By Tom Orsborn, Staff Writer | San Antonio Express-News (SAEN), 2026-05-17 15:27:18
2026年5月10日周日，在明尼阿波利斯标靶中心举行的西部半决赛第四场下半场，圣安东尼奥马刺队后卫斯蒂芬·卡斯尔 (Stephon Castle) (5) 与圣安东尼奥马刺队后卫德阿隆·福克斯 (De’Aaron Fox) (4) 进行交流。马刺队以109-114不敌森林狼队，系列赛比分被扳成2-2平。
俄克拉荷马城——马刺队三位冲击篮筐型后卫能在场上共存吗？
这个曾经在NBA引发无数讨论的问题，现在看来显得有些滑稽。
德阿隆·福克斯 (De’Aaron Fox)、斯蒂芬·卡斯尔 (Stephon Castle) 和 迪伦·哈珀 (Dylan Harper) 正率领球队挺进西部决赛，对阵头号种子俄克拉荷马城雷霆队。他们目前的状态极佳，让许多人相信，二号种子马刺队有望自2014年击败迈阿密热火夺得队史第五冠以来，首次重返NBA总决赛。
“这种感觉太棒了，”在马刺队于周五进行的西部半决赛第六场中以139-109大胜明尼苏达森林狼队后，福克斯说道，“根据我们的轮换安排，场上始终会保留我们中的两人，而且我们都能彼此配合。我们都能冲击篮筐，都能投进空位投篮。我们为彼此以及场上的其他队友创造机会，这增加了球队的进攻活力。”
他们在明尼阿波利斯的第六场比赛中几乎不可阻挡，三人合力砍下68分，投篮命中率高达73.5%（34投25中），并送出19次助攻，帮助马刺队创下队史季后赛单场得分第三高的纪录。
卡斯尔表现一马当先，16投11中，其中三分球7投5中，砍下32分，并贡献了季后赛生涯新高的11个篮板和6次助攻。凭借这一表现，他加入了卢卡·东契奇 (Luka Doncic)、泰瑞斯·哈利伯顿 (Tyrese Haliburton)、达米安·利拉德 (Damian Lillard) 以及福克斯的行列，成为NBA历史上仅有的在职业生涯前11场季后赛中拿到200+得分、60+助攻、50+篮板并投进20+三分球的球员。
福克斯克服了脚踝酸痛，全场10投8中，三分球3投3中，高效拿到21分，并送出全队最高的9次助攻。
哈珀替补出场，8投6中贡献15分，加入了大卫·罗宾逊 (David Robinson)、马努·吉诺比利 (Manu Ginobili)、蒂姆·邓肯 (Tim Duncan) 和托尼·帕克 (Tony Parker) 的行列，成为马刺队史仅有的在季后赛中得分突破150分的新秀。
“他们擅长冲击禁区，我认为联盟中没有人能在一对一防守中阻止他们冲击篮筐，”马刺队前锋德文·瓦塞尔 (Devin Vassell) 说道。
经过前两轮比赛——五场解决波特兰开拓者，随后六场击败明尼苏达森林狼——马刺队惊人的后卫深度已成为他们“公开的秘密武器”。
“这让比赛变得更简单，因为有时你面对的球队只有一个持球核心，我们可以通过消耗那个人来让对方陷入困境，”福克斯说，“但我们有三个持球点，这让一切变得容易。我们可以分担彼此的压力，也可以为维克托·文班亚马 (Victor Wembanyama) 减轻负担。”
去年六月，尽管马刺队已经拥有了福克斯和2024-25赛季年度最佳新秀卡斯尔这两位技术特点相似的球员，但他们仍用榜眼签选中了哈珀，这一举动曾引起不小的争议。然而从一开始，“冲击兄弟”就为了团队利益精诚协作。这三名球员在其他球队都有场均20分的能力，而福克斯在2025年2月通过马刺总经理布莱恩·莱特 (Brian Wright) 策划的一笔重磅三方交易来到圣安东尼奥之前，在萨克拉门托效力期间就曾多次达成这一成就。
福克斯用行动证明了他对团队篮球的承诺：在国王队的最后三个赛季，他的场均得分均在25.0分以上，而他在本赛季常规赛的场均得分为18.6分。
“他们真的不在乎谁拿高分，也不在乎战术围绕谁展开，”瓦塞尔说，“能成为这支球队的一员感觉很棒，因为没有人是自私的，每个人都只想赢球。当他们冲击篮筐时，不仅是在为自己创造机会，也是在为我们所有人创造机会。卡斯尔能看到底角的空位，福克斯能把球分出来，迪伦也是如此。”
“我可以没完没了地夸奖他们如何冲击禁区，不仅是为他们自己，也是为队友，还为文班亚马拉开了空接的空间。他们为我们所有人创造了机会。”
28岁的两届全明星球员福克斯一直是这个三人组的领军人物，也是21岁的卡斯尔和20岁的哈珀最信赖的导师。
“这很酷，我非常珍惜这种机会，”福克斯在谈到指导年轻球员时说道，“这些才华横溢的球员在成长过程中看着我打球，现在我们能在同一个更衣室，在同一块场地上并肩作战，我非常热爱这种感觉。我希望他们能尽早体会到这种成功，因为你永远不知道这种机会何时会再来。”
“对我来说，就是给他们提供一些小建议，因为他们非常有天赋，我只是给他们一份‘通关秘籍’，让他们能更好地在联盟和漫长的赛季中应对各种情况。但就像我说的，伙计，我只是在他们已有的能力基础上锦上添花，而他们已经能做到很多事情了。”
“很多事情”也包括在防守端的强悍表现。卡斯尔尤其如此，他有望入选NBA年度最佳防守阵容。
“噢，伙计，他能防守任何对位，”福克斯说，“无论是大个子还是控球后卫。”
卡斯尔也回敬了赞美，在明尼阿波利斯的晋级战后，他称赞福克斯“非常沉稳”。
“他整场比赛都打得游刃有余，没有强行出手，”卡斯尔说，“球队能拥有这样一位可以随时到达球场任何位置的领袖后卫、老将后卫，能在他身边打球真的很酷。”
至于三人组中最年轻的成员，哈珀只想继续冲击篮筐。
“教练米奇·约翰逊 (Mitch Johnson) 说，最优秀的品质就是永不退缩，”他说，“我们试着从比赛一开始就打上自己的烙印。卡斯尔在这方面做得很好，当我上场时，我也试着打上烙印，成为米奇口中那种充满侵略性的‘斗犬’。”
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How Spurs’ ‘Slash Brothers’ came together as relentless force
San Antonio Spurs guard Stephon Castle (5) and San Antonio Spurs guard De’Aaron Fox (4) converse during the second half of Game 4 of the Western Conference semifinals at Target Center in Minneapolis on Sunday, May 10, 2026. The Spurs lost to the Timberwolves 114-109, tying the series at 2-2.
OKLAHOMA CITY — Can the Spurs’ three rim-attacking guards coexist on the court?
That question, once the topic of so much discussion in the NBA, seems laughable now.
De’Aaron Fox, Stephon Castle and Dylan Harper head into the Western Conference finals against the top-seeded Oklahoma City Thunder playing at a level so high that it makes many believe the second-seeded Spurs could advance to their first NBA Finals since 2014 when they beat Miami for the franchise’s fifth title.
“It’s great,” Fox said after the Spurs’ 139-109 thumping of Minnesota on Friday in Game 6 of the conference semifinals. “The way our rotations work, at all times we have two of us out there, and we’re all able to play off of one another. We can all get to the basket. We all make our open shots. We facilitate for each other and other guys on the court. It just adds the dynamic of our team.”
They were nearly unstoppable in Game 6 in Minneapolis, combining for 68 points on 25-of-34 (73.5%) shooting and 19 assists as the Spurs posted the third-highest scoring playoff game in franchise history.
Castle led the way with 32 points on 11 of 16 from the field and 5 of 7 from 3-point range to go with a playoff-best 11 rebounds and six assists. In doing so, he joined Luka Doncic, Tyrese Haliburton, Damian Lillard and Fox as the only players in NBA history to have 200-plus points, 60-plus assists, 50-plus rebounds and more than 20 3-pointers in their first 11 playoff games.
Fox shook off a sore ankle to finish with 21 points on 8 of 10 and 3 of 3 and a team-high nine assists.
Harper came off the bench to contribute 15 points on 6 of 8 from the floor in joining David Robinson, Manu Ginobili, Tim Duncan and Tony Parker as the only players in franchise history to amass 150-plus points in the playoffs as a rookie.
“They specialize in getting downhill and I don’t think there’s anyone in the league that can stop them one on one getting downhill at all,” Spurs forward Devin Vassell said.
Through the first two rounds, a five-game shredding of Portland followed by a six-game vanquishing of Minnesota, the Spurs’ incredible depth at guard has been their not-so secret weapon.
“It makes it easier because sometimes you play a team and they have one ball handler and we’re able to wear that guy down and it makes it hard for that team,” Fox said. “But with us having three of them, it makes it pretty easy. We can take the pressure off of each other. We can try to take the pressure off of Vic (Wembanyama) as well.”
From the start after the Spurs raised some eyebrows by drafting Harper second overall last June even though they already had players with similar skill sets in Fox and 2024-25 Rookie of the Year Castle, the “Slash Brothers” have worked together for the good of the team. Each player could average 20 points a game elsewhere, and Fox already did just that several times with Sacramento before he came to San Antonio in a blockbuster three-team deal engineered by Spurs general manager Brian Wright in February 2025.
Fox underscored his commitment to team play when he averaged 18.6 points in the regular season after posting norms of 25.0 or better in his final three seasons with the Kings.
“They really don’t care who gets the credit, whose number is called,” Vassell said. "It’s great to be a part of because nobody is selfish, everybody just wants to win. For them to get downhill, they are not only creating for themselves, they are creating for all of us. It’s Steph seeing (who is open in the) corners, Fox being able to kick it out, Dylan.
“I could go on and on about how they get downhill not only themselves but for their teammates, to open things up for Vic on the lob. They open up things for all of us.”
Fox, 28-year-old two-time All-Star, has been the trio’s ringleader, a valued mentor to Castle, 21, and Harper, 20.
“It’s dope and it’s something I don’t take for granted,” Fox said of taking the younger players under his wing. "Having guys who are this talented who have watched me throughout my career and then we get to be in the same locker room, get to be on the court together, it’s something I love. And I want them to feel that success from as early as you can get it in your career because you never know when those things can come back around.
“And for me, it’s just giving them little tidbits here or there because they’re so talented, just giving them a cheat sheet to kind of maneuver throughout the league and a long season. But like I said, man, I try to add what I can to what they can already do and they can already do a lot of things.”
“A lot of things” also includes being strong on the defensive end. That’s especially true of Castle, who is expected to gain a berth on one of the NBA’s all-defensive teams.
“Oh, man, he takes on any matchup,” Fox said. “It could be a big man, it could be a point guard.”
Castle returned the praise, calling Fox “very poised” after the close-out win in Minneapolis.
“He played under control the whole game, didn’t really force any shots,” Castle said. “To have a lead guard, a veteran guard like that on our team that can get to any spot on the court whenever he wants, it’s definitely cool to be alongside him.”
As far the youngest member of the trio, Harper just wants to continue attacking the rim.
“Coach (Mitch Johnson) says the best quality is being relentless,” he said. “We try to put our imprint on the game right out of the gate. (Castle) does a great job of doing that, and when I come in the game, I try to just put that imprint and just be that attack dog Mitch called us.”
By Tom Orsborn, Staff Writer, via San Antonio Express-News