By Jared Weiss, Christian Clark and Mike Wilson | The Athletic, 2026-04-29 04:33:00
达龙·福克斯 (De’Aaron Fox) 砍下21分和9次助攻，带领2号种子圣安东尼奥马刺队在周二的主场比赛中以114-95大胜7号种子波特兰开拓者队，成功晋级西部半决赛。
在这轮为期五场的首轮系列赛中，马刺队的四场胜利净胜分均在12分及以上，这是他们自2017年以来首次在NBA季后赛中成功晋级。
维克托·文班亚马 (Victor Wembanyama) 为马刺贡献了17分（投篮7中5）、14个篮板和6次盖帽，马刺在第二节一度领先多达28分。德尼·阿夫迪亚 (Deni Avdija) 得到22分领跑开拓者，他15投7中，但三分线外仅6投1中。
开拓者在本轮系列赛中唯一的胜利是第二场的106-103，当时文班亚马因脑震荡中途退场。
马刺将在下一轮对阵丹佛掘金与明尼苏达森林狼系列赛的胜者，目前森林狼以3-2领先。
以下是本场比赛的更多要点总结。
马刺尽显争冠热门本色
马刺在常规赛下半程一直统治着对手。他们轻松赢下了太多比赛，以至于人们不禁产生疑问：当季后赛的竞争强度提升时，他们是否真的能保持稳定的胜率？
与波特兰系列赛的结局表明，没错，常规赛展现出的统治力在季后赛的关键时刻得以延续。他们在第五场比赛中展现出了真正争冠球队的气场。文班亚马对着沸腾的观众席怒吼，全队进攻极具侵略性，除了第四节初段的一小段时间外，他们从未松懈。
赛前，当文班亚马完成那些他在热身时经常失手的胯下扣篮时，很明显他已经准备好了。这场比赛他展现出了不一样的能量。但他掌控比赛的方式表明，他完全有能力应对风暴中心的压力。他全场仅出手7次，却通过无球端的调度和防守端恐怖的护筐统治了比赛。他在这场比赛中表现出的掌控力比整个系列赛都要强——这预示着他正在实时兑现自己的潜力。
当比赛末段分差似乎缩小到危险边缘时，文班亚马将阿夫迪亚的一个抛投直接扇飞到了篮板后方，彻底杀死了比赛。没错，扇到了篮板后面。这完美地提醒了世人，当文班亚马打上自己的烙印时，他会如何改变比赛。
文班亚马和马刺看起来已经准备好迎接下一轮的任何对手。是伤兵满营的森林狼？还是复苏的掘金？马刺在这轮系列赛中证明了他们几乎有能力解决任何问题，尤其是当文班亚马统治篮下时。 —— 杰里德·韦斯 (Jared Weiss)，马刺随队记者
谢登·夏普去哪了？
在赛季生死存亡关头，开拓者常规赛的二号得分手却被死死按在替补席上。谢登·夏普 (Shaedon Sharpe) 本赛季场均得到20.8分，但他只能眼睁睁看着球队在第四节将马刺一度领先28分的优势缩小到仅剩8分。开拓者主帅蒂亚戈·斯普利特 (Tiago Splitter) 选择了维特·克雷伊奇 (Vit Krejći)，这位赛季中期加盟的球员在季后赛开始前仅为波特兰出战了19场比赛。
夏普在6分钟的出场时间里5投2中得到5分，对于这位在10月份与开拓者签下9000万美元续约合同的22岁侧翼来说，这是一个令人失望的系列赛。
在场输给马刺的赛季告别战中，开拓者的进攻举步维艰。他们的投篮命中率为35.1%，三分命中率仅为23.4%。首发后卫朱·霍勒迪 (Jrue Holiday) 和斯库特·亨德森 (Scoot Henderson) 合计20投5中，仅得13分。波特兰需要他们两人以及夏普做出更多贡献，才有希望延续系列赛。
斯普利特在赛前曾暗示可能会调整首发阵容。然而，他最终还是坚持使用了贯穿整个系列赛的首发五人组。斯普利特对夏普的极度不信任表现得尤为明显，在马刺胜出的这五场系列赛中，夏普仅有一场比赛出场时间超过了15分钟。
开拓者是常规赛进攻排名联盟后十位中唯一打进季后赛的球队，下赛季他们应该能迎来健康的达米安·利拉德 (Damian Lillard) 回归。但关于他们的自主创造投篮和得分能力仍存在疑问——而这些本该是夏普提供帮助的领域。 —— 克里斯蒂安·克拉克 (Christian Clark)，NBA专栏作家
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De’Aaron Fox, Spurs dispatch Blazers to win playoff series for first time since 2017: Takeaways
De’Aaron Fox finished with 21 points and nine assists to power the No. 2-seeded San Antonio Spurs to a 114-95 victory over the No. 7 Portland Trail Blazers at home Tuesday and into the semifinals of the Western Conference playoffs.
The Spurs posted all four of their wins in the five-game first-round series by at least 12 points as they advanced in the NBA playoffs for the first time since 2017.
Victor Wembanyama had 17 points (5 of 7 from the field), 14 rebounds and six blocks for the Spurs, who led by 28 points in the second quarter. Deni Avdija led the Blazers with 22 points, making 7 of 15 shots, but only 1 of 6 from 3-point range.
The Blazers’ lone win in the series, 106-103 in Game 2, came when Wembanyama left with a concussion.
The Spurs will play the winner of the Denver Nuggets-Minnesota Timberwolves series, which the Timberwolves lead 3-2.
Here are more takeaways from the game.
Spurs have look of a title favorite
The Spurs went through the second half of the regular season constantly dominating opponents. They cruised to so many easy wins that it begged the question of whether they could really win consistently when the temperature turns up in the playoffs.
The conclusion to this series with Portland showed that, yes, those regular-season shows of force carry over to the playoffs when the moment calls for it. They came out in Game 5 with the swag of a true contender. Wembanyama was screaming at the crowd, which was in a pervasive uproar, and the team attacked with force and, outside of a brief stretch early in the fourth quarter, never let up.
It became clear Wembanyama was ready before the game when he threw down the through-the-legs dunks he often misses in warmups. He had a different juice coming into this game. But the way he managed the game showed how much he can handle the eye of the storm. He took just seven shots in this game, controlling it instead as a choreographer off the ball and a terror on the other end protecting the rim. He looked more in control of this game than he did all series — a premonition that he is realizing his potential in real time.
When it looked like the game was potentially getting too close for comfort late, Wembanyama shut the door by spiking an Avdija floater over the backboard. Yes, over the backboard. It was the perfect reminder that Wembanyama changes the game when he puts his stamp on it.
Wembanyama and the Spurs look ready for whoever comes their way in the next round. A decimated Wolves squad? A resurgent Nuggets? The Spurs showed in this series that they have the answers to solve just about any problem, especially when Wembanyama owns the rim. — Jared Weiss, Spurs writer
Where was Shaedon Sharpe?
With their season on the line, the Blazers’ second-leading scorer during the regular season was glued to the bench. Sharpe, who averaged 20.8 points per game this season, watched as his team whittled what was once a 28-point Spurs lead to as few as eight in the fourth quarter. Blazers coach Tiago Splitter instead went with Vit Krejći, a midseason acquisition who appeared in 19 games for Portland before the postseason began.
Sharpe finished the game with 5 points on 2-of-5 shooting in six minutes, part of a disappointing series for the 22-year-old wing who inked a $90 million contract extension with the Blazers in October.
The Blazers struggled on offense in their season-ending loss to the Spurs. They shot 35.1 percent from the field and 23.4 percent from 3. Starting guards Jrue Holiday and Scoot Henderson combined for 13 points on 5-of-20 shooting. Portland needed much more from both of them — as well as Sharpe — to have any hope of extending the series.
Splitter suggested before the game that he might change his starting lineup. However, he ultimately stuck with the five that he’d been starting for the entire series. It was particularly noticeable how little trust Splitter had in Sharpe, who played more than 15 minutes in a game only once in San Antonio’s five-game series victory.
The Blazers, who were the only team ranked in the bottom 10 in offense in the regular season to make the playoffs, should get a healthy Damian Lillard back next season. But questions remain about their shot creation and scoring ability — areas where Sharpe is supposed to help. — Christian Clark, NBA staff writer
By Jared Weiss, Christian Clark and Mike Wilson, via The Athletic