By Jeff McDonald, Staff Writer | San Antonio Express-News (SAEN), 2026-05-29 14:07:42
2026年5月28日，星期四，在圣安东尼奥弗罗斯特银行中心进行的西部决赛第六场比赛中，圣安东尼奥马刺队中锋维克托·文班亚马 (Victor Wembanyama) (1) 和圣安东尼奥马刺队前锋凯尔登·约翰逊 (Keldon Johnson) (3) 在比赛中拼抢球权。
抢七大战取胜关键
客场作战，倾其所有
马刺在第六场比赛中拼尽全力才得以生存，他们从头到尾都带着背水一战的拼劲，成功避免了被卫冕冠军淘汰的命运。
现在，他们只需要再复制一次这样的表现。
在这轮艰苦卓绝、如同困兽之斗的系列赛中，马刺此前一直能够依靠主场球迷的呐喊来激发肾上腺素，从而度过那些最艰难的时刻。
但在客场，这种能量可遇不可求。马刺需要自己创造动力。
拼到第七场，肌肉酸痛，双腿沉重，马刺在精神上也已经逼近极限。
如果他们想在第七场生死战中击败同样在为季后赛命运而战的雷霆队，就必须忘却这一切疲惫，倾其所有。
赢下球星对决
抢七大战的胜负往往取决于当家球星能否打出球星级的表现。如果马刺想要拿到通往NBA总决赛的入场券，他们需要全明星中锋文班亚马的表现压过两届常规赛MVP谢伊·吉尔杰斯-亚历山大 (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander)。
在第六场比赛中正是如此，文班亚马开场便火力全开，砍下28分、10个篮板和3次盖帽。与此同时，吉尔杰斯-亚历山大则手感冰冷，18投仅6中拿到15分，经历了本轮系列赛中个人表现最糟糕的一场比赛。
这一消彼长，也造就了双方系列赛至今分差最悬殊的一场比赛。
然而，上一次马刺客场挑战俄克拉荷马城时，剧本却完全相反。
在马刺输掉的第五场比赛中，文班亚马状态游离，15投仅4中得到20分；而吉尔杰斯-亚历山大则独砍32分。
周六在佩科姆中心展开的这场一战定乾坤的较量，胜负可能不在于任何细微的战术调整，而更取决于哪位超级巨星的光芒更为耀眼。
但也需要给文班提供支持
尽管文班亚马在第六场比赛中的表现令人惊叹，但不可否认的是，这场胜利很大程度上是在这位身高7英尺4英寸的法国巨塔坐在替补席上的19分钟里奠定的。
在文班亚马登场的29分钟里，马刺净胜雷霆13分；而在他休息的阶段，马刺更是净胜了14分。
这与系列赛的其他场次相比是一个令人欣喜的转变。在此前的比赛中，只要文班亚马下场休息，马刺在场上建立的领先优势往往就会瞬间崩塌。
周四比赛的第三节出现了一个关键转折点，当时文班亚马在马刺领先10分时被换下场。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。
正是这段在没有文班的情况下、长达3分半钟的狂轰乱炸，彻底击垮了雷霆，锁定了第六场的胜局。
如果马刺在第七场比赛中，依然能在文班亚马休息的阶段赢下类似的优势，那么对于俄克拉荷马城雷霆队来说，想要翻盘就将成为不可能完成的任务。
—— 杰夫·麦克唐纳 (Jeff McDonald)
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Spurs vs. Thunder: Game 7 Keys to Victory
San Antonio Spurs center Victor Wembanyama (1) and San Antonio Spurs forward Keldon Johnson (3) fight for the ball during Game 6 of the Western Conference Finals at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Thursday, May 28, 2026.
GAME 7 KEYS TO VICTORY
Empty the tank on the road
The Spurs expended all kinds of energy to stay alive in Game 6, playing start-to-finish with the desperation required to stave off elimination at the hands of the champs.
Now they just have to do it again.
So far in this grueling cage match of series, the Spurs have been able to feed off their home crowd for the adrenaline surge needed to get through tougher moments.
That energy is harder to come by on the road. The Spurs will need to manufacture their own.
Seven games in, muscles ache. Legs are dead. The Spurs are mentally running on fumes.
The Spurs will need to ignore all that and empty the tank if they are survive a Thunder team fighting for its own playoff life in Game 7.
Win the battle of the stars
Game 7s are often determined by star players doing star player things. If the Spurs are to punch their ticket to the NBA Finals, they will need All-Star center Victor Wembanyama to outplay two-time league MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander.
It happened in Game 6, when Wembanyama came out firing on his way to 28 points, 10 rebounds and three blocks. Gilgeous-Alexander, meanwhile, endured his worst game of the series with 15 points of 6-of-18 shooting.
The result was the most lopsided outcome of the series for either team.
The last time the Spurs were in OKC, however, the script was flipped.
Wembanyama floated through the Spurs’ Game 5 defeat and finished with 20 points on 4 of 15 shooting. Gilgeous-Alexander had 32.
Saturday’s winner-take-all affair at the Paycom Center is less likely to come down to any nuanced Xs and Os tweak, and more likely to come down to which team’s star shines the brightest.
But also give Wemby help
Despite Wembanyama’s sensational Game 6, it can be argued the game was won in the 19 minutes the 7-foot-4 Frenchman spent on the bench.
The Spurs were 13 points better than the Thunder in Wembanyama’s 29 minutes of court time. They were 14 points better when Wembanyama rested.
This was a welcome change from the rest of the series, when whatever lead the Spurs had with Wembanyama on the court cratered when he headed to the bench.
A key stretch came in the third quarter Thursday, 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 span of Wemby-less domination is what ultimately buried the Thunder in Game 6.
If the Spurs are able to win Wembanyama’s bench minutes by a similar margin in Game 7, the lift becomes impossible for Oklahoma City.
— Jeff McDonald
By Jeff McDonald, Staff Writer, via San Antonio Express-News