By Jeff McDonald, Staff Writer | San Antonio Express-News (SAEN), 2026-05-29 00:06:16
2026年5月28日星期四，西部决赛第六场在圣安东尼奥弗罗斯特银行中心进行，圣安东尼奥马刺队中锋维克托·文班亚马 (Victor Wembanyama)（1号）在比赛中起跳投篮。
周四的比赛还剩5分15秒时，马刺已经领先了27分，弗罗斯特银行中心座无虚席的观众席上爆发出一阵呐喊，这既寄托着希望，也预示着未来。
“马刺抢七拿下！”19066名观众齐声高喊。
在西部决赛第六场面临被淘汰的绝境，马刺做出了强有力的回应，证明了球迷的呼喊绝非痴人说梦。他们以118-91大胜俄克拉荷马雷霆，将系列赛大比分扳成3-3平，把这轮系列赛再次带回红河以北。
抢七大战将于周六在佩科姆中心打响，胜者将夺得一张通往NBA总决赛的入场券。
“我们经历了很多个‘第一次’，”马刺主教练米奇·约翰逊 (Mitch Johnson) 说道，“而这一个，将比以往任何一次都更加重要，赌注也更大。”
文班亚马迅速摆脱了第五场失利中系列赛最差表现的阴霾，本场贡献28分、10个篮板、3次盖帽和2次抢断。
斯蒂芬·卡斯尔 (Stephon Castle) 贡献了17分和9次助攻，而新秀迪伦·哈珀 (Dylan Harper) 则在替补席上砍下18分，成为这场大胜的关键功臣。
“我认为我们整场表现都很稳定，做好了我们需要做的事情，”文班亚马说。
马刺在周四的比赛中从未落后，并在第三节打出一波32-13的狂潮，将半场时仅领先7分的均势彻底打破。
第三节还剩8分23秒时，谢伊·吉尔杰斯-亚历山大 (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander) 顶着身高7英尺4英寸的文班亚马的防守，在底线强投命中，帮助雷霆将比分追至64-72。
然而，在此之后的7分半钟里，雷霆一分未得。马刺在防守端筑起铜墙铁壁，轰出一波20-0的超级高潮，在第四节开始前就提前锁定了返回俄克拉荷马城的机票。
吉尔杰斯-亚历山大仅得到15分，创下他本赛季单场得分新低。切特·霍姆格伦 (Chet Holmgren) 贡献了10分和11个篮板的两双数据。
雷霆其他球员中，得分最高的仅是贾里德·麦凯恩 (Jared McCain) 的13分。
“我们所有的注意力和焦点都放在了防守端，”卡斯尔说道，“我认为对我们来说，在他们头上得分一直不是问题。……所以，当我们专注于防守、成功防下对手，并能推反击拿到轻松得分的机会时，比赛对我们来说就变得非常简单了。”
周四的胜利为即将在俄克拉荷马城上演的抢七大战拉开了帷幕，两支常规赛60胜球队之间的终极对决注定会成为经典。
对于卫冕冠军雷霆而言，他们将全力争取连续第二年杀入总决赛。而马刺则在寻求自2014年夺得队史第五冠以来，首次重返总决赛舞台。
纽约尼克斯队已在总决赛静候他们的对手。
以下是周四第六场大胜带来的三个启示，这也为即将到来的、更加万众瞩目的抢七大战埋下了伏笔：
1. 赢下“无文班时间”是取胜关键
文班亚马在第五场输球后开启了“静音模式”，拒绝接受媒体采访，选择将自己的想法保留在马刺更衣室的墙壁之内。
但在周四，他用场上的表现作出了回应。首节砍下11分，半场轰下22分，早早为这场大胜奠定了基调。
然而，真正的亮点在于文班亚马下场休息的那几分钟。
在本系列赛的大部分时间里，“无文班时间”对马刺来说 famine 都是一段苦苦支撑的艰难时刻，他们必须拼尽全力，才能不把当家球星在场时建立的领先优势拱手相让。
但在周四，这不再是软肋。文班亚马出场的29分钟里，马刺净胜13分；而在他坐在替补席上的19分钟里，马刺反而净胜了14分。
其中一段关键的衔接期发生在第三节，当时文班亚马下场休息，马刺领先10分。
而当他在第三节还剩4分01秒重新登场时，马刺已经将领先优势扩大到了21分。
正是这3分半钟“无文班时间”的统治级表现，最终在第六场彻底击垮了雷霆。
马刺主教练米奇·约翰逊谈到维克托·文班亚马：“我认为这或许是他今年最大的进步。不再等待完美的时机，也不一定非要时刻清楚该怎么做，而是把握当下、勇敢出击，保持正确的态度，并坦然接受结果。” pic.twitter.com/KxsVLoi3q4
— Spurs Nation (@ Spurs_Nation) 2026年5月29日
2. 主场再次奉献防守杰作
面对他们今年季后赛征程中的首场生死战，马刺将“赢球或回家”的破釜沉舟之势完全倾注在了防守端。
他们将雷霆的投篮命中率限制在36.8%，三分球更是只有40投10中。
两届MVP得主谢伊·吉尔杰斯-亚历山大虽然在此前的比赛中砍下高分，但投篮手感一直不佳，而本场他更是遭遇了西决以来最惨淡的一战，18投仅6中得到15分。周四他仅仅站上罚球线3次，这无疑是马刺防守的巨大胜利。
这是马刺在本轮系列赛中第二次将雷霆的得分限制在100分以下。这也是他们今年季后赛中第七次做到这一点。
在今年季后赛中，当马刺将对手得分限制在百分以下时，他们的战绩是完美的7胜0负。
第三节，马刺的防守露出了最凶悍的獠牙，他们让雷霆在长达7分28秒的时间里一分未得。
在第三节最后的8分23秒里，俄克拉荷马城仅仅拿到2分，带着66-92的巨大落后分差进入了第四节。
马刺后卫斯蒂芬·卡斯尔谈到迪伦·哈珀：“当他充满自信地打球时，我认为在他这个年龄段没有人能比他更出色。他一整年都是我们球队的重要组成部分。我们需要他。当他打出这样的表现时，我们很难被击败。” pic.twitter.com/ZeUSb2DSZ6
— Spurs Nation (@ Spurs_Nation) 2026年5月29日
3. 马刺的最大利好？哈珀终于打得像他自己了
在本系列赛首场马刺取胜的比赛中，哈珀以24分、11个篮板的惊艳表现拉开序幕，在某些时刻，他看起来就像是场上仅次于文班亚马的第二好球员。
然而，自从在第二场比赛中拉伤右侧内收肌后，这位20岁的新秀就再也没能打出那样的统治力。
尽管在第六场比赛中，他显然还在保护自己受伤的腿，但哈珀看起来重新找回了那种充满活力、改变比赛走势的自我。
哈珀在半场就火力全开砍下12分，其中包括两记三分球和几次灵巧的突破。
此外，他还贡献了6个篮板、4次助攻，并在防守端表现得异常活跃。哈珀本场斩获的18分，追平了他第三、四、五场比赛的得分总和。
如果哈珀真的已经接近恢复满血状态，这对于即将迎来抢七大战的马刺来说，无疑是个巨大的好消息。
由生成式人工智能翻译，译文内容可能不准确或不完整，以原文为准。
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3 Takeaways as Wembanyama, Spurs speak up and force Game 7
San Antonio Spurs center Victor Wembanyama (1) jumps up for a shot during Game 6 of the Western Conference Finals at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Thursday, May 28, 2026.
With 5:15 remaining and the Spurs ahead by 27 on Thursday, a sold-out crowd at the Frost Bank Center broke out a chant that was one part hope and one part prediction.
“Spurs in 7!” 19,066 shouted in unison.
Staring down elimination in Game 6 of the Western Conference finals, the Spurs offered the kind of response that made that chant more than just wishful thinking, crushing Oklahoma City 118-91 to send a 3-3 series north of the Red River one more time.
Game 7 is Saturday at the Paycom Center, with a berth in the NBA Finals on the line.
“We’ve had a lot of firsts,” Spurs coach Mitch Johnson said. This one will be a little bit more important or higher stakes than all the others.”
Victor Wembanamya shook off his worst outing of the series in the Spurs’ Game 5 loss to provide 28 points, 10 rebounds, three blocks and two steals.
Stephon Castle added 17 points and nine assists, while rookie Dylan Harper contributed 18 points off the bench to key the blowout victory.
“I think we were consistent and we did what we need to do,” Wembanyama said.
The Spurs never trailed Thursday, and used a 32-13 third quarter to blow apart a game they had led by seven at halftime.
The Thunder were within 72-64 when Shai Gilgeous-Alexander hit a contested baseline jumper over all 7-foot-4 of Wembanyama with 8:23 remaining in the third quarter.
It would be 7½ minutes before OKC scored again. The Spurs clamped down on defense and rattled off a 20-0 run that allowed them to book their return trip to Oklahoma City before the start of the fourth quarter.
Gilgeous-Alexander had 15 points, his lowest-scoring outing of the season. Chet Holmgren contributed a 10-point, 11-rebound double-double.
No other OKC player managed more than Jared McCain’s 13 points.
“All of our focus and attention was on the defensive end,” Castle said. “I don’t think scoring against them has been a problem for us. … So when we’re focused on defense and we’re getting stops and being able to get out of the run and get easy looks, it makes the game pretty simple for us.”
Thursday’s victory sets the stage for a potential classic of a Game 7 in Oklahoma City between a pair of 60-win teams.
At stake for the defending champion Thunder is a second consecutive trip to the NBA Finals. The Spurs are seeking their first Finals bid since winning the franchise’s fifth title in 2014.
The New York Knicks await.
Here are three takeaways from Thursday’s Game 6 victory, which gives rise to an even bigger Game 7 to come:
1. Winning the non-Wemby minutes was key
Wembanyama took a veritable vow of silence after Game 5, declining to talk to the media and preferring to keep his thoughts within the walls of the Spurs’ locker room.
He let his play do the talking Thursday, getting the rout off to a quick start with 11 points in the first quarter and 22 in the first half.
The real story, however, was what happened in the minutes Wembanyama left the floor.
For most of the series, the Wemby-less minutes had been an occasion for the Spurs to try to hold on for dear life and not blow whatever lead had been built with their star on the floor.
It was not a problem Thursday, when the Spurs were a plus-13 in Wembanyama’s 29 minutes and a plus-14 in the 19 he spent on the bench.
A key such stretch came in the third quarter, when Wembanyama went to the sidelines with the Spurs ahead by 10.
By the time he returned at the 4:01 mark, the Spurs had pushed their edge to 21.
That 3½ minute stretch of Wemby-less domination is what ultimately buried the Thunder in Game 6.
Spurs coach Mitch Johnson, on Victor Wembanyama: “I think that’s maybe his biggest growth this year. Not waiting for it to be perfect or necessarily to know what to do all the time, but attack the moment, have the right approach, and live with the results.” pic.twitter.com/KxsVLoi3q4
— Spurs Nation (@ Spurs_Nation) May 29, 2026
2. Another defensive gem at home
Facing the first elimination game of their playoff run, the Spurs channeled their win-or-go home desperation on the defensive end.
The held OKC to 36.8% shooting, and 10 of 40 from 3-point range.
Two-time MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, who has not shot the ball well in the series despite some high-scoring games, had his roughest outing of the conference finals with 15 points on 6-of-18 shooting. He only went to the foul line three times Thursday, a win for the Spurs defense.
The Spurs held the Thunder to less than 100 points for the second time in the series. It marked their seventh such game of the postseason.
The Spurs are 7-0 when keeping an opponent below the century mark in the postseason.
The defense was at its ferocious best in the third quarter, when the Spurs held the Thunder without a point for a span of 7:28.
Oklahoma City managed only two points in the final 8:23 of the frame, and went into the fourth quarter behind 92-66.
Spurs guard Stephon Castle, on Dylan Harper: “When he plays with confidence, I don’t think there’s anybody his age that’s that good. He’s been a big part of our team all year. We need him. When he plays like that, we’re pretty hard to beat.” pic.twitter.com/ZeUSb2DSZ6
— Spurs Nation (@ Spurs_Nation) May 29, 2026
3. The best sign for Spurs? Harper looks like Harper
Harper opened the series with a 24-point, 11-rebound opus in the Spurs’ Game 1 win, in which he at times looked like the second-best player on the floor after Wembanyama.
The 20-year-old rookie had not quite looked the same since tweaking his right adductor in Game 2.
Though clearly still favoring his ailing leg, Harper looked more like his dynamic, game-changing self in Game 6. Harper got going in the first half with 12 points, including a pair of 3-pointers and a handful of crafty drives.
He chipped in six rebounds, four assists and plenty of defensive activity. The 18 points Harper notched matched his total from Games 3, 4 and 5 combined.
If Harper is indeed almost back to full strength, that only bodes well for the Spurs entering Game 7.
By Jeff McDonald, Staff Writer, via San Antonio Express-News