By Tom Orsborn, Staff Writer | San Antonio Express-News (SAEN), 2026-02-24 12:38:07
圣安东尼奥马刺队前锋德文·瓦塞尔（左）在周一（2026年2月23日）于底特律对阵底特律活塞队的下半场比赛中得分后，与中锋文班亚马 (1) 庆祝。
底特律——德文·瓦塞尔 (Devin Vassell) 在赛后采访中礼貌地示意凯尔登·约翰逊 (Keldon Johnson) 调低更衣室音响的音量，以便他能更清楚地听到记者的提问。
这是这位前锋在周一晚上唯一一次提出要求。
尽管在马刺以 114-103 击败活塞的比赛早期手感火热，但瓦塞尔从未主动要球。他知道只要能持续获得好的出手空间，队友们就会找到他。
一次又一次，队友们找到了他。而他也一次又一次在出手后命中目标，全场 14 投 10 中，其中三分球 11 投 7 中，砍下全场最高的 28 分。
“今天我因为出现在正确的位置而得到了回报，”瓦塞尔说道，“我们的后卫很早就开始杀向篮下并做出正确的判断。这属于那种当你处于空位时，你只需要把球投进去的比赛。”
瓦塞尔包揽了马刺队开场的前 9 分，面对联盟顶级防守强队之一，他在开赛仅 6 秒就命中了全场首记投篮，并在前两分钟内三分球 3 投 3 中。
他在第四节命中了几记关键三分，为自己的表现画上了圆满的句号。最后一记三分球出现在比赛还剩 7 分 22 秒时的暂停回来后，当时底特律活塞队已将马刺在末节初段建立的 14 分领先优势缩小到 9 分。在此后的比赛中，活塞队的分差再也未能缩小到 10 分以内。
在命中那记三分后的 13 秒，瓦塞尔封盖了凯德·坎宁安 (Cade Cunningham) 的突破上篮尝试。
“他防守出色，沟通顺畅，而且我的意思是，他的得分能力太强了。我觉得他在某种程度上用意志力带领我们赢得了胜利，”马刺队后卫斯蒂芬·卡斯尔 (Stephon Castle) 说道，“他拉开了空间，做出了正确的选择，甚至在有些人希望他继续投篮时，他还放弃了几次出手机会来进行额外的传球。”
“德文这一整年表现都非常出色。（米奇·约翰逊）教练说得最好，他一直把精力投入到正确的地方，所以他注定会迎来这样一个夜晚。”
瓦塞尔全场 14 投 10 中，三分球 11 投 7 中，这是他自 12 月 5 日在输给克利夫兰的比赛中砍下 28 分以来的最高得分。
“效率极高，”为瓦塞尔最后一记三分提供助攻的马刺队中锋维克托·文班亚马 (Victor Wembanyama) 说道，“他没有强投。每个人（在进攻端）都紧密相连，他从中受益。这归功于他的耐心和他对过程的信任，因为教练并没有为他设计太多战术。至少在开场时，我们并不是在主动找他。但他就是在正确的时间出现在了正确的位置，跑位也非常合理。”
马刺队全场命中 42 球，送出 32 次助攻，三分球 40 投 18 中。卡斯尔贡献了 16 分 11 次助攻。达龙·福克斯 (De’Aaron Fox) 得到 10 分 7 次助攻，其中包括为瓦塞尔开局的两次得分送出的妙传。
“我们有六名球员出手次数超过 10 次，”文班亚马说，“今晚人人都有发挥。我们努力把它变成一场团队篮球比赛去得分，而做到这一点的唯一方法就是分享球权。”
底特律活塞队前锋保罗·里德 (Paul Reed)（右）在周一（2026年2月23日）于底特律进行的 NBA 常规赛下半场向圣安东尼奥马刺队中锋卢克·科内特 (Luke Kornet)（左）施压。(AP Foto/Duane Burleson)
科内特带伤作战
马刺队中锋卢克·科内特 (Luke Kornet) 展现出了坚韧的一面。他在上半场因伤仅出战一分多钟，但在下半场重返赛场又打了七分多钟。
首节还剩约五分钟时，科内特在防守朗·霍兰二世 (Ron Holland II) 的突破上篮时受伤，随后一瘸一拐地回到更衣室。马刺队宣布他因右腿挫伤，能否回归存疑。
“我不知道是（霍兰）撞到了我，还是我倒地时发生的，”在那次防守中被判犯规的科内特说道，“我只是感觉小腿被撞了一下，然后立刻肿了一大块。但不是关节或其他地方受伤。应该没什么大碍。”
在更衣室接受治疗后，科内特在下半场回归并出战了 7 分钟。他最终得到 2 分、4 个篮板和 1 次抢断。
马刺队将于周三晚上在多伦多进行比赛。
新双向合同球员前往奥斯汀
米奇·约翰逊 (Mitch Johnson) 表示，马刺队周一签下二年级前锋伊曼纽尔·米勒 (Emanuel Miller) 签下一份双向合同后，他将前往奥斯汀加入球队的 G 联盟附属球队。
在裁掉圣安东尼奥沃伦高中毕业生、双向合同后卫斯坦利·乌穆德 (Stanley Umude) 后，马刺队引进了这位身高 6 英尺 5 英寸、来自多伦多、曾在德克萨斯农工大学和德克萨斯基督教大学 (TCU) 效力的球员。
“我们关注米勒已经有一段时间了，认为他会是团队的一个很好的补充，”约翰逊说道，“（我们）只是觉得现在是合适的时机（做出这一举动），期待他加入奥斯汀的队伍。”
现年 25 岁的米勒最近一份合同是与克利夫兰签下的双向合同。在此之前，他曾在本赛季和上赛季之间代表芝加哥公牛队参加过 11 场 NBA 比赛。
乌穆德本赛季代表家乡球队出战了两场比赛，其中包括周六在奥斯汀战胜萨克拉门托的比赛。
由生成式人工智能翻译，译文内容可能不准确或不完整，以原文为准。
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How Spurs’ Devin Vassell worked to find his spots against Detroit
San Antonio Spurs forward Devin Vassell, left, celebrates with center Victor Wembanyama (1) after scoring against the Detroit Pistons during the second half Monday, Feb. 23, 2026, in Detroit.
DETROIT — Devin Vassell politely signaled to Keldon Johnson to turn down his boom box in the locker room so he could hear a reporter better in a postgame interview.
It was the only time Monday night the forward asked for anything.
Despite having a hot hand early in the Spurs’ 114-103 victory over the Pistons, Vassell never called for the ball. He knew his teammates would find him if he just kept getting good looks.
And again and again, they found him. And again and again, he found his mark after letting it fly, finishing with a game-high 28 points on 10 of 14 shooting, including 7 of 11 from 3-point range.
“I got rewarded today just by being in the right spots,” Vassell said. “Our guards were getting downhill early and just making the right plays. It’s just one of those games when you’re open and you just got to knock down shots.”
Vassell scored the Spurs’ first nine points against one of the league’s top defensive teams, going 3 for 3 from downtown in the first two minutes after taking and hitting the first shot of the game just six seconds in.
He punctuated his performance by sinking a couple of big 3s in the fourth quarter, with his final trey coming out of a timeout with 7:22 left after Detroit had cut the Spurs’ 14-point lead early in the final frame to nine. The Pistons never got closer than 10 the rest of the way.
Thirteen seconds after he hit that three, Vassell blocked Cade Cunningham’s driving layup attempt.
“He guarded the ball well, communicated well, but, I mean, his scoring. I feel like he kind of willed us to the win,” Spurs guard Stephon Castle said. "He spaced the court, made the right plays, turned down a couple (of shots) to make an extra pass even when some of us wanted him to keep shooting.
“Dev’s been great for us all year. Coach (Mitch Johnson) said it best, he’s been putting his energy in the right places, so he was bound to have a night like this.”
Vassell finished 10 of 14, including 7 of 11 from beyond the arc, on his way to scoring his most points since he had 28 in a loss at Cleveland on Dec. 5.
“Super efficient,” said Spurs center Victor Wembanyama, who assisted on Vassell’s last 3. “He did not force anything. Everybody was connected (offensively) and he benefited from it. And that is due to his patience and him trusting the process because the coach didn’t call many plays for him. And it’s not like we were actively looking for him at the beginning at least. But he was in the right spot at the right time, running the right way.”
The Spurs finished with 32 assists on 42 made field goals and hit 18 of 40 shots from beyond the arc. Castle had 11 assists to go along with 16 points. De’Aaron Fox had 10 points and seven assists, including setting up two of Vassell’s early buckets,
“We had six players shooting more than 10 shots,” Wembanyama said. “Everybody got to eat tonight. We tried to make it a basketball game, score the ball, and the only way to do that is to share it.”
Detroit Pistons forward Paul Reed, right, pressures San Antonio Spurs center Luke Kornet, left, during the second half of an NBA basketball game Monday, Feb. 23, 2026, in Detroit. (AP Foto/Duane Burleson)
Kornet fought through injury
Spurs center Luke Kornet showed some grit in returning from an injury that limited him to just one-plus minute in the first half to play seven-plus after halftime.
Kornet limped to the locker room after he got hurt defending against a driving layup by Ron Holland II with about five minutes left in the first period. The Spurs announced he was questionable to return with a right leg contusion.
“I don’t know if it was (Holland) that him me or if it happened when I hit the floor,” said Kornet, who got whistled for a foul on the play. “I just kind of got my shin hit, and then it swelled up a ton pretty immediately. But it’s not a joint or anything. It should be fine.”
After receiving treatment in the locker room, Kornet returned to play seven minutes in the second half. He finished with two points, four rebounds and a steal.
The Spurs play Wednesday night in Toronto.
New two-way player heading to Austin
Mitch Johnson said second-year forward Emanuel Miller will be heading to Austin to play with the team’s G League affiliate after the Spurs signed him to a two-way deal Monday.
The Spurs added the 6-foot 5 Toronto native who played college ball at Texas A&M and TCU after waiving two-way guard Stanley Umude, a graduate of San Antonio’s Warren High.
“We’ve been following Miller for some time and thought he would be a good addition to the group,” Johnson said. “(We) just thought the time was appropriate (to make the move) and looking forward to adding him to the group in Austin.”
Miller, 25, was most recently on a two-way deal with Cleveland. He previously appeared in 11 NBA games with the Chicago Bulls split between this season and last season.
Umude appeared in two games this season with his hometown club, including Saturday’s win over Sacramento in Austin.
By Tom Orsborn, Staff Writer, via San Antonio Express-News