By Tom Orsborn, Staff Writer | San Antonio Express-News (SAEN), 2026-04-19 13:20:50
2026年4月19日，周日，圣安东尼奥霜冻银行中心，NBA季后赛首轮对阵波特兰开拓者的第一场比赛开始前，圣安东尼奥马刺队后卫迪伦·哈珀（Dylan Harper，中）与队友在场上热身。
马刺新秀后卫迪伦·哈珀 (Dylan Harper) 对出战与波特兰开拓者的季后赛首轮对决给出了肯定的信号，尽管他的左手（投篮手）拇指缠着保护性绷带。
在上周日对阵丹佛掘金的常规赛收官战中，哈珀在第三节还剩3分04秒时，防守齐克·纳吉 (Zeke Nnaji) 突破上篮时挤伤了拇指。那记进球让掘金取得了13分领先，并最终以128-118取胜。
大约30秒后，哈珀被替换下场，此后未再回归。
尽管有伤在身，但在上周全程参与了三次训练后，哈珀获得了医疗团队的许可，将出战周日晚上进行的西部季后赛首轮（七场四胜制）的第一场比赛。
“休息了一会儿，回来后感觉不错，”他在投篮训练中说道。“感觉找回了自我，所以一切都好。……绷带不应该对我产生影响。我认为这更多是心理上的博弈，是一场心理战，只要不去想它就行。”
现年20岁的哈珀对拇指伤势并不陌生，在休赛期于马刺训练设施进行的一次训练中，他的左手拇指侧副韧带曾出现部分撕裂。两天后他接受了手术，这导致他出于预防目的缺席了前两场季前赛。
当被问及最新的拇指伤势是否迫使他改变投篮姿势时，哈珀表示：
“我只是尽量不去想它，”他说。“归根结底，这只是篮球。只要我能上场，我就是健康的。我只想上场打出我的风格。”
2026年4月8日，周三，圣安东尼奥霜冻银行中心，在一场NBA常规赛中，圣安东尼奥马刺队后卫迪伦·哈珀（Dylan Harper，2号）绕过波特兰开拓者队后卫斯库特·亨德森 (Scoot Henderson)（00号）传球。马刺以112-101击败了开拓者。
2026年4月19日，周日，圣安东尼奥霜冻银行中心，NBA季后赛首轮对阵波特兰开拓者的第一场比赛开始前，圣安东尼奥马刺队后卫迪伦·哈珀 (Dylan Harper) 为球迷签名。
在去年夏天马刺队以2025年NBA选秀大会榜眼秀身份选中哈珀后的亮相发布会上，他曾留下著名的预言：球队将在本赛季结束长达六年的季后赛荒。
“这是梦想成真，所以我非常兴奋，”他说。“我可能不会进行赛前小睡了，我就是这么兴奋。”
哈珀在69场比赛中场均贡献11.8分、3.4个篮板和3.9次助攻。他表示，自己从父亲、五届NBA总冠军罗恩·哈珀 (Ron Harper) 那里得到了一些季后赛建议。
“他说要一场一场地打，保持我一直以来的比赛强度，不要改变在常规赛中所做的任何事情，做回你自己就好，”哈珀说道。
约翰逊在季后赛首秀前心态放松： 马刺前锋凯尔登·约翰逊 (Keldon Johnson) 在球队对阵开拓者的季后赛首轮第一场比赛前没有表现出任何紧张迹象。
“我要去睡觉了，”他在周日上午的投篮训练后说道。这是球队自2018-19赛季（即约翰逊从肯塔基大学毕业被马刺以第29顺位选中前的一年）以来首次参加季后赛。
“我已经累了。今天早上我喊了很久，所以我要去睡觉，睡个午觉，吃点东西，放松一下，可能还会和我的狗待一会儿。总之就是保持零压力。”
对于这位26岁的弗吉尼亚人来说，扯开嗓门“尖叫”是他充满活力的日常习惯。
被主教练米奇·约翰逊 (Mitch Johnson) 和队友们称为“球队的核心与灵魂”的约翰逊，非常感激自己效力于一家“允许他做自己”的俱乐部。
“尽管我嗓门大、爱闹腾、直言不讳，但他们允许我每天都做最好的自己，”他说。“所以我非常自豪地接受（核心与灵魂）这个标签。我会珍视它，因为它是我职业生涯开始的地方，也是我成长过程中的文化，我无论如何都不会改变它。”
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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Spurs rookie guard Dylan Harper shrugs off thumb injury
San Antonio Spurs guard Dylan Harper, center, warms up on the court with his teammates before the start of Game 1 of a first-round NBA playoff series against the Portland Trail Blazers at Frost Bank Center, Sunday, April 19, 2026, in San Antonio.
Spurs rookie guard Dylan Harper gave a thumbs up to playing against Portland in the first round of the playoffs with his left thumb on his shooting hand in a protective wrap.
Harper jammed the thumb with 3:04 left in the third quarter of the regular season finale last Sunday against Denver while defending Zeke Nnaji on a drive for a score that gave the Nuggets a 13-point lead en route to their 128-118 win.
Harper checked out of the game for good about 30 seconds later.
Despite the injury, Harper received the green light from the medical staff to play in Game 1 of the best-of-seven Western Conference series on Sunday night after fully participating in all three practices last week.
“Rested it for a little bit, got back, felt fine,” he said at shootaround. “Felt like myself, so it’s all good. … The wrap shouldn’t affect me. I think that it’s more of a mental game, a mind game and just not trying to feed into that.”
Harper, 20, is no stranger to thumb injuries after suffering a partial tear of the collateral ligament in his left thumb during an offseason workout at the Spurs’ practice facility. He underwent surgery two days later, which forced him to miss the first two games of the preseason as a precautionary measure.
Harper was asked if his latest thumb injury has forced him to alter his shooting mechanics.
“I’m just not really trying to think about it,” he said. “It’s just basketball at the end of the day. If I’m on the floor then I’m healthy. I’m just going to go out there and play my game.”
San Antonio Spurs guard Dylan Harper (2) makes a pass around Portland Trail Blazers guard Scoot Henderson (00) during an NBA game at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Wednesday, April 8, 2026. The Spurs defeated the Trail Blazers 112-101.
San Antonio Spurs guard Dylan Harper (2) signs autographs for fans before the start of Game 1 of a first-round NBA playoff series against the Portland Trail Blazers at Frost Bank Center, Sunday, April 19, 2026, in San Antonio.
Harper famously predicted at his introductory news conference last summer after the Spurs selected him second overall in the 2025 NBA Draft that the club would end its six-year playoff drought this season.
“This is a dream come true, so I’m very excited,” he said. “Probably won’t take my pre-game nap. That’s how excited I am.”
Harper, who averaged 11.8 points, 3.4 rebounds and 3.9 assists over 69 games, said he received some playoff advice from his father, five-time NBA champion Ron Harper.
“He said to take it one game at a time and just to play with the same intensity I’ve been playing with, don’t change anything that you did in the regular season and just be you,” Harper said.
Johnson as relaxed before playoff debut: Spurs forward Keldon Johnson didn’t show any signs of nerves before Game 1 of the team’s first-round playoff series against Portland.
“I’m going to go to sleep,” he said after shootaround Sunday morning in advance of the team’s first playoff game since the 2018-19 season, the year before it drafted Johnson 29th overall out of Kentucky.
“I’m already tired. I did a lot of screaming this morning, so I’m going to go to sleep, take a nap, eat some food, relax, probably chill with my dogs a little bit. But just be stress free.”
“Screaming” at the top of his lungs is a daily habit for the boisterous 26-year-old native of Virginia.
Labeled the “heart and soul of the team” by coach Mitch Johnson and his teammates, Johnson is grateful he plays for a club that “allows him to be myself.”
“As much as I’m loud and obnoxious and speaking out and things like that, they allow me to be the best version of myself each and every day,” he said. “So I take that (heart and soul) label with pride. I take that and hold it close to my chest because this is where it started for me and this is the culture I was brought up in and I wouldn’t change it for anything in the world.”
By Tom Orsborn, Staff Writer, via San Antonio Express-News