By Jared Weiss and Mike Prada | The Athletic, 2026-05-25 04:04:06
圣安东尼奥——在圣安东尼奥马刺队第三场输给俄克拉荷马雷霆队后，传奇前马刺主帅格雷格·波波维奇 (Gregg Popovich) 立即走进马刺更衣室，对他们的表现发表了一番措辞严厉的讲话。
这番讲话最早由德阿隆·福克斯 (De’Aaron Fox) 在周日 NBC 的赛后节目中透露，并得到了多名马刺球员向 The Athletic 的证实，它帮助激励圣安东尼奥取得了第四场的胜利（比分为 103-82）。
“波波整个赛季都在球队身边，但那是他第一次走进更衣室，说：‘不，这打得太垃圾了，这不是我们打球的方式，’”在回答 NBC 嘉宾特雷西·麦克格雷迪 (Tracy McGrady) 的提问时，福克斯说道。“这是整个赛季以来，他第一次在赛后直接走进更衣室，告诉我们他的真实感受。”
福克斯表示，全队上下、教练组以及总经理布莱恩·莱特 (Brian Wright) 都在认真倾听。
“这是我第一次见到这种场景，”福克斯告诉 NBC，“训练师，所有人都在里面。我们关上门，不让任何人知道里面发生了什么。……然后我们打开门，看到波波走进来，大家心里都是‘喔……’的感觉。”
马刺新秀前锋卡特·布莱恩特 (Carter Bryant) 表示，波波维奇传达的信息很简单：打得更好。
“不多也不少，”布莱恩特告诉 The Athletic。“我的意思是，这是一个非常直接的信息。当你处于这种境地时，最需要的就是直接的信息。所以对我们来说，我们必须打得更好。我们在场上做好了执行，也看到了（第四场）的结果。”
现年 77 岁的波波维奇在 2024-25 赛季初中风后，于去年夏天正式卸下教鞭，但他仍保留着篮球运营总裁的头衔。正如 The Athletic 报道的那样，他整个赛季都是幕后的关键人物。这位在非官方场合被称为“老大 (El Jefe)”的传奇教练经常被看到在训练后给球员提供指导，而在这次季后赛之旅中，他的参与度变得更高了。
“在整个系列赛和每场比赛期间，他都会定期给我们反馈并与我们交流，”维克托·文班亚马 (Victor Wembanyama) 在季后赛早些时候表示。“一如既往，只要他开口，所有人都会倾听。”
现任主教练米奇·约翰逊 (Mitch Johnson) 在上赛季临时接管球队，并在去年夏天正式转正。自 2016 年以来，约翰逊一直是马刺队的一员，并在 2019 年至 2024 年期间担任波波维奇的助理教练之一。
马刺队对他们在第三场的表现非常不满。在开局连得 15 分后，圣安东尼奥陷入停滞，最终以 108-123 落败。
“单从心态上来说，我认为那是我们本赛季打得最差的比赛之一，除了开局的前四五分钟之外，”福克斯在新闻发布会上告诉记者。“波波在赛后走了进来；这实际上是他第一次在赛后走进更衣室讲话。所以他看在眼里。我们也都看在眼里。我们都感受到了。”
第四场比赛则完全不同。如今，系列赛大比分已被扳平，双方将回到俄克拉荷马城进行周二的第五场较量。
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Gregg Popovich gave locker room speech admonishing Spurs after Game 3 loss to Thunder
SAN ANTONIO — Legendary former Spurs coach Gregg Popovich went into San Antonio’s locker room immediately after their Game 3 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder to deliver some choice words about their performance.
The speech, first relayed by De’Aaron Fox on NBC’s postgame show Sunday and confirmed to The Athletic by multiple Spurs players, helped inspire San Antonio’s 103-82 Game 4 victory.
“Pop’s been around throughout the course of the season, but that was the first time he walked into the locker room and was like, ‘Nah, that’s BS, that’s not how we play basketball,'” Fox said in response to a question by NBC panelist Tracy McGrady. “That was the first time all season that he came into the locker room right after a game and told us how he felt.”
Fox said the entire team and coaching staff listened, as well as general manager Brian Wright.
“That’s the first time I’ve ever seen that,” Fox told NBC. “Trainers, everybody’s in there. We close the doors, we don’t let anybody know what’s going on in here. … We open that door, we see Pop come in, and it’s like, ‘Awwww.'”
Spurs rookie forward Carter Bryant said Popovich’s message was simple: Be better.
“Nothing more, nothing less,” Bryant told The Athletic. “I mean, it’s a direct message, and the best thing when you’re in a situation like this is a direct message. So to us, we had to be better, we came out executing and we saw the outcome (in Game 4).”
The 77-year-old Popovich, who officially retired from coaching last summer after suffering a stroke at the beginning of the 2024-25 season but retains the title of president of basketball operations, has been a key figure behind the scenes all season, as The Athletic reported. The man unofficially known as “El Jefe” is often seen consulting with players after practices, though he has become more involved throughout this postseason run.
“He gives feedback and talks to us regularly throughout our series, throughout our games,” Victor Wembanyama said earlier in the playoffs. “As always, when he speaks, everybody listens.”
Current head coach Mitch Johnson took over on an interim basis last season before landing the job permanently last summer. Johnson has been a member of the Spurs organization since 2016 and was one of Popovich’s assistants from 2019 to 2024.
The Spurs were not happy with their Game 3 performance. After scoring the first 15 points of the game, San Antonio sputtered, eventually falling 123-108.
“Just from a mentality-wise, I think that was one of the worst games that we had of the season, outside of the first four or five minutes of the game,” Fox told reporters in his news conference. “Pop came in after the game; it was actually the first time that he came into the locker room and spoke after a game. So he saw it. We all saw it. We all felt it.”
Game 4 was a different story. Now, this series is tied heading back to Oklahoma City for Tuesday’s Game 5.
By Jared Weiss and Mike Prada, via The Athletic