By Jeff McDonald, Staff Writer | San Antonio Express-News (SAEN), 2026-06-02 13:17:15
2025年12月31日星期三，在圣安东尼奥进行的一场NBA常规赛上半场中，圣安东尼奥马刺队前锋维克托·文班亚马 (Victor Wembanyama)（1号）与纽约尼克斯队前锋莫罕默德·迪亚瓦拉 (Mohamed Diawara)（左）以及前锋OG·阿奴诺比 (OG Anunoby) 拼抢地板球。马刺队能否在周三于霜银中心球馆（Frost Bank Center）进行的总决赛第一场中让维克托·文班亚马尽早进入状态，并赢下篮板球争夺战，将是决定比赛胜负的关键。
周三晚上，霜银中心球馆将迎来2014年以来的首场NBA总决赛，届时马刺队将在第一场对阵纽约尼克斯队。
马刺队在总决赛首战的历史战绩为6胜0负。他们需要做些什么来保持这一不败金身？以下是……
第一场取胜关键
尽早让文班进入状态
对于任何准备在季后赛系列赛中面对马刺的球队来说，最迫切的问题或许是：“哪个可怜的家伙要第一个去尝试防守维克托·文班亚马 (Victor Wembanyama)？”
尼克斯在常规赛中采用了多种防守策略，有时会派出传统大个子来对位他，比如身高7英尺的全明星中锋卡尔-安东尼·唐斯 (Karl-Anthony Towns)。
唐斯在这一对位中的表现相当不错，但纽约或许没有在整场总决赛中都贯彻这一策略的魄力。作为球队在进攻端的核心选择之一，唐斯在季后赛中一直饱受犯规困扰，而整场防守文班亚马，无异于给自己埋下更深犯规麻烦的隐患。
尼克斯的另一个选择是使用体型较小的防守者，比如身高6英尺7英寸、体重240磅的OG·阿奴诺比 (OG Anunoby)，用身体对抗去顶防文班亚马。
这是一项艰巨的任务——字面意义上的“高”难度任务——但整个NBA中，或许没有哪个防守者的身体条件比阿奴诺比更适合将身高7英尺4英寸的文班亚马顶出他的舒适区了。
在分区决赛中，俄克拉荷马城雷霆也曾尝试过类似战术，让亚历克斯·卡鲁索 (Alex Caruso) 和杰林·威廉姆斯 (Jaylin Williams) 轮流负责防守文班亚马。但雷霆队的效果并不理想，以至于他们最终完全放弃了这个想法。
如果尼克斯赌阿奴诺比能比雷霆的前辈们做得更好，那么文班亚马就必须找到应对随之而来的强硬身体对抗的方法。
放手让哈特去投
另一方面，马刺队喜欢在开局时让文班亚马去防守对方没有投射能力的外线球员，这使得这位全票当选的NBA年度最佳防守球员能够往篮下收缩，从而在弱侧干扰对手的突破。
对阵尼克斯时，这意味着文班亚马将被安排去防守乔什·哈特 (Josh Hart)，进而放空后者，任由其在外线出手。
这一策略能否奏效，几乎完全取决于总决赛中会出现哪个版本的哈特。
哈特职业生涯的三分命中率为35%，这并不算差。在常规赛期间，他的三分命中率达到了职业生涯新高的41.3%，这相当出色。
但季后赛则是另一番景象，在已进行的14场季后赛中，哈特的三分命中率下滑到了30.3%。
在某种程度上，哈特很可能成为这一轮系列赛中的“卡鲁索”。他能否投进那些空位三分，将在很大程度上决定尼克斯能否让由文班亚马领衔的马刺防线有所松动——这支防线是迄今为止季后赛中表现最好的防守。
总决赛的走向可能就取决于哈特的三分准星，以及马刺队对必然会出现的投篮波动有多大的承受力。
篮板，篮板，还是篮板
马刺队深知纽约对拼抢前场篮板的执念。在去年12月尼克斯以124-113击败马刺的NBA杯决赛中，纽约抢下了23个前场篮板，并将其转化为32分二次进攻得分。
在今年的季后赛征程中，马刺队在篮板球保护上时有挣扎。可以说，如果他们没有在对阵俄克拉荷马城雷霆的抢七大战下半场解决好篮板问题，马刺队根本无法跨过分区决赛这一关。
面对尼克斯，他们必须在比赛中保持同样强度的篮板拼抢。
对马刺来说，有一点运气成分偏向他们：纽约的替补大个子米切尔·罗宾逊 (Mitchell Robinson)——他在那场NBA杯决赛中抢下了10个前场篮板——目前正受到手指骨折的困扰，并在东部决赛后接受了手术。预计他会出战，但显然无法恢复到百分之百的状态。
—— 杰夫·麦克唐纳 (Jeff McDonald)
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Spurs vs. Knicks: Game 1 Keys to Victory
San Antonio Spurs forward Victor Wembanyama (1) fight for a loose ball with New York Knicks forward Mohamed Diawara (left) and forward OG Anunoby during the first half of an NBA game in San Antonio, Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025. The Spurs’ ability to get Victor Wembanyama going early as well as win the battle on the glass likely will be key in Game 1 of the NBA Finals on Wednesday at Frost Bank Center.
Wednesday night, the Frost Bank Center is hosting its first NBA Finals game since 2014, when the Spurs face the New York Knicks in Game 1.
The Spurs are 6-0 all-time in Game 1 of the Finals. What can they do to keep that mark unblemished? Here are the …
GAME 1 KEYS TO VICTORY
Establish Wemby ASAP
Perhaps the most pressing question of any team set to face the Spurs in the playoff series is, “Which poor soul gets the first crack at guarding Victor Wembanyama?”
The Knicks used a varied approach during the regular season, sometimes putting traditional big man size on him in the form of 7-foot All-Star Karl-Anthony Towns.
Towns fared fairly well with that matchup, but New York might not have the gumption to try it for an entire Finals game. One of their top options on offense, Towns has been foul prone in the playoffs, and guarding Wembanyama full-time feels like a recipe for further foul trouble.
The other option for the Knicks has been to use a “smaller” defender like the 6-foot-7, 240-pound O.G. Anunoby to push Wembanyama around.
It is a tall task — literally — but no defender in the NBA might be better built to keep the 7-foot-4 Wembanyama off his spots like Anunoby.
In the conference finals, Oklahoma City tried some version of this tactic with Alex Caruso and Jaylin Williams taking Wembanyama duty at times. It did not go well for the Thunder, to the point they abandoned the idea altogether.
If the Knicks bet Anunoby can fare better than his OKC predecessors, Wembanyama must find a way to fight through the physicality that ensues.
Invite a Hart attack
On the flip side, the Spurs like to begin games by sticking Wembanyama on a non-shooting wing player, which allows the NBA’s unanimous Defensive Player of the Year to cheat toward the rim and deter drives even from the weak side of the floor.
Against the Knicks, that means Wembanyama is assigned to Josh Hart, who is in turn encouraged to shoot.
Whether this strategy will work depends almost entirely on which version of Hart shows up to the NBA Finals.
Hart is a career 35% 3-point shooter, which isn’t bad. During the regular season, he hit a career-best 41.3% from deep, which is quite good.
The playoffs have been a different story, with Hart’s percentage dipping to 30.3% in 14 postseason contests.
In a way, Hart is likely to be this round’s version of Caruso. His ability to knock down shots — or not — will go a long way toward determining the Knicks’ ability to loosen up a Wembanyama-led Spurs defense that has been the best in the playoffs so far.
The Finals could swing on Hart’s 3-point stroke, and with the Spurs’ stomach for living with the shooting variance sure to come.
Boards, boards, boards
The Spurs are well aware of New York’s penchant for crashing the glass. In the Knicks’ 124-113 victory over the Spurs in the NBA Cup final in December, New York grabbed 23 offensive rebounds good for 32 second-chance points.
The Spurs have struggled at times with rebounding during their playoff run. It could be argued had they not cleaned up their issues on the glass in the second half of Game 7 in Oklahoma City, the Spurs would not have made it past the conference finals.
They must keep up that same glass-cleaning energy against the Knicks.
One bit of luck working in the Spurs’ favor: New York backup big man Mitchell Robinson — who had 10 of those offensive rebounds in the Cup game — is dealing with a broken finger that required surgery after the Eastern Conference finals. He is expected to play, but clearly will not be at 100%.
– Jeff McDonald
By Jeff McDonald, Staff Writer, via San Antonio Express-News