By Jeff McDonald, Staff Writer | San Antonio Express-News (SAEN), 2026-05-19 12:58:11
2026年5月18日周一，在俄克拉荷马城佩科姆中心举行的西部决赛第一场下半场，圣安东尼奥马刺队后卫斯蒂芬·卡斯尔 (Stephon Castle) (5) 在圣安东尼奥马刺队前锋维克托·文班亚马 (Victor Wembanyama) (1) 得分并造成犯规后与其击掌。马刺队在双加时中以 122-115 击败了雷霆队。
G2 取胜关键
减少失误
如果马刺输掉了第一场比赛，那么 23 次失误将是失利的主要原因。
面对雷霆队密不透风的防守，这是球队绝对不能犯的错误，否则很难生存。
这些失误在周一转化为雷霆队的 28 分，这在进入双加时的比赛中是一个巨大的差距。
如果达龙·福克斯 (De’Aaron Fox) 能够从让他缺席第一场比赛的脚踝伤势中复出，将有助于马刺队改善这一局面。
斯蒂芬·卡斯尔在系列赛揭幕战中出现了 11 次失误，如果福克斯在场上分担压力，他可能不会达到这个数字。
无论马刺在第二场比赛的阵容如何，更好的球权保护都将是当务之急。
马刺在失误如此之多的情况下击败雷霆，算是逃过一劫。他们可能很难再次做到这一点。
让卡鲁索去投吧
马刺对阵俄克拉荷马城时首选的防守策略之一，是让文班亚马去防守一名没有投射能力的侧翼球员，从而让他可以自由游走、制造混乱并封锁禁区突破。
亚历克斯·卡鲁索 (Alex Caruso) 在第一场比赛中让马刺为这一策略付出了代价，他命中了 8 记三分球，砍下 31 分。尽管卡鲁索近期手感火热，但预计马刺在第二场比赛中仍会坚持这一策略。
第一场比赛仅是卡鲁索职业生涯第二次得分达到 30+。另一次是在 2019 年效力于洛杉矶湖人队期间。可以肯定的是，卡鲁索很难在第二场比赛中复制这一壮举。
除了卡鲁索，雷霆队其他球员在周一的三分球合计 31 投 9 中。
由于马刺致力于不惜一切代价将谢伊·吉尔杰斯-亚历山大 (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander) 挡在禁区之外，雷霆队的射手群需要在第二场比赛中表现得更好。
马刺赌他们做不到。
准备迎接 MVP 的反弹
在 NBA 总裁亚当·萧华 (Adam Silver) 为他颁发连续第二座 MVP 奖杯的夜晚，吉尔杰斯-亚历山大打得很挣扎。
半场结束时，吉尔杰斯-亚历山大仅得到 4 分，这是他两年来得分最低的半场。不出所料，俄克拉荷马城也打出了本赛季最低的半场得分——44 分。
吉尔杰斯-亚历山大最终的数据统计还算体面——24 分、12 次助攻、5 次抢断——但马刺让他为此付出了艰巨的努力。马刺派出了各种球员轮番防守这位雷霆球星——卡斯尔、迪伦·哈珀 (Dylan Harper)、德文·瓦塞尔 (Devin Vassell) 和卡特·布莱恩特 (Carter Bryant)——他们合力将他限制在 23 投 7 中。
吉尔杰斯-亚历山大被评为 MVP 是有原因的。马刺应该做好他在第二场比赛强势反弹的准备。
Jeff McDonald
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Spurs vs. Thunder: Game 2 Keys to Victory
San Antonio Spurs guard Stephon Castle (5) slaps hands with San Antonio Spurs forward Victor Wembanyama (1) after Wembanyama was fouled while scoring a basket during the second half of Game 1 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.
GAME 2 KEYS TO VICTORY
Cut down on turnovers
Had the Spurs dropped Game 1, their 23 turnovers would have been the key culprit in the defeat.
It is the one thing teams cannot do against the Thunder swarming defense and expect to survive.
Those miscues led to 28 OKC points Monday, a huge margin in a game that went to double overtime.
If De’Aaron Fox is able to return from the ankle injury that kept him out of Game 1, it would help the Spurs’ chances of cleaning things up.
Stephon Castle coughed up 11 of the Spurs’ turnovers in the series opener, a number he likely does not reach if Fox is on the floor to take some of the pressure off.
No matter who is in the lineup for the Spurs for Game 2, better ball security will be an imperative.
The Spurs dodged a bullet by winning a high-turnover game against the Thunder. They might be hard-pressed to do it again.
Let Caruso cook
One of the Spurs’ preferred defensive strategies against Oklahoma City has been to assign Victor Wembanyama to defend a non-shooting perimeter player, leaving him free to roam, wreak havoc and cut off paint drives.
Alex Caruso made the Spurs pay for that approach in Game 1, hitting eight 3-pointers on his way to 31 points. Despite Caruso’s recent rash of sharpshooting, expect the Spurs to double down on that strategy in Game 2.
Game 1 marked only the second 30-point performance of Caruso’s career. The other came in 2019 as a member of the Los Angeles Lakers. It is a safe bet Caruso won’t be able to repeat the feat in Game 2.
Outside of Caruso, the rest of the Thunder roster combined to go 9-for-31 from 3-point range Monday.
With the Spurs committed to keeping Shai Gilgeous-Alexander out of the paint at all costs, OKC’s corps of perimeter shooters will need to shoot much better in Game 2.
The Spurs are betting they won’t.
Brace for an MVP bounce-back
On the night NBA commissioner Adam Silver handed him his second consecutive MVP award, Gilgeous-Alexander struggled to get going.
By halftime, Gilgeous-Alexander had four points, his lowest-scoring half in two years. Not surprisingly, Oklahoma City produced its lowest-scoring half of the season at 44 points.
Gilgeous-Alexander eventually found his way to a decent box score – 24 points, 12 assists, five steals – but the Spurs made him work hard for all of it. The Spurs threw all sorts of bodies at the OKC star – Castle, Dylan Harper, Devin Vassell, Carter Bryant – and together they limited him to a 7-for-23 shooting night.
Gilgeous-Alexander was named MVP for a reason. The Spurs should be prepared for him to come back strong in Game 2.
Jeff McDonald
By Jeff McDonald, Staff Writer, via San Antonio Express-News