By Jeff McDonald, Staff Writer | San Antonio Express-News (SAEN), 2026-01-02 13:00:17
圣安东尼奥马刺队后卫德阿龙·福克斯 (De’Aaron Fox) (4号) 在2025年12月31日星期三于圣安东尼奥举行的一场NBA比赛上半场中，对位纽约尼克斯队后卫米卡尔·布里奇斯 (Mikal Bridges) (25号) 持球突破。福克斯砍下26分，帮助马刺以134-132击败尼克斯。
印第安纳波利斯电 — 新年第一天，飞抵印第安纳波利斯的马刺队不仅人手短缺，身高也骤然“缩水”。
球队身高7英尺4英寸的明星核心维克托·文班亚马 (Victor Wembanyama) 留在了圣安东尼奥，以治疗前一晚主场战胜纽约队时所受的左膝伤势。
对马刺而言，一线希望在于，当他们准备在周五迎战印第安纳步行者队，而队内最佳球员远在另一个时区时，他们并非首次面对这种情况，并且已经证明了自己能够应对。
“我认为这恰恰证明了我们团队的实力，”后卫德阿龙·福克斯 (De’Aaron Fox) 说道。“我们不希望任何人倒下。但我们知道，即便缺兵少将，更衣室里的人才也足以让我们完成任务。”
本赛季早些时候，当文班亚马因左小腿拉伤缺阵12场比赛时，球队的表现便是最好的证明。马刺在那段时间里取得了9胜3负的战绩，这也是他们能以24胜9负的骄人战绩迈入2026年、高居西部第二的部分原因。
“这需要每个人都多站出来一步，承担更多的角色，”身高7英尺1英寸的中锋卢克·科内特 (Luke Kornet) 说。随着文班亚马再次伤停，他将重回首发阵容。
文班亚马并非飞往印第安纳的球队航班上唯一缺席的首发球员。得分后卫德文·瓦塞尔 (Devin Vassell) 因左内收肌拉伤，也将连续第二场比赛作壁上观。
2025年12月31日星期三，在圣安东尼奥举行的一场NBA比赛第四节，圣安东尼奥马刺队前锋维克托·文班亚马 (1号) 离场。文班亚马得到31分，帮助马刺以134-132击败尼克斯。
马刺的目标是在缺少他们的情况下继续奋战。
就文班亚马而言，他的伤情预后似乎是积极的。
周四进行的核磁共振检查（MRI）显示，他的左膝没有韧带损伤。他是在与纽约队的乔丹·克拉克森 (Jordan Clarkson) 和卡尔-安东尼·唐斯 (Karl-Anthony Towns) 拼抢进攻篮板时过度伸展了膝盖。
文班亚马目前尚未被正式排除在周六于霜冻银行中心对阵波特兰开拓者队的比赛之外。如果届时无法复出，他也很可能在下周回归。
马刺队主教练米奇·约翰逊 (Mitch Johnson) 表示，当他看到文班亚马回到替补席，观看球队以134-132战胜尼克斯队并锁定胜局时，他才松了一口气。
“那让我感觉好多了，”约翰逊说。“很高兴看到他走回场边，能够和队友们一起在替补席上见证比赛的结束。”
目前，马刺将依靠此前在11月和12月缺少文班亚马时积累的经验。在文班亚马上次进入伤病名单期间，福克斯是马刺的催化剂，在那12场比赛中场均贡献25.1分，并有两场比赛得分超过30分。
周三对阵纽约，福克斯在文班亚马于第四节离场后独得26分中的11分。顶替瓦塞尔首发的朱利安·尚帕尼 (Julian Champagnie) 也打出了职业生涯新高的36分，并投中了创队史纪录的11记三分球。
“当你最好的球员之一倒下时，你要想办法不去纠结于此，”福克斯说。“你只需努力去赢下比赛。”
随着文班亚马短期内再度缺阵，马刺队希望由福克斯领衔，并辅以斯蒂芬·卡斯尔 (Stephon Castle) 和新秀迪伦·哈珀 (Dylan Harper) 的后场轮换阵容能够再次扛起球队。
“显然，我们后卫线的实力很强，所以我们会努力发挥这一优势，”科内特说。“每个人都努力保持活力和身体对抗性，我们以此为基础继续前进。”
在文班亚马缺阵的情况下，阵容中角色变化最大的莫过于科内特。
他将在周五对阵步行者的比赛中迎来本赛季第18次首发，这也追平了他在2018-19赛季于纽约效力时创下的生涯最高纪录，那是科内特在联盟的第二个赛季。
这位30岁的球员是马刺去年夏天以一份四年4100万美元的合同从波士顿签下的，旨在为文班亚马提供可靠的替补，并偶尔与这位法国高塔组成双塔阵容。
2025年12月31日星期三，在圣安东尼奥举行的一场NBA比赛下半场，圣安东尼奥马刺队中锋卢克·科内特 (7号) 试图封盖纽约尼克斯队中锋卡尔-安东尼·唐斯 (32号) 的投篮。马刺最终以134-132击败尼克斯。
考虑到文班亚马已经缺席了13场比赛且仍在继续，科内特作为替补首发显得尤为宝贵，确保了即使在全明星中锋缺阵的情况下，马刺依然在禁区拥有足够的影响力。
科内特上赛季在凯尔特人队曾顶替克里斯塔普斯·波尔津吉斯 (Kristaps Porzingis) 首发了16场比赛。他表示，无论马刺为他安排何种角色，他都感到很适应。
“我觉得无论何时，我和每个人都已经有了很好的配合，”科内特说，“我一直在培养那种节奏。每场比赛都有些许不同。从这个角度看，这总是一种全新的体验。”
不幸的是，对于马刺而言，以更矮小的阵容、在人手短缺的情况下作战，对他们来说并非新鲜事。
幸运的是，本赛季的马刺已经展现出一种惊人的能力，那就是即便没有文班亚马也能赢球。对马刺而言，双重幸运的是，这一次他们或许不必再长时间承受这种局面了。
San Antonio Spurs forward Victor Wembanyama (1) talks with guard Stephon Castle (5) during the second half of an NBA game with the New York Knicks in San Antonio, Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025. The Spurs beat the Knicks 134-132.
San Antonio Spurs center Luke Kornet (7) blocks a shot by New York Knicks guard Jordan Clarkson (00) during the second half of an NBA game in San Antonio, Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025. The Spurs beat the Knicks 134-132.
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San Antonio Spurs guard De’Aaron Fox (4) drives the ball on New York Knicks guard Mikal Bridges (25) during the first half of an NBA game in San Antonio, Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025. Fox scored 26 points to help the Spurs beat the Knicks 134-132.
INDIANAPOLIS — The Spurs touched down in Indianapolis on New Year’s Day short-handed and just flat shorter.
Victor Wembanyama, the team’s 7-foot-4 star centerpiece, remained behind in San Antonio to receive treatment on a left knee injury suffered in a home victory over New York the night before.
The silver lining for the Spurs, as they prepared to face Indiana on Friday with their best player in a time zone away, is that they’ve been here before and survived it.
“I think that’s just a testament to our team,” guard De’Aaron Fox said. “We don’t want anybody going out at all. But we know that when we’re a man down, that we have the talent in the locker room to still be able to get the job done.”
The proof came earlier this season, when Wembanyama missed 12 games with a left calf strain. The Spurs went 9-3 during that stretch, part of the reason they soared into 2026 with a hefty 24-9 record that places them second in the Western Conference.
“There’s an element of everybody stepping up a little bit and having a little more of a role,” said 7-foot-1 center Luke Kornet, who will return to the starting lineup with Wembanyama shelved again.
Wembanyama was not the only starter missing from the team flight to Indiana. Shooting guard Devin Vassell was due to miss his second game with a left adductor strain.
San Antonio Spurs forward Victor Wembanyama (1) leaves the court during the fourth quarter of an NBA game in San Antonio, Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025. Wembanyama scored 31 points to help the Spurs beat the Knicks 134-132.
The Spurs aim to soldier on without them.
When it comes to Wembanyama, the prognosis appears positive.
An MRI conducted Thursday revealed no ligament damage in his left knee, which he hyperextended while scrumming for an offensive rebound with New York’s Jordan Clarkson and Karl-Anthony Towns.
Wembanyama has not yet been ruled out of Saturday’s game against Portland at the Frost Bank Center. If not then, a return next week seems probable.
Spurs coach Mitch Johnson said he breathed his first sigh of relief when Wembanyama returned to the bench to watch the team close out Wednesday’s 134-132 triumph over the Knicks.
“That made me feel good,” Johnson said. “It was good to see him walk back out and be able to finish the game on the bench with his teammates.”
For now, the Spurs will lean on the experience gleaned from playing without Wembanyama for parts of November and December. Fox was the Spurs’ catalyst during Wembanyama’s previous stint on the injured list, averaging 25.1 points with a pair of 30-point games in those dozen contests.
Wednesday against New York, Fox scored 11 of his 26 points after Wembanyama exited the game in the fourth quarter. The Spurs also got a career-high 36 points and a club-record 11 3-pointers from Julian Champagnie, who was starting in place of Vassell.
“When one of your best players goes down, you try to find ways to not dwell on it,” Fox said. “You just try to finish the game.”
With Wembanyama once more unavailable in the near term, the Spurs hope the Fox-led backcourt rotation that also includes Stephon Castle and rookie Dylan Harper can carry them again.
“Obviously we have a lot of great guard play so we try to lean into that,” Kornet said. “Everybody just tries to keep up their energy and physicality and we just go from there.”
Nobody on the roster will see their role shift more dramatically with Wembanyama out than Kornet.
He was set to make his 18th start Friday against the Pacers, equaling a career high set in 2018-19 with New York, Kornet’s second season in the league.
The Spurs signed the 30-year-old Kornet away from Boston on a four-year, $41-million deal last summer in order to provide adequate backup for Wembanyama, and to occasionally play in tandem with the towering Frenchman.
San Antonio Spurs center Luke Kornet (7) tries to block a shot by New York Knicks center Karl-Anthony Towns (32) during the second half of an NBA game in San Antonio, Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025. The Spurs beat the Knicks 134-132.
With Wembanyama having missed 13 games and counting, Kornet has been invaluable as a fill-in starter, ensuring the Spurs still have a viable paint presence even with their All-Star center sidelined.
Kornet, who started 16 games with the Celtics last season in place of Kristaps Porzingis, said he is comfortable in whatever role the Spurs carve for him.
“I feel like there’s been a good amount of playing with everybody whenever,” Kornet said “I’ve been developing that rhythm. Every game is a little different. It’s always a new experience in that respect.”
Unfortunately for the Spurs, the notion of playing shorter and short-handed is not a new experience for them.
Fortunately for the Spurs, they have displayed an uncanny ability this season to win without Wembanyama anyway. Doubly fortunate for the Spurs, they might not have to do it for long this time.
By Jeff McDonald, Staff Writer, via San Antonio Express-News