By Lindsey Wisniewski and Mike Prada | The Athletic, 2026-05-25 03:17:35
在周日晚上于圣安东尼奥进行的西部决赛第四场开哨前，马刺队早早地得到了祝福。
在对阵俄克拉荷马雷霆队的比赛开始前，弗罗斯特银行中心球场边坐着的一群修女出现在了球馆的大屏幕上，她们正在为马刺队中锋卢克·科内特 (Luke Kornet) 祈福。在比赛还没开始前，这便引发了当晚全场观众最热烈的欢呼声之一。
随着圣安东尼奥马刺队在开局便建立起领先优势，并在一场103-82的胜利中一路高歌猛进、将大比分扳成2-2平，这一瞬间迅速在社交媒体上疯传。因活力满满而深受球迷喜爱的科内特，似乎也完全沉浸在了这一时刻中。
卢克·科内特接受修女们的祈福 pic.twitter.com/ctFzBkqA9E
— Oh No He Didn’t (@ ohnohedidnt24) 2026年5月24日
“1胜0负，结果相当不错，”科内特在赛后说道，“虽然祈福的目的不在此，但我们欣然接受。我们要带她们飞去俄克拉荷马城。我不知道，我们得让她们上飞机。”
这群修女是圣若望·鲍思高慈幼会 (Salesian Sisters of St. John Bosco) 圣安东尼奥分会的成员，也是马刺球迷群体的一部分。在过去的几十年里，她们经常出现在马刺队的活动中，尽管本赛季她们此前还未现场观看过比赛。一些球迷将马刺队在选秀中的好运归功于她们，因为修女们一直在为马刺队加油和祈祷。
科内特是一名虔诚的天主教徒，过去常常定期在自己的博客上撰写关于信仰的文章。在接受《旅居者》(Sojourners) 网站采访时，其中一位修女伯纳黛特·莫塔修女 (Sister Bernadette Mota) 表示，科内特是她在队中最喜欢的球员之一，因为“我真的很敬佩他敢于在公众场合公开分享自己的信仰。”
马刺队整晚都从修女们的能量中汲取动力，在当家球星维克托·文班亚马 (Victor Wembanyama) 的带领下建立起两位数的领先优势，并凭借铺天盖地的防守让雷霆队的进攻在大部分时间里陷入瘫痪。在此前系列赛中表现挣扎的科内特，此役替补出场13分钟，贡献了6分和7个篮板，打出了他在这轮系列赛中的最佳表现。在第四节期间，NBC的解说员迈克·蒂里科 (Mike Tirico) 调侃道，科内特应该自掏腰包请修女们去俄克拉荷马城观看第五场比赛。
在场边的祈福、观众的呐喊以及马刺队在第四战对雷霆队的绝对压制之间，圣安东尼奥人开始相信，一点点来自上天的庇佑总归是没有坏处的。也许，修女们真的该买张机票，前往俄克拉荷马城观看第五场对决了。
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Who are the ‘Spurs nuns’? The Salesian Sisters who blessed Luke Kornet before a big Game 4 win
Before Game 4 of the Western Conference finals tipped off Sunday night in San Antonio, the Spurs received an early blessing.
A group of nuns seated near the floor at Frost Bank Center was shown on the arena video board blessing Spurs center Luke Kornet before the matchup against the Oklahoma City Thunder, drawing one of the loudest crowd reactions of the night before the game even started.
The moment quickly spread across social media as San Antonio jumped out to an early lead and never let off the gas in a 103-82 victory to even the series at 2. Kornet, already a fan favorite for his energy, appeared to fully lean into the moment.
Luke Kornet getting blessed by nuns pic.twitter.com/ctFzBkqA9E
— Oh No He Didn’t (@ ohnohedidnt24) May 24, 2026
“One-0, pretty good results,” Kornet said after the game. “That’s not what it’s about, but we’ll take it. We’re gonna fly them to OKC. I don’t know, we got to get ’em on the plane.”
The group of nuns is part of a community of Spurs fans from the San Antonio chapter of the Salesian Sisters of St. John Bosco. They used to appear regularly at Spurs events over the past couple of decades, though they had not attended a game this season. Some fans credit them for the Spurs’ draft luck, as the nuns root for and pray for the Spurs.
Kornet is a devout Catholic who used to regularly write about his faith on his blog. In an interview with the website Sojourners, one of the nuns, Sister Bernadette Mota, said Kornet was one of her favorite players on the team because, “I just really look up to the way he’s not afraid to share his faith on the public scene.”
The Spurs fed off the nuns’ energy throughout the night, building a double-digit lead behind their star, Victor Wembanyama, and a swarming defensive effort that frustrated the Thunder offense for most of the game. Kornet, who had been struggling in the series, scored 6 points and grabbed seven rebounds in 13 minutes off the bench, his best performance of the series. During the fourth quarter, NBC’s Mike Tirico joked that Kornet should pay for the nuns to attend Game 5 in Oklahoma City.
Somewhere between the courtside blessings, the crowd noise and the Spurs dominating the Thunder in Game 4, San Antonio convinced itself a little divine intervention never hurt. Perhaps the nuns should catch a flight to Oklahoma City for Game 5.
By Lindsey Wisniewski and Mike Prada, via The Athletic