By Jeff McDonald, Staff Writer | San Antonio Express-News (SAEN), 2026-04-02 00:43:15
2026年4月1日，星期三，旧金山，在一场NBA常规赛的上半场，圣安东尼奥马刺队前锋维克托·文班亚马 (1) 隔扣金州勇士队前锋德雷蒙德·格林（右）。(AP Photo/Tony Avelar)
旧金山——周三在大通中心球馆跳球开始前一个多小时，金州勇士队主教练史蒂夫·科尔 (Steve Kerr) 被问及，他那支人手短缺且身材矮小的球队打算如何应对身高7英尺4英寸的巨人维克托·文班亚马 (Victor Wembanyama)。
“噢，我们有办法，”科尔面无表情地说道，“我们不会透露的。我们不久前刚想明白。”
事实证明，勇士队可能需要推倒重来了。
文班亚马全场砍下41分、抢下18个篮板，22投16中，并送出3次盖帽，带领马刺队以127-113战胜勇士队。
这并不是一场公平的较量。
金州勇士缺少了九名轮换球员，其中最引人注目的是全明星后卫斯蒂芬·库里 (Stephen Curry)。勇士队仅有九名健康球员可用，其中三人手持双向合同。这两名球员——L.J. 克莱尔 (L.J. Cryer) 和内特·威廉姆斯 (Nate Williams)——都进入了首发名单。
勇士队周三的首发阵容中，身高最高的是6英尺6英寸的德雷蒙德·格林 (Draymond Green)，这让文班亚马和马刺队能够轻松解决这支“迷你”勇士。
这场胜利是马刺队的十连胜，巩固了他们本赛季第二次取得的两位数连胜战绩。
由于比赛早早失去悬念，文班亚马在短短29分钟内就完成了所有杀伤。
斯蒂芬·卡斯尔 (Stephon Castle) 和朱利安·尚帕尼 (Julian Champagnie) 各为马刺队贡献了15分，全队共有七人得分上双。
前面提到的双向合同球员之一威廉姆斯以18分领跑勇士队。
以下是周三这场胜利的三大启示，此役过后马刺队的战绩提升至58胜18负：
1. 马刺深知自己的核心优势所在
正如两天前对阵同样身材矮小的芝加哥公牛队时所做的那样，马刺队充分利用了文班亚马巨大的身高优势。
开场仅16秒，文班亚马就在布兰登·波杰姆斯基 (Brandin Podziemski) 身上完成了一次“打三分”进球，拿下了全场首分。
他在首节就砍下了马刺队35分中的17分。他首节的六个运动战进球全部来自禁区，其中三个是轻而易举的篮下空接。
半场结束时，文班亚马已砍下27分13个篮板，马刺队以70-49领先。
下半场这种势头仍在延续。
文班亚马追平了本赛季的单场最高得分——这是他在两天前对阵公牛队时创下的。他将自己连续单场抢下至少15个篮板的场次延续到了五场，这是队史第二长的纪录。
如果勇士队能保持更强的竞争力，使得文班亚马有必要在最后阶段留在场上，他或许能完成职业生涯首个“40+20”的数据。
就目前情况来看，他距离这一目标仅差两个篮板。
2. 马刺能从这些比赛中收获什么？
马刺队的势头不可阻挡，已经拿下了本赛季第二次十连胜。
他们过去的六场胜利分差都在两位数。周三的这场大胜是自3月16日在客场119-115击败洛杉矶快船队以来，他们在客场取得的最小胜分差。
击败勇士队的比赛也打破了此前连续四场客场净胜至少25分的纪录。
在此期间，马刺队面对了一系列像勇士队这样伤兵满营甚至情况更糟的对手。
值得思考的是，这种轻取对手的胜利在多大程度上能为马刺队的季后赛做好准备。
这次客场之旅的难度将有所增加，马刺队将在周四再次面对快船队，然后在周六前往丹佛挑战掘金队。
这些比赛应该能让马刺队更清楚地了解自己的季后赛准备情况。
2026年4月1日，星期三，旧金山，在一场NBA常规赛的上半场，圣安东尼奥马刺队前锋朱利安·尚帕尼 (30) 面对金州勇士队后卫内特·威廉姆斯 (19) 投射三分球。(AP Photo/Tony Avelar)
3. 科尔为文班的MVP之争发声（某种程度上）
上周，文班亚马在迈阿密应记者要求，为自己竞选MVP提出了三点理由，随后在网络上引发热议。
文班亚马提到的第一点是：防守占据了比赛的一半，而他统治了防守端。
科尔对此表示赞同。
“我确实认为攻防兼备的球员通常是赢得比赛和总冠军的关键，”科尔说，“他显然是全联盟最出色的防守球员。”
文班亚马在周三的比赛前场均得到24.5分。上一位场均得分不足25分却获得MVP的球员，巧合的是正是2014-15赛季的库里。
被认为是文班亚马今年该奖项最大竞争对手的球员们——俄克拉荷马城雷霆队的谢伊·吉尔杰斯-亚历山大 (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander)、洛杉矶湖人队的卢卡·东契奇 (Luka Doncic) 以及丹佛掘金队的尼古拉·约基奇 (Nikola Jokic)——场均得分都高于这个数字。
科尔表示，这不应妨碍投票者在本月晚些时候将文班亚马放在MVP选票的首位。
“在我看来，MVP关乎对赢球的影响力——谁在影响赢球，谁在带领球队达到新的高度？”科尔说，“显然，文班是和任何人一样出色的选择。”
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3 takeaways as Victor Wembanyama goes wild with 41 against Warriors
San Antonio Spurs forward Victor Wembanyama (1) dunks against Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green, right, during the first half of an NBA basketball game in San Francisco, Wednesday, April 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar)
SAN FRANCISCO — A little more than an hour before tipoff Wednesday at the Chase Center, Golden State coach Steve Kerr was asked how his undermanned and undersized team planned to handle the 7-foot-4 colossus known as Victor Wembanyama.
“Oh, we got it,” Kerr deadpanned. “We’re not going to reveal it. We figured it out a little while ago.”
It turns out the Warriors might need to go back to the drawing board.
Wembanyama scored 41 points, grabbed 18 rebounds, made 16 of 22 shots and blocked three shots as the Spurs reeled off a 127-113 victory at the Warriors’ expense.
It was not a fair fight.
Golden State was missing nine rotation players, most notably All-Star guard Stephen Curry. The Warriors had nine healthy players available, three of whom were on two-way contracts. Two of those players — L.J. Cryer and Nate Williams — were in the starting lineup.
Golden State’s tallest starter Wednesday was 6-foot-6 Draymond Green, allowing Wembanyama and the Spurs to make short work of the miniscule Warriors.
The win was the Spurs’ 10th in a row, solidifying their second double-digit winning streak of the season.
Wembanyama did all his damage in 29 minutes as the game got out of hand and stayed there.
Stephon Castle and Julian Champagnie chipped in 15 points apiece for the Spurs, who had seven players in double figures.
Williams, one of the aforementioned two-way players, led the Warriors with 18 points.
Here are three takeaways from Wednesday’s victory, which improved the Spurs to 58-18:
1. Spurs know where their croissant is buttered
As they did two nights earlier against similarly undersized Chicago, the Spurs used Wembanyama’s gargantuan height advantage to, well, their advantage.
Wembanyama scored the game’s first basket 16 seconds into the first quarter with an and-one bucket on Brandin Podziemski.
He had 17 of the Spurs’ 35 points in the opening period. All six of his first-quarter field goals came in the paint. Three of them came on easy-does-it lobs at the rim.
By halftime, Wembanyama was up to 27 points and 13 rebounds, and the Spurs led 70-49.
The beat went on after intermission.
Wembanyama matched a season scoring high — set two nights earlier against Chicago. He ran his string of games with at least 15 rebounds to five straight games, the second longest streak in club history.
Had the Warriors been able to keep things more competitive, rendering Wembanyama’s services necessary down the stretch, he might have ended with the first 40-20 game of his career.
As it stood, he missed it by only two rebounds.
2. What are the Spurs getting out of these games?
The Spurs are undeniably rolling, having posted their second double-digit winning streak of the season.
Their past six victories have each come by double digits. Wednesday’s triumph marked their narrowest margin of victory on the road since a 119-115 win at the L.A Clippers on March 16.
The win over the Warriors did break a string of four straight road victories by at least 25 points.
The Spurs have faced a litany of teams during this stretch as banged up as the Warriors were or worse.
It is worth wondering how much these kinds of easy-does-it victories are preparing the Spurs for the playoffs.
The degree of difficulty ramps up a bit on this road trip, as the Spurs face the Clippers again Thursday before heading to Denver on Saturday.
Those games should give the Spurs a better indication of their playoff readiness.
San Antonio Spurs forward Julian Champagnie (30) shoots a 3-point basket against Golden State Warriors guard Nate Williams (19) during the first half of an NBA basketball game in San Francisco, Wednesday, April 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar)
3. Kerr pleads Wemby’s MVP case (sort of)
Wembanyama made viral headlines last week when — at the behest of a reporter in Miami — he offered a three-pronged argument for himself for MVP.
The first item Wembanyama mentioned: Defense is half the game, and he dominates that end.
It was an assertion with which Kerr concurred.
“I do think two-way players are generally what wins you games and championships,” Kerr said. “He’s obviously the best defensive player in the entire league.”
Wembanayama came into Wednesday’s game averaging 24.5 points. The last player to win MVP while averaging less than 25 per game was, coincidentally enough, Curry in 2014-15.
The players considered Wembanyama’s greatest competition for this year’s award — Oklahoma City’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, the Los Angeles Lakers’ Luka Doncic and Denver’s Nikola Jokic — are all averaging more than that.
Kerr said that should not dissuade voters from putting Wembanyama atop their MVP ballots later this month.
“In my mind, the MVP is about impacting winning — who is impacting winning and who is lifting their team to new heights?” Kerr said. “Obviously, Wemby is as good a choice as anybody.”
By Jeff McDonald, Staff Writer, via San Antonio Express-News