By Tom Orsborn, Staff Writer | San Antonio Express-News (SAEN), 2026-01-31 16:25:01
圣安东尼奥马刺队前锋维克托·文班亚马（1号）在2026年1月31日于北卡罗来纳州夏洛特举行的NBA比赛下半场中，面对夏洛特黄蜂队前锋穆萨·迪亚巴特的防守，寻找传球机会。(美联社图片/内尔·雷德蒙德)
北卡罗来纳州，夏洛特电 — 这场比赛有很多不同寻常之处。
为应对一场最终席卷整个北卡罗来纳州的暴风雪，NBA将比赛开始时间提前三小时至中午12点。哈里森·巴恩斯 (Harrison Barnes) 十年来首次替补登场。维克托·文班亚马 (Victor Wembanyama) 在攻防两端都陷入了挣扎。
但对马刺而言，有一件事却始终如一：他们在客场就是赢不了黄蜂。
布兰登·米勒 (Brandon Miller) 在上半场就砍下20分，全场贡献26分，科林·塞克斯顿 (Collin Sexton) 从替补席上贡献21分，势头正盛的黄蜂队在第三节初一度领先20分的情况下，最终顶住压力，于周六下午以111-106击败马刺。
拉梅洛·鲍尔 (LaMelo Ball) 得到16分、8个篮板和8次助攻，帮助黄蜂队取得了近十年来最长的连胜纪录——六连胜。穆萨·迪亚巴特 (Moussa Diabate) 为夏洛特队贡献了12分、10个篮板和2次盖帽，他们也让马刺队（32胜16负）在光谱中心遭遇了五连败。
“他们现在是一支很强的队伍，”马刺队前锋德文·瓦塞尔 (Devin Vassell) 在谈到一月份打出联盟最佳净胜分的黄蜂队时说道。“他们在进攻端势不可挡。”
夏洛特（22胜28负）在第一节最后3分07秒打出一波16-2的攻击波，以61-47领先进入半场休息，此后便再未落后。凭借米勒单节16分的出色发挥，黄蜂队在第二节以35-17胜出。
“他们得分能力很强，如果你在思想上有所松懈，或者你经历了一段得分荒，他们就能打出一波高潮，他们在第二节就是这么做的，”瓦塞尔说。“一旦你陷入那样的困境，就很难再追回来了。显然，我们后来追得不错，但没能拿下比赛，所以我得称赞他们。他们现在状态正佳，但我们自己必须做得更好。我们必须在心态上更强大，做好比赛的准备。”
黄蜂队本场比赛的球权分享非常出色，全队39次运动战进球中，有30次来自助攻。
“我们一直在发挥自己的优势，打出节奏，通过传球来组织进攻，”米勒说。“我们放弃了一些不错的投篮机会，以换取绝佳的出手机会。今晚我们在这方面做得非常高效——投出空位球，并且相互信任——比赛结果也证明了这一点。”
马刺队在第四节末段曾三次将分差缩小到两分。在比赛还剩36秒时，他们以106-109落后，此时教练米奇·约翰逊 (Mitch Johnson) 挑战成功，推翻了原先吹罚德阿龙·福克斯 (De’Aaron Fox) 对米勒三分投射犯规的判罚。但在随后的跳球中，身高7英尺4英寸的维克托·文班亚马轻松战胜了他的法国同胞，但他自己却投失了一记仓促的三分球，篮板被康·克努佩尔 (Kon Knueppel) 抢下。
“我没有看得足够清楚，所以可能无法给出一个进阶或非常深入的解释或想法，”约翰逊在被问及文班亚马的投篮时说。“但是，那是战术里的一个选项；他借助掩护出来，可以选择投三分，也可以选择卷切冲击篮筐。”
十五秒后，马刺队对米勒犯规，后者两罚全中，在比赛还剩10.6秒时锁定胜局。而在此之前，马刺队刚在周三晚以111-99战胜休斯顿火箭队后，获得了两天的休息时间。
“这肯定令人失望，”约翰逊说。“我认为夏洛特打得非常好，但话又说回来，我们在四个单节里赢了三节，这意味着我们也有很多地方做得不错，我们只是需要将这种表现保持48分钟。”
去年六月被马刺以榜眼签选中的迪伦·哈珀 (Dylan Harper)，本场为马刺队砍下20分，领衔全队。这场比赛也是他与黄蜂队的四号秀克努佩尔的对决。这是哈珀本赛季第五次得分上20，也是他自1月2日对阵印第安纳步行者队得到22分以来的首次。
克努佩尔在周四晚以123-121战胜达拉斯独行侠队的比赛中曾砍下生涯新高的34分，本场比赛他得到13分和6个篮板。
“我努力为每场比赛寻找激励自己的理由，但说实话，新秀之间的对决，是你真正期待的那种比赛，”哈珀说。
文班亚马本场得到16分，而他此前的场均得分为24.3分。他15投仅6中，其中三分线外3投0中。这也是他本赛季仅有的第四场没有盖帽记录的比赛。斯蒂芬·卡斯尔 (Stephon Castle) 得到16分和9次助攻。
状态低迷的巴恩斯自2016年1月14日以来首次替补出场，结束了他连续775场首发的纪录。当时他正效力于金州勇士队，那是他在NBA的第四个赛季，也是他在勇士的最后一个赛季。周六对阵黄蜂，他将自己连续出战的场次扩大到了352场。
在本场比赛之前，巴恩斯在一月份的14场比赛中场均仅得到6.8分，同期三分命中率只有26.7%。
“我们每个人都有自己的角色，而主要目标是赢球，”得到11分，三分球5投3中的巴恩斯说道。“所以就是要想办法去影响比赛，继续发声，做好我的本分，为球队赢球做出贡献。”
约翰逊淡化了这一调整，称其“不是什么大事”。
“哈里森很棒，”约翰逊说。“哈里森·巴恩斯能连续首发这么长时间是一件了不起的事，这证明了他多年来付出的时间、努力和贡献，他是一位完美的职业球员。我理解这两件事（连续首发和这次替补）紧密相关，但在我看来它们也是相互独立的——一件是大事，另一件不是，而真正了不起的是哈里森本人。”
约翰逊表示，这一调整归根结底是为了想办法让瓦塞尔找回节奏。
“我们阵容里有很多人进进出出，所以这更多是为了让德文回到他之前的（首发）角色，没有太多别的原因，”约翰逊说。“只是觉得德文过去几场比赛没怎么找到他的节奏，认为让他回到首发阵容或许能帮他重回正轨。”
这是瓦塞尔自12月29日以来的首次首发，他全场10投5中，其中三分球7投2中，得到13分。因腹股沟伤病连续缺席13场比赛后，这是他复出以来的第三场比赛。
“我不知道这个（新的首发阵容）是否会继续下去，”瓦塞尔说。“我想我们只是在尝试一些新东西，看看不同的阵容，不同的拉开空间的方式，所以我们得看后续会发生什么。但我不知道这是不是一个永久性的改变。”
Charlotte Hornets guard Collin Sexton (8) drives against San Antonio Spurs guard Devin Vassell during the second half of an NBA basketball game in Charlotte, N.C., Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond)
Charlotte Hornets forward Brandon Miller, left, shoots against San Antonio Spurs guard Devin Vassell during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Charlotte, N.C., Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond)
Charlotte Hornets guard LaMelo Ball (1) drives to the basket against San Antonio Spurs center Luke Kornet during the second half of an NBA basketball game in Charlotte, N.C., Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond)
Charlotte Hornets forward Miles Bridges (0) shoots again San Antonio Spurs forward Victor Wembanyama during the second half of an NBA basketball game in Charlotte, N.C., Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond)
San Antonio Spurs guard Devin Vassell, right, drives to the basket against Charlotte Hornets guard Kon Knueppel (7) during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Charlotte, N.C., Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond)
Charlotte Hornets guard Kon Knueppel, right, drives against San Antonio Spurs forward Victor Wembanyama during the second half of an NBA basketball game in Charlotte, N.C., Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond)
Charlotte Hornets forward Grant Williams, right, fouls San Antonio Spurs forward Victor Wembanyama during the second half of an NBA basketball game in Charlotte, N.C., Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond)
San Antonio Spurs forward Victor Wembanyama stands on the court during the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Charlotte Hornets in Charlotte, N.C., Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond)
San Antonio Spurs forward Victor Wembanyama, left, shoots against Charlotte Hornets forward Moussa Diabate (14) during the second half of an NBA basketball game in Charlotte, N.C., Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond)
San Antonio Spurs head coach Mitch Johnson reacts to a call during the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Charlotte Hornets in Charlotte, N.C., Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond)
Charlotte Hornets guard Kon Knueppel (7) shoots against San Antonio Spurs guard De’aaron Fox during the second half of an NBA basketball game in Charlotte, N.C., Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond)
San Antonio Spurs guard Dylan Harper drives to the basket for a dunk against the Charlotte Hornets during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Charlotte, N.C., Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond)
Charlotte Hornets head coach Charles Lee questions a call during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the San Antonio Spurs in Charlotte, N.C., Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond)
San Antonio Spurs forward Keldon Johnson, left, drives to the basket against Charlotte Hornets center Ryan Kalkbrenner during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Charlotte, N.C., Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond)
Charlotte Hornets guard LaMelo Ball (1) drives against San Antonio Spurs guard De’aaron Fox during the second half of an NBA basketball game in Charlotte, N.C., Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond)
Charlotte Hornets guard Kon Knueppel, left, looks to pass against San Antonio Spurs forward Julian Champagnie during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Charlotte, N.C., Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond)
San Antonio Spurs forward Victor Wembanyama, left, drives to the basket against Charlotte Hornets forward Moussa Diabate during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Charlotte, N.C., Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond)
San Antonio Spurs forward Victor Wembanyama, right, moves the ball against Charlotte Hornets forward Moussa Diabate during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Charlotte, N.C., Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond)
San Antonio Spurs forward Victor Wembanyama, right, passes against Charlotte Hornets forward Moussa Diabate during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Charlotte, N.C., Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond)
San Antonio Spurs forward Victor Wembanyama (1) shoots over Charlotte Hornets forward Moussa Diabate during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Charlotte, N.C., Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond)
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Spurs continue struggles in Charlotte with another loss to Hornets
San Antonio Spurs forward Victor Wembanyama (1) looks to pass against Charlotte Hornets forward Moussa Diabate during the second half of an NBA basketball game in Charlotte, N.C., Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond)
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Plenty of things were different about this game.
It tipped off at noon after the NBA moved the start time up three hours in advance of a winter storm that wound up blanketing all of North Carolina in snow. Harrison Barnes came off the bench for the first time in a decade. Victor Wembanyama struggled — on both ends of the court.
But for the Spurs, one thing remained the same: Their inability to beat the Hornets on the road.
Brandon Miller scored 20 of his 26 points in the first half, Collin Sexton added 21 off the bench, and the surging Hornets hung on for a 111-106 win over the Spurs on Saturday afternoon after leading by 20 points early in the third quarter.
LaMelo Ball had 16 points, eight rebounds and eight assists to help give the Hornets their longest win streak — six in a row — in nearly a decade. Moussa Diabate added 12 points, 10 rebounds and two blocks for Charlotte, which handed the Spurs (32-16) their fifth straight loss at the Spectrum Center.
“They’re a good team right now,” Spurs forward Devin Vassell said of the Hornets, who had the top point differential in the NBA in January. “They’re rolling offensively.”
Charlotte (22-28) never trailed after outscoring the Spurs 16-2 in the final 3:07 of the first half to take a 61-47 lead into halftime. Powered by 16 points from Miller, the Hornets won the second period 35-17.
“They can really score the ball, and if you have some mental lapses or you go on a stretch where you’re not scoring, they can get on a roll, and that’s what they did in that second quarter,” Vassell said. “You get in a hole like that. It’s tough to fight out. Obviously, we did a good job coming back, but we weren’t able to finish the game, so I credit them. They’re rolling right now, but we just got to be better. We just got to be mentally better and just ready to play.”
The Hornets shared the ball well against the Spurs, finishing with 30 assists on 39 made field goals.
“We’ve been playing to our strengths, playing with pace, playing with the pass," Miller said. "We turned down good shots to get some great ones. We did that at a high clip tonight — take the open ones and trust each other — and it showed.”
The Spurs, who pulled within two points three times late in the fourth quarter, trailed 109-106 with 36 seconds left when coach Mitch Johnson won a challenge that overturned a foul initially called against De’Aaron Fox on a 3-point try by Miller. But after Victor Wembanyama easily won the ensuing jump ball against his fellow Frenchman, the 7-foot-4 center missed a hurried 3-point shot and Kon Knueppel grabbed the rebound.
“I didn’t get a good enough look at it to probably give an advanced or a super deep explanation or thought on that,” Johnson said when asked about Wembanyama’s shot. “But, that was one of the options on the play; him coming off the screen, whether he wanted to take the three or curl it and try to get something at the rim.”
Fifteen seconds later, the Spurs fouled Miller, who sank both free throws to seal the game with 10.6 remaining. The loss came after the Spurs had two days of rest following their 111-99 win at Houston on Wednesday night.
“It was disappointing, for sure,” Johnson said. “I think Charlotte’s playing really well, but again, we won three out of the four quarters, so that means there were some things that we were doing well as well and we just needed to do it for more of the 48.”
Dylan Harper, who the Spurs selected No. 2 overall last June, led the Spurs with 20 points in a game that matched him against Knueppel, who the Hornets, the fourth overall pick. It was Harper’s fifth game of the season of 20 or more points and his first since he had 22 on Jan. 2 at Indiana.
Knueppel, who had a career-high 34 points in a 123-121 win over the Dallas Mavericks on Thursday night, finished with 13 points and six rebounds.
“I try to find a reason to get every game going, but I mean a rookie battle, those are games you kind of look forward to,” Harper said.
Wembanyama finished with 16 points after entering the game averaging 24.3 and hit just 6 of 15 attempts, including 0 for 3 from beyond the arc. He also failed to record a block for just the fourth time this season. Stephon Castle had 16 points and nine assists.
The slumping Barnes came off the bench for the first time since Jan. 14, 2016, when he was in his fourth NBA season and final one with the Golden State Warriors, to snap a streak of 775 consecutive starts. He did extend a streak consecutive games played Saturday, reaching 352 against the Hornets.
Barnes entered the game averaging just 6.8 points over 14 games in January while shooting only 26.7% from 3-point range in that stretch.
“We all occupy a role and the main focus is winning,” said Barnes, who had 11 points, hitting 3 of 5 from downtown against the Hornets. “So it’s just trying to figure out ways to impact the game, to still be vocal, to do my part, to help contribute to winning.”
Johnson downplayed the move, saying it “isn’t a big deal.”
“Harrison was great,” Johnson said. “Harrison Barnes starting for as long as he has is a big deal and that’s a testament to him and all his time and work and production he’s put in over the years, and he’s a consummate professional. I understand they’re very connected, but they’re also mutually exclusive to me in terms of one being a big deal, one not, and the big deal is just Harrison.”
Johnson said the move boiled down to trying to find a way to get Vassell back in rhythm.
“We’ve had a lot of guys in and out of the lineup, so it was just something as much as trying to get Devin back into his (starting) role that he had before and not a lot to it other than that,” Johnson said. “Just felt like Devin the last couple games didn’t quite find his rhythm, thought maybe that just getting him back to that starting lineup could maybe get him back in the fold.”
In his first start since Dec. 29, Vassell scored 13 points on 5 of 10, including 2 of 7 from distance. It was his third game back after missing 13 in a row with a groin injury.
“I don’t know if that’s going to continue,” Vassell said of the new starting unit. “I think we’re just trying out new stuff to see different lineups, different ways how to space the floor, so we’ll just see what happens with that. But I don’t know if it’s a permanent thing or not.”
By Tom Orsborn, Staff Writer, via San Antonio Express-News