By Tom Orsborn, Staff Writer | San Antonio Express-News (SAEN), 2025-12-25 16:32:38
在2025年12月25日（周四）于俄克拉荷马城进行的一场NBA比赛中，圣安东尼奥马刺队后卫达龙·福克斯（4号）在上半场对位俄克拉荷马城雷霆队的切特·霍姆格伦（7号）并出手投篮。(美联社照片/杰拉尔德·梁)
俄克拉荷马城电 – 马刺队后卫达龙·福克斯 (De’Aaron Fox) 将他职业生涯“最高效的一年”迅速归功于他的队友们。
“和这些家伙一起打球，迪伦·哈珀 (Dylan Harper)、斯蒂芬·卡斯尔 (Stephon Castle)、维克托·文班亚马 (Victor Wembanyama)，他们让比赛对我而言变得更轻松了，”福克斯最近说道。
周四下午，在这场西部头两名球队的对决中，福克斯在他的圣诞大战首秀中凭借一己之力打出火热开局，上半场便砍下29分中的21分，率领马刺队以117-102击败俄克拉荷马城雷霆队。
“我认为他从比赛一开始就全神贯注，”马刺队主教练米奇·约翰逊 (Mitch Johnson) 表示。“在比赛陷入胶着的一些阶段，是他扛着我们前进。他可能是我们队里为数不多在这种环境下打过球的球员之一。在球队最需要得分、最需要稳定局面的时候，他就是那个稳住军心的人。”
福克斯上半场得到的这些分数，是他作为马刺球员在任何比赛上半场中的最高得分。在为萨克拉门托效力了八个多赛季后，他于上赛季通过一笔三方交易加盟球队。
上半场的剧本很简单：福克斯面对联盟顶级防守总能轻松找到自己的进攻甜点区，队友们找到他，而他则稳稳命中投篮。
“这是我的第一场圣诞大战，我只想打出一场精彩的比赛并带走胜利，”福克斯说。“我们做到了，而且除了开场几个回合外，我们从比赛一开始就进入了状态。我认为我们在整场比赛中都表现得非常出色。”
此役过后，马刺队（23胜7负）豪取八连胜——这是球队自2019年2月至3月取得九连胜以来的最长连胜纪录，同时也送给雷霆队本赛季主场15场比赛中的首败。本赛季马刺队对阵卫冕NBA总冠军雷霆队已取得3胜0负的战绩，此前他们曾在12月13日于拉斯维加斯举行的NBA杯半决赛中以111-109险胜对手，并在周二于圣安东尼奥以130-110再次击败对手。
“球员们都在拼尽全力，努力执行比赛计划，”约翰逊说道。
文班亚马替补出战26分钟，贡献19分和11个篮板，拿下赛季第12次两双。卡斯尔也为马刺队得到19分。此役是马刺队自2016年以来首次在圣诞大战中取胜，他们的圣诞大战总战绩也提升至6胜7负。哈里森·巴恩斯 (Harrison Barnes) 和哈珀分别贡献了15分和12分。
在2025年12月25日（周四）于俄克拉荷马城进行的一场NBA比赛上半场，圣安东尼奥马刺队的凯尔登·约翰逊（3号）在对阵俄克拉荷马城雷霆队时激情庆祝。(美联社照片/杰拉尔德·梁)
约翰逊在赛前重申，球队决心严格遵守文班亚马的恢复计划。文班亚马此前因左小腿拉伤连续缺席了12场比赛，复出后的7场比赛中，他一直受到上场时间限制，且尚未首发登场。这7场比赛中包括一场不计入常规赛战绩的、对阵纽约队的NBA杯总决赛。
“我不知道他何时能不受时间限制，但我们会一直谨慎控制他的上场时间，直到……（未来某个时间点），”约翰逊说。“没有任何事情能让我们在这方面动摇或改变计划。即便这场比赛打到三加时，他也不会上场。任何情况都不能让我们打破自己的原则。”
约翰逊还强调，球队管理层和文班亚马本人都一致认为，坚持该计划最符合他的长远利益。
“重申一次，无论是参加杯赛决赛、圣诞大战、对阵强队，还是取得连胜所带来的情绪、兴奋和特殊情况，任何因素都不会影响或左右我们为这位年轻人和这支球队制定的长远规划，”约翰逊说。“当你考虑到他的伤病史，以及历史经验告诉我们在球员从这种伤病中恢复时需要多么谨慎，再考虑到他独特的身体构造以及我们希望在未来几年——而不仅仅是今天或今年——实现的目标，那么，任何事情都不值得我们去牺牲或冒险损害他的长期健康和长远发展。”
雷霆队方面，谢伊·吉尔杰斯-亚历山大 (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander) 得到22分。在经历24胜1负的开局后，雷霆队目前的战绩下滑至26胜5负。俄克拉荷马城全队三分球44投仅11中（命中率25%），其中亚历克斯·卡鲁索 (Alex Caruso) 三分球12投仅2中；球队的罚球命中率也仅有68%（23罚17中）。
福克斯全场投篮19投12中，其中三分球4投3中。他在第一节就6投5中（三分球3投3中）独得13分，帮助马刺队在一度落后8分的情况下，以41-36领先结束首节。
马刺队在第二节一度领先多达14分，半场结束时以69-60领先，并在第三节将领先优势扩大到17分。福克斯上半场11投9中，其中包括14投9中的远投。
为了彰显福克斯状态有多么火热、对比赛的掌控力有多强，他在第三节还剩约九分钟时上演了精彩一幕：当时他持球突入禁区被雷霆队球员抢断，但他竟在半空中夺回球权，随即命中一记禁区内的近距离跳投。
卡斯尔在得到19分的同时，还送出了7次助攻。他还成功地将吉尔杰斯-亚历山大的得分限制在远低于其场均32.5分的水平。
“他是一名非常优秀的球员，”雷霆队主教练马克·戴格诺特 (Mark Daigneault) 在赛前谈到这位2024-25赛季的NBA年度最佳新秀时说。“他是一名攻防俱佳的球员，一个非常出色的突破手，并且作为组织者有着很好的比赛感觉。他身体对抗能力强，因此能适应任何强度的比赛。而在防守端，他显然拥有出色的身体力量和顽强的意志，而且作为一名年轻球员，他的基本功也相当扎实。他很少失位，非常有纪律性，表现非常出色，就像他们的整个团队一样。我们对他充满敬意。”
San Antonio Spurs Victor Wembanyama (1) drives against Oklahoma City Thunder guard/forward Jalen Williams (8) during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Thursday, Dec. 25, 2025, in Oklahoma City. (AP Photo/Gerald Leong)
Oklahoma City Thunder Chet Holmgren (7) goes for the rebound against San Antonio Spurs forward/center Victor Wembanyama (1) during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Thursday, Dec. 25, 2025, in Oklahoma City. (AP Photo/Gerald Leong)
San Antonio Spurs Victor Wembanyama (1) shoots against Oklahoma City Thunder center/forward Chet Holmgren (7) during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Thursday, Dec. 25, 2025, in Oklahoma City. (AP Photo/Gerald Leong)
Oklahoma City Thunder guard Luguentz Dort (5) block against San Antonio Spurs guard Stephon Castle (5) during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Thursday, Dec. 25, 2025, in Oklahoma City. (AP Photo/Gerald Leong)
San Antonio Spurs Keldon Johnson (3) shoots against Oklahoma City Thunder center/forward Chet Holmgren (7) during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Thursday, Dec. 25, 2025, in Oklahoma City. (AP Photo/Gerald Leong)
Oklahoma City Thunder Jalen Williams (8) looks to block against San Antonio Spurs guard Stephon Castle (5) during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Thursday, Dec. 25, 2025, in Oklahoma City. (AP Photo/Gerald Leong)
Oklahoma City Thunder Jalen Williams (8) drives against San Antonio Spurs during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Thursday, Dec. 25, 2025, in Oklahoma City. (AP Photo/Gerald Leong)
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De’Aaron Fox’s fast start sparks Spurs to another win over Thunder
San Antonio Spurs guard De’Aaron Fox (4) shoots against Oklahoma City Thunder Chet Holmgren (7) during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Thursday, Dec. 25, 2025, in Oklahoma City. (AP Photo/Gerald Leong)
OKLAHOMA CITY – Spurs guard De’Aaron Fox has been quick to credit his teammates for what he calls the “most efficient year” of his career.
“Playing with all these guys, Dylan (Harper), Steph (Castle), Vic (Wembanyama), it makes the game easier for me,” Fox said recently.
Fueled by a fast start largely of his own making in his Christmas Day debut, Fox scored 21 of his 29 points in the first half to spark the Spurs to a 117-102 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Thursday afternoon in a battle between the West’s top two teams.
“I thought he was locked in from the get-go,” Spurs coach Mitch Johnson said. “He carried us through stretches of the game where it got a little shaky, and he’s probably one of the few guys on our team that’s played in an environment like this. He was just a steady hand when we need it the most, when we needed a bucket.”
Fox’s points before halftime were the most he’s scored in any first half as a Spur. He joined the team last season in a three-team trade after eight-plus seasons with Sacramento.
It was a simple formula in the first half: Fox easily got to his spots against the NBA’s top defense, his teammates found him, and he knocked down the shots.
“This being my first Christmas game, I just wanted to have a good game and come out with a win,” Fox said. “We did that, and we did it from the jump outside of the first couple of possessions. I think we were really good throughout the course of the game.”
In winning their eighth game in a row – the club’s longest since winning nine straight in February and March 2019 – and handing the Thunder their first loss at home this season in 15 games, the Spurs (23-7) improved to 3-0 against the defending NBA champions after also besting them 111-109 on Dec. 13 in the NBA Cup semifinals in Las Vegas and 130-110 Tuesday in San Antonio.
“The guys are working their butts off and they’re trying to execute the game plan,” Johnson said.
Wembanyama had 19 points and 11 rebounds for his 12th double-double of the season in 26 minutes off the bench, and Castle had 19 points for the Spurs, who improved to 6-7 on Christmas Day after recording their first win on the holiday since 2016. Harrison Barnes and Harper chipped in with 15 and 12 points, respectively.
San Antonio Spurs Keldon Johnson (3) celebrates against the Oklahoma City Thunder during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Thursday, Dec. 25, 2025, in Oklahoma City. (AP Photo/Gerald Leong)
Johnson reiterated before the game that the club is determined to stick with its recovery plan for Wembanyama, who has been under a minutes restriction and has yet to start in the seven games he’s appeared in since missing 12 in a row with a left calf strain. Those seven outings includes the NBA Cup championship game against New York that did not count in the standings.
“I don’t know when it becomes unrestricted, but his minutes will be mindful for dot, dot, dot,” Johnson said. “There’s nothing that’s going to make us flinch or change on that. If this game goes into triple overtime, he will not be in the game. There’s no circumstances that will allow us to get outside of ourselves with that regard.”
Johnson also stressed the organization and Wembanyama are in agreement that its in his best interest to stick to the plan
“Again, the emotions, the excitement, the circumstances of being in a Cup game, playing on Christmas, playing a big-time team, having a couple wins in a row, none of that is going to allow us or dictate to us in terms of the big picture of what we want for that young man and for this team,” Johnson said. “And so when you look at the injury and what history tells us in terms of being mindful of bringing a guy, a player back from that, and you look at his unique anatomy and all the things we want to accomplish, not today, not this year, but years to come, there’s nothing worth sacrificing or risking his long-term health and his long-term growth.”
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had 22 points for the Thunder, who fell to 26-5 after starting the season 24-1. Oklahoma City hit just 11 of 44 (25%) from 3-point range (Alex Caruso missed 10 of 12) and the Thunder shot just 68% from the foul line (17 of 23).
Fox finished 12 of 19 from the floor and 3 of 4 from 3-point range. He scored 13 points on 5 of 6 and 3 of 3 in the first quarter, which ended with the Spurs up 41-36 after they trailed by eight.
The Spurs led 69-60 at halftime after leading by as many as 14 points in the second period, a lead they extended to 17 points in the third quarter. Fox hit 9 of 11 in the first half, including 9 of 14 from distance.
Underscoring how hot and in control Fox was, he sank a short jumper inside the paint with about nine minutes left in the third period after recovered the ball in mid-air after the Thunder stripped it from him during a drive into the lane.
Castle had seven assists to go along with his 19 points. He also helped hold Gilgeous-Alexander well below his per-game average of 32.5 points.
“He’s a really good player,” Thunder coach Mark Daigneault said of the 2024-25 NBA Rookie of the Year before the game. “He’s a two-end player. He’s a really good driver. He’s got a good feel as a playmaker. He’s physical, so he can play in all the games. And then defensively, he’s got obviously great physical strength and great will, but he’s also pretty fundamental for a young player. He’s not out of position very often. He’s pretty disciplined and does a really nice job as the whole team does. We have a lot of respect.”
By Tom Orsborn, Staff Writer, via San Antonio Express-News