By Jeff McDonald, Staff Writer | San Antonio Express-News (SAEN), 2026-01-07 23:50:23
2026年1月7日，周三，于圣安东尼奥冰霜银行中心。在比赛第一节，圣安东尼奥马刺队前锋凯尔登·约翰逊 (3) 迎着洛杉矶湖人队后卫加布·文森特 (7) 和前锋道尔顿·克内克特 (4) 的防守出手投篮。
在这场意想不到的NBA年度最佳第六人争夺战中，维克托·文班亚马 (Victor Wembanyama) 迎来了一位强有力的竞争者。
凯尔登·约翰逊 (Keldon Johnson) 已加入战局。
周三，在冰霜银行中心，约翰逊替补出场砍下27分，文班亚马同样替补登场并贡献了两双数据。马刺队的第二阵容成为球队以107-91战胜洛杉矶湖人队的关键。
尽管湖人队球星卢卡·东契奇 (Luka Doncic) 砍下了38分、10个篮板和10次助攻的三双数据，马刺队最终还是赢得了比赛。
洛杉矶队缺少了全明星前锋勒布朗·詹姆斯 (LeBron James)，这位41岁的球星在背靠背的第二晚选择了休战。
这是文班亚马膝伤复出后的第二场比赛，他贡献了16分、14个篮板和4次盖帽。
本场失利后，湖人队的战绩跌至23胜12负。马刺队的战绩则提升至26胜11负。
马刺队将湖人队的得分限制在91分，这是他们本赛季的单场失分新低。当失分低于100分时，马刺队取得了4胜0负的战绩。
以下是从这场算不上漂亮但足够关键的胜利中总结出的三大看点：
1. 文班的上场时间仍是每晚的难题
在膝伤复出后的第二场比赛中，文班亚马继续担任替补，并且上场时间受到限制。
此前一晚在孟菲斯，文班亚马在比赛还剩3分46秒时就打满了21分钟的上限，只能在板凳席上眼睁睁地看着球队以105-106憾负对手。
周三，文班亚马打满了规定的26分钟，并得以完成整场比赛。
马刺队教练米奇·约翰逊 (Mitch Johnson) 承认，在比赛的关键阶段合理分配文班亚马的上场时间，本身就存在复杂性。
“我们一直强调并且我个人也坚信的一点是，我希望他的上场时间能遵循一种自然的节奏，”约翰逊说道，“我的意思是，我不想让他坐满一整节。那不自然，对他也不公平。”
“我不想耍小聪明，比如让他上半场都不打，因为到那时比赛可能已经形成了自己的走势。”
2. 三分线外持续“断电”
从纸面实力上看，周三的比赛本是马刺队疲软的进攻端一次回暖的良机。
新年以来，湖人队的防守效率排名联盟倒数第二。
然而，马刺队在三分线外的“断电”情况仍在继续。
他们三分线外25投仅4中。其中一半的命中来自杰里米·索汉 (Jeremy Sochan)——没错，就是那个杰里米·索汉。另一半则由约翰逊投进。
朱利安·尚佩尼 (Julian Champagine) 和 达龙·福克斯 (De’Aaron Fox) 合计12投0中。
马刺队之所以能幸免于难，部分原因在于湖人队自己的三分球也同样糟糕，39投仅9中。
尽管东契奇在周二比赛的大部分其他进攻方面都表现出色，但他在三分线外却手感冰凉，最终9投仅2中。
2026年1月7日，周三，圣安东尼奥冰霜银行中心。第二节比赛中，圣安东尼奥马刺队前锋凯尔登·约翰逊 (3) 在完成对洛杉矶湖人队的一次扣篮后激情庆祝。在本场马刺以107-91战胜湖人队的比赛中，约翰逊以27分成为全队得分王。
3. 凯尔登·约翰逊在队史替补得分榜上不断攀升
约翰逊正一步一个脚印地在马刺队史替补得分手的排行榜上攀升。
凭借生涯替补席上得到的2275分，约翰逊最近超越了马科·贝里内利 (Marco Belinelli)，升至该榜单的第五位。
要追上名人堂成员马努·吉诺比利 (Manu Ginobili) 还有很长的路要走，后者是马刺队史上唯一一位以替补身份得分超过8000分的球员。
尽管如此，约翰逊欣然接受自己第六人角色的方式，已成为本赛季马刺队持续上演的精彩故事线之一。
San Antonio Spurs forward Victor Wembanyama (1) shoots over Los Angeles Lakers guard Luka Doncic (77) during the first quarter at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026.
Los Angeles Lakers center Jaxson Hayes (11) pulls down the rebound around Los Angeles Lakers forward Dalton Knecht (4), San Antonio Spurs center Luke Kornet (7) and San Antonio Spurs forward Julian Champagnie (30) during the second quarter at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026.
San Antonio Spurs guard Stephon Castle (5) goes up for a shot around Los Angeles Lakers center Deandre Ayton (5) during the first quarter at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026.
San Antonio Spurs forward Victor Wembanyama (1) blocks a shot by Los Angeles Lakers guard Luka Doncic (77) under the basket during the first quarter at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026.
San Antonio Spurs center Luke Kornet (7) guards Los Angeles Lakers guard Luka Doncic (77) at the net during the second quarter at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026.
San Antonio Spurs forward Julian Champagnie (30), from left, Los Angeles Lakers guard Luka Doncic (77), San Antonio Spurs center Luke Kornet (7), Los Angeles Lakers center Jaxson Hayes (11), San Antonio Spurs forward Harrison Barnes (40) and San Antonio Spurs guard De’aaron Fox (4) watch Doncic’s shot go up during the second quarter at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026.
San Antonio Spurs forward Victor Wembanyama (1) swats the ball away from the net during the first quarter against the Los Angeles Lakers at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026.
San Antonio Spurs forward Jeremy Sochan (10) shoots during the first quarter against the Los Angeles Lakers at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026.
Los Angeles Lakers guard Luka Doncic (77) goes up for a shot over San Antonio Spurs forward Victor Wembanyama (1), guard Dylan Harper (2) and guard Stephon Castle (5) during the first quarter at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026.
San Antonio Spurs forward Victor Wembanyama (1) blocks a shot by Los Angeles Lakers guard Luka Doncic (77) during the first quarter at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026.
San Antonio Spurs guard Stephon Castle (5) dunks over Los Angeles Lakers forward Jake Laravia (12) during the first quarter at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026.
San Antonio Spurs forward Julian Champagnie (30) makes a shot over Los Angeles Lakers center Deandre Ayton (5) during the first quarter at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026.
San Antonio Spurs forward Keldon Johnson, center, and the rest of the bench stand up to cheer on San Antonio Spurs guard Stephon Castle (5) after his dunk on the Los Angeles Lakers during the first quarter at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026.
San Antonio Spurs forward Harrison Barnes (40) goes up for a shot over the Los Angeles Lakers during the first quarter at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026.
San Antonio Spurs’ Devin Vassell and Victor Wembanyama embrace before the start of a home game against the Los Angeles Lakers at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026.
San Antonio Spurs guard Stephon Castle (5) and San Antonio Spurs forward Victor Wembanyama (1) talk as they warm up to take on the Los Angeles Lakers at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026.
San Antonio Spurs forward Keldon Johnson (3) high-fives fans as he runs onto the court to warm up for the home game against the Los Angeles Lakers at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026. Johnson was the Spurs’ leading scorer with 27 points in his team’s 107-91 victory over the Lakers.
San Antonio Spurs center Luke Kornet (7) and Los Angeles Lakers forward Dalton Knecht (4) run for the loose ball during the first quarter at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026.
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3 takeaways as Keldon Johnson’s spark leads Spurs past Lakers
San Antonio Spurs forward Keldon Johnson (3) goes up for a shot over Los Angeles Lakers guard Gabe Vincent (7) and forward Dalton Knecht (4) during the first quarter at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026.
Victor Wembanyama has some prime competition in his unexpected NBA Sixth Man of the Year chase.
Keldon Johnson has entered the chat.
Johnson scored 27 points off the bench, and Wembanyama also came off the bench and turned in a double-double as the Spurs’ second unit keyed a 107-91 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers at the Frost Bank Center on Wednesday.
The Spurs won despite a 38-point, 10-rebound and 10-assist triple double from Lakers’ star Luka Doncic.
Los Angeles was without All-Star forward LeBron James, as the 41-year-old sat out the second night of a back-to-back.
Playing in his second game since returning from a knee injury, Wembanyama added 16 points, 14 rebounds and four blocks.
With the loss, the Lakers fell to 23-12. The Spurs improved to 26-11.
The Spurs limited the Lakers to 91 points, a season low for points allowed, and improved to 4-0 when giving up less than 100 points.
Here are three takeaways from Wednesday’s victory, which wasn’t the prettiest but sufficient:
1. Wemby’s minutes remain a nightly puzzle
In his second game back from a knee injury, Wembanyama remained a reserve and on a minutes restriction.
A night earlier in Memphis, Wembanyama reached his 21-minute threshold with 3:46 remaining and had to watch the end of a disheartening 106-105 loss from the bench.
On Wednesday, Wembanyama reached his prescribed 26 minutes and was able to finish the game.
Spurs coach Mitch Johnson acknowledged the complications inherent in trying to spread Wembanyama’s minutes throughout the important parts of the game.
The one thing that we’ve said and I feel very strongly about is I want him to play a natural flow of minutes,” Johnson said, “which what I mean by that is I don’t want him to sit out for a quarter game play. That’s not natural. I don’t think fair to him.
“I don’t want to get too cute where he doesn’t play the first half and now the game’s taken on a personality.”
2. The 3-point power outage continues
On paper, Wednesday represented a chance for the Spurs’ ailing offense to heal itself.
The Lakers came into the night boasting the NBA’s second-worst defensive rating since the turn of the new year.
Instead, the Spurs’ 3-point power outage continued.
They were 4 of 25 from beyond the arc. Jeremy Sochan — yes, that Jeremy Sochan — made half of them. Johnson had the other half.
Julian Champagine and De’Aaron Fox combined to go 0 for 12.
The Spurs were saved, in part, because the Lakers were atrocious from 3-point range themselves, going 9 of 39.
As good as Doncic was in most every other offensive area Tuesday, he was off from the 3-point line, finishing 2 of 9.
San Antonio Spurs forward Keldon Johnson (3) reacts after making a dunk on the Los Angeles Lakers during the second quarter at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026. Johnson was the Spurs’ leading scorer with 27 points in his team’s 107-91 victory over the Lakers.
3. Keldon Johnson rising bench ranks
Slowly but surely, Johnson is rising in the ranks of all-time Spurs bench scorers.
With 2,275 career bench points, Johnson recently passed Marco Belinelli for fifth place on that list.
He’s got a ways to go to catch Hall of Famer Manu Ginobili, the only Spurs player to top 8,000 points as a reserve.
Still, the way Johnson has embraced his role as a sixth man is one of the ongoing storylines of the Spurs’ season.
By Jeff McDonald, Staff Writer, via San Antonio Express-News