By Tom Orsborn, Staff Writer | San Antonio Express-News (SAEN), 2025-12-30 12:22:07
2025年12月16日，星期二，于拉斯维加斯举行的NBA杯锦标赛决赛下半场，纽约尼克斯队后卫杰伦·布伦森 (Jalen Brunson)（11号）持球突破圣安东尼奥马刺队前锋朱利安·尚帕尼 (Julian Champagne)（30号）的防守。(美联社图片/伊恩·莫勒)
当马刺队于周三主场迎战纽约尼克斯队时，复仇将成为一个激励因素——当然，他们也渴望借此重返胜利轨道。这是自两周前在拉斯维加斯举行的NBA杯决赛后，两队之间的首次交锋。
“我们当然对此充满期待，”维克托·文班亚马 (Victor Wembanyama) 在马刺队周一以101-113不敌克利夫兰骑士队后表示，这场失利也让球队本赛季第二次遭遇两连败。
“我们欠他们一场胜利，但更重要的是，我们欠自己一场胜利，”文班亚马补充道。
在12月16日的那场对决中，OG·阿努诺比 (OG Anunoby) 砍下28分，杰伦·布伦森 (Jalen Brunson) 得到25分，尼克斯队最终逆转，以124-113击败马刺队夺得NBA杯冠军。该场比赛的结果不计入球队和球员的常规赛数据统计。
在那场鏖战中，马刺队曾在第三节还剩两分钟时手握11分的领先优势，但作风强悍的尼克斯队在最后14分钟里打出了43-21的攻击波。在此期间，马刺队在篮板球上以8-25被对手压制，内线得分更是以4-18大幅落后。
全场比赛，纽约尼克斯队在篮板球上以59-42领先马刺队，其中米切尔·罗宾逊 (Mitchell Robinson) 在18分钟内抢下15个篮板，包括10个前场篮板。卡尔-安东尼·唐斯 (Karl-Anthony Towns) 则贡献了16分和11个篮板。
马刺队方面，迪伦·哈珀 (Dylan Harper) 得到全队最高的21分，文班亚马在受出场时间限制的情况下替补登场贡献18分，德阿隆·福克斯 (De’Aaron Fox) 则有16分入账。
这场比赛也是两队之间又一场精彩对决的延续。
在2024年3月29日文班亚马的新秀赛季中，这位法国天才狂砍40分、20个篮板和7次助攻，带领马刺队在圣安东尼奥通过加时赛以130-126取胜，尽管当时布伦森也轰下了职业生涯新高的61分。
接下来的赛季，纽约队成功复仇。尽管文班亚马在他的圣诞大战首秀中交出了42分、18个篮板的惊人数据，但米卡尔·布里奇斯 (Mikal Bridges) 独得41分，帮助尼克斯队赢得了比赛。
三个月后，马刺队卷土重来，以120-105击败尼克斯队。桑德罗·马穆克拉什维利 (Sandro Mamukelashvili) 在19分钟内砍下34分，创造了历史。现效力于多伦多猛龙队的马穆克拉什维利，成为NBA历史上首位出场时间不足20分钟却能得到34分的球员。
目前两队战绩均为23胜9负，且都在各自的分区排名第二。但尼克斯队近况更佳，他们已取得三连胜，布伦森在过去四场比赛中场均能得到35.7分。
“他们是一支出色的球队，”马刺队前锋德文·瓦塞尔 (Devin Vassell) 说道。“他们有一位杰出的教练（前马刺队助教迈克·布朗 (Mike Brown)），而且他们打法强硬。他们一直都是一支强队，所以我对这场对决感到非常兴奋。”
“这对我们来说无疑是一次很好的检验。他们是联盟中的顶尖球队之一，一支志在争夺总冠军的队伍，”福克斯说。他在因左内收肌紧张和流感症状缺席一场比赛后，于周一复出并得到14分。
2025年12月16日，星期二，于拉斯维加斯举行的NBA杯锦标赛决赛下半场，圣安东尼奥马刺队后卫德文·瓦塞尔（24号）和斯蒂芬·卡斯尔 (Stephon Castle)（5号）与纽约尼克斯队中锋卡尔-安东尼·唐斯（32号）争抢篮板球。(美联社图片/伊恩·莫勒)
主帅与文班亚马的温情一刻
骑士队主教练肯尼·阿特金森 (Kenny Atkinson) 与文班亚马在周一比赛的最后时刻拥抱致意。阿特金森曾担任法国国家队的助理教练，与主教练文森特·科莱 (Vincent Collet) 一同指导文班亚马参加了2024年巴黎奥运会。那支拥有鲁迪·戈贝尔 (Rudy Gobert) 的法国队，在金牌争夺战中以87-98不敌美国队。
同样曾在法国作为球员度过数个赛季的阿特金森，在赛前被问及他是否在本赛季文班亚马的比赛中看到了任何不同之处。
“冲击力，冲击力，还是冲击力。……他冲击篮筐更坚决了，会用肩膀去对抗，”阿特金森说。“他更多地出现在低位，更多地杀入禁区。”
前德州大学长角牛队球员砍下两双
前德州大学球员贾勒特·阿伦 (Jarrett Allen) 再次在对阵马刺队的比赛中打出优异表现。
这位身高6英尺11英寸、体重250磅的中锋本场贡献了27分和10个篮板。在此之前，他在过去八次与圣安东尼奥马刺队的交锋中，场均能得到19.1分和12.4个篮板。
这位毕业于奥斯汀圣斯蒂芬圣公会学校的球员表示，他的主要目标就是与马刺队进行身体对抗，他称马刺是一支“了不起的球队”。
“在比赛的每一个方面，无论是拼抢篮板、通过掩护，甚至是我自己去设掩护，我都在努力提升身体对抗强度，打乱他们的节奏，并率先发力，”他在接受NBC体育采访时说。
东中心高中毕业生现身赛场
来自圣安东尼奥的娜莉莎·史密斯 (NaLyssa Smith) 也出现在了周一比赛的观众席中，她上赛季帮助拉斯维加斯王牌队赢得了WNBA总冠军。
这位毕业于东中心高中和贝勒大学的球员自豪地展示着一件马刺队的3号球衣——这与她在王牌队所穿的号码相同——球衣上印着“Champ”（冠军）的字样。上赛季，拉斯维加斯通过一笔交易，用一个2027年的首轮选秀权从达拉斯飞翼队换来了史密斯。她为王牌队出战27场比赛，其中26场首发，场均贡献8.2分和5.3个篮板。
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Spurs brace for rematch with physical Knicks
New York Knicks guard Jalen Brunson (11) drives against San Antonio Spurs forward Julian Champagne (30) during the second half of the NBA Cup championship basketball game Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Ian Maule)
Revenge will be a motivating factor – as well as their desire to just get back on the winning track – when the Spurs host New York on Wednesday in the first meeting between the teams since the NBA Cup final two weeks ago in Las Vegas.
“Of course, we are looking forward to it,” Victor Wembanyama said after the Spurs lost 113-101 to Cleveland on Monday for only their second two-game losing streak of the season.
“We owe them one, and we owe ourselves one more than anything,” Wembanyama added.
OG Anunoby scored 28 points, Jalen Brunson had 25 and the Knicks rallied to down the Spurs 124-113 to win the Cup on Dec. 16 in a game that did not count toward the season totals of the teams and the players.
The Spurs had an 11-point lead with two minutes left in the third quarter of the hard-fought game, but the physical Knicks outscored them 43-21 in the final 14 minutes. In that span, the Spurs got outrebounded 25-8 and outscored 18-4 in the paint.
For the game, New York outrebounded the Spurs 59-42, with Mitchell Robinson grabbing 15 boards, including 10 on the offensive end in 18 minutes. Karl-Anthony Towns had 11 rebounds to go along with 16 points.
Dylan Harper led the Spurs with 21 points, Wembanyama had 18 off the bench while playing under a minutes restriction and De’Aaron Fox collected 16.
The game was the latest entertaining matchup between the teams.
On March 29, 2024 in Wembanyama’s rookie season, the Frenchman had 40 points, 20 rebounds and seven assists to lead the Spurs to a 130-126 overtime win in San Antonio despite Brunson pumping in a career-high 61 points.
New York avenged the loss the following season when Mikal Bridges scored 41 points to help overcome Wembanyama’s 42-point, 18-rebound effort in his Christmas Day debut.
Three months later, the Spurs bounced back to beat the Knicks 120-105 behind Sandro Mamukelashvili’s history-making 34-point performance in 19 minutes. Mamukelashvili, who now plays for Toronto, became the first player in NBA history to score 34 points while playing less than 20 minutes.
Both teams are 23-9 and seeded second in their respective conferences. But the Knicks are playing better basketball after winning three in a row and with Brunson averaging 35.7 points over his last four games.
“They have a great team,” Spurs forward Devin Vassell said. “They got a great coach over there (in former Spurs assistant Mike Brown) and they play physical. They’ve always been a good team, so just excited for that matchup.”
“That’ll be a good test for us, for sure. That’s one of the better teams in the league, a team that’s trying to win a championship,” said Fox, who returned Monday to score 14 points after a one-game absence caused by a left adductor tightness and flu-like symptoms.
San Antonio Spurs guards Devin Vassell (24) and Stephon Castle (5) contest for a rebound against New York Knicks center Karl-Anthony Towns (32) during the second half of the NBA Cup championship basketball game Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Ian Maule)
Coach, Wembanyama enjoy moment
Cavaliers coach Kenny Atkinson and Wembanyama shared a hug late in Monday’s game. Atkinson served as an assistant coach for the French National Team, working alongside head coach Vincent Collet to guide Wembanyama during the the Paris 2024 Olympics. That squad, which included Rudy Gobert, lost 98-87 to Team USA in the gold medal game.
Atkinson, who also spent several seasons in France as a player, was asked before the game if he sees anything different in Wembanyama’s game this season.
“Force, force, force. … He’s driving the ball harder, hitting guys with shoulders," Atkinson said. “He’s in the post more, in the paint more.”
Former Longhorn notches double-double
Texas-ex Jarrett Allen enjoyed another big game against the Spurs.
The 6-foot-11, 250-pound center had 27 points and 10 rebounds after entering the game averaging 19.1 points and 12.4 rebounds in his previous eight outings against San Antonio.
The graduate of St. Stephen’s Episcopal School in Austin said his main goal was to muscle up against the Spurs, who he called an “amazing team.”
“In every aspect of the game, whether it’s rebounding, getting through screens, even me setting screens, just trying to bring the physicality, throw them off their game and throw the first punch,” he said in an interview with NBC Sports.
East Central grad in the house
San Antonio’s NaLyssa Smith, who helped the Las Vegas Aces win the WNBA title last season, was a face in the crowd at Monday’s game.
The East Central grad and Baylor alumnus proudly displayed a Spurs No. 3 jersey - the same number she wears for the Aces - with “Champ” written on it. Smith averaged 8.2 points and 5.3 rebounds for the Aces in 27 games, including 26 starts, after Las Vegas acquired her in a trade with the Dallas Wings for a 2027 first-round draft pick.
By Tom Orsborn, Staff Writer, via San Antonio Express-News