By Tanner Bowen | Pounding The Rock (PtR), 2026-05-06 07:00:00
尽管安东尼·爱德华兹 (Anthony Edwards) 受到出场时间限制，明尼苏达森林狼依然能够攻克弗罗斯特银行中心，从马刺手中偷走了第一场胜利并抢走了主场优势。那场比赛所展现出的风格正是这轮系列赛从一开始就预料到的：拼抢激烈、对抗性强，且极有可能需要通过细节来决定胜负——而第一场比赛确实是由细节决定的。维克托·文班亚马 (Victor Wembanyama) 和达龙·福克斯 (De’Aaron Fox) 进攻端表现平平，再加上几次漫不经心的失误（马刺在失误数上比对手多了3个），最终导致圣安东尼奥马刺在读秒阶段仍有获胜机会的情况下遗憾落败。
由于第三和第四场比赛将在明尼苏达举行，且每场比赛之间仅有一天的休息时间，圣安东尼奥今晚必须想办法扳平大比分，对抗这支试图连续第三次闯入西部决赛的森林狼。这将是这支年轻球队第一次在七场四胜制的系列赛中处于落后局面，虽然压力阀尚未爆裂，但如果今晚再输给这支经验丰富的森林狼，压力可能会被彻底引爆。
圣安东尼奥马刺 (0-1) vs 明尼苏达森林狼 (1-0)
2026年5月6日 | 中部时间晚8:30
观赛：ESPN | 收听：WOAI (1200 AM)
让分盘：-9.5
马刺伤病名单：卡特·布莱恩特 (Carter Bryant)，脚部（出战成疑）
森林狼伤病名单：爱德华兹，膝盖（出战成疑）；阿约·多孙穆 (Ayo Dosunmu)，小腿（出战成疑）
看点聚焦
- 达龙·福克斯 (De’Aaron Fox) 和文班亚马在第一场赛后都表达了正确的态度，尤其是福克斯，他承担了失利的主要责任。他全场仅得10分，并在马刺全队的13次失误中占了6次，其中下半场几次低级的活球失误看起来他打得毫无紧迫感。与此同时，文班在防守端表现得像个恶魔，在他职业生涯的仅仅第四场季后赛中就刷新了季后赛单场盖帽纪录，但他全场投篮仅17投5中，三分球更是8投0中。考虑到每年的这个时候通常取决于当家球星能否打出最佳表现，预计米奇·约翰逊 (Mitch Johnson) 今晚会尝试让这两位核心在进攻端尽早找回状态。
- 尽管外界一直讨论圣安东尼奥没有人能抗衡朱利叶斯·兰德尔 (Julius Randle)，但他们在大部分时间里对他限制得相当不错。兰德尔全场投篮20投8中，仅获得6次罚球机会。不过，他的出色之处在于利用体型和力量在马刺多名防守球员身上骗到了几次犯规，并在比赛末段为森林狼压住了节奏。被换防到他面前的马刺侧翼球员需要减少那些下手抢断，并继续诱导兰德尔进行面框跳投。
- 在第一场比赛中，有几次安东尼·爱德华兹看起来有些不适，但在大多数时间里，他的表现非常符合人们对他的预期。在腿部过度伸展仅9天后，爱德华兹被限制在替补出场25分钟，但他在场上的每一分钟都存在感十足。他全场13投8中砍下18分，得分方式多样，打消了当时人们对他健康状况的所有顾虑。然而，相比第一场赛前有9天的休息时间，在仅隔48小时后的第二场比赛中，爱德华兹是否还能保持同样的充沛体力，仍有待观察。
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Game Preview: San Antonio vs Minnesota Timberwolves, Game 2
Even with Anthony Edwards on a minutes restriction, the Minnesota Timberwolves were able to come into the Frost Bank Center and steal both Game 1 and home court advantage from the Spurs. The style of play on display in that game was what was expected of the series from the outset: hard-fought, physical games that would likely need to be won on the margins, and boy, was Game 1 decided on the margins. Meh offensive showings from both Victor Wembanyama and DeAaron Fox coupled with a handful of lackadaisical turnovers (Spurs were +3 in the turnover department) were ultimately the difference in a game that San Antonio still had a chance to win at the buzzer.
With Games 3 and 4 in Minnesota and with just a day between each of these games, it is imperative that San Antonio finds a way tonight to pull even in this series against a Minnesota team that’s trying to make their 3rd straight trip to the Western Conference Finals. This will be the first time this young squad is playing from behind in a best of 7 series, and while the pressure valve hasn’t popped yet, a loss tonight against a veteran Timberwolves squad could see it blown wide open.
San Antonio Spurs (0-1) vs Minnesota Timberwolves (1-0)
May 6 2026 | 8:30 PM CT
Watch: ESPN | Listen: WOAI (1200 AM)
Line: -9.5
Spurs Injuries: Carter Bryant, foot (QUESTIONABLE)
Twolves Injuries: Anthony Edwards, knee (QUESTIONABLE), Ayo Dosunmu, calf (QUESTIONABLE)
What to watch for
- DeAaron Fox and Victor Wembanyama said all the right things in the aftermath of Game 1, with Fox in particular shouldering the bulk of the loss. He finished with just 10 points and had 6 of San Antonio’s 13 turnovers, with a few egregious ones of the live ball variety in the 2nd half where it looked like he was playing with basically no urgency. Wemby meanwhile was a demon defensively, setting the playoff record for most blocks in a game in just his 4th ever playoff game, but he shot just 5-17 from the field and was 0-8 from downtown. Knowing that this time of year often comes down to your best players playing at their best, expect Mitch Johnson to try and get those two guys back on track early tonight offensively.
- For all the talk about San Antonio not having anyone to contend with Julius Randle, they did a solid job on him for the most part. Randle went 8-20 from the field and took just 6 free throw attempts for the game. Where he excelled though what using his size and bulk to both pick up a few fouls on various Spurs’ defenders and to slow the pace down for Minnesota at the end of the game. San Antonio wings that get caught on him need to clean up some of those reach-ins and to continue to goad Randle into face-up jumpers.
- A few times in Game 1 it looked like Anthony Edwards was in some discomfort, but for the most part he looked very much like the Anthony Edwards people have come to expect. Just 9 days removed from a leg hyperextension, Edwards was limited to just 25 minutes off the bench, but his presence was felt in all of them. He went 8-13 from the field for 18 points, scoring in a variety of ways and putting all the worries about his health at that moment to rest. Whether or not Edwards will be as fresh in a Game 2 that takes place just 48 hours later as opposed to the 9 days off he had before Game 1 though remains to be seen.
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By Tanner Bowen, via Pounding The Rock