By Michael C. Wright, 2026-05-29 11:21:42
圣安东尼奥——在马刺输掉第五场比赛后，维克托·文班亚马 (Victor Wembanyama) 并没有接受媒体采访，但那天晚上他在更衣室里与队友们推心置腹地交流了一番，为周四晚上西部决赛第六场以 118-91的大胜 雷霆奠定了基础。
尽管文班亚马对马刺全队说了什么的具体细节并未透露，但显而易见的是，他在周四晚上用实际行动践行了诺言。他砍下全场最高的28分，外加10个篮板和3次盖帽，帮助球队将系列赛拖入周六在俄克拉荷马城佩科姆中心进行的抢七大战。值得一提的是，在分区决赛的抢七大战中，客队已经取得了四连胜，且在过去九场抢七中赢下了六场。
“单看他赛后的态度，以及他在更衣室里对我们全队说的那番话——当你说了这些，然后又用实际行动去兑现，这确实会产生化学反应，”老将前锋哈里森·巴恩斯 (Harrison Barnes) 在谈到文班亚马时说道，“作为一名领袖，能够做到这一点，能够做到言出必行、用赛场表现来践行诺言，这是一种极其罕见的特质。”
面对背水一战的境地，文班亚马从第六场比赛开场的跳球阶段起，就展现出了如同出膛炮弹般势不可挡的势头。他在攻防两端极具侵略性且不知疲倦地冲击着俄克拉荷马城，在开场仅1分半钟内就投中了两记三分球，并送给了贾里德·麦凯恩 (Jared McCain) 一记大帽。
“我们打得很团结，”文班亚马说道，“我们分享球，并且一如既往地信任战术安排。”
首节结束时，文班亚马投篮6投4中，其中三分球4投3中，贡献5个篮板、1次盖帽和1次抢断。半场结束时，他的出手次数（16次）已经超过了第五场整场比赛的出手数（15次），并在周二晚上得到20分之后，在今晚半场就轰下了22分。
文班亚马在上半场火热状态下带动的起势，一直延续到了第三节和第四节。半场结束时马刺以 60-53 领先，随后在第三节，即便文班亚马不在场上，马刺依然打出了一波 11-0 的攻势，将领先优势扩大到 21 分。
马刺最终在第三节完成了一波 20-0 的超级攻势，这是雷霆自球队搬迁至俄克拉荷马城以来，在季后赛中被对手打出的最大连续得分高潮。
雷霆在第六场比赛中从未领先过，这也是该队自2016年西部半决赛对阵马刺的第一场比赛以来，首次在季后赛中全程落后并输掉比赛。
年轻后卫迪伦·哈珀 (Dylan Harper) 和斯蒂芬·卡斯尔 (Stephon Castle) 分别贡献了 18 分和 17 分，而文班亚马则是整场比赛的胜负催化剂。
“他并不总是完美的，有时我们必须给他提供帮助，”马刺主教练米奇·约翰逊 (Mitch Johnson) 在谈到文班亚马时表示，“显然他只有22岁。但他对于身处如今这个位置、站在最前线去承担责任、角色和重担的热情与渴望，让我不知道还能说什么。无论结果如何，无论场面看起来怎样，他都能坦然面对。这也许是他今年最大的成长：不再等待一切变得完美，也不再纠结于是否时刻知道该怎么做，而是把握当下，保持正确的态度，并坦然接受任何结果。”
凭借22岁零144天的年纪，文班亚马成为了在面临淘汰的生死战中，砍下至少25分和10个篮板最年轻的球员。今年季后赛他已累计得到358分和168个篮板，成为历史上第五位在职业生涯首次季后赛之旅中就斩获至少350分和150个篮板的球员。
马刺在这场比赛中最多领先多达28分，而周四晚上这场27分的大胜，也创下了马刺队史在面临淘汰的生死战中的最大赢球分差纪录。
“当我们面对逆境、退无可退时，我们就会爆发，”卡斯尔说道，“不仅是发挥出色、投进球。我们的能量总是能用对地方，我们会做好所有细节，为自己争取最好的赢球机会。当我们陷入那种绝境、背水一战时，我反而是最有信心的。”
从第六场的表现来看，文班亚马同样信心十足。
“他在攻防两端都以极大的活力和高度的专注开启了比赛，为我们奠定了基调，”巴恩斯说道，“他的发声能力有了长足的进步，能够在这些关键时刻充满自信地讲话，在这类比赛中，不仅要以身作则，更要用言语去领导全队。他接受批评，并反思自己在某些场次（无论是第二场、第三场还是第五场）中如何能做得更好，然后以这种方式做出回应。在职业生涯第三年的球员中，你很难见到有人能像他一样在队中承担如此重任，并且能如此从容地挺身而出、掌控局面。
“他乐于跳出自我，勇于展现自己，并且始终保持真实。”
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Spurs rout Thunder, force Game 7 in Western Conference finals
SAN ANTONIO – Victor Wembanyama didn’t speak with reporters after the Spurs’ Game 5 loss, but he waxed poetic with teammates in the locker room that night, laying the groundwork for Thursday night’s 118-91 triumph over the Thunder in Game 6 of the Western Conference finals.
Details of Wembanyama’s message to the Spurs weren’t revealed, but it was clear he backed the words with actions Thursday night, scoring a game-high 28 points with 10 rebounds and three blocks to help force a Game 7 on Saturday at Paycom Center in Oklahoma City. Road teams have won four straight and six of the past nine Game 7s in the conference finals.
“Just his approach after the game, the things he said in the locker room to us as a team – when you say all these things, then you back it up with actions, it kind of has an effect,” veteran forward Harrison Barnes said of Wembanyama. “As a leader being able to do that, being able to talk the talk and then walk the walk with play, that’s a rare combination.”
With San Antonio facing elimination, Wembanyama approached Game 6 from the opening tip as if he were fired from a cannon. He aggressively and relentlessly attacked Oklahoma City on both ends of the floor, hitting two 3-pointers and blocking a Jared McCain shot in the first 1½ minutes.
“We played together,” Wembanyama said. “We passed the ball and trusted the game plan as always.”
By the end of the first quarter, Wembanyama was 4-of-6 from the field, including 3-of-4 from 3-point range, with five rebounds, one block and one steal. By the end of the first half, he had more shot attempts (16) than he did in all of Game 5 (15) and had 22 points after finishing with 20 on Tuesday night.
The momentum Wembanyama generated with such a white-hot first half carried into the third and fourth quarters. Up 60-53 at the break, the Spurs embarked on an 11-0 run in the third quarter that pushed their lead to 21 points without Wembanyama on the floor.
San Antonio eventually completed a 20-0 run in the third quarter, the largest allowed by the Thunder in a postseason game since the franchise relocated to Oklahoma City.
The Thunder never led in Game 6, marking the club’s first playoff loss without holding a lead since Game 1 of the 2016 Western Conference semifinals against the Spurs.
Young guards Dylan Harper and Stephon Castle contributed 18 and 17 points, respectively, while Wembanyama served as the catalyst.
“He’s not always perfect, and we’ve got to get him help at times,” Spurs coach Mitch Johnson said of Wembanyama. “Obviously he’s 22 years old. But his passion and desire for being right where he is, at the forefront of it all, to take the responsibility, the role and the burden of what he does, I don’t know what else to say. He is comfortable with that regardless of the outcome and what that may look like. That’s maybe his biggest growth this year: not waiting for it to be perfect or to necessarily know what to do all the time, but attack the moment, have the right approach and live with the results.”
At 22 years, 144 days old, Wembanyama is the youngest player to put together a performance with at least 25 points and 10 rebounds when facing elimination. He has totaled 358 points and 168 rebounds this postseason, becoming the fifth player with at least 350 points and 150 rebounds in his first career playoff appearance.
The Spurs led by as many as 28 points, and their 27-point victory Thursday night was the largest in franchise history when facing elimination.
“When we see adversity and our backs are against the wall, we perform,” Castle said. “Not just performing, playing well, making shots. Our energy is always in the right place, and we do all the little things to give us the best opportunity to win. When we’re desperate like that and our backs are against the wall, I’m probably most confident.”
Wembanyama is, too, judging from his performance in Game 6.
“He started off the game on both ends of the floor with great energy, great focus, and he set the tone for us,” Barnes said. "The development of his voice, to be able to speak in these situations with confidence, not only lead by example, but lead with your voice in those games [is important]. Taking the criticism and acknowledging how he can be better in some of the games, whether it’s Game 2, Game 3, Game 5, and then responding that way, you don’t see a lot of guys in their third year with this level of responsibility that he has on our team to be able to step into that moment with the comfort that he has.
“He’s OK standing outside of himself, putting himself out there and just being authentic.”
By Michael C. Wright, via ESPN