By Michael C. Wright | ESPN, 2026-03-20 13:12:18
圣安东尼奥——随着比赛还剩9.7秒，弗罗斯特银行中心球馆 (Frost Bank Center) 座无虚席的观众屏息以待，维克托·文班亚马 (Victor Wembanyama) 观察防守，向右跨步并运球一次，随后稳稳命中投篮。这一球帮助马刺锁定了自2019年以来的首个季后赛席位。
在比赛还剩1.1秒时，文班亚马迎着奥索·伊格达罗 (Oso Ighodaro) 的防守投进了一记17英尺的后仰准绝杀，带领圣安东尼奥马刺以101-100险胜菲尼克斯太阳。据ESPN Research统计，这是文班亚马职业生涯首次在第四节或加时赛最后5秒内投进反超比分的进球，此前他曾五次尝试均未命中。
“我们知道大多数情况下这都不会是一个空位投篮，”文班亚马说道，“在这种情况下，你需要等待。如果你出手太早，无论进还是不进，你都是在自掘坟墓，因为防守方可能会抢到篮板并有充足的时间反击，或者发球后仍有时间进攻。所以，你会希望在比赛还剩一两秒时出手。这样一来，如果我们投丢了，还有机会抢进攻篮板；如果投进了，他们就没时间了。”
文班亚马全场砍下全场最高的34分，外加12个篮板和3次抢断。马刺也成为继周二晋级的俄克拉荷马城雷霆之后，联盟第二支锁定季后赛席位的球队。这是文班亚马本赛季第11次单场砍下至少30分10篮板，排名全联盟第四，也是自2003-04赛季名人堂成员蒂姆·邓肯 (Tim Duncan) 13次达成此成就以来，马刺球员单赛季表现之最。
在投进准绝杀后回防的混乱中，文班亚马撞到了场边的一位球迷，导致红酒洒满了他的短裤。随着德文·布克 (Devin Booker) 最后的绝望超远三分在终场哨响时偏出，文班亚马在半场附近扯出球衣庆祝，迪伦·哈珀 (Dylan Harper) 则走过去调皮地推了他一把。
“当时很难消化周围所有的刺激，”文班亚马一边说着，一边还在扯着那条沾有酒渍的短裤左腿，“球迷们盯着我看，还有人把酒洒在我身上。当时发生了很多事。有一瞬间我没看到队友们围上来，感觉自己像是被人群包围了。”
尽管如此，文班亚马还是举起双臂庆祝，全队一同走向球场上的马刺大鼓，开启了圣安东尼奥的赛后胜利庆典。当文班亚马调动起现场18,648名观众的情绪时，队友凯尔登·约翰逊 (Keldon Johnson) 拿起麦克风，带头高喊“MVP”。
“我当时不知道该说什么，”约翰逊说道，他是马刺阵中效力时间最长的球员，在球队2019年季后赛首轮被淘汰55天后被选中，“我只知道我们需要拿起麦克风。他值得这些赞美。他正处于那样的水准。无论场上场下，他都是我们的领袖。我会站出来，说出该说的话。而那句话就是：‘维克托·文班亚马，MVP。’”
在这场包含6次领先易手和3次平分的比赛中，圣安东尼奥马刺在开场取得领先后的绝大部分时间里都处于追赶状态。在整个第二节都落后的情况下，马刺终于在第三节还剩3分55秒时将比分追至70平。
比赛还剩4分50秒时，布克助攻空切的哈曼·马鲁阿奇 (Khaman Maluach) 扣篮得手，菲尼克斯再次建立起10分的领先优势。从那时起，文班亚马得到7分，控球后卫达龙·福克斯 (De’Aaron Fox) 在他的23分中贡献了9分，马刺以一波16-5的攻势收割比赛，让太阳后卫科林·吉莱斯皮 (Collin Gillespie) 的24分之夜和布克的22分贡献化为泡影。
“我们基本上整场都处于落后，”福克斯说道，“整场比赛落后6到10分，最后几分钟能逆转取胜，这对我们来说太棒了。”
自2月1日以来，圣安东尼奥马刺取得了20胜2负的战绩，是该时间段内全联盟的最佳战绩。马刺终于终结了队史最长的季后赛荒（六个赛季）。在此次陷入低谷之前，圣安东尼奥从未连续两个赛季无缘季后赛。
“我为这座城市、这个社区和整个组织感到高兴，”马刺主帅米奇·约翰逊 (Mitch Johnson) 表示，“能成为这个过程的一份子是非常有成就感的。”
与此同时，文班亚马将那个制胜球归功于首届NBA年度最佳关键球员奖得主福克斯，感谢他预判了“防守端的动向，并告诉我该怎么做”。
“是的，我们布置了战术，”福克斯说道，“我们清空了一侧，我问他是否需要在底角安排人手，因为当你清空一侧时，防守球队往往会倾斜。这会招来更多协防。他说他希望那里有人。所以我说，‘那好，我们会安排一个射手站在那里。’于是我们把德文·瓦塞尔 (Devin Vassell) 放在底角，确保他们不敢放空他。他（文班亚马）没有急躁，找到了自己的位置，投进了制胜球。”
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Spurs end 6-year playoff drought behind Wembanyama’s game winner
SAN ANTONIO – As 9.7 seconds ticked away and a sellout crowd at Frost Bank Center gasped in anticipation, Victor Wembanyama surveyed the defense, stepped right and took one dribble before nailing the shot that would clinch the Spurs their first postseason berth since 2019.
Wembanyama buried a go-ahead 17-foot fadeaway over Oso Ighodaro with 1.1 seconds left to lift San Antonio to a 101-100 triumph over the Phoenix Suns. The shot marked Wembanyama’s first go-ahead make in the final five seconds of the fourth quarter or overtime in his career, after missing on five previous attempts, according to ESPN Research.
“We know it’s not going to be an open shot most of the time,” Wembanyama said. “In this situation, you want to wait. If you take a shot too early, whether you make or miss it, you’re shooting yourself in the foot because the defense would probably get the rebound and have time or inbound and have time. So, you want to shoot it as close to one or two seconds [remaining]. This way, we have a chance to get an offensive rebound if we miss and if we make [it], they don’t have time.”
Wembanyama finished with a game-high 34 points to go with 12 rebounds and three steals for San Antonio, which became the NBA’s second team to clinch a postseason berth, following Oklahoma City, which clinched Tuesday. The performance was Wembanyama’s 11th 30-point, 10-rebound game of the season, good for the fourth most in the NBA and the most by a Spurs player since 2003-04, when Hall of Famer Tim Duncan put together 13 such outings.
In the scramble to sprint back on defense after the go-ahead bucket, Wembanyama bumped into a fan sitting courtside, who spilled red wine all over Wembanyama’s shorts. As Devin Booker’s final desperation heave fell short for the Suns at the buzzer, Wembanyama untucked his jersey near half court as Dylan Harper walked over to give a playful shove.
“It was hard to take in all the stimulus around me,” said Wembanyama, still tugging at the left leg of his wine-stained shorts. “I had the fans looking at me. I had this guy spill wine on me. There was a lot going on. I didn’t see all my teammates come up for a second, so I felt like I was getting mobbed.”
Still, Wembanyama raised both arms in celebration as the team strolled together to the Spurs’ drum on the court to initiate San Antonio’s postgame victory celebration. As Wembanyama finished stirring up the crowd of 18,648, teammate Keldon Johnson grabbed the microphone to start an MVP chant.
“I didn’t know what I was going to say,” said Johnson, the longest-tenured Spur, drafted 55 days after the team was eliminated from the opening round of the 2019 playoffs. “I just knew we needed to get on the mic. He deserves his flowers. He’s playing at that type of level. He’s been our guy on and off the court. I’ll be the one to go out there, speak out and say what needs to be said. And that’s what needs to be said: ‘Victor Wembanyama, MVP.’”
In a game that featured six lead changes and three ties, San Antonio trailed most of the way after taking an early lead. The Spurs finally tied the score at 70-all with 3:55 left in the third quarter, after playing from behind the entire second quarter.
With 4:50 remaining, Phoenix had already built another 10-point lead when Booker hit a cutting Khaman Maluach for a dunk. From that point, Wembanyama scored seven points and point guard De’Aaron Fox chipped in nine of his 23 points as San Antonio closed on a 16-5 run that spoiled a 24-point night from Suns guard Collin Gillespie that was aided by Booker’s 22-point contribution.
“We were basically down the entire game,” Fox said. “Just us being able to be down six to 10 points the entire game and walk it down in the last couple minutes was great for us.”
San Antonio is 20-2 since Feb. 1, the best mark in the NBA over that span. The Spurs finally ended their longest playoff drought (six seasons) in franchise history. Before this latest bout with futility, San Antonio had never missed the postseason in back-to-back seasons.
“I’m happy for the city, the community and the organization,” Spurs coach Mitch Johnson said. “To be a part of that process is rewarding.”
Wembanyama, meanwhile, credited Fox, the first winner of the NBA’s Clutch Player of the Year award, for anticipating “what the defense would do, so [he] kind of told me what to do” on the go-ahead jumper that won the game.
“Yeah, we had our play drawn up,” Fox said. “We had a clear side, and I asked if he wanted someone in the corner because when you have a clear side, teams tend to tilt. It brings more help. So, he said wanted someone there. So, I’m like, ‘Well, we’re going to put a shooter right there.’ So, we put [Devin Vassell] in the corner just to make sure they don’t help off him. He took his time. He got to a spot. He hit the game winner.”
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