By Tom Orsborn, Staff Writer | San Antonio Express-News (SAEN), 2026-04-22 17:10:02
2026年4月19日，周日，在圣安东尼奥弗罗斯特银行中心举行的NBA季后赛首轮对阵波特兰开拓者队的第一场比赛上半场，圣安东尼奥马刺队前锋凯尔登·约翰逊 (3) 在上场前调整头带。
凯尔登·约翰逊 (Keldon Johnson) 的数据虽然令人印象深刻，但并不能完全体现他为马刺队本赛季戏剧性的逆转所做出的巨大贡献。
他职业生涯首次在一支取得62胜的球队中打满82场常规赛。他在更衣室里用音响带动音乐氛围；他几乎每晚都用强硬且拼劲十足的表现激励球队；无论是比赛、训练还是投篮热身，他总是仰天长啸，为球队注入热情。
“无论在什么时候，他都能带来能量，”维克托·文班亚马 (Victor Wembanyama) 说道。和约翰逊的其他队友一样，文班亚马也经常称他为球队的“核心与灵魂”。
“我们有很多个性鲜明的球员，也有文班亚马这样的球队基石，但那个家伙才是球队的核心与灵魂，”主教练米奇·约翰逊 (Mitch Johnson) 表示。
投票者显然也认同这一点，这位始终充满激情的七年级前锋被选为2025-26赛季NBA年度最佳第六人。
NBA周三宣布，约翰逊击败了包括迈阿密热火队的哈梅·哈克斯 (Jaime Jaquez Jr.) 和丹佛掘金队的蒂姆·哈达威二世 (Tim Hardaway Jr.) 在内的竞争对手，赢得了约翰·哈夫利切克奖杯。该奖杯以波士顿凯尔特人队名宿约翰·哈夫利切克 (John Havlicek) 的名字命名，他在1962年至1978年的16年职业生涯中赢得了8次NBA总冠军。
“这让我有点激动，”约翰逊告诉ESPN，“这是一项巨大的成就，背后付出了很多努力。”
巧合的是，负责将约翰逊转型为第六人的格雷格·波波维奇 (Gregg Popovich) 在执教马刺队时，办公室里一直摆放着一张哈夫利切克的相框照片。
26岁的约翰逊成为马刺队史上继名人堂成员马努·吉诺比利 (Manu Ginobili)（2008年）之后，第二位获得该奖项的球员。在由100名全球媒体成员组成的投票小组中，他获得了63张第一顺位选票，远超哈克斯获得的34张。
这位弗吉尼亚人帮助马刺队取得了62胜20负的战绩——全联盟仅次于俄克拉荷马城雷霆队。而上赛季球队的战绩仅为34胜48负。本赛季，约翰逊在场均23.3分钟的出场时间里，可以贡献13.2分、5.4个篮板和1.4次助攻，投篮命中率为51.9%，三分命中率为36.3%，罚球命中率为79.4%。
今年4月，约翰逊成为马刺队史上首位单赛季替补得分超过1000分的球员。他最终以1081分的总得分结束本赛季，超越了吉诺比利在2007-2008赛季创下的927分的队史替补单赛季得分纪录。
约翰逊在2023-24赛季中期开始担任球队的第六人，当时波波维奇将这位2019年选秀大会的第29顺位新秀移至替补席，希望他能为低迷的第二阵容注入活力。
对于约翰逊来说，这一转变起初并不容易。在2020年至2023年的三个赛季里，他一直是球队的首发，并且刚刚经历了一个职业生涯巅峰赛季，当时他以场均22分的表现领跑马刺队得分榜。
但约翰逊最终接受并全身心投入到了这个角色中，并从此大放异彩。
“他比队内的任何人都更早开始接受自己的角色，”米奇·约翰逊说道，“在球队准备好并围绕他建立起能让他大放异彩的体系之前，我们就要求他接受这个角色。对于一名年轻球员来说，能做到这一点几乎是闻所未闻的。”
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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Spurs’ Keldon Johnson wins NBA’s Sixth Man of the Year Award
San Antonio Spurs forward Keldon Johnson (3) adjusts his head band before walking onto the court during the first half of Game 1 of a first-round NBA playoff series against the Portland Trail Blazers at Frost Bank Center, Sunday, April 19, 2026, in San Antonio.
Keldon Johnson’s statistics, as impressive as they were, didn’t tell the full story of how much he contributed to the Spurs’ dramatic turnaround this season.
He played in all 82 games for the first time in his career for a 62-win team. He set the musical mood in the locker room with his boom box. He energized the team on a near nightly basis with his robust, hustling play. He brought enthusiasm to every game, practice and shootaround by tilting his head back and screaming to the heavens.
“He brings energy no matter what time of the day,” said Victor Wembanyama, who, like the rest of Johnson’s teammates often called him the “heart and soul” of the team.
“We got a lot of big personalities and we got a face of the franchise (in Wembanyama), but that guy’s the heart and soul,” coach Mitch Johnson said.
Voters apparently agreed, tabbing the always-enthusiastic, seventh-year forward as the NBA’s Sixth Man of the Year for 2025-26.
The NBA announced Wednesday that Johnson emerged from a field that included Miami’s Jamie Jaquez Jr. and Denver’s Tim Hardaway Jr. to win the John Havlicek Trophy, named for the Boston Celtics great who won eight NBA titles during a 16-year career that spanned from 1962 through 1978.
“It’s a little emotional,” Johnson told ESPN. “It’s a big accomplishment. A lot of hard work.”
Fittingly, Gregg Popovich, who was responsible for transforming Johnson into a sixth man, kept a framed photo of Havlicek in his office when he was coaching the Spurs.
Johnson, 26, joins Hall of Famer Manu Ginobili (2008) as the only players in Spurs history to claim the award. He received 63 first-place votes from a global media panel of 100 voters, far outpacing the 34 Jaquez received.
The Virginia native helped the Spurs go 62-20 — only Oklahoma City had a better mark — after they finished 34-48 last season by averaging 13.2 points, 5.4 rebounds and 1.4 assists in 23.3 minutes while shooting 51.9% from the field, 36.3% from the 3-point line and 79.4% shooting from the free throw line.
In April, Johnson became the first player in Spurs history to score 1,000-plus points off the bench in a single season. He finished the season with 1,081 to eclipse the previous bench single-season mark of 927 set by Ginobili in 2007-2008.
Johnson became the club’s sixth man midway through the 2023-24 campaign when Popovich moved him to the bench with the hope that the 29th overall pick of the 2019 draft would energize a sagging second unit.
The move wasn’t easy for Johnson to accept at first after being a starter for three seasons from 2020 through 2023 and coming off a career year in which he led the Spurs in scoring at 22 points per outing.
But Johnson eventually bought into the role and has thrived in it ever since.
"The role embracement from him started earlier than everybody else on this team,” Mitch Johnson said. “We asked him to embrace a role before the team was ready and was built for him to star in that role. For a young player to do that is almost unheard of.”
By Tom Orsborn, Staff Writer, via San Antonio Express-News