# \[PtR\] 马刺终结系列赛大胜明尼苏达森林狼：我们学到了什么 ▶️
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**Created:** [2026 年5 月 17 日 01:00 UTC](https://chinaspurs.com/t/topic/46471 "2026-05-17T01:00:45Z")
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#### 发布日期： [2026 年5 月 17 日 01:00 UTC](https://chinaspurs.com/t/topic/46471/1 "2026-05-17T01:00:45Z")
By Devon Birdsong | Pounding The Rock (PtR), 2026-05-17 00:45:25
我七岁那年，父亲第一次教我玩 21 点（Blackjack）。
教一个那个年纪的孩子玩这种游戏是否正常，或许可以留到以后再谈，但对我来说，那是童年里一段具有塑造性且快乐的回忆。
当时我们在父亲老板的海滨度假屋度过了大半周的假期，能玩的纸牌游戏快要玩腻了。“抽鬼牌”（Old Maid）、“钓鱼”（Go Fish）、“角落里的国王”（Kings In the Corner）、“黑桃王”（Spades）、“吹牛”（Cheat）、“抢勺子”（Spoons）和“Uno”都玩了无数遍，而且那栋海滨别墅（非常刻意地）没有电视机，更不用说录像机了。
我们只有彼此，只有消遣，以及岸边的海洋。回想起来，那是我们生活中一段极其“低科技”的时光，发生在随后的技术冲击到来之前。
我们大声朗读课文，在客厅的地板上摔跤，在沙滩上消磨时光，直到日益严重的晒伤把我们赶回室内，就像躲避黎明的吸血鬼一样。我们沉浸在宽敞厨房里香料和新鲜甲壳类动物沸腾的香气中，瘫坐在餐桌旁讲着所有知道的笑话，还编出更烂的笑话。餐后，就进入了正题。
“记住，庄家在 16 点或更低时必须拿牌（Hit），”父亲提醒我，当时我正打算在自己已经 17 点的情况下冒险要牌。
_“什么是‘硬 17 点’（Hard 17）来着？”_
_“没有 A 的 17 点。”_
_“哦，我有一张 A。那意味着什么？”_
_“这意味着你有一个‘软 17 点’（Soft 17）。你的 A 可以当成 11 点，也可以当成 1 点。”_
_“如果我爆牌了，它就是 1 点，对吧？”_
_“没错。但现在我明面上是一张 6，这意味着除非我也有张 A，否则我可能必须得再拿一张牌。”_
_“因为庄家必须在 17 点停牌（Stand），对吧？”_
_“在我们的规则里是这样。但并非所有规则都如此。在我们的游戏里，如果我有一张 A，我们会‘Push’，也就是平局。”_
_“我不想平局。我想赢。我要一张牌。”_
牌从牌堆中翻开，是一张 2。
_“好，那是 19 点。你想停牌吗？”_
_“下一张牌会是大牌，对吧？”_
_“也许吧。对我来说情况不妙。”_
_“好，我停牌。”_
父亲翻开了他的第二张牌。也是一张 A。
_“好吧，那是 17 点。我必须停牌。”_
_“我赢了？”_
_“是的。但仅限在我们的游戏里。在赌场里可能就不一定了。我还能再拿一张牌。”_
_“幸好我们不在赌场。”_
_“嗯。而且这不是你的钱。当那是你自己的钱时，情况会变得更难。”_
_“怎么个难法？”_
_“这个嘛，你有钱吗？”_
_“没有。我全花光了。”_
_“我想你总有一天会明白的。”_
接下来的假期，只要在室内，我们就在玩 21 点，直到我确信自己已经精通了这个游戏。我知道什么时候该要牌，什么时候该停牌。我变得擅长根据桌面上的情况预判可能出现的牌。这本身并不是算牌，但那是我在数字方面表现最好的一次。
在随后的许多次假期中，我们最终都会玩 21 点。到了成年，在我第一次去拉斯维加斯时，我惊喜地发现自己还保留着这些知识。
考虑到在第一次接触 21 点（Vingt-et-un）之后的几年里，我是如何沉迷于整理和积累技术统计表（Box scores）的，这或许并不令人意外。
我会从比赛后第二天的报纸上把它们剪下来（当报纸被完全读完后），存放在我的房间里，有时贴在墙上（比如蒂姆·邓肯对阵新泽西篮网队总决赛第六战的杰作），但更多时候是堆在我的梳妆台上，或者是那个我称之为书桌的、带着腿的小方块复合木板上。
当我用螺旋笔记本追踪圣安东尼奥马刺队重要球员的起伏时，感觉自己获得的信息比表面上的更多。翻遍了母亲的储藏室后，我怀疑这些笔记本现在已经遗失很久了，但我仍然幻想着能找到那个专门记录斯蒂芬·杰克逊 (Stephen Jackson)、马利克·罗斯 (Malik Rose) 和斯皮蒂·克拉克斯顿 (Speedy Claxton) 的笔记本，当时我正试图弄清楚马刺应该努力留下哪一个。
我不百分之百确定为什么马刺对阵明尼苏达森林狼队的这场痛击会触发这些回忆。我确信比赛在第三节过半时就结束了，当时银黑军团正处于连续第三个单节得分 36+ 的势头中，而我正处于半梦半醒之间，胸口感受着女儿熟睡时那令人安心的重量。
（她在睡着前唯一的贡献是评论说 100 是一个很大的数字）
每一次眼皮的闭合都带来一段回忆。每一次睁开，都是现实中的屠杀。
我该怎么写这篇文章？我该直接说每个人都打得很好吗？
我的意思是，他们确实打得很好。凯利·奥利尼克 (Kelly Olynyk)、乔丹·麦克劳克林 (Jordan McLaughlin) 和林迪·沃特斯三世 (Lindy Waters III) 都打了第四节的三分之二时间。常规轮换阵容中只有一名成员的出场时间超过了 27 分钟。
在比赛还剩 8 分钟、落后 30 分的情况下，英勇但身体抱恙的安东尼·爱德华兹 (Anthony Edwards) 在退场为下赛季休养受伤的膝盖前，亲自向马刺球员表示了祝贺。这与系列赛开始时人们有时会令人恼火地将其比作的那支身体对抗极其强悍、奉行“乔丹法则”的活塞队的举止截然相反。
最终，他们更像是纸老虎，而不是许多队外球迷所希望的那种超级巨星终结者。无论是由于伤病还是阵容灵活性的不足，他们都被迫在 17 点停牌了。
马刺则是在用“庄家的钱”博弈，阵容深度更厚，调整能力更强，并且由于之前的几个赛季，他们身上没有那种沉重的期待感。
虽然在今年的季后赛大胜中，我大部分时间都在提醒自己和他人不要操之过急，但我还是忍不住展望即将到来的对决，以及期待即将发生真正改变的现实。
在本赛季开始前，即使是最热情的马刺支持者和记者，也认为西部决赛是地平线上绝对且最遥远的巅峰。大多数人都同意，避开附加赛并击败首轮对手将是一个可以接受且合理的极限。
但现在，马刺已经在维克托·文班亚马 (Victor Wembanyama) 的第三个赛季站在了总决赛的门口，并将面对一支他们在常规赛中交手战绩为 4 胜 1 负的球队。
规则已经改变了。考虑到所有因素，俄克拉荷马城雷霆队比森林狼队更灵活、更有天赋、更健康，而且身体对抗也同样强悍（如果不是更强的话），此外他们还习惯性地拥有有利的哨声。
马刺不能指望他们在“软 17 点”停牌。雷霆会选择要牌。他们将拥有主场优势。他们是庄家，而庄家总是占据胜算。
几乎可以肯定的是，马刺必须在完全正确的时间做出完全正确的表现，而这一次，他们无法承受在对阵波特兰开拓者和森林狼时出现过的那些失误。
他们不再是用“庄家的钱”在博弈。代价将由他们自己以及支持他们的城市承担。这里的失败可能会困扰他们，而这可能会产生两种截然不同的结果。他们还太年轻，不懂得畏惧，我衷心希望他们能一直保持这种状态。
在拉斯维加斯用我自己的现金下注时，我发现自己会对过去从未考虑过两次的动作产生自我怀疑。那是为了这个目的专门拨出的钱，但大脑产生的预期可能与神经系统的反应直接对立，就像马刺球迷理智上可以持有关于这支球队如何超出所有预期的合理观点，却仍会因为对更多荣誉的合理渴望而感到不安。
在我现在的年纪再次经历这一切是很奇妙的。我看过这个故事的各种版本上演，我能在大多数情节发生前就预见到它们，但不知何故，这又是一次全新的体验。只是现在，我不再是因为球场上成年人的经验而感到安稳的青年，而是发现自己正带着充满希望的焦虑，期待着年轻一代的繁荣。我想知道我的生活中还会有多少部分变成这样。
然而，我发现这个赛季和季后赛美妙的混乱，已经像是一张“软 17 点”里的 A 牌一样显露了出来。
发牌吧。我已经准备好迎接下一张牌了。
## 关键要点
- 我们必须谈谈斯蒂芬·卡斯尔 (Stephon Castle) 和德文·瓦塞尔 (Devin Vassell) 在这个系列赛中对朱利叶斯·兰德尔 (Julius Randle) 贡献的大师级防守。在系列赛之前，兰德尔显然是马刺队的一个错位威胁，因为马刺在四号位上的体型一直很吃力。我当时的想法是，马刺应该让兰德尔把自己投进坑里，而把大部分时间和精力花在爱德华兹身上。这就是我没在 NBA 执教的原因，因为肖恩·斯威尼 (Sean Sweeney) 拿出了他之前对阵森林狼的战术手册，决定交替向他们两人包夹。这对兰德尔来说非常有效，他在对阵丹佛的比赛中失去了他最喜欢的传球目标丹特·迪温琴佐 (Donte DiVincenzo)，而他无法预判这些包夹似乎让他有些动摇，他变成了一个失误机器，并强行进行了一些非常不明智的投篮。但最能说明问题的是，在过去的两场比赛中，他似乎完全拒绝出手，因为卡斯尔和瓦塞尔同样严密地限制了他。至少对我来说，这是一件非常非常大的事情，雷霆和（潜在的）尼克斯也都有能力利用我之前担心的那个致命弱点。这两支球队现在都必须想办法在面对马刺时解决这个问题。
- 事实证明，当马刺的三名后卫合力砍下 68 分且效率极高时，圣安东尼奥就会变成一辆绝对的战车。这场比赛再次完美地证明了为什么这三名后卫对马刺的作为至关重要，以及他们如何能彻底瓦解拥有联盟顶级护筐者和外线防守者的防线。抛开之前所有的详细阐述和保留意见，如果马刺经常这样做，那么对手是谁都无关紧要。文班为这些后卫拉开了所有空间，而每一个人都足够独特，能给防守带来不同的挑战，从而又反过来为文班和外线狙击手创造机会。斯蒂芬·卡斯尔在这场比赛中简直不可阻挡，而另外两名后卫各种犀利的外线突破让明尼苏达的防守者在第二节中段就开始“疑神疑鬼”，只有一连串的失误和防守错误才让森林狼真正回到了比赛中。
- 卡特·布莱恩特 (Carter Bryant) 身上有一件很有趣的事情：当我在场上看到他时，即使他的投篮动作看起来很别扭，他看起来也很棒；然后他在技术统计表上显示出的东西少得令人困惑；接着他在高阶数据中看起来又几乎一样出色。目前他的比赛中有些东西是无法轻易传达的，但在干脏活和拼抢方面，他一直处于卢克·科内特 (Luke Kornet) 的水平。他在像吃了能量豆的吃豆人一样疯狂抓下篮板的同时，也给兰德尔和爱德华兹带来了麻烦。如果他在休赛期练出了投篮，我愿意大胆预测，他可能会变成另一位带着别扭投篮和惊人运动能力来到马刺的前锋的合理翻版。按照布莱恩特进步的速度，马刺甚至不需要在选秀中考虑“最佳人选”以外的因素。虽然他的光芒被同为新秀的迪伦·哈珀 (Dylan Harper)（我个人喜欢称他为“黑暗的左手”）那庄严的沉稳和动作所掩盖，但对于一个出场时间相对较少的人来说，他在季后赛中的表现令人震惊。我认为这次选秀可能会成为马刺历史上最成功的选秀之一。
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> **点击查看原文：What we learned from the Spurs series-clinching beatdown of the Minnesota Timberwolves**
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> # What we learned from the Spurs series-clinching beatdown of the Minnesota Timberwolves
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> I was seven years old when my father first taught me how to play blackjack.
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> Whether that is a particularly normal thing to teach a child of that age is perhaps a conversation for another time, but it is, for me, a formative and happy childhood memory.
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> Having spent the better part of a week vacationing at my father’s boss’s coastal vacation home, we were beginning to run out of card games to play. Old Maid, Go Fish, Kings In the Corner, Spades, Cheat, Spoons, and Uno had all been played ad nauseam, and the beach-house (very purposely) lacked a television set, much less a VCR.
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> We had only ourselves, and our diversions, and the ocean at the shore. It was, in retrospect, a remarkably lo-fi moment in our lives, preceding the technological onslaught to come.
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> We read books out loud, and wrestled on the living room floor, and spent time on the beach until our burgeoning sunburns drove us back inside like vampires fleeing the dawn. We marinated in the scent of spices and fresh crustacean boiling in the cavernous kitchen, and sprawled about the dining room table telling all the jokes we knew, and making up worse ones. And then, after the meal, it was down to business.
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> “Remember, the dealer has to take a hit on 16 or lower”, my father reminded me, as I asked for a somewhat inadvisable hit on a 17 of my own.
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> _“What’s a hard 17 again?”_
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> _“A 17 with no aces.”_
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> _“Oh, I have an ace. What does that mean?”_
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> _“That means you have a soft 17. Your ace can be an 11 or a 1.”_
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> _“It’s a 1 if I go over, right?”_
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> _“Right. But right now I’m showing a 6, which mean I’ll probably have to take a hit unless I have an ace too.”_
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> _“Because the dealer has to stand on 17, right?”_
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> _“In our game, yes. But not in all games. In our game, if I have an ace, we’ll push. We’ll tie.”_
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> _“I don’t wanna tie. I wanna win. I want a card.”_
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> The card came off the deck and revealed itself as a 2.
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> _“Ok, that’s 19. Do you want to stay?”_
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> _“The next card will be high, right?”_
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> _“Maybe. It’s not looking good for me.”_
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> _“Yeah, I’ll stay.”_
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> My father flipped his second card. It was also an ace.
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> _“Well, that’s 17. I have to stay.”_
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> _“I win?”_
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> _“Yep. But only in our game. In a casino maybe not. I’d get to take another hit.”_
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> _“Good thing we’re not at a casino.”_
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> _“Mhmm. And that it’s not your money. It’s harder when it’s your money.”_
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> _“How is it harder?”_
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> _“Well, do you have any money?”_
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> _“No. I spent it all.”_
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> _“I guess you’ll just have to find out one day.”_
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> We spent the rest of the vacation playing blackjack when we were indoors, until I was certain I’d mastered the game. I knew when to take a hit. I knew when to stand. I’d gotten good at anticipating what might be coming based on what was on the board. It wasn’t card counting per se, but it was the best I’d ever been with numbers.
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> We ended up playing blackjack on a lot of subsequent vacations, and I was delighted to find in adulthood, in my first encounter with Las Vegas, that I’d retained the knoweldge.
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> Maybe that shouldn’t have been so surprising considering how I took to compiling and accumulating box scores in the years just after that first brush with Vingt-et-un.
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> I’d cut them out of newspapers the night after games (when the paper had been fully read) and keep them in my room, sometimes on my walls (like Tim Duncan’s Game 6 masterpiece against the New Jersey Nets), but more often in piles on the top of my dresser, or the tiny square of laminate ‘wood’ with legs that I called a desk.
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> It felt like there was more information than the information I was getting, as I tracked the ups-and-downs of important Spurs players in my spiral notebooks. Having gone through much of my mother’s storage, I suspect that they are long-lost at this point, but I still fantasize about finding the notebook that I dedicated to Stephen Jackson, Malik Rose, and Speedy Claxton, as I tried to figure out which one the Spurs should make an effort to keep.
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> I’m not 100% sure why these were the memories that San Antonio’s thrashing of the Minnesota Timberwolves triggered for me. I was certain that the game was over halfway through third quarter, in the midst of the 3rd straight 36+ point frame from the Silver and Black, just on the conscious side of dozing with the comforting weight of my daughter sleeping on my chest.
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> (Her sole contribution before passing out was to remark that 100 is a big number)
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> With every closing flicker of my own eyelids came a memory. With every opening, the massacre of reality.
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> How am I going to write about this? Do I just say that everyone played well?
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> I mean, they really did. Kelly Olynyk, Jordan McLaughlin, and Lindy Waters III all played two thirds of the fourth quarter. Only one member of the regular rotation played more than 27 minutes.
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> With eight minutes left in the game and a 30 point deficit, the valiant but ailing Anthony Edwards personally congratulated Spurs players before retiring to rest his banged-up knees for next season, the opposite of the comportment of the extra-physical ‘Jordan Rule’ Pistons that they were sometimes exasperatingly compared to at the start of the series.
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> In the end they were more paper tigers than the superstar thwarters so many outside the fan-base had hoped they’d be. Whether by dint of injury and/or inferior roster flexibility, they were forced to stand on 17.
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> The Spurs were playing with house money, deeper and more advantageously capable of adjusting, and lacking a certain weight of expectation due to the seasons preceding this one.
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> And while I have spent most of this year’s postseason blowouts reminding myself and others not to put the cart before the horse, I couldn’t help but look ahead to the match-up on the horizon, and the reality that expectations are about to really and truly change.
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> Before the opening of the season, even the most ardent of Spurs supporters and journalists considered the Western Conference Finals to be the absolute and remotest peak on the horizon. Most agreed that avoiding the Play-In and defeating a first round opponent would be an acceptable and reasonable limit.
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> But now the Spurs are on the doorstep of a Finals appearance in Victor Wembanyama’s 3rd season, and facing a team they went 4-1 against in the regular season.
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> The rules have changed. All things considered, the Thunder are more flexible and more talented and healthier than the Timberwolves were, and just as (if not more) physical, with a habitually favorable whistle to boot.
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> The Spurs can’t count on them to stand on a soft 17. The Thunder are going to take the hit. They’re going to have home-court advantage. They’re the house, and the house has the odds in their favor.
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> It’s almost guaranteed that the Spurs will have to make the exactly right play at the exactly right time, and this time, they won’t be able to afford the lapses they had against the Trailblazers and the Timberwolves.
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> They are no longer playing with house money. The cost will be their own, and that of the city that supports them. A loss here might haunt them, and that can go two very different ways. They’re too young to know better, and I sincerely hope that they get to stay that way.
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> Playing in Vegas with my own cash at stake, I found myself second-guessing moves that I would never have thought about twice in the past. It was money that I had set aside for exactly that purpose, but the brain can have expectations in direct opposition to that of the nervous system in the same way that Spurs fans can intellectually hold reasonable perspectives about how this team has exceeded all expectations and still become unmoored by the not-unreasonable desire for more.
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> It’s strange to be experiencing this all over again at the age I am now. I’ve seen variations of this story play out before, and I can see most of the plot points before they arrive, and yet it’s somehow a new experience all over again, except that now instead of the youth being soothed by the experience of the adults on the court, I find myself carrying hopefully anxiety for the prosperity of youth. I wonder how much more of my life will become that way.
>
> And yet, I find that the wonderful chaos of this season and postseason has revealed itself as an ace in a soft 17.
>
> Hit me. I’m ready for whatever card is next.
>
> ## Takeways
>
> - We have to talk about the masterclass that Stephon Castle and Devin Vassell put on against Julius Randle in this series. Prior to the series, Randle was the obvious mismatch for a Spurs team that struggles with size at Power-Forward specifically. My thought was that the Spurs should let Randle shoot himself into a hole while the Spurs spent most of their time and energy on Ant Edwards. And there’s a reason that I’m not coaching in the NBA, because Sean Sweeney pulled out his previous playbook against the Wolves, and decided to alternate sending doubles at both of them. This was incredibly affective against Randle, who had lost his favorite passing target in Donte DiVincenzo against Denver, and his inability to anticipate these doubles seemed to shake him somewhat, as he was a turnover machine and forced some very ill-advised shots. But, most tellingly, he seemed to decline taking shots at all over the last two games, as Castle and Vassell smothered him in equal measure. This was, at least to me, a big, big deal, with teams in the Thunder and (potentially) the Knicks also being capable of exploiting what I was previously concerned would be a fatal flaw. Both of those teams are now going to have to figure out a way to deal with that when/if they face the Spurs.
> - As it turns out, when the Spurs three guards combine for 68 points very efficient points, San Antonio becomes an absolute juggernaut. This game served as yet another perfect example of why all three of these guards are critical to what the Spurs can do, and how they can absolutely unravel defenses with some of the best rim-protectors and perimeter defenders in the league. All previous elaboration and hedging aside, if the Spurs do this regularly, it just will not matter who they’re matched up with. Wemby opens up everything for these guards, and each one is different enough to pose varying challenges for the defense in such a way that it opens it right back up for Wemby and the perimeter snipers. Stephon Castle was absolutely irresistible in this one, but the filthy varieties of perimeter penetration from the other two had Minnesota’s defenders seeing ghosts by the middle of the second quarter, and only a spate of turnovers and defensive mistakes really let the Wolves back in the game at all.
> - Carter Bryant has this really funny thing going on, where when I see him on the court, he looks amazing even when his shot looks awkward, and then shows confusingly little in the box score, and then looks almost as amazing in the advanced stats. There are some thing about his game right now that don’t easily convey, but he’s been on Luke Kornet’s level when it comes to doing the dirty work and making the effort play, and he gave both Randle and Edwards trouble while gobbling up rebounds like Pac-Man after eating a power-pellet. If that shot comes along in the off-season, I’m willing to go out an a limb and say that he could transform into a reasonable facsimile of another forward who came to the Spurs with an awkward shot and staggering athleticism. The Spurs don’t even need to draft outside of best pick available at the rate that Bryant is improving. He’s overshadowed by the majestic poise and maneuvers of fellow rookie Dylan Harper (who I personally like to refer to as ‘The Left Hand of Darkness’), but he’s doing shocking work in the postseason for someone who got very little playing time comparatively-speaking, and I think this draft could go down as one of the best in Spurs history.
>
> **Playing You Out – The Theme Song of the Evening:**
>
> _All I Wanna Do is Play Cards_ by Corb Lund
>
> https://v.chinaspurs.com/v?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fembed%2FwPuLT5gLkq4%3Frel%3D0&key=e5da5c4a
By Devon Birdsong, via [Pounding The Rock](https://www.poundingtherock.com/spurs-analysis/102156/what-we-learned-from-the-spurs-series-clinching-beatdown-of-the-minnesota-timberwolves)
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### 作者：  [@PtR](https://chinaspurs.com/u/PtR)
#### 发布日期： [2026 年5 月 17 日 08:50 UTC](https://chinaspurs.com/t/topic/46471/2 "2026-05-17T08:50:30Z")
# 热评
> [@pejoweho](#):
>
> 关于昨晚在篮板球方面表现出的重大战术调整，我还没看到太多讨论。在此前的系列赛中，维克托·文班亚马 (Victor Wembanyama) 场均能抢下15个以上的篮板，但昨晚文班只抢了6个，因为他非常果断地专注于卡位对方的大个子，而让一两个（有时是三个）体型较小的马刺球员去冲抢篮板。这是一个非常成功的策略；在系列赛之前的比赛中，两队的总篮板数相当接近，马刺略占优势，但昨晚马刺拥有惊人的60-29的篮板优势。我很好奇这种方法是否会用来对阵俄克拉荷马城雷霆 (OKC)。
>
> > [@Veggiedelite](#):
> >
> > 其中一些数据肯定和我们的投篮命中率比他们高出一倍有关。我记得是39次打铁对66次。哈哈，不过全队的篮板表现确实非常出色。
> >
> > > [@pejoweho](#):
> > >
> > > 好观点。限制对方篮板最好的方法就是投进每一个球。他们对阵雷霆时绝对应该沿用这个策略。
>
> > [@snoozulooz](#):
> >
> > 我记得斯蒂芬·卡斯尔 (Stephon Castle) 在赛后采访中说过，他们整个赛季都面对过各种各样的战术，明尼苏达森林狼做的大部分事情，他们以前在别处都见过，并且都有应对策略。我不指望雷霆每晚都用同样的策略，所以我也不指望单一战术能成为万灵丹，不过那可能也不是你的本意。
> [@TerribleTim](#):
>
> 季后赛开始前，我和另一位马刺专栏读者就季后赛预期进行过辩论。我的立场是，考虑到圣安东尼奥马刺 (San Antonio Spurs) 在整个常规赛中展现出的实力，打进西部决赛应该是预期目标——尽管大家都在谈论季后赛经验不足和年轻人的冲劲，但马刺实在太有天赋且动力十足，我无法相信会有其他结果。
>
> 好了，我们现在打进西决了。全员健康。我们的休息时间没有雷霆长，但我相信这一路上留下的淤青和伤痕会是助力而非阻碍，这些是我们的年轻人在系列赛陷入艰难时可以借鉴的教训。
>
> 是时候放下预期，开始梦想了。
>
> > [@Veggiedelite](#):
> >
> > 上次我们休息了一周，结果打得死气沉沉、手感冰凉，输给了森林狼第一场，所以我认为这次没有长时间的休整绝对是件好事。
> >
> > > [@MElizondo](#):
> > >
> > > 是的，而且当你想到，虽然森林狼对抗非常激烈，但文班在其中的大约3场比赛中得到了充分的休息（第2场大胜、被驱逐的那场以及第6场大胜）。
> > >
> > > 我觉得我们会以清新的面貌迎接比赛，而雷霆则需要摆脱一些久疏战阵的生锈感。
> > >
> > > > [@SlamDunc21](#):
> > > >
> > > > 只要我们能相对健康地出战，我认为多打几场比赛比休息更好。这不仅仅是因为潜在的“生锈”可能。这支球队显然仍在边打边学，他们学到的这些教训（应对疯狂的身体对抗、防守更高大的大前锋、体会系列赛落后的感觉等）在面对森林狼这种级别的对手时学习，总比在西决第一次面对雷霆时才去学要好。下一轮系列赛如果出现一个二级恶意犯规将是灾难性的。吸取这些教训让他们准备得更充分。
> > >
> > > > [@Peeps808](#):
> > > >
> > > > 完全同意。雷霆得到了充分的休息，也受到了一点考验，但我不确定他们从那8场平淡的比赛中到底学到了什么能应对完全不同的西决。杰伦·威廉姆斯 (Jalen Williams) 和切特·霍姆格伦 (Chet Holmgren) 也许收获了一些信心？代价可能是需要重新磨合杰伦·威廉姆斯。
>
> > [@sdowns1470](#):
> >
> > 我更喜欢这样短一点的间歇。他们有足够的时间休息，但不至于休息太久而生锈。这轮系列赛的第一场就是一个很好的例子。我们在再次比赛前休息了将近一周。
> >
> > 我们在4月28日的第5场比赛中淘汰了波特兰开拓者。直到5月4日才再次上场。那次休息时间太长了。这次他们在周一比赛前可以休息一个周末。
>
> > [@Fkj](#):
> >
> > 我坦率承认，我曾是不认为我们能走这么远的人之一，所以，向你致敬，兄弟。
> [@Carlos280](#):
>
> > 考虑到卡特·布莱恩特 (Carter Bryant) 的进步速度，马刺甚至不需要在“择优而选 (BPA)”之外进行选秀。
>
> 我认为你在这点上大错特错了，我不明白你为什么会这么说。他们确实不需要再选一个卡特·布莱恩特，正如那位“愚蠢的法国骑士”所说，“我们已经有一个了”。
>
> 马刺近乎迫切地需要第三个大个子（不是卡特·布莱恩特那种，我指的是真正的4号位或5号位），或者最好各来一个。一个米奇（助教）可能真的想在正式比赛中派上场的人。是的，即使马刺今年打进总决赛或夺冠，我也会坚持并继续这么说。
>
> 在我看来，与其尝试通过自由球员市场解决所有需求，不如通过选秀至少选出其中一个。既然我们有四个选秀权，我万分希望管理层至少能动用其中两个。至少有一个可以是“BPA”，但如果你愿意这么理解的话，球队肯定有位置上的需求，或者说，仍然需要具有某些特定技能和能力的球员。
>
> > [@pejoweho](#):
> >
> > BPA（择优而选）是有局限性的。例如，把马刺的首轮签用在控球后卫身上将是完全疯狂的行为。马刺有一套非常稳固的8-9人轮换阵容，但昨晚的垃圾时间毫无疑问地证明了，我们11-15人的板凳席甚至还没达到NBA第三阵容的可接受水平。除了目前的季后赛常客，马刺的阵容或培养体系中没有任何值得关注的天赋。今年夏天显然需要利用至少两个选秀权在人才储备中增加4号位和5号位。
>
> > [@Devon Birdsong](#):
> >
> > 我想更准确的表达方式应该是，在锋线和大个子球员中进行BPA，但我当时认为没必要说得那么细，因为我以为大多数PTR读者都会明白我指的肯定不是后卫，原因显而易见。
> >
> > 显然，那是我的高估。
> [@Tropicaldaze](#):
>
> 我了解到，不仅是我们的马刺队重新焕发了生机，不仅是我们的马刺队史重新焕发了生机，最重要的是，我们的马刺文化重新焕发了生机。
> [@Los Diablo](#):
>
> 极佳的文采和叙事！
> [@Pflyer062](#):
>
> 这场大胜向所有人展示了马刺比其他球队领先多少。只有裁判和伤病能搞砸一切。这是一场巅峰对决。
> [@mikrobass3](#):
>
> 主题曲亚军：
>
> [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyDw\_zbOZOk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyDw_zbOZOk)
> [@MElizondo](#):
>
> 我非常喜欢卡特·布莱恩特和迪伦·哈珀 (Dylan Harper)。但我不确定我们是否能称哈珀为我们最成功的选秀。那个头衔绝对非马努莫属。我会说哈珀可能是我们除了状元签之外最幸运的选秀（考虑到他是2号秀，这也有道理）。但他显然是排在库珀·弗拉格 (Cooper Flagg) 之后的榜眼，而且我认为他已经轻松证明了那些支持康·克努佩尔 (Kon Knueppel) 的人是错的。
> [@jerry210](#):
>
> 管它难不难，马刺赢17分！
> [@Morethanagame](#):
>
> 当马刺领先18分时，肖恩·斯威尼 (Sean Sweeney) 因为他们让泰雷斯·斯蒂芬斯-约翰逊 (Terrence Shannon Jr.) 几次突破篮下而在板凳席上大发雷霆，这场景挺逗的。
> [@Fkj](#):
>
> 噢，21点的乐趣（和悲剧）……我也教过我儿子玩这个，还有五张抽牌、五张和七张梭哈、不许偷看、红心大战。现在孙辈们也在学了。（他们得用自己的钱玩）：）
>
> 我的拙见：
>
> 1. 上赛季在经历深静脉血栓和福克斯的手术后，在不断的失利中，观看比赛并数着斯蒂芬的惊艳时刻是我最喜欢的事。现在……哇！这孩子太棒了，简直令人惊叹！
>
> 2. 第二节的爆发让我想起了2014年的马刺。那种在攻防两端永不停歇的执行力、传球、投篮选择和强度。简直让人掉下巴。但这也并非偶然。这支优秀的球队确实可能成为一支伟大的球队。
>
> 3. 能够创造机会、得分、投篮和防守的后卫，你是永远不会嫌多的。
>
> 4. 这正是我们需要的那种系列赛。一支坚韧、老练的球队奋力反击。向森林狼致敬，即使受伤了，你们也战斗到了最后。感谢你们带来的教训。
>
> 5. 每当我以为这个赛季不能再精彩的时候，它总能变得更精彩。
> [@Spurs101](#):
>
> 就通过经验促进球队成长而言，这是一次重要的系列赛胜利。一次系列赛的胜利并不能让一支队伍变得经验丰富，但其中的教训和逆境将令人难忘。我们击败了一支连续两年打进西决的球队，在4场胜利中有3场赢了30分。但这可能不会是被铭记的重点。被铭记的将是第一场丢掉主场优势，然后在第二场带着复仇的怒火归来；是在我见过的身体对抗最激烈、裁判吹罚最糟糕的比赛之一——第三场中，第一时间夺回主场优势；是在文班被驱逐的第四场中克服困难、理应获胜却功亏一篑；然后在第五和第六场中让这支骄傲且经验丰富的球队彻底出局。
>
> 这么快就能走到这一步是一项了不起的成就，这次系列赛的胜利将提供未来数年都可以借鉴的经验。这也是为什么这一切都如此令人兴奋，这仅仅是个开始。
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> #
>
> > [@pejoweho](#):
> >
> > I haven’t seen much discussion of what looked like a significant tactical change last night in regards to rebounding. After averaging 15+ rebounds per game previously in the series, last night Wemby grabbed only 6 boards because he was focused quite deliberately on boxing out the opposing big while one or two (or sometimes three) smaller Spurs went after the rebound. It was a very successful strategy; in previous games in the series, the team rebounding totals were pretty even, with a slight edge to the Spurs, but last night the Spurs had an astounding 60-29 advantage. I wonder if this approach is something they will try against OKC.
> >
> > > [@Veggiedelite](#):
> > >
> > > Some of those numbers gotta be tied to how we missed like half as many shots as they did. 39 to 66 I think. lol but was a pretty good rebounding display from the team
> > >
> > > > [@pejoweho](#):
> > > >
> > > > Good point. The best way to limit the other team’s rebounds is to make all your shots. They definitely should use that strategy against OKC.
> >
> > > [@snoozulooz](#):
> > >
> > > I believe it was in Stephon’s post-game interview that he said that they have had different stuff thrown at them all season and that mostly everything Minny did, they had seen somewhere before and had strategies for all of it. I don’t expect OKC to come with the same strategies every night so I don’t expect one strategy to be a panecea but that’s probably not what you meant anyway.
>
> > [@TerribleTim](#):
> >
> > Before the playoffs, I got into a debate about postseason expectations with another Pounder. My stance was, given the body of work San Antonio had laid out before us throughout the regular season, the Western Conference Finals should be the expectation - the Spurs, despite all the talk of playoff inexperience and youthful exuberance, were just too talented and motivated for me to believe otherwise.
> >
> > Well, we’re here. Everyone is healthy. We didn’t get as much rest as OKC, but I believe the bumps and bruises picked up along the way will help rather than hurt, lessons for our youngsters to draw from when the series gets tough.
> >
> > It’s time for expectations to end and the dreaming to begin.
> >
> > > [@Veggiedelite](#):
> > >
> > > Last time we got a week off we came out flat and cold and lost game one to Minnesota so I think it’s definitely a good thing that we aren’t having a long break here.
> > >
> > > > [@MElizondo](#):
> > > >
> > > > Yeah and when you think that, yes, the wolves were very physical, Wemby got major rest in about 3 of these games (game 2 blowout, ejection game, and game 6 blowout).
> > > >
> > > > I feel like we will come in fresh and OKC will need to shake off some rust
> > > >
> > > > > [@SlamDunc21](#):
> > > > >
> > > > > As long as we came our relatively healthy, I think the games played was better than the possibility for rest. And not just because of the ‘rust’ potential. This team is obviously STILL learning on the fly and these lessons they learned (dealing with crazy physically, defending bigger PFs, knowing what it feels to be down in a series, etc.) were lessons better learned against lower level teams than trying to face that the first time against OKC in the WCF. A flagrant 2 in the next series would be catastrophic. Learning those lessons makes them more prepared.
> > > >
> > > > > [@Peeps808](#):
> > > > >
> > > > > This 100%. OKC got good rest and were slightly tested, but I’m unsure what exactly they took away from 8 unspectacular games that will be completely different from the WCF. Mitchell and Chet got some confidence perhaps? At the expense of possibly reintegrating J-Dub.
> >
> > > [@sdowns1470](#):
> > >
> > > I prefer shorter breaks like this. They get enough time to rest but not so much they’re rusty. The first game of this series a good example. We had almost a week off before playing again.
> > >
> > > We eliminated Portland in game 5 of that series. That was April 28. We didn’t play again until May 4. That’s too long of a break. They get the weekend off before playing on Monday.
> >
> > > [@Fkj](#):
> > >
> > > I freely admit I was one who did not think we would get this far, so flowers to you man.
>
> > [@Carlos280](#):
> >
> > > The Spurs don’t even need to draft outside of best pick available at the rate Bryant is improving.
> >
> > I believe you are quite wrong about this and don’t know why you would say such a thing. They don’t need to try to draft another CB, since as the Silly French Knight says “We already got one”.
> >
> > The Spurs are in near-desperate need of a third big (that’s not CB, I mean a real 4 / 5), or one of each preferably. Someone Mitch might actually want to put on the court in a real game And yes, I will defend and continue saying that even if the Spurs go to the Finals or win the whole thing this year.
> >
> > In my opinion, better to draft at least one of them than to try to address all needs through FA. As we have four picks, I hope against hope that FO will actuslly use at least two of them. At least one could be “bpa” but the team definitely has positional needs or, still needs players with certain skills and abilities, if you prefer.
> >
> > > [@pejoweho](#):
> > >
> > > BPA has limits. For example, it would be completely insane to use the Spurs’ first-round pick on a point guard. The Spurs have a very solid 8-9 man rotation, but the garbage time last night proved beyond a shadow of a doubt that our 11-15 bench is not at an acceptable NBA level even for third-stringers. The Spurs have _no_ worthwhile talent on their roster or in their development pipeline beyond the current playoff regulars. There’s an obvious need to use at least two of their picks this summer to get a 4 and 5 in the pipeline.
> >
> > > [@Devon Birdsong](#):
> > >
> > > I suppose a more particular way of wording that would have been that BPA specifically in terms of forwards and big men, but I didn’t think I needed to go that far because I assumed most PTR readers would know that I did not mean guards for very obvious reasons.
> > >
> > > Obviously that was an overestimation on my part.
>
> > [@Tropicaldaze](#):
> >
> > I learned that not only is our Spurs team back alive and well, and not only is our Spurs franchise back alive and well, but most importantly our Spurs culture is back alive and well.
>
> > [@Los Diablo](#):
> >
> > Superb writing and storytelling!
>
> > [@Pflyer062](#):
> >
> > The beat down shows all just how far above others the Spurs are. Only the referees and injuries can screw things up. This is a showdown.
>
> > [@mikrobass3](#):
> >
> > theme song runner-up:
> >
> > [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyDw\_zbOZOk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyDw_zbOZOk)
>
> > [@MElizondo](#):
> >
> > I love me some CB and Harper. But I’m not sure we can call Harper our best draft. That would definitely go to Manu hands down. I would say harper was probably our luckiest outside of our 1st picks (which kind of makes sense considering it was pick number 2). But he was pretty clearly the 2nd overall pick behind Flagg, and I think he has easily proven even the Kon knuppel crowd wrong.
>
> > [@jerry210](#):
> >
> > Hard or not, Spurs by 17!
>
> > [@Morethanagame](#):
> >
> > The fact that Sean Sweeney got mega upset on the bench when they let TSJ drive to the basket a few times when the Spurs were up 18 was kind of funny.
>
> > [@Fkj](#):
> >
> > Oh the joys ( and tragedy) of black jack..I also taught my sons the game along with 5 card draw, 5 and 7 card stud, no peek, acey ducey. Now the grandkids are learning. ( They have to use thier own money)🙂
> >
> > My Dime:
> >
> > 1. Last season ,after the DVT and Fox surgery, watching games and counting WOW plays by Steph was a favorite thing to watch admist all the losing. Now…WOW! The kid is so good , it is mind blowing!
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> > 2. That 2nd quarter explosion reminded me so much of 2014 Spurs. That relentless execution on both ends, the passing, shot making, and intensity. It was jaw dropping. But also not unusual. This good team may indeed be a great team.
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> > 3.No you cannot have too many guards who can create,score,shoot,and defend.
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> > 1. This is the type of series we needed. A tough, vet, team slugging back. Kudos Twolves, even wounded you guys fought hard. Thank you for the lessons.
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> > 2. Everytime I have thought this season cannot get any better, it does get better.
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> > [@Spurs101](#):
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> > It was an important series win in terms of the development of the team via experience. One series win does not make one an experienced squad, but its lessons and adversity will be memorable. We beat a team that went to the WCF back to back years with 3 out of 4 wins by 30 points. But that probably won’t be what is remembered. It will be losing home court in game 1 and coming back with a vengeance in game 2. Stealing home court back at the first opportunity in one of the most physical and poorly officiated games I’ve ever seen in game 3, overcoming and deserving the win but falling short in the Wemby ejection game 4, then putting this prideful experienced team to sleep in games 5 and 6.
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> > Its an amazing achievement to be here this soon, and this series win will have lessons to draw back on for years to come. That’s part of why this is all so exciting, this is only the beginning
via [Pounding The Rock](https://www.poundingtherock.com/spurs-analysis/102156/what-we-learned-from-the-spurs-series-clinching-beatdown-of-the-minnesota-timberwolves#comments)