By Tom Orsborn, Staff Writer | San Antonio Express-News (SAEN), 2026-05-05 02:20:10
2026年5月4日，周一，在圣安东尼奥霜银中心球馆举行的西部半决赛首战上半场，圣安东尼奥马刺队前锋朱利安·尚帕尼 (Julian Champagnie) (30) 在投丢一记三分球后做出反应。马刺队最终以102-104不敌森林狼队。
朱利安·尚帕尼 (Julian Champagnie) 曾以为自己即将投进职业生涯最重要的一球，当时他在终场哨响前完成了一记26英尺的侧步跳投。
遗憾的是，对于马刺而言，球弹在了篮筐前沿，这让他们在周一晚上的西部半决赛揭幕战中以102-104惜败给明尼苏达森林狼队。
“感觉非常好，”尚帕尼说道，“是的，我只能这么说。感觉很稳。球没进。准备下一场吧。”
尚帕尼执行这记潜在绝杀球之前，马刺队主教练米奇·约翰逊 (Mitch Johnson) 决定不叫暂停。当时在朱利叶斯·兰德尔 (Julius Randle) 投丢一记受干扰的17英尺急停跳投后，迪伦·哈珀 (Dylan Harper) 在比赛还剩6.2秒时抢下了篮板。
“我们抢到了篮板，感觉对手的防守还没落位，而且我们有足够的时间推进并寻找机会，”约翰逊表示，“我们没有立即推快，所以到了那种要么叫暂停、要么不叫的生死时刻。我认为迪伦在把球传给前场的尚帕尼方面做得很好。尚帕尼晃过了（飞扑干扰的纳兹·里德），在节奏中投出了一记三分。我对那一球没有任何异议。那是一个很棒的机会。我希望他每次遇到这种情况都能出手。”
尚帕尼的队友们也表示认同。
马刺前锋朱利安·尚帕尼谈及在西部半决赛首战输给森林狼的最后绝杀出手：“感觉非常好。是的，我只能这么说。感觉很稳。球没进。准备下一场吧。” pic.twitter.com/qOrt7cYV2N
— Spurs Nation (@ Spurs_Nation) 2026年5月5日
“落后两分，我记得当时进攻时钟和比赛时钟大概差了5到6秒，我们不想犯规，”德阿隆·福克斯 (De’Aaron Fox) 在谈到森林狼最后以兰德尔投丢告终的那次进攻时说道。福克斯继续说道：“我们防得很正规，完成了防守。米奇（约翰逊）说‘冲’。我认为如果我们当时叫了暂停，在落后两分的情况下，我们可能只能让文班（维克托·文班亚马 Victor Wembanyama）或者我自己在对方顶级防守者的干扰下强行跳投。但尚帕尼获得了一个晃开防守后的空位三分机会，他可是马刺队史单赛季三分球命中纪录的保持者。
“我们得到了一个很好的出手机会，只是球没进。”
在文班亚马和福克斯进攻端都表现挣扎的夜晚，尚帕尼确实是一个不错的选择。
文班亚马创下了12次盖帽的NBA季后赛纪录，但他全场17投仅5中，三分球8投0中，仅得到11分（比他的季后赛场均得分低了10分）。福克斯全场14投5中，三分球4投0中，仅得到10分（同样比他本届季后赛的平均水准低了10分）。
尚帕尼全场12投7中，其中三分球7投3中，贡献了17分。
“我们得到了一个很好的机会，”哈珀说道，他此役替补出场29分钟贡献了18分、4个篮板和4次助攻，“这种球再来10次我还是会传。他是球队在空位时最准的投手。你不能要求更好的出手机会了。
“你只能接受这个结果。有时候球就是投不进。”
除了投丢最后一球，尚帕尼在最后两分钟的表现非常出色，在最后的1分34秒内多次完成补篮。第二次补篮发生在比赛还剩1分07秒时，帮助马刺将分差缩小到4分，随后兰德尔在还剩49.5秒时的一记8英尺突破打板投篮让森林狼以104-98领先。
在比赛还剩32.8秒时，德文·瓦塞尔 (Devin Vassell) 抢断了安东尼·爱德华兹 (Anthony Edwards) 的边线球，并在两秒后助攻哈珀扣篮得手，马刺队将比分追至最终的差距。
这一切都是在比赛还剩3分41秒、落后9分时发起的疯狂反击的一部分，其中包括文班亚马的一次突破扣篮，在比赛还剩43.6秒时将比分追至104-100。
“才9分而已，”全场抢下季后赛生涯新高8个篮板的尚帕尼说道，“在NBA，你经常能看到球队从落后20分追回来。我们今年也做到过几次。所以我觉得在比赛结束前，你永远不会彻底出局。在还剩三分钟落后九分时，我们并没有垂头丧气地说：‘哦，我们赢不了，我们追不回来了’，因为我们确实追回来了。
“尽管整场比赛我们犯了很多错误，但最后我们给了自己最好的机会。只是最后没能收割比赛。仅此而已。”
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Why Spurs will live with Champagnie taking potential game-winning shot
San Antonio Spurs forward Julian Champagnie (30) reacts after missing a three-pointer during the first half of Game 1 of the Western Conference semifinals against the Minnesota Timberwolves at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Monday, May 4, 2026. The Spurs fell 104-102 to the Timberwolves.
Julian Champagnie thought he was about to hit the shot of his life when he took a 26-foot side-step jumper just before the final buzzer sounded.
Unfortunately for the Spurs, the ball bounced off the front of the rim, dooming them to a 104-102 loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves on Monday night in the opening game of the Western Conference semifinals.
“It felt pretty solid,” Champagnie said. “Yeah, that’s all I got for you. Felt pretty solid. Missed a shot. Going to the next (game).”
Champagnie’s potential buzzer-beater came after Spurs coach Mitch Johnson decided not to call timeout after Dylan Harper grabbed the rebound with 6.2 seconds left after Julius Randle missed a contested 17-foot pull-up jumper.
“We got a rebound and it felt like they weren’t organized and there was enough time for us to push the ball and get a look,” Johnson said. “We didn’t push it right away, so it got to be that death-knock time where you got to call a timeout or not. I thought Dylan did a good job kicking it ahead to Julian. Julian had a fly by (over Naz Reid), got a three-pointer in rhythm. Had no problem with that shot. That was a great shot. I hope he shoots it every time.”
Champagnie’s teammates agreed.
Spurs forward Julian Champagnie on his final shot at the buzzer in a Game 1 loss to the Timberwolves: “It felt pretty solid. Yeah, that’s all I got for you. It felt pretty solid. Missed the shot. On to the next one.” pic.twitter.com/qOrt7cYV2N
— Spurs Nation (@ Spurs_Nation) May 5, 2026
“Down two with, I think, like a five- or six- (second) difference in the shot clock, game clock, we didn’t want to foul,” De’Aaron Fox said, referring to the Timberwolves’ final possession that ended with Randle’s miss. "We played it straight, got the stop. Mitch said, ‘Go.’ And I think if we had called a timeout down two, we are probably going to get a heavily contested jumper from Vic (Wembanyama) or myself with one of their better defenders on us. But Jue got a fly-by, wide-open three, the guy who owns the record for the most threes made in a season for the Spurs.
“We got a great shot that just didn’t go down.”
On a night when both Wembanyama and Fox struggled offensively, Champagnie was indeed a good option.
Wembanyama had an NBA postseason playoff record with 12 blocks, but he scored just 11 points (10 below his playoff average) on 5 of 17 from the field and 0 for 8 from beyond the arc. Fox finished with just 10 points (10 below his norm in this postseason) on 5 of 14 from the floor and 0 of 4 from downtown.
Champagnie finished with 17 points on 7 of 12 and 3 of 7.
“We got a great shot,” said Harper, who had 18 points, four rebounds and four assists in 29 minutes off the bench. "I’m taking that shot 10 out of 10 times. Best shooter on the team (when left) wide open. You can’t ask for a better shot.
“You just got to live with it. Sometimes it is not going to go in.”
Other than missing the final shot, Champagnie was outstanding in the final two minutes, scoring put-back layups in the final 1:34. The second one came with 1:07 left and pulled the Spurs within four points before Randle’s 8-foot driving bank shot gave Minnesota a 104-98 lead with 49.5 left.
The Spurs pulled within the final score after Devin Vassell stole Anthony Edwards’ inbounds pass with 32.8 left and got the ball ahead to Harper for a dunk two seconds later.
It was all part of a furious rally from a nine-point deficit with 3:41 remaining that included a driving slam by Wembanyama that pulled the Spurs within 104-100 with 43.6 seconds left.
“It’s just nine,” said Champagnie, who finished with a playoff-high eight rebounds. "In the NBA, you see guys come back from 20 all the time. We’ve done it a couple times this year. So I don’t really think you’re ever fully out of a game until the clock is over. Down nine with three minutes to go, we weren’t sitting there hanging our heads talking about, “Oh, we’re not going to win this game. We can’t get back in this game,” because we did.
“Then we gave ourselves the best shot with all the mistakes that we made throughout the game. And we just didn’t finish. That’s all it comes down to.”
By Tom Orsborn, Staff Writer, via San Antonio Express-News