By Tom Orsborn, Staff Writer | San Antonio Express-News (SAEN), 2026-03-17 00:43:11
圣安东尼奥马刺队前锋维克托·文班亚马 (Victor Wembanyama) 在周一（2026年3月16日）于加利福尼亚州英格尔伍德举行的NBA常规赛对阵洛杉矶快船队的下半场比赛中做出反应。（美联社照片/Ryan Sun）
加利福尼亚州英格尔伍德讯 —— 维克托·文班亚马 (Victor Wembanyama) 砍下21分、13个篮板和4次盖帽，带领马刺队在周一晚上以119-115击败了缺少卡怀·伦纳德 (Kawhi Leonard) 的洛杉矶快船队。这场胜利让马刺队自2016-17赛季（当时取得61胜）以来，首次达成单赛季50胜的壮举。
“在这个联盟拿到50胜非常困难，”马刺队主教练米奇·约翰逊 (Mitch Johnson) 表示，“我们不需要对其过度解读。在NBA，50场胜利确实得来不易。”
马刺队上赛季仅取得34胜48负的战绩，但对于这支自2月1日以来打出全联盟最佳的18胜2负战绩的球队来说，那段往事似乎已非常遥远。
斯蒂芬·卡斯尔 (Stephon Castle) 为马刺队贡献了23分、8个篮板和7次助攻。此役过后，马刺战绩提升至50胜18负，目前落后西部领头羊俄克拉荷马城雷霆队3个胜场。德文·瓦塞尔 (Devin Vassell) 贡献20分，德阿隆·福克斯 (De’Aaron Fox) 得到18分。
在第三节一度落后24分的情况下，本内迪克特·马图林 (Bennedict Mathurin) 的篮下进球在比赛还剩4分15秒时将分差缩小至108-102。但14秒后，瓦塞尔用一记15英尺的急停跳投还以颜色。这记投篮开启了一波6-0的高潮，让马刺队重新掌控了局面。
快船队并未放弃，在比赛还剩不到40秒时将分差追至4分。但在最后的30.4秒内，瓦塞尔和福克斯分别两罚全中，稳住了胜局。
文班谈论马刺达成50胜 pic.twitter.com/a6TN97HyxW
— Spurs Nation (@ Spurs_Nation) 2026年3月17日
这场比赛被视为潜在的季后赛首轮预演，但由于快船队（34胜34负）的伦纳德因左脚踝扭伤缺阵，比赛成色略显不足。伦纳德本赛季场均贡献28.3分，他在周六对阵萨克拉门托国王队的比赛中受伤。
马刺队方面，两名关键替补球员迪伦·哈珀 (Dylan Harper)（右小腿挫伤）和卢克·科内特 (Luke Kornet)（右膝酸痛）缺席了比赛。
马刺队克服了开局不利的局面，夺得两连胜。
在第一节落后14分后，马刺队在第二节打出37-15的进攻波，带着66-52的领先优势进入半场休息。快船队在第二节仅得15分，创下了马刺对手本赛季单节（第二节）得分新低，此前的纪录为18分。
达里厄斯·加兰 (Darius Garland) 得到25分和10次助攻领跑快船队。乔丹·米勒 (Jordan Miller) 替补出场贡献22分。
以下是这场背靠背首战（次战将在萨克拉门托进行）的三大总结：
1. 约翰逊遵循波波维奇的教诲
在执掌马刺教鞭的29个赛季里，名人堂教练格雷格·波波维奇 (Gregg Popovich) 对球队在常规赛只有一个目标：在每一场比赛中展现出进步。
这也是约翰逊在担任主教练的首个完整赛季中所坚持的模式。这就是为什么达成第50胜并没有引发大规模庆祝的原因。
“我们从未谈论过要赢多少场比赛，也从未谈论过季后赛、附加赛或赛季的最终结局，”约翰逊说道，“我们所做的是建立起属于我们的品牌和身份，并达到了一个令我们满意的清晰度。现在，我们需要在执行这种风格和身份时保持更强的一致性，然后顺其自然。”
球员们也接受了这种“每场比赛都要进步”的心态。前锋朱利安·尚帕尼 (Julian Champagnie) 在赛前承认50胜“很棒”，“这里的每个人都会喜欢这一点”，但他表示随着季后赛临近，马刺队还有另一个目标。
“我们还有15次学习和变得更好的机会，”他说道。
足以说明，波波维奇教导有方。
马刺主帅米奇·约翰逊谈达成50胜 pic.twitter.com/A4ScZM7R5K
— Spurs Nation (@ Spurs_Nation) 2026年3月17日
2. 瓦塞尔在关键时刻挺身而出
在马刺仅领先6分的情况下，这位进入联盟第六年的前锋在暂停归来后，于比赛还剩4分钟时投中的那记跳投，或许是全场最关键的一球。但这还没完，他在比赛最后30秒稳稳命中了两记关键罚球。
主教练表示，瓦塞尔在场上也展现出了领袖气质。
“德文整晚都保持着敏锐的感觉，”约翰逊说，“在最后的一次暂停中，他表现得很活跃，一直在强调肢体语言、能量感以及完成任务。我认为从他的表现和处理方式来看，他打出了一场非常职业、成熟的比赛。”
3. 约翰逊的调兵遣将弥补了伤病空缺
在哈珀和科内特缺阵的情况下，约翰逊很好地调配了板凳席。他给了卡特·布莱恩特 (Carter Bryant) 21分钟的出场时间（此前他场均仅10.2分钟），并让出场机会寥寥的乔丹·麦克劳克林 (Jordan McLaughlin) 和梅森·普拉姆利 (Mason Plumlee) 合计出战8分钟。
约翰逊继续尝试让布莱恩特出任五号位，摆出小球阵容。这位新秀以10分、4个篮板和1次助攻作为回报。他是马刺队唯一得分上双的替补球员。
马刺队的板凳席应该很快就能恢复齐整。约翰逊在赛前表示，他对哈珀和科内特在周二晚上于萨克拉门托复出持乐观态度。
“如果不是明天，也会是非常、非常快，”约翰逊说，“但我很乐观，他们明天很有机会出战。”
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Three takeaways as Spurs claim their 50th win of the season
San Antonio Spurs forward Victor Wembanyama reacts during the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Los Angeles Clippers Monday, March 16, 2026, in Inglewood, Calif. (AP Photo/Ryan Sun)
INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Victor Wembanyama had 21 points, 13 rebounds and four blocks to lead the Spurs to a 119-115 victory over the Kawhi Leonard-less Los Angeles Clippers on Monday night that gave the franchise its first 50-win season since a 2016-17 campaign when they recorded 61 wins.
“Fifty wins in this league is tough,” Spurs coach Mitch Johnson said. “We don’t need to make more of it than that. Fifty wins in this league is hard to get.”
The Spurs finished 34-48 last season, but that seems long ago for a team that’s a league-best 18-2 since Feb. 1.
Stephon Castle finished with 23 points, eight rebounds and seven assists assists for the Spurs, who improved to 50-18 and now trail West-leading Oklahoma City by three games. Devin Vassell chipped in 20 points and De’Aaron Fox had 18.
Bennedict Mathurin’s inside bucket pulled the Clippers within 108-102 with 4:15 left after they had trailed by 24 in the third quarter, but Vassell answered by sinking a 15-foot pull-up jumper 14 second later. That shot started a 6-0 run and put the Spurs back in control.
The Clippers kept fighting, pulling within four with under 40 seconds left. But Vassell and Fox each hit two free throws in the final 30.4 seconds to seal it.
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— Spurs Nation (@ Spurs_Nation) March 17, 2026
Billed as a potential first-round playoff preview, the game lost some of its luster after the Clippers (34-34) ruled out Leonard, who is averaging 28.3 points per game, with a sprained left ankle sustained in a 118-109 loss to Sacramento on Saturday.
The Spurs played without two key reserves in Dylan Harper (bruised right calf) and Luke Kornet (sore right knee).
The Spurs overcame a slow start for their second win in a row.
After trailing by 14 points in the first quarter, the Spurs outscored the Clippers 37-15 in the second period for a 66-52 halftime cushion. The Clippers’ 15 points were a season low for a Spurs opponent in the second quarter. The previous low was 18.
Darius Garland led the Clippers with 25 points and 10 assists. Jordan Miller had 22 points off the bench.
Here are three takeaways from the first game of a back-to-back that ends in Sacramento:.
1. Johnson following Pop’s example
During his 29 seasons as the Spurs head coach, Hall of Famer Gregg Popovich had one goal for his team during the regular season: Show improvement with each game.
It’s a model Johnson has adhered to in his first full season as head coach. That’s why notching their 50th win wasn’t reason for a major celebration.
“We never talked about ‘X’ amount of wins. We never talked about playoffs, play-in and the final end for the season,” Johnson said. “What we’ve done is we’ve established our brand and our identity to a level of clarity I think we are satisfied with. Now we have to be more consistent in playing that brand and that identity and just let the chips fall where they may.”
The players have also embraced the “improve with each game” mindset. While acknowledging before the game that 50 wins would be "great’ and that “everyone here will love that,” forward Julian Champagnie said the Spurs have another goal in mind as the playoffs approach.
“We’ve got 15 more times to learn and be better,” he said.
Suffice it to say, Popovich taught them well.
Spurs coach Mitch Johnson on reaching 50 wins pic.twitter.com/A4ScZM7R5K
— Spurs Nation (@ Spurs_Nation) March 17, 2026
2. Vassell came up big in crunch time
The sixth-year forward’s jumper with four minutes left coming out of a timeout with the Spurs nursing a six-point league was perhaps the biggest bucket of the game. But he wasn’t done, sinking a pair of clutch free throws with 30 seconds left.
He also stepped up as a vocal leader, his coach said.
“Devin just felt sharp all night,” Johnson said. “He was pretty vocal in one of our later timeouts just about body language, energy, just finishing the job. He had a very professional, mature game, I thought, just by his production and the way he want about it.”
3. Johnson’s moves made up for injuries
With Harper and Kornet out, Johnson managed the bench well, giving Carter Bryant 21 minutes after he entered the game averaging 10.2 and little-used Jordan McLaughlin and Mason Plumlee a combined eight.
Johnson continued to give Bryant minutes at the five spot a small-ball look. The rookie responded with 10 points, four rebounds and an assist. He was the only reserve to score in double figures for the Spurs.
The Spurs bench should be whole again soon. Johnson said before the game he’s optimistic that Harper and Kornet will return Tuesday night in Sacramento.
“If not tomorrow, very, very soon,” Johnson said. “But I’m optimistic that they have got a good chance to play tomorrow.”
By Tom Orsborn, Staff Writer, via San Antonio Express-News