By Marilyn Dubinski | Pounding The Rock (PtR), 2026-05-19 19:46:01
2026年马刺与雷霆之间的西部决赛首战，注定将成为马刺队史乃至NBA历史上最史诗级的季后赛对决之一——这也是两队在过去15年的宿敌恩怨中屡屡奉献的经典戏码。尽管缺少了达龙·福克斯 (De’Aaron Fox)，这支年轻的马刺在面对卫冕冠军时大部分时间都保持领先，但他们仍需克服自身的失误，最终通过双加时才艰难取胜。
凭借一系列极其关键的表现和历史级的数据统计，马刺在赢球的同时也达成了多项队史和NBA季后赛历史的里程碑。我们将逐一盘点目前能找到的所有纪录（其中许多得益于马刺数据专家 Jordan Howenstine 的整理）。首先，我们从一个对系列赛长期走向可能最具参考意义的数据开始，该数据由 ESPN 的迈克尔·C·莱特 (Michael C. Wright) 提供：
马刺是NBA历史上第五支在面对当赛季联盟战绩第一的球队时，在前六场交锋中赢下五场的球队。此前的四支球队最终都在季后赛系列赛中击败了战绩第一的对手。
换句话说，历史上还没有哪支球队在单赛季前六次交锋中赢下五次后，却在季后赛系列赛中输给同一个对手。当然，这里有一个小细节：这五场胜场中包括了一场NBA杯半决赛，所以这并不等同于马刺在常规赛横扫了雷霆，也不意味着系列赛已经2-0领先，但历史规律显然站在马刺这一边。
接下来看第一场比赛的具体数据里程碑。在福克斯缺阵的情况下，马刺排出了分区决赛历史上最年轻的首发阵容，平均年龄不足23岁。这打破了1977年波特兰开拓者夺冠阵容保持的纪录，比后者年轻了279天。
马刺排出了NBA分区决赛历史上最年轻的首发阵容。
哈珀 (20岁)
卡斯尔 (21岁)
瓦塞尔 (25岁)
尚帕尼 (24岁)
文班亚马 (22岁)平均年龄：22岁346天。
— Jordan Howenstine (@ AirlessJordan) 2026年5月19日
这也是马刺自2005年（当时在菲尼克斯击败太阳）以来，首次在分区决赛首战中取得客场胜利。（我们都知道那一年最终的结果如何！）
这是马刺自2005年以来首次在分区决赛第一场取得客场胜利。
上一次是2005年5月22日，圣安东尼奥在西决首战以121-114击败菲尼克斯。
— Jordan Howenstine (@ AirlessJordan) 2026年5月19日
接下来是维克托·文班亚马 (Victor Wembanyama)，他在职业生涯新高的49分钟出场时间里，25投14中轰下41分、24个篮板、3次助攻和3次盖帽。在半场结束时，他就以14分10个篮板成为了自2002年克里斯·韦伯 (Chris Webber) 以来，首位在分区决赛首秀半场即砍下两双的球员（也是自2012年对阵雷霆的蒂姆·邓肯 (Tim Duncan) 以来首位达成此举的马刺球员）。全场结束时，他超越了卡里姆·阿卜杜尔-贾巴尔 (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar)，成为季后赛历史上砍下40+20最年轻的球员，同时也是继大卫·罗宾逊 (David Robinson) 之后第二位达成此成就的马刺球员。
维克托·文班亚马是自2002年5月18日对阵湖人的克里斯·韦伯（14分10篮板）以来，首位在分区决赛首秀半场就拿到两双（14/10）的球员——距今整整24年。
— Jordan Howenstine (@ AirlessJordan) 2026年5月19日
维克托·文班亚马砍下41分和24个篮板，是NBA季后赛历史上达成40+20最年轻的球员。
— Dan Weiss (@ DanWeissPBP) 2026年5月19日
维克托·文班亚马是马刺队史第二位在季后赛单场砍下40分和20个篮板的球员。大卫·罗宾逊曾在1996年对阵菲尼克斯时砍下40/21。
— Jordan Howenstine (@ AirlessJordan) 2026年5月19日
但这还没完。文班亚马还是自2003年德克·诺维茨基 (Dirk Nowitzki) 以来，首位在分区决赛首秀中砍下25+得分和15+篮板的球员（当时德克的对手正是马刺，有些人可能忘了他在那轮系列赛的大部分时间里因伤缺阵）。他也是自1976年合并以来，仅有的两位在22岁或以下便在季后赛砍下30+20的球员之一，另一位是1977年的摩西·马龙 (Moses Malone)；同时他也是自1960年的威尔特·张伯伦 (Wilt Chamberlain) 以来，首位在分区决赛首秀达成30+20的球员。
维克托·文班亚马是自2003年德克·诺维茨基以来，首位在NBA分区决赛首秀中砍下25+得分和15+篮板的球员。
— Jordan Howenstine (@ AirlessJordan) 2026年5月19日
自1976年合并以来，仅有两位22岁或以下的球员在季后赛单场砍下30+20：
摩西·马龙 (1977)
维克托·文班亚马 (今晚)— Jordan Howenstine (@ AirlessJordan) 2026年5月19日
维克托·文班亚马是自1960年威尔特·张伯伦（42/29）以来，首位在分区决赛首秀中砍下30+得分和20+篮板的球员。@ EliasSports
— Jordan Howenstine (@ AirlessJordan) 2026年5月19日
接着我们要提到迪伦·哈珀 (Dylan Harper)，随着季后赛的深入，这位新星的光芒愈发耀眼。在福克斯缺阵的情况下，他临危受命担任首发，20投8中（尽管三分球7投0中）砍下24分、11个篮板、6次助攻和7次抢断。同样重要的是，他全场仅有1次失误，这在一定程度上弥补了斯蒂芬·卡斯尔 (Stephon Castle) 当晚的11次失误。如果福克斯在第二场继续休战——考虑到这已不再是必须赢下的比赛，这可能是一个战略选择，尽管我个人非常看重每一场比赛——哈珀应当掌握更多的球权。
哈珀的7次抢断打破了德章泰·默里 (Dejounte Murray)（2017年对阵勇士第四场贡献5次抢断）保持的马刺新秀季后赛单场纪录。他也加入了阿尔文·罗伯特森 (Alvin Robertson)、艾弗里·约翰逊 (Avery Johnson)、马努·吉诺比利 (Manu Ginobili) 和科怀·伦纳德 (Kawhi Leonard) 的行列，成为马刺队史仅有的几位在季后赛单场贡献6+抢断的球员。
三节过后已经追平纪录。 https://t.co/aI9uU3HL6e
— Dan Weiss (@ DanWeissPBP) 2026年5月19日
马刺队史仅有5位球员在季后赛单场贡献6+抢断：
阿尔文·罗伯特森
艾弗里·约翰逊
马努·吉诺比利
科怀·伦纳德
迪伦·哈珀— Jordan Howenstine (@ AirlessJordan) 2026年5月19日
在全联盟层面，哈珀成为历史上第二位在季后赛单场砍下20/10/5/5（抢断）的新秀，另一位是“魔术师”约翰逊 (Magic Johnson)；而他更是历史上首位达成20/10/5/7的新秀。这不仅仅是一份历史级的新秀数据：自1973-74赛季抢断被正式计入统计以来，他与拉里·伯德 (Larry Bird) 和朱利叶斯·欧文 (Julius Erving) 一起，成为了历史上仅有的三位能在季后赛打出这种数据的球员！
NBA季后赛历史上仅有两位新秀曾单场砍下20+得分、10+篮板、5+助攻和5+抢断：
“魔术师”约翰逊 (1980)
迪伦·哈珀 (今晚)— Jordan Howenstine (@ AirlessJordan) 2026年5月19日
迪伦·哈珀是NBA季后赛历史上首位单场砍下20+得分、10+篮板、5+助攻和7+抢断的新秀。
— Jordan Howenstine (@ AirlessJordan) 2026年5月19日
迪伦·哈珀成为自1973-74赛季（抢断被全面记录的首个赛季）以来，第三位在分区决赛单场砍下20+分、10+板、5+助、5+断的球员！
他加入了以下行列：
拉里·伯德 (1981年5月3日)
朱利叶斯·欧文 (1980年4月23日) https://t.co/yblCDgltl3 pic.twitter.com/v7IIWe6Hof— NBA History (@ NBAHistory) 2026年5月19日
马刺几乎无法奢求更好的系列赛开局了。当然，一切尚未尘埃落定，他们必须保持专注，在争取另外三场胜利的过程中避免过度兴奋或盲目自信，因为这绝非易事。雷霆球迷会指出谢伊·吉尔杰斯-亚历山大 (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander) 在进攻端本可以表现得更好，事实也确实如此。与此同时，马刺自身肯定也有提升空间（尤其是三分球，本场仅43投13中），而且不太可能再次出现21次失误（特别是如果福克斯回归的话）。此外，指望亚历克斯·卡鲁索 (Alex Caruso) 再次砍下31分并投进8个三分球也不太现实，毕竟他并不是一名表现稳定的射手。
无论如何，这只是这轮精彩系列赛的开始。第一场比赛已经作为马刺队史最伟大的表现之一载入史册（这已经是非常高的评价了），但如果马刺最终不能赢下这轮系列赛，这些数据的分量也会大打折扣。今天我们可以尽情狂欢，而明天，就要重新投入战斗。
如果你还发现了其他我遗漏的里程碑，请务必在评论区补充！（这些数据统计就像一个无底洞，几乎不可能全部涵盖。）
由生成式 AI 翻译，译文内容可能不准确或不完整，以原文为准。
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The historic stat that predicts a Spurs series win
Game 1 of the 2026 Western Conference Finals between the Spurs and Thunder will go down as one of the most epic playoff games for both the Spurs and NBA — something this rivalry has had a knack for generating over the last 15 years. The young Spurs led most of the time against the defending champions despite no De’Aaron Fox but still found themselves having to overcome their own mistakes to pull it out in double-overtime.
They were able to do so with a series of insanely clutch plays and historic stat lines, all while reaching many milestones both in franchise and NBA Playoff history, and we’re about to go through all if them that I could find (many courtesy of Spurs stat guru Jordan Howenstine). But first, we’ll start with the one that may matter the most when looking at the long-term outlook of this series, courtesy of Michael C. Wright of ESPN:
The Spurs are the fifth team in NBA history to win five of their first six games against the team that owned the best record in the NBA that season. The previous four all won a playoff series against the team that had the best record.
In other words, no team has beaten an opponent in 5 of their first 6 match-ups in a season and gone on to lose a playoff series to them. Of course, there is the added quirk of one of those five games being the NBA Cup Semi-finals, so it’s not like the Spurs swept the Thunder in the regular season or are up 2-0 to start the series, but history is still on their side.
Now we move on to stat milestones specific to Game 1. Without Fox, the Spurs trotted out the youngest starting lineup in Conference Finals history, averaging just under 23 years old. That beat out the Portland Trail Blazers 1977 championship team’s starting lineup by 279 days.
Spurs are rolling out the youngest starting lineup in the all-time history of the NBA Conference Finals.
Harper (20)
Castle (21)
Vassell (25)
Champagnie (24)
Wembanyama (22)Average age: 22 years, 346 days.
— Jordan Howenstine (@ AirlessJordan) May 19, 2026
This was also the Spurs’ first road win in Game 1 of the Conference Finals since 2005, when they beat the Suns in Phoenix Game 1. (We all know how that turned out!)
First time the Spurs have won a Conference Finals Game 1 on the road since 2005.
Last time was when San Antonio beat Phoenix in Game 1 of the WCF 121-114 on May 22, 2005.
— Jordan Howenstine (@ AirlessJordan) May 19, 2026
Next up is Victor Wembanyama, who finished with 41 points on 14-25 shooting, 24 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 blocks in a career-high 49 minutes of action. He had already become the first player since Chris Webber in 2002 to have double-double at halftime in his first ever conference Conference Finals game with 14 points and 10 rebounds (and the first Spur since Tim Duncan against OKC in 2012), and by the end he was the youngest player to post a 40/20 game in playoffs history, surpassing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, as well as the second Spur after David Robinson.
Victor Wembanyama is the first player to have a double-double (14/10) in the first half of their first ever Conference Finals game since Chris Webber on May 18, 2002 vs the Lakers (14/10) – exactly 24 years ago to the day.
— Jordan Howenstine (@ AirlessJordan) May 19, 2026
Victor Wembanyama, 41 points & 24 rebounds, is the youngest player to record a 40/20 game in NBA playoff history.
— Dan Weiss (@ DanWeissPBP) May 19, 2026
Victor Wembanyama is the second player in Spurs history to have 40 points and 20 rebounds in a Playoff game. David Robinson had 40/21 against Phoenix in 1996.
— Jordan Howenstine (@ AirlessJordan) May 19, 2026
But it didn’t end there. He’s also the first player since Dirk Nowitzki in 2003 to have 25+ points and 15+ rebounds in his first Conference Finals game (which was against the Spurs, and some may forget he missed most of that series). He was also only the second player 22 or younger to post 30+ and 20+ in playoff game since the 1976 merger, along with Moses Malone in 1977, and the first to do it in his first Conference Finals game since Wilt Chamberlain in 1960.
Victor Wembanyama is the first player to have 25+ points and 15+ rebounds in their first-ever NBA Conference Finals game since Dirk Nowitzki in 2003.
— Jordan Howenstine (@ AirlessJordan) May 19, 2026
Only two players 22 years old or under to have 30 and 20 in a Playoff game since the 1976 merger:
Moses Malone (1977)
Victor Wembanyama (Tonight)— Jordan Howenstine (@ AirlessJordan) May 19, 2026
Victor Wembanyama is the first player to have 30+ points and 20+ rebounds in his first-ever Conference Finals game since Wilt Chamberlain had 42/29 in 1960.@ EliasSports
— Jordan Howenstine (@ AirlessJordan) May 19, 2026
Then we have Dylan Harper, whose rookie star keeps shining brighter the deeper we get into the playoffs. He got the start with Fox out, posting 24 points on 8-20 shooting (albeit 0-7 from three), 11 rebounds, 6 assists and 7 steals. (And perhaps just as importantly, just 1 turnover to help mitigate Stephon Castle’s 11 on the night. If Fox sits again for Game 2 — which may be a strategic move since it’s no longer a must-win game, although I personally take every game extremely seriously — the ball needs to be in Harper’s hands more.)
His 7 steals beat out Dejounte Murray, who had 5 against the Warriors in Game 4 in 2017, for the Spurs rookie record for a playoff game. He also joined some elite Spurs company with Alvin Robertson, Avery Johnson, Manu Ginobili and Kawhi Leonard as the only Spurs with 6+ steals in a playoff game.
Has now tied the record after 3 quarters. https://t.co/aI9uU3HL6e
— Dan Weiss (@ DanWeissPBP) May 19, 2026
Only 5 players in Spurs history with 6+ steals in a Playoff game:
Alvin Robertson
Avery Johnson
Manu Ginobili
Kawhi Leonard
DYLAN HARPER— Jordan Howenstine (@ AirlessJordan) May 19, 2026
At the NBA level, he became just the second rookie to record 20/10/5/5 (steals) in a playoff game, with the other being Magic Johnson, and the first to post 20/10/5/7. But it wasn’t just a historic rookie stat line: since steals began being recorded in 1973-74, he joins Larry Bird and Julius Irving as the only players to post that stat line in the playoffs AT ALL!
Only two rookies in NBA Playoffs history to have a game with 20+ points, 10+ rebounds, 5+ assists and 5+ steals:
Magic Johnson (1980)
Dylan Harper (Tonight)— Jordan Howenstine (@ AirlessJordan) May 19, 2026
Dylan Harper is the first rookie in NBA Playoffs history to have a game with 20+ points, 10+ rebounds, 5+ assists and 7+ steals.
— Jordan Howenstine (@ AirlessJordan) May 19, 2026
Dylan Harper becomes the third player since 1973-74 (first season steals were fully recorded) to record 20+ PTS, 10+ REB, 5+ AST, and 5+ STL in a Conference Finals Game!
He joins:
Larry Bird (5/3/1981)
Julius Erving (4/23/1980) https://t.co/yblCDgltl3 pic.twitter.com/v7IIWe6Hof— NBA History (@ NBAHistory) May 19, 2026
The Spurs could hardly have asked for a better start to the series. Of course, nothing is set in stone, and they must remain focused and not get too high or confident while working for three more wins because it won’t be easy. Thunder fans will point to how Shai Gilgeous-Alexander could have been much better on offense, and they would be right. At the same time, the Spurs certainly could have been better themselves (especially from three, where they shot just 13-43), likely won’t be giving up 21 turnovers again (especially if Fox is back), and it would be a stretch to think the Thunder get 31 points and 8 threes from Alex Caruso again, who is a very erratic shooter.
Regardless, this is just the start of what should be an amazing series. Game 1 has already gone down in Spurs history as one of the best performances we’ve seen (which is saying a lot), but it will only carry so much weight into the future if the Spurs don’t take this series. We can all revel in it today, and then tomorrow, it’s back to work.
Make sure to add any more milestones I may have missed in the comments below! (It’s quite the rabbit hole to go down and almost impossible catch them all.)
By Marilyn Dubinski, via Pounding The Rock