By Michael C. Wright, 2026-04-29 12:45:47
圣安东尼奥——周日，圣安东尼奥马刺队主教练米奇·约翰逊 (Mitch Johnson) 表示，达龙·福克斯 (De’Aaron Fox) 在球队与波特兰开拓者 (Portland Trail Blazers) 的西部季后赛首轮第四场比赛中的表现，“可能是他作为马刺球员打得最好的一场比赛。”
仅仅两天后，福克斯便贡献了他在本届季后赛中或许最具决定性的一场表现。
在周二的比赛中，福克斯全场砍下队内最高的21分，其中13分来自第四节，带领球队以 114-95 赢得第五场比赛 并淘汰波特兰。这是圣安东尼奥马刺自2017年以来首次赢得季后赛系列赛。
马刺现在将静候丹佛掘金与明尼苏达森林狼系列赛的胜者，目前森林狼以总比分 3-2 领先。
“达龙太出色了，”马刺前锋朱利安·尚帕尼 (Julian Champagnie) 说道，“我进联盟也有几年了，和他交手过几次。我曾站在他的对立面，防守他可一点都不好玩。我们希望他能成为我们的那个关键先生，那个终结者。而他恰好非常擅长此道。这是他的世界，我们只是生活在其中。”
福克斯在第五场比赛中通过得分或助攻创造了42分，队友接到他的传球后12投9中贡献了21分。马刺在进入最后一节时领先21分。但仅过了3分58秒，开拓者就在西迪·西索科 (Sidy Cissoko) 的一记三分球带领下打出11-0的进攻高潮，将分差缩小到9分。
比赛还剩6分17秒时，福克斯重新上场进行最后的决战，并包揽了马刺接下来的全部9分，将领先优势扩大到13分。
“这花了一些时间，但感觉确实很棒，”福克斯说道，他在34分钟内14投8中，贡献了9次助攻和1次抢断。“我们觉得这五场比赛我们都处于能赢球的位置。有时我们会陷入得分荒或出现失误，这些都会发生。我并不想只靠自己去解决所有问题。”
“对我来说，尤其是在第四节，保持移动非常重要。这个系列赛我受到了很多干扰，他们在无球状态下对我有很多身体对抗。我打出了一个不错的第四节，我们努力终结了比赛。”
作为2022-23赛季首届NBA年度关键球员奖（Clutch Player of the Year）得主，福克斯在第四场比赛中砍下全场最高的28分，帮助马刺成为联盟季后赛历史上第一支在半场落后15分或更多的情况下，最终反超并以15分以上的优势获胜的球队。
“他能获得年度关键球员奖是有原因的，”约翰逊在第五场赛后评价福克斯时说道，“他现在的处境有所不同，因为在每场比赛的第四节，他都需要承担如此大的球权。在平衡何时打无球、何时开启个人进攻模式方面，他可能是我见过的最出色的球员之一。一旦他开启进攻模式，他绝不会浪费机会。如果我们能通过组织和拉开空间来帮助他，给他操作空间，我们会变得更好。但显然，他今晚再次接管了比赛。”
尚帕尼的投篮帮助马刺在第五场取得了梦幻开局。他在上半场7投5中，其中三分球5投4中，带领马刺在上半场打出了67%的投篮命中率，追平了球队本赛季（包括季后赛）任意半场的最高命中率纪录。
“我们希望他能成为我们的那个关键先生，那个终结者，”马刺前锋尚帕尼在评价队友福克斯 (4) 时说道，“而他恰好非常擅长此道。这是他的世界，我们只是生活在其中。” AP Photo/Eric Gay
维克托·文班亚马 (Victor Wembanyama) 和福克斯的后场搭档斯蒂芬·卡斯尔 (Stephon Castle) 提供了令人窒息的防守，将开拓者的投篮命中率限制在35.1%，三分命中率限制在23.4%。作为主要防守者，卡斯尔让开拓者球员在其防守下仅有13投4中，其中三分球10投2中。
“这可能是我们在这个系列赛中打得最职业的一场比赛，”卡斯尔说道，“在这样一场关键比赛中，尤其是在对方身处绝境时，我们率先给了他们迎头痛击。看着（福克斯）打球，他从不急躁或强求，然后能像那样终结比赛，这是一种天赋。有他在我们身边，特别是在比赛后期、比分胶着、局势开始紧张的时候，能从一位老将后卫那里获得这种稳定性，能参与其中感觉很棒。”
根据 ESPN 的数据统计，在第五场比赛中，开拓者在文班亚马干扰下的投篮仅为12投3中，并被他封盖了6次。
在整个系列赛中，开拓者在文班亚马干扰下的投篮命中率仅为19%，他共送出了16次盖帽。文班亚马成为自1973-74赛季盖帽被列为正式统计数据以来，第三位在职业生涯前四场季后赛中场均得到20分和4次盖帽的球员，加入了布鲁克·洛佩斯 (Brook Lopez)（2013年）和阿朗佐·莫宁 (Alonzo Mourning)（1993年）的行列。
“这只是系列赛进程的一个缩影，也是开启季后赛的一个好方式，”文班亚马表示，“我们积累了经验。我仍然渴望迎接更强大的对手。”
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De’Aaron Fox, Spurs close out Blazers to roll into West semis
SAN ANTONIO – On Sunday, San Antonio coach Mitch Johnson said De’Aaron Fox’s performance in Game 4 of the team’s Western Conference first-round series with the Portland Trail Blazers “might’ve been his best game as a Spur.”
Two nights later, Fox provided arguably his most definitive of these playoffs.
Fox dropped 13 of his team-high 21 points in the fourth quarter Tuesday in leading a 114-95 Game 5 win over Portland as San Antonio won its first playoff series since 2017.
The Spurs now await the winner of the Denver-Minnesota series, which the Timberwolves lead 3-2.
“De’Aaron is nice,” Spurs forward Julian Champagnie said. “I’ve been in the league a couple years now. I’ve faced him a couple times. I’ve been on the opposite side, and it’s not fun to guard him. We want him to be that guy for us, that closer. And he just happens to be really good at it. It’s his world, and we’re kind of living in it.”
Fox scored or assisted on 42 points in Game 5, with teammates hitting 9 of 12 shots for 21 points from his passes. San Antonio entered the final quarter leading by 21 points. But just 3:58 in, Portland had pulled to within nine points after embarking on an 11-0 run capped by a Sidy Cissoko 3-pointer.
With 6:17 left, Fox subbed in for his final stint and scored San Antonio’s next nine points to extend the lead to 13.
“It’s taken a while, but it definitely feels good,” said Fox, who shot 8-of-14 with nine assists and a steal in 34 minutes. "We felt like we put ourselves into position to win [in] all five of these games. There are times we go through a dry spell or have turnovers. Those things happen. I try not to necessarily fix those things myself.
“For me, especially in the fourth, it was just [important to] continue to move. I was denied a lot this series. They were physical with me off the ball. I had a good fourth quarter, and we tried to put them away.”
The winner of the inaugural NBA Clutch Player of the Year in 2022-23, Fox scored a game-high 28 points in Game 4 as the Spurs became the first team in league postseason history to trail by 15 points or more at halftime and win by 15-plus points.
“He was a Clutch Player of the Year for a reason,” Johnson said of Fox after Game 5. “He’s in a different situation now in terms of at times having the basketball in his hands at that volume every single night in the fourth quarter. He may be as good as any player I’ve ever seen in balancing how to play off it, then when to go on it. And when he gets on it, he doesn’t mess around. When we help him with our organization and spacing and give him space to operate, we’ll be even that much better. But he took over the game clearly again tonight.”
Champagnie’s shooting helped the Spurs get off to a fast start in Game 5. He connected on 5-of-7 in the first half, making 4-of-5 from 3-point range, to pace a Spurs squad that shot 67% to tie its highest field goal percentage in any half this season, including playoffs.
“We want him to be that guy for us, that closer,” Spurs forward Julian Champagnie said of teammate De’Aaron Fox (4). “And he just happens to be really good at it. It’s his world, and we’re kind of living in it.” AP Photo/Eric Gay
Victor Wembanyama and Stephon Castle, Fox’s backcourt mate, supplied stifling defense that limited Portland to 35.1% shooting from the field and 23.4% from deep. As the primary defender, Castle held the Trail Blazers to 4-of-13 from the field and 2-of-10 from 3-point range.
“It was probably our most professional game of the series,” Castle said. “We punched them in the chest first in a game that mattered, especially when they were on the ropes. Just watching [Fox] play, not really pressing or forcing anything, and then to be able to close a game out like that, it’s a talent. Having him with us, especially in late, close games when things start getting tight, to have that stability from a vet guard is good to be a part of.”
The Trail Blazers shot 3-of-12 and were blocked six times on attempts contested by Wembanyama in Game 5, according to ESPN tracking.
Throughout the series, Portland made 19% of the shots Wembanyama contested and he had 16 blocks. Wembanyama became the third player since blocks became an official statistic (1973-74) to average 20 points and four blocks over his first four career playoff games, joining Brook Lopez (2013) and Alonzo Mourning (1993).
“That was just one example of how a series can go, and that’s a good way to start the playoffs,” Wembanyama said. “We gained experience. And I’m still hungry for even better matchups.”
By Michael C. Wright, via ESPN
