By Jeff McDonald, Staff Writer | San Antonio Express-News (SAEN), 2025-11-15 14:19:16
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。
金州勇士队前锋德雷蒙德·格林 (23号) 与圣安东尼奥马刺队前锋维克托·文班亚马 (1号) 在2025年11月14日，星期五，于圣安东尼奥弗罗斯特银行中心举行的NBA杯比赛中发生激烈争执。马刺队最终以108-109不敌勇士队。
维克托·文班亚马 (Victor Wembanyama) 终于忍无可忍了。
受够了那些推搡。受够了那些口角。受够了那些喋喋不休、永不停歇的垃圾话。
“在某些时候，”这位马刺队向来温文尔雅的全明星中锋说，“当有人用某种方式对你说话，你就必须用某种方式予以回应。”
上周，在马刺对阵金州勇士的两场系列赛中，文班亚马与向来暴躁的德雷蒙德·格林 (Draymond Green) 缠斗了整整八节比赛，在最后一节过半时，他终于爆发了。
在一次发边线球时，格林不让文班亚马抢占位置，裁判迅速介入，被激怒的文班亚马接到斯蒂芬·卡斯尔 (Stephon Castle) 的高吊传球，在格林的头顶上左手将球狠狠砸进篮筐。
就在那一刻，弗罗斯特银行中心内19059名狂热的球迷同时达到了一种幸灾乐祸般的篮球高潮。
可惜这球没算，因为在卡斯尔传球尚在空中时，裁判就吹了格林犯规。这个判罚成了赛后马刺更衣室里一个令人懊恼的话题。
前锋朱利安·尚帕尼 (Julian Champagnie) 说：“那记扣篮TMD太精彩了，不该被吹掉。他们必须改改那条规则。”
然而，在文班亚马迈向NBA超级巨星的崛起之路上，周五那场令人沮丧的108-109失利中的这一刻，其意义远非任何记分牌所能衡量。
因为关键在于裁判吹哨后几秒钟内发生的事情。
在那记无效的扣篮之后，身高7尺4寸的文班亚马俯视着矮了他近一英尺的6尺6寸的格林，并冲他喷了几句垃圾话，周围没人敢复述具体内容。
文班亚马是用英语还是法语喷的垃圾话？
格林后来表示：“我完全不知道。但很高兴看到他展现出一些情绪。”
两名球员最终被拉开——颇具讽刺意味的是，扮演和事佬的竟是马刺队内著名的“搅局者”杰里米·索汉 (Jeremy Sochan)。
别搞错了。NBA球员们非常关注这类事情。
作为一名名人堂级别的挑衅者，格林的惯用伎俩就是从身体和言语上将一名年轻球员推向崩溃的边缘——然后观察他是否真的会崩溃。
如果一名球员退缩了，格林和联盟其他人就会嗅到血腥味，并据此制定比赛计划。如果对手认为一名球员可以被随意拿捏，他们就会不断试探其底线。
格林说：“我们一直在观察这个，毫无疑问。”
公平地说，21岁的文班亚马在周五通过了这次考验。
马刺队后卫德阿龙·福克斯 (De’Aaron Fox) 说：“这就是你对维克托这样好胜的球员所期望的。他不会在任何人面前退缩，无论对方多高大、多矮小、多强壮。”
在这种背景下，文班亚马与格林的对峙所产生的影响，可能会超越上周勇士在圣安东尼奥取得的两场胜利，从周日下午马刺主场对阵萨克拉门托的比赛开始显现。
与圣安东尼奥上一位冠军大个子蒂姆·邓肯 (Tim Duncan) 不同，文班亚马从来都不是一个谜一样的人物。
他不一定总是喜怒形于色，但至少他的情绪是外露的。
然而，文班亚马冷静沉着的比赛风格——更不用说他增重后但依然纤细的身材——常常让对手认为他可以被欺负。
在他两个多赛季的NBA生涯中，文班亚马在需要时总能毫不掩饰地表达自己的喜悦。
那么，当情况适当时，他难道不也应该可以自由地表达自己的怒火和愤怒吗？
马刺队教练米奇·约翰逊 (Mitch Johnson) 说：“如果你回顾历史，很多伟大的球员——斯蒂芬·库里、卢卡（东契奇）、迈克尔·乔丹、蒂姆·邓肯——他们表达自己的方式各不相同。所以我认为我们不需要把他塑造成沙克、凯文·加内特、蒂姆·邓肯或是斯蒂芬·库里。”
到目前为止，在他的职业生涯中，文班亚马很少对裁判、对手、队友或教练咆哮。即使被挑衅，他也通常不会在规则之外进行反击。
文班亚马的NBA生涯总共只领到过四次技术犯规，而这个数字，格林通常在吃早午餐前就能达到了。
尚帕尼说：“他不是那种人。他会踏上球场，专心打球，让他的表现来说话。”
大多数时候，这是件好事。
马刺队当然不希望文班亚马像格林在2022年对前勇士队队友乔丹·普尔 (Jordan Poole) 所做的那样，在训练中挥拳殴打队友。
约翰逊说：“我认为维克托对自己的定位非常清楚。我相信当他觉得时机合适时，他会以自己认为恰当的方式站出来。”
在周五对阵金州勇士的比赛中，文班亚马的“忍无可忍”时刻出现在比赛还剩7分55秒时，这位马刺队的明星不再扮演“好好先生文班”，反而激怒了NBA的头号挑衅大师。
文班亚马与格林的这次冲突，是马刺队打出一波攻势并取得10分领先的一部分。如果马刺队能守住胜果，那段时间本可以被视为他们扭转势头的关键时刻。
然而，周五离开弗罗斯特银行中心时，文班亚马虽然输了比赛，但收获了更多。
首先，是来自一位冠军球员的尊重。其次，是敢于回击的声望。
格林说：“他用正确的方式做出了回应。你不能向任何人退缩，他没有。我尊重这一点。”
San Antonio Spurs forward Jeremy Sochan (10) blocks Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green (23) from San Antonio Spurs forward Victor Wembanyama (1) during a heated moment in the fourth quarter of an NBA Cup game at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Friday, Nov. 14, 2025. The Spurs fell to the Warriors 109-108.
San Antonio Spurs forward Victor Wembanyama (1) dunks over Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green (23) and forward Jimmy Butler III (10) during an NBA Cup game at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Friday, Nov. 14, 2025. The dunk did not count because NBA referees ruled that Green fouled him before he had possession of the ball.
Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green (23) blocks an attempted shot by San Antonio Spurs forward Victor Wembanyama (1) during an NBA Cup game at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Friday, Nov. 14, 2025. The Spurs fell to the Warriors 109-108.
San Antonio Spurs forward Victor Wembanyama (1) drives around Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green (23) after blocking Green’s shot during an NBA Cup game at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Friday, Nov. 14, 2025. The Spurs fell to the Warriors 109-108.
San Antonio Spurs forward Victor Wembanyama (1) grabs the ball after blocking a shot attempt by Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green (23) during an NBA Cup game at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Friday, Nov. 14, 2025. The Spurs fell to the Warriors 109-108.
San Antonio Spurs forward Victor Wembanyama (1) blocks a shot attempt by Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green (23) during an NBA Cup game at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Friday, Nov. 14, 2025. The Spurs fell to the Warriors 109-108.
San Antonio Spurs forward Victor Wembanyama (1) tangles with Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green (23) during an NBA Cup game at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Friday, Nov. 14, 2025.
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What Draymond Green said about Victor Wembanyama following dust-up
Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green (23) and San Antonio Spurs forward Victor Wembanyama (1) have a heated exchange during an NBA Cup game at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Friday, Nov. 14, 2025. The Spurs fell to the Warriors 109-108.
Victor Wembanyama had finally had enough.
Enough of the jostling. Enough of the jawing. Enough of the non-stop, motor-mouthed, never-take-a-breath (bleep) talking.
“At some point,” the Spurs’ typically mild-mannered All-Star center said, “somebody speaks to you a certain way, you have to respond a certain way.”
Midway through his eighth and final quarter of tussling with the ever-irascible Draymond Green in the Spurs’ two-game series against Golden State last week, Wembanyama at last snapped.
Angry after Green would not allow him to establish position on an inbounds play, with referees swooping in to intervene, a perturbed Wembanyama received a lob from Stephon Castle and slammed it left-handed through the hoop on top of Green’s head.
In that instant, 19,059 howling fans at the Frost Bank Center simultaneously reached a state of basketball schadenfreude.
The basket didn’t count, waved off by a foul on Green while Castle’s pass was still mid-flight. The call was a postgame point of consternation in the Spurs’ locker room.
“It was too (bleeping) good not to count,” forward Julian Champagnie said. “They’ve got to change that rule.”
In the grand scheme of Wembanyama’s ascension towards NBA superstardom, however, that moment late in the Spurs’ disheartening 109-108 loss on Friday counted more than any scoreboard could quantify.
Because of what happened in the seconds after officials blew their whistles.
After the dunk that wasn’t, the 7-foot-4 Wembanyama peered down nearly a foot at the 6-6 Green and barked a few choice words that nobody in the vicinity cared to repeat.
Did Wembanyama trash talk Green in English or in French?
“I have no clue,” Green said later. “But it was good to see him show some emotion.”
The two players had to be separated with — ironically enough — the Spurs’ renowned agitator Jeremy Sochan playing peacemaker.
Make no mistake. NBA players pay attention to these things.
A Hall of Fame-level provocateur, Green’s preferred modus operandi is to physically and verbally push a young player to his breaking point — then take note of whether he does.
If a player folds, Green and the rest of the league will smell blood and game-plan accordingly. If opponents think a player can be punked, they will push the limits of punking.
“We’re always looking at that, no doubt,” Green said.
It is fair to say the 21-year-old Wembanyama passed the test Friday.
“That’s what you expect from somebody like Victor who is that competitive,” Spurs guard De’Aaron Fox said. “He’s not going to back down from anybody regardless of how big, small, strong or not.”
In that context, Wembanyama’s stare-down with Green could reverberate beyond the Warriors’ pair of victories in San Antonio last week, beginning with the Spurs’ home game against Sacramento on Sunday afternoon.
Unlike the last champion big man from San Antonio, Tim Duncan, Wembanyama has never exactly been a sphinx.
He doesn’t always wear emotion on his sleeve, per se, but he does at least wear it somewhere outside of his body.
Yet Wembanyama’s calm and cool approach to the game — not to mention his bulked-up but still-slender frame — often leads opponents to believe he can be bullied.
Throughout his two-plus NBA seasons, Wembanyama has been effervescent in expressing his joy when the moment calls for it.
Shouldn’t he also feel free to express his fire and anger when appropriate, too?
“If you look over time, a lot of good players — Steph Curry, Luka (Doncic), Michael Jordan, Tim Duncan — not everybody did it the same way,” Spurs coach Mitch Johnson said. “So I don’t think we need to make him Shaq or Kevin Garnett or Tim Duncan or Steph Curry.”
So far in his career, Wembanyama has not been much for barking at officials, or opposing players or his teammates or his coaches. He doesn’t often push back outside the boundaries of the rules, even when provoked.
Wembanyama has been assessed four technical fouls in his NBA career, a figure Green typically reaches by brunch.
“He doesn’t do that,” Champagnie said. “He’s going to go out there, he’s going to play basketball and he’ll let his game speak.”
Most of the time this is a good thing.
The Spurs certainly don’t want Wembanyama hauling off and punching a teammate in practice, as Green did to now ex-Warrior Jordan Poole in 2022.
“I think Victor’s very comfortable in his own skin,” Johnson said. “I think when he feels things are appropriate, he will step up in the way that he sees fit.”
Against Golden State on Friday, Wembanyama’s “enough” moment came with 7:55 remaining, as the Spurs’ star said no more Mr. Nice Wemby and out-provoked the NBA’s leading provocateur.
Wembanyama’s dust-up with Green was part of a run that led to a 10-point lead for the Spurs. Had the Spurs been able to hold on, that stretch would have been viewed as the moment momentum turned their direction.
Instead, Wembanyama left the Frost Bank Center on Friday having lost the game but gained so much more.
The respect of a champion, for starters. A reputation for fighting back, for another.
“He responded the right way,” Green said. “You don’t back down from anybody, and he didn’t. I respect that.”
By Jeff McDonald, Staff Writer, via San Antonio Express-News