By Jeff McDonald, Staff Writer | San Antonio Express-News (SAEN), 2025-12-03 12:34:15
圣安东尼奥马刺队前锋维克托·文班亚马 (Victor Wembanyama) (1号) 在2025年12月2日圣安东尼奥举行的NBA比赛中，庆祝球队以126-119战胜孟菲斯灰熊队。近几周，在文班亚马和斯蒂芬·卡斯尔 (Stephon Castle) 缺阵的情况下，多名马刺球员挺身而出，帮助球队在此期间取得了6胜2负的优异战绩。
周二午夜将至，一架载着马刺队大部分成员的包机从圣安东尼奥国际机场起飞，飞往奥兰多，开启一段至少四场的客场之旅。
一位身高7英尺4英寸的法国人并不在飞机上。
维克托·文班亚马仍留在家中，专注于从他的小腿拉伤中恢复。另一位重要的首发球员，后卫斯蒂芬·卡斯尔也同样留守，以康复他的髋屈肌拉伤。
这一消息，至少让那些希望推断马刺队球星回归时间表的网络侦探们少了一些乐趣。
“没必要追踪航班了，”主教练米奇·约翰逊 (Mitch Johnson) 笑着说。
约翰逊并未排除这两名球员在客场旅程中途归队的可能性。这段旅程中，还包括12月10日在洛杉矶对阵湖人队的NBA阿联酋杯四分之一决赛。
如果马刺赢得那场比赛，他们将立刻前往拉斯维加斯，参加杯赛的最终四强战。
“这是一段漫长的旅程，”约翰逊说。“所以我们到时候再看情况。”
然而，就目前而言，这意味着马刺队的赛季将在缺少两名最重要球员的情况下继续进行。
周三对阵魔术队的比赛，将是文班亚马连续缺席的第八场比赛，也是卡斯尔连续缺席的第七场。
在此之前，马刺在缺少文班亚马的情况下取得了6胜2负的战绩，而在文班亚马和卡斯尔同时缺阵时，战绩为5胜2负，这让他们得以将总战绩维持在14胜6负的强势水平。
周二，在冰霜银行中心，马刺以125-119战胜孟菲斯灰熊队，为他们残阵取胜的记录再添一笔。这场比赛也是他们在27天内的唯一一个主场比赛。
“这展现了这支队伍的韧性，”后卫德阿隆·福克斯 (De’Aaron Fox) 表示。“显然，我们觉得我们拥有一位联盟前十的球员，而且斯蒂芬未来也将成为全明星。我们缺失了大量的火力输出，但我认为我们更衣室里天赋满满。”
自文班亚马倒下后，福克斯一直是马刺阵中最稳定的核心，在这些比赛中场均贡献26.5分和6.8次助攻。
然而，马刺能够持续赢球，靠的是成为一个整体实力大于个体之和的团队。
或者正如福克斯自己常说的那样：“我们拥有一个真正的团队。”
周二战胜孟菲斯灰熊队的比赛，就是马刺团队合作的绝佳例证。
福克斯得到29分，但前锋哈里森·巴恩斯 (Harrison Barnes) 的表现更胜一筹，他砍下31分——这是他身穿马刺球衣以来的最高分。
巴恩斯还命中了7记三分球，追平了他在马刺生涯的单场最高纪录。
此外，马刺还受益于迪伦·哈珀 (Dylan Harper) 从替补席上贡献的15分，卢克·科内特 (Luke Kornet) 送出的5次盖帽和强悍的内线防守，以及杰里米·索汉近几周来打出的最积极活跃的18分钟。
“不同的球员会站出来帮助球队赢球，”巴恩斯说。“每个人都有机会上场并为胜利做出贡献，这将继续成为我们本赛季剩余比赛的驱动力。”
在过去两周文班缺阵的日子里，这一点已经一再得到证明。
在周二的比赛之前，马刺最近的一场胜利是在NBA杯赛的淘汰赛中，客场以139-136险胜丹佛掘金。
在那场比赛中，德文·瓦塞尔 (Devin Vassell) 以赛季新高的35分引领球队。朱利安·尚帕尼 (Julian Champagnie) 贡献25分和10个篮板。凯尔登·约翰逊 (Keldon Johnson) 则有14分和8个篮板入账。
尽管福克斯打出了自文班亚马受伤以来的最低得分（15分），但全队的集体努力帮助马刺击败了实力强大的掘金队。
“至少在本赛季的四分之一时间里，这已经证明了我们并非完全依赖某一个球员，”米奇·约翰逊说。
球队中两位球权占有率最高的球员缺阵，为那些原本可能没有机会的球员创造了机会。
本赛季早些时候因小腿拉伤缺席10场比赛的哈珀，现在比卡斯尔在场时拥有了更多的持球机会。
在2025年11月20日于圣安东尼奥冰霜银行中心举行的比赛中，圣安东尼奥马刺队前锋大卫·琼斯-加西亚 (David Jones-Garcia) (25号) 在球队以135-126战胜亚特兰大老鹰队后，伴随着全场欢呼走下球场。近几周，在文班亚马和斯蒂芬·卡斯尔缺阵的情况下，琼斯-加西亚和其他众多马刺球员根据需要挺身而出，帮助球队在此期间取得了6胜2负的优异战绩。
马刺的另一位首轮秀卡特·布莱恩特 (Carter Bryant) 的上场时间也有所增加，而落选新秀大卫·琼斯-加西亚则在11月20日战胜亚特兰大老鹰队的比赛中，凭借12分和3次抢断的表现扭转了战局。
“伙计，我们是一支有深度的球队，”瓦塞尔说。“想到我们的潜力才刚刚开始展现，就让人感到兴奋。”
文班亚马和卡斯尔将在本月的某个时候回归。在这段客场之旅开始之际，两人留在后方，是为了在马刺顶级的训练中心最大化他们的康复时间。
“当你走进我们的训练设施，看到我们拥有的资源和能在这里完成的工作时，你很难不为之信服，”约翰逊说。
目前，马刺的客场之旅在没有文班亚马和卡斯尔的情况下继续进行。球队希望能让这架飞机保持平稳飞行，并朝着正确的方向前进。
没必要追踪航班了。
San Antonio Spurs forward Victor Wembanyama (1), who sat out due to injury, cheers on his teammates as they secure a 135-126 victory over the Atlanta Hawks at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025. Several Spurs players have stepped up with Wembanyama and Stephon Castle out in recent weeks, giving the team a solid 6-2 record over that stretch.
San Antonio Spurs guard De’Aaron Fox (4) passes the ball around Memphis Grizzlies wing Vince Williams Jr. (5) during the first half of an NBA game in San Antonio, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025. Players like Fox, Harrison Barnes, Dylan Harper and Jeremy Sochan have stepped up with Wembanyama and Stephon Castle out in recent weeks, giving the team a solid 6-2 record over that stretch.
San Antonio Spurs guard De’Aaron Fox (4) drives past Memphis Grizzlies wing Jaylen Wells (0) during the first half of an NBA game in San Antonio, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025. Players like Fox, Harrison Barnes, Dylan Harper and Jeremy Sochan have stepped up with Wembanyama and Stephon Castle out in recent weeks, giving the team a solid 6-2 record over that stretch.
San Antonio Spurs forward Harrison Barnes (40) shoots over Memphis Grizzlies center Jock Landale (31) during the second half of an NBA game in San Antonio, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025. Players like Barnes, De’Aaron Fox, Dylan Harper and Jeremy Sochan have stepped up with Wembanyama and Stephon Castle out in recent weeks, giving the team a solid 6-2 record over that stretch.
San Antonio Spurs guard Dylan Harper (2) drives between Memphis Grizzlies /center Jock Landale (31) and guard Cam Spencer (24) during the first half of an NBA game in San Antonio, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025. Players like Harper, De’Aaron Fox, Harrison Barnes, and Jeremy Sochan have stepped up with Wembanyama and Stephon Castle out in recent weeks, giving the team a solid 6-2 record over that stretch.
San Antonio Spurs forward Jeremy Sochan (below) pull on Memphis Grizzlies center Zach Edey’s jersey after an altercation between the two during the first half of an NBA game in San Antonio, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025. Players like Sochan, De’Aaron Fox, Harrison Barnes and Dylan Harper have stepped up with Wembanyama and Stephon Castle out in recent weeks, giving the team a solid 6-2 record over that stretch.
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Spurs benefiting from scratching out wins without Wembanyama
San Antonio Spurs forward Victor Wembanyama (1) celebrates after the Spurs 126-119 victory over Memphis in an NBA game in San Antonio, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025. Several Spurs players have stepped up with Wembanyama and Stephon Castle out in recent weeks, giving the team a solid 6-2 record over that stretch.
As the clock approached midnight Tuesday night, a charter flight carrying most of the Spurs lifted off from San Antonio International Airport, bound for Orlando and the start of what will be at least a four-game road trip.
A certain 7-foot-4 Frenchman was not on it.
Victor Wembanyama remained at home, working on his recovery from a calf strain. So too did another prominent starter, guard Stephon Castle, who stayed behind to rehab a hip flexor strain.
If nothing else, that knowledge sapped some of the fun out of the game for Internet sleuths hoping to deduce a timetable for the Spurs stars’ returns.
“No flight tracking necessary,” coach Mitch Johnson said with a laugh.
Johnson did not rule out either player joining the Spurs in the middle of the trip, which includes an NBA Emirates Cup quarterfinals game at the Los Angeles Lakers on Dec. 10.
If the Spurs win that contest, it is immediately on to Las Vegas for the Cup final four.
“It’s a long trip,” Johnson said. “So we’ll be where it goes.”
For now, however, it means the Spurs’ season goes on without two of their most important players.
Wednesday’s game against the Magic will mark the eighth in a row Wembanyama will miss. It is the seventh consecutive for Castle.
Heading into it, the Spurs have gone 6-2 without Wembanyama and 5-2 without Wembanyama and Castle to keep their overall record at a robust 14-6.
The Spurs added to the undermanned win column Tuesday with a 125-119 victory over Memphis at the Frost Bank Center, in what will be their lone game at home in the span of 27 days.
“It shows the resilience of this group,” guard De’Aaron Fox said. “Obviously, we feel like we have a top-10 guy and then Steph is going to be an All-Star in this league. We’re missing a lot of production, but I think we have a lot of talent in this room.”
Fox has been the Spurs’ most consistent water-carrier since Wembanyama went down, averaging 26.5 points and 6.8 in those contests.
The Spurs have kept winning, however, by becoming more than the sum of their parts.
Or as Fox himself has often put it: “We have a team.”
Tuesday’s win over Memphis provided some prime examples of the Spurs’ teamwork.
Fox had 29 points, but was outdone by forward Harrison Barnes, who threw in 31 points — his most in a Spurs uniform.
Barnes also matched a Spurs-tenure high with seven made 3-pointers.
The Spurs benefited from 15 points off the bench from Dylan Harper, five blocks and rugged interior defense from Luke Kornet, and the most active 18 minutes Jeremy Sochan has logged in weeks.
“Different guys are going to step up to win games,” Barnes said. “Everyone has had the opportunity to come in and impact winning, and that’s going to continue to be a driving force for us for the rest of the season.”
That has been proven time and again over the past two Wemby-less weeks.
Before Tuesday, the Spurs’ most recent victory came at 139-136 at Denver in an NBA Cup elimination game.
Devin Vassell led the way in that one with a season-best 35 points. Julian Champagnie added 25 points and 10 rebounds. Keldon Johnson had 14 and eight.
The collective effort helped the Spurs take down the high-powered Nuggets despite Fox’s lowest-scoring outing since Wembanyama was injured (15 points).
“It’s been proof now, for a quarter of a season at least, that we aren’t solely dependent on one individual,” Mitch Johnson said.
The absence of two of the team’s most high-usage players has created opportunities for players who might not otherwise have had them.
Harper, who missed 10 games with a calf strain of his own earlier in the season, has had the ball in his hands more often than he would have with Castle on the floor.
San Antonio Spurs forward David Jones Garcia (25) walks off the court to a cheering crowd after the Spurs’ 135-126 victory over the Atlanta Hawks at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025. Jones-Garcia and a bevy of other Spurs players have stepped up as needed with Wembanyama and Stephon Castle out in recent weeks, giving the team a solid 6-2 record over that stretch.
Carter Bryant, the Spurs’ other first-round rookie, has seen an uptick in his minutes as well and undrafted rookie David Jones-Garcia turned around the Spurs’ Nov. 20 win over Atlanta with 12 points and three steals.
“We’re a deep team, man,” Vassell said. “It’s exciting to think we’re just scratching the surface.”
Wembanyama and Castle will be back at some point this month. The pair remained behind at the start of the current road trip to maximize their rehab time in the Spurs’ state-of-the-art training complex.
“When you walk through our facilities and see the resources and what we can get done here, it’s really hard to argue,” Johnson said.
For now, the Spurs’ road trip goes on without Wembanyama or Castle. The team will hope to keep the plane in the air and pointed in the right direction.
No flight tracking necessary.
By Jeff McDonald, Staff Writer, via San Antonio Express-News