By Zach Powell | The Athletic, 2026-05-23 21:24:23
《The Athletic》正在为您带来雷霆对阵马刺在2026年NBA西部决赛第四战的实时报道。
安东尼·爱德华兹 (Anthony Edwards) 表示，在明尼苏达森林狼队输掉西部半决赛第六战（马刺借此晋级）的比赛还剩8分钟时，他决定向圣安东尼奥马刺队的球员和教练撞拳致意，这背后并没有任何别有用心的意图。
爱德华兹在发布于其YouTube频道的一段幕后纪实风格视频中解释了自己的行为。他表示，自己不想等到比赛结束，因为获胜的球队通常会在赢下系列赛后大肆庆祝，而他不想眼睁睁地看着击败森林狼的对手在自己面前狂欢。
“我觉得每个人都有自己的看法，”爱德华兹说，“当时比赛还剩八分钟，但（我们）已经不会再上场了。当你赢下一轮季后赛系列赛时，大家都会在比赛结束时庆祝，所以他们会喜笑颜开，而我则会因为刚刚输掉比赛而气急败坏。
“我其实根本不想去和他们撞拳致意，但如果我不去，他们又会怎么议论我？那肯定会演变成另一个话题。我给了他们应有的尊重。我本可以等到比赛结束，那是某些人的观点，但我已经做了我该做的。这就是为什么我是我，而你们是你们。”
在第四节还剩8分01秒时，爱德华兹走向马刺队替补席，与教练组和球员们一一握手，而这通常是球员在比赛临近结束时才会做的事。这一举动引起了《NBA on Prime》赛后节目分析嘉宾的关注，该节目嘉宾包括前NBA球星德克·诺维茨基 (Dirk Nowitzki)、布雷克·格里芬 (Blake Griffin)、尤杜尼斯·哈斯勒姆 (Udonis Haslem) 和史蒂夫·纳什 (Steve Nash)，以及主持人泰勒·鲁克斯 (Taylor Rooks)。诺维茨基、格里芬和哈斯勒姆对这一举动表示不赞同。
在YouTube视频中，爱德华兹对森林狼季后赛出局前的全部六场比赛进行了点评，包括他对失去维克托·文班亚马 (Victor Wembanyama) 的马刺队的看法，以及关于这位法国新星因肘击被驱逐纳兹·里德 (Naz Reid) 后可能面临禁赛的讨论。爱德华兹表示，文班亚马在第四战中被驱逐对森林狼来说是“完美”的，尤其是在进攻端，但他同时也表示防守端面临着挑战。
“这让我们打得很难，因为现在（马刺队的）每个人都放开手脚去打了，”爱德华兹说，“他们本来打的就是无私的篮球，但这让比赛变得更艰难了一点。不过，我们在进攻端稍微轻松了一些，因为我们可以突入禁区，尝试在卢克·科内特 (Luke Kornet) 头上完成终结，而不是面对文班。”
在回顾与丹佛掘金队系列赛中遭遇的膝伤时，爱德华兹在第四战后承认，他在那一轮系列赛中相当于只有“一只膝盖”在打球，但面对马刺时他感觉自己“两只膝盖都挺好”。接下来的画面切到爱德华兹讨论文班亚马被驱逐的话题，他表示自己对这位身高7英尺4英寸（约2.24米）的球星被驱逐感到“非常高兴”，甚至开玩笑说他可能会给NBA发邮件要求对其进行禁赛。爱德华兹表示，文班亚马“就像一座雕像”，而且由于他的防守，当文班在场时，马刺队很难被击败。
“当他在场上时，真的很难击败他们，纯粹是因为他的防守，”爱德华兹在谈到文班亚马时说道。
爱德华兹表示，森林狼在第五战和第六战中“一上来就被揍惨了”，但在输掉系列赛后，他向马刺队“脱帽致敬”。他认为明尼苏达和圣安东尼奥未来可能会成为宿敌，并声称这一切还没有结束。
“那是当然，”爱德华兹说，“我向他们脱帽致敬。他们上场打出了极佳表现。……但我们会回来的。你们赢了，你们击败了我们，但这种好日子不会永远持续下去。”
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Anthony Edwards explains why he dapped up Spurs bench during Game 6: ‘Everybody has their opinion’
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Anthony Edwards said there was no ulterior motive behind his decision to dap up San Antonio Spurs players and coaches with eight minutes remaining in the Minnesota Timberwolves’ series-clinching Game 6 loss in the Western Conference semifinals.
Edwards, who addressed his actions during a behind-the-scenes-style video posted to his YouTube channel, said he didn’t want to wait until the end of the game because winning teams typically celebrate after winning a series, and he didn’t want to watch another team revel after beating the Wolves.
“I feel like everybody has their own opinion,” Edwards said. “There’s eight minutes left in the game but (we’re) not going back in the game. When you win a playoff series, everybody is celebrating at the end of the game, so they’re going to be smiling, while I’m pissed off that we just lost.
“I didn’t want to dap them up at all, but then what would they be saying about me? It would have been a whole other conversation. I gave them the respect they deserve. I could’ve waited until the end of the game, that’s some people’s perspective, but I did what I did. That’s why I’m me and y’all are whoever y’all are.”
Edwards walked to the Spurs bench with 8:01 remaining in the fourth quarter and shook hands with the coaching staff and players, one by one, which is something players typically do toward the end of a game. The exchange caught the attention of the analysts on the “NBA on Prime” postgame show, which includes former NBA stars Dirk Nowitzki, Blake Griffin, Udonis Haslem and Steve Nash, and host Taylor Rooks. Nowitzki, Griffin and Haslem didn’t agree with the move.
In the YouTube video, Edwards shared commentary on each of the six games leading up to Minnesota’s playoff exit, including his opinion on the Spurs without Victor Wembanyama and the discussion around the Frenchman potentially being suspended after his ejection for elbowing Naz Reid. Edwards said it was “perfect” that Wembanyama was ejected from Game 4, especially offensively, but said there were defensive challenges.
“It made it hard on us because now everybody (on the Spurs) was playing free,” Edwards said. “They play egoless basketball anyway, but they made it a little tougher. But it was a little bit easier on the offensive end because we were able to get to the paint and try to finish over (Luke) Kornet instead of Wemby.”
Edwards, while reflecting on his knee injury suffered in the series against the Denver Nuggets, admitted after Game 4 that he only had “one knee” in that series but felt he had “two OK knees” against the Spurs. The next scene cut to Edwards discussing Wembanyama’s ejection, saying he was “so happy” the 7-foot-4 star was ejected and even joked he might email the NBA to get him suspended. Edwards said Wembanyama is “like a statue,” and that the Spurs are hard to beat when Wemby plays because of his defense.
“It’s so hard to beat them when he’s on the floor just because of his defense,” Edwards said of Wembanyama.
Edwards said the Wolves “came out and got their a– whooped” in Games 5 and 6, but “tipped his cap” to the Spurs following the series-ending loss. He believes Minnesota and San Antonio could potentially become a rivalry, and claims this isn’t the end yet.
“Hell yeah,” Edwards said. “I tip my cap to them. They came out and balled. … But we’ll be back. Y’all won, y’all beat us, but that s— won’t last forever.”
By Zach Powell, via The Athletic