By Tom Orsborn, Staff Writer | San Antonio Express-News (SAEN), 2025-12-09 19:42:00
从左至右：圣安东尼奥马刺队的俾斯麦·比永博 (Bismack Biyombo)、杰里米·索汉 (Jeremy Sochan)、维克托·文班亚马 (Victor Wembanyama) 及助理教练斯科特·金 (Scott King) 正在观看球队于2025年11月20日星期四在圣安东尼奥弗罗斯特银行中心对阵亚特兰大老鹰队的比赛。文班亚马已确定缺席球队周三对阵洛杉矶湖人队的NBA杯四分之一决赛。
洛杉矶电 — 近来，跟腱撕裂伤病的增加已成为困扰NBA的一大难题。自去年一月以来，德章泰·穆雷 (Dejounte Murray)、泰瑞斯·哈利伯顿 (Tyrese Haliburton)、杰森·塔图姆 (Jayson Tatum) 和达米安·利拉德 (Damian Lillard) 等球星相继成为受害者。
马刺队决心不让他们的球队基石也登上这份不幸的名单。
马刺队确信维克托·文班亚马 (Victor Wembanyama) 的左小腿拉伤尚未完全愈合，无法重返赛场。秉持着在球员健康问题上一贯的保守原则，球队决定让这位全明星中锋缺席周三晚间与湖人队的NBA杯四分之一决赛。
当然，这场比赛马刺队非常想赢，但绝不会以牺牲这位21岁的法国超级巨星的健康为代价。
“哪场比赛会影响球员的康复进程或复出时间线，这更多是外界的说法，”马刺队教练米奇·约翰逊 (Mitch Johnson) 在周三早上的投篮训练后告诉媒体。
“他状态很好，”约翰逊继续说道。“他已经非常、非常接近复出了，但不幸的是，这场比赛额外的热度和关注度不会影响我们对他是否上场的决定。”
约翰逊表示，文班亚马的康复已进入下一阶段：在上周末于新奥尔良开始2对2训练后，现在进行的是至关重要的5对5对抗训练。
“他真的非常接近复出了，我们只需要观察他的身体反应，看看恢复进程是否能继续推进，对此我们感觉非常乐观，”约翰逊说。“我们希望能很快看到他重返赛场。”
不过，仅仅一次5对5训练是不够的。约翰逊指出，在医疗团队批准文班亚马参加周六在拉斯维加斯举行的NBA杯半决赛，或是下周回到圣安东尼奥参赛之前，他需要完成数次这样的训练。
“当你缺席了很长一段时间后，你通常不会只练一次就说‘哦，感觉不错’，然后就直接进行下一步了，”约翰逊说。“所以在现阶段，我们必须严格要求，确保他对重返NBA赛场真正感到安心。5对5训练不等于NBA比赛，所以我们必须确保一切感觉良好，而且不仅仅是当下的感觉，还包括他第二天的身体反应、恢复情况等等。”
有一点是肯定的：文班亚马一直渴望重返赛场。
“他想上场，”约翰逊说。“他总是想上场比赛。幸运的是，我们有一个很棒的团队。我们的医疗组在沟通方面做得非常出色，每个人都目标一致。这就像我们要求他回防或者做掩护一样，他信任教练组，我们通过开放的沟通达成了共识。”
在周一晚间以135-132战胜新奥尔良的比赛前，约翰逊曾表示这位21岁的法国球星将随队前往洛杉矶，这引发了外界对他可能在缺席11场、将近一个月后于周三这场关键比赛中复出的猜测。但马刺最终还是将这位全明星中锋的健康置于晋级拉斯维加斯之上。
总而言之：马刺队正坚守其计划，对文班亚马的小腿伤势格外谨慎，因为他们担心过早复出可能导致更严重的后果。
“正如我们最近在联盟中看到的那样，小腿紧张绝不是能掉以轻心的事情，”约翰逊最近告诉记者。“我们不想在这方面冒险。”
小腿伤病可能引发跟腱问题，而这类伤病最近屡见不鲜。
根据《今日美国》的报道，自1970年以来的55个NBA赛季中（不包括2025-26赛季），已知的跟腱断裂案例有63起。然而，其中29起——即46%——发生在最近的13个赛季里，赛季平均断裂次数为2.23次。
上赛季跟腱断裂案例达到了创纪录的7起，相比之前42个赛季（赛季平均断裂率为0.81次）有了显著增加，这是《今日美国》分析得出的结论。
因此，给予文班亚马充足的时间来康复，无疑是马刺队的首要任务，而他的队友们也完全支持这一计划。
“我们最终的目标是进入季后赛，所以在他缺阵期间我们必须撑起球队，”凯尔登·约翰逊 (Keldon Johnson) 说。“我们要延续他受伤前建立的良好习惯，当他准备好回归时，我们也会为他做好准备。但在此之前，他的健康是我们的头等大事。所以，无论他何时准备好，何时被批准复出，我们都已整装待发。”
圣安东尼奥马刺队前锋维克托·文班亚马在场边为球队加油，观看球队于2025年11月20日星期四在圣安东尼奥弗罗斯特银行中心击败亚特兰大老鹰队。文班亚马已确定缺席球队周三对阵洛杉矶湖人队的NBA杯四分之一决赛。
在周三的比赛前，马刺队在缺少这位核心球员的情况下取得了8胜3负的战绩。文班亚马自11月14日以108-109惜败金州勇士队的比赛中砍下26分12篮板的两双后，便一直缺阵至今。他在受伤后被列入伤病名单，本赛季出战的12场比赛中，他场均贡献26.2分、12.9个篮板、4.0次助攻以及联盟最高的3.6次盖帽。
在受伤前，文班亚马带领马刺取得了8胜4负的战绩。赛季初，他便在客场大胜达拉斯的比赛中强势开局，砍下40分、15个篮板和3次盖帽，统治了比赛。那也是他自二月中旬因右肩血凝块诊断而提前两个月结束其第二个NBA赛季后的首场比赛。
文班亚马凭借一波火热的三连胜表现，赢得了本赛季首个西部周最佳球员奖。在那三场比赛中，他场均砍下33.3分、13.3个篮板、2.3次助攻、1.7次抢断和6.0次盖帽，带领马刺取得3胜0负。他的第二次周最佳荣誉则是在他成为NBA历史上首位在赛季前三场比赛中总计得到100+分、40+篮板和15+盖帽的球员后获得的。
其他伤病方面，马刺队将替补控卫乔丹·麦克劳林 (Jordan McLaughlin) 的状态升级为周三比赛“出战成疑”。他因左腿筋拉伤已连续缺席10场比赛。
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Spurs put Victor Wembanyama’s health ahead of NBA Cup
San Antonio Spurs’ Bismack Biyombo, from left, Jeremy Sochan, Victor Wembanyama and assistant coach Scott King watch their team take on the Atlanta Hawks at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025. Wembanyama was ruled out for the team’s Wednesday NBA Cup quarterfinal against the Los Angeles Lakers.
LOS ANGELES — An increase in torn Achilles tendons has been the scourge of the NBA lately. Since last January, Dejounte Murray, Tyrese Haliburton, Jayson Tatum and Damian Lillard have been among the victims.
The Spurs are determined to keep their franchise cornerstone off that hard-luck list.
Confident Victor Wembanyama’s left calf strain hasn’t healed sufficiently for him to return to the court, and adhering to their long-held principle of being conservative when it comes to player health, the Spurs ruled the All-Star center out for Wednesday night’s NBA Cup quarterfinals clash with the Lakers.
It’s a game the Spurs really want to win, of course, but not at the cost of the 21-year-old French superstar.
“It’s more of an outside narrative in terms of which game would somehow affect a player’s progression or timeline,” Spurs coach Mitch Johnson told the media Wednesday morning after shootaround.
“He’s doing great,” Johnson continued. “He’s getting very, very close and, unfortunately, all the added excitement and visibility to this game’s not going to play into the decision on if he plays or not.”
Johnson said the next step in Wembanyama’s rehab is underway: vital 5-on-5 work after he began playing 2-on-2 this past weekend in New Orleans.
“He’s getting very close, again, and just need to see how he responds and reacts and if we continue to progress, which we feel very good about,” Johnson said. “We’ll hopefully see him out here soon.”
One 5-on-5 session, though, won’t be enough. Johnson indicated several such sessions will be needed before the medical staff clears Wembanyama to play in the NBA Cup semifinals Saturday in Las Vegas or back in San Antonio next week.
“When you’ve been out an extended amount of time, you usually don’t say, ‘Oh well, this is good,’ and then just go on to something else,” Johnson said. “And so at this point, it’s just being disciplined on really feeling good about getting back and playing an NBA game. Five-on-five is not an NBA game, so I think just making sure we feel good about that and it’s not just feeling good in the moment. It’s also feeling good about how how he responds and reacts the next day, recovery, and so on and so forth.”
One thing is certain: Wembanyama has been champing at the bit to return.
“He wants to be out there,” Johnson said. “He is always wanting to be out there. Fortunately, we have a great staff. Our medical team does a great job communicating and everybody’s on the same page. And so it’s no different than when we tell him to get back in transition defense or set a screen. He trusts the staff and we’re all on the same page with open communication.”
Speculation that Wembanyama might return for Wednesday’s high-stakes game after an 11-game, nearly month-long absence began after Johnson said before Monday night’s 135-132 win in New Orleans that the 21-year-old Frenchman would travel with the team to L.A., but the Spurs ultimately put the All-Star center’s health above getting to Las Vegas.
Bottom line: The Spurs are sticking to their plan of being extra cautious with Wembanyama’s calf injury for fear a premature return could result in something far worse.
“As we’ve seen around this league recently, the calf tightness thing is not something you want to take lightly,” Johnson told reporters recently. “We don’t want to push it there.”
Calf injuries can lead to Achilles issues, and there have been plenty of those lately.
According to USA Today, there have been 63 known Achilles ruptures in the 55 NBA seasons since 1970, excluding the 2025-26 campaign. Yet, 29 of those ruptures — or 46% — have occurred over the most recent 13 seasons, at a rate of 2.23 ruptures per season, the newspaper reported in November.
There were a record-high seven last season, a significant increase over the previous 42 seasons, which yielded a rupture rate of 0.81 per season, per the USA Today analysis.
Thus, giving Wembanyama maximum time to heal is understandably the Spurs’ top priority, and his teammates are on board with the plan.
“Ultimately, we know that we are building towards a goal of being in the playoffs, so we got to hold it down while he’s gone,” Keldon Johnson said. “We got to continue those good habits as when he was here, and when he’s ready to come back, we’ll be ready for him. But until then, his health is our main thing. So, whenever he is ready, whenever he is cleared, we ready to go.”
San Antonio Spurs forward Victor Wembanyama hypes up the crowd as he watches his team defeat the Atlanta Hawks at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025. Wembanyama was ruled out for the team’s Wednesday NBA Cup quarterfinal against the Los Angeles Lakers.
The Spurs entered Wednesday’s game carrying an 8-3 mark without their linchpin player, who hasn’t played since he recorded a 26-point, 12-rebound double-double in a 109-108 loss to Golden State on Nov. 14. He was sidelined after that contest and is averaging 26.2 points, 12.9 rebounds, 4.0 assists and a league-high 3.6 blocks in his 12 games played.
Wembanyama led the Spurs to an 8-4 record before the injury, kicking off the season with a 33-point road plastering of Dallas in which he dominated to the tune of 40 points, 15 rebounds and three blocks in his first game since a blood clot in his right shoulder diagnosed in mid-February ended his second NBA season two months early.
Wembanyama won the season’s first Western Conference Player of the Week Award with a torrid three-game stretch in which he averaged 33.3 points, 13.3 rebounds, 2.3 assists, 1.7 steals and 6.0 blocks while leading the Spurs to a 3-0 record. His second player of the week honor came after he became the first player in NBA history to amass 100-plus points, 40-plus rebounds and 15-plus blocks in the first three games of a season.
In other injury news, the Spurs upgraded backup point guard Jordan McLaughlin to questionable for Wednesday’s game. He’s missed 10 in a row with a left hamstring strain.
By Tom Orsborn, Staff Writer, via San Antonio Express-News
