[PtR] 抢七大战：2024-25赛季的最后一役与落幕

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By Lee Dresie | Pounding The Rock (PtR), 2025-06-24 04:32:28

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。

尽管留下了巨大的“如果”，但名正言顺的NBA总冠军还是诞生了。

好吧，最强的球队最终获胜了。俄克拉荷马城雷霆队度过了一个载入史册的赛季。他们在常规赛取得了68胜14负的战绩。在去年11月背靠背输给达拉斯独行侠和圣安东尼奥马刺之后，雷霆队在常规赛或季后赛中再未遭遇过连败。常规赛期间，他们场均净胜对手超过12分——这是NBA历史上最高的场均净胜分纪录。在NBA总决赛的最后一场比赛中，他们以103-91的比分，同样净胜了步行者队12分。在他们打进总决赛前的12场季后赛胜利中，雷霆队场均净胜对手近20分。

所有这些都表明，最强的球队赢得了胜利。但我们永远不会知道，如果抢七大战中没有发生那个可能是关键的比赛瞬间，雷霆队是否还能获胜，正如ESPN的文字直播客观记录的第一节比赛实况那样：

当泰瑞斯·哈利伯顿 (Tyrese Haliburton) 传出那记导致亚历克斯·卡鲁索 (Alex Caruso) “抢断”的“糟糕传球”时，比分是16-16。然而，现实情况，也是我们都痛苦目睹的是，哈利伯顿在那次进攻中跟腱撕裂，让他本场比赛报销（很可能也导致他下赛季全部报销）。卡鲁索完成的“抢断”，正是哈利伯顿赛季报销前传出的最后一球。雷霆队利用这次“抢断”得分——哈利伯顿未能回防——我们所有人都认为，那场比赛、那轮总决赛乃至整个赛季在那一刻都画上了句号。

可能确实是这样，但步行者队的其余球员并不认为必然如此。事实上，半场结束时，步行者队以47-46领先1分。但客场作战的步行者队在缺少了他们的最佳球员，并面对雷霆队的情况下，未能守住那微弱的领先优势，最终“最强的球队获胜了”。我们永远不会知道这场比赛的结果会怎样，因此也无法知晓究竟哪支球队会赢得2025年NBA总冠军，如果哈利伯顿在抢七大战第一节还剩五分钟时，没有决定右腿向后发力加速摆脱防守人。

其他想法

• 本场比赛，步行者队的整体投篮命中率、三分球命中率和罚球命中率都更高。然而，步行者队输了。
• 雷霆队最好的两名球员是萨博尼斯·吉尔杰斯-亚历山大 (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander) 和杰伦·威廉姆斯 (Jalen Williams)。在抢七大战中，SGA 27投8中，威廉姆斯20投7中。雷霆队赢了。
• 比赛后半段，转播画面展示了SGA的投篮数据，当时雷霆队显然即将获胜。那时，SGA将获得总决赛MVP也同样明确。我回想起科比·布莱恩特 (Kobe Bryant) 在2010年湖人队对阵凯尔特人队的总决赛抢七大战中获得的总决赛MVP。尽管科比在那场抢七大战中24投6中，但他还是赢得了MVP。我翻阅了2010年总决赛的数据统计，注意到了一些有趣的事情。就像2025年总决赛的抢七大战一样，2010年总决赛的失利方——凯尔特人队——在整体投篮、三分球和罚球命中率上都高于获胜方。这是数据统计。湖人队在整体投篮命中率32%、三分球命中率20%、罚球命中率68%的情况下依然获胜。湖人队抢下了23个进攻篮板，而凯尔特人队只有8个，这无疑起到了巨大的帮助。当然，当一支球队的命中率只有32%时，他们心里很清楚，大部分投篮都会带来争抢进攻篮板的机会。
• 步行者队尽管投篮命中率更高，但他们输了，因为他们的 失误数是雷霆队的三倍 。步行者队出现了21次失误，而雷霆队只有7次。多出的14个球权导致雷霆队获得了17次额外的出手机会，并赢得了比赛。如果哈利伯顿在场，是否会减少步行者队如此多的失误？同样，我们永远不会知道。不，等等——我可以回答这个问题。答案是肯定的。哈利伯顿无疑会帮助球队避免很多失误。但这是否足以改变比赛结果呢？这一点，我们不得而知。
• 再多谈谈失误。T.J.麦康奈尔 (T.J. McConnell) 在总决赛中的表现让所有人都感到由衷的兴奋。事实上，在第六场比赛结束后，杰森·盖伊 (Jason Gay) 在享有盛誉的《华尔街日报》上发表文章，暗示如果步行者队赢得抢七大战，麦康奈尔可能会获得总决赛MVP。那篇文章中还有一句关于步行者队和麦康奈尔的精彩评论，我真希望在杰森之前就能写出来：

他们有一位经验丰富的板凳席奇兵名叫T.J.麦康奈尔，如果说他不是别的什么，那他或许是所有名叫T.J.麦康奈尔的篮球运动员中最伟大的一位。

• 尽管我很欣赏体育记者们歌颂那些外表与我和其他体育记者相仿的球员的愿望——你们懂我的意思——但我们需要对T.J.的热爱稍微降降温了。虽然他得了不少分，并且表现引人入胜，但他运球只用右手，而且是本世纪投篮出手最慢的三分射手。如果你还记得我之前关于失误扼杀了步行者队赢得抢七大战机会的评论，那么T.J.本人就贡献了7（七！）次失误，正是这些失误让步行者队错失了偷走本场比赛胜利的机会。
• 理查德·杰弗森 (Richard Jefferson) 也对T.J.进行了有史以来最糟糕的分析。在T.J.第三节得到大量分数之后，杰弗森用这句“金句”把我们带入了第四节的广告时间：“没有麦康奈尔，步行者队现在会遇到大麻烦。”当杰弗森说出这句话时，步行者队在进入第四节时已经落后14分，还是在客场，并且他们的最佳球员正因为跟腱撕裂而在更衣室里。看来步行者队即使有麦康奈尔在场也已经“麻烦缠身”了。
• 我不想以负面评论来结束对步行者队的讨论。步行者队度过了一个史诗级的季后赛征程。我喜欢他们每场比赛都全力以赴拼搏48分钟的方式。我也喜欢步行者队防守时不对所有掩护都进行换防的方式。当对手进行持球掩护时，负责防守掩护人的步行者球员会“提前延误”（show），以便让原始防守人能够回位盯防自己的对位人，而另外三名防守球员则会像一根绳上的蚂蚱一样紧密地在行动后方移动。这比“逢掩护必换防”这种在大多数其他球队中蔓延开来的防守方式有效得多。当然，“大多数其他球队”并没有进入NBA总决赛。而步行者队做到了，他们也理应在那里。
• 并非所有人都留下来观看赛后庆祝仪式。出于某种原因，我留下来了。我得到了这张照片作为奖励，它让人对一切有了新的理解。在赛后庆祝中，我很确定以赛亚·哈尔滕施泰因 (Isaiah Hartenstein) 没有在思考如果哈利伯顿没有受伤，比赛结果是否会有所不同。我百分之百确定他的儿子也没有在思考这个问题。

• 说到赛后庆祝，亚历克斯·卡鲁索 (Alex Caruso) 第一次体验了真正意义上的总冠军赛后庆祝。他之前随湖人队夺冠是在奥兰多迪士尼隔离园区 (Orlando Bubble) 内。
• 拉斯维加斯之所以高楼林立、金碧辉煌，正是因为人们在那里赌博输钱。在回复我抢七大战前的投票时，马刺球迷群体选择了步行者队赢下盘口并直接赢下比赛。根据这些答案，马刺球迷群体也会很乐意接受步行者队2赔1的赔率。这意味着马刺球迷群体会输掉三场赌注，只有在总得分214.5分的盘口中押注“小分”时才能赢一场。
• 迈克·布林 (Mike Breen) 的工作非常出色。为了避免关于雷霆队是否应该拥有超音速队的总冠军荣誉（他们不应该）的争论，布林巧妙地避开了这个问题，他说：“NBA总冠军第一次落户俄克拉荷马城！”真是高明！
• 由于这是一个马刺主题的网站，我在此附上昨晚比赛中的一张截图，它唤起了我美好的回忆：

最后，按照我的惯例，就像NCAA疯狂三月结束时的“闪耀时刻”（One Shining Moment）一样，我将用一份最喜爱瞬间清单来结束这个赛季。我希望这些最喜爱瞬间能够在我（以及你们）度过漫长而枯燥的NBA休赛期中，给予我们力量——其中有些来自遥远的过去，有些则来自近期。经过进一步的思考，其中许多时刻 既是 我珍藏的记忆， 也是 我期待在NBA新赛季开始后再次看到的场景。

• 迈克尔·库珀 (Michael Cooper) 的防守站位，
• 约基奇砍下三双，
• 已故传奇杰里·韦斯特 (Jerry West) 右手强行运球，急停跳投命中关键球，
• 马刺队在“复仇”总决赛中以美如画的团队篮球将迈阿密热火队打得溃不成军，
• 罗伯特·霍里 (Robert Horry) 在季后赛最后时刻埋伏底角，
• 丹尼·格林 (Danny Green) ！！扼杀对手的快攻，
• 印第安纳步行者队的逆转，
• 威尔特·张伯伦 (Wilt Chamberlain) 的指尖挑篮，
• 斯蒂芬·库里 (Stephen Curry) 在场上飞奔，利用多重掩护，寻找一瞬间的空当，接球，出手，然后命中一记超远三分！
• 德里克·费舍尔 (Derek Fisher) 顶防那些比他更高、更快、更灵敏、更有天赋的球员（即使托尼·帕克 (Tony Parker) 仍然能主宰他），
• 雷霆队的防守，
• 季后赛模式吉米·巴特勒 (Jimmy Butler) 的“就是打球”（巴特勒对为何他变成季后赛吉米的描述），
• 魔术师约翰逊 (Magic Johnson) 在中路推进，向这边传球，等等，不，是向那边传球，
• 帕蒂·米尔斯 (Patty Mills) 冲过去扶起被撞倒的队友，
• 里克·巴里 (Rick Barry) 的端尿盆罚球，
• 扬尼斯·阿德托昆博 (Giannis Antetokounmpo) 的欧洲步，
• 那位“Oui”法国人——文班亚马——的抛投，
• 德克·诺维茨基 (Dirk Nowitzki) 的金鸡独立，
• 我的偶像马努·吉诺比利 (Manu Ginobili) 在克里斯·波什 (Chris Bosh) 头上扣篮，
• “珍珠”厄尔·门罗 (Earl Monroe) 的转身运球，
• 一名射手手感火热，全场观众为之沸腾，
• 斯蒂芬·卡斯尔 (Stephon Castle) 的犀利进攻，
• “蚁人”安东尼·爱德华兹 (Anthony Edwards) 的腾空飞翔，
• “手枪”皮特·马拉维奇 (Pete Maravich) 的背后运球，
• 伟大球员蒂姆·邓肯 (Tim Duncan) 盖帽、控制球权并送出精准长传，
• J博士朱利叶斯·欧文 (Julius Erving) 的扣篮，
• 勒布朗·詹姆斯 (LeBron James)（或扬尼斯·阿德托昆博 (Giannis Antetokounmpo)，或巴姆·阿德巴约 (Bam Adebayo)）追防似乎无人阻挡的快攻上篮，
• 维克托·文班亚马 (Victor Wembanyama) 的不断进步，远超最乐观的预期，
• 最后，为了致敬NBA总冠军俄克拉荷马城雷霆队，那些冠军们在漫长赛季结束之际，最后一次尽情享受彼此的陪伴，庆祝胜利。

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Game 7: The last game and the end of the 2024-25 season

Despite a massive “what if”, the rightful NBA champions were crowned.

Well, the best team won. The Oklahoma City Thunder had a season for the ages. They went 68-14 in the regular season. After losing back-to-back to Dallas and San Antonio in November, the Thunder never again lost two games in a row, regular season or playoffs. In the regular season, they outscored their opponents by over 12 points per game — the largest average margin of victory in NBA history. In the final game of the NBA Finals, they outscored the Pacers by that same 12 points, 103-91. In their twelve playoff wins heading into the Finals, the Thunder won by an average of almost 20 points per game.

All of which indicates that the best team won. But we will never know if the Thunder would have won absent what may have been the key play in the Game Seven, as dispassionately recorded on ESPN’s play-by-play account of the first quarter:

The score was 16-16 when Tyrese Haliburton threw that “bad pass” that led to an Alex Caruso “steal”. In reality, and what we all painfully watched, is that Haliburton blew out his Achilles on that play, knocking him out of the game (and likely all of next season). Caruso “stole” the pass Haliburton threw as his season ended. OKC scored off that “steal” — Haliburton did not get back on defense — and we all thought the game, the Finals, and the season ended at that moment.

It might have, but the remaining Pacers players did not believe that was necessarily true. Indeed, the Pacers led by one at halftime, 47-46. But without their best player, on the road, and against OKC, the Pacers could not hold onto that narrow margin, and “the best team won”. We will never know how the game would have turned out, and therefore which team would have won the 2025 NBA Championship, if Haliburton had not decided to put his right leg back to accelerate past his defender with five minutes left in the first quarter of Game Seven.

Other thoughts

• For the game, the Pacers had a better shooting percentage overall, from three and on free throws. The Pacers lost.
• The Thunder’s best two players are Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Jalen Williams. In Game Seven, SGA shot 8 for 27. Williams shot 7 for 20. The Thunder won.
• During the latter part of the game, the broadcast showed SGA’s shooting stats at a time when it was clear OKC was going to win. At that point, it was equally clear that SGA would be named as Finals MVP. I flashed back to Kobe Bryant’s 2010 Finals MVP in the Lakers’ 2010 Finals against the Celtics after another Game Seven. Kobe won the MVP despite going 6 for 24 in that Game Seven. I looked back at the box score from the 2010 Finals, and noticed something interesting. Just like Game Seven of the 2025 Finals, the losing team in the 2010 Finals — the Celtics — out-shot the winning team overall, on three pointers and on free throws. This is the box score. The Lakers won despite shooting 32% overall, 20% from three and 68% on free throws. Getting 23 offensive rebounds to the Celtics’ 8 certainly helped. Of course, when a team is shooting 32%, the team pretty much knows that most of the shots will lead to an opportunity to get an offensive rebound.
• The Pacers lost despite out-shooting the Thunder because they had three times as many turnovers than the Thunder*.* The Pacers had 21 turnovers to the Thunder’s 7. Those 14 extra possessions led to the Thunder getting 17 more shots than the Pacers, and winning the game. Would having Haliburton on the floor made a difference in the Pacers turning the ball over so damn much? Again, we will never know. Actually, strike that — I can answer that question. The answer is yes. Haliburton would have certainly helped avoid many of those turnovers. Would that have been enough to change the outcome? That we do not know.
• A bit more about turnovers. Everyone has been correctly excited about T.J. McConnell’s performance in the Finals. Indeed, a Jason Gay article in the esteemed Wall Street Journal after Game Six suggested that a Pacers’ win in Game Seven could lead to a Finals MVP for McConnell. The article also had a great line about the Pacers and McConnell that I wish I had written before Jason did:

They have a veteran bench firecracker named TJ McConnell who, if nothing else, is probably the greatest basketball player ever named TJ McConnell.

• As much as I appreciate the desire for sportswriters to celebrate players who look like me and other sportswriters, and you know what I mean, we need to tap the brakes a bit on the TJ-love. While he scored a bunch of points and is very captivating to watch, he really only dribbles with his right hand, and has the slowest release on his three-point shot of anyone in this century. And if you remember my comment about turnovers killing the Pacers’ chance to win Game Seven, TJ had 7 (seven!) of the turnovers that cost the Pacers their chance to steal this game.
• Richard Jefferson also had the worst TJ analysis of all-time. After TJ had scored a bunch of points in the third quarter, Jefferson took us into the commercial break for the fourth quarter with this gem: “Without McConnell, the Pacers would be in a lot of trouble right now.” When Jefferson made that comment, the Pacers were down 14 heading into the fourth quarter, on the road, with their best player in the locker room with a torn Achilles. Seems like the Pacers were already “in a lot of trouble” even with McConnell.
• I don’t want to end the discussion of the Pacers on a negative point. The Pacers had a playoff run for the ages. I loved the way they competed for 48 minutes each game. I also loved the way the Pacers defended without switching all screens. On ball screens, the Pacer defender covering the screener would “show” in order to let the original defender get back to his man, with the other three defenders on a string behind the action. Much more effective than the “switch every screen” defense that has infected most other teams. Of course, “most other teams” were not in the NBA Finals. The Pacers were, and deserved to be there.
• Not everyone stayed on to watch the postgame celebration. For some reason, I did. I was rewarded with this shot, which puts everything into perspective. In the post-game celebration, I am pretty sure Isaiah Hartenstein was not thinking about whether the outcome would have been different if Haliburton had not been injured. And I am 100% sure his son was not thinking about that question.

• Speaking of the post-game celebration, Alex Caruso got to experience his first true post-Championship Game celebration. His prior championship with the Lakers was in the Orlando Bubble.
• Vegas has all those big shiny buildings because people lose money gambling. In response to my pre-Game Seven polls, Spurs Nation picked the Pacers to beat the spread and win the game outright. Based on those answers, Spurs Nation would have also gladly taken the 2-1 odds on the Pacers. Which means Spurs Nation would have lost three bets, winning only one by picking the under on the over/under of 214.5 total points scored.
• Mike Breen is very good at his job. To avoid the debate about whether OKC gets credit for the Sonics championship (they shouldn’t), Breen deftly side-stepped it with this: “For the first time, the NBA champion resides in Oklahoma City!” Brilliant.
• Because this is a Spurs site, I will drop in this screenshot from the game last night that brings back good memories:

Finally, as is my tradition, like “One Shining Moment” at the end of March Madness, I will end this season with a list of Favorite Memories. I hope these Favorite Memories will sustain me (and you) during the barren wasteland of the NBA offseason — some from the distant past, some from the recent present. Upon further reflection, many of these are both Favorite Memories and things I look forward to seeing again once NBA play begins anew.

• Michael Cooper in a defensive stance,
• The Joker triple doubling,
• The late great Jerry West dribbling hard right and pulling up for a clutch jumper,
• The Spurs Beautiful Gaming the Miami Heat off the floor in the Redemption Finals,
• Robert Horry spotting up in the last minute of a playoff game,
• DannyGreen!! snuffing out an opponent’s fast break,
• The Indiana Pacers come-backing,
• Wilt finger-rolling,
• Steph Curry sprinting around the court, using multiple screens, looking for a split-second opening to catch, shoot and make a three — from distance!,
• DFish bellying up on a guy who is bigger faster quicker and more talented (even though Tony still dominated him),
• OKC defending,
• Playoff Jimmy Butler “just ballin’” (Butler’s description of why he becomes Playoff Jimmy)
• Magic Johnson running the middle dishing this way, wait, no, that way,
• Patty Mills sprinting over to help a teammate to their feet after the teammate took a charge,
• Rick Barry under-handing,
• Giannis Euro-stepping,
• The Oui Frenchman tear-dropping,
• Dirk step-backing,
• My Man Manu Ginobili dunking all over Bosh,
• Earl the Pearl spin-dribbling
• A Shooter heating up, with the crowd joining in,
• Stephon Castle attacking,
• Ant-man soaring,
• Pistol Pete behind-the-backing,
• The Great Duncan blocking a shot, controlling the ball, and throwing the long bounce outlet pass,
• Dr. J dunking,
• LeBron (or Giannis, or Bam) chasing down a seemingly uncontested breakaway lay-up,
• Victor improving and being so much better than even the most optimistic projections,
• And in honor of the NBA champion OKC Thunder, champions enjoying each other’s company one last time as the long season ends, celebrating.

By Lee Dresie, via Pounding The Rock