By Marilyn Dubinski | Pounding The Rock (PtR), 2026-04-15 13:24:20
圣安东尼奥马刺队自2019年以来首次重返季后赛，并以西部二号种子的身份昂首入围。随着昨晚附加赛的尘埃落定，他们的首轮对手也已揭晓。在一场令许多人困惑的奇特赛程安排中，东部第9对阵第10的比赛率先开打——夏洛特黄蜂队在一场充满戏剧性的比赛中淘汰了迈阿密热火队，赛中还出现了一次极具争议的漏判，拉梅洛·鲍尔 (LaMelo Ball) 本该因绊倒并致使巴姆·阿德巴约 (Bam Adebayo) 受伤而早早被驱逐出场。紧随其后的是西部第7对阵第8的较量：菲尼克斯太阳队对阵波特兰开拓者队。
这场比赛的胜率曲线图看起来就像一条正弦波，太阳队在第一节和第四节的大部分时间里保持领先，而开拓者队则掌控了第二节和第三节。在比赛还剩6分41秒时，太阳队一度领先多达11分，看起来胜券在握，但随后波特兰展开了反扑。杰拉米·格兰特 (Jerami Grant) 的一记三分球让开拓者在比赛还剩不到两分钟时实现了第四节的首次领先，随后双方陷入拉锯战，德文·布克 (Devin Booker) 试图带领球队冲过终点线。
遗憾的是，几次失误让菲尼克斯葬送了比赛。德尼·阿夫迪亚 (Deni Avdija) 的两次罚球以及格兰特在比赛还剩4.5秒时抢断后的扣篮，为波特兰锁定了114-110的胜局，确保了他们西部第7种子的席位，并成为马刺队的首轮对手。太阳队则将面对洛杉矶快船队与金州勇士队之间西部第9对第10名对决的胜者，争夺第8号种子席位以及在首轮挑战俄克拉荷马城雷霆队的权利。
马刺队在常规赛对阵波特兰的战绩为2胜1负，且三场比赛都打得相对胶着。马刺队在上周最近的一次交锋中以112-101获胜，当时维克托·文班亚马 (Victor Wembanyama) 因在前一场比赛中肋骨挫伤而缺阵。虽然从某种意义上说，开拓者可能不像太阳队那样拥有布克或杰伦·格林 (Jalen Green) 这种极具爆发力的进攻球员，显得威胁稍小，但他们仍是一支高大、强壮且球风硬朗的球队，并拥有全明星前锋阿夫迪亚。他们与马刺队也有许多相似之处，年轻核心球员都缺乏季后赛经验，但他们依然拥有像朱·霍勒迪 (Jrue Holiday) 这样具备夺冠经验的老将来坐镇指引。
这还将是两位季后赛首秀教练之间的对决：米奇·约翰逊 (Mitch Johnson) 和前马刺夺冠成员蒂亚戈·斯普利特 (Tiago Splitter)。两人都是在意外情况下接掌帅印的：约翰逊是在格雷格·波波维奇 (Gregg Popovich) 上赛季中风后接手的，而斯普利特则是在昌西·比卢普斯 (Chauncey Billups) 因卷入NBA博彩丑闻被起诉并无限期离职后上任的（尽管比卢普斯尚未被开拓者正式解雇，因此斯普利特目前仍担任临时主教练）。此外，开拓者阵中还有布雷克·韦斯利 (Blake Wesley) 和西迪·西索科 (Sidy Cissoko) 这两位前马刺球员，因此两队之间渊源颇深。
无需赘言，季后赛各轮均为七局四胜制，采用2-2-1-1-1的主客场格式，率先赢得四场比赛的球队晋级。系列赛将于中部时间4月19日周日晚上8:00在圣安东尼奥拉开帷幕，并将在 NBC 和 Peacock 平台播出（请注意，今年季后赛没有地方台转播）。第二场比赛将于周二晚上7:00举行，同样在 NBC 和 Peacock 播出。随后，球队将前往波特兰进行第三场和第四场比赛，时间分别是周五晚上9:30（Prime 平台）和下周日下午2:30（ESPN 平台）。（感谢赛程制定者的眷顾，照顾到了我们这些在工作日熬夜看西海岸比赛倍感吃力的人！）第五至第七场比赛待定，将根据需要进行安排。
我们将在接下来的几天里带来更多关于本轮系列赛的内容，包括对位分析、X因素等。与此同时，关于这轮系列赛，最让你兴奋的是什么？这是你预想中的对决吗？欢迎大家展开讨论。最后，各位马刺死忠，欢迎回到季后赛！
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The Spurs will face the Portland Trail Blazers in Round 1 of the 2026 NBA Playoffs
The San Antonio Spurs are in the playoffs for the first time since 2019 as the 2nd seed in the West, and after last night’s Play-In Tournament games, we know their first round opponent. In a weird scheduling idea that had many people confused, the East 9 vs. 10 game was first — with the Hornets eliminating the Heat in a dramatic game, complete with a controversial missed call that should have seen LaMelo Ball ejected early for tripping and injuring Bam Adebayo — followed by the West 7 vs. 8 game: the Phoenix Suns vs. the Portland Trail Blazers.
In a game whose win probability chart looks like a sinusoidal wave, with the Suns leading much of the first and fourth quarter while the Blazers owned the second and third, it was looking like the Suns would pull it out, leading by as much as 11 with 6:41 left before Portland made the comeback. A three from Jerami Grant gave the Blazers their first lead of the fourth quarter with just under two minutes to go before things went back and forth as Devin Booker tried to guide his team to the finish line.
Unfortunately, a couple of turnovers cost Phoenix the game, and two Deni Avdija free throws and a Grant dunk off a steal with 4.5 seconds left sealed the 114-110 victory for Portland, securing their spot as the 7th seed in the West and as the Spurs’ first round opponent. The Suns will go on to face the winner of the West’s 9 vs. 10 matchup between the Clippers and Warriors in a battle for the 8th seed and the right to face the Thunder in round 1.
The Spurs went 2-1 against Portland in the regular season, with all three being relatively close games. The Spurs won the most recent game last week 112-101 without Victor Wembanyama, who had suffered a bruised rib in the previous game. While perhaps a less daunting opponent than the Suns in the sense that they lack explosive offensive players like Booker or Jalen Green, the are still a big, strong, physical team with an All-Star forward in Avdija. They also have many similarities with the Spurs, with their young core being inexperienced in the playoffs, but they still have vets with championship experience, like Jrue Holiday, to guide them.
It will also be a clash of two coaches making their playoff debut in Mitch Johnson and former Spurs champion Tiago Splitter, who both ended up stepping into the role unexpectedly: Johnson after Gregg Popovich suffered stroke last season, and Splitter after Chauncey Billups was placed on indefinite leave after being charged as part of the NBA betting scandal (although he has not been officially fired by the Blazers yet, so Splitter is still interim head coach). Also also, the Blazers feature a couple of former Spurs in Blake Wesley and Sidy Cissoko, so there are several ties between the two teams.
As if anyone needs a reminder, the rounds are seven-game series in a 2-2-1-1-1 home/away format, with the first to four wins advancing. The series will begin on Sunday, April 19 in San Antonio at 8:00 PM CT and will be aired on NBC and Peacock (note that there are no local broadcasts in the playoffs this year). Game 2 will be on Tuesday at 7:00 also on NBC and Peacock. They will then will travel to Portland for Games 3 and 4, which will be on Friday at 9:30 PM on Prime and next Sunday at 2:30 on ESPN. (Thank you to the scheduling gods for looking out for those of us who struggle with Pacific coast games on work nights!) Games 5-7 are TBD and will be scheduled as needed.
We will have much more about this series in the coming days, including match-ups, x-factors, etc., but in the meantime, what has you the most excited about this series, and is it the one you wanted? Feel free to discuss, and in the meantime, welcome back to the playoffs, Pounders!
By Marilyn Dubinski, via Pounding The Rock