By Jeff McDonald, Staff Writer | San Antonio Express-News (SAEN), 2025-11-26 14:01:36
圣安东尼奥马刺队后卫迪伦·哈珀（2号）在2025年10月22日星期三于达拉斯举行的一场NBA篮球比赛上半场中运球，对手是达拉斯独行侠队。(美联社照片/LM Otero)
俄勒冈州，波特兰电 – 马刺队后卫迪伦·哈珀 (Dylan Harper) 已准备好延续其表现惊艳的新秀赛季。
因左小腿拉伤缺席10场比赛后，哈珀已获准在周三晚上于摩达中心对阵波特兰开拓者队的比赛中复出。
“作为一名竞争者，你永远不想袖手旁观、缺席比赛，”哈珀在周三上午的球队赛前演练后告诉《快报》。“但有时候你必须做一些自己不喜欢的事情。我们着眼的是长远发展。”
作为本届NBA选秀的榜眼秀，哈珀的开局表现十分火热，在生涯前六场比赛中替补出战，场均贡献14分、4个篮板和3.8次助攻。
在11月2日客场不敌菲尼克斯太阳队的比赛中，他在上半场尝试封盖太阳队球员尼克·理查兹 (Nick Richards) 的投篮时突然受伤倒下，并随即离场。
哈珀表示，他小腿感到的疼痛来得毫无征兆。
“我当时惊呆了，”这位19岁的哈珀说道。“我不知道发生了什么，完全搞不清状况。”
困惑很快转为了对最坏情况的恐惧。许多旁观者——包括哈珀本人——都担心他可能伤到了跟腱。
直到第二天，当核磁共振检查（MRI）确认“仅仅是”小腿拉伤时，马刺队上下才松了一口气。
“当你受伤时，脑子里总会闪过‘万一是最坏的情况怎么办？’这样的念头，”哈珀说。“当他们告诉我伤情后，我心想，‘好吧，现在感觉好多了。’”
哈珀穿了大约一周的保护靴，然后开始了他的康复计划。
“就是进行大量的力量训练和治疗，让我的身体恢复正常，找回状态，”哈珀说。“这是一个适应许多新事物的过程。”
在为复出做准备的过程中，哈珀一直非常勤奋且耐心。周三晚上在波特兰，他准备好让这一切努力得到回报。
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。
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Spurs’ Dylan Harper cleared to return at Portland
San Antonio Spurs guard Dylan Harper (2) dribbles during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Dallas Mavericks in Dallas, Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
PORTLAND, Ore. – Spurs guard Dylan Harper is ready to resume his stirring rookie season.
Having missed 10 games with a left calf strain, Harper is cleared to return in Wednesday night’s game against Portland at the Moda Center.
“As a competitor, you never want to sit out and miss games,” Harper told the Express-News after the team’s walkthrough Wednesday morning. “But sometimes you’ve got to do things you don’t like. The long run is what we’re looking at.”
The No. 2 pick in the NBA draft, Harper was off to a sizzling start, averaging 14 points, four rebounds and 3.8 assists off the bench in his first six games.
He left a Nov. 2 defeat at Phoenix in the first half after pulling up lame while trying to block a shot from the Suns’ Nick Richards.
The pain Harper felt in his calf came out of nowhere, he said.
“I was shocked," the 19-year-old Harper said. “I didn’t know what happened. I didn’t know what was going on.”
Confusion soon gave way to fear for the worst. Many onlookers – including Harper himself – worried he might have injured his Achilles tendon.
Nobody associated with the Spurs breathed easily until the next day, when an MRI confirmed “only” a calf strain.
“When you get hurt, you get those thoughts of ‘What if it’s the worst case scenario?’ " Harper said. "When they told me what it was, I was was like, ‘OK, I feel a little better now.’ "
Harper was in a walking boot for about a week, then began a rehabilitation program.
“Just a lot of lifting and treatment, getting my body right, getting back in shape,” Harper said. “It’s a lot of getting used to a lot of new things.”
Harper has been diligent and patient in preparing for his return. Wednesday night in Portland, he is ready for that to pay off.
By Jeff McDonald, Staff Writer, via San Antonio Express-News
