By Jared Weiss, Christian Clark, Mike Prada and David Carrillo Peñaloza | The Athletic, 2026-04-20 03:50:52
维克托·文班亚马 (Victor Wembanyama) 的季后赛首秀取得了巨大的成功。
这位身高7英尺4英寸的中锋全场砍下35分，创下了圣安东尼奥马刺队史球员季后赛首秀的最高得分纪录。在他的带领下，西部2号种子马刺队在周日晚上的西部季后赛首轮第一场比赛中，以111-98击败了7号种子波特兰开拓者队。
文班亚马打破了蒂姆·邓肯 (Tim Duncan) 在1998年创下的纪录，当时邓肯在自己的季后赛首秀中得到了32分。
现年22岁的文班亚马是本赛季常规赛MVP和年度最佳防守球员奖项的最终候选人，他帮助圣安东尼奥在半场结束时以59-49领先。他在上半场13投8中（其中三分球4投3中）砍下21分。文班亚马的上半场得分也创下了自1997-98赛季有分项统计以来（play-by-play era），球员在季后赛首秀中的上半场最高得分纪录。
波特兰在下半场开局打出一波10-2的高潮，将分差缩小到2分，但此后未能更进一步。德尼·阿夫迪亚 (Deni Avdija) 为开拓者贡献了30分、10个篮板和5次助攻。开拓者此前在附加赛中击败了菲尼克斯太阳队，自2021年以来首次重返季后赛。
双方的第二场比赛将于周二在圣安东尼奥进行。以下是关于周日比赛你需要了解的内容：
文班已为大场面做好准备
文班亚马的季后赛首秀开局之完美，正如他所期待的那样。在进攻端，他迅速洞察了开拓者的防守，找到了从高位发起攻击或在外线投射三分的方法。在防守端，开拓者球员每当向他发起冲击时，都不得不抛出极高弧度的抛投，而在面对他长臂干扰的6次投篮中，开拓者球员无一命中。
马刺继续让他沿底线进行区域防守，并放空波特兰的中锋多诺万·克林根 (Donovan Clingan) 和罗伯特·威廉姆斯三世 (Robert Williams III) 在外线出手，从整体效果来看，这一策略非常成功。
随后，文班亚马开启了接管比赛的模式。他在第四节砍下14分，彻底终结了比赛悬念，确保马刺将两位数的领先优势保持到了最后。
最终，在他投进超越邓肯纪录的那一球后不久，球馆大屏幕上出现了大卫·罗宾逊 (David Robinson) 在邓肯身后做“兔耳朵”搞怪手势的画面。两位功勋“双塔”在全场观众的欢呼声中开怀大笑，这一幕完美捕捉到了马刺新时代的开启。文班亚马看起来确实已经准备好带领他们向总冠军发起冲击了。 ——Jared Weiss，马刺随队记者
除了阿夫迪亚，开拓者的进攻还能指望谁？
在入围季后赛的16支球队中，波特兰开拓者是进攻火力最弱的一支。在常规赛中，他们的每百回合得分仅排在联盟第21位。
阿夫迪亚作为一名组织前锋，是波特兰主要的进攻引擎。除此之外，球队并没有太多可靠的、能够自主创造得分机会的选择。
在第一场比赛中，缺乏二号进攻点是开拓者无法跟上马刺节奏的主要原因。开拓者的其他首发球员——朱·霍勒迪 (Jrue Holiday)、斯库特·亨德森 (Scoot Henderson)、图马尼·卡马拉 (Toumani Camara) 和克林根合计仅得到39分，只比阿夫迪亚一人多出9分。
半场结束时，亨德森和霍勒迪的组合仅得到5分，开拓者也落后10分进入休息室。亨德森在下半场总算有所起色，他全场18分中有15分是在下半场拿到的。
开拓者全场三分球38投10中，这对于一支常规赛三分命中率排名联盟第28位的球队来说并不意外。如果他们想在这个系列赛中保留机会，外线手感必须有所回暖。 —— Christian Clark，NBA高级记者
马刺不仅仅只有文班
任何关注了马刺整个赛季的人都知道，他们绝不是一支“单核”球队——远非如此。你不可能靠一个人赢下62场比赛，尤其是当那个人赛季缺阵了18场且总出场时间不足2000分钟的情况下。
尽管如此，对于那些可能从去年10月到现在还没怎么看过圣安东尼奥比赛的人来说，事实证明：当文班亚马在第三节中段下场休息时，马刺反而将焦灼的战局拉开到了两位数的领先。
在那个关键的5分13秒里，有两名球员的表现尤为重要。一位是德文·瓦塞尔 (Devin Vassell)，他是马刺上一个时代的留守者。当这位25岁的侧翼球员能投进三分并积极参与攻防两端时（正如他在第三节的表现），马刺很难被击败。他的数据看起来可能很普通（13投5中得到15分），但那记次定点三分和那记漂亮的打板小急停跳投，帮助圣安东尼奥走出了进攻泥潭。
另一位是文班亚马的替补——也是这支阵容中仅有的两名拥有真正季后赛经验的球员之一。在文班休息期间，卢克·科内特 (Luke Kornet) 登场，在进攻端各司其职，并针对一支极其依赖内线得分的球队提供了出色的护筐。
文班亚马能做到别人做不到的事情。但当这些神奇的表现建立在马刺其他球员打下的坚实基础之上时，其意义才显得更加重大。 ——Mike Prada，NBA编辑
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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Victor Wembanyama’s breathtaking playoff debut leads Spurs over Blazers: 3 takeaways from Game 1
Victor Wembanyama’s playoff debut was a raging success.
The 7-foot-4 center finished with 35 points, the most by a San Antonio Spurs player in their first postseason game, leading the No. 2-seeded Spurs to a 111-98 win over the No. 7 Portland Trail Blazers in Game 1 of their Western Conference first-round series on Sunday night.
Wembanyama broke Tim Duncan’s record from 1998, when Duncan scored 32 points in his playoff debut.
The 22-year-old Wembanyama, a finalist for the MVP and Defensive Player of the Year awards, helped San Antonio take a 59-49 lead into halftime. He scored 21 points in the first half on 8-of-13 shooting, including 3 of 4 from behind the arc. Wembanyama’s first-half point total was the most for a player in his first playoff game in the play-by-play era (since 1997-98).
Portland opened the second half on a 10-2 run, cutting the deficit to two, but never got closer. Deni Avdija had 30 points, 10 rebounds and five assists for the Blazers, who advanced to the playoffs for the first time since 2021 by beating the Phoenix Suns in the Play-In Tournament.
Game 2 is Tuesday in San Antonio. Here’s what you need to know about Sunday’s game:
Wemby was ready for the moment
Wembanyama’s playoff debut started out as well as he could have hoped. On one end, he quickly diagnosed the Blazers’ defense, figuring out how to attack from the high post or from 3. On the other end, the Blazers had to throw rainbow floaters up whenever they drove at him, missing all six shots over his long arms.
The Spurs continued to have him play a zone along the baseline and leave Portland centers Donovan Clingan and Robert Williams III wide-open from deep, which worked in the aggregate.
Then, Wembanyama had himself a takeover stretch. His 14 points in the fourth quarter put the game away for good, enabling the Spurs to keep a double-digit lead to the finish line.
In the end, his basket to pass Duncan came shortly after David Robinson was on the Jumbotron giving Duncan rabbit ears. The old Twin Towers laughing as the crowd erupted was the perfect moment to capture the beginning of a new Spurs era. Wembanyama sure looks ready to lead them on a run at the title. —Jared Weiss, Spurs staff writer
Where does offense come from — aside from Avdija?
Of the 16 teams that made the playoffs, the Portland Trail Blazers were the least potent offensive squad of the bunch. In the regular season, they finished 21st in points scored per 100 possessions.
Avdija, a point-forward, is Portland’s primary offensive engine. Apart from him, the team doesn’t have many reliable options who can get their own shot.
In Game 1, the lack of secondary offensive production was a main reason the Trail Blazers couldn’t keep up with the Spurs. The rest of Portland’s starters — Jrue Holiday, Scoot Henderson, Toumani Camara and Donovan Clingan — combined to score 39 points, or nine more than Avdija.
At halftime, the Henderson-Holiday combo only had five points. The Trail Blazers trailed by 10 at the break. Henderson at least perked up a little bit in the second half, when he scored 15 of his 18 points.
The Trail Blazers shot 10 of 38 from 3-point land, not exactly a surprise from the NBA’s 28th-most accurate 3-point shooting team during the regular season. That has to turn around for them to have a chance in this series. — Christian Clark, NBA senior writer
The Spurs are more than just Wemby
Anyone who’s watched the Spurs all season knows they are not a one-man team — not even close. You don’t win 62 games as a one-man team, especially when that one man misses 18 games and doesn’t crack 2,000 minutes on the season.
Still, for those who may not have been watching San Antonio regularly from October until now, let the record show that the Spurs turned a close game into a double-digit margin when Wembanyama sat on the bench in the middle of the third quarter.
Two players were especially important in that pivotal five minutes and 13 seconds. One was Devin Vassell, a holdover from the dying embers of the previous Spurs era. When the 25-year-old wing is hitting 3s and actively involved on both ends, as he was in the third quarter, the Spurs are tough to beat. His numbers may look ordinary (15 points on 5-of-13 shooting) but those two spot-up 3s and beautiful baby-jumper pullup that kissed off the glass got San Antonio out of an offensive rut.
The other was Wembanyama’s backup — and one of two players on this roster with legitimate playoff experience. With Wemby on the bench, Luke Kornet came in, played his role on offense and supplied excellent rim protection against a team that lives in the paint.
Wembanyama does things that nobody else can do. But those things feel even more significant when they come on top of the foundation the rest of the Spurs have set. —Mike Prada, NBA staff editor
By Jared Weiss, Christian Clark, Mike Prada and David Carrillo Peñaloza, via The Athletic