By Saul Pink, Staff Writer | San Antonio Express-News (SAEN), 2025-12-25 13:43:51
圣安东尼奥马刺队前锋凯利·奥利尼克在2025年11月16日星期日于圣安东尼奥对阵萨克拉门托国王队的比赛中。2023年圣诞节，当奥利尼克在圣安东尼奥时，他和妻子帮助一只走失的狗狗回到了主人身边。
那是2023年的圣诞节，当时圣安东尼奥马刺队整个赛季只赢了四场比赛，而凯利·奥利尼克 (Kelly Olynyk) 还是犹他爵士队的一名中锋。
在本赛季开始前被交易至马刺队的奥利尼克当时正在圣安东尼奥。节礼日（圣诞节次日），爵士队将客场挑战马刺队。
圣诞节当天，奥利尼克和他的妻子杰基 (Jackie) 正开车四处寻找营业的午餐地点，这时他们发现了一只走失的狗狗。这件事让他们在阿拉莫城开启了一段圣诞寻主之旅，决心将这只小狗送回其合法主人身边。
周二播出的一段 ESPN 节目记录了两年前奥利尼克夫妇这旋风般的一天。圣诞节清晨，夫妇俩选择自己飞往圣安东尼奥，而不是乘坐球队的包机。原因何在？凯利·奥利尼克需要在那年再完成一次飞行，以获得达美航空的白金会员等级。
当他们抵达圣安东尼奥时，凯利·奥利尼克饿了。
“我想，实在没办法了，就去塔可钟吧，”奥利尼克告诉ESPN。“而一切就是从那时开始的。”
他们开车去了一家塔可钟，但它关门了。接着，夫妇俩在街上看到了一只狗。杰基·奥利尼克 (Jackie Olynyk) 打开车门，那只狗便跳上了她的腿。
“它就像回到了家一样。它眼里闪着光，很高兴待在那里，”凯利·奥利尼克说。“你知道的，圣诞快乐。”
这只狗没有项圈，奥利尼克夫妇便开车带它去了好几家动物收容所，结果发现所有收容所都在节日期间关闭了。于是，他们又在沃尔格林停下，买了一些狗粮和零食。
与此同时，杰基·奥利尼克一直在给朋友发短信，询问他们是否认识圣安东尼奥的人，或者对于如何处理走失的狗狗有什么建议。一位朋友建议他们把狗带到急诊宠物医院。他们照做了，并发现这只狗植入了微芯片，其中包含了主人的姓名和地址。
这只狗名叫哈雷。
他们将狗狗送还主人的希望很快就破灭了。
“我们敲开门，为这重要的一刻感到无比兴奋，结果开门的人说：‘哦，不，我从来没养过狗，’”杰基·奥利尼克说道。
多棒的一个圣诞故事：凯利·奥利尼克和他的妻子杰基在假期期间于圣安东尼奥发现了一只走失的狗狗。这就是小狗哈雷与主人重逢的经过
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感到“有点泄气”的他们决定带着哈雷先回酒店，然后找点东西吃。
夫妇俩的这顿饭很快就被打断了，一位住在圣安东尼奥的朋友的朋友表示可以为哈雷提供自家的后院。于是，二人再次上车，将哈雷送了过去。但他们立刻就后悔了。
“当我们关上院门时，那种感觉就像是：‘天哪，我们真的要把她就这么留在后院吗？’”凯利·奥利尼克说。
杰基·奥利尼克开始哭了起来。他们掉头回去，打开车门，哈雷又一次跳回了她的腿上。
就在这时，圣诞奇迹发生了。杰基·奥利尼克一直在社交媒体上发布消息，哈雷真正的主人联系上了她。这位主人已经和哈雷失散多年，完全不知道它身在何处。
晚上9点左右，这位身高七英尺的NBA球员和他的妻子带着哈雷出现在了主人的家门口。
“哈雷看到主人的那一刻，眼睛瞬间就亮了，”杰基·奥利尼克说。“我感觉自己就像置身于一部圣诞电影中。”
今年圣诞节，这对夫妇没有回到圣安东尼奥。凯利·奥利尼克和马刺队正在俄克拉荷马城，客场挑战联盟战绩第一的雷霆队。
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Spurs’ Kelly Olynyk and wife helped lost dog on Christmas 2023
San Antonio Spurs forward Kelly Olynyk during a game against the Sacramento Kings in San Antonio, Sunday, Nov. 16, 2025. When Olynyk was in San Antonio on Christmas in 2023, he and his wife helped return a lost dog to its owner.
It was Christmas Day of 2023, the San Antonio Spurs had won four games all season, and Kelly Olynyk was a center for the Utah Jazz.
Olynyk, who was traded to the Spurs before this season, was in San Antonio. The Jazz were set to play the Spurs on the day after Christmas.
Olynyk and his wife, Jackie, were driving around looking for somewhere open for lunch on Christmas Day when they spotted a lost dog. It set them off on a Christmas road trip around the Alamo City to return the pup to its rightful owner.
An ESPN segment that aired Tuesday chronicles the Olynyks’ whirlwind day two years ago. The couple opted to fly to San Antonio on their own — rather than on the team charter plane — early Christmas morning. Why? Kelly Olynyk needed to take one more flight that year to achieve platinum status on Delta Air Lines.
When they landed in San Antonio, Kelly Olynyk was hungry.
“When all else fails, I guess, Taco Bell,” Olynyk told ESPN. “And that’s when it all started.”
They drove to a Taco Bell, and it was closed. Then, the couple saw a dog on the street. Jackie Olynyk opened the car door, and the dog jumped onto her lap.
“It was at home. It had a twinkle in its eye, happy to be there," Kelly Olynyk said. "You know, Merry Christmas.”
The Olynyks drove the dog, which didn’t have a collar, to a handful of animal shelters, only to find all of them closed for the holiday. They stopped at Walgreens to pick up dog food and treats.
Meanwhile, Jackie Olynyk had been texting friends, asking if they knew anyone in San Antonio or had any advice for what to do with a lost dog. One recommended they bring the dog to an emergency veterinarian. They did, and found out the dog had a microchip. It included the name of an owner and an address.
The dog’s name was Harley.
Their hopes of returning the dog to its owner were quickly squashed.
“We knock on the door, really excited for this big moment and the person opens and they say ,‘Oh, no, I’ve never had a dog,'" Jackie Olynyk said.
What a wonderful Christmas Story: Kelly Olynyk and his wife, Jackie, found a lost dog in San Antonio during the holidays. Here is how the little pup, Harley, was reunited with its owner
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Feeling “a little bit deflated,” they decided to go back to their hotel with Harley and grab a bite to eat.
The couple’s meal was quickly interrupted when a friend of a friend who lived in San Antonio offered up their backyard to Harley. The duo got in the car again, and dropped off Harley. They immediately had second thoughts.
“As we shut the gate, it was kind of like: ‘Damn, are we just gonna leave her in the backyard?'" Kelly Olynyk said.
Jackie Olynyk started to cry. They turned around, opened the door and Harley jumped right back onto her lap.
Then, a Christmas miracle happened. Jackie Olynyk had been posting on social media, and Harley’s actual owner reached out to her. The owner had been without Harley for years and had no idea where the dog was.
Around 9 p.m., the seven-foot-tall NBA player and his wife showed up at the owner’s house with Harley in tow.
“Harley instantly lit up when she saw her,” Jackie Olynyk said. “I felt like I was inside of a Christmas movie.”
The couple isn’t back in San Antonio this Christmas. Kelly Olynyk and the Spurs are in Oklahoma City to take on the NBA-best Thunder.
By Saul Pink, Staff Writer, via San Antonio Express-News