By Tom Orsborn, Staff Writer | San Antonio Express-News (SAEN), 2026-03-28 13:33:24
2025年10月26日，周日，圣安东尼奥马刺队前锋维克托·文班亚马 (1) 在弗罗斯特银行中心对阵布鲁克林篮网队的赛季首个主场比赛前进行拉伸。
密尔沃基——在最近为马刺中锋比斯马克·比永博 (Bismack Biyombo) 的非营利基金会举办的近三小时筹款晚宴进行到一小时左右时，一位最受瞩目的嘉宾在晚上8:15左右向主办方告别，走向出口。
并不是维克托·文班亚马 (Victor Wembanyama) 玩得不开心。恰恰相反。但这位马刺的基石球员家里有件重要的事情要做。
睡觉。
在赛季期间，只要条件允许，文班亚马通常会在晚上9:30左右上床睡觉。这是这位22岁法国人虔诚执行的精心制定的恢复计划的一部分。
“加入这个组织的几年里，我学会了信任工作人员，”他说，“我指的是医疗团队和治疗，所有的数以及负荷管理等等。我的信任是很难赢得的，但他们赢得了。”
随着马刺正处于七场比赛中六场客场的征途中，包括4月1日至2日在洛杉矶快船和金州勇士进行的赛季最后一次背靠背比赛，且季后赛近在咫尺，文班亚马和马刺正密切遵循由哈维·谢林 (Xavi Schelling) 领导的球队医疗、表现与运动科学部门给出的建议。
2025年1月31日，周五，德克萨斯州圣安东尼奥，圣安东尼奥马刺队后卫斯蒂芬·卡斯尔 (5) 在弗罗斯特银行中心对阵密尔沃基雄鹿队的NBA比赛前在球场上拉伸。
事实上，马刺整个赛季都在这样做，这也是他们在背靠背比赛中取得23胜5负辉煌战绩的一个因素，其中包括在背靠背第二场比赛中取得11胜3负。在周六对阵雄鹿的比赛前，他们在弗罗斯特银行中心之外取得了客场五连胜，客场战绩为26胜11负，仅次于俄克拉荷马城雷霆，位居联盟第二。
“我们确实有人才和资源来教育（球员）养成这些习惯和专业流程，并将其纳入日常事务中，”马刺主帅米奇·约翰逊 (Mitch Johnson) 说道，“日常惯例非常重要，这能让你在赛后的准备和恢复中保持稳定的节奏。以我们的赛程，如果你没有一套惯例，很难熬过去。所以我们很幸运有一个‘后援团’来协助完成这些。”
马刺前锋德文·瓦塞尔 (Devin Vassell) 表示，这个“后援团”是球队本赛季成功的“巨大”因素。在对阵密尔沃基的比赛前，他们总战绩为55胜18负，仅落后雷霆2.5个胜场，排名西部第二。
“每个人都非常专注，关注自己的身体，确保得到充分的休息，”瓦塞尔说道，“这极其重要，尤其是现在，我不确定打了多少场，大概70多场了。最重要的事情就是健康和恢复。”
赛后恢复最重要的环节之一，就是追随文班亚马的脚步，拥抱深度睡眠的力量。
“我认为睡眠是最关键的，”前锋朱利安·尚帕尼 (Julian Champagnie) 在谈到比赛间隙快速恢复的习惯时说。
“由于赛程的原因，你的睡眠会完全被打乱。如果我在该睡觉的时候没睡，我整天都会心烦意乱。所以我尽量多睡。在飞机上打盹，在客场酒店里，我会立刻上床睡觉。”
作为一名四年级职业球员，尚帕尼还记得职业生涯第一次经历背靠背比赛时的艰辛。
2026年3月21日，周六，圣安东尼奥，圣安东尼奥马刺队前锋维克托·文班亚马（右二）和前锋朱利安·尚帕尼（左一）在对阵印第安纳步行者队的NBA比赛下半场庆祝。两人都坚信在艰难的82场常规赛中尽可能多睡觉的重要性。（美联社照片/Eric Gay）
“我当时甚至动弹不得，”他说，“但一段时间后你就习惯了。你会告诉自己这是工作的一部分。但我找到了窍门——睡眠。”
理想情况下，尚帕尼的目标是每晚睡八小时，中午再睡两小时。
“老实说，我一天差不多有一半时间在睡觉，”他说，“有些日子我们在客场无事可做，我中午会睡四个小时。”
鉴于马刺快节奏、高强度的比赛风格，球员在比赛间隙得到休息、保持水分并维持整个赛季的体能状态至关重要。
“我们希望他们在进攻端打得快，”约翰逊说，“我们希望他们冲击油漆区。我们希望球在半场阵地战中移动起来。我们希望冲抢篮板。我们要求他们退防时全速冲刺。我们要求他们防守、轮转、抢防守篮板。我们不怎么让球员站在底角（休息）。我们也没有那种可以指点换防并偶尔节省体力的球员。所以，考虑到我们覆盖的距离以及我们要求的强度和速度，这是实打实的挑战。”
“我们的球员在提升体能水平和适应节奏方面做得非常好。我们的医疗和表现团队在准备工作上也做得非常出色。”
但并不是每个人都能像文班亚马和尚帕尼那样得到充足的休息。例如，中锋卢克·科内特 (Luke Kornet) 有家庭责任，有时会干扰他获得七小时高质量睡眠。
“我有年幼的孩子，没法像以前那样睡懒觉，所以我必须把睡眠放在首位，”他说，“如果你有一个晚上没睡好，你肯定能感觉到影响。老实说，可能需要好几天的工作才能让身体重新恢复掌控。赛季非常混乱，所以你必须在能补觉的时候尽量补上。”
约翰逊表示，无论在保持球员体能方面面临什么挑战，医疗团队都随时准备应对。
“我们现有的医疗团队已经在这里工作很长时间了，我很幸运能以不同的方式或层面与他们保持联系，因为这些年来我的职位发生了变化，”约翰逊说，“他们在保持球队健康方面发挥了不可或缺的作用，无论是通过球员体能、伤病预防，还是外界通常更想了解的现有伤病康复。”
2025年10月26日，周日，圣安东尼奥弗罗斯特银行中心，马刺队助理教练斯科特·金 (Scott King) 和考利斯·威廉姆森 (Corliss Williamson)，主教练米奇·约翰逊，副主教练肖恩·斯威尼 (Sean Sweeney) 和首席队医威尔·塞文宁 (Will Sevening) 在对阵篮网队的比赛中做笔记并观察比赛。马刺最终以118-107击败篮网。
约翰逊表示，教练组和球员都明白球员健康“永远是首要任务”，而且他们与谢林及其团队合作得很好。
“哈维和我沟通非常频繁，他赢得了我和整个组织的充分信任，并被赋予充分的权力来分享他的见解，”约翰逊说，“我们在各个层面的工作中都进行协作，这也包括总经理布莱恩·莱特 (Brian Wright) 及其团队。”
文班亚马在保养身体方面如此自律，为大家树立了榜样，这对所有人都有帮助。
“对于他这个年纪的人来说，他在提升自我（无论是作为球员还是个人）的方式上非常有目的性，”约翰逊说，“这确实是我职业生涯中从未见过或经历过的。”
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 handle grueling schedule with advice from medical staff
San Antonio Spurs forward Victor Wembanyama (1) stretches before the Spurs’ first home game of the season against the Brooklyn Nets at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio on Sunday, Oct. 26, 2025.
MILWAUKEE — One hour into the nearly three-hour recent fundraising gala for Spurs center Bismack Biyombo’s nonprofit foundation, one of the most prominent guests headed toward the exit around 8:15 p.m. after saying goodbye to the host.
It wasn’t that Victor Wembanyama wasn’t having a good time. Quite the opposite. But the Spurs franchise player had something important to do at home.
Sleep.
Wembanyama typically is in bed by 9:30 p.m. or so when possible during the season. It’s all part of a carefully constructed recovery plan the 22-year-old Frenchman practices religiously.
“Over the couple of years I’ve been with this organization, I’ve learned to trust the staff,” he said. “I’m talking about the medical staff and treatment, all the data and the load management, etcetera. And my trust is hard earned, but they have it.”
With the Spurs in the midst of playing six of seven games on the road, including the final back-to-back of the season April 1-2 at the Los Angeles Clippers and Golden State, and the playoffs on the horizon, Wembanyama and the Spurs are closely following the advice they get from the team’s medical, performance and sports science department headed by Xavi Schelling.
San Antonio Spurs guard Stephon Castle (5) stretches out on the court before an NBA game against the Milwaukee Bucks at Frost Bank Center on Friday, Jan. 31, 2025, in San Antonio, Texas.
But, really, the Spurs have been doing that all season long, a factor in their sterling 23-5 mark in back-to-backs, including going 11-3 in second games. They entered Saturday’s game against the Bucks with a 26-11 road mark, the league’s second best behind Oklahoma City, after winning five in a row away from the Frost Bank Center.
“We definitely have people, resources that educate (the players) on all those habits and professional processes to have in their routines,” Spurs coach Mitch Johnson said. “Routine is something that’s very important, to be able to have a consistent rhythm with your preparation and recovery after the game. With our schedule, if you don’t have a routine, it’s really hard to get through it. So we are fortunate to have a village that helps with that.”
Spurs forward Devin Vassell said that “village” has been a “huge” factor in the team’s success this season. They came into the Milwaukee game with a 55-18 overall mark and just 2.5 games behind the Thunder for the top spot in the Western Conference.
“Everybody’s just kind of been locked in, focusing on their body, making sure they’re getting the right rest,” Vassell said. “It’s super important, especially right now being, I don’t know how many games in, 70-something. The biggest thing is health and recovery.”
One of the most important parts of post-game recovery is following Wembanyama’s lead in embracing the power of restorative sleep.
“I think sleep is the biggest one,” forward Julian Champagnie said of the habits that lead to a quick recovery between games.
“The way the schedule is, your sleep is all messed up. If I don’t sleep when I know I’m supposed to sleep, my whole day is just all in disarray. So I try and get as much sleep as I can. Naps on the plane. And at the hotel (on the road), I go to bed right away.”
A fourth-year pro, Champagnie remembers how difficult it was for him after going through the first back-to-back of his career.
San Antonio Spurs forward Victor Wembanyama, second from right, and forward Julian Champagnie, left, seen here celebrating a play during the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Indiana Pacers in San Antonio, Saturday, March 21, 2026, are two big believes in getting as much sleep as possible during the grueling 82-game regular season. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
“I couldn’t even move,” he said. “But you get used to it after a while. You tell yourself it’s part of the job. But I figured it out - sleep.”
Ideally, Champagnie aims for eight hours of shut eye a night and a two-hour, mid-day nap.
“I’m sleeping just about half the day, honestly,” he said. “And there are days when we’re on the road and I have nothing to do, I’ll sleep for four hours mid-day.”
With the Spurs’ fast-paced, frenetic style of play, it’s imperative the players get rest between games, stay hydrated and maintain their conditioning throughout the season.
“We want them to play fast offensively,” Johnson said. "We want them to touch the paint. We want the ball to move in half court. We want to crash the boards. We demand they sprint back in defense. We demand they guard. We demand they rotate. We demand they defensive rebound. We don’t really have guys stand in the corner (and rest) too often. We don’t really have guys that are able to point and switch and conserve energy at times. And so it is a real thing, understanding the distance we cover and the intensity and speed we demand.
“And our guys have done a great job of upping their fitness level and committing to the pace. And our medical and performance staffs have done a great job preparing them.”
But not everyone is able to get as much rest as Wembanyama and Champagnie. Center Luke Kornet, for instance, has family obligations that sometimes interfere with his ability to get a good seven hours of sleep.
“I have young kids and I can’t really sleep in the way I used to, so I really have to prioritize that,” he said. “And then you definitely feel the effects of it if you have like a bad night, and, honestly, it can be like several days of work to try to get that back under control. The season is pretty chaotic, so you got to kind of piece it together when you can.”
No matter what the challenge is when it comes to keeping players fit, the medical staff stands ready to meet it, Johnson said.
“The medical staff we have in place has been here for quite some time, so I’m fortunate to be able to use a relationship with them that I’ve had in a few different ways or levels just because of how my position has changed over the years,” Johnson said. “They play such an integral part in keeping the team healthy, whether that’s through player fitness, prevention of injury or what the outer world is usually more motivated to know about, (rehab) from current injuries.”
San Antonio Spurs assistant coaches Scott King and Corliss Williamson, head coach Mitch Johnson, associate head coach Sean Sweeney and head athletic trainer Will Sevening make notes and watch the game against the Brooklyn Nets at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Sunday, Oct. 26, 2025. The Spurs defeated the Nets, 118-107.
Johnson said it helps that the coaching staff and players understand player health is “always the priority” and that they all work well with Schelling and his staff.
“Xavi and I communicate quite a bit and he has the full trust of myself and the organization and full empowerment to make sure he shares his opinions,” Johnson said. “We collaborate in everything we do on every level, and that includes (general manager) Brian (Wright) and his side as well.”
And it helps everyone that Wembanyama sets a great example by being so disciplined when it comes to taking care of his body.
“For someone of his age, he is so intentional on the variety of ways that he tries to improve as a player and a person,” Johnson said. “It’s really something I’ve never witnessed or experienced in my time.”
By Tom Orsborn, Staff Writer, via San Antonio Express-News