By Tanner Bowen | Pounding The Rock (PtR), 2026-04-19 07:00:00
圣安东尼奥马刺队和波特兰开拓者队在经历了长期的季后赛荒后，以截然不同的方式重返季后赛。圣安东尼奥马刺队的表现远超预期，打出了一个没人预料到的 62 胜 20 负的赛季，这建立在年轻核心的才华之上，他们在维克托·文班亚马 (Victor Wembanyama) 的第三个赛季似乎就跳过了几个成长阶段。另一方面，波特兰开拓者队经历了一个充满挑战的赛季，最深刻的挑战莫过于在赛季仅进行到第 2 场比赛时就更换了主教练——昌西·比卢普斯 (Chauncey Billups) 因在联邦赌博调查中被捕而被 NBA 无限期禁赛。接替比卢普斯的正是前马刺球员、2014 年 NBA 总冠军蒂亚戈·斯普利特 (Tiago Splitter)。菜鸟教练斯普利特在去年 6 月才加入比卢普斯的教练组，此前从未担任过主教练，但他被认为稳住了波特兰的阵脚，带领球队比上赛季多赢了 6 场比赛，并自 2021 年以来首次挺进季后赛。开拓者队在菲尼克斯进行的西部联盟 7/8 名附加赛中凭借一场关键的客场胜利锁定了季后赛席位。
今晚，两支球队将齐聚圣安东尼奥，进行 2026 年季后赛首个周末的最后一场比赛。虽然圣安东尼奥马刺队在常规赛系列赛中以 2-1 领先，并且是这组系列赛的大热门，但仍存在一些未知数。最值得注意的是，文班亚马缺席了两队在常规赛的所有 3 次交手，而马刺队在弗罗斯特银行中心球馆赢下了其中的两场。随着文班在本赛季首次对阵波特兰，也是文班亚马时代圣安东尼奥的首场季后赛主场比赛，开拓者队如果想偷走第一场胜利，真的需要面临严峻的考验。
圣安东尼奥马刺队 (0-0) vs 波特兰开拓者队 (0-0)
2026 年 4 月 19 日 | 中部时间晚上 8:00
观赛：NBC | 收听：WOAI (1200 AM)
盘口：圣安东尼奥 -10.5
马刺队伤病名单：无
开拓者队伤病名单：无
比赛看点
- 今晚将有大量球员迎来他们的季后赛初体验，但文班亚马职业生涯的首次季后赛首发是所有人关注这场比赛的主因。这位法国天才自 2023 年被选中以来，无论作为建队核心还是个人表现，都完全符合甚至超越了球迷的期待，因此看到他在职业生涯如此早期就带领圣安东尼奥重返季后赛并不令人意外。他和波特兰的前场球员尚未交过手，但可以肯定的是，文班亚马会重点在开场阶段就给同为 7 英尺高的多诺万·克林根 (Donovan Clingan) 一个“下马威”，并确保圣安东尼奥的防线从比赛一开始就进入状态。
- 今晚的比赛将有 13 名球员迎来季后赛首秀，其中 7 名来自马刺队，6 名来自开拓者队。这意味着比赛初期可能会出现一些混乱，因为双方球员都需要平复第一次参加 NBA 季后赛所带来的紧张情绪。在主场进行第一场比赛，应该能极大地帮助圣安东尼奥成为率先进入状态的一方。对马刺队来说，特别值得一提的是，目前队内效力时间最长的球员凯尔登·约翰逊 (Keldon Johnson) 今晚也将迎来职业生涯的首场季后赛！
- 德尼·阿夫迪亚 (Deni Avdija) 是波特兰本赛季实现突破的球员。这位 6 英尺 8 英寸的小前锋在职业生涯的第 6 个赛季打出了巅峰表现，场均得分 (24.2)、投篮出手数 (16.1)、助攻 (6.7) 以及罚球出手数 (9.2) 和罚球命中率 (80%) 均创下生涯新高。正是他在菲尼克斯的附加赛中砍下 41 分的爆发表现，让波特兰在艰难的环境中保持了竞争力。阿夫迪亚在比赛还剩 15 秒时的上篮 2+1，帮助开拓者队锁定了胜局。
- 两届 NBA 总冠军朱·霍勒迪 (Jrue Holiday) 或许已处于职业生涯的后期，但这位征战了 16 年的老将在本赛季指引波特兰前进的过程中发挥了关键作用。他在 11 月和 12 月因小腿伤势缺席了 27 场比赛，但自 1 月份回归以来，他基本保持了全勤。霍勒迪长期以来被公认为 NBA 顶尖的外线防守者之一，他在防守端的影响力对开拓者队下半赛季的冲刺至关重要，帮助球队在本赛季的防守效率排名接近联盟前十。在马刺队后卫斯蒂芬·卡斯尔 (Stephon Castle) 的首次季后赛征程中，能看到他与经验丰富的老牌冠军霍勒迪展开对决，将是一场视觉盛宴。
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Game Preview: San Antonio Spurs vs Portland Trail Blazers, Game 1
The San Antonio Spurs and Portland Trailblazers took very different paths on their way back to the playoffs after prolonged droughts. San Antonio far exceeded expectations, a 62-20 season that no one saw coming, built on the talents of a young core that appears to have skipped a step or two in just Victor Wembanyama’s third season. Portland on the other hand had a challenging season, the most profound challenge being a head coaching change in just the 2nd game of the season following Chauncey Billups being put on indefinite suspension by the NBA following his arrest in a federal gambling investigation. Billups was replaced by none other than former Spur and 2014 NBA champion Tiago Splitter. The rookie Splitter, who had only joined Billup’s staff in June and had never been a head coach before this season. has been credited with holding down the fort in Portland, leading them to both a 6-game improvement from last season and their first playoff berth since 2021. That playoff trip was sealed with a clutch victory on the road in Phoenix in the Western Conference 7/8 seed game.
Which brings both teams to San Antonio tonight for the final game of the 2026 Playoff’s first weekend. While San Antonio won the season series 2-1 and come into this series as a heavy favorite, there are still some unknowns. Most notably, Victor Wembanyama missed all 3 regular season meetings between the two squads, with San Antonio winning both games at the Frost Bank Center. With Wemby in the fold for the first time all season against Portland, in San Antonio’s first home playoff game of the Victor Wembanyama era, the Blazers will really have their work cut out for them if they want to steal Game 1.
San Antonio Spurs (0-0) vs Portland Trailblazers (0-0)
April 19 2026 | 8:00 PM CT
Watch: NBC | Listen: WOAI (1200 AM)
Line: San Antonio -10.5
Spurs Injuries: None
Blazers Injuries: None
What to watch for
- Tonight will feature plenty of players getting their first taste of the postseason, but Victor Wembanyama’s first ever playoff start is the main reason everyone is interested in this one. The French phenom has been everything fan’s hoped they were getting when he was drafted in 2023 and more, both as a franchise player and as a human being, so it’s not too surprising to see him leading San Antonio back to the playoffs so quickly into his career. He and Portland’s frontcourt have yet to see one another, but you can be sure that Wembanyama will make it a point to both get acquainted with fellow 7-footer Donovan Clingan early and that San Antonio’s defense is locked in from the jump.
- Tonight’s game will feature 13 players making their playoff debuts, with 7 coming from the Spurs and 6 for the Blazers. That means there could be some chaos early on as both teams look to settle the butterflies that presumably come from playing in an NBA playoff game for the first time. Being at home for Game 1 should go a long way in making sure that San Antonio is the one who settles in first. Notably for the Spurs, tonight is current longest-tenured Spur Keldon Johnson’s first ever playoff game!
- Deni Avdija has been a breakout player for Portland this season. The 6’8 small forward had a career year in his 6th season, averaging career-best marks in points (24.2), field goal attempts (16.1), assists (6.7), and both free throw attempts (9.2) and percentage (80%). It was his 41 point outburst during the Play-In game in Phoenix that kept Portland within striking distance in a tough environment. Avdija’s and-1 on a layup with 15 seconds left put the Blazers up for good.
- 2-time NBA champion Jrue Holiday might be on the back-9 of his NBA career, but the 16-year vet was a key contributor in steering the ship in Portland this season. He missed a stretch of 27 games in November and December with a calf injury, but has been on the court more or less consistently since making his return in January. Long known as one of the NBA’s premier wing defenders, Holiday’s influence on that end went a long way for the Blazers in the second half of the season, as they finished just outside the top 10 in defensive efficiency for the year. It’ll be a treat getting to see Spurs’ guard Stephon Castle face off with the experienced veteran and champion Holiday in his first postseason action.
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By Tanner Bowen, via Pounding The Rock