By Tom Orsborn, Staff Writer | San Antonio Express-News (SAEN), 2025-12-12 19:14:02
圣安东尼奥马刺队前锋维克托·文班亚马 (1) 在2025年12月2日（周二）于圣安东尼奥举行的一场NBA比赛中，马刺队以126-119战胜孟菲斯灰熊队后庆祝。
拉斯维加斯报道——维克托·文班亚马 (Victor Wembanyama) 表示，如果由他自己决定，他“本会更早复出”的。一次左小腿拉伤让他缺席了过去12场比赛。
但是，直到周五，他才从马刺医疗团队——他称之为“全世界最棒的团队”——那里获得了重返赛场的许可，这是一个更为谨慎的时间表。
“我认为听从他们的建议，按他们说的去做是更合理的，”文班亚马说。“我必须非常相信这个过程。”
马刺队（17胜7负）官方已将文班亚马列为周六对阵联盟领头羊俄克拉荷马城雷霆队（24胜1负）的NBA杯半决赛的“大概率出战”状态，但他们的教练明确表示，这位7英尺4英寸的全明星中锋将在当晚8点后于T-Mobile体育馆的比赛中首发出场。
“我预计他会上场，”米奇·约翰逊 (Mitch Johnson) 说。
但约翰逊也明确指出，文班亚马不会承担他一贯的繁重比赛负荷。在受伤前的12场比赛中，他场均出战近35分钟。
“他会感到疲惫的，”约翰逊说。“兴奋感、精神上的疲劳，我第一次看他和录像分析师们打球时，他就已经很累了。”
“……我预计他会较早被换下，出场时间也不会达到正常水平。”
约翰逊透露，文班亚马“从受伤那天起”就开始“游说”复出，并告诉教练们：“我其实感觉相当不错。我觉得我今晚就能上场。”
但马刺队采取了格外谨慎的态度，担心草率复出可能导致更严重的伤病，包括像今年其他几位球星那样遭遇足以导致赛季报销的跟腱撕裂。
文班亚马表示，他复出的时机与马刺队有机会晋级NBA杯决赛无关。
“提早复出本会是一个错误，”他说。“所以，我恰好在拉斯维加斯的这场比赛中复出。但之前的每一场比赛，我都在努力争取。”
如果马刺队能闯入决赛，每位球员将获得212,373美元的奖金，如果最终夺冠，还将额外获得530,933美元。但文班亚马表示，金钱也并未影响他复出的时机。
“可怜的维克需要更多钱，对吧？……但我这辈子的人生目标从来都不是单纯地积累财富，”他说。
文班亚马坦言，看着球队在没有自己的情况下比赛是很难受的。但同时，看到球队在他缺阵期间取得了9胜3负的战绩，他感到十分自豪。这段时期的战绩包括在周三的NBA杯四分之一决赛中以132-119击败湖人队，从而晋级拉斯维加斯。
“几乎每个晚上，他们都向我证明了我无需担心任何事，”他说。“说真的，我们所打出的、他们一直在打出的篮球风格，让我感到骄傲，因为在我看来，这正愈发接近理想中的篮球。每个人都有机会施展拳脚，任何人都可以在任何时候挺身而出，承担责任。每个人都信任身边的队友，所以这景象看起来真是太美妙了。”
文班亚马此次回归前，场均能够贡献26.2分、12.9个篮板、4.0次助攻、3.6次盖帽和1.1次抢断。
“即使在他缺阵的时候，我们也打得非常出色。但我认为他的回归，将在攻防两端都为我们带来提升，”马刺队后卫德阿龙·福克斯 (De’Aaron Fox) 表示。“所以我们希望他继续做自己。”
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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.
LAS VEGAS - Victor Wembanyama said if it was up to him, he “would’ve come back earlier” from the left calf strain that sidelined him for the last 12 games.
But the green light from the Spurs medical personnel - the “best staff in the world,” he called them - to return to the court didn’t come until Friday, a more prudent timeline.
“I think it is more reasonable to listen to them and do as they said,” Wembanyama said. “I have to trust the process a lot.”
The Spurs (17-7) officially listed Wembanyama as probable for Saturday’s NBA Cup Semifinals matchup with the league-leading Oklahoma City Thunder (24-1), but their coach left no doubt that the 7-foot-4 All-Star center will be in the starting lineup when the game tips off shortly after 8 p.m. at T-Mobile Arena.
“I expect him to play,” Mitch Johnson said.
But Johnson also made it clear Wembanyama won’t be shouldering his usual heavy workload. He averaged nearly 35 minutes per game in his 12 outings before the injury.
“He’s going to be tired,” Johnson said. "The excitement, the mental fatigue, he was tired the first time I saw him play live against video guys.
“… I would suspect an early sub and not his normal minutes.”
Wembanyama began “lobbying” to return “since the day” the injury happened, telling the coaches, “I actually feel pretty good. I think I could play tonight,” Johnson said.
But the Spurs were extra cautious, fearing a premature return could lead to further injury, including a season-ending torn Achilles tendon like a few other stars have suffered this year.
Wembanyama said the timing of his return had nothing to do with the Spurs having a chance to advance to the NBA Cup Championship.
“It would have been a mistake to come back earlier,” he said. “So it just happens that I’m coming back in this game in Vegas here. But every single game, I was pushing.”
The Spurs stand to earn $212,373 per player if they reach the championship game and an additional $530,933 should they win the Cup. But Wembanyama said money didn’t factor into the timing of his return either.
“Poor Vic needs more money, right? … Just stacking money hasn’t been any goal of mine in my life,” he said.
Wembanyama said it was difficult watching his team play without him. But, at the same time, he was proud to see them go 9-3 during his absence, a stretch that included beating the Lakers 132-119 on Wednesday in the NBA Cup Quarterfinals to advance to Las Vegas.
“Almost every night they proved to me that I have nothing to worry about,” he said. “Really, the brand of basketball we were playing, that they’ve been playing, just makes me proud because it’s getting closer to the ideal basketball, in my opinion. And everybody has something to eat. Everybody can step up at any time. Everybody can take up responsibilities. Everybody trusts the next teammate, so it’s just beautiful to see.”
Wembanyama returns averaging 26.2 points, 12.9 rebounds, 4.0 assists, 3.6 blocks and 1.1 steals.
“We have been playing extremely well even when he has been out. But him coming back into the fold, I think that adds to us offensively and defensively,” Spurs guard De’Aaron Fox said. "So we want him to continue to be himself.’
By Tom Orsborn, Staff Writer, via San Antonio Express-News