By Steven Louis Goldstein | The Athletic, 2025-12-16 11:01:57
如今，NBA杯已进入第三个年头，这项赛事仍在不断调整以融入篮球的观赛文化生态。季中锦标赛的激烈角逐确实带来了回报，但在那些色彩斑斓的球场和略显刻意的赛程安排之外，一些问题依然存在。我们能从这些十二月的比赛结果中解读出多少信息？这座奖杯又意味着什么？
周二上演的2025年决赛将为我们带来一些答案。对于维克托·文班亚马 (Victor Wembanyama) 领衔的圣安东尼奥马刺队而言，一座锦标赛冠军将正式为他们“进度超前”的状态加冕。而对于杰伦·布伦森 (Jalen Brunson) 所在的纽约尼克斯队，这座奖杯则能让长久以来翘首以盼的球迷们亲眼见证球队举起奖杯的时刻。赌注已下，胜负在此一举。
如何观看2025年NBA杯决赛：尼克斯 vs. 马刺
- 比赛场馆： T-Mobile Arena球馆 — 拉斯维加斯
- 比赛时间： 东部时间周二晚8:30
- 流媒体平台： Prime Video
- 现场观赛？ 点此在StubHub购票。
参赛球队
纽约尼克斯 (18-7)
总的来说，尼克斯上一次捧起任何类型的奖杯都已是恍如隔世（J.R.史密斯的年度最佳第六人奖项在此不计，但那段时光确实令人热血沸腾）。纽约上一次夺得NBA总冠军还是在1972-73赛季，尽管NBA杯的金色圣杯远不及拉里·奥布莱恩杯，但它依然会受到那些第八大道死忠球迷们标志性的热爱与欢迎。
本周伊始，尼克斯的进攻效率高居联盟第二。本赛季他们的比赛节奏排在联盟第26位，但在周六的半决赛中，他们却打出了刻意提速的疾风骤雨般的节奏。纽约以132-120轻取奥兰多魔术队，投篮命中率高达惊人的60.7%。队内四人至少送出三次助攻，OG·阿奴诺比 (OG Anunoby) 和约什·哈特 (Josh Hart) 各有三次抢断。米卡尔·布里奇斯 (Mikal Bridges) 在全场最高的43分钟出场时间里表现全面，卡尔-安东尼·唐斯 (Karl-Anthony Towns) 则以11投9中的高效表现稳定输出。对于这支蓝橙军团来说，一切都显得那么美好，而这一切都只是布伦森滚烫手感的序曲。
我的上帝，杰伦·布伦森！
37分 | 5助攻 pic.twitter.com/0Huv0Q0Lns
— NEW YORK KNICKS (@ nyknicks) December 14, 2025
面对魔术队的精英级防守，布伦森最终砍下40分和8次助攻。周二的胜利将为新任主教练迈克·布朗 (Mike Brown) 增添更多声望，但领奖台的中央无疑将属于纽约的“关键船长”。在他生涯的第8个年头，他仍在不断进步，而在拉斯维加斯的聚光灯下，他已为自己的传奇生涯预订了又一个高光时刻。
圣安东尼奥马刺 (18-7)
另一边，自1998-99赛季以来，马刺队已经升起了五面NBA总冠军旗帜。他们的第一座冠军，正是从休斯顿和斯普雷维尔领衔的那支创造了“黑八奇迹”的尼克斯手中夺得的。但自从蒂姆·邓肯 (Tim Duncan) 退役后，圣安东尼奥的荣誉陈列柜上已经落满了得州的暖尘，而周二的NBA杯，则有望为文班亚马时代竖起一座里程碑式的图腾。
这位天赋异禀的高塔在周六晚对阵俄克拉荷马城雷霆队的比赛中小腿拉伤后复出，打出了惊为天人的表现：
你不是在开玩笑吧?!?!
NBA on Prime pic.twitter.com/vxqY29Kpyy
— San Antonio Spurs (@ spurs) December 14, 2025
圣安东尼奥以111-109击败了联盟卫冕冠军，终结了对手的16连胜。文班亚马和他的队友们用坚决的外线防守瓦解了这支如机器人般精准的纪录刷新者。德文·瓦塞尔 (Devin Vassell) 是个得分好手，以23分领衔全队。其他三名马刺球员（文班亚马、斯蒂芬·卡斯尔和德阿龙·福克斯 (De’Aaron Fox)）也各得22分。凭借这场胜利，他们在关键时刻比赛中的战绩提升至12胜3负，所谓关键时刻即比赛最后五分钟分差在五分或以内的情况。
赢得NBA杯将是对新任主教练米奇·约翰逊 (Mitch Johnson) 执教能力的认可，同时也会向联盟其他队伍发出警告。文班亚马年仅21岁，瓦塞尔25岁，卡斯尔21岁，而榜眼秀迪伦·哈珀 (Dylan Harper) 只有19岁。和尼克斯一样，马刺队在25场比赛后也取得了18胜7负的战绩，但他们是依靠着一批更为年轻的天赋球员做到的。
NBA杯历史
双方都在争取成为第三支NBA杯冠军球队。洛杉矶湖人队在2023年赢得了首届比赛，凭借安东尼·戴维斯 (Anthony Davis) 在决赛中的统治级表现和勒布朗·詹姆斯 (LeBron James) 的赛事MVP发挥，他们击败了印第安纳步行者队。去年，扬尼斯·阿德托昆博 (Giannis Antetokounmpo) 的密尔沃基雄鹿队则战胜了雷霆队，这位希腊超新星抱着奖杯跳起了两步舞。
到目前为止，赢得NBA杯冠军赛在某种程度上像是一个不祥之兆；而输掉决赛反而成了好运的象征。在2023-24赛季，湖人队在季后赛首轮便遭淘汰（1-4负于丹佛掘金），而步行者队则一路高歌猛进闯入东部决赛。在2024-25赛季，雄鹿队同样在首轮出局（1-4负于步行者），而雷霆队则最终登顶。
比赛奖金
这项锦标赛设有现金奖励——获胜球队的每位成员将获得总计530,933美元的奖金。晋级四分之一决赛的每位球员可获得53,093美元；进入半决赛可再获53,000美元；杀入决赛则能再添159,000美元。尼克斯后卫泰勒·科莱克 (Tyler Kolek) 告诉The Athletic的记者詹姆斯·L·爱德华兹三世 (James L. Edwards III)，他会用奖金为他的父亲买一辆车。马刺侧翼凯尔登·约翰逊 (Keldon Johnson) 则向The Athletic的记者贾里德·韦斯 (Jared Weiss) 透露，他会为自己的德州牧场添置一头美洲驼。
梦幻阵容融合
两队历史最佳球员阵容
- 罗德·斯特里克兰
- 莫里斯·奇克斯
- 查尔斯·史密斯
- 大卫·李
- 科特·托马斯
尼克斯 vs. 马刺 赔率
在BetMGM的赔率中，尼克斯被看好让马刺2.5分，而布伦森则是NBA杯MVP的最热门人选。
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NBA Cup final: Prize money, odds, streaming info for Knicks vs. Spurs in Vegas title game
Now in its third year of existence, the NBA Cup is still calibrating to basketball viewership and culture. There’s payoff with in-season tournament stakes, but questions endure beyond the colorful courts and stilted schedules. How much can we learn from these December outcomes? What does the trophy mean?
Tuesday’s 2025 final will bring some answers. For Victor Wembanyama’s San Antonio Spurs, a tourney title would officially coronate their “ahead of schedule” status. For Jalen Brunson’s New York Knicks, it would bring the visual of a trophy lift to their long-languishing fans. Stakes up, chips down.
How to watch Knicks vs. Spurs in 2025 NBA Cup final
- Venue: T-Mobile Arena — Las Vegas
- Time: 8:30 p.m. ET, Tuesday
- Streaming: Prime Video
- Watching in person? Get tickets on StubHub.
The teams
New York (18-7)
At large, it’s been several lifetimes since the Knicks hoisted hardware of any kind (J.R. Smith’s Sixth Man of the Year award does not count for this, but it was a rush). New York’s last NBA championship season was 1972-73, and while the Cup’s golden chalice is far from the Larry O’Brien Trophy, it would still be welcomed with the affection typified by 8th Avenue lifers.
The Knicks start this week with the league’s second-best offensive rating. They’re 26th in pace on the season, but they were zipping with a deliberate hyperspeed in Saturday’s semifinal win. New York slid past the Orlando Magic 132-120, and it shot a fantastic 60.7 percent from the field. Four Knicks had at least three assists. OG Anunoby and Josh Hart each tallied three steals. Mikal Bridges was pliant across a game-high 43 minutes, and Karl-Anthony Towns stayed efficient on 9-of-11 shooting. It was good stuff all around for the blue and orange, and it was merely a prelude to Brunson’s molten heat check.
HAVE MERCY JALEN BRUNSONNN
37 PTS | 5 AST pic.twitter.com/0Huv0Q0Lns
— NEW YORK KNICKS (@ nyknicks) December 14, 2025
Brunson finished with 40 points and eight dimes, delivered against an elite Magic defense. A win Tuesday would give some extra boost to new head coach Mike Brown, but the podium’s center would be held by New York’s “Captain Clutch.” He’s still getting better in Year 8, and he has another legacy highlight reserved under the Las Vegas lights.
San Antonio (18-7)
On the other end, the Spurs have unfurled five NBA championship banners since 1998-99. That first one was hung at the expense of the Houston-Sprewell miracle Knicks. But San Antonio’s mantle has collected that warm Texas dust since Tim Duncan’s retirement, and Tuesday’s Cup presents a totem of sorts for the Wembanyama era.
The galactic tower made his return from a calf strain Saturday night against the Oklahoma City Thunder, and the results were all kinds of awesome:
ARE YOU KIDDING?!?!
— San Antonio Spurs (@ spurs) December 14, 2025
San Antonio beat the league’s defending champions 111-109, stomping out their 16-game win streak. Wembanyama and his teammates disarmed the cyborg-like record-breakers with strident perimeter coverage. Devin Vassell was a bucket and paced the team with 23 points. Three other Spurs (Wembanyama, Stephon Castle and De’Aaron Fox) scored 22 apiece. With the W, they improved to 12-3 in clutch games, defined by a lead of five points or fewer within the final five minutes.
A Cup win would accredit Mitch Johnson, the newly minted head coach. It would also put the rest of the league on notice. Wembanyama is 21 years old. Vassell is 25, Castle is 21 and No. 2 draft pick Dylan Harper is 19. Like the Knicks, the Spurs are also 18-7 through 25 games, but they’re doing it with much younger talent.
NBA Cup history
Both sides are bidding to become the third NBA Cup champion. The Los Angeles Lakers won the inaugural run in 2023, beating the Indiana Pacers behind Anthony Davis’ Cup final dominance and LeBron James’ tournament MVP run. Last year, Giannis Antetokounmpo’s Milwaukee Bucks knocked off the Thunder, and the Greek supernova two-stepped with the hardware.
So far, winning this NBA Cup title game has been a bad omen of sorts; losing it has been the inverse. In 2023-24, the Lakers took a first-round playoff loss (4-1 to the Denver Nuggets), while the Pacers surged to the conference finals. In 2024-25, the Bucks also lost in the opening round (4-1 to the Pacers), and OKC went all the way.
Prize money
There is cash on the line for this tournament — a total of $530,933 per member of the winning team. Each player on a Cup quarterfinalist gets $53,093; they earn another $53,000 for reaching the semis and another $159,000 for making the final. Knicks guard Tyler Kolek told The Athletic’s James L. Edwards III that he’d buy a car for his father with the prize money. Spurs wing Keldon Johnson told The Athletic’s Jared Weiss that he’d get a llama for his Texas ranch.
Fantasy fusion lineup
Best players for both teams
- Rod Strickland
- Maurice Cheeks
- Charles Smith
- David Lee
- Kurt Thomas
Knicks vs. Spurs odds
The Knicks are a 2.5-point favorite over the Spurs at BetMGM, while Brunson has the best odds to take home NBA Cup MVP honors.
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