By Tom Orsborn, Staff Writer | San Antonio Express-News (SAEN), 2026-05-27 02:11:33
2026年5月26日星期二，在俄克拉荷马城佩科姆中心举行的西部决赛第五场第三节中，圣安东尼奥马刺队后卫斯蒂芬·卡斯尔 (Stephon Castle) (5) 传球。
俄克拉荷马城——在西部决赛第五场中，凯尔登·约翰逊 (Keldon Johnson) 终于在进攻端找回状态，砍下系列赛个人新高的15分。但在马刺以114-127不敌俄克拉荷马雷霆之后，这位NBA年度最佳第六人很难为此感到高兴。
“如果我们赢不了球，这真的毫无意义，”他说道，“最重要的事情就是赢球，而我们今晚没能做到，所以其他的一切都无从谈起了。”
在周二晚上同样荡然无存的，还有马刺在第四场比赛中展现出的令人窒息的防守。当时在圣安东尼奥，他们以103-82大胜雷霆。
马刺周日在防守端所做对的一切，在周二晚上似乎都消失得无影无踪。
- 在第四场将雷霆限制在自2021年12月2日以来的单场最低得分后，马刺却在第五场让这支NBA卫冕冠军拿到了他们在本轮系列赛中的最高得分。
- 在第四场将两届MVP谢伊·吉尔杰斯-亚历山大 (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander) 限制到仅得19分后，马刺眼睁睁看着他本场砍下32分，帮助俄克拉荷马城距离在总决赛中对阵纽约尼克斯仅差一场胜利。
- 在第四场积极干扰外线投篮、将雷霆的三分命中率限制在18.2%（33投6中）之后，马刺在今晚让雷霆在三分线外投出了43.8%的命中率（32投14中）。
- 雷霆在第四场只有18次罚球，而本场他们获得了38次罚球机会，其中吉尔杰斯-亚历山大一人就17罚16中。
- 在周日让亚历克斯·卡鲁索 (Alex Caruso) 一分未得、贾里德·麦凯恩 (Jared McCain) 仅得4分之后，马刺在今晚分别让两人砍下了22分和20分。由于阿杰伊·米切尔 (Ajay Mitchell)（小腿受伤）和杰伦·威廉姆斯 (Jalen Williams)（大腿后侧肌群拉伤）缺阵，麦凯恩迎来了职业生涯的首次季后赛首发，并交出了这样的答卷。
“感觉就是各种问题交织在一起，在每个防守回合中，我们都没有把自己放在能够成功防守的位置上，”当被问及防守端出了什么问题时，马刺主教练米奇·约翰逊 (Mitch Johnson) 说道。
当被具体问及马刺在第二节以31-40落后、从而以58-69落后结束上半场时，约翰逊抱怨队员们处于“错误的位置或采取了错误的防守策略”，或者做出了“糟糕的决定”。
马刺前锋德文·瓦塞尔 (Devin Vassell) 对防守端出现的问题给出了更简洁的解释。
“缺乏纪律性。轮防缺乏纪律性，犯规缺乏纪律性。差不多就是这样，”瓦塞尔说道。本场比赛他11投仅2中，其中三分球9投2中，仅得6分，这也是他今年季后赛首次单场得分未能上双。
凯尔登·约翰逊也同意关于“缺乏纪律性”的评估。
“我们就是犯规太多了，太多远离篮筐的犯规，诸如此类，”他说道，“我们很早就让对手进入了罚球阶段。当他们走上罚球线时，比赛节奏就被拖慢了。”
德阿隆·福克斯 (De’Aaron Fox) 本场15投仅4中，其中三分球4投0中，仅得9分。他表示，马刺让雷霆在进攻端打得“太舒服了”。
“一旦发生这种情况，他们就会开始投进三分，开始冲击内线，”他说道，“我们有一些糟糕的犯规，太多次把他们送上罚球线，诸如此类。我们在防守端必须更加紧凑。”
砍下季后赛个人单场新高22分的朱利安·尚帕尼 (Julian Champagnie) 表示，这一切最终可能归结为努力程度。
“今晚他们是更拼命、更渴望胜利的那支球队，”他说道，“我觉得他们比我们更想赢下这场比赛。”
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Spurs’ ‘undisciplined’ defensive effort contributes to Game 5 defeat
San Antonio Spurs guard Stephon Castle (5) passes the ball during the third quarter of Game 5 of the Western Conference Finals at Paycom Center in Oklahoma City, Tuesday, May 26, 2026.
OKLAHOMA CITY — Keldon Johnson finally got his offensive game going in the Western Conference finals with a series-best 15 points in Game 5, but it was hard for the NBA’s Sixth Man of the Year to feel good about it after the Spurs fell 127-114 to the Oklahoma City Thunder.
“It really doesn’t mean anything if we don’t win,” he said. “The most important thing is winning, and we didn’t do that tonight, so everything else goes out the window.”
Something else that went out the window Tuesday night: The smothering defensive effort the Spurs produced in pounding the Thunder 103-82 in Game 4 in San Antonio.
Everything the Spurs did right on that end of the court Sunday seemed to vanish Tuesday night.
- After limiting the Thunder to their lowest point total in any game since Dec. 2, 2021, the Spurs allowed the defending NBA champions to put up their most points in the series.
- After holding two-time MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander to just 19 points in Game 4, the Spurs watched him score 32 to help push Oklahoma City within a victory of a matchup against the New York Knicks in the Finals.
- After contesting perimeter shots with a passion in limiting Thunder to 18.2% shooting (6 of 33) from 3-point range in Game 4, the Spurs allowed Oklahoma City to shoot 43.8% (14 of 32) from downtown.
- After making just 18 trips to the free-throw line in Game 4, the Thunder had 38 attempts, including a 16-of-17 effort by Gilgeous-Alexander.
- After holding Alex Caruso scoreless and Jared McCain to just four points on Sunday, the Spurs allowed them to score 22 and 20, respectively. McCain did it in his first career playoff start with Ajay Mitchell (calf) and Jalen Williams (hamstring) sidelined.
“It just felt like it was a little bit of everything in terms of we did not put ourselves in position enough to be successful in each possession,” Spurs coach Mitch Johnson said when asked what went wrong defensively.
Asked specifically about the Spurs losing the second quarter 40-31 to go into halftime down 69-58, Johnson complained of players being in the “wrong positions or wrong coverages” or making “poor decisions.”
Spurs forward Devin Vassell offered a more succinct explanation for what went wrong defensively.
“Undisciplined. Undisciplined rotations. Undisciplined fouls. That’s about it,” said Vassell, who scored just six points on 2 of 11 from the field and 2 of 9 beyond the arc in his first single-digit performance of the playoffs.
Keldon Johnson agreed about the “undisciplined” assessment.
“We just committed too many fouls, too many fouls away from the basket, things like that,” he said. “We got into the bonus early. When they get to the foul line, it slows down the pace.”
De’Aaron Fox, who scored just nine points on 4 of 15 from the field and 0 of 4 from distance, said the Spurs allowed the Thunder to become “too comfortable” offensively.
“When that happens, they start making threes, start touching the paint,” he said. “We had bad fouls, put them on the line too many times, things of that nature. We just have to tighten up on that end.”
Julian Champagnie, who finished with a playoff-high 22 points, said it all might have boiled down to effort.
“They were the more desperate team tonight,” he said. “I thought they wanted the game more than we did.”
By Tom Orsborn, Staff Writer, via San Antonio Express-News