By Jeff McDonald, Staff Writer | San Antonio Express-News (SAEN), 2026-02-27 13:14:44
2026年2月26日周四，在纽约进行的NBA常规赛圣安东尼奥马刺对阵布鲁克林篮网的上半场比赛中，圣安东尼奥马刺队的朱利安·尚帕尼 (Julian Champagnie) (30) 在命中三分球后做出庆祝手势。(AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
纽约——当马刺前锋朱利安·尚帕尼 (Julian Champagnie) 走在纽约街头时，他有时能感受到投向自己的目光。
毕竟他是在布鲁克林土生土长的，而且还与全球超级巨星维克托·文班亚马 (Victor Wembanyama) 共同身处马刺队的NBA首发阵容。
理所当然地，他会被人认出来。
尚帕尼还有一个同样在NBA打球的双胞胎兄弟，这有时也能解释一些误会。
“我很多次被人认出来，”尚帕尼说，“但对方把我当成了贾斯汀。”
在周四对阵布鲁克林篮网的比赛中展现了惊人的投射表现后，现在应该不会再有混淆了。
贾斯汀·尚帕尼 (Justin Champagnie) 是华盛顿奇才队一名冉冉升起的角色球员，正致力于打拼出一番不错的NBA职业生涯。
而朱利安·尚帕尼则是马刺队的神射手，他刚刚在巴克莱中心为这支全联盟状态最火热的球队射落了漫天星辰。
尚帕尼砍下26分并投中6记三分球，这在马刺126-110痛击战绩糟糕的篮网队的比赛中起到了关键作用，此役也将马刺本赛季最长的连胜纪录扩大到了11场。
由于尚帕尼三兄弟中的老三——双胞胎的弟弟杰伦 (Jaylen) 也在现场观战，这次返乡之旅显得更加甜蜜。
“我给了他回家向朋友们吹嘘的资本，”尚帕尼说道。
尚帕尼在布鲁克林长大，家距离巴克莱中心只有B线地铁三站路。天气好的日子，他甚至都懒得带地铁卡去篮网主场。
“我从这儿能直接走回家，”尚帕尼说，“我对这些街道太熟悉了。”
很快，布鲁克林也会重新认识他。
2026年2月26日周四，在纽约进行的NBA常规赛圣安东尼奥马刺对阵布鲁克林篮网的下半场比赛中，圣安东尼奥马刺队的朱利安·尚帕尼 (30) 越过布鲁克林篮网队的叶戈尔·德明 (Egor Dëmin) (8) 和诺厄·克洛尼 (Noah Clowney) (21) 的防守进行投篮。(AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
在他四年的职业生涯中，24岁的尚帕尼曾数次穿着NBA球衣重返纽约。
但这一次的感觉有些不同。
这一次，尚帕尼作为马刺队的关键一员回到家乡，而马刺正以席卷之势横扫全联盟。周四的胜利为马刺队的2月征程画上了11胜0负的圆满句号，这也是队史上第三次出现单月全胜。上一次还要追溯到2013-14赛季，当时那支马刺在3月份打出了16胜0负的战绩。
马刺的下一场比赛要等到3月1日周日，在麦迪逊广场花园挑战纽约尼克斯。
“在这一联盟中取得11连胜非常困难，”新秀后卫迪伦·哈珀 (Dylan Harper) 说道，他在纽约哈德逊河对岸的新泽西州富兰克林湖市长大，“我们只想努力保持势头，并以此为基础继续进步。”
马刺最近的这一波连胜是自2015-16赛季以来最长的，这让他们的战绩提升到了43胜16负，在负场数上仅落后西部第一的俄克拉荷马城雷霆队一场。
马刺球星文班亚马称马刺这个无瑕的2月是“一个令人满意的月份”。
“这感觉像是一项成就，”他说，“这是否意味着它是完美的？不，从来没有真正的完美，但这确实非常令人满意。”
算上在奥斯汀举行的两场指定的“主场”比赛（战胜太阳和国王），马刺在“牛仔之旅 (rodeo road trip)”客场征程中已取得7胜0负。
至此，马刺在还剩两场比赛的情况下，已经提前锁定了近10年来首次胜率过半的牛仔之旅。
“你能感受到胜利的累积、我们在场上的自信以及球队的团结，”前锋凯尔登·约翰逊 (Keldon Johnson) 说道，“我们要继续复制这种表现，从而不断赢下比赛。”
在马刺教练米奇·约翰逊 (Mitch Johnson) 看来，真正的满足感源于马刺过去11场比赛的获胜方式。
这是一种“全员参与”式的努力。
“回首这个月，并没有某个人打出什么史诗级的爆发表现，”米奇·约翰逊表示，“感觉更像是更衣室里的球员们找到了很多不同的赢球方法。这是成长的标志。”
事实上，在马刺队的11连胜期间，球队共出现了6位不同的单场得分王。
唯一一位在连续比赛中领衔马刺得分的是德文·瓦塞尔 (Devin Vassell)，他在球队来到纽约前的客场之旅中，接连帮助球队战胜了底特律和多伦多。
“这就是我们引以为傲的地方，”尚帕尼说，“任何人在任何夜晚都可能成为得分王。这在全年的比赛中都有所体现。”
周四，轮到这位布鲁克林本地人出彩了。
回到昔日熟悉的地盘，尚帕尼手感火热，打出了自1月20日以来的最高分之夜。
他全场14投10中，三分球9投6中，其中19分是在上半场砍下的。
“他是队里表现最无懈可击的人之一，”文班亚马评价道，“他完美地接纳了自己的角色。我希望这能带给他回报。”
在对阵篮网的比赛中，回报确实如约而至。
与小时候去巴克莱中心不同，尚帕尼周四没有坐B线地铁回家，也没有步行走过那10个街区。
他乘坐马刺的球队大巴前往曼哈顿，心情欢快得仿佛在云端漫步。
“作为一支球队，我们已经成了众矢之的，”尚帕尼说，“我们渴望变得伟大，而其他球队则想击败我们。回到家乡，身处联盟最顶级的球队之一，并且依然能上场打出亮眼表现，这种感觉太棒了。”
2026年2月25日周三，在多伦多进行的一场NBA常规赛上半场，多伦多猛龙队的布兰登·英格拉姆 (Brandon Ingram) (3) 运球越过圣安东尼奥马刺队的朱利安·尚帕尼 (30) 冲向篮筐。(Sammy Kogan/The Canadian Press via AP)
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Spurs’ Julian Champagnie makes splash in latest return to New York
San Antonio Spurs’ Julian Champagnie (30) gestures after making a three-point shot during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Brooklyn Nets Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
NEW YORK — When Spurs forward Julian Champagnie walks down the street in New York, he can sometimes feel the eyes on him.
He was born and raised in Brooklyn, after all, and occupies the same NBA starting lineup with global superstar Victor Wembanyama.
Of course, he’s going to get recognized.
Champagnie has an NBA-playing twin brother, which also sometimes explains some things.
“I get noticed so many times,” Champagnie said, “for being Justin.”
Following the shooting display one of the Champagnie brothers put on Thursday against the Brooklyn Nets, there should be no confusion now.
Justin Champagnie is an up-and-coming role player for the Washington Wizards in the process of building himself a nice NBA career.
Julian Champagnie is the Spurs sharpshooter who just shot the lights out of the Barclays Center for the hottest team in the league.
Champagnie’s 26 points and six 3-pointers proved pivotal in the 126-110 thumping of the lowly Nets that ran the Spurs’ season-best winning streak to 11 in a row.
It was a homecoming made sweeter by the fact that a third Champagnie sibling — the twins’ younger brother, Jaylen — was in attendance.
“I gave him something to go home and brag to his friends about,” Champagnie said.
Champagnie grew up in Brooklyn, three subway stops away from the Barclays Center on the B train. On days when the weather was nice, he probably wouldn’t have even bothered taking his Metro card to the Nets home arena.
“I could walk home from here,” Champagnie said. “I know these streets very well.”
It won’t be long before Brooklyn knows him back.
San Antonio Spurs’ Julian Champagnie (30) shoots over Brooklyn Nets’ Egor Dëmin (8) and Noah Clowney (21) during the second half of an NBA basketball game Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
Over his four-year pro career, the 24-year-old Champagnie has made a handful of returns to New York in an NBA jersey.
This one hit a little different.
This time, Champagnie came home as a key component for a Spurs team in the process of taking the NBA by storm. Thursday’s victory polished off an 11-0 February for the Spurs, marking the third unbeaten month in franchise history. It was the first since the 2013-14 club chalked up a 16-0 March.
The Spurs do not play again until Sunday’s clash with the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden on the first day of March.
“Eleven wins in a row is hard in this league,” said rookie guard Dylan Harper, who grew up across the Hudson River from New York in Franklin Lakes, N.J. “We’re just going to try to keep on going and build off it.”
The Spurs’ latest winning streak — their longest since 2015-16— has inflated their record to 43-16, only one game in the loss column behind Oklahoma City for first place in the Western Conference.
Spurs star Victor Wembanyama called the Spurs unblemished February “a satisfying month.”
“It feels like an accomplishment,” he said. “Does it mean it was perfect? No. It’s never really perfect, but it’s really satisfying.”
Including victories in a pair of designated “home” games in Austin over Phoenix and Sacramento, the Spurs are 7-0 on their rodeo road trip.
In doing so, the team has secured its first winning rodeo trip in 10 years with two games remaining.
“You feel the games we’re stacking and the confidence we’re playing with and the togetherness,” forward Keldon Johnson said. “We’re going to continue to replicate that so we can keep stacking games.”
To Spurs coach Mitch Johnson, the real satisfaction comes in the manner the Spurs have won the past 11 games.
It has been a “all hands on deck” sort of effort.
“When you look back at this month, there wasn’t one guy who went on some kind of historical stretch,” Mitch Johnson said. “It feels like the guys in that locker room have found a lot of different ways to win. That’s a sign of growth.”
Indeed, during the Spurs’ 11-game streak, the team has boasted six different leading scorers.
The only player to pace the Spurs in points in consecutive games was Devin Vassell, who did it in victories at Detroit and Toronto right before the road trip arrived in the Big Apple.
“That’s kind of what we take pride in,” Champagnie said. “Anybody on any night can be the leading scorer. That’s been shown throughout the whole year.”
Thursday, it was the Brooklynite’s turn.
Back in his old stomping grounds, Champagnie scorched the Nets with his highest-scoring night since Jan. 20.
He was 10 of 14 from the floor and 6 of 9 from 3-point range, and posted 19 of his points in the first half.
“He is one of the most impeccable guys on the team,” Wembanyama said. “He embraces his role in a perfect way. I hope it pays off for him.”
It certainly did against the Nets.
Unlike trips to the Barclays Center as a kid, Champagnie did not take the B Train home Thursday. He did not tackle the 10 blocks on foot.
He left the arena on the Spurs’ team bus bound for Manhattan, but somehow walking on air.
“As a team, we have a target on our back,” Champagnie said. “We want to be great and other teams want to take us down. Coming home and being on one of the best teams in the league and still being able to go out there and do your thing, that’s big time.”
Toronto Raptors’ Brandon Ingram (3) drives to the net past San Antonio Spurs’ Julian Champagnie (30) during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Toronto, Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026. (Sammy Kogan/The Canadian Press via AP)
By Jeff McDonald, Staff Writer, via San Antonio Express-News
