By Tom Orsborn, Staff Writer | San Antonio Express-News (SAEN), 2025-12-22 13:52:59
即便一些球迷在社交媒体上对此策略颇有微词，但马刺队仍在坚决执行他们的计划——在维克托·文班亚马 (Victor Wembanyama) 因左小腿拉伤缺阵12场比赛后，全力保护他的健康。
周日晚间，在一场以124-113战胜华盛顿的比赛中，文班亚马因仍受出场时间限制而替补登场。这已经是他连续第五场替补出战，其中也包括在NBA杯决赛中不敌纽约的比赛。
尽管仅出战22分钟，文班亚马便砍下14分和12个篮板，收获了个人本赛季第11次两双。此外，他还送出2次助攻和2次盖帽，由此比肩迈克尔·乔丹 (Michael Jordan)，成为NBA历史上仅有的两位在生涯前135场比赛中便能达成3000+得分、500+助攻和100+盖帽的球员。
赛前，教练米奇·约翰逊 (Mitch Johnson) 强调，球队并不急于恢复对这位建队基石的常规使用方式。
“在情况改变之前，这就是我们的计划，”约翰逊在谈到让文班亚马替补出场并限制其上场时间时说道。“赛季漫长而艰难，所以我们不能急于求成，纠结于这是第几天。赛程非常凶险，我们必须日复一日地观察他的感觉和身体反应，特别是在他近期遭遇伤病之后。”
“我们对这种情况以及其他面临类似问题的球员都格外谨慎，但考虑到他情况的独特性和严峻性，我们对他更是如此。”
约翰逊同样称赞了文班亚马在带伤作战的逆境中所展现出的成熟。
“无论作为一名球员还是一个年轻人，他都成长了，这种成熟体现在他能坦然接受现状，心态平和，不会试图在20分钟里打出36分钟的表现，”约翰逊说。“这很难做到。他争强好胜，渴望在比赛中留下自己的印记，将自己的意志强加于比赛。但你只需用正确的方式打球，顺应比赛的走向，在场上做出当下最需要的回应。”
Victor Wembanyama (1), de los Spurs de San Antonio, toma un rebote frente a Tre Johnson, de los Wizards de Washington, durante la primera mitad del juego de baloncesto de la NBA, el domingo 21 de diciembre de 2025, en Washington. (AP Foto/John McDonnell)
Washington Wizards forward Anthony Gill (16) grabs a round against San Antonio Spurs forward Victor Wembanyama (1) during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Sunday, Dec. 21, 2025, in Washington.
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Spurs determined to protect Wembanyama during ‘long, grueling’ season
Even while some fans decry the strategy on social media, the Spurs are sticking to their plan to protect Victor Wembanyama’s health in the wake of the strained left calf that sidelined him for 12 games.
For the fifth game in a row, including the NBA Cup championship loss to New York, Wembanyama came off the bench Sunday night in a 124-113 win over Washington while he was still under a minutes restriction.
Despite logging just 22 minutes, Wembanyama notched his 11th double-double of the season with 14 points and 12 rebounds. He also had two assists and two blocks to join Michael Jordan as the only two players in NBA history with 3,000-pus points, 500-plus assists and 100-plus blocks in their first 135 games.
Before the game, coach Mitch Johnson stressed the club is in no rush to return to how they would normally use their franchise player.
“That’s going to be the plan until it’s not," Johnson said of Wembanyama playing under a minutes restriction off the bench. "The season’s long and grueling, so it’s not like Day 5 of this or day whatever of that. It’s a treacherous schedule, and so we have to continue to take it day by day on how he’s feeling, how he’s reacting and because of what he’s had recently.
“We are overly mindful of that and other guys in that same situation, but specifically because of his unique and adamant situation.”
Johnson also praised Wembanyama for the maturity he’s shown in the face of playing through injury adversity.
“He’s grown as a player and as a young man, and so the maturity shows in terms of being comfortable in his own skin at peace with not trying to squeeze 36 minutes into 20,” Johnson said. “And that’s hard. He’s competitive. He wants to leave his imprints on the game and he wants to impose his will, but you just need to play the game the right way and let the game call upon what’s it asking at that time.”
By Tom Orsborn, Staff Writer, via San Antonio Express-News