By Tim MacMahon | ESPN, 2026-01-14 14:49:36
俄克拉荷马城电——圣诞节当天，在12天内连续三次输给同一个对手后，卫冕MVP谢伊·吉尔杰斯-亚历山大 (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander) 曾坦言，圣安东尼奥马刺队已经证明了他们比俄克拉荷马城雷霆队更出色。
而在周二晚间的再次交锋中，这支卫冕冠军球队以一场119-98的主场胜利作为回应，这也是西部联盟排名前两位球队之间的最新一次对决。
这场大胜促使砍下全场最高34分的吉尔杰斯-亚历山大得出了另一个简单的结论。
“今晚的结果告诉我们，当我们以特定的方式、带着特定的紧迫感、力量、侵略性以及对细节的专注去打球时，对手是谁根本不重要，”吉尔杰斯-亚历山大说道。“这完全在我的意料之中。我知道只要我们打出自己的风格，我们就能击败世界上任何一支球队。”
雷霆队承认，由于本赛季新锐马刺队在对阵他们时取得了成功，佩科姆中心球馆的氛围也因此变得格外紧张。
圣安东尼奥马刺队在12月13日的NBA杯半决赛中以111-109取胜，终结了俄克拉荷马城雷霆队的16连胜，那只是雷霆队在追平纪录的24胜1负开局后的第二场失利。
随后，马刺队在三天内又取得了两场令人信服的胜利：12月23日在圣安东尼奥主场30分大胜，以及圣诞节在俄克拉荷马城取得的15分胜利。这引发了广泛的讨论，认为维克托·文班亚马 (Victor Wembanyama) 领衔的马刺队正成为雷霆队潜在王朝的竞争对手。
但周二晚上的比赛对雷霆队（34胜7负）来说，更像是一场典型的胜利。他们本赛季的场均净胜分高达13.2分，有望打破俄克拉荷马城雷霆队在上赛季68胜赛季中创造的NBA净胜分纪录。雷霆队凭借着身体对抗激烈、令人窒息的防守来驱动高效的进攻，他们在第三节打出40-24的攻击波，一举拉开了比赛分差。
“在某种程度上，每场比赛都感觉像是一场宿敌之战，因为我们是卫冕冠军，各支球队每场比赛都会向我们发起最猛烈的冲击，”雷霆队前锋杰伦·威廉姆斯 (Jalen Williams) 说道，他本场得到20分。“但我得说，这支球队迫使我们必须全神贯注地打满48分钟，整个赛季和他们交手真的非常有趣。你能感觉到，在整个赛季的对抗中，我们让他们变得更好，他们也让我们变得更好。但对于所谓的‘宿敌’之说，我并不会过多纠结。”
然而，雷霆队的球迷群体似乎确实很投入这场宿敌之争。
尤其是文班亚马，在整场比赛中频繁遭到嘘声。当他几次倒在场上并获得有利于自己的犯规吹罚时，观众们对此表示了极大的不满。但俄克拉荷马城雷霆队充满身体对抗的防守也让这位身高7英尺4英寸的中锋付出了代价，他在下半场仅得到17分中的7分，以及7个篮板中的2个。
“他们当然是有备而来，但我认为他们没有改变太多东西，”文班亚马说。“他们相信自己的打法。”
尽管有NBA顶级盖帽手文班亚马坐镇，雷霆队在攻击篮筐方面仍然表现得尤为高效。俄克拉荷马城雷霆队本场比赛在内线得到了56分。
根据GeniusIQ的数据，本场比赛在面对文班亚马防守时，雷霆队14投10中（命中率71.4%），这与前三次交锋中39投16中（命中率41.0%）的表现形成了鲜明对比。这也是本赛季文班亚马在防守受干扰投篮时，让对手打出的最高命中率。
“问题从来不在于对手，”在内线得到16分的吉尔杰斯-亚历山大说。“而永远在于我们自己。我们之所以能取得今天的成就，就是因为我们始终专注于自身。”
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Oklahoma City Thunder finally get best of San Antonio Spurs
OKLAHOMA CITY – On Christmas Day, after losing to the same foe three times in a span of 12 days, reigning MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander flatly stated that the San Antonio Spurs had proved to be better than the Oklahoma City Thunder.
The defending champions responded with a 119-98 home win Tuesday night in the latest rematch between the top two teams in the Western Conference standings.
That rout prompted Gilgeous-Alexander, who scored a game-high 34 points, to reach another simple conclusion.
“Tonight’s result tells us that when we play a certain way, with a certain sense of urgency, with a certain sense of force, aggressiveness, and attention to detail, it doesn’t matter who is on the other side,” Gilgeous-Alexander said. “Nothing that I didn’t expect. I knew that if we played a certain way, we’d be able to beat anybody in the world.”
The Thunder acknowledged that the atmosphere at Paycom Center had a heightened sense of intensity because of the upstart Spurs’ success against them this season.
San Antonio snapped Oklahoma City’s 16-game winning streak with a 111-109 win in the NBA Cup semifinal on Dec. 13, which was only the Thunder’s second loss after a record-tying 24-1 start.
The Spurs followed that with a pair of convincing victories in a three-day span: a 30-point rout in San Antonio on Dec. 23 and the 15-point win in Oklahoma City on Christmas. That prompted widespread discussion about Victor Wembanyama’s Spurs emerging as rivals to Oklahoma City’s potential dynasty.
But Tuesday night’s game was a much more typical outing for the Thunder (34-7), who have an average margin of plus-13.2 points, putting them on pace to break the NBA record for point differential Oklahoma City set during its 68-win campaign last season. Physical, smothering defense fueled efficient offense as Oklahoma City blew the game open by outscoring San Antonio 40-24 in the third quarter.
“Every game feels like a rivalry at some point because we’re defending champs and teams are throwing their best punch at us every single game,” said Thunder forward Jalen Williams, who scored 20 points. “But I will say this team makes us play 48 minutes of basketball to where we’ve got to really pay attention, and it’s extremely fun to play against them throughout the season. You can feel like us making them better and them making us better throughout the course of the season as we’re playing. But the rivalry stuff, I don’t get caught up into it.”
The Thunder’s fan base, on the other hand, certainly seems to feed into the rivalry.
Wembanyama, in particular, was frequently booed throughout the game. The crowd took exception to a few foul calls that went in Wembanyama’s favor when he ended up sprawled out on the court, but Oklahoma City’s physical defense took a toll on the 7-foot-4 center, who scored only seven of his 17 points and grabbed only two of his seven rebounds in the second half.
“Of course they came prepared, but I don’t think they changed too many things,” Wembanyama said. “They trusted their own identity.”
The Thunder were especially effective attacking the basket despite the presence of Wembanyama, the NBA’s premier shot blocker. Oklahoma City finished with 56 points in the paint.
The Thunder made 10 of 14 shots (71.4%) that were contested by Wembanyama, a stark contrast to going 16-of-39 (41.0%) on such attempts in the first three meetings between the teams, according to GeniusIQ. That was by far the highest field goal percentage allowed on contested shots by Wembanyama this season.
“It’s never about the other team,” said Gilgeous-Alexander, who had 16 points in the paint. “It’s always about us. We’ve gotten to where we’ve got because we’ve focused on ourselves.”
By Tim MacMahon | ESPN, via ESPN