By Marilyn Dubinski | Pounding The Rock (PtR), 2025-12-14 06:27:52
昨天，马刺队迎来利好消息，维克托·文班亚马 (Victor Wembanyama) 在因小腿拉伤缺席12场比赛后即将回归。尽管在他缺阵期间球队表现出色，取得了9胜3负的战绩，但今晚他用表现向全世界再次证明，为何自己已是联盟最佳球员之一。尽管受到上场时间限制且以替补身份出战，他通过在上半场有限的出场时间内打出极致表现，帮助马刺克服了灾难性的开局，将比赛悬念保留了下来，随后在下半场球队状态回暖时，他也很好地融入了自己的角色。经过下半场你来我往的激烈争夺，马刺在关键时刻打出了致胜表现，再次拿下一场关键胜利，终结了俄克拉荷马城雷霆队追平纪录的赛季开局，并成功挺进NBA杯总决赛。
首节比赛，马刺队在没有失误的回合里也难以将球投进，他们开场三分球12投全失，而雷霆则迅速将领先优势扩大到两位数。直到首节还剩两分钟时，斯蒂芬·卡斯尔 (Stephon Castle) 和凯尔登·约翰逊 (Keldon Johnson) 终于命中两记三分，短暂地将分差缩小到6分，但他们仍然无法有效控制失误，也防不住对手，首节战罢以20-31落后。
第二节伊始，文班亚马终于首次登场，他立竿见影，先是补篮命中，紧接着在下一次进攻中抢下进攻篮板并助攻迪伦·哈珀 (Dylan Harper) 命中三分。尽管球队依然失误连连，但在他登场后，马刺打出一波9-2的攻势，将分差追至4分。但当他短暂出场后下场休息，雷霆又立刻在进攻端予取予求，而马刺则陷入得分荒，雷霆一波14-2的攻击波让他们以47-31领先。但同样地，文班在半场结束前回归，再次改变了攻防两端的局势，马刺以一波13-0的攻势结束上半场，将比分追至46-49，仅落后3分。这完美诠释了“个人在场正负值不会说谎”：上半场文班在场时，马刺净胜20分；而他不在场时，球队净负23分，其差距显而易见。
下半场开始后，双方你来我往，交替得分，德阿龙·福克斯 (De’Aaron Fox) 借助哈里森·巴恩斯 (Harrison Barnes) 的抢断快攻上篮得手，马刺终于取得了本场比赛的首次领先。这次得分属于一波10-0的攻击波，帮助马刺将领先优势扩大到6分（62-56），迫使雷霆请求暂停。这波攻势都是在文班不在场时打出的，现在他的队友们找到了节奏，他在第三次登场时无需再大包大揽。在该节最后几分钟，两队交替打出小高潮，领先优势也几度易手。凭借福克斯的两次罚球，马刺在第三节结束时以78-77领先。
文班在第四节首发出战，并再次上演了对切特·霍姆格伦 (Chet Holmgren) 跳投的标志性封盖。他们保持了一段时间的领先，但在第四节中段，当文班和福克斯双双下场休息时，雷霆不可避免地打出了一波11-3的攻势，抓住了马刺几次草率的失误。在决胜阶段，双方多次交换领先并互放大招，都打出了足以载入集锦的进球。马刺的最后一记运动战进球，是文班在比赛还剩2分32秒时面对亚历克斯·卡鲁索 (Alex Caruso) 的防守命中一记高难度中距离投篮，帮助马刺以102-101取得领先，此后，比赛进入了罚球大战。
比赛仅剩一分多钟时，文班两罚全中，帮助马刺以105-101领先，他们自此守住了优势，期间虽然罚丢了几球，但命中了足够多的罚球，并通过犯规战术阻止雷霆投出可能扳平比分的三分球。杰伦·威廉姆斯 (Jalen Williams) 在比赛还剩1.5秒时故意罚丢最后一球，试图为球队创造扳平比分的机会，但他们未能完成出手，最终马刺以111-109赢得了这场戏剧性的胜利。
赛后观察
- 我不知道现场观众是支持马刺的球迷（即有很多马刺粉丝），是支持弱者逆袭的观众，还是纯粹想看雷霆输球的球迷，但现场感觉就像是马刺的主场，马刺进球时欢呼声震耳欲聋，当裁判做出不利于他们的判罚时嘘声四起，而每当文班站上罚球线，全场都会响起“MVP”的呼声。
- 很难用语言形容上半场文班在场与否对比赛局势造成的疯狂且瞬时的逆转。马刺当时正打出赛季最糟糕的表现之一，内外线投篮皆失，失误频频，并且在防守端让雷霆为所欲为。然后，当文班登场时，他的防守影响力立刻显现，而在另一端，雷霆则在马刺进攻端那种我们称之为“有序的混乱”中疲于奔命。你真的需要亲眼目睹才能相信，我也不确定自己是否见过如此景象。
- 所有焦点都理所当然地集中在文班的回归上，他替补出场贡献了22分、9个篮板和2次封盖。但尽管开局不佳，其他马刺球员也打出了出色的表现。福克斯和卡斯尔各得22分，而德文·瓦塞尔 (Devin Vassell) 则悄然拿下全队最高的23分。卡斯尔的表现绝非“悄无声息”，他贡献了一些高光镜头，但他也出现了6次失误，几乎都是在空中滞留后试图传出匪夷所思的球时造成的。福克斯和瓦塞尔则更为“低调”，因为他们缺少华丽的表演，但两人都命中了关键且及时的投篮，帮助球队稳住了局势。
- 有几项数据本可能让马刺陷入绝境，但最终结果却对他们有利，那就是三分球和失误。他们从开局三分12投0中的糟糕局面中恢复过来，此后30投13中，而且这还是在巴恩斯8投0中的情况下。另一方面，雷霆全场只命中了9记三分。此外，尽管马刺最终的失误次数（19次）多于雷霆（15次），但他们利用失误丢分反而比对手少1分，以25-26赢得了这项数据的比拼，从而削弱了雷霆最大的优势之一。
下场比赛：周二对阵纽约尼克斯
NBA杯总决赛，中部时间晚7:30，Prime平台直播。（提醒：该场比赛不计入常规赛战绩。）
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Wemby’s return sparks Spurs win over Thunder and into the NBA Cup Finals
The Spurs got good news yesterday that Victor Wembanyama would be returning from a 12-game absence due to a calf strain, and as good as they played without him, going 9-3 in that stretch, he reminded the world tonight why he’s already one of the best. Despite playing on minutes restrictions and coming off the bench, he helped the Spurs overcome an atrocious start by making the absolute most of his first half minutes to keep them in the game, then settled into his role in the second half as they played much better. After a back-and-fourth second half, the Spurs made the plays they needed to down the stretch to get another clutch win, put an end to the Oklahoma City Thunder’s record-tying start to the season, and vault themselves to the NBA Cup Finals.
When the Spurs weren’t turning the ball over in the first quarter, they had trouble getting much to fall, missing their first 12 threes while the Thunder quickly got the lead out to a double-digit lead. Stephon Castle and Keldon Johnson finally hit a couple of threes with two minutes left in the first quarter to briefly cut the lead to six, but they still couldn’t take good enough care of the ball or get enough stops and found themselves down 20-31 after the first 12 minutes.
Wembanyama fnally entered for the first time to start the second quarter and instantly made an impact by tipping in a miss and finding Dylan Harper for a three off an offensive rebound on the next possession. Despite some continued sloppiness, they went on a 9-2 run to get within four with him in, but once he sat after the very brief appearance, the Thunder went right back to getting what they wanted on offense while the Spurs struggled to score, and a 14-2 OKC run had them up 47-31. But again, Wemby’s return for the end of the half changed the dynamic on both ends, and the Spurs ended the half on a 13-0 run to get within three, 46-49. In a staggering case of “box score plus/minus don’t lie”, the Spurs were a +20 with Wemby on the floor and a -23 with him off in the half, and it was plain as day to see.
The teams traded buckets to start the second half, and the Spurs finally got their first lead of the game when De’Aaron Fox got a layup off a Harrison Barnes steal. That was part of a 10-0 run to get the lead out to six, 62-56, forcing a Thunder timeout. This was all without Wemby, and now that his teammates had found a rhythm, he didn’t have to do as much in his third stint on the floor. Both teams traded mini-runs and the lead a few times in the final minutes, with the Spurs up 78-77 at the end of the third off a couple of Fox free throws.
Wemby started the fourth quarter and got another signature block of a Chet Holmgren jumper. They maintained the lead for a while, but the Thunder inevitably went on an 11-3 run midway through the quarter while both Wemby and Fox sat, taking advantage of some more sloppy Spurs turnovers. The teams traded the lead and haymakers multiple times down the stretch, with both teams making highlight worthy shots. The Spurs’ final field goal, an acrobatic Wemby middy over Alex Caruso, gave the Spurs the lead at 102-101 with 2:32 left, and then it became the battle of the free throws.
Two Wemby free throws got the Spurs up 105-101 with just over a minute left, and they held on from there, missing a couple but making enough while fouling the Thunder to prevent any game-tying threes. Jalen Williams purposefully missed his final FT with 1.5 seconds left to give his team a chance to tie the game, but they couldn’t get a shot off, and the Spurs won the dramatic victory, 111-109.
Game Notes
- I don’t know if this was a pro-Spurs crowd (as in lots of Spurs fans), a pro-underdog crowd, or just one that wanted to see the Thunder lose, but it felt kind of like a home game, with the cheers much louder for Spurs buckets, boos at the refs when calls didn’t go their way, and MVP chants whenever Wemby was at the free throw line.
- It’s hard to explain how insane and instant the game flips were during the first half when Wemby was in vs. out. The Spurs were playing some of their worst ball of the season, unable to make shots inside or out, turning it over, and generally letting the Thunder get what they wanted on offense. Then, when Wemby would enter, his defensive impact was felt on that end, and on the other the Thunder were scrambling amidst what we’ll call controlled chaos by the Spurs offense. You truly had to see it to believe it, and I’m not sure I’ve ever seen anything like it.
- All the noise was around Wemby’s return, in which he scored 22 off the bench, grabbed 9 rebounds and 2 blocks, and rightfully so, but despite the bad start, other Spurs had excellent nights. Fox and Castle both had 22 points while Devin Vassell quietly led the team with 23. Castle’s performance wasn’t exactly “quiet” with some highlight real plays, but he also had 6 turnovers, almost all coming when he’d get stuck in the air and try to throw a crazy pass. Fox and Vassell were more “quiet” as in lacking much flash, but they both hit huge, timely shots and helped keep things under control.
- A couple of stats that could have buried the Spurs but they still ended up in their favor was three-point shooting and turnovers. They recovered from their horrific 0-12 start and hit 13-30 from there, and that was despite Barnes going a 0-8. On the other hand, the Thunder hit just 9 threes total. And while the Spurs still ended up with more turnovers, with 19 compared to the Thunder’s 15, they actually conceded one fewer point off them, winning that battle 25-26 to take away one of OKC’s biggest advantages.
Up next: Tuesday vs. New York Knicks
NBA Cup Finals, 7:30 PM CT on Prime (Reminder: that game does not count towards the regular season record.)
By Marilyn Dubinski, via Pounding The Rock