By Jeff McDonald, Staff Writer | San Antonio Express-News (SAEN), 2026-03-19 22:53:00
2026年3月19日（周四），圣安东尼奥马刺队后卫乔丹·麦克劳林 (Jordan McLaughlin) 在圣安东尼奥霜银中心球馆扣篮。
周四，18646名观众涌入座无虚席的霜银中心球馆 (Frost Bank Center)，期待见证马刺队七年来首次锁定季后赛席位。
恰如其分地，维克托·文班亚马 (Victor Wembanyama) 为圣安东尼奥的忠实拥趸们献上了这一高光时刻。
文班亚马在比赛还剩1.1秒时投中制胜跳投，带领马刺以101-100险胜菲尼克斯太阳。这场胜利的过程正如最终比分所显示的那样艰难。
凭借这一球，文班亚马正式在数学层面为马刺队锁定了季后赛的入场券。
目前战绩为52胜18负，马刺队最差也将以西部第六的身份结束常规赛，这足以让他们直接获得季后赛资格。由于领先第二名优势巨大，他们的目标显然不止于此。
文班亚马在2023年以状元秀身份加盟马刺，标志着球队重返季后赛漫长征程的开始。在这场比赛中，他承担了大部分重任。
他全场砍下34分、12个篮板和3次抢断，帮助马刺艰难取胜。
达龙·福克斯 (De’Aaron Fox) 摆脱了开局的低迷，最终贡献23分；朱利安·尚帕尼 (Julian Champagnie) 得到14分，其中包括4记三分球。
太阳队方面，科林·吉莱斯皮 (Collin Gillespie) 三分球11投6中得到24分，而全明星后卫德文·布克 (Devin Booker) 则手感欠佳，出手22次仅得22分。
整个下半场，马刺队仅领先过44秒。在比赛还剩10.4秒的一次暂停后，球交到了文班亚马手中。
当时马刺落后1分。
文班亚马运球消耗了9秒时间，示意他将执行最后一投。
最终，他在奥索·伊戈达罗 (Oso Ighodaro) 面前拔地而起，命中一记17英尺的跳投，锁定了马刺本赛季最重要的一场胜利。
现场18646名观众陷入狂欢，马刺球员们也同样激动不已。
以下是周四这场胜利的三大看点，这场胜利让马刺自2019年以来首次杀入季后赛：
1. 这场季后赛对决预演如何？
输球后，太阳队的战绩降至39胜31负，继续排在西部第七。如果赛季今天结束且附加赛结果符合预期，马刺和太阳将在首轮相遇。
这场对决至少可以说会非常有趣。
如果不是周四最后那1.1秒，太阳本将成为本赛季第一支三次击败马刺的NBA球队。
此前的交锋中，双方都没有以全主力阵容出战。
在本赛季早些时候马刺输掉的两场比赛中，文班亚马和福克斯各缺阵一场。斯蒂芬·卡斯尔 (Stephon Castle) 周四因髋部伤势缺席。
太阳队也缺少了一众轮换球员——狄龙·布鲁克斯 (Dillon Brooks)、罗伊斯·奥尼尔 (Royce O’Neale)、格雷森·阿伦 (Grayson Allen)、海伍德·海史密斯 (Haywood Highsmith) 和马克·威廉姆斯 (Mark Williams)。
布鲁克斯还错过了二月份马刺在奥斯汀取得的那场胜利。
鉴于双方交手时阵容的频繁变动，如果两队在季后赛相遇，很难从常规赛的系列赛中得出太多结论。
除了这一点：太阳队打得很顽强，他们会让这轮系列赛充满悬念。
2026年3月19日（周四），圣安东尼奥马刺队前锋文班亚马 (1) 在霜银中心球馆面对太阳队前锋伊戈达罗 (11) 的防守。马刺最终凭借绝杀以101-100获胜。
2. 卡斯尔缺阵，福克斯挺身而出（虽然迟到了些）
卡斯尔在赛前热身时髋部伤势发作，临时退出了比赛。福克斯用了三节时间才找回状态，但最终他在马刺后场承担起了重任。
在第四节之前，福克斯打得很挣扎，11投仅3中得到10分，并有4次失误。
末节成了福克斯的表演时间。
他在第四节6投5中砍下13分。同样重要的是，福克斯在这一节没有出现任何失误。
马刺上赛季交易来福克斯正是为了这些关键时刻。这位前NBA年度最佳关键球员在关键时刻发挥了巨大作用。
3. 马刺的球探报告在最后时刻发挥作用
如果不是马刺在前一个防守回合的表现，文班亚马根本没有机会投中绝杀球。
在太阳以100-99领先时，马刺对每一名触球的太阳球员进行包夹，迫使对方叫了暂停。
暂停回来后，马刺成功诱导太阳队将边线球传给前锋拉希尔·弗莱明 (Rasheer Fleming)。
这一点值得注意，因为弗莱明的罚球命中率仅为57%。
文班亚马立即对弗莱明犯规，在比赛还剩11.1秒时将这位太阳队的“非神射手”送上了罚球线。
弗莱明的表现甚至比他的平均水平还要糟糕，两罚全失。
这为文班亚马职业生涯的首次绝杀搭好了舞台。
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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Wembanyama’s jumper lifts Spurs past Suns and into playoffs
San Antonio Spurs guard Jordan McLaughlin (0) dunks the ball at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Thursday, March 19, 2026.
A sellout crowd of 18,646 packed the Frost Bank Center on Thursday in hopes of seeing the Spurs clinch their first playoff berth in seven years.
Fittingly, Victor Wembanyama gave the San Antonio faithful its moment.
Wembanyama hit the game-winning jumper with 1.1 seconds to play to lift the Spurs to a 101-100 victory over the Phoenix Suns that was every bit as difficult as the final score indicated.
In doing so, Wembanyama officially and mathematically punched the Spurs’ ticket to the postseason dance.
At 52-18, the worst the Spurs can finish is sixth place in the Western Conference, enough to sew up a playoff berth outright. With a hefty lead for second place, they have their sights set higher than that.
Wembanyama, whose arrival as the Spurs’ No. 1 draft pick in 2023 signaled the beginning of a long journey back to the postseason, did most of the heavy lifting.
He finished with 34 points, 12 rebounds and three steals to help the Spurs pull out the victory.
De’Aaron Fox shook off a slow start to end with 23 points, while Julian Champagnie chipped in 14, including four 3-pointers.
Collin Gillespie scored 24 points for the Suns, going 6 of 11 from 3-point range, while All-Star guard Devin Booker needed 22 attempts to get to 22 points.
The Spurs had led for all of 44 seconds of the second half when the ball found Wembanyama out of a timeout with 10.4 seconds to go.
The Spurs were behind by a point.
Wembanyama dribbled the ball for nine seconds, signaling his intention to take the final shots.
Eventually, he rose for 17-footer over Oso Ighodaro to secure the Spurs’ most important win of the season.
Those 18,646 went delirious, as did the Spurs themselves.
Here are three takeaways from Thursday’s victory, which delivered the Spurs to their first playoff series since 2019:
1. How is this for a playoff matchup?
Phoenix fell to 39-31 with the loss, remaining in seventh place in the conference. If the season ended today and the play-in tournament goes to chalk, it would be Spurs and Suns in the first round.
The matchup would be an interesting one to say the least.
Had it not been for the final 1.1 seconds Thursday, the Suns would have been the first team in the NBA to defeat the Spurs three times this season.
None of the matchups came with both teams at full strength.
Wembanyama and Fox missed a game apiece during the Spurs’ two losses earlier this season. Stephon Castle was out Thursday with a hip ailment.
Phoenix was without a slew of rotation players — Dillon Brooks, Royce O’Neale, Grayson Allen, Haywood Highsmith and Mark Williams.
Brooks also missed the Spurs’ victory in Austin in February.
Given the flux state of the lineups in the matchups, it’s difficult to draw a whole lot from the regular-season series should the teams meet in the postseason
Except for this: The Suns will play hard, and they will make a series of it.
San Antonio Spurs forward Victor Wembanyama (1) is guarded by Phoenix Suns forward Oso Ighodaro (11) at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Thursday, March 19, 2026. The Spurs won in the last second, 101-100.
2. Fox picks up slack with Castle out (eventually)
Castle was a late scratch after his hip flared up during warm-ups. It took Fox three quarters, but he eventually picked up the slack in the Spurs’ backcourt.
Up until the fourth, Fox struggled, going 3 of 11 for 10 points with four turnovers.
The final frame was Fox’s time to shine.
He scored 13 of his points in the fourth, making five of six shots. Just as important, Fox notched no turnovers.
The Spurs traded for Fox last season with these moments in mind. The former NBA Clutch Player of the Year came up big when it counted.
3. Spurs’ scouting pays off at the end
Wembanyama would not have had a chance to hit the game-winner if not for what happened on the Spurs’ previous defensive possession.
With the Suns ahead 100-99, the Spurs trapped every Phoenix player who touched the ball, forcing a timeout.
Coming out of that timeout, the Spurs were able to funnel the Suns’ inbounds pass to forward Rasheer Fleming.
This is notable, because Fleming is a 57% foul shooter.
Wembanyama fouled Fleming immediately, sending the Suns not-so-sharpshooter to the free throw line with 11.1 seconds left.
Fleming produced an even worse outcome than his average and missed both.
That set the stage for the first game-winner of Wembanyama’s career.
By Jeff McDonald, Staff Writer, via San Antonio Express-News