forward Julian Champagnie (30) drives to the basket on Houston Rockets forward Jabari Smith Jr. (10) during the second half of an NBA game in San Antonio, Friday, Nov. 7, 2025. San Antonio beat Houston 121-110.
San Antonio Spurs forward Keldon Johnson (3) embraces forward Julian Champagnie (30) after Champagnie narrowly missed a third-quarter buzzer beater at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025. The Spurs defeated the Heat, 107-101, to secure their first 5-0 start in franchise history.
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How Julian Champagnie went from goat to hero in 48 hours
San Antonio Spurs forward Julian Champagnie (30) drives past Houston Rockets forward Jabari Smith Jr. (10) during the second half of an NBA game in San Antonio, Friday, Nov. 7, 2025. San Antonio beat Houston 121-110.
Julian Champagnie let the feeling linger. He didn’t have a choice.
It followed him from the locker room at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, to the bus that carried the Spurs to the airport, to the flight back to San Antonio and into his nightmares when he finally closed his eyes Thursday night.
Champagnie missed two free throws with 0.2 seconds left against the Lakers on Wednesday, which would have forced overtime in the Spurs’ 118-116 loss.
The disappointment haunted him all the way back home.
“That won’t happen again,” Champagnie vowed.
When did Champagnie at last emerge from his cocoon of self-flagellation?
“About 4 o’clock (Friday),” Champagnie said.
By the time Friday ended, the haunting was officially over for Champagnie.
His 22 points and six 3-pointers proved crucial in the Spurs’ most impressive win to date, a rugged 121-110 victory over Houston in NBA Emirates Cup play.
In doing so, Champagnie discovered the best way to cleanse his palate after a low moment in Los Angeles was to set the nets ablaze at the Frost Bank Center.
“It has to be a short memory,” said Champagnie, a 24-year-old small forward. “Just on to the next one. I was just out here telling myself that one (the defeat in L.A.) is over and it’s a new game.”
In the span of 48 hours, Champagnie went from a goat in Los Angeles to a hero against Houston.
Champagnie’s six 3-pointers against Houston matched a career high. His career-best four steals bore testament to his high activity level in the midst of a Spurs’ defense that squelched the Rockets down the stretch.
For good measure, Champagnie added a key offensive rebound late that allowed the Spurs to milk clock as they were working to bleed out the game.
“I had no doubt that he would bounce back,” forward Keldon Johnson said. “Once the game was over (in Los Angeles), we put it behind us. It was nothing we could change. Just to see him put it past him, it shows so much growth.”
Champagnie has indeed come a long way since the Spurs rescued him from the waiver-wire scrap heap, two days after the Philadelphia 76ers jettisoned him on Valentine’s Day in 2023.
He arrived in San Antonio with realistic expectations.
“I was just hoping not to get cut again,” Champagnie said.
Champagnie signed a two-year deal to return to the club that summer that paid $3 million per season, which today makes him one of the best bang-for-the-buck values in the NBA.
In June of 2023, the Spurs drafted Victor Wembanyama, kicking their ongoing rebuilding project into overdrive.
Champagnie soon found himself in the thick of it.
When Champagnie, a career 84.4% free-throw shooter, went to the foul line with a chance to send Wednesday’s game against the Lakers into OT, his fellow Spurs believed the outcome to be inevitable.
“We have all the confidence in the world in Julian,” said forward Harrison Barnes, who also made six 3-pointers on his way to a season-high 24 points against the Rockets. “There’s no one else we would have wanted on the floor to shoot those shots.”
Champagnie’s first attempt rimmed out, which compelled him to miss the second intentionally so the Spurs could try a game-tying tip-in.
That didn’t work out, either, and the Spurs returned from a disappointing road trip to Phoenix and Los Angeles empty-handed.
Champagnie kicked himself all the way from L.A. to San Antonio.
“I wanted to win the game,” Champagnie said. “I wish that I would’ve made those free throws.”
When Champagnie arrived for work on Friday morning, however, his fellow Spurs believed something else to be inevitable.
Champagnie would shake it off and be ready to go.
“I never had any doubt,” Wembanyama said. “I’ve seen him. I’ve worked alongside him for months. I’ve seen how he works and what he can do shooting-wise, so I had zero doubt.”
What comes next for Champagnie is a bit up in the air.
With All-Star guard De’Aaron Fox slated to make his season debut Saturday against New Orleans, somebody from the Spurs’ starting lineup will have to shift to the bench.
There is a good chance Champagnie becomes the odd man out.
Having put together quite a redemption game against Houston, however, Champagnie figured he could let this feeling linger, too.
After all, he had earned the moment.
“To see him come out here and hit shots and really when we needed him, I’m happy for him,” Johnson said. “I feel like he deserves it.”
By Jeff McDonald, Staff Writer, via San Antonio Express-News