By Tom Orsborn, Staff Writer / San Antonio Express-News, 2026-11-05 10:16:17
维克托·文班亚马 (Victor Wembanyama) 打出生涯之夜，砍下52分和24个篮板，但马刺在最后几秒需要达龙·福克斯 (De’Aaron Fox) 的强硬防守，才在周三晚上 以112-111险胜达拉斯独行侠。
当比赛还剩10秒、马刺领先1分，在弗罗斯特银行中心18,354名满座观众面前，福克斯发现自己与凯里·欧文 (Kyrie Irving) 在弧顶面对面时，就知道自己面临艰巨任务。
“他是有史以来最难防的球员之一，”福克斯谈到这位九届全明星、该球馆单场得分纪录保持者时说。
对马刺来说幸运的是，面对NBA历史上最擅长关键球的球员之一，福克斯完全能胜任这项艰巨任务。
欧文在还剩约7秒时开始运球，但福克斯如影随形，并在最后强力干扰投篮，迫使欧文在还剩2.5秒时15英尺转身跳投严重偏出。
随后迪伦·哈珀 (Dylan Harper) 抢在纳吉·马歇尔 (Naji Marshall) 之前抢到篮板，马刺守住胜果，战绩提升至6胜2负，取得六连胜，也是本赛季第二次击败独行侠（4胜4负）。
福克斯全场得到10分和4次助攻，他说，在与欧文对峙时，回想起了“一对一、没有协防”的日子。欧文全场得到全队最高的29分，但27投9中，效率不高。
“就是努力贴上去，尽量让他不舒服，这很难做到，”福克斯说。“你只能尽量迫使他投高难度球，因为你知道他总能创造出出手机会。你只想让他投出比他当时预想更不想要的球。然后干扰出手。”
欧文曾在2015年3月代表骑士在弗罗斯特银行中心对阵马刺时砍下57分，他承认福克斯确实干扰到了他，而且程度刚刚好。
“我觉得自己得到了不错的出手机会，而且腿部力量也到位，”欧文说。“福克斯做得很好，把我撞离了位置。”
福克斯也得到了教练和队友的称赞。
“那一刻，球在他手里，可能没有比他更可怕的人了，”马刺主帅米奇·约翰逊 (Mitch Johnson) 说。“那感觉简直无法防守，他还能投出质量非常高的球。所以达龙能处在孤立单防的位置，防住几次运球动作，然后在投篮假动作前保持重心，最后干扰投篮又不犯规，是的，这是A+级的表现。”
文班亚马表示赞同。
“他太棒了，”这位法国超级巨星说。“他做了他该做的一切。我真的很高兴迪伦抢到了最后那个篮板。那是一个从开始到结束都很棒的回合。”
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查看原文：Spurs praise De'Aaron Fox for 'A-plus' defense on Kyrie Irving
Spurs praise De’Aaron Fox for ‘A-plus’ defense on Kyrie Irving
Victor Wembanyama had a career night with 52 points and 24 rebounds, but the Spurs needed some strong defense by De’Aaron Fox in the final seconds to pull out a 112-111 victory over the Dallas Mavericks on Wednesday night.
Fox knew he had his work cut out for him when he found himself nose to nose with Kyrie Irving at the top of the key with 10 seconds left and the Spurs leading by a point before a sellout crowd of 18,354 at the Frost Bank Center.
“He’s one of the toughest covers ever,” Fox said of the nine-time All-Star and holder of the venue’s single-game scoring record.
Fortunately for the Spurs, Fox was more than up to the difficult task against one of the NBA’s all-time clutch performers.
Irving started his dribble with about 7 seconds left, but Fox shadowed him at every turn and contested the shot strongly at the end, forcing Irving to miss badly on a 15-foot turnaround jumper with 2.5 seconds left.
Dylan Harper then beat Naji Marshall for the rebound as the Spurs held on to improve to 6-2 with their sixth win in a row and second of the season against the Mavericks (4-4).
Fox, who finished with 10 points and four assists, said he thought back to the days when “you play on-one-on and there’s no help” as he faced off with Irving, who finished with a team-high 29 points on an inefficient 9-of-27 shooting from the field.
“Just trying to press up, try to make him uncomfortable, which is a hard thing to do,” Fox said. “You just try to force a tough shot because you know he’s going to be able to create a shot. You just want to make it a shot he wants less than whatever he’s thinking at the time. Then contest it.”
Irving, who scored 57 points for Cleveland against the Spurs at the Frost in March 2015, admitted Fox bothered him just enough.
“I felt I got a good look and had my legs underneath me as well,” Irving said. “D Fox did a great job of bumping me off my spot.”
Fox also received praise from his coach and teammates.
“There may not be a scarier guy with the basketball in his hands in that moment,” Spurs coach Mitch Johnson said. “That feels unguardable and he’s going to get a very high-quality shot up. So for De’Aaron to be on an island then guard a few moves off the dribble and then stay down on a shot fake and then contest without fouling, yeah, it’s an A-plus effort.”
Wembanyama agreed.
“He was great,” the French superstar said. “He did everything he was supposed to do. I’m really glad Dylan got that last rebound. That was a great possession from start to finish.”
By Tom Orsborn, Staff Writer / San Antonio Express-News