By Tom Orsborn, Staff Writer | San Antonio Express-News (SAEN), 2026-05-31 11:59:07
2026年5月30日，星期六，在俄克拉荷马城佩科姆中心，圣安东尼奥马刺队前锋凯尔登·约翰逊（中右）在庆祝球队夺得西部决赛冠军时露出笑容。马刺队在抢七大战中以111-103击败雷霆队，晋级总决赛，将与纽约尼克斯队争夺总冠军。
俄克拉荷马城——马刺队在西部决赛抢七大战中以111-103击败雷霆队，凯尔登·约翰逊 (Keldon Johnson) 将这一夜称为他人生中“在情感上收获最丰厚的夜晚之一”。
“这很艰难，但一切都值得，”这位目前效力马刺时间最长的球员在谈到终结队史最长的六年季后赛荒时说道。这段季后赛荒始于2019年NBA选秀大会上马刺队在首轮第29顺位选中他之后。
“作为一个团队，我们经历了很多，”约翰逊说道，他曾经历过2022-23赛季和2023-24赛季连续两个仅赢下22场比赛的低谷赛季。“我们都坚信着彼此。我们每天都在互相激励。从大名单上的第1人到第15人，再到第18人，包括双向合同球员。走到今天这一步需要全队的共同努力。这证明了每个人都融入并奉献其中。”
对于这位NBA年度最佳第六人来说，这一夜显得格外甜蜜，因为他打出了本系列赛个人表现最好的比赛之一。他在第四节砍下个人11分中的8分，帮助马刺队自2014年夺得队史第五冠以来首次闯入总决赛。
第四节初，约翰逊连续命中两记三分球，帮助马刺队以87-82取得领先。他在本场比赛的最后一次得分是一次突破上篮，在比赛还剩8分钟时将领先优势扩大到97-86。
在这场得分爆发之前，约翰逊在过去五场比赛中有三场得分仅为9分或更低。
“我的队友和教练一直在信任我，”他说道，“我也一直在相信自己。我知道局势终究会扭转。我不知道是什么时候，也不知道会以什么方式，但我知道只要我保持专注、保持投入，就一定会得到回报。今天这样的剧本，简直是最好的安排。
“对我来说，这是一次艰难的季后赛旅程。这是不可否认的事实，但当你在抢七大战中迎来这样的高光时刻时，一切的付出都值了。”
福克斯带伤作战： 在全明星后卫达龙·福克斯 (De’Aaron Fox) 因右脚踝扭伤缺席了前两场比赛后，马刺队在西部决赛中的胜利对他来说显得尤为意义非凡。
伤愈复出后，福克斯在得分上显得有些挣扎，但他依然设法在其他方面为球队做出贡献。在抢七大战中，他出场36分钟，12投6中（其中三分球7投3中），贡献15分，外加5次助攻和3次抢断。
达龙·福克斯谈到文班的情感流露：“那些嘲笑他的人既没有经历过他所经历的，可能也做不到他所做到的。我认为他展现出这种情绪棒极了，因为他太渴望赢球了。他在带领着我们前行，而我们也正努力将他推向那座巅峰。” pic.twitter.com/dB5qDvfMHP
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“我只是投不进球，但我希望能以不同的方式去影响比赛，我想我做到了，”他说道。
尽管场均仅得到11.2分，但福克斯在31.1分钟的出场时间里，场均能贡献5.2个篮板、6.2次助攻（仅有1.4次失误）和1.6次抢断。
“我觉得自己表现得还行，”他说道。
文班亚马计划给波波维奇打电话： 赛后，当有记者问及球队晋级总决赛对格雷格·波波维奇 (Gregg Popovich) 意味着什么时，马刺球星维克托·文班亚马 (Victor Wembanyama) 向他的首位NBA教练表达了敬意。
“我无法回答这个问题。我不知道这对他意味着什么，”这位法国超级巨星在谈到这位五届NBA总冠军得主时说道。“他是一位执教经验比几乎任何人都丰富的教练，在他的职业生涯中经历过太多风雨。而现在作为‘老大’ (El Jefe)，他也经历着许多事情。他所经历的一些事情是我们甚至无法想象的。所以，我需要给他打个电话。我需要 miniature 和他聊聊，因为现在的我根本无法体会他此刻的感受。”
波波维奇曾在2023-24赛季文班亚马的新秀赛季执教过他，但在2024-25赛季仅打了五场比赛后，波波维奇因中风被迫离开球队，并将教鞭交给了当时的助理教练米奇·约翰逊 (Mitch Johnson)。
波波维奇于2025年5月正式从教练岗位上退休，但他目前仍担任球队的篮球运营总裁。
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Spurs’ Keldon Johnson’s big fourth quarter made up for ‘hard playoffs’
San Antonio Spurs forward Keldon Johnson, center right, smiles as he celebrates the team’s Western Conference Finals victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder at Paycom Center in Oklahoma City, Saturday, May 30, 2026. The Spurs defeated the Thunder 111-103 in Game 7 to advance to the NBA Finals against the New York Knicks.
OKLAHOMA CITY — Keldon Johnson called the Spurs’ 111-103 victory over the Thunder in Game 7 of the Western Conference finals “one of the most emotionally rewarding nights” of his life.
“It was tough. It was worth it,” the longest-tenured current Spur said of surviving the franchise-record six-year playoff drought that began after the Spurs selected him 29th in the 2019 NBA Draft.
“We’ve been through so much as a team,” said Johnson, who endured back-to-back 22-win seasons in 2022-23 and 2023-24. “We all just believe in each other. We breathe life into each other each and every day. From one to 15 on the roster, one to 18, including the two ways. It takes a village to be where we at. It’s just a testament to everybody buying into this.”
The night was made even sweeter for the NBA’s Sixth Man of the Year because he had one of his best games of the series, scoring eight of his 11 points in the fourth quarter to help the Spurs reach the Finals for the first time since they won their fifth title in 2014.
Johnson sank back-to-back 3-point shots to give the Spurs an 87-82 lead early in the fourth quarter. His final points of the game came on a drive to the basket that pushed the lead to 97-86 with eight minutes left.
The scoring flurry came after Johnson had tallied nine or fewer points in three of the last five games.
“My teammates and my coaches continued to believe in me,” he said. "I continued to believe in myself. I knew the tide would turn eventually. I didn’t know when. I didn’t know how. But I knew that as long as I just stayed engaged, stayed locked in, it would pay off. I couldn’t write it any other way than how it went today.
“It’s been a hard playoffs for me. There’s no denying that, but it makes it all worth it when you have big moments like this in Game 7.”
Fox fought through pain: The Spurs’ triumph in the Western Conference finals was especially meaningful for guard De’Aaron Fox after the All-Star guard missed the first two games with a sprained right ankle.
Fox struggled to score after returning from the injury, but he still managed to contribute in other areas and finished Game 7 with 15 points on 6 of 12 from the field and 3 of 7 from distance to go with five assists and three steals in 36 minutes.
De’Aaron Fox, on Wemby’s emotion: “The people who would make fun of him haven’t done that and probably won’t do this. I think it’s great that he shows that emotion, because he wants to win that bad. He’s dragging us along, but we’re trying to push him to that mountaintop.” pic.twitter.com/dB5qDvfMHP
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“I just wasn’t making shots, but I wanted to be able to affect the game in different ways, and I think I did that,” he said.
While producing just 11.2 points per game, Fox averaged 5.2 rebounds, 6.2 assists against just 1.4 turnovers and 1.6 steals in 31.1 minutes.
“I think I was all right,” he said.
Wembanyama plans to call Popovich: Spurs star Victor Wembanyama paid homage to his first NBA coach when a reporter asked him after the game what he thought the team advancing to the NBA Finals meant to Gregg Popovich.
“I can’t answer that question. I don’t know what it means for him," the French superstar said of the five-time NBA champion. "That’s a guy who’s got more experience as a coach than almost anybody. And has been through so many things in his career. And so many things right now as ‘El Jefe.’ He goes through some things we can’t even imagine. So, I need to call him. I need to talk to him because there’s no way I can understand right now how he feels.”
Popovich coached Wembanyama during his rookie season in 2023-24 before a stroke just five games into the 2024-25 forced him to step away from the team and hand the reins over to then-assistant coach Mitch Johnson.
Popovich retired from coaching in May 2025 but remains the team’s director of basketball operations.
By Tom Orsborn, Staff Writer, via San Antonio Express-News