By Jeff McDonald, Staff Writer | San Antonio Express-News (SAEN), 2026-05-12 12:43:39
2026年5月10日（周日），在对阵明尼苏达森林狼队的系列赛第四战开始前，圣安东尼奥马刺队前锋维克托·文班亚马 (Victor Wembanyama) (1) 与前锋朱利安·尚帕尼 (Julian Champagnie) (30) 进行交流。
随着维克托·文班亚马 (Victor Wembanyama) 在周日的西部半决赛第四战中因挥肘动作被驱逐出场，马刺队错失了在与明尼苏达森林狼队的系列赛中占据绝对主动权的机会。
随着第五战将于周二在霜冻银行中心球馆开打，马刺队很清楚他们需要做些什么来重新夺回系列赛的领先优势。
“我们需要那个‘愤怒的文班’，”前锋德文·瓦塞尔 (Devin Vassell) 说道。
文班亚马在第四战上半场还剩8分39秒时被罚下，当时他挥出一肘，击中了森林狼队中锋纳兹·里德 (Naz Reid) 的喉部。
这位马刺队的全明星中锋被判罚二级恶意犯规，根据规则，该判罚将自动导致球员被驱逐出场。
在文班亚马于标靶中心更衣室观看电视直播的同时，马刺队最终以109-114落败，双方系列赛大比分战成2-2平，接下来将回到圣安东尼奥。
文班亚马在周一逃过了进一步的处罚，NBA联盟办公室在审查该回合后认定，没有必要在第五战对他进行禁赛。
马刺队的队友们对于这位7英尺4英寸的核心球员能够出战周二这场至关重要的“天王山之战”感到如释重负。
“我们只能说很高兴看到文班回归，”瓦塞尔在马刺队周二上午的赛前训练后表示，“我们需要他。”
尽管自周日被驱逐以来文班亚马尚未接受媒体采访，但队友们表示，他对于在第四战中被罚出场感到非常沮丧，这完全可以理解。
这正是周二“愤怒的文班”登场的契机。
“我们以前见过这种情况，”瓦塞尔说，“我们见过文班生气时的样子。我的意思是，我们只需要他平复心情，确保不被情绪左右，因为他不能再领到任何恶意犯规之类的了。文班知道自己该做什么，他会准备好的。”
在文班亚马被驱逐后，马刺队——尤其是主教练米奇·约翰逊 (Mitch Johnson) ——将这一时刻演变成了对系列赛裁判判罚尺度的一次公开质疑。
约翰逊并未直接说文班亚马是被迫重击里德颈部的。然而，他确实指责裁判放任系列赛的身体对抗强度升级，以至于文班亚马显然认为挥肘已成了他唯一的应对手段。
“在某种程度上，他应该受到保护，”约翰逊在第四战后说道，“如果没有保护，他就不得不保护自己，不幸的是，那种事情就这样发生了。”
马刺队指出，在导致文班亚马击打里德的那次篮板球争抢中，存在多次犯规。在那次争议回合的大部分时间里，森林狼队前锋杰登·麦克丹尼尔斯 (Jaden McDaniels) 都拽着文班亚马的左臂。
当被问及对系列赛判罚尺度的评价时，马刺队后卫斯蒂芬·卡斯尔 (Stephon Castle) 表示，他认为判罚“有时有些不一致”。
“我觉得当我们试图展现出和他们一样的对抗强度时，吹罚标准却并不相同，”卡斯尔说道。
在经历了过去48小时的风波后，马刺队希望在第五战中能看到更一致的判罚尺度。当然，他们也希望这能引起人们对森林狼针对文班亚马的身体对抗的关注，马刺队认为这种对抗已经越界了。
“我们只知道文班必须保持谨慎，”瓦塞尔说道，“显然他不能再领到恶意犯规了。如果他们试图通过身体对抗来欺负他或者做其他任何事，我们必须支持他。”
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Spurs expect an ‘upset Vic’ tonight in Game 5 against Timberwolves
San Antonio Spurs forward Victor Wembanyama (1) talks with forward Julian Champagnie (30) before the start of game 4 against the Minnesota Timberwolves on Sunday, May 10, 2026.
With Victor Wembanyama ejected from Game 4 of the Western Conference semifinals due to a flying elbow Sunday, the Spurs missed out on a chance to gain a stranglehold on their series with the Minnesota Timberwolves.
With Game 5 on tap Tuesday at the Frost Bank Center, the Spurs know what they need to regain the series lead.
“We need upset Vic,” forward Devin Vassell said.
Wembanyama was tossed from Game 4 with 8:39 remaining in the first half, after throwing an elbow that caught Timberwolves center Naz Reid in the larynx.
The Spurs’ All-Star center was assessed a flagrant-2 foul, which by rule is accompanied by an automatic ejection.
With Wembanyama watching on television in the Target Center locker room, the Spurs went on to a 114-109 defeat that sent the series back to San Antonio tied at two games apiece.
Wembanyama avoided further punishment Monday, when the NBA league office reviewed the play and determined a suspension for Game 5 unnecessary.
His Spurs teammates were relieved to have their 7-foot-4 centerpiece available for Tuesday’s all-important swing game in the series.
“We’ll just say we’re happy to have Vic back,” Vassell said after the Spurs’ Tuesday morning walk-through. “We need him.”
Though Wembanyama has yet to address reporters since his ejection Sunday, teammates say he has been understandably frustrated by being kicked out of Game 4.
That’s where “Upset Vic” comes in Tuesday.
“We’ve seen it before,” Vassell said. “We’ve seen when Vic gets upset. I mean, we just needed him to calm his emotions, make sure that he doesn’t let his emotions take over because he can’t get any flagrants or anything like that. Vic knows what he got to do and he’ll be ready.”
In the aftermath of Wembanyama’s ejection, the Spurs — and coach Mitch Johnson in particular — turned the moment into a referendum on the officiating in the series.
Johnson stopped short of saying Wembanyama was forced to clock Reid in the neck. He did, however, fault officials for letting the physicality in the series get to the point where Wembanyama apparently thought throwing an elbow was his only recourse.
“At some stage, he should be protected,” Johnson said after Game 4. “If not, he’s going to have to protect himself, and unfortunately stuff like that happens.”
The Spurs noted multiple fouls on the rebound scrum that led to Wembanyama’s shot at Reid. Minnesota forward Jaden McDaniels had a grasp of Wembanyama’s left arm for most of the play in question.
Asked his assessment of how the series has been officiated, Spurs guard Stephon Castle said the thought it was “kind of inconsistent at times.”
“I feel like when we try to be as physical as they are with us, it doesn’t get called the same,” Castle said.
After the hub-bub of the previous 48 hours, the Spurs are hoping for a more consistent whistle in Game 5. Certainly, they hope they have drawn some attention to the physicality the Wolves are directing toward Wembanyama, which the Spurs believe has crossed a line.
“We just know that Vic’s got to be careful,” Vassell said. “Obviously he can’t gain any more flagrants or anything like that. If they’re going to try and be physical or try and bully him or do whatever, we got to have his back.”
By Jeff McDonald, Staff Writer, via San Antonio Express-News