# \[The Athletic\] 文班亚马发表激情赛前演讲，随后用赛场表现说话强行拖入抢七

**URL:** https://chinaspurs.com/t/topic/46917
**Category:** 环球刺讯
**Tags:** 林迪-沃特斯三世, 2025-26赛季, 米奇-约翰逊, 维克托-文班亚马, 迪伦-哈珀, 斯蒂芬-卡斯尔
**Created:** [2026 年5 月 29 日 13:23 UTC](https://chinaspurs.com/t/topic/46917 "2026-05-29T13:23:33Z")
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### 作者： ![TheAthletic](https://chinaspurs.com/user_avatar/chinaspurs.com/theathletic/32/124_2.png) [@TheAthletic](https://chinaspurs.com/u/TheAthletic)
#### 发布日期： [2026 年5 月 29 日 13:23 UTC](https://chinaspurs.com/t/topic/46917/1 "2026-05-29T13:23:33Z")

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By Jared Weiss | The Athletic, 2026-05-29 09:30:30

![Image](https://files.seeusercontent.com/2026/05/29/D0mo/260529-0e8995daff2c400f02ca00629.jpg)

圣安东尼奥——维克托·文班亚马 (Victor Wembanyama) 必须澄清事实。

在西部决赛第五场之后，他避开了媒体采访，因为当时的他极度沮丧，无法面对外界的口诛笔伐。尽管他逃避了媒体义务，但他深知，唯一能弥补过错的方法就是在第六场比赛中尽早且频繁地接管比赛。

接下来会发生什么，无人知晓。甚至连他自己也无法预料。文班亚马此前从未经历过这种局面，这支圣安东尼奥马刺队的大多数球员也是如此。这段旅程的方方面面，都在这一刻汇聚到了一起。

文班亚马能否活在当下，并掌控这一刻？

“相信比赛，”文班亚马说道，“相信篮球之神。”

周四当他一走进大门，显而易见，他的心态已经完全不同。这一次他没有穿路易威登 (Louis Vuitton)。他穿了一件阿拉伯长袍 (Thobe)，以庆祝伊斯兰教的传统节日宰牲节 (Eid al-Adha)。

“当他穿着那身衣服进来时，我想大家都知道会发生什么了，”迪伦·哈珀 (Dylan Harper) 在马刺队以 [118-91大胜雷霆](https://chinaspurs.com/t/topic/46892)，将系列赛拖入俄克拉荷马城的抢七大战后说道。

就在跳球前，当文班亚马将全队召集在球场中央围成一圈时，他身上只剩下一件紧身打底衫。他尽可能地卸下了所有伪装，展现出最真实的自我。他发表了一番充满力量、慷慨激昂的演讲。没有穿球衣，只有他自己和满腔的热血。

那么，他到底说了什么？

“我不记得了，”文班亚马在赛后新闻发布会上说道，随后便没有理会追问。他并不希望这段演讲被队友之外的任何人听到。

幸好，队友林迪·沃特斯三世 (Lindy Waters III) 还记得。

“我们必须倾尽所有，”当被《The Athletic》问及文班亚马传达了什么信息时，沃特斯说道，“我们已经退无可退了，在这个系列赛中，我们曾有多次机会奠定胜局，但我们都错失了。”

沃特斯说，文班亚马谈到了他们之前总是抱着“还有以后”的心态在打球，即在系列赛前期，总觉得还有下一场比赛可以重回正轨。而一旦到了第六场，就再也没有“以后”了。等待他们的，只有这个本充满希望的赛季就此终结的余波。

突然之间，许多事情都有了新的审视角度。也许，这就是季后赛经验的真正含义。

在季后赛开始前，文班亚马和马刺队曾谈到，他们认为核心轮换阵容缺乏深厚的季后赛经验并不会成为软肋。他们乐观地认为，自己所打的篮球风格能够让他们避开因年轻幼稚而产生的陷阱。他们并不能完全确定，甚至多次说过“走着瞧”。但他们对自己的青春活力感到充满信心。

而雷霆队则逼迫他们必须迅速成长。

“他们不会自乱阵脚。这可能是他们最擅长的地方，”沃特斯说道，“他们打自己的节奏，不会被带乱，并且会逼着你去击败他们。很多时候，是我们自己击败了自己，我们输掉的比赛通常都是这个原因。全在我们自己。失误、防守扑防时的细节、篮板球。都是我们自己在犯错，而他们则趁机给予致命一击。”

这不仅仅是稳定性和对细节的关注。这是一种韧劲，一种不惜一切代价的决心。在终场哨声响起时，不去在乎任何阻碍你得分超越对手的变数。

文班亚马用实际行动兑现了他的诺言，也弥补了他在第五场赛后的沉默。他掌控了比赛，在外线飙射三分，在防守端倾注全力，在拼抢篮板时势在必得。在28分钟内，他21投砍下28分；他就是马刺队最需要的那个文班亚马。

![维克托·文班亚马抛球。](https://files.seeusercontent.com/2026/05/29/arZ8/260529-8e2fbb99452a44133f5bc4bd1.jpg)  
维克托·文班亚马和马刺队顶住了面临淘汰的压力，用一场精彩的表现在这种关键战役中证明了自己，让人难以相信他们缺乏此类大场面的经验。（克里斯蒂安·彼得森 (Christian Petersen) / 盖蒂图片社）

他打球时并不是在试图寻找比赛的感觉，而是让比赛感受到他的存在。

“我认为这可能是他今年最大的成长。不强求完美，也不一定非要时刻清楚该怎么做，而是把握当下，保持正确的态度，并坦然接受结果，”马刺队主教练米奇·约翰逊 (Mitch Johnson) 说道。

在第六场比赛中，马刺队展现出了不容置疑的破釜沉舟之势。这不是刻意营造出来的，也不是像雷霆队那样早已融入骨髓的习惯。这是一种被推到悬崖边缘、狂风在背后呼啸的感觉。是碎石坠落深渊，在下方水面激起浪花的声音。

马刺队常说，他们在身处绝境时能打得更好。如今，他们经历了系列赛落后甚至面临被淘汰的境地，他们已经证明了当一切命悬一线时，他们的防守能够爆发出极强的侵略性。

“这抹平了我们所有因人类天性而犯下的小错误，”文班亚马说道，“无论是在常规赛还是之前的比赛中，你都必须时刻与这些错误作斗争。而当你退无可退时，这似乎就是去克服它们的最佳时机。”

这种特质在他们最艰难的时刻——即文班亚马下场休息时——体现得淋漓尽致。在这个系列赛的大部分时间里，马刺队在这些时间段里一直在疯狂丢分，但在第六场比赛中，他们却在这些时间里占据了绝对上风，卢克·科内特 (Luke Kornet) 的正负值达到了+13。关键在于他和斯蒂芬·卡斯尔 (Stephon Castle) 始终如一地执行了对谢伊·吉尔杰斯-亚历山大 (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander) 的防守限制，阻止了雷霆队的进攻运转。

在上半场，他们采用了“Ice（冰防）”策略，将SGA逼向球场右侧，使他无法轻松做出后撤步投篮，而必须完全扭转髋部才能出手。这也让科内特保持了足够的退防深度，使得这位MVP候选人无法直接绕过防守直击篮筐，也无法送出他平时不常做的那种横穿全场的空位分球。

卡斯尔表示，这并非他们在本系列赛中首次对吉尔杰斯-亚历山大使用冰防策略，但他承认，看起来像第一次是因为这是他们第一次完美地执行了这一战术。无文班在场的几分钟之所以取得成功，是因为防守执行力完全到位，这让保护篮板和打反击过渡变得容易得多。

这是一个贯穿整个系列赛的探索过程的终点，他们终于明白，作为一个整体，以坚韧不拔的信念去打球，实际上可以弥补那些不够自信的球队所担心的软肋。而这一切，都源于文班亚马在关键时刻挺身而出。

“作为一个集体，我们以前从未做到过这一点，”沃特斯说道，“有些球员拥有走到最后的经验，但对于我们这支年轻的核心阵容来说，能够把握住这些关键时刻，我们绝不会视其为理所当然。但这一次我们已经退无可退，我们必须迎难而上。”

现在，所有人都退无可退了，而这正是文班亚马最想要的局面。

_由生成式 AI 翻译，译文内容可能不准确或不完整，以原文为准。_

> **点击查看原文：Victor Wembanyama made passionate pregame speech, then spoke with his play to force Game 7**
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> # Victor Wembanyama made passionate pregame speech, then spoke with his play to force Game 7
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> ![Image](https://files.seeusercontent.com/2026/05/29/D0mo/260529-0e8995daff2c400f02ca00629.jpg)
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> SAN ANTONIO — Victor Wembanyama had to set the record straight.
> 
> When he dipped out on the media after Game 5 of the Western Conference finals, he was too frustrated to face the music. Even if he shirked his duties, he knew that the only thing he could do to make things right was to take over early and often in Game 6.
> 
> What would come next, nobody knew. Even he couldn’t know. Wembanyama has never been here before. Most of this San Antonio Spurs team hasn’t. Every aspect of this journey is coming together in the moment.
> 
> Could Wembanyama just live in that moment and own it?
> 
> “Trust in the game,” Wembanyama said. “Trust in the basketball gods.”
> 
> As soon as he walked through the door on Thursday, it was apparent he had a different mindset. No Louis Vuitton this time. He wore a Thobe to honor the Muslim holiday Eid al-Adha, the Festival of Sacrifice.
> 
> “When he came in with that outfit, I think everyone knew what was going to happen,” Dylan Harper said after his Spurs forced a Game 7 in Oklahoma City with [a 118-91 win over the Thunder](https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7316866/2026/05/28/thunder-spurs-game-6-result-western-conference-finals-nba/).
> 
> By the time Wembanyama gathered his entire team into a huddle on the court just before tipoff, he was down to just his undershirt. As stripped down to his bare essence as he could be. He delivered a raw, intense speech. No uniform, just him and his passion.
> 
> So what did he say?
> 
> “I don’t remember,” Wembanyama said in his postgame news conference before ignoring a follow-up. He wasn’t interested in the speech going to anyone else but his teammates.
> 
> Thankfully, teammate Lindy Waters III remembered.
> 
> “We just got to leave it all out there,” Waters told _The Athletic_ when asked what Wembanyama’s message was. “Back’s against the wall, and we’ve had multiple chances this series to capitalize and we just let it go.”
> 
> Waters said Wembanyama talked about how they were playing with “life after,” the idea that earlier in the series, there was always a next game to get things back on track. Once they reached Game 6, there was no more life after. Just the afterlife of a season full of promise.
> 
> Suddenly, a lot of things shifted into perspective. Maybe that’s what experience really means in the playoffs.
> 
> Wembanyama and the Spurs spoke in the lead-up to the postseason about how they felt their lack of deep playoff experience in their core rotation wouldn’t be a detriment. They were optimistic that they were playing a brand of basketball that would enable them to bypass the pitfalls of naivety. They didn’t know for sure, and even said “we’ll see” a bunch of times. But they felt good about their youthful exuberance.
> 
> The Thunder have forced them to grow up, quick.
> 
> “They don’t beat themselves. That’s what they’re probably best at,” Waters said. “They play their game. They don’t get sped up, and they force you to beat them. A lot of times, we beat ourselves, and that’s usually the case whenever we lose. It’s just us. Turnovers, small little details on closeouts, rebounding. It’s just us beating ourselves, and they capitalize on top of that.”
> 
> It’s not just consistency or attention to detail. It’s a doggedness, a willingness to do whatever it takes. To not care about any variable that stands between you and having more points than your opponent when the final buzzer goes off.
> 
> Wembanyama backed up his words, and lack thereof after Game 5, with his actions. He seized control, launching 3s, defending with intent, not letting rebounds have a choice about where they landed. Twenty-eight points on 21 shots in 28 minutes; he was the Wembanyama they needed.
> 
> ![Victor Wembanyama tosses the basketball.](https://files.seeusercontent.com/2026/05/29/arZ8/260529-8e2fbb99452a44133f5bc4bd1.jpg)  
> Victor Wembanyama and the Spurs responded to the pressure of an elimination game with a performance that belied their inexperience in such settings. (Christian Petersen / Getty Images)
> 
> He didn’t play as if he were trying to get a feel for the game. He made the game feel him.
> 
> “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,” Spurs coach Mitch Johnson said.
> 
> In Game 6, the Spurs played with unmistakable desperation. Not a manufactured kind. Not one that is ingrained consistently, the way it is for the Thunder. This was the feeling of the wind against their backs as they were pushed to the brink. The sound of pebbles falling off the cliff, making a splash in the waters below.
> 
> The Spurs say they play well when they’re desperate. Now that they have experienced being down in a series and even facing elimination, they’ve shown their defense can pounce when it’s all on the line.
> 
> “It erases all the little mistakes that we do that are human nature,” Wembanyama said. “Whether it’s in the regular season or previous games, you just gotta fight that all the time. And when your back’s against the wall, it feels like the best opportunity to do that.”
> 
> It really showed in the moments they have been most desperate, when Wembanyama is off the floor. The Spurs have been hemorrhaging leads in those minutes for most of the series, but they won them convincingly in Game 6 as Luke Kornet was a plus-13. The key was he and Stephon Castle executing their defensive coverages on Shai Gilgeous-Alexander consistently and keeping the Thunder offense from getting into a flow.
> 
> In the first half, they broke out ice coverages to keep SGA on the right side of the floor, so that he couldn’t easily hop into a stepback and would have to completely flip his hips around to get a shot off. It also kept Kornet far enough back that the MVP couldn’t just drive all the way around the coverage to get to the rim or make the kinds of cross-court kick-out passes he doesn’t usually do.
> 
> Castle said it wasn’t the first time they ran an ice coverage on Gilgeous-Alexander in the series, but he conceded it might appear that way because it was the first time they executed it well. The non-Wemby minutes were a success because the defensive execution was on point, and it made getting rebounds and running in transition so much easier.
> 
> It was the culmination of a series-long journey to find an understanding that playing with a relentless conviction as a whole actually covers up the vulnerabilities a less assured group would worry about. But it all traces back to Wembanyama living up to the moment.
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> “We’ve never done this before as a collective,” Waters said. “Some guys have the experience to go on all the way, but for our core to be able to capitalize on moments, we don’t take it for granted. But back’s against the wall this time, we just got to.”
> 
> Now everyone’s back is against the wall, right where Wembanyama wants them.

By Jared Weiss, via [The Athletic](https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7317247/2026/05/29/victor-wembanyama-spurs-nba-playoffs-game-7-thunder/)

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#### 发布日期： [2026 年5 月 29 日 20:31 UTC](https://chinaspurs.com/t/topic/46917/2 "2026-05-29T20:31:29Z")

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# 热评

> [@Ash N.](#):
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> 真搞不懂你们这群悲观主义者为什么还要看NBA。我支持的球队已经出局了，但这轮系列赛在两支优秀的球队之间展开，真的非常精彩。希望“奥比旺·文班”能帮忙掀翻雷霆。

> [@Jan O.](#):
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> 马刺在决定性的第三节防守简直令人窒息。堪称教科书级别的防守，尤其是文班下场休息的那段时间。

> [@Lamberto M.](#):
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> 只要裁判判罚公正，马刺的防守就非常出色。但当他们厚颜无耻地偏袒雷霆时（这真的很恶心），谁也赢不了。
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> > [@Benjamin D.](#):
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> > @Lamberto M. 我的天呐，你们赢了球就不能大度一点吗？输了球抱怨裁判，赢了球还抱怨裁判。这轮系列赛一直很精彩，我很期待抢七大战，但这种舆论环境真是让人精疲力竭。

> [@Asher B.](#):
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> 球迷能做的最无趣的事就是怪罪裁判。我看了50年球了，这种话题总是被提起，但从来不是事实，纯粹是酸葡萄心理。这轮系列赛的对决非常精彩，每一场的结果都很公平。因为对裁判喋喋不休地抱怨而贬低这一切，就像是去参观一家伟大的艺术博物馆，却在抱怨里面的长椅不好坐一样。

> [@John L.](#):
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> 我一向最爱抢七。希望雷霆和马刺都能全力以赴，在场上倾其所有。你永远不知道裁判在每场比赛里会怎么吹，所以我也希望他们不要抢戏。

> [@Theodore R.](#):
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> 马刺和媒体成功改变了公关舆论导向，从而得到了所有的哨子。文班和马刺智囊团这盘棋下得真好，他们花了几个月的时间在裁判、媒体和球迷身上下功夫，炮制出了一个虚假但很抓眼球的“假摔者”人设。抢七大战肯定会偏向他们。讽刺的是，我觉得尼克斯会爆冷击败他们，因为到时候他们可拿不到同样的哨子。
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> > [@Hendrik M.](#):
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> > @Theodore R. 昨天基本上没什么哨子。最离谱的是福克斯 (Fox) 跑过霍姆格伦 (Holmgren) 时的那个判罚，多尔特 (Dort) 还是两次打到头部都没被吹，但你说得对，总的来说昨天两队打得都挺干净的。
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> > [@10869932](#):
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> > @Theodore R. - 裁判让比赛自然进行，吹了该吹的犯规，两边都有漏吹，而且谢伊·吉尔杰斯-亚历山大 (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander) 大部分时间都站得很稳。
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> > [@Michael J.](#):
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> > @Theodore R. 看来西奥多 (Theodore) 根本没看第二场比赛，也没意识到那是现在会有抢七的唯一原因。
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> > [@James P.](#):
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> > @Theodore R. 如果雷霆真的没有假摔，你说的可能还算通。亚历山大和他的队友们在这场比赛里一直在假摔，只是没拿到哨子罢了。亚历山大有很多次出手几乎没有接触，但他表现得像是在打WWE比赛一样，把自己整个人摔在球场上。我觉得当他们拿不到哨子时，心态就会崩掉，从而影响他们的比赛。
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> > [@Michael J.](#):
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> > @Theodore R. 额——感觉你是个雷霆球迷，已经深陷假摔文化，以至于认为骗犯规才是打球的正确方式。而且，如果不承认雷霆才是防守端身体对抗的标杆，那就有点可笑了。兄弟，在输了30分之后感到酸溜溜的，还觉得是裁判的错，这我能理解。
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> > [@Mister Pin K.](#):
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> > @Theodore R. 哈哈，你以为球迷是这赛季才注意到亚历山大热衷假摔的套路吗？  
> > 兄弟，球迷们反感雷霆已经有一两年了。  
> > 在去年的季后赛里，解说员甚至直接在直播中讨论亚历山大是出了名的“罚球商贩”。  
> > 你们确实做得太过了，俄克拉荷马以外的任何球迷都看不下去。
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> > [@Mister Pin K.](#):
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> > @Theodore R. 这不是因为他们比亚历山大更“擅长”此道。  
> > 而是因为亚历山大做得太频繁了，已经变成了一个梗。
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> > [@Randy B.](#):
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> > @Theodore R. 汤姆·哈伯斯特罗 (Tom Haberstroh) 仔细研究过录像。亚历山大倒地的频率大约是其他经常被提及的骗犯规高手——詹姆斯·哈登 (James Harden) 和杰伦·布伦森 (Jalen Brunson) 的两倍，更是文班的四倍。  
> > [https://sports.yahoo.com/nba/article/flop-or-not-does-shai-gilgeous-alexander-really-fall-more-than-his-peers-134022010.html](https://sports.yahoo.com/nba/article/flop-or-not-does-shai-gilgeous-alexander-really-fall-more-than-his-peers-134022010.html)  
> > 他会伸出非运球手（有时甚至是投篮手！），用它创造出空间，然后当防守球员上前补防时，他就主动往防守球员身上撞。这很难看，裁判应该吹得更好一些。如果需要通过“公关舆论”来阻止这种行为，那我支持这种舆论。我明白这是你支持的球队，所以你宁愿不承认它的存在，但作为其他29支球队的球迷之一，我真心希望这种行为在今年夏天能被规则限制，并在秋天新赛季开始时被裁判彻底吹掉。

> [@6904271](#):
>
> NBA太烂了——全是假摔、走步、三分球和粗野犯规。好几年没看，今天看了一眼，赶紧关了。
> 
> > [@Robyn D.](#):
> >
> > 走好不送，后面的话你懂的！😂😎
> 
> > [@Justin G.](#):
> >
> > @ 拜拜了您内 👋🏽

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> # 
> 
> > [@Ash N.](#):
> >
> > Not sure why some of you Debbie Downers even watch the NBA. My team has already lost, but this has been a great series between two amazing teams. Hopefully Obi-Wan Wemby Will help dethrone OKC.
> 
> > [@Jan O.](#):
> >
> > Spurs defense in the decisive third quarter was stifling. A clinic, particularly when Wemby was sitting.
> 
> > [@Lamberto M.](#):
> >
> > If the refs officiate fairly, Spurs defense is excellent. When they shamelessly favor OKC, which is disgusting, nobody can win.
> > 
> > > [@Benjamin D.](#):
> > >
> > > @Lamberto M. My goodness can’t you all be graceful in victory? Lose the game - complain about the refs, win the game - complain about the refs. It’s been an incredible series and I’m looking forward to game 7, but man has this discourse been exhausting.
> 
> > [@Asher B.](#):
> >
> > The least interesting thing a fan can do is blame the officiating. I’ve been watching for 50 years, it always is talked about, it’s never true, and it’s such sour grapes. This series has exciting play and every outcome has been fair. To cheapen all that by whining about the zebras is like going to a great art museum and complaining about the benches.
> 
> > [@John L.](#):
> >
> > I always love a game 7. I hope OKC & Spurs both come to play & leave nothing on the court. You never know what the refs are gonna do in each game either, so I hope they also stay out of it.
> 
> > [@Theodore R.](#):
> >
> > Spurs and media have successfully changed the PR narrative so they get all the calls. Well played long game by Wemby and the Spurs brain trust, this has been months in the making working the refs, the media and the fans in the false but catchy “flopper” trope. Game 7 will be rigged for them. Ironically I think the Knicks will upset them because they won’t get the same whistle.
> > 
> > > [@Hendrik M.](#):
> > >
> > > @Theodore R. there were basically no calls yesterday. the most outrageous was the call on Fox when he ran by Hollgrem , Dork still managed 2 head shots in with no call but yeah you are right and overall that was a pretty clean game from both teams yesterday
> > 
> > > [@10869932](#):
> > >
> > > @Theodore R. - the refs let the game play out, made the calls that needed to be called, missed a few on both sides, and SGA stayed mostly upright.
> > 
> > > [@Michael J.](#):
> > >
> > > @Theodore R. Seems like Theodore didn’t watch game 2 and doesn’t realize that’s the only reason their is a game 7
> > 
> > > [@James P.](#):
> > >
> > > @Theodore R. This might be true if in fact the Thunder didn’t flop. SGA and fellow teammates were flopping this game they just didn’t get those calls. There were a lot of SGA shots where there was little to no contact and he acts like he is in a WWE match throwing himself across the court. I think it gets in OKC head when they don’t get the calls and messes with their game.
> > 
> > > [@Michael J.](#):
> > >
> > > @Theodore R. Eh - feels like you are a Thunder fan who has embraced the flopping culture to the point that you think foul baiting is the right way to play. And to not acknowledge that the blue print to playing physical on defense is the Thunder is kind of laughable. But be bitter bro after a 30 point loss and think it was the ref’s fault.
> > 
> > > [@Mister Pin K.](#):
> > >
> > > @Theodore R. LOL you think fans only noticed SGA’s flop-happy tactics this season?  
> > > Fans have been against OKC for a couple years now, buddy.  
> > > They were literally talking on the broadcast about how SGA is known for being a ‘foul merchant’ in last year’s playoff run too.  
> > > Y’all just been doing it way too much for anyone outside of Oklahoma to enjoy watching it.
> > 
> > > [@Mister Pin K.](#):
> > >
> > > @Theodore R. Its not that they’re “better” at it than SGA.  
> > > Its that SGA does it so often it became a meme.
> > 
> > > [@Randy B.](#):
> > >
> > > @Theodore R. Tom Haberstroh has watched the film. SGA falls to the ground about twice as much as other oft-cited foul chasers James Harden and Jalen Brunson, and four times as often as Wemby.  
> > > [https://sports.yahoo.com/nba/article/flop-or-not-does-shai-gilgeous-alexander-really-fall-more-than-his-peers-134022010.html](https://sports.yahoo.com/nba/article/flop-or-not-does-shai-gilgeous-alexander-really-fall-more-than-his-peers-134022010.html)  
> > > He extends his off-arm (sometimes his shooting arm!), creates space with it, and then when the defender moves forward to close that space he jumps into the defender. It’s ugly to watch, should be officiated better, and if it takes a “PR narrative” to make it stop then I say to bring on the PR narrative. I get that it’s your team so you’d prefer not to acknowledge that it happens, but as a member of one of the other 29 fanbases I sure hope it gets legislated out of the game this summer and officiated out of the game in the fall.
> 
> > [@6904271](#):
> >
> > NBA sucks - flopping, traveling, 3’s, thug fouls. Took a peek after several years of not watching, quickly turned it off.
> > 
> > > [@Robyn D.](#):
> > >
> > > Don’t let the doorknob hit ya, U kno the rest!😂😎
> > 
> > > [@Justin G.](#):
> > >
> > > @ buh bye 👋🏽

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