By Jeff McDonald, Staff Writer | San Antonio Express-News (SAEN), 2026-05-19 00:58:26
2026年5月18日，周一，俄克拉荷马城切萨皮克能源球馆（Paycom Center），圣安东尼奥马刺队前锋维克托·文班亚马 (Victor Wembanyama) (1) 与后卫斯蒂芬·卡斯尔 (Stephon Castle) (5) 庆祝西决首场胜利。马刺在双加时中以122-115击败雷霆。
俄克拉荷马城 —— 而这仅仅是系列赛的第一场。
在这场比赛中，22岁的文班亚马成为了NBA历史上在季后赛中砍下40+20（40分20篮板）最年轻的球员。他是马刺队史上第二位达成此成就的球员，比肩大卫·罗宾逊 (David Robinson)。
马刺需要文班亚马每一厘米的英雄表现，才得以险胜卫冕冠军雷霆队。在此之前，雷霆在本赛季季后赛的前两轮系列赛中均横扫对手，这是他们今年季后赛的首场败仗。
顶替受伤的德阿隆·福克斯 (De’Aaron Fox) 临危受命首发出战的新秀迪伦·哈珀 (Dylan Harper) 砍下了24分、11个篮板、6次助攻和7次抢断。
在NBA季后赛历史上，此前只有一名新秀能单场至少得到20分、10个篮板、5次助攻和5次抢断，那便是1980年的埃尔文·“魔术师”·约翰逊 (Magic Johnson)。
俄克拉荷马城后卫谢伊·吉尔杰斯-亚历山大 (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander) 的夜晚始于捧起迈克尔·乔丹奖杯——他连续第二年当选NBA常规赛最有价值球员（MVP）。但接下来的比赛对他来说却是一场苦战。
亚历山大最终拿到了24分、12次助攻和5次抢断，但在马刺防守者的轮番纠缠下，他全场20投仅8中。
亚历克斯·卡鲁索 (Alex Caruso) 为雷霆在替补席上迎来爆发，砍下31分，其中包括8记三分球。这一切让比赛悬念一直保留到了最后，并不断在生死时刻徘徊。
文班亚马命中了全场最关键的一球：在第一个加时赛还剩26.2秒时，他投进了一个决定生死的Logo三分，将比分扳成108平。
如果文班亚马投丢了那一球，马刺很可能会输掉比赛。随后，文班亚马在第二个加时赛中接管了比赛。
在比赛还剩1分01秒时，他接到哈珀的传球，在切特·霍姆格伦 (Chet Holmgren) 头上完成扣篮并造成犯规。随后的罚球命中让马刺以118-114领先。
雷霆在接下来的进攻回合中连续三次出手不中，其中德文·瓦塞尔 (Devin Vassell) 封盖了霍姆格伦的一次出手。
紧接着，卡斯尔再次送出空接找到文班亚马，将马刺的领先优势扩大到120-114。为了给比赛盖棺论定，文班亚马在防守端封盖了杰伦·威廉姆斯 (Jalen Williams) 的挑篮。
那一球之后，文班亚马在马刺替补席前摆出造型，环视着全场座无虚席却只能陷入沉默与难以置信的雷霆观众。
“赢得一场比赛意味着一些东西，”文班亚马说道，“但并不代表全部。”
以下是马刺赢得第一场胜利的三大启示，双方的第二场较量将于周三继续在切萨皮克能源球馆进行：
1. 文班被 SGA 的 MVP 典礼“100%”激怒了？
在比赛跳球开始前，文班亚马不得不坐在场边，目睹亚历山大蝉联 MVP 奖杯的颁奖仪式。
那是文班亚马梦寐以求的奖杯。他在今年的评选中排名第三。
当被问及文班亚马是否因为目睹雷霆为自家球星庆祝而受到激励时，马刺主帅米奇·约翰逊 (Mitch Johnson) 表示：“百分之百。”
“如果你是一个竞争者，看到另一个竞争者得到了你想要的回报，我不认为这会对比赛产生什么负面影响，这只会让他比任何人都打得更努力。如果这就是动力，那么我们每个人都会被不同的事物所激励，”约翰逊说道。
文班亚马也承认了这一点。
“我还有很多东西要学，”他说道，“我想在我的职业生涯中多次赢得那座奖杯。”
2. 哈珀在季后赛首次首发中大放异彩
周一，哈珀在开赛前约一小时才得知自己将在西区决赛的第一场比赛中首发。而且是在客场，对阵卫冕冠军。
由于福克斯因右脚踝酸痛在赛前临时缺阵，哈珀顶替这位全明星球员，迎来了职业生涯首次季后赛首发。尽管这位20岁的新秀投篮效率并不高（20投8中），但他冲击禁区的表现非常坚决，在篮板、抢断和助攻方面填满了数据栏，并在关键时刻做出了一系列及时的贡献。
马刺后卫迪伦·哈珀，在被问及是否意识到自己参与了一场经典对决时表示：“没想那么多，我只是想赢。这是我脑子里最重要的事情。……我们上场时就抱着这样的心态：如果需要打两个加时，那就加倍努力去赢球。” pic.twitter.com/S8OGPyfsyM
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同样重要的是，哈珀全场仅有一次失误。
“我认为他展现出了超越年龄的沉稳，”约翰逊说道。
赛前，约翰逊表示福克斯的脚踝问题可能会贯穿整个季后赛。即使福克斯重返赛场，也无法保证他能恢复到100%的状态。
随着系列赛的进行，哈珀的贡献将继续保持极高的价值。
3. 尽管如此，马刺依然想念福克斯
由于福克斯作壁上观，哈珀和卡斯尔不得不承担比平时更多的持球任务。
“天哪，”卡斯尔说，“真的太累了。”
就卡斯尔而言，这种疲劳可能是导致他全场出现多达11次失误的部分原因。
卡斯尔最终得到17分和11次助攻，但失误是他这个夜晚唯一的污点。
如果福克斯在场，卡斯尔显然不需要承担如此重的持球压力，他可能也就不会出现这么多失误。
在第四节末段和两个加时赛的胶着状态下，马刺本可以利用福克斯的老道经验来稳住局面。
如果他们能在周三的第二场比赛中让福克斯回归阵容，那将是巨大的助力。
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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3 Takeaways as Victor Wembanyama steals the show vs. Thunder
San Antonio Spurs forward Victor Wembanyama (1) and San Antonio Spurs guard Stephon Castle (5) celebrate a Game 1 win of the Western Conference Finals at Paycom Center in Oklahoma City, Monday, May 18, 2026. The Spurs defeated the Thunder 122-115 in double overtime.
OKLAHOMA CITY — And that was only Game 1.
In doing so, the 22-year-old Wembanyama became the youngest player in NBA history to notch a 40-20 game in the playoffs. He is only the second Spurs player of any age to do it, following David Robinson.
The Spurs needed every centimeter of Wembanyama’s heroics to outlast the defending champion Thunder, who lost for the first time in the playoffs this postseason after sweeping their first two series.
Making a spot start in place of the injured De’Aaron Fox, rookie Dylan Harper had 24 points, 11 rebounds, six assists and seven steals.
Only two rookies in NBA postseason history have logged a game with at least 20 points, 10 rebounds, five assists and five steals. The other was Magic Johnson in 1980.
Oklahoma City guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander began his night hoisting the Michael Jordan trophy, named the NBA’s Most Valuable Player for the second year in a row. The rest of his evening was a struggle.
Gilgeous-Alexander eventually found his way to 24 points, 12 assists and five steals, but Spurs defenders harassed him into an 8-for-20 shooting performance.
Alex Caruso exploded for 31 points off the bench for the Thunder, a display that included eight 3-pointers. It all amounted to a game that went down to the wire, and then kept going down to the wire.
Wembanyama hit the game’s most important shot, a do-or-die 3-pointer from the logo with 26.2 seconds remaining in the first overtime to knot the score at 108-108.
If Wembanyama had missed, the Spurs likely lose. Wembanyama then brought the game home in the second OT.
His dunk off a pass from Harper on Chet Holmgren with 1:01 left drew a foul. The ensuing free throw put the Spurs ahead 118-114.
The Thunder missed three shots on their ensuing possession, with Devin Vassell swatting Holmgren for one of them.
After that, Castle found Wembanyama on another lob to increase the Spurs’ lead to 120-114. For good measure, Wembanyama put the finishing touches on the game by blocking a Jalen Williams finger roll at the other end.
After that one, Wembanyama posed in front of the Spurs’ bench, looking around at a sold-out Thunder crowd who could only stare back in disbelief.
“Winning one game means something,” Wembanyama said, “but it doesn’t mean everything.”
Here are three takeaways from the Spurs’ Game 1 victory, with Game 2 on tap Wednesday at the Paycom Center:
1. Wemby “100%” motivated by SGA’s MVP?
Before the game could tip off, Wembanyama had to sit through a ceremony honoring Gilgeous-Alexander’s second consecutive MVP trophy.
It is a trophy Wembanyama covets as his own. He finished third in this year’s voting.
Asked if he thought Wembanyama was sparked by the indignity of watching the Thunder celebrate one of their own, Spurs coach Mitch Johnson said: “One-hundred percent.”
“If you’re a competitor and you see another competitor get rewarded with what you want, I don’t think it had any effect on the game that didn’t make him play harder than anyone else, but if that’s motivation we all get motivated by different things,” Johnson said.
Wembanyama acknowledged as much.
“I still got a lot to learn,” he said. “I want to win that trophy many times in my career.”
2. Harper shines in first playoff start
Harper found out about an hour before tipoff Monday that he would be starting Game 1 of the Western Conference finals. On the road. Against the defending NBA champions.
With Fox a late scratch due to right ankle soreness, Harper earned the first playoff start of his young career in place of an All-Star. Though the 20-year-old Harper did not shoot efficiently — he was 8 of 20 — he was relentless in attacking the paint, packed the box score with rebounds, steals and assists and came up with a slew of timely plays down the stretch.
Spurs guard Dylan Harper, on if he realized he was taking part in a classic game: “Nah, I’m just trying to win. That’s the biggest thing on my mind. … We all went in there with the mindset of if it takes two overtimes, let’s double down and win.” pic.twitter.com/S8OGPyfsyM
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As importantly, Harper also committed only one turnover.
“I think he showed composure beyond his years,” Johnson said.2
Before the game, Johnson said Fox’s ankle issue will likely plague him through the end of the playoffs. Even if Fox returns to the floor, there is no guarantee he will be 100%.
Harper’s contributions are going to continue to be invaluable as the series progresses.
3. Even so, the Spurs missed Fox
With Fox in street clothes, Harper and Castle had to spend more time on the ball than usual.
“Man,” Castle said, “it was so tiring.”
In Castle’s case, that fatigue could be partially responsible for the whopping 11 turnovers he coughed up.
Castle finished with 17 points and 11 assists. The turnovers were a black mark on his night.
If Fox had been available, it stands to reason the ball wouldn’t have had to be in Castle’s hands quite so much. He probably wouldn’t have had a chance to commit so many turnovers.
Locked in a tight game down the stretch of the fourth quarter and two overtimes, the Spurs could have used Fox’s veteran know-how to settle things down.
If they can get Fox back in the lineup for Game 2 on Wednesday, it will only be a boon.
By Jeff McDonald, Staff Writer, via San Antonio Express-News