By Jeph Duarte | Pounding The Rock (PtR), 2026-01-18 12:00:00
在昨晚的比赛后，当 Clutch Sports 的记者赫克托·莱德斯马 (Hector Ledesma) 问安东尼·爱德华兹 (Anthony Edwards) 是什么让森林狼队在对阵马刺队时打得如此拼命时，“蚁人”回应道：
“因为他们有文班。”
这是马刺队与森林狼队的第三次交锋，但只是维克托·文班亚马 (Victor Wembanyama) 参与的第二次。去年十一月，文班因故缺席。而在上周日，明尼苏达在落后19分的情况下完成逆转，以一分优势险胜。
昨晚，他们差点故技重施。
在昨晚的比赛中，马刺队输掉了其中三节，但正是凭借第二节单节轰下48分——这是马刺队自1987年以来的单节最高分——才让他们最终得以险胜，没让森林狼队得逞。
马刺队第二节得到的48分是他们自1987年以来的单节最高得分，同时也是队史第四高的单节得分。
— 汤姆·奥斯本 (@ tomorsborn.bsky.social) 2026-01-18T02:20:37.189Z
事实上，马刺队带着25分的领先优势进入更衣室，却在第三节和第四节相继失守，不仅丢掉了领先优势，还一度陷入被动，好在最后亡羊补牢。
当马刺队葬送领先优势后，正是维克托·文班亚马和安东尼·爱德华兹之间的你来我往，才让比赛的火药味得以延续。从火热的投篮手感到一对一的直接对话，他们在场上刺刀见红的比赛风格，以及赛后对彼此的评论，都揭示了双方的相互尊重。
对于爱德华兹的坦率，文班回应道：
“这是一种荣幸。最棒的球员们拼尽全力与你对抗，这是最好的事情，因为这能让我们变得更好，也让我变得更好。”
安东尼·爱德华兹在这场失利中砍下了生涯新高的55分。考虑到这是明尼苏达背靠背的第二场比赛，他们能在关键时刻将比赛拖入鏖战，表现令人印象深刻，尽管这对于一支过去两个赛季两次在西部决赛中被淘汰的球队来说，算不上什么安慰。
作为当今联盟技术最精湛的球员之一，爱德华兹为森林狼队扛起了进攻大旗。在出场的十名球员中，只有六人有得分入账。而爱德华兹，以及杰登·丹尼尔斯 (Jaden Daniels) 和朱利叶斯·兰德尔 (Julius Randle)，三人的出场时间都超过了40分钟。
马刺队这边，维克托·文班亚马以39分领衔全队，在比赛末节与爱德华兹展开对飙。幸运的是，文班得到了来自方方面面的支援。从福克斯 (Fox) 和斯蒂芬·卡斯尔 (Stephon Castle) 的助攻到尚帕尼 (Champagnie) 的篮板，从巴恩斯 (Barnes) 的及时三分到卢克·科内特 (Luke Kornet) 改变势头的盖帽，场上处处都是亮点。但最能点燃弗罗斯特银行中心球馆的，莫过于凯尔登·约翰逊 (Keldon Johnson) 的那记关键三分，正是这一球最终为球队锁定了胜局。
而一场胜利，正是马刺队眼下所关注的。他们还有比赛录像需要分析，还有许多细节需要打磨，但正如文班亚马在球队挥霍掉20分领先后所说的那样：
“无论如何，我们都必须赢下比赛。”
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。
点击查看原文：Open Thread: Victor Wembanyama and Anthony Edwards share mutual respect for one another’s game
Open Thread: Victor Wembanyama and Anthony Edwards share mutual respect for one another’s game
After last night’s game, when Clutch Sports Hector Ledesma reporter asked Anthony Edwards what makes the Timberwolves play so hard against the Spurs, the “Ant-Man” responded,
“They got Wemby.”
This was the third meeting of the Spurs and Timberwolves, but only the second to include Victor Wembanyama. Wemby wasn’t available last November. Last Sunday, Minnesota came back form a 19-point deficit to steal a one-point win.
Last night, they threatened to do it again.
The Spurs lost three of the four quarters in last night’s game, but it was their 48-point second quarter —the Spurs highest since 1987 — that kept them just out of the Timberwolves reach.
Spurs’ 48-point 2Q was their highest scoring quarter since 1987 and the fourth-most in a quarter in franchise history.
— Tom Orsborn (@ tomorsborn.bsky.social) 2026-01-18T02:20:37.189Z
In fact, the Spurs went into the locker room with a 25-point lead only to lose the third and fourth quarter, the lead and scramble to put the toothpaste back in the tube.
Once the Spurs relinquished the lead, it was the back and forth between Victor Wembanyama and Anthony Edwards that kept the fires burning. From hot shooting to the two battling each other one-on-one, their cutthroat style of play on the court and their comments regarding one another reveals mutual respect.
Wemby’s response Edwards candor,
“It’s an honor and it’s the best thing to have the best players go as hard as they can because it makes us better, it makes me better.”
Anthony Edwards scored 55-points, a career high, in their loss. Considering it was the second night of a back-to-back for Minnesota, making it a game down the stretch was impressive, though of little consolation to the team who’s been knocked out of the Western Conference Finals twice over the last two seasons.
Edwards, one of the most adept players of this generation, carried the lion’s share for the Timberwolves. Of ten players who saw time, only six scored. And Edwards, along with Jaden Daniels and Julius Randle, all played over 40 minutes apiece.
For the Spurs, Victor Wembanyama led the team with 39 points, trading baskets with Edwards as the final frame was dwindling down. Fortunately, Wemby got support from all angles. From Fox and Castle’s assists to Champagnie’s rebounds, from Barnes’ timely threes to Luke Kornet’s momentum shifting block, there were highlights from all angles. But none rocked the Frost Bank Center more Keldon Johnson’s clutch three that eventually put the game in the win column.
And a game in the win column is what the Spurs will focus on for the moment. There is film left to analyze, there are edges left to smooth, but as Wembanyama stated after giving up a twenty,
“We’ve got to win no matter what.”
By Jeph Duarte, via Pounding The Rock