By Anthony Slater, 2026-05-31 13:17:49
俄克拉荷马城——在一场令人震惊的西部决赛中，马刺成功击败了卫冕冠军雷霆。在比赛的最后几秒，维克托·文班亚马 (Victor Wembanyama) 收拢起他那8英尺宽的恐怖臂展，紧紧抓着自己球衣的内衬，几乎在庆祝中将球衣撕成两半。
在球场的另一端，文班亚马的队友德文·瓦塞尔 (Devin Vassell) 在比赛还剩4.1秒时完成了一记锁定胜局的暴扣，为这场111-103的抢七客场胜利画上了完美的句号。这也锁定了文班亚马职业生涯的首次NBA总决赛之旅，而此时距离他度过22岁生日才刚刚过去五个月。
比赛刚一结束，在将近两分钟的时间里，文班亚马对着地板连声怒吼，随后流下了激动的泪水。他在马刺替补席前不停地转圈，一会儿拥抱队友，一会儿发出狂喜的呐喊。
他没有去和被击败的对手进行例行的致意拥抱，而是完全沉浸在对这项成就的庆祝中。尽管他的NBA阅历尚浅，但他对这一成就早已极度渴望。
“捧起拉里·奥布莱恩杯是我童年的梦想，”文班亚马说道，“能真正有机会去争夺它，拥有切切实实夺冠的机会，去实现这个梦想……对个人而言，我们夺冠的那一天，将是梦想成真的美妙时刻。这很难用言语来形容，这几乎就是我生命的意义所在。”
文班亚马和这支年轻的马刺正试图以远超历史规律的速度闯入总冠军的争夺战。据ESPN数据研究中心统计，圣安东尼奥马刺成为了NBA历史上首支两位头号得分手——文班亚马和三年级后卫斯蒂芬·卡斯尔 (Stephon Castle)——年龄均在22岁及以下的总决赛球队；按加权出场时间计算，他们也是历史上第二年轻的总决赛球队，仅次于1977年的波特兰开拓者队。
“在我看来，对于自己想成为一个什么样的人、什么样的球员，他有着极其清晰的愿景，”马刺主帅米奇·约翰逊 (Mitch Johnson) 在谈到文班亚马时表示，“他为实现这一愿景所付出的努力和投入，是我前所未见的。”
当然，文班亚马也得到了身边那群成长速度惊人的配角阵容的鼎力相助。
21岁的卡斯尔在今年的季后赛中完成了华丽蜕变，在通往西部冠军的18场比赛中，他场均贡献19.2分和6.7次助攻，同时在过去两轮系列赛中还担任防守安东尼·爱德华兹 (Anthony Edwards) 和谢伊·吉尔杰斯-亚历山大 (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander) 的头号大闸。
11个月前的榜眼秀、20岁的新秀迪伦·哈珀 (Dylan Harper) 在关键的首战加时赛中砍下24分；在第六场比赛中，他替补出场高效奋战22分钟，砍下18分，将雷霆逼入绝境；今天他又在关键时刻抢下几个至关重要的篮板，并命中一记关键三分，最终帮助圣安东尼奥锁定胜局。
马刺将在总决赛中迎战纽约尼克斯，这也给土生土长的新泽西人哈珀在职业生涯的起步阶段提供了一个千载难逢的机会。
“我的梦想一直是在麦迪逊广场花园打一场NBA总决赛，”哈珀说道，“而我在职业生涯的第一年就做到了。”
作为马刺在2025年交易截止日引入的重磅新援，德阿隆·福克斯 (De’Aaron Fox) 的到来标志着这支此前处于重建期的球队转型。在今天的晋级之战中，他打出了本系列赛影响力最大的一场比赛。尽管受到高位踝关节扭伤的困扰（这曾导致他缺席了前两场比赛），福克斯依然带伤作战，贡献了15分和3次抢断。
文班亚马的替补卢克·科内特 (Luke Kornet) 奉献了被主帅约翰逊称为“今晚最佳回合”的表现。在比赛还剩7分50秒、文班亚马领到个人第五次犯规后，约翰逊将文班亚马暂时换下，此时马刺正全力守护97-91的领先优势。
在他登场后的第一个防守回合中，雷霆完成抢断，科内特迅速退防并在篮下迎上以赛亚·哈尔滕施泰因 (Isaiah Hartenstein)，封盖了对手的快攻上篮，并随之发动反击，最终助攻卡斯尔完成急停跳投，帮助马刺将领先优势扩大到8分。
“我真为他感到骄傲，”文班亚马说，“太开心了。这就是‘致胜回合’的定义。”
马刺此次登上总决赛这一最宏大的舞台，展现了文班亚马坚定的决心，以及他加速开启自己传奇职业生涯的能力。
在文班亚马的新秀赛季，马刺仅取得了22胜60负的战绩，期间还遭遇了惨痛的18连败。赛后，马刺的工作人员也在互相提起这两个曾经的残酷事实。
在他的第二个赛季，马刺的胜场数提升到了34场，但文班亚马因右肩深静脉血栓而导致赛季报销。在第三个赛季开始前，马刺内部讨论的目标仅仅是重返季后赛。
但他们却一鸣惊人。圣安东尼奥在常规赛中豪取62胜，文班亚马不仅全票当选最佳防守球员，还在MVP评选中高居第三。马刺在积分榜上紧咬斩获64胜的雷霆，直到常规赛最后一周，且数月来一直被视为雷霆最具威胁的对手。
事实证明，这些预测完全准确。文班亚马在系列赛首战就轰下41分和24个篮板的神级数据，其中包括一记在常规时间将比赛拖入加时的28英尺超远三分，并在随后的加时赛中统治了赛场。
整个系列赛期间，文班亚马共送出19次盖帽，创下了自2005年阿朗佐·莫宁 (Alonzo Mourning) 以来分区决赛的最高纪录。在这七场大战中，他场均砍下27.3分和10.9个篮板，场均出场时间飙升至37.7分钟，并全票（包揽全部9张选票）当选西部决赛MVP。
“我激发了自己内在的潜能，”文班亚马说，“那是永不放弃的坚韧。我早就知道自己有这股劲，但在这样的舞台上展现出来，我的意思是，这可是目前地球上水平最高的篮球对决。”
算上常规赛4胜1负的战绩，马刺本赛季一共8次击败雷霆。而联盟其他所有球队加起来也仅击败过雷霆14次。
“他们年轻、有天赋，教练执教有方。他们以正确的方式打球，充满凝聚力。看起来他们彼此信任。他们绝对具备了成功的特质，”吉尔杰斯-亚历山大表示，“如果没有这种特质，你是无法击败我们的。所以，他们确实具备了去争夺[总冠军]的底蕴。”
总决赛首战将于周三晚上在圣安东尼奥打响。本赛季尼克斯对阵马刺取得了2胜1负的战绩，其中包括在NBA杯决赛中击败马刺夺冠。
纽约尼克斯刚刚在东部季后赛中一路狂飙。他们已经取得了11连胜，并在过去两轮中连续横扫对手，这将给文班亚马和马刺带来严峻的挑战。而马刺在刚刚高调庆祝完淘汰卫冕冠军之后，必须迅速从狂喜中冷静下来。
“疯狂的是，也许我真的疯了，但我希望[在我的职业生涯中]能再体验15到20次这种感觉，”文班亚马说道，“希望这不会让我上瘾……不过，也许我已经上瘾了。”
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Emotional Victor Wembanyama leads Spurs back to NBA Finals
OKLAHOMA CITY – In the closing seconds of a stunning Spurs conference finals takedown of the defending champion Thunder, Victor Wembanyama folded his 8-foot wingspan in half to grip the inside lining of his jersey, nearly ripping it in half in celebration.
On the other end of the floor, Wembanyama’s teammate Devin Vassell had just delivered an exclamation point dunk with 4.1 seconds left to finish a 111-103 Game 7 road win, sealing Wembanyama’s first trip to the NBA Finals five months after his 22nd birthday.
In the immediate aftermath, for nearly two minutes, Wembanyama screamed several times at the floor, broke down in tears, circled the area in front of the Spurs bench and alternated between hugging teammates and letting out euphoric yells.
There were no congratulatory meetings with the defeated opponent, only the celebration of an accomplishment he has long craved despite his relative NBA inexperience.
“Winning the Larry O’Brien, it’s a childhood dream,” Wembanyama said. “Having a real shot at it, having a chance, tangible chance at winning it, realizing a dream. … The day we win it, speaking for myself, it’s going to be an amazing day of a realization of a dream. It’s hard to put into words. It’s almost like the meaning of my life.”
Wembanyama and the young Spurs are attempting to crash the championship party far quicker than history suggested feasible. San Antonio became the first Finals team with its two top scorers – Wembanyama and third-year guard Stephon Castle — age 22 or below and the second-youngest Finals team based on weighted minutes played, according to ESPN Research. The 1977 Portland Trail Blazers were the youngest.
“He has such a vision, in my opinion, of who he wants to be as a person and a player,” Spurs coach Mitch Johnson said of Wembanyama. “The commitment and investment he puts in that vision is like nothing I’ve ever seen before.”
Wembanyama had plenty of help from a stunningly advanced supporting cast.
Castle, 21, has taken a star turn in these playoffs, averaging 19.2 points and 6.7 assists in the 18-game run to the Western Conference crown while also serving as the primary defender on Anthony Edwards and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander in the past two rounds.
Dylan Harper, the 20-year-old rookie drafted second 11 months ago, had 24 points in the critical Game 1 overtime win, scored 18 in 22 high-impact Game 6 bench minutes to push the Thunder to the brink and delivered a few crunch-time rebounds and a late 3 to push San Antonio over the top.
The Spurs will face the New York Knicks in the NBA Finals, giving Harper, a New Jersey native, the chance of a lifetime in the infant stages of his career.
“My dream has been always to play in the Garden in the NBA Finals,” Harper said. “I get to do that my first year.”
De’Aaron Fox, the high-profile 2025 trade deadline addition that signaled the shifting direction of the previously rebuilding Spurs, had his most impactful game of the series in the clincher. Pushing through a high ankle sprain that forced him to miss the first two games, Fox had 15 points and three steals.
Luke Kornet, Wembanyama’s backup, had what Johnson called the play of the night. After Wembanyama committed his fifth foul with 7:50 left, Johnson subbed out Wembanyama for a brief stretch while the Spurs tried to protect a 97-91 lead.
In his first defensive possession on the floor, Kornet retreated after a Thunder steal and met Isaiah Hartenstein at the rim, blocking a transition layup and sparking a fast break the other way that led to a Castle pull-up, putting the Spurs up eight.
“I was so proud of him,” Wembanyama said. “So happy. That’s the definition of a winning play.”
This Spurs arrival on the grandest stage is about Wembanyama’s determination and ability to speed up the clock on a career he believes will become legendary.
The Spurs went 22-60 in Wembanyama’s rookie season, including an 18-game losing streak. Those were two facts that Spurs staffers were reminding each other about postgame.
In his second season, they improved to 34 wins, but Wembanyama’s season was cut short because of deep vein thrombosis in his right shoulder. In advance of his third season, the talk around the Spurs was about a goal to make it back into the playoffs.
They succeeded loudly. San Antonio won 62 regular-season games, while Wembanyama won Defensive Player of the Year unanimously and finished third in MVP voting. The Spurs pushed the 64-win Thunder in the standings until the final week and have been viewed as their most threatening opponent for months.
Those predictions proved accurate. Wembanyama opened the series with a 41-point, 24-rebound masterpiece, which included a 28-footer to send Game 1 into overtime and a dominant extra session.
For the totality of the series, Wembanyama had 19 blocks, the most in a conference finals since Alonzo Mourning in 2005. He averaged 27.3 points and 10.9 rebounds in the seven games and pushed his minute total to 37.7 per night, getting all nine votes for West Finals MVP.
“I found resources inside of me,” Wembanyama said. “Relentlessness. I already knew that, but doing it at this level, I mean, this is the best basketball on the planet that’s being played right now.”
Including a 4-1 regular-season record, the Spurs defeated the Thunder eight times this season. The rest of the NBA defeated them only 14 times.
“They’re young. They’re talented. Well-coached. They play the right way, play together. Seems like they like each other. They have the makeup for sure,” Gilgeous-Alexander said. “You don’t beat us without the makeup. So they have the makeup to go get [a title].”
Game 1 is in San Antonio on Wednesday night. The Knicks went 2-1 against the Spurs this season, including a win for the NBA Cup title.
New York just rolled through the Eastern Conference playoffs. The Knicks have won 11 straight and swept their past two opponents, presenting a stiff challenge for Wembanyama and the Spurs, who will have to shake off the euphoria after just celebrating the elimination of the defending champs with flair.
“The crazy thing is, maybe I’m crazy, but I want to [feel] that 15-20 more times [in my career],” Wembanyama said. “Let’s hope it doesn’t become an addiction. … Maybe it already is.”
By Anthony Slater, via ESPN