By Greg Luca, Staff Writer | San Antonio Express-News (SAEN), 2026-05-31 04:10:56
2026年3月1日，星期日，在纽约进行的一场NBA常规赛下半场中，纽约尼克斯队的米卡尔·布里奇斯 (Mikal Bridges)（左）对圣安东尼奥马刺队的维克托·文班亚马 (Victor Wembanyama)（中）犯规，当时布里奇斯和莫罕默德·迪亚瓦拉 (Mohamed Diawara) (51) 正试图争抢球权。（美联社照片/Seth Wenig）
圣安东尼奥马刺队的球迷们在迎来本次总决赛时，会觉得他们已经熬出了头。自2014年夺得队史五冠中的最后一冠以来，他们已经经历了长达12年的冠军荒。
不过，可别去找纽约尼克斯队的球迷寻求同情。在格雷格·波波维奇 (Gregg Popovich) 和蒂姆·邓肯 (Tim Duncan) 带领下，马刺队夺得的这五个冠军中的第一个，就是在1999年击败尼克斯队获得的，而纽约自那以后就再也没能重返总决赛。尼克斯队队史两冠中最近的一次还要追溯到1973年。
随着马刺球星文班亚马渴望像当年的邓肯那样，在对阵尼克斯的比赛中谱写圣安东尼奥新王朝的第一章，以下是关于这位东部冠军你需要了解的一切：
在正确的时刻彻底爆发
此前数周，专家们一直认为，无论东部突围者是谁，西部冠军都将在总决赛中占据绝对优势。然而，尼克斯队打出的一波连胜正在重塑人们的看法。
纽约在季后赛中已经取得11连胜，累计净胜分高达262分，创下了NBA历史上任意11连胜期间的最大净胜分纪录。在首轮对阵亚特兰大老鹰并赢下最后三场比赛晋级后，尼克斯队接连横扫了费城76人和克利夫兰骑士，挺进总决赛。
2026年3月1日，星期日，在纽约进行的一场NBA常规赛下半场中，圣安东尼奥马刺队的达龙·福克斯 (De’Aaron Fox)（右二）被纽约尼克斯队的防守球员包围。（美联社照片/Seth Wenig）
“维拉诺瓦尼克斯”自带冠军基因
尼克斯队的杰伦·布伦森 (Jalen Brunson)、布里奇斯和乔什·哈特 (Josh Hart) 曾是维拉诺瓦大学（Villanova）的队友，他们曾携手夺得2016年的NCAA全国冠军，而布伦森和布里奇斯还在2018年共同捧起了第二座全国冠军奖杯。
在过去的两个赛季中，他们的默契与情谊一直是这支球队最鲜明的特征之一，即便在纽约送走了那两支维拉诺瓦冠军队的另一位成员唐特·迪温琴佐 (Donte DiVincenzo) 之后，情况依然如此。
作为前年度最佳关键球员（Clutch Player of the Year），布伦森是纽约进攻的核心，在本次季后赛期间场均砍下26.9分。哈特则是一名拼命三郎，他的篮板球拼抢能力远超其6英尺5英寸（约1.96米）的身高。而布里奇斯在过去的两个系列赛中也找回了自己的得分手感——此前，由于尼克斯在2024年从篮网交易得到他时付出了五个首轮签的代价，曾有人质疑他是否配得上这样的身价。
马刺死忠眼中的熟面孔
马刺和圣安东尼奥的篮球迷们会在尼克斯的替补席上认出两张熟悉的面孔：前马刺球员杰里米·索汉 (Jeremy Sochan) 和毕业于瓦格纳高中的乔丹·克拉克森 (Jordan Clarkson)。
在马刺于今年2月裁掉索汉后，尼克斯从澄清期名单中签下了他，但他目前在季后赛中的影响力微乎其微，在五场比赛中仅出场了22分钟。圣安东尼奥在2022年选秀大会上以首轮第九顺位选中了索汉，在今年退居替补之前，他曾连续三年担任球队的主力。
克拉克森在这次季后赛中参与度更高，他出战了每一场比赛，在场均11.8分钟的出场时间里贡献5.4分。这位征战了11个赛季的老将、前最佳第六人目前效力于他职业生涯的第四支NBA球队。本次总决赛将带他回到他成长的地方，因为他在大约六岁时就搬到了圣安东尼奥。
明星场边席抢占新闻头条
不明真相的旁观者可能会被误导，以为提莫西·查拉梅 (Timothee Chalamet) 和凯莉·詹娜 (Kylie Jenner) 才是尼克斯季后赛征程中最关键的人物。这对场边情侣被镜头捕捉和讨论的频率不亚于任何一位球员，而像斯派克·李 (Spike Lee)、本·斯蒂勒 (Ben Stiller)、克里斯·洛克 (Chris Rock) 和崔西·摩根 (Tracy Morgan) 这样的明星超级拥趸也不甘落后。
这些明星中的许多人很可能会前往圣安东尼奥为球队助威，这势必会改变马刺主场的场边氛围——毕竟在本次季后赛中，马刺主场最引人注目的球迷群体是一群修女和前WWE摔角手马克·亨利 (Mark Henry)。
造访篮球圣地
尼克斯队的主场设在麦迪逊广场花园，这里在过去一个多世纪里见证了体育和娱乐界的无数经典时刻，因而赢得了“世界上最著名的体育馆”的美誉。
总决赛的极高关注度将使这座球馆比以往任何时候都更加喧嚣——这对于近年来在这一场地屡屡碰壁的马刺队来说可不是个好消息。自2019年最后一次在麦迪逊广场花园赢球以来，圣安东尼奥已经在此遭遇了六连败，其中包括今年3月份尼克斯以114-89大胜全主力出战的马刺，终结了圣安东尼奥的11连胜。
近期交锋火花四溅
马刺和尼克斯在最近几个赛季联手奉献了多场令人难忘的经典对决，其中包括去年12月在NBA杯决赛中的相遇，当时纽约以124-113胜出。
两队在上赛季的圣诞大战中也曾狭路相逢，尽管文班亚马砍下了42分和18个篮板，但纽约依然以117-114险胜。几个月后的二番战中，圣安东尼奥以120-105复仇成功，这场比赛也因为马刺队的桑德罗·马穆凯拉什维利 (Sandro Mamukelashvili) 成为NBA历史上首位在出场时间不足20分钟的情况下砍下34分的球员而被载入史册。
2024年3月29日，杰伦·布伦森在对阵马刺的比赛中砍下了职业生涯新高的61分，但圣安东尼奥凭借文班亚马40分、20个篮板和7次助攻的统治级表现，在加时赛中以130-126艰难取胜。
可以预见，总决赛将再次激发两支球队以及他们最耀眼的两大球星的最强实力。
“我们要文班！”及其他口号
尼克斯球迷以嗓门大、热情高涨而闻名全联盟。在球队锁定总决赛席位后，许多球迷涌上纽约街头，齐声高呼“我们要文班！”
尼克斯球迷群体的客场远征能力在联盟中名列前茅，届时肯定会有不少人设法混入霜冻银行中心（Frost Bank Center）的观众席中。“尼克斯四场解决战斗”（Knicks in four）已成为他们的标志性口号，而即便在输球后也使用这一口号的自嘲式幽默，将使这句话在整个系列赛中广为流传。
“Bing bong”（模仿纽约地铁关门提示音的拟声词）这一网络热梗虽然已经基本降温，但如果看到它在总决赛期间卷土重来或被恶搞，也千万不要感到意外。
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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Everything Spurs fans need to know about the New York Knicks
New York Knicks’ Mikal Bridges, left, fouls San Antonio Spurs’ Victor Wembanyama, center, while Bridges and Mohamed Diawara (51) try to get to the ball during the second half of an NBA basketball game Sunday, March 1, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
San Antonio Spurs fans will arrive at the NBA Finals feeling they’ve paid their dues, waiting through a 12-year drought since the franchise won the last of its five championships in 2014.
Just don’t go to any New York Knicks fans looking for sympathy. The first of those five Spurs titles under the banner of Gregg Popovich and Tim Duncan arrived in 1999 against the Knicks, and New York hasn’t been back to the finals since. The most recent of the Knicks’ two championships came in 1973.
As Spurs star Victor Wembanyama looks to author the first chapter of a new San Antonio dynasty against the Knicks in the same manner Tim Duncan once did, here’s what you need to know about the Eastern Conference champion:
Catching fire at the right time
After weeks of pundits assuming the Western Conference champion would be a heavy finals favorite against whoever emerged from the East, the Knicks have put together a run that is reshaping the conversation.
New York has won 11 straight playoff games by a total of 262 points, the largest margin in any 11-game streak in NBA history. After closing out the final three games of their opening-round series against Atlanta, the Knicks swept Philadelphia and Cleveland to reach the finals.
San Antonio Spurs’ De’Aaron Fox, second from right, is surrounded by New York Knicks defenders during the second half of an NBA basketball game Sunday, March 1, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
‘Nova Knicks bring championship pedigree
The Knicks’ Jalen Brunson, Mikal Bridges and Josh Hart were teammates on the Villanova squad that won the NCAA championship in 2016, with Brunson and Bridges claiming a second national title together in 2018.
Their cohesiveness and camaraderie has been one of this team’s defining characteristics the past two seasons, even after New York traded Donte DiVincenzo, another piece of those two Villanova title teams.
Brunson, a former Clutch Player of the Year, is the centerpiece of New York’s offense, scoring 26.9 points per game during this playoff run. Hart is an effort player whose rebounding far exceeds his 6-foot-5 frame, and Bridges has found his scoring touch the past two series after some began to question whether he would live up to his price tag of five first-round picks when the Knicks acquired him from the Nets in 2024.
Familiar faces for San Antonio faithful
Spurs and San Antonio basketball fans will recognize two faces among the Knicks reserves: former Spur Jeremy Sochan and Wagner High grad Jordan Clarkson.
The Knicks scooped Sochan off the waiver wire after the Spurs released him in February, but his impact in the playoffs has been minimal, manning 22 minutes across five games. San Antonio drafted Sochan ninth overall in 2022, and he was a fixture in the lineup for three years before taking a back seat this season.
Clarkson has been more involved in the playoff run, appearing in every game and averaging 5.4 points in 11.8 minutes per game off the bench. The 11th-year pro and former Sixth Man of the Year is on his fourth NBA team, and the finals will bring him back to the city where he grew up, as he moved to San Antonio when he was about six years old.
Celebrity row steals the headlines
Casual observers might be tricked into believing Timothee Chalamet and Kylie Jenner are the most important pieces of the Knicks playoff run. The courtside couple has been photographed and talked about just as much as any of the players, and fellow celebrity superfans like Spike Lee, Ben Stiller, Chris Rock and Tracy Morgan aren’t far behind.
Plenty of those stars will likely swing through San Antonio to support their team, shifting the courtside atmosphere in a building where the most featured fans of this playoff run have been a group of nuns and former WWE wrestler Mark Henry.
Visiting the basketball mecca
The Knicks play their home games at Madison Square Garden, which has hosted more than a century of signature moments across sports and entertainment to earn the title of “The World’s Most Famous Arena.”
The finals stakes will make the building as raucous as ever — bad news for a Spurs team that has struggled at the venue in recent years. San Antonio has dropped six straight at MSG since the Spurs’ last win in 2019, including the Knicks routing the full-strength Spurs 114-89 in March to snap San Antonio’s 11-game winning streak.
Recent fireworks
The Spurs and Knicks have linked up for a run of memorable games in recent seasons, including a meeting in the NBA Cup final in December, with New York winning 124-113.
The two teams also clashed in a Christmas Day showcase last season, with New York prevailing 117-114 despite a 42-point, 18-rebound game from Wembanyama. Their rematch a few months later, a 120-105 win for San Antonio, will be remembered as the game the Spurs’ Sandro Mamukelashvili became the first player in NBA history to score 34 points while playing less than 20 minutes.
Jalen Brunson’s career-high 61-point game was against the Spurs on March 29, 2024, with San Antonio pulling through 130-126 in overtime behind 40 points, 20 rebounds and seven assists for Wembanyama.
Expect the finals to again bring the best out of both teams and their two brightest stars.
‘We want Wemby’ and other battle cries
Knicks fans are known for being some of the most vocal in the NBA, and many took to the streets of New York to chant “We want Wemby!” after the team punched its ticket to the finals.
The Knicks’ base travels as well as any in the league, and at least a few will likely find a way into the crowds at the Frost Bank Center. “Knicks in four” has become their signature chant, and the irony of using it even after a loss will keep the phrase in circulation through the series.
“Bing bong,” mimicking the sound that plays to alert New York City passengers when the subway doors are closing, has mostly faded as a viral phenomenon, but don’t be surprised to see it resurfaced or parodied during the finals.
By Greg Luca, Staff Writer, via San Antonio Express-News