By Jeff McDonald, Staff Writer | San Antonio Express-News (SAEN), 2026-03-01 16:04:32
纽约讯——周日下午，马刺队造访麦迪逊广场花园，心中有且只有一个目标。
“对我们来说，”后卫德阿隆·福克斯 (De’Aaron Fox) 表示，“我们想拿到 12 连胜。”
但随着一场比分所示那样具有统治力的 114-89 完胜，纽约尼克斯队不仅终结了马刺队本赛季最长的连胜纪录，还彻底粉碎了他们的势头，将其无情葬送。
米卡尔·布里奇斯 (Mikal Bridges) 砍下 25 分和 5 次抢断，杰伦·布伦森 (Jalen Brunson) 贡献 24 分和 7 次助攻，尼克斯队将马刺队的得分压制到了赛季最低。
尼克斯队在下半场打出一波 26-2 的进攻高潮夺取主动权，此后从未给马刺队任何喘息之机。
“我认为面对这种逆境对我们有好处，”马刺球星维克托·文班亚马 (Victor Wembanyama) 说道，自 1 月 31 日在夏洛特失利以来，他的球队还未尝败绩。“我们渴望与最强的球队交手。这是一支顶级的季后赛球队。他们深谙此道。他们今天给我们上了一课。”
这场失利是马刺队在本次“牛仔竞技客场之旅 (rodeo road trip)”中的首败，此前他们取得了 7 胜 0 负。这段征程注定将成为球队自 2016-17 赛季以来首次取得胜场的客场之旅，并将于周二在费城收官。
文班亚马最终拿到 25 分、13 个篮板和 4 次盖帽——但也出现了 7 次失误。马刺队（43 胜 17 负）在麦迪逊广场花园的噩梦已延续了七个赛季。
在周日之前，文班亚马在面对尼克斯时往往能打出 NBA 生涯的最佳表现。
他在之前与纽约的四次交锋中场均得到 31.8 分，是面对单一对手的最高场均得分。其中包括 2024 年圣诞大战在麦迪逊广场花园上演的一场 42 分的巅峰之作。
然而，文班亚马在麦迪逊广场花园的三次出征中尚未带走一场胜利，而在马刺队的更衣室里，这并非他一人的尴尬境遇。
周日之后，马刺队自 2019 年以来仍未能在纽约的主场赢球。在那年阵容中硕果仅存的球员是凯尔登·约翰逊 (Keldon Johnson)，但在马刺最近一次在纽约赢球时，身为新秀的他并未出场。
马刺队教练米奇·约翰逊 (Mitch Johnson) 表示，无论胜负，像周日这样的比赛都是通往季后赛征程中的重要基石。
“随着赛季的深入，比赛会持续呈现出这样的强度，”他说道，“这会考验你的沉稳和冷静。这也会考验你的身体对抗和韧性。我们必须明白，这就是季后赛的感觉。”
凭借密不透风的防守，尼克斯队（39 胜 22 负）确保了马刺队未能在周日打破麦迪逊广场花园魔咒。
马刺队投篮命中率为 42%，其中三分球 34 投 9 中。他们的 22 次失误送给了尼克斯队 24 分，这同样于事无补。
除了文班亚马、德文·瓦塞尔 (Devin Vassell)（18 分）和斯蒂芬·卡斯尔 (Stephon Castle)（13 分）之外，马刺队没有其他球员得分上双。
马刺队的替补阵容——在连胜期间一直是球队的绝对加分项——周日仅得到 23 分。
“他们在持球防守时的身体对抗显而易见，”约翰逊说道。“这反映出对方全队都训练有素、执行力极强且紧密联动。”
马刺队在下午场的开局表现让他们看起来距离 12 连胜并非遥不可及。由于纽约队开场前 13 次出手失手 11 次，马刺队在首节还剩 4 分 05 秒时凭借卡斯尔的一记三分球，取得了 12 分的早期领先优势。
“开局的前 10 分钟左右，情况对我们来说再好不过了，”约翰逊表示。
随后，一切戛然而止。
从那以后，马刺队在接下来的 7 分 57 秒内仅得到 2 分，而尼克斯队在半场结束前领先多达 15 分。
彻底改变比赛走向的那次进攻极具代表性，映衬出马刺队在花园球场的苦涩下午。
首节还剩 1 分 13 秒时，米切尔·罗宾逊 (Mitchell Robinson) 为尼克斯队两罚不中。OG·阿奴诺比 (O.G. Anunoby) 抢下篮板，布伦森造成马刺新秀迪伦·哈珀 (Dylan Harper) 犯规，裁判判定为恶意犯规。
布伦森三罚两中，随后利用恶意犯规带来的额外球权，他在投进中距离跳投的同时再次造成哈珀犯规。
“那是进攻高潮的开始，”约翰逊说道。
那次“一回合五分”的进攻开启了尼克斯队一波连得 19 分的高潮。这是马刺队本赛季遭遇的最大一波进攻流，直到次节 8 分 08 秒瓦塞尔跳投命中才止住颓势。
“那段时间让他们打出了气势，”约翰逊说道。“那段进攻让我们变得非常犹豫、优柔寡断且处于被动。感觉我们进攻防守都像陷在了流沙里。”
尼克斯队在下半场没有给马刺队任何翻盘的机会。每当马刺队将分差缩小到个位数时，纽约队似乎总能用一记关键三分球予以回应——这些进球要么来自布里奇斯或布伦森，偶尔也来自穆罕默德·迪亚瓦拉 (Mohamed Diawara)。
文班亚马这样评价他在麦迪逊广场花园的最新一场失利：
“我们给了他们机会，”他说道，“我认为那是比赛的转折点。”
当这场痛击结束时，尼克斯队在麦迪逊广场花园全场起立致敬的掌声中离场。
与此同时，马刺队前往费城，心中有了一个新的、唯一的目标。
赢得下一场比赛。
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。
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Mikal Bridges, Knicks bring Spurs’ winning streak to a grinding halt
NEW YORK — The Spurs marched into Madison Square Garden on Sunday afternoon with one and only one goal in mind.
“For us,” guard De’Aaron Fox said, “we want to win our 12th game in a row.”
But with a resounding 114-89 victory every bit as dominating as the final score indicated, the New York Knicks not only put an end to the Spurs’ longest winning streak of the season they bludgeoned it to death, wrapped it in plastic and dumped it in the East River.
Mikel Bridges had 25 points and five steals and Jalen Brunson poured in 24 points with seven assists, as New York held the Spurs to their lowest-scoring outing of the season.
The Knicks used a 26-2 run in the first half to seize control of the game and never let the Spurs up for air.
“I think it’s good for us to see this kind of adversity,” said Spurs star Victor Wembanyama, whose team had not lost since Jan. 31 in Charlotte. “We want to play the best teams. This is a top playoff team. They know what it’s like. They gave us a good showing today.”
The defeat was the Spurs’ first on their rodeo road trip, which began 7-0. The trek, which was already set to be the first winning rodeo trip since 2016-17, concludes Tuesday in Philadelphia.
Wembanyama ended with 25 points, 13 rebounds and four blocks — but also seven turnovers — as the Spurs (43-17) continued their seven-season run of Madison Square Garden misery.
Coming into Sunday, Wembanyama had traditionally enjoyed some of his best NBA performances at the Knicks’ expense.
He averaged 31.8 points in his four previous meetings with New York, his most against any single opponent. That number included a 42-point opus in his most recent visit to Madison Square Garden on Christmas Day 2024.
Wembanyama, however, has yet to emerge from the Garden victorious in three tries, which does not make him unique in the Spurs’ locker room.
After Sunday, the Spurs still have not won in New York’s home arena since 2019. The only player remaining from that season’s roster is Keldon Johnson, who did not play as a rookie the Spurs’ most recent win in New York.
Spurs coach Mitch Johnson said games like Sunday’s are important building blocks to a playoff run, win or lose.
“It’s going to continue to get like this as the season goes on,” he said. “It’s going to test your poise and composure. It’s going to test your physicality and mettle. We have to understand this is what it’s going to feel like.”
Boosted by a stifling defense, the Knicks (39-22) ensured the Spurs would not break their Madison Square Garden curse Sunday.
The Spurs shot 42%, including 9 of 34 from 3-point range. Their 22 turnovers, which lead to 24 Knicks points, did not help, either.
Besides Wembanyama, Devin Vassell (18 points) and Stephon Castle (13), no other Spurs player reached double figures.
The Spurs’ bench — an unabashed plus throughout their winning streak — managed only 23 points Sunday.
“Their physicality on the basketball was apparent,” Mitch Johnson said. “It was a well-coached, well-executed, well-connected performance from their whole group.”
The Spurs began the afternoon matinee looking like 12 in a row wasn’t so far-fetched. With New York missing 11 of its first 13 shots, the Spurs grabbed an early 12-point lead on a Castle 3-pointer with 4:05 remaining.
“The first 10 minutes roughly couldn’t have gone any better than us,” Johnson said.
Then it all came to a crashing halt.
From there, the Spurs managed only two points in the next 7:57 as the Knicks went ahead by as many as 15 before halftime.
The possession that turned things New York’s way was emblematic of the Spurs’ rough afternoon at the Garden.
With 1:13 to play in the first quarter, Mitchell Robinson missed a pair of free throws for the Knicks. O.G. Anunoby secured the rebound for New York, and Bruson drew a foul on Spurs rookie Dylan Harper officials ruled to be flagrant.
Bruson made two of three foul shots, then — with the extra possession afforded by the flagrant foul — drew another foul on Harper while sinking a mid-range jumper.
“That started the run,” Mitch Johnson said.
That five-point possession kick-started a spurt of 19 consecutive points for the Knicks. It was the biggest run the Spurs’ have allowed all season and did not end until Vassell stopped the bleeding with a jumper at the 8:08 mark of the second quarter.
“That stretch got them going," Mitch Johnson said. "That stretch led us to be very hesitant, very indecisive, very on our back foot. It felt like we were in quicksand both ways.”
The Knicks would not let the Spurs off the deck in the second half. Any time the Spurs cut their deficit to single digits, New York seemed to answer with a big 3-pointer — from Bridges or Brunson or, occasionally, Mohamed Diawara.
Wembanyama described his latest loss at Madison Square Garden this way:
“We gave them life,” he said. “And I think that was the game.”
When the beating was over, the Knicks left the floor to a Madison Square Garden standing over.
The Spurs, meanwhile, head to Philadelphia with a new one and only one goal.
Winning one in a row.
By Jeff McDonald, Staff Writer, via San Antonio Express-News