By Tom Orsborn, Staff Writer | San Antonio Express-News (SAEN), 2026-06-13 13:18:56
2026年5月6日，星期三，在圣安东尼奥霜银中心举行的西部半决赛第二场比赛中，圣安东尼奥马刺队前锋维克托·文班亚马 (Victor Wembanyama) (1) 在赛后接受媒体采访时，拥抱了队友马刺队前锋卡特·布莱恩特 (Carter Bryant) (11) 和马刺队中锋俾斯麦·比永博 (Bismack Biyombo) (18)。马刺队以133-95大胜森林狼队，将系列赛大比分扳为1-1平。
布莱恩特非常期待马刺队的每一次客场之旅。
这位新秀侧翼很喜欢去全国各地看看，但这并不是他如此渴望登上球队包机的主要原因。
无论航程长短，飞行过程都让这位洛杉矶本地人有机会与他的“兄弟”——法国超级巨星文班亚马共度宝贵的独处时光。
“我和文班在飞机上坐在一起，所以我们聊了很多，无论是轻松的话题还是沉重的话题，有时是我关心他的近况，有时是他问候我的状态，”布莱恩特说道，“有时候，你需要一个可以依靠的兄弟，一个可以拥抱、可以倾诉情感和心声的人。
“我们一直在彼此身边支持着对方。我非常感激文班。”
2026年3月10日，星期二，在圣安东尼奥霜银中心对阵波士顿凯尔特人队的比赛中，圣安东尼奥马刺队前锋维克托·文班亚马 (1) 和前锋卡特·布莱恩特 (11) 在替补席上交谈。马刺队最终以125-116击败凯尔特人队。
在这个充满温情故事、取得不可思议成功的赛季中，20岁的布莱恩特和22岁的文班亚马之间的关系被视为最积极的信号之一，因为这预示着球队未来极佳的化学反应。
携手闯入总决赛并对阵纽约尼克斯队，对这对搭档而言，无疑是这个神奇赛季锦上添花的一笔。
“新秀赛季就打进总决赛？我感觉自己就像是进了糖果店的孩子，没有比这更让人兴奋的了，”布莱恩特周五在霜银中心接受NBA.com采访时说道。
在佩科姆中心进行的西部决赛第四场对阵俄克拉荷马雷霆队的比赛中，两人之间的一个温情瞬间，进一步彰显了他们之间深厚的纽带。
马刺队前锋凯尔登·约翰逊 (Keldon Johnson) 谈到今晚的第五场比赛：“我觉得我们必须打出一场完整的比赛。每场比赛我们都曾领先过两位数。我觉得我们在比赛中会有一些爆发的时刻，展现出我们的实力和潜力。我们必须继续保持这种势头……” pic.twitter.com/yfDrS1nUip
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在这轮最终打满七场才艰难胜出的系列赛中，马刺队当时大比分1-2落后。第三节末段，马刺队领先25分，布莱恩特在一次突破上篮时撞倒了杰林·威廉姆斯 (Jaylin Williams)，被判进攻犯规并出现失误。马刺队主教练米奇·约翰逊 (Mitch Johnson) 在这次失误后对布莱恩特进行了严厉的训斥，让这位年轻人的脸上露出了落寞的神情。
2026年5月6日，星期三，在圣安东尼奥霜银中心举行的西部半决赛第二场比赛后，记分牌显示圣安东尼奥马刺队以133-95战胜明尼苏达森林狼队，左侧的维克托·文班亚马和卡特·布莱恩特在场上接受记者采访。马刺队将系列赛大比分扳为1-1平。
察觉到布莱恩特需要安慰，文班亚马将双手搭在朋友的肩膀上，然后拍了拍他的胸口，示意他“别放在心上，保持坚强”。布莱恩特也确实做到了。因此在第七场比赛中，镜头拍到文班亚马在替补席上对布莱恩特说：“我为你感到骄傲。”
“我非常感激文班，”布莱恩特说，“文班是一个无可挑剔的人。他在球场上是超级巨星，但作为一个人，他的优秀程度甚至远超他在球场上的表现。我这绝对是发自肺腑的赞美。”
文班亚马在分区决赛中对布莱恩特的支持并非新鲜事。这位全票当选的NBA年度最佳防守球员，整个赛季以来一直都是布莱恩特最坚定的支持者之一。
“他还在学习阶段，但他展现出的实力非常令人惊叹，”文班亚马在季后赛开始前说道，“看他打球是一种享受，因为你能看出他非常投入。而且他取得的进步，就在我们眼前发生。这太棒了，因为这会让你不禁畅想，在接下来的这一轮（季后赛）系列赛中他能成长到什么高度。更不用说一年后或五年后了。”
马刺队在布莱恩特结束亚利桑那大学的大一赛季后，在首轮第14顺位选中了他。在经历了一个缓慢的起步后，他凭借强硬的防守表现、不断提升的三分球命中率以及出任小球中锋的能力，成功挤进了主教练约翰逊的轮换阵容。
2026年5月6日，星期三，在圣安东尼奥霜银中心举行的西部半决赛第二场下半场比赛中，圣安东尼奥马刺队前锋维克托·文班亚马 (1) 祝贺前锋卡特·布莱恩特 (11) 的一次精彩表现。
在此期间，布莱恩特与文班亚马建立了深厚的纽带，同时也与他们两人的“叔叔”——34岁的前锋哈里森·巴恩斯 (Harrison Barnes) 打成了一片。
“文班很喜欢做一些篮球之外的活动，所以他会给我打电话或发短信，”布莱恩特说，“通常是我、他和HB（巴恩斯），他会给我们打电话或发短信说：‘你们想出去做点什么吗？’根据当天的安排，我们会说：‘好啊，走起。’”
然后他们就会一起去玩桌游，或者在对阵森林狼队的分区半决赛期间，去参观位于明尼阿波利斯奥菲尔德实验室（Orfield Laboratories）里被称为“世界上最安静的房间”之类的地方。
“我们一起做了很多很酷的事情，”布莱恩特说。
布莱恩特的新秀同伴、20岁的榜眼秀迪伦·哈珀 (Dylan Harper) 有时也会加入他们的行列。
“我觉得我们在篮球之外经常一起活动，比如全队聚餐或者一起玩游戏，”哈珀说，“我觉得这类活动弥补了我们过去不在一起的时光，或者说弥补了我们未曾共同拥有的岁月。”
约翰逊表示，看着布莱恩特、文班亚马、哈珀以及21岁的后卫斯蒂芬·卡斯尔 (Stephon Castle) 等年轻球员一起经历总决赛，是一件“很有意思的事”。
2026年4月10日，星期五，在圣安东尼奥马刺队以139-120战胜达拉斯独行侠队后，马刺队前锋卡特·布莱恩特 (11) 询问准备接受场边采访的队友维克托·文班亚马 (1)：“你拿了40分？”
“他们彼此分享很多东西，”这位教练说道，“当你看到他们之间的互动时，无论是在球场上、在激烈的比赛中，还是在更衣室里，亦或是他们在场下私下相处时，你都能看到那种极其自然的互动。
“他们是朋友，是队友，他们互相关心。”
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Inside the friendship between Carter Bryant and Victor Wembanyama
San Antonio Spurs forward Victor Wembanyama (1) hugs teammates San Antonio Spurs forward Carter Bryant (11) and San Antonio Spurs center Bismack Biyombo (18) while talking to reporters after their Game 2 win of the Western Conference semifinals at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Wednesday, May 6, 2026. The Spurs rolled past the Timberwolves 133-95 to even the series at 1-1.
Carter Bryant looks forward to every Spurs road trip.
The rookie wing enjoys seeing the country, but that’s not the main reason he’s so eager to board the team’s charter jet.
Short or long, the flights give the Los Angeles-area native a chance to spend much-valued one-on-one time with his “brother,” French superstar Victor Wembanyama.
“Me and Vic sit next to each other on the plane, so we’ve had a ton of conversations, whether that was easy conversations, hard conversations, just me checking up on him, him checking up on me,” Bryant said. "Sometimes you need a brother to lean on, somebody to hug and somebody to spill out your emotions to and your words to.
“We’ve both been there for each other. I’m super grateful for Vic.”
San Antonio Spurs forward Victor Wembanyama (1) and forward Carter Bryant (11) talk on the bench as their team takes on the Boston Celtics at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Tuesday, March 10, 2026. The Spurs defeated the Celtics 125-116.
In an improbably successful season filled with feel-good stories, the relationship between Bryant, 20, and Wembanyama, 22, ranks as one of the most positive because it bodes so well for future team chemistry.
To reach the NBA Finals together against the New York Knicks is the cherry on top of a magical season for the duo.
“Rookie year in the Finals? I don’t know how much more kid in a candy store it gets,” Bryant told NBA.com Friday at the Frost Bank Center.
The strong bond between the two was underscored by an emotional moment between them when they faced the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 4 of the Western Conference Finals at the Paycom Center.
Spurs forward Keldon Johnson, on tonight’s Game 5: “I feel like we have to put together a complete game. Every game we’ve been up double-digits. I feel like we have spurts throughout the game that show what we can do and what we’re capable of. We have to continue to feed off of… pic.twitter.com/yfDrS1nUip
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Trailing 2-1 in a series they went on to win in seven games, the Spurs led by 25 points late in the third quarter when Bryant ran into Jaylin Williams on a drive to the basket that resulted in an offensive foul and a turnover. Spurs coach Mitch Johnson gave Bryant a severe tongue lashing after the miscue, leaving the youngster with a forlorn look on his face.
The scoreboard shows the San Antonio Spurs’ 133-95 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves as Victor Wembanyama, left, and Carter Bryant speak with a reporter on the court after Game 2 of the Western Conference semifinals at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio on Wednesday, May 6, 2026. The Spurs evened the series at 1-1.
Sensing Bryant needed consoling, Wembanyama put his arms on his friend’s shoulder’s before tapping him on the chest in a “shake it off, stay strong” gesture. Bryant did just that, so in Game 7, Wembanyama was caught on camera telling Bryant “I’m proud of you” while they were on the bench together.
“I’m super grateful for Vic,” Bryant said. “Vic is an A-1 human being. He’s a star on the court, but him as a human being is so much more than he could ever be on the court. And I mean that in the best way possible.”
Wembanyama’s support of Bryant in the conference finals wasn’t anything new. The unanimous NBA Defensive Player of the Year been one of Bryant’s biggest fans throughout the season.
"He’s on a learning curve, but he’s very impressive,” Wembanyama said before the playoffs started. “It’s a pleasure to watch him play because you can tell he’s super involved. And the progress he’s making, you can see it happen before our eyes. It’s great because it just makes you wonder what he can be in one (playoff) series from now. Not even talking about one year or five years from now.”
The Spurs selected Bryant 14th overall after his freshman season at Arizona. After a slow start, he cracked Johnson’s rotation because of his strong defensive play, improved 3-point shooting and his ability to play small-ball center.
San Antonio Spurs forward Victor Wembanyama (1) congratulates forward Carter Bryant (11) on a play during the second half of Game 2 of the Western Conference semifinals at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Wednesday, May 6, 2026.
All the while, Bryant formed a strong bond with Wembanyama, as well as the duo’s “uncle,” 34-year-old forward Harrison Barnes.
“Vic loves to do extracurricular activities, so he shoots me a call, shoots me a text,” Bryant said. "Usually me, him and HB, he’ll shoot us a call or a text and be like, ‘You guys want to go do something?’ And depending on the day, we’re like, “Yeah, let’s go do it.'”
And then off they go to play board games or visit places like the “World’s Quietest Room” inside Orfield Laboratories in Minneapolis during the conference semifinals against the Timberwolves.
“We’ve done a bunch of dope stuff,” Bryant said.
Bryant’s fellow rookie, 20-year-old No. 2 overall pick Dylan Harper, sometimes joins in on the fun.
“I feel like we hang out outside of basketball a lot as a team, do things like team dinner or we play games as a team,” Harper said. “I feel like those kind of events and things like that make up for the years that we weren’t together or the years that we haven’t had.”
Johnson said it’s been “fun to observe” young players like Bryant, Wembanyama, Harper and guard Stephon Castle, 21, go through the NBA Finals together.
San Antonio Spurs forward Carter Bryant (11) asks teammate Victor Wembanyama (1), “You had 40?” as Wembanyama prepares for a courtside interview after the Spurs’ 139-120 win over the Dallas Mavericks at Frost Bank Center on Friday, April 10, 2026, in San Antonio.
“They share a lot with each other,” the coach said. "When you see that interaction between them, whether that’s on the court, during the heat of the game, or off the court in the locker room or when they’re just with each other off the court, you see that organic interaction.
“They’re friends, teammates, they care about each other.”
By Tom Orsborn, Staff Writer, via San Antonio Express-News