By Tom Orsborn, Staff Writer | San Antonio Express-News (SAEN), 2026-03-29 14:06:25
2025年12月23日，周二，在弗罗斯特银行中心进行的第三节比赛中，圣安东尼奥马刺队前锋凯尔登·约翰逊 (Keldon Johnson) 在俄克拉荷马城雷霆队后卫亚历克斯·卡鲁索 (Alex Caruso) 面前投中三分球后庆祝。马刺队以130-110击败了雷霆队。
密尔沃基——在印第安纳步行者队最近以15分之差惨败给马刺队后，主教练里克·卡莱尔 (Rick Carlisle) 指出，维克托·文班亚马 (Victor Wembanyama) 和他的队友们不仅仅是在击败对手，而是在“横扫对手”。
在马刺队统治级的连续三个客场之旅中，情况确实如此。马刺队在周六以127-95大胜阵容残缺的密尔沃基雄鹿队，以此结束了客场征程。除了重创雄鹿队，马刺队还大胜了迈阿密热火队和伤兵满营的孟菲斯灰熊队，平均胜分达到了27.3分。
斯蒂芬·卡斯尔 (Stephon Castle) 砍下22分、10个篮板和10次助攻，拿下了他本赛季的第四个三双；文班亚马贡献了23分、15个篮板和6次助攻。马刺队凭借八连胜锁定了西部联盟第二号种子席位，这意味着他们至少在季后赛前两轮将拥有主场优势。
马刺队（56胜18负）在争夺季后赛全赛程主场优势的竞争中，也将与轮空的俄克拉荷马城雷霆队的差距缩小到了两场。雷霆队（58胜16负）在周日对阵纽约尼克斯队，目前常规赛还剩八场，而马刺队在常规赛交锋中以4-1领先，握有胜负关系优势。
马刺队主教练米奇·约翰逊 (Mitch Johnson) 被问及自2月初以来取得24胜2负战绩的马刺队，在多大程度上考虑追赶俄克拉荷马城。
“想得不多，因为他们不经常输球，”约翰逊说道，“我们不会再和他们交手了，所以除了控制好眼前的比赛，努力变得越来越好之外，我们无能为力。时间会告诉我们最终的种子排名、对手是谁以及赛程安排。但是，是的，我们只需要努力继续进步。”
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虽然当被问及马刺队是否在觊觎榜首位置时，文班亚马回答“当然”，但他同时也呼应了约翰逊的观点。
“对我们来说，最重要的是以同样的方式对待每一场比赛，”他说道，“我们将看看在赛季末的最后冲刺阶段情况会如何。”
卡斯尔表示：“我们只是想在进入季后赛前保持势头。显然，（超越俄克拉荷马城）对我们来说是可能的，但我们只是想专注于自身，打好每一场比赛。我觉得我们一直在这样做，并且正在慢慢缩小差距。”
马刺队将在周一晚上主场迎战芝加哥公牛队（29胜45负），随后将再次开启西部三连客，这将结束他们本赛季常规赛的所有客场行程。
据ESPN报道，在击败雄鹿队后，马刺队成为NBA历史上第一支连续四场客场比赛净胜25分以上的球队，这一纪录可以追溯到3月17日以132-104击败萨克拉门托国王队的比赛。
“我一直这么说，联盟有麻烦了，”马刺队前锋德文·瓦塞尔 (Devin Vassell) 说道，“我们有很多非常优秀的年轻天才。”
雄鹿队主教练道格·里弗斯 (Doc Rivers) 表示赞同。甚至在马刺队让雄鹿队（29胜44负）彻底无缘季后赛之前，里弗斯就驳斥了关于马刺队缺乏季后赛经验——他们前七名得分手中的六人从未参加过季后赛——会阻碍他们在今年季后赛走得更远的说法。
“我不认为这会成为一个因素，”里弗斯说道，“我确信可能会有一场比赛（经验会产生影响），但他们看起来是一群极其成熟的球员。文班表现得非常成熟。……当你观看他们比赛时，你会发现他们没有私心。这对于一支年轻球队来说是非常罕见的，因为大多数非常年轻的球队输球的原因是每个人都想证明自己才是老大。而看起来每个人都融入了这支球队。”
里弗斯将这一切归功于约翰逊的整合能力。
“我认为米奇没有得到足够的赞誉，”里弗斯说道，“通常当你拥有一名伟大的球员时，你会忘记让其他人去做所有其他事情，而米奇做到了。所以他们的表现非常华丽。前几天晚上他们有一次进攻，球在弧顶传导，来回穿插。我想最后是迪伦·哈珀 (Dylan Harper) 投中了三分。……那是执教艺术的体现。真的，太棒了。每一位大学、高中和职业教练都应该展示那个片段。”
“这就是我们所说的‘无私篮球’。”
果然，马刺队在对阵雄鹿队的比赛中有七人得分上双。瓦塞尔和凯尔登·约翰逊 (Keldon Johnson) 各得16分，哈珀得到14分，达龙·福克斯 (De’Aaron Fox) 得到12分，朱利安·尚帕尼 (Julian Champagnie) 得到11分。
“我们的潜力真的是不可限量，”瓦塞尔说道，“你再看看KJ、我、福克斯。我的意思是，我们都才25、26、27岁。对于马刺球员和马刺球迷来说，这绝对是一个令人兴奋的时刻。”
无论他们最终是否能超越雷霆队。
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Having clinched No. 2 seed in the West, can Spurs catch Thunder?
San Antonio Spurs forward Keldon Johnson (3) reacts after scoring a three point basket ahead of Oklahoma City Thunder guard Alex Caruso (9) during the third quarter at Frost Bank Center on Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2025. The Spurs defeated the Thunder, 130-110.
MILWAUKEE — Indiana coach Rick Carlisle noted after a recent 15-point plastering the Pacers suffered at the hands of the Spurs that Victor Wembanyama and Co. aren’t just beating opponents but “mowing them down.”
That certainly was the case during a dominant three-game road trip the Spurs ended Saturday with a 127-95 rout of injury-depleted Milwaukee. In addition to slamming the Bucks, the Spurs trounced Miami and injury-ravaged Memphis for an average margin of victory of 27.3 points.
Stephon Castle had 22 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists for his fourth triple-double of the season, Victor Wembanyama finished with 23 points, 15 rebounds and six assists, and the Spurs clinched the No. 2 seed in the Western Conference with their eighth win in a row, meaning they will have home court for at least the first two rounds of the playoffs.
The Spurs (56-18) also pulled within two games of idle Oklahoma City in the race for home-court advantage throughout the postseason. The Thunder (58-16) hosted New York on Sunday with eight games to go and the Spurs holding the tiebreaker after winning the season series, 4-1.
Spurs coach Mitch Johnson was asked how much the Spurs, who are 24-2 since the start of February, are thinking about catching Oklahoma City.
“Not much because they don’t lose very often,” Johnson said. “We don’t play them again, so there’s nothing we can do other than control these games that are right in front of us and just trying to keep getting better and better. Time will tell what seed we are and who we play and the schedule. But, yeah, we just got to try to keep getting better.”
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While Wembanyama answered “of course” when asked if the Spurs are eyeing the top spot, he also echoed Johnson’s comments.
“The main thing for us is taking every game the same way,” he said. “We’re going to see how it goes down the wire up to the end of the season.”
Said Castle, “We’re just trying to have some momentum going into the playoffs. Obviously, it’s possible for us (to overtake Oklahoma City), but we are just trying to focus on us, take it game by game. I feel like we’ve been doing that, and we’ve been slowly closing the gap.”
The Spurs will host the Chicago Bulls (29-45) Monday night before hitting the road again for three games out west that will end their road travels for the regular season.
With their pounding of the Bucks, the Spurs became the first team in NBA history to win four consecutive road games by 25-plus points, dating back to a 132-104 win over Sacramento on March 17, per ESPN.
“I keep saying it, but the league’s in trouble,” Spurs forward Devin Vassell said. “We got a lot of young talent that is really good.”
Bucks coach Doc Rivers agrees. Even before the Spurs eliminated Milwaukee (29-44) from playoff contention, Rivers dismissed the notion that the Spurs’ lack of playoff experience — six of their top seven scorers have never been to the postseason — would hold them back from a deep run this season.
“I don’t think it’s going to be a factor,” Rivers said. “I’m sure there’ll be a game maybe (where it might come to bear), but they seem like they’re an extremely mature group of guys. Wemby has come off as extremely mature. … When you watch them play, there’s no agendas. And that’s really unusual for a young team, because with most really young teams the reason they lose is everybody’s trying to show they’re the man. And it seems like everybody fits with in them.”
Rivers credited Johnson for pulling it all together.
“Mitch, I don’t think, is getting enough credit,” Rivers said. "I think often times when you have a great player, you forget about getting everybody to do all the other things, and Mitch has done that. And so they’re beautiful. They had a possession the other night where the ball moved around the horn, back, forth, back, forth. And I want to say (Dylan) Harper made the three. … It was coaching beauty. It really was. It was awesome. Every coach in college and high school and the pros should show that clip.
“This is what we mean by agenda-free basketball.”
On cue, the Spurs had seven scorers in double-figures against the Bucks. Vassell and Keldon Johnson had 16 each, Harper had 14, De’Aaron Fox 12 and Julian Champagnie 11.
“The sky is really the limit for all of us,” Vassell said.“You still look at KJ, me, Fox. I mean, all of us are still 25, 26, 27 years old. I mean, it’s an exciting time to be a Spur and to be a Spurs fan, for sure.”
Regardless of whether they overtake the Thunder or not.
By Tom Orsborn, Staff Writer, via San Antonio Express-News