By Michael C. Wright | ESPN, 2025-12-28 08:11:24
圣安东尼奥电——维克托·文班亚马 (Victor Wembanyama) 迎来了自11月14日以来的首次首发，但圣安东尼奥马刺队最终以114-127不敌犹他爵士队，八连胜就此终结。劳里·马尔卡宁 (Lauri Markkanen) 为爵士队砍下29分，基昂特·乔治 (Keyonte George) 贡献28分，后者刚刚在周五击败了东部领头羊底特律活塞队。
这是马刺队本赛季遭遇的最大主场失利，也是他们在2025-26赛季首次输给胜率不足五成的球队。此役之前，他们面对负战绩球队的战绩为13胜0负。
“对手的产出和表现显然值得称赞，但如果要评价我们自己，我对很多方面都相当失望，”圣安东尼奥主教练米奇·约翰逊 (Mitch Johnson) 说道。“在比赛计划的执行上，我们在一些每场比赛都会做的非常简单的事情上缺乏呼应，这些事情并不一定只针对犹他爵士队，但爵士队抓住了机会，在我们犯错时重创了我们。”
文班亚马21投12中，砍下全场最高的32分，并送出了他职业生涯第38场至少5次盖帽的比赛。根据ESPN Research的数据，这一数据自他2023-24新秀赛季开始以来领跑全联盟。由于小腿伤势复出后的过去六场比赛均以替补身份出战，文班亚马目前仍有上场时间限制。本场比赛他出战28分钟，并在第三节独得11分。
下半场开始后，文班亚马包揽了马刺队的前4分。上半场结束时，马刺队落后爵士队10分，后者在上半场的投篮命中率和三分命中率分别高达68.4%和60%。
“这是一种平衡之术，既要继续提升他的体能，也要努力让他保持活力，”约翰逊在谈到文班亚马时说。周六的上半场，文班亚马的出场时间比平时要短。“同时也要考虑到总上场时间。今晚是他第一次首发。”
“所以，我可能有点保守，不想让他过早地消耗太多体力。这里面有几重考量，但我们希望他能保持活力，因为我们所有的球员在快节奏下打得更好。然后，显然要继续推动这一点，因为我们希望他的上场时间能继续增加。”
比赛还剩8分49秒时，文班亚马将迪伦·哈珀 (Dylan Harper) 的一次抢断转化为突破扣篮，帮助马刺将分差缩小到3分，而他们进入第四节时还落后11分。在比赛进入白热化阶段，圣安东尼奥曾两次追平比分，但爵士队在最后两分钟拉开了差距。
四天前，马刺在霜冻银行中心 (Frost Bank Center) 以20分优势大胜俄克拉荷马城，赛后文班亚马在座无虚席的观众面前带领大家呐喊。然而在周六这场出人意料的失利后，这位21岁的年轻人没有接受媒体采访。
“就我个人而言，我觉得我们进入比赛状态有些畏手畏脚，”前锋凯尔登·约翰逊 (Keldon Johnson) 说。他本场得到赛季新高的27分——这是本赛季马刺队替补球员的单场最高分——并抢下10个篮板。“这是一场令人警醒的失利。我觉得我们今年打过类似的比赛，并且最终找到了赢球的办法。但今晚并非如此。我想我们可以从中吸取教训。我们荣辱与共，明天会重整旗鼓，为对阵克利夫兰的比赛做准备。”
乔治连续第八场比赛得分达到20分或以上，追平了马尔卡宁保持的爵士队本赛季最长连续20+得分纪录。
小沃尔特·克莱顿 (Walter Clayton Jr.) 贡献了17分，优素福·努尔基奇 (Jusuf Nurkic) 则得到16分。
“这是一场非常了不起的背靠背客场胜利，对手是一支非常优秀的球队，”爵士队主教练威尔·哈迪 (Will Hardy) 说。“圣安东尼奥打出了一波攻势，整个球馆的气氛都变得疯狂。考虑到我们场上有那么多年轻球员，我们的队伍展现出了极大的沉着。我为我们的团队感到无比自豪。”
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Victor Wembanyama returns to starting lineup in Spurs’ loss
SAN ANTONIO – Victor Wembanyama made his first start since Nov. 14, but the San Antonio Spurs lost to the Utah Jazz 127-114 to end the Spurs’ eight-game winning streak. Lauri Markkanen scored 29 points, and Keyonte George added 28 for the Jazz, who beat the East-leading Detroit Pistons on Friday.
The Spurs suffered their largest home defeat this season and lost to a sub-.500 team for the first time in 2025-26 after entering the game 13-0 against teams with losing records.
“They obviously get credit for their production and performance, but when you say evaluate ourselves, [I’m] pretty disappointed in quite a few things,” San Antonio coach Mitch Johnson said. “The game-plan execution in terms of just not being connected on very simple things we do every game that weren’t necessarily pertinent to the Utah Jazz, but the Utah Jazz took advantage and crushed us when we made mistakes.”
Wembanyama poured in a game-high 32 points on 12-of-21 shooting and tallied his 38th game with five-plus blocks, the most in the NBA since the start of his rookie season in 2023-24, according to ESPN Research. Still on a minutes restriction after coming off the bench the past six games since returning from a calf injury, Wembanyama played 28 minutes and scored 11 points in the third quarter.
Wembanyama scored the Spurs’ first four points of the second half after the team entered halftime trailing by 10 points to Utah, which shot 68.4% from the floor and 60% from beyond the arc in the first half.
“It’s a balancing act of continuing to grow his fitness, but also trying to keep him fresh,” Johnson said of Wembanyama, who played shorter stints than usual in the first half Saturday. "[It’s] also being mindful of the totality of the minutes. Tonight was the first night he started.
“So, [I was] probably a little conservative that we didn’t want to overrun him early. There’s a few things at play, but we want him to be fresh because all our guys are better when they’re playing fast. Then, [it’s] just continuing to push that obviously because we want his minutes to continue to go up.”
Wembanyama converted a Dylan Harper steal into a driving dunk with 8:49 left to play that trimmed San Antonio’s deficit to three points after the Spurs started the fourth trailing by 11. San Antonio tied the score twice more down the stretch before Utah pulled away in the final two minutes.
Four days after Wembanyama led a postgame chant in front of a sellout crowd at Frost Bank Center on the heels of a 20-point win over Oklahoma City, the 21-year-old did not speak with the media after Saturday’s surprising loss.
“Personally, I feel like we tip-toed into the game,” said forward Keldon Johnson, who scored a season-high 27 points – the most points by a Spurs player this season off the bench – and grabbed 10 rebounds. “It’s a humbling loss. I feel like we’ve had similar games this year where we’ve found ways to pull it out. Tonight wasn’t the case. I feel like we can learn from it. We win together, we lose together and get back to the drawing board tomorrow and prepare for Cleveland.”
George produced his eighth straight game with at least 20 points, tying Markkanen for the longest such streak this season for the Jazz.
Walter Clayton Jr. contributed 17 points, while Jusuf Nurkic added 16.
“That’s a really impressive back-to-back win against a really good team on the road,” Utah coach Will Hardy said. “San Antonio made their run. The building went crazy. Our team is showing a lot of poise for how many young players we have on the court. I’m so proud of our group.”
By Michael C. Wright | ESPN, via ESPN
