# \[The Athletic\] 文班亚马送出创纪录封盖，但未能拯救马刺
**URL:** https://chinaspurs.com/t/topic/46154
**Category:** 环球刺讯
**Tags:** 朱利安-尚帕尼, 米奇-约翰逊, 2025-26赛季, 达龙-福克斯, 维克托-文班亚马
**Created:** [2026 年5 月 5 日 11:00 UTC](https://chinaspurs.com/t/topic/46154 "2026-05-05T11:00:56Z")
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### 作者：  [@TheAthletic](https://chinaspurs.com/u/TheAthletic)
#### 发布日期： [2026 年5 月 5 日 11:00 UTC](https://chinaspurs.com/t/topic/46154/1 "2026-05-05T11:00:56Z")
By Jared Weiss | The Athletic, 2026-05-05 10:40:45
圣安东尼奥 — 圣安东尼奥马刺队终于感受到了现实的残酷。警钟终究会敲响，这是不可避免的。这并非那种“维克托·文班亚马 (Victor Wembanyama) 缺阵且球队表现不稳定”的情况。不，这是一场“文班亚马也无法总是拯救球队”的比赛。
在周一进行的西部半决赛第一场比赛中，文班亚马创下 NBA 季后赛纪录的 12 次封盖还远远不够。明尼苏达森林狼队最终意识到，即使特伦斯·香农 (Terrence Shannon Jr.) 告诉文班亚马他会继续冲击篮下，但在每个回合都试图在他头顶投篮是行不通的。因此，他们找到了方法，将他推向他们想要的位置，并让他远离他不该出现的地方。
马刺队离胜利如此之近，差距仅在于朱利安·尚帕尼 (Julian Champagnie) 在终场哨响时投丢了一个大空位三分。他们以 [104-102](https://chinaspurs.com/t/topic/46138) 输给了一支经验丰富的球队，这支球队拥有一群身材高大且防守凶悍的球员，他们以此为生，专门锁死联盟中最顶尖的球员。明尼苏达拥有一种在季后赛深远征程的战火中锻造出来的特质。
赢得首轮系列赛通常意味着高顺位种子的天赋优势可以掩盖一切。但在目前的西部，至少在这个阶段，情况并非如此。
本赛季马刺和森林狼的区别在于数月以来的稳定性。但季后赛系列赛在相对极短的时间内就会决出胜负，仅仅是一两周内两支球队的激烈碰撞。他们必须在现在展现出最好的状态，而森林狼对自己的身份定位没有任何疑问。他们的所有核心球员都有着丰富的季后赛经验。而大多数马刺球员才刚刚开始尝试，这在第一场比赛中表现得淋漓尽致。
“比赛就这样一闪而过，这不太好，”文班亚马说道，“这意味着我没有像我希望的那样掌控比赛。”
森林狼队的构建方式与众不同。他们更高、更强、更凶猛。针对他们的比赛计划要复杂得多，这让马刺队在半场阵地进攻中脱离了舒适区。森林狼的整个防守体系都在密谋阻止文班亚马通过提早包夹罚球线来冲击篮下。朱利乌斯·兰德尔 (Julius Randle) 在进攻端化身为领先的掩护者，在关键时刻将他挤开。
明尼苏达有很多策略，而且很多都奏效了，这给了他们足够的优势来守住胜果。马刺在最后时刻紧追不舍，主教练米奇·约翰逊 (Mitch Johnson) 在最后一回合不叫暂停的赌博收到了回报，球队最好的射手尚帕尼获得了一个梦幻般的出手机会，可惜球砸在了篮筐上。马刺在最后一分钟做了他们该做的事情：文班攻击篮筐，尚帕尼冲抢篮板，迪伦·哈珀 (Dylan Harper) 完成了一个拯救比赛的抢断。只是在第四节末段节奏加快时，他们没能保持同样水平的掌控力。
这是文班亚马本赛季第一次出场时间超过 40 分钟（他曾有两场比赛出场约 39 分钟，四舍五入后接近 40 分钟），他承认在三分球 8 投 0 中后，体能管理是他进攻端挣扎的一个因素。这不仅是因为他有时失去了节奏，还因为他把精力用在了效率较低的方向上。
“我觉得我必须利用好我的能量，”文班亚马说，“显然，我在球场的一端消耗了大量精力，而在进攻端，我在一些对球队没有太大帮助的事情上浪费了太多能量。所以这是我的责任。但首要任务是，我得开始把球投进。”
文班亚马开始列举马刺队的各种问题，从他感觉状态不佳到球队的进攻核心需要表现得更好。
“所以基本上，如果一切都不同，结果就会不同，”文班亚马说。
他说失利是他的责任。随后，达龙·福克斯 (De’Aaron Fox) 出来也对自己说了同样的话。他对此直言不讳，仿佛这是显而易见的事实。
“是我不好，”福克斯说道，“非受迫性失误，投篮不中，这其实和他们的防守关系不大。他们是一支优秀的防守球队。但我认为这场比赛，责任在我。”
福克斯全场 14 投 5 中，三分球 4 投 0 中，他知道如果他不找回手感，马刺就无法晋级。他在对阵波特兰开拓者队的首轮比赛中起步缓慢，随后在马刺队接近晋级时接管了比赛。在接下来的对阵森林狼的比赛中，他需要做同样的事情。
尽管他一直是球队的核心老将之一——哈珀在福克斯赛后发言时还喊他“老舅 (Unc)”——但对他来说，这同样是未知的领域。上周也是他第一次赢得季后赛系列赛。马刺队所依赖的所有进攻创造者此前都没有在五月份打过球，而这是比赛中最难学习的事情。
安东尼·爱德华兹 (Anthony Edwards) 已经证明了他能做到这一点。当被要求将他现在的感受与他处于马刺年轻球员相同位置时（当时他也在季后赛首秀中试图在强硬的对手面前寻找自我）进行比较时，他谨慎地避开了这个问题，就像他准备拔起投三分一样。
“我觉得那个问题是在给他们答案，”爱德华兹说，“这是一个有点奇怪的问题，因为如果我回答了，他们会看到并想，‘哦，我们需要这样做。’所以我不能真正回答。”
他是对的。森林狼现在拥有的微弱优势可能瞬间消失，在季后赛中，每一分优势都至关重要。现在已经没有多少天赋差距了。每个人的天赋都大致相当。区别在于执行力、韧性和运气。
文班亚马被问及在失利中是否有什么积极的一面，因为他知道他的球队离胜利有多近。这个成语对他来说翻译得并不自然，但这反而更好。
“我不知道‘一线生机’是什么意思，但显然，我们必须做得更好，”文班亚马说，“这体现在统计表上，但我们需要在 48 小时内弄清楚我们可以做得更好的地方，我毫不怀疑我们会做到的。我信任我们。”
_由生成式 AI 翻译，译文内容可能不准确或不完整，以原文为准。_
> **点击查看原文：Victor Wembanyama blocked his way to a record but couldn't quite save the Spurs**
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> # Victor Wembanyama blocked his way to a record but couldn’t quite save the Spurs
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> SAN ANTONIO — Things just got real for the San Antonio Spurs. A wake-up call was going to come eventually. It was inevitable. Not one of those Victor-Wembanyama-is-out-and-he’s-not-always-a-given kind of things. No. This was a Wembanyama-can’t-always-save-them game.
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> Wembanyama’s NBA playoff record 12 blocks weren’t enough in Monday’s Game 1 of the Western Conference semifinals. The Minnesota Timberwolves eventually realized trying to shoot over him every possession wouldn’t work, even if Terrence Shannon Jr. told Wembanyama he would keep going at him. So they found ways to push him where they wanted him and keep him from where they didn’t.
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> The Spurs were so close, the margin coming down to Julian Champagnie missing a wide-open 3 at the buzzer. They lost [104-102](https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7254281/2026/05/05/timberwolves-spurs-game-1-nba-playoffs/) to a team that’s done this before, with a roster full of lengthy and nasty defenders who have made a living taking down the best players in the game. Minnesota has an identity that was forged in the fire of deep playoff runs.
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> Winning a first-round series usually entails the higher seed’s talent advantage blanketing everything. That doesn’t really happen at this stage, at least in today’s West.
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> The difference between the Spurs and Wolves this season was consistency over stretches of months. But playoff series go down in a relative instant, just a week or two of a pair of teams ramming at each other. Their best has to show up now, and the Wolves don’t have any question about their identity. All their key guys have plenty of postseason experience. Most of the Spurs are just getting their feet wet, and it showed in Game 1.
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> “It just went by like this, and that’s not good,” Wembanyama said. “It means I didn’t have the grasp on the game that I wish I did.”
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> The Wolves are built different. They’re longer, stronger, fiercer. The game plan is so much more complex against them, and it took the Spurs out of their comfort zone in the half court. The entirety of the Wolves’ defense conspired to keep Wembanyama from getting downhill by sending early help to the free-throw line. Julius Randle turned into a lead blocker on offense to move him out of the way in crunch time.
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> Minnesota had so many ideas, and a lot of them worked, giving it just enough of an edge to hold on. The Spurs were right there in the end, as coach Mitch Johnson’s gamble to not call a timeout on the final play paid off and the team’s best shooter, Champagnie, got a dream look that clanked off the rim. The Spurs did the things they’re supposed to do in the final minute: Wemby attacked the rim, Champagnie crashed the glass, Dylan Harper got a game-saving steal. They just didn’t have the same level of control of the game as things sped up in the late fourth quarter.
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> This was the first time all season Wembanyama crossed the 40-minute threshold (he had two games in the 39-minute range that rounded up), and he acknowledged that managing his energy was a factor in his offensive struggles after missing all eight of his attempts from deep. It wasn’t just that he lost some momentum at times, but that he channeled his efforts in less efficient directions.
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> “I feel like I have to use my energy,” Wembanyama said. “Obviously, I used a lot of it on one side of the court, and on the other side, offensively, I used too much energy on things that didn’t really help our team. So that’s on me. But first thing, I got to start making some shots.”
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> Wembanyama began to list the Spurs’ various problems, from his game just not feeling good to the offensive leaders of the team needing to be better.
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> “So basically, if everything was different, it would have been different,” Wembanyama said.
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> He said the loss was on him. Then De’Aaron Fox came out and said the same thing about himself. He was matter-of-fact about it, like it was obvious.
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> “It was me,” Fox said. “Unforced turnovers, missed shots, it wasn’t really anything that they did. They’re a good defensive team. But I think this game in particular, it was on me.”
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> Fox, who went 5 of 14 and 0 of 4 from 3, knows the Spurs won’t advance without him finding his touch. He started slowly in the first round against the Portland Trail Blazers, then took over as the Spurs inched closer to advancing. He’ll need to do the same thing the rest of the way against the Wolves.
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> Though he has been one of the team’s main vets — Harper shouted out “Unc” while Fox was speaking postgame — this is also uncharted territory for him. Last week was his first playoff series win, as well. All of the players the Spurs rely on to create their offense haven’t done it in May, which is the toughest thing to learn in the game.
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> Anthony Edwards has proven he can do it. When he was asked to compare how he feels now to when he was in the same position as the Spurs’ young players, making their playoff debuts and trying to find themselves against a physical opponent, he prudently sidestepped the question like he was gonna pull up for 3.
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> “I feel like that question is giving them the answer,” Edwards said. “It’s kind of a weird question because if I answer it, they’re gonna watch it and be like, ‘Oh, we need to do this.’ So I can’t really answer it.”
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> He’s right. What little edge the Wolves now hold could be gone in a moment, and every advantage is crucial in the playoffs. There are not many talent gaps anymore. Everyone has roughly the same amount. The difference comes down to execution, toughness and luck.
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> Wembanyama was asked if there was a silver lining in the loss, knowing just how close his team was. The idiom didn’t translate naturally for him, which was for the best.
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> “I don’t know what a silver lining means, but obviously, we have to be better,” Wembanyama said. “It shows up on the stat sheet, but we need to figure out before 48 hours what we can do better, and I got no doubt that we will. I trust us.”
By Jared Weiss, via [The Athletic](https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7254669/2026/05/05/victor-wembanyama-blocked-his-way-to-a-record-but-couldnt-quite-save-the-spurs/)
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### 作者：  [@TheAthletic](https://chinaspurs.com/u/TheAthletic)
#### 发布日期： [2026 年5 月 5 日 16:51 UTC](https://chinaspurs.com/t/topic/46154/2 "2026-05-05T16:51:09Z")
# 热评：
> [@Nick J.](#):
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> 森林狼接下来打维克托·文班亚马 (Victor Wembanyama) 时必须把握住罚球。希望裁判以后能吹那些干扰球。文班可能是在向对手示威。如果不吹的话，对他来说就是额外福利。
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> > [@Jackson H.](#):
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> > @Nick J. 芬奇 (Chris Finch) 肯定得在第二场赛前给裁判发个干扰球漏判的集锦，免得这种事再次发生。话虽如此，裁判两边吹得都很烂，作为森林狼球迷，我觉得基本上扯平了。
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> > [@Micheal B.](#):
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> > @Nick J. 芬奇在赛后新闻发布会上提到了那些漏吹的干扰球。
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> > [@Joel R.](#):
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> > @Nick J. 文班一直在干扰球。既然裁判不吹，何乐而不为呢？
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> > [@Tim C.](#):
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> > @Jackson H. 是的，安东尼·爱德华兹 (Anthony Edwards) 有个明显的走步没吹。
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> > [@Stephen T.](#):
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> > @Tim C. 确实，但那次进攻以森林狼投丢告终，直接让马刺打成了半转换上篮。如果裁判吹了走步，森林狼反而能落位防守，情况会更好。
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> > [@Jacob G.](#):
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> > @Tim C. 这种漏吹的走步，在 NBA 一个赛季里能有 48,973 次。
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> > [@Greg G.](#):
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> > Tim C. 你肯定不常看 NBA。在这个联盟里，走步、翻球和两次运球根本不存在。勒布朗·詹姆斯 (LeBron James) 的名人堂生涯就是靠着四步上篮和翻球过人打出来的，而裁判往往会视而不见。
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> > [@Bob T.](#):
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> > @Greg G. 我明白，过去三十年大家都在抱怨 NBA 的走步问题，但爱德华兹那次走步实在太离谱了。那种球 99% 的情况都会吹。当詹姆斯（或几乎任何其他球员）多走一步时，动作通常很连贯，且处于投篮过程中，很容易被解释为合球步或者干脆漏掉。我同意你的观点，这些球很多都该吹。但爱德华兹昨晚那球的问题在于，他的脚落地了，而且停了下来。他甚至都没做投篮动作。那绝对是个漏判。不过需要指出的是，那个回合其实对马刺有利，所以拿这个球来抱怨裁判如何改变了比赛，感觉挺奇怪的。
> [@John C.](#):
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> 比分胶着、对抗激烈、如同肉搏战一般的季后赛。
> 我更希望每晚只有一场季后赛。一天看 5 个小时篮球实在太多了。我也不介意季后赛一直打到 7 月 1 日。我不明白让球队休息有什么不好的。是的，常规赛太长了——但问题不在于跨度几个月，而在于比赛场次。把常规赛改成 65 场，然后搞一个长期的锦标赛制季后赛，让更多球队有机会在 3 到 5 场的短系列赛中竞争，最后再进行我们现在看到的这种 7 场 4 胜制的系列赛，这样如何？
> [@Brian H.](#):
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> 如果球已经碰到了篮板，之后就不能被“盖帽”了。希望这能帮到你。
> [@Andrew T.](#):
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> “所以基本上，如果一切都不同，结果就会不同，”文班亚马说。文班太逗了，这轮系列赛结束后，我很乐意不再站在他的对立面。两支球队在第一场比赛后都清楚自己需要改进什么。如果马刺能发挥出全部实力，他们能赢；但这支森林狼天生就是为了限制对手的最强点，看你在失去杀手锏后还能剩下多少本事。那些大喊森林狼只是为了击败丹佛掘金 (Denver Nuggets) 而建队的球迷，终究会意识到这支球队是为了摧毁所有人而存在的。
> [@Ryan D.](#):
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> 看起来文班以为最后一个回合会叫暂停。迪伦·哈珀 (Dylan Harper) 接球后的表现非常被动。
> 然后，当他们过了半场，文班意识到他们没打算叫暂停，于是加速冲刺——但已经太晚了。
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> > [@Tom C.](#):
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> > @Ryan D. 我的意思是……考虑到昨天那两人的状态，我宁愿看朱利安·尚帕尼 (Julian Champagnie) 投一个空位三分，也不想看文班或德阿隆·福克斯 (De’Aaron Fox) 在面对落位防守时打什么发球入场的单打。朱利安只是没投进而已。
> [@William L.](#):
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> “所以基本上，如果一切都不同，结果就会不同。”（这冷幽默感拿捏得死死的。）
> “我不知道积极的一面 (silver lining) 是什么意思，但显然我们必须做得更好。”
> 我是森林狼球迷，但这孩子绝对是个宝。就像是卡里姆·阿卜杜尔-贾巴尔 (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) 突然有了幽默感一样。
> [@Johnny M.](#):
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> 我不会像某些森林狼球员那样对着马刺喷脏话和垃圾话。我只是很高兴我们带走了一场胜利。
> 话虽如此，两支球队今晚都没发挥出最佳水平，所以很难判断双方都进入状态时会是什么样子。
> 我确实知道，如果马刺想在七场系列赛中击败我们，他们需要提升到一个新的档次。很高兴今晚赢下了一场艰难的客场比赛。期待系列赛接下来的对决。
> [@Scott R.](#):
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> 第一场打完文班就在谈论节省体力了，这对他在这轮系列赛将要面对的身体对抗冲击来说可不是个好兆头。森林狼 6 场晋级！
> [@Scott D.](#):
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> 至少福克斯承认了自己打得有多烂。唉。
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> > [@Will D.](#):
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> > @Scott D. 有时候，他看起来就像是在打一场 12 月中旬的常规赛（比如那些被断掉的软绵绵的传球）。
> [@Slimjim ..](#):
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> 就防守而言，这支森林狼还比不上 2004 年的底特律活塞 (Detroit Pistons)，也不是 80 到 90 年代的“坏孩子军团”。然而，他们今年在季后赛展现出的强度让我想起了那种感觉。任何时候只要有一支球队在攻防两端都拼尽全力，比赛就会很好看。
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> > [@William L.](#):
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> > @Slimjim .. 同意，但他们在对抗、干扰、追防和卡位方面已经是顶级水平了。他们确实拥有一种防守特质，丹特·迪文琴佐 (Donte DiVincenzo) 在这方面留下了烙印。很遗憾他没能参与到这次季后赛征程中，因为他确实协助打下了基础。很有趣的系列赛。
> [@Jacob G.](#):
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> 我还没回看所有的盖帽录像……但见鬼，哪怕其中只有一半不是干扰球，单场 6 次盖帽也足够惊人了。
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> > [@Greg G.](#):
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> > 是的，确实很惊人。但干扰球还是该吹。毕竟那是违例。
_由生成式 AI 翻译，译文内容可能不准确或不完整，以原文为准。_
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> > [@Nick J.](#):
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> > Wolves have to hit free throws going forward against Wemby. And hopefully the officials call goaltends moving forward. Wemby probably was sending a message. Added bonus if the calls aren’t made
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> > > [@Jackson H.](#):
> > >
> > > @Nick J. Finch certainly needs to send a montage of the missed goaltending calls to the refs before game 2 so this doesn’t happen again. That being said, the refs were pretty garbage both ways and from my perspective as a wolves fan it pretty much evened out
> >
> > > [@Micheal B.](#):
> > >
> > > @Nick J. Finch mentioned the missed goaltend calls in the post game presser.
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> > > [@Joel R.](#):
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> > > @Nick J. Wemby goaltends all the time. Why not if it doesn’t get called, I guess.
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> > > [@Tim C.](#):
> > >
> > > @Jackson H. Yeah there was an obvious Ant travel that wasn’t called.
> >
> > > [@Stephen T.](#):
> > >
> > > @Tim C. Sure but it ended up in a Wolves miss that led directly to a Spurs layup in semi-transition. Wolves would have been better off if they called the travel so they could set their defense.
> >
> > > [@Jacob G.](#):
> > >
> > > @Tim C. You can add it to the 48,973 uncalled travels in a given season in the NBA
> >
> > > [@Greg G.](#):
> > >
> > > Tim C. You must not watch much NBA basketball. Traveling, carrying the ball and double dribbles aren’t a thing in this league. Lebron has made a HOF career out of 4 step drives and carrying the ball with his palm up as he blows past officials who have swallowed their whistles.
> >
> > > [@Bob T.](#):
> > >
> > > @Greg G. I get it, everyone has been complaining about traveling in the NBA for three decades but that Ant travel was particularly egregious. That gets called 99% of the time. When Lebron (or almost any other player) takes an extra step, its usually fluid and in the process of taking a shot and it’s easier to call a gather step or simply miss. I’m with you though, many of these should be travels. The problem with Ants play last night is his foot came down, and he stopped. He wasn’t even in a shooting motion. It was a missed call. It should be pointed out though, that it the play in question worked in the Spurs favor so it seems like a strange call to use when complaining about how officials changed the game.
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> > [@John C.](#):
> >
> > Closely contested, hard-fought, rock-fight playoff basketball.
> > I would prefer just one playoff game per night. 5 hrs. of basketball is too much on one day. I also do not care if the playoffs last until July 1. I don’t know what is wrong with letting teams rest. Yes the regular season is too long—but it is not the weeks and months, it is the number of games. How about a 65-game regular season with a long tournament style playoff season that gives more teams the chance to compete in shorter 3-5 game series, culminating in what we are seeing now with these 7 game series?
>
> > [@Brian H.](#):
> >
> > If the ball hits the backboard, it can’t be “blocked” afterwards. I hope this helps.
>
> > [@Andrew T.](#):
> >
> > “So basically, if everything was different, it would have been different,” Wembanyama said. Wemby is hilarious, and I’ll be glad to no longer be cheering against him after this series. Both teams know what they need to clean up after that first game. If the Spurs can find the fullness of their game they can win, but these Wolves are built to take a team’s A game away from them and see how they fare with what’s left. The Denver fans who were screaming that Minnesota is a team built only to defeat Denver might eventually learn to accept that this team is built to disrupt everybody.
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> > [@Ryan D.](#):
> >
> > Looked like Wemby thought they would take a timeout on the last possession. Very passive off the catch from Harper.
> > Then, once they pass half court, he realizes they aren’t using one so he sprints up - but too late.
> >
> > > [@Tom C.](#):
> > >
> > > @Ryan D. I mean…I’d rather an open Champagnie 3 than whatever iso Wemby/Fox play they were going to run off an inbound pass against a set defense anyway, the way things were going for those guys yesterday. Julian just didn’t knock it down.
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> > [@William L.](#):
> >
> > “So basically, if everything was different, it would have been different.” (Delivered beautifully dryly.)
> > “I don’t know what a silver lining means, but obviously we have to be better.”
> > I’m a Wolves fan, but this kid is an absolute gem. It’s like if Kareem had suddenly come up with a sense of humor.
>
> > [@Johnny M.](#):
> >
> > I’m not gonna be one of the T Wolves players in screaming obscenities and talking shit to the Spurs. I am just happy we walked away with a win.
> > With that said, both teams were off their A-Game tonight, and so it’s tough to determine what it’ll look like when both teams are on.
> > I do know that the Spurs will need to find another gear if they want to beat us over a 7-game series. Very happy we walked away with a tough away-game win tonight. Looking forward to the rest of this series.
>
> > [@Scott R.](#):
> >
> > Wemby already talking about conserving energy after Game 1 doesn’t bode well for the rest of this physical onslaught he’s going to see this series. Wolves in 6!
>
> > [@Scott D.](#):
> >
> > At least Fox admitted how bad he was. Oof.
> >
> > > [@Will D.](#):
> > >
> > > @Scott D. At times, it looked like he was out there playing a mid-December game (like with those soft passes that got taken away).
>
> > [@Slimjim ..](#):
> >
> > The Wolves are not the 2004 Pistons in terms of their defense. Nor are they the 80’s to 90’s Bad Boy Pistons. However, their intensity in the playoffs this year reminds me of that type of intensity. Any time a team plays hard on both ends of the floor, it is fun to watch.
> >
> > > [@William L.](#):
> > >
> > > @Slimjim .. Agreed, but they smack, poke and prod and chase down and block out with the best of them. They do have a defensive identity which Donte D left his mark on and I’m so sorry he can’t be a part of this nice run, because he sure helped to lay the ground work. Fun series.
>
> > [@Jacob G.](#):
> >
> > I haven’t watched back the tape on all the blocks…but heck if even half of them aren’t goaltends, 6 blocks is still pretty impressive
> >
> > > [@Greg G.](#):
> > >
> > > Yes, it’s amazing. But goaltending should still be called. It’s illegal after all.
via [The Athletic](https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7254669/2026/05/05/victor-wembanyama-blocked-his-way-to-a-record-but-couldnt-quite-save-the-spurs/#comments)