By Tom Orsborn, Staff Writer | San Antonio Express-News (SAEN), 2026-05-05 13:59:52
2026年5月4日，周一，在圣安东尼奥弗罗斯特银行中心举行的西部半决赛第一场对阵明尼苏达森林狼队的比赛中，圣安东尼奥马刺队主教练米奇·约翰逊 (Mitch Johnson) 与在犯满离场后走向替补席的后卫斯蒂芬·卡斯尔 (Stephon Castle) (5) 击掌。马刺队以102-104不敌森林狼队。
马刺队后卫卡斯尔誓言，尽管在过去两场季后赛中都犯满离场，且显然对此感到沮丧，但他仍将保持防守端的侵略性。
“我觉得其他球队的身体对抗强度和我们一样大，”卡斯尔在周二的录像分析课后表示，“有时吹罚就是不偏向我们，但我不能仅仅因为裁判的吹罚尺度就改变我的防守风格。这确实令人沮丧。”
在上周马刺队以114-95战胜波特兰的第五场比赛中，卡斯尔在比赛还剩4分36秒、马刺领先12分时犯满离场。而在周一马刺102-104负于明尼苏达的比赛中，他在比赛还剩3分20秒、马刺落后6分时再次犯满离场。
马刺队教练约翰逊表示，考虑到这位2025年NBA年度最佳新秀总是被委以防守对方头号得分手的重任，他很难不陷入犯规困扰。
卡斯尔谈论他过去两场比赛的犯规困扰。pic.twitter.com/jCOIxJyIZc
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“按照我们希望他打球的方式，考虑到他防守的对象，他在这些季后赛中可能每场比赛都会面临四到五次犯规，”约翰逊说道。
尽管如此，卡斯尔认为他没有被允许像其他球员那样进行身体对抗。
“他们有很多出色的单打得分手，”他在谈到森林狼队时说，“所以如果我不被允许对他们施加身体对抗，就会让我们立刻陷入劣势。除了坚持我一直以来的打法，我真的不知道还能做些什么。但希望裁判的吹罚能一视同仁。”
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Why Spurs’ Stephon Castle refuses to play it safe on defensive end
San Antonio Spurs head coach Mitch Johnson slaps hands with guard Stephon Castle (5) as he walks to the bench after fouling out 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.
Spurs guard Stephon Castle vowed to remain aggressive defensively despite fouling out of the last two playoff games and apparently being.
“Other teams are playing as physical as us, I feel like,” Castle said after Tuesday’s film session. “Sometimes the calls just don’t go our way, but I can’t change who I am defensively just based on how the refs are calling the game. It’s frustrating.”
Castle fouled out of the 114-95 win over Portland in Game 5 last week with the Spurs up by 12 with 4:36 left in the game. In the Spurs’ 104-102 loss to Minnesota on Monday, he fouled out with the Spurs trailing by six with 3:20 remaining.
Spurs coach Mitch Johnson said it’s hard for the 2025 NBA Rookie of the Year not to accumulate fouls considering he’s always tasked with defending the opponent’s top scorer.
Castle on his foul trouble the last two games. pic.twitter.com/jCOIxJyIZc
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“The way we want him to play, he’s probably staring at four to five fouls every game in these playoffs just because of who he’s guarding,” Johnson said.
Still, Castle believes he’s not being allowed to be as physical as other players.
“They have a lot of good one-on-one scorers,” he said of the Timberwolves. “So me not being able to be physical on them is just putting us at a instant disadvantage. I don’t know really what else to do other than just be playing how I’ve been playing. But hopefully they call it even.”
By Tom Orsborn, Staff Writer, via San Antonio Express-News