By Jeff McDonald, Staff Writer | San Antonio Express-News (SAEN), 2026-05-07 10:40:36
2026年5月6日，星期三，在圣安东尼奥 Frost Bank 中心举行的西部半决赛第二场下半场，圣安东尼奥马刺队前锋朱利安·尚帕尼 (Julian Champagnie) (30) 在命中三分球后做出反应。
明尼阿波利斯——朱利安·尚帕尼 (Julian Champagnie) 当然看了回放。他别无选择。
这一切都清晰地呈现在马刺录像室的大屏幕上，这是马刺队主教练米奇·约翰逊 (Mitch Johnson) 在周三西部半决赛第二场比赛前安排的录像课内容。
尚帕尼起跳，投出了那记本可以成为他职业生涯高光时刻的一球。球离开指尖时的旋转看起来很完美，但最终却差了那么一丁点，磕在了篮筐前沿。明尼苏达的球员们在马刺的主场庆祝着第一场比赛的“偷袭”成功。
那段回放成了尚帕尼所需的宣泄。
“事实就是这样，”这位马刺前锋在最后一次（他发誓是最后一次）看完那记错失的潜在绝杀球后说道，“我不会为此垂头丧气。那只是一个没投进的球而已。”
在第一场以两分之差落败、系列赛大比分0-1落后的情况下，马刺进入第二场的目标非常明确。
不留悬念。
他们做到了。
凭借均衡的全队得分表现和令森林狼队窒息的毁灭性防守，马刺以133-95的大胜回应了系列赛首战的失利，这场胜利在 Frost Bank 中心上演，也是球队季后赛历史上分差最悬殊的比赛之一。
他们并非没有预料到这一点。
“我们对逆境的反应很好，”在第二场比赛中得到21分并领衔马刺七人得分上双的后卫斯蒂芬·卡斯尔 (Stephon Castle) 说道，“我们一整年都是这么做的。”
事实上，在进入周三的比赛之前，马刺自1月中旬以来从未遭遇过连败。
这一记录仍在延续。
现在，二号种子马刺队将于周五前往明尼苏达参加第三场比赛，目前系列赛大比分战成1-1平，马刺有机会从六号种子森林狼队手中夺回主动权。
“我认为球员们在比赛中表现出了应有的紧迫感，”约翰逊说道，“显然我们丢掉了一场胜利，所以（周三的比赛）在这方面得到了加强。”
在周一第一场以102-104惜败后，马刺在接下来的48小时里一直在反思那些让他们暂时失去主场优势的细节。
他们来到 Frost Bank 中心参加第二场比赛时，毫无怜悯之心。
维克托·文班亚马 (Victor Wembanyama) 和达龙·福克斯 (De’Aaron Fox) 这两位全明星在第一场比赛中合力仅得21分，表现低于水准，而周三他们在半场结束前就超过了这个分数。
文班亚马最终得到19分和15个篮板。福克斯贡献了16分。在第四节马刺将领先优势扩大到47分的过程中，这两位球员都不太需要上场。
密不透风的包夹防守将明尼苏达的投篮命中率限制在39.8%，其中上半场更是惨不忍睹的47投14中。森林狼队根本没有机会。
“我预料到了自己和队友会有这样的反应，”文班亚马说道，他在第一场比赛中的盖帽数（12个）比得分（11分）还要多，“所以我一点也不惊讶。”
2026年5月6日，星期三，在圣安东尼奥 Frost Bank 中心举行的西部半决赛第二场上半场，圣安东尼奥马刺队前锋维克托·文班亚马 (Victor Wembanyama) (1) 为队友欢呼。
马刺38分的分差是自2017年分区半决赛第六场以114-75大胜休斯顿以来，在季后赛中取得的最大胜分。
要不是明尼苏达极少上场的替补球员琼·贝林格 (Joan Beringer) 在最后44.2秒投进了一个内线进球，马刺本可以追平1983年球队145-105战胜丹佛的纪录，并列成为队史季后赛分差最大的胜利。
相反，马刺只能满足于送给森林狼队史季后赛最惨痛的失利。
“我们被全方位击败了，”明尼苏达前锋朱利叶斯·兰德尔 (Julius Randle) 说道，他是森林狼队四名得到全队最高12分的球员之一，“就这么简单。”
森林狼队主教练克里斯·芬奇 (Chris Finch) 在赛后对球员讲话时用了另一个词。
“我直接告诉他们，我们被羞辱了，”芬奇说道。
在第二场比赛的多个时刻，Frost Bank 中心记分牌上的数字甚至看起来都不太真实。
半场结束时，马刺以59-35领先。第三节中段，他们稳稳地以70-45领先。第四节开始一分钟后，比分变成了100-63。
比赛还剩5分38秒时，双方主力早已下场休息，林迪·沃特斯三世 (Lindy Waters III) 投进一记急停三分，将马刺的最大领先优势扩大到124-77。
整个晚上，马刺都试图将记分牌视为无关紧要。在战斗早已结束后，他们仍在继续进攻。
“我们在暂停时的信息是（比分）0-0，”斯蒂芬·卡斯尔说道，“不要看比分，打好比赛。”
尽管如此，马刺在主场输掉第一场后确实陷入了困境，这是不争的事实。
尚帕尼这位24岁的球员曾是一名双向合同球员，目前保持着球队单赛季三分球命中纪录。他在第一场最后一次仓促的进攻中本有机会绝杀，但在终场哨响时错失了远投。
周三，他成为了马刺全队救赎之路的一部分，他在第三节令人眼花缭乱的3分20秒内投进了四记三分球，包揽了全场12分。
至于尚帕尼在第一场结束时的失手？就当它已经从记忆库中抹去了。
“球员们经常投丢绝杀球。这就是生活，”尚帕尼说道，“斯蒂芬·库里 (Stephen Curry) 投丢过，勒布朗·詹姆斯 (LeBron James) 也投丢过很多次。每个人都投丢过。事实就是这样。我得到了一个很好的出手机会，只是没进。”
第二场比赛没有演变成任何最后一秒投篮的情况。为了保险起见，马刺充分确保了这一点。
马刺终于在西部半决赛中展现了实力。现在轮到明尼苏达尝试反击了。
“我们将继续强化奏效的打法，至于少数不奏效的地方，我们会将其抹除，”文班亚马说道，“但那是一支经验丰富的球队。我们知道他们会做出回应。”
由生成式人工智能翻译，译文内容可能不准确或不完整，以原文为准。
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How the Spurs’ blowout win in Game 2 put the Timberwolves on notice
San Antonio Spurs forward Julian Champagnie (30) reacts after making a three-pointer during the second half of Game 2 of the Western Conference semifinals at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Wednesday, May 6, 2026.
MINNEAPOLIS — Of course, Julian Champagnie watched the replay. He had no choice.
It was all there, plain as day on the big screen in the Spurs’ video room, as part of a film session Spurs coach Mitch Johnson orchestrated before Game 2 of the Western Conference semifinals Wednesday.
Champagnie rising for what could have been the shot of his life. The ball looking good spinning off his fingertips. The ball falling a fraction of an inch short on the front of the rim. Minnesota players celebrating a Game 1 heist on the Spurs’ home floor.
That replay turned out to be the catharsis Champagnie needed.
“It is what it is,” the Spurs forward said after watching his missed potential game-winner for what he swears will be the final time. “I’m not going to hang my head over it. It’s just a missed shot.”
Down 1-0 in the series after a two-point loss in Game 1, the Spurs’ goal coming into Game 2 was simple.
Leave no doubt.
They didn’t.
Powered by a balanced, team-wide scoring effort and devastating defensive performance that left the Timberwolves gasping for air, the Spurs responded to their series-opening defeat with resounding 133-95 victory at the Frost Bank Center that ranks among the most lopsided in club postseason annals.
Not that they expected anything less.
“We respond well to adversity,” said guard Stephon Castle, who led seven Spurs in double figures with 21 points in Game 2. “We’ve done that all year.”
Indeed, heading into Wednesday the Spurs had not lost consecutive games since the middle of January.
They still haven’t.
Now the second-seeded Spurs head to Minnesota for Game 3 on Friday with the series knotted 1-1 and a chance to wrest full control back from the sixth-seeded Timberwolves.
“I thought the guys did a good job of playing with the appropriate urgency,” Johnson said. “Obviously we gave one away, so (Wednesday) was enhanced in that regard.”
After dropping a 104-102 heartbreaker in Game 1 on Monday, the Spurs spent the next 48 hours stewing over the minutia that had — for the time being — cost them home-court edge in the series.
They arrived at the Frost Bank Center for Game 2 in no mood for mercy.
Victor Wembanyama and De’Aaron Fox, All-Stars who combined for a sub-par 21 points in Game 1, surpassed that by halftime Wednesday.
Wembanyama ended with 19 points and 15 rebounds. Fox added 16 points. Neither player’s services were much required during a fourth quarter in which the Spurs ballooned their lead as high as 47 points.
A swarming, trapping defense limited Minnesota to 39.8% shooting, including a dreadful 14-of-47 showing in the first half. The Wolves never stood a chance.
“I was expecting this kind of response from myself, from my teammates,” said Wembanyama, who had more blocks (12) than points (11) in Game 1. “So I’m not surprised by any means.”
San Antonio Spurs forward Victor Wembanyama (1) cheers for his teammates during the first half of Game 2 of the Western Conference semifinals at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Wednesday, May 6, 2026.
The Spurs’ 38-point margin of victory was their most in a playoff game since blasting Houston 114-75 in Game 6 of the 2017 conference semifinals.
Were it not for a paint basket from little-used Minnesota reserve Joan Beringer with 44.2 seconds remaining, the Spurs would have matched the 1983 club’s 145-105 win over Denver as the most lopsided postseason win in franchise history.
Instead, the Spurs had to settle for handing the Timberwolves the worst playoff loss in their club’s record books.
“We got beat in every way possible,” said Minnesota forward Julius Randle, one of four Wolves players to score a team-leading 12 points. “It’s as simple as that.”
Timberwolves coach Chris Finch had another word for it when he addressed players after the game.
“I just told them we got punked,” Finch said.
At various moments of Game 2, the numbers on the Frost Bank Center scoreboard didn’t even seem plausible.
At halftime, the Spurs led 59-35. Midway through the third quarter, they were holding steady at 70-45. A minute into the fourth quarter, it was 100-63.
With 5:38 remaining, and both team’s starters long since put on ice, Lindy Waters III buried a pull-up 3-pointer to give the Spurs their largest lead at 124-77.
Throughout the night, the Spurs tried to treat the scoreboard as if it was irrelevant. They kept punching long after the fight was finished.
“Our message in the huddles was (it’s) 0-0,” Castle said. “Don’t look at the score. Play the game.”
Still, there was no running from the fact the Spurs put themselves in a tough spot after dropping Game 1 at home.
Champagnie, a 24-year-old former two-way player who owns the club’s single-season record for 3-pointers made, had a shot to win it on a final frantic possession but missed from deep at the buzzer.
He was part of the Spurs’ roster-wide redemption arc Wednesday, scoring all 12 of his points on four 3-pointers swished during a dizzying 3:20 stretch of the third quarter.
As for Champagnie’s misfire at the end of Game 1? Consider it erased from his memory banks.
“Guys miss game-winners all the time. It’s life,” Champagnie said. “(Stephen) Curry’s missed some. LeBron (James) has missed a bunch. Everybody has missed them. That’s just what it is. I got a good shot. I just missed.”
Game 2 would not come down to any sort of last-second shot. The Spurs made ample sure of that, just to be safe.
The Spurs have, at last, shown up in the Western Conference semifinals. Now it is Minnesota’s turn to try and fight back.
“We’re going to keep dialing up on what worked and the few things that didn’t, we’re going to erase them,” Wembanyama said. “But that’s an experienced team. We know they’re going to respond.”
By Jeff McDonald, Staff Writer, via San Antonio Express-News