By Tom Orsborn, Staff Writer | San Antonio Express-News (SAEN), 2026-01-09 11:35:05
2025年12月31日，星期三，在圣安东尼奥，圣安东尼奥马刺队后卫斯蒂芬·卡斯尔（5号）在对阵纽约尼克斯队的NBA比赛上半场中传球。
无论是在周二以105-106客场不敌孟菲斯灰熊队的比赛中防守小贾伦·杰克逊 (Jaren Jackson Jr.)，还是在周三以107-91战胜湖人队的比赛中对位卢卡·东契奇 (Luka Doncic)，这位2025年的NBA年度最佳新秀尽管深陷犯规困扰，依然努力保持着全力以赴的比赛状态。
“这很难，”卡斯尔在谈到如何在全力以赴和避免犯满离场之间找到平衡时说道。在对阵孟菲斯灰熊队的比赛中，他在比赛还剩3分13秒时就犯满离场。而在对阵湖人队的比赛中，他在第三节还剩1分46秒时领到第四次犯规，在第四节开始1分38秒后又领到第五次犯规。
“（这）尤其困难，当你面对像卢卡这样的球员时，他能够很好地利用这一点，他清楚防守者身背几次犯规，并且会对此加以引诱，”卡斯尔说。“但我感觉我在持球防守上的侵略性能带动全队。所以，无论我是在半场前就身背三、四次犯规，我都觉得我在防守端的侵略性不能有丝毫改变。”
尽管需要满场追防东契奇，卡斯尔仍在29分钟内高效地10投6中，贡献了15分、5个篮板、4次助攻、2次抢断和1次盖帽。东契奇则在38分钟内砍下38分的三双，投篮26投13中，其中三分球9投2中，罚球16罚10中。
在孟菲斯的比赛中，卡斯尔在28分钟内得到15分、8个篮板、4次助攻和2次抢断，成为自2023年底特律活塞队的凯德·坎宁安 (Cade Cunningham) 以来，首位在生涯前105场比赛中就达成1500分和500次助攻的球员。同时，卡斯尔也是马刺队史最快达成1500分和500次抢断的球员。
球队克服伤病困境获赞
针对维克托·文班亚马 (Victor Wembanyama) 的伤病管理计划让马刺队本赛季大部分时间里阵容都处于频繁变动之中，但米奇·约翰逊 (Mitch Johnson) 表示，你从球队的表现中完全看不出这一点。
“他们做得很棒，”这位马刺队教练在谈到文班亚马的队友们如何应对这位明星球员因小腿和膝盖伤病带来的所有变化时说道。
自从12月中旬因左小腿拉伤缺席12场比赛复出以来，文班亚马的上场时间一直受到限制。从那时起，他主要以替补身份出战，期间还曾因左膝挫伤休战了两场比赛。
“追溯到在拉斯维加斯对阵俄克拉荷马城雷霆队（在NBA杯半决赛中）的比赛，那是我们第一次让他替补出场，”约翰逊在谈到让文班亚马打替补时说。“从那以后，我们以不同的方式、不同的出场时间、不同的阵容组合多次这样做。有些比赛他打到了最后，有些则没有。这一切都证明了他和队里其他小伙子们的优秀品质——他们面对任何变故都泰然处之。”
在战胜洛杉矶湖人队的比赛中，文班亚马在25分钟内贡献了16分、14个篮板、4次盖帽和2次抢断。此役过后，马刺队的总战绩提升至26胜11负，近10场比赛取得了6胜4负的战绩。
“这并不意味着所有的结果都如我们所愿，但他们始终团结一致，”约翰逊说。“队内没有任何个人算盘，也没有因此产生任何争吵或自私行为。我们只有一个目标，那就是努力成为我们能成为的最好的球队。”
San Antonio Spurs guard Stephon Castle (5) guards Los Angeles Lakers guard Luka Doncic (77) under the net during the third quarter at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026. The Spurs defeated the Lakers, 107-91.
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 Stephon Castle (5) saves the ball from going out of bounds against Utah Jazz In the first half on Saturday, Dec. 27,2025 at the Frost Bank Center
San Antonio Spurs guard Stephon Castle (5) and forward Harrison Barnes (40) guard Oklahoma City Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (2) during the fourth quarter at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2025. The Spurs defeated the Thunder, 130-110.
Memphis Grizzlies guard Javon Small (10) shoots against San Antonio Spurs guard Stephon Castle (5) in the second half of an NBA basketball game Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026, in Memphis, Tenn. (AP Photo/Brandon Dill)
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Spurs’ Stephon Castle undeterred by foul trouble guarding Luka Doncic
San Antonio Spurs guard Stephon Castle (5) passes the ball during the first half of an NBA game with the New York Knicks in San Antonio, Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025.
Whether defending Jaren Jackson Jr. in Tuesday’s 106-105 loss at Memphis or guarding Luka Doncic in the 107-91 win over the Lakers on Wednesday, the 2025 NBA Rookie of the Year tried to remain at full speed despite being plagued by fouls.
“It’s tough,” Castle said of walking the line between going hard and not fouling out, which he did with 3:13 left against Memphis. Against the Lakers, he picked up his fourth foul with 1:46 left in the third and his fifth 1:38 into the fourth.
“(It’s) especially (tough) playing against a guy like Luka that can kind of manipulate that, knowing how many fouls the defender has and kind of baiting that a little bit,” Castle said. “But I feel like my aggression on the ball kind of feeds towards the rest of the team. So whether I got four fouls, three fouls coming into halftime, I feel like my aggressiveness on defense can’t really change.”
Despite having to chase Doncic, Castle finished with 15 points on 6-of-10 from the field, five rebounds, four assists, two steals and a block in 29 minutes. Doncic had a 38-point triple-double in 38 minutes while converting 13 of 26 attempts from the floor, 2 of 9 from deep and 10 of 16 from the foul line.
In Memphis, Castle had 15 points, eight rebounds, four assists and two steals in 28 minutes in becoming the first player to reach 1,500 points and 500 assists in his first 105 career games since Detroit’s Cade Cunningham in 2023. Castle is the fastest player in Spurs history to reach 1,500 points and 500 steals.
Team praised for shrugging off injury adversity
The injury management plan for Victor Wembanyama has kept the Spurs in a state of flux for much of the season, but you would never know it, Mitch Johnson said.
“They’ve been great,” the Spurs coach said of how Wembanyama’s teammates have handled all the changes brought on by the star player’s calf and knee ailments.
Wembanyama’s minutes have been restricted since he returned in mid-December from a 12-game layoff due to a left calf strain. He’s mainly come off the bench since then, a stint that included a two-game period when he was sidelined because of a bruised left knee.
“You go back to Vegas against Oklahoma City (in the NBA Cup semifinals) was the first time we did it,” Johnson said of bringing Wembanyama off the bench. “And we’ve done it numerous times since then in different ways with different amounts of minutes and different groups and lineups. He’s finished some games. He hasn’t finished other games. And it’s been a testament to him and to the rest of the guys of just how they’ve really not blinked in any of it.”
Wembanyama had 16 points, 14 rebounds, four blocks and two steals in 25 minutes in the win over L.A., which left the Spurs 26-11 overall and 6-4 over the last 10 games.
“It doesn’t mean all the results and outcomes are what we want, but they’ve stayed together,” Johnson said. “There’s been no agendas. There’s been no bickering or selfishness regarding it. We have one goal and that’s trying to be the best team we can.”
By Tom Orsborn, Staff Writer, via San Antonio Express-News