By Joe Vardon, James L. Edwards III, Jared Weiss, Fred Katz, John Hollinger and Sam Amick | The Athletic, 2026-06-04 03:17:24
圣安东尼奥——纽约尼克斯队还会再输球吗？
他们可不想这么想，而是更愿意将注意力集中在距离夺得53年来首个总冠军所需的最后三场胜利上。
杰伦·布伦森 (Jalen Brunson) 克服了糟糕的投篮手感和两次腿部伤势，砍下30分，带领纽约尼克斯队在周三晚上于霜冻银行中心（Frost Bank Center）举行的2026年NBA总决赛首战中，以105-95击败圣安东尼奥马刺队。
维克托·文班亚马 (Victor Wembanyama)——这位或许是NBA最杰出的新星，同样遭遇了手感冰凉的夜晚。在马刺队的这场失利中，他得到26分、12个篮板和3次盖帽。
系列赛第二场将继续留在圣安东尼奥进行，时间为美东时间周五晚上8:30。
尼克斯队目前已取得季后赛12连胜。自4月23日在首轮第三场输给亚特兰大老鹰队以来，他们接连击溃了老鹰队、76人队和骑士队——现在他们只需要再赢三场（不管以何种方式，不需要是大胜），就能夺得这支老牌劲旅队史上的第三座总冠军奖杯，也是自1973年以来的首座。
卡尔-安东尼·唐斯 (Karl-Anthony Towns) 在第三节砍下其18分中的10分，并贡献了12个篮板。OG·阿努诺比 (OG Anunoby) 贡献了17分，兰德里·沙梅特 (Landry Shamet) 替补出场贡献13分。米切尔·罗宾逊 (Mitchell Robinson)（右小拇指骨折）在13分钟内为尼克斯队贡献了2分和6个篮板——这是他上周接受骨折修复手术后的首场比赛。
上半场对布伦森来说非常艰难，他在半场结束前两次受伤。首节，圣安东尼奥马刺队的哈里森·巴恩斯 (Harrison Barnes) 撞到了他的右膝，导致其受伤。布伦森一瘸一拐地走向更衣室，但随后重返赛场。然而在第二节一次上篮尝试中，他踩到了卢克·科内特 (Luke Kornet) 的脚，扭伤了左脚踝。他痛苦地倒地挣扎，并向裁判斯科特·福斯特 (Scott Foster) 怒吼要犯规，但裁判并未理会。
布伦森全场31投12中，其中三分球9投2中。他在比赛还剩不到两分钟时投进的一记三分球帮助尼克斯队以97-95反超。此后他们再也没有让领先优势旁落。在比赛还剩约38秒时，布伦森命中一记高难度的后仰投篮，帮助尼克斯队确立了6分的领先优势，并在随后的防守回合中造成了对手的进攻犯规。布伦森和阿努诺比在第四节合力砍下了25分。
马刺队在西部决赛第七场中爆冷击败卫冕冠军俄克拉荷马雷霆队，正处于极度兴奋的状态中，但他们在第三节痛失了14分的领先优势。文班亚马领衔全队得分，他全场21投6中，罚球13投12中。斯蒂芬·卡斯尔 (Stephon Castle) 贡献了17分，朱利安·尚帕尼 (Julian Champagnie) 得到16分，新秀迪伦·哈珀 (Dylan Harper) 同样砍下16分，其中首节便独得10分，成为至少自1998年以来，首位在总决赛首节比赛中拿到如此高分的新秀。
这轮系列赛的胜者将成为NBA八年来的第八个不同冠军——这是该联盟历史上没有球队卫冕的最长纪录。
以下是我们在圣安东尼奥为您带来的总决赛首战观察。
杰伦·布伦森再度挺身而出
在尼克斯队这场焦灼的总决赛首战中，这位哥谭镇的“蓝橙骑士”再次奉献了关键时刻的精彩表演，他在最后八分钟内砍下30分中的13分，帮助球队锁定胜局。
在前三节22投7中之后，布伦森在第四节9投5中。
布伦森凭借其常态化的关键得分表现，让自己成为了纽约的传奇，也让尼克斯队重新赢得了关注。他在上赛季荣膺了NBA年度最佳关键球员奖。在东部决赛第一场中，布伦森在末节独得15分，帮助尼克斯队完成了22分的大逆转。
在今年的季后赛中，由于布伦森具备极强的运球创造机会以及顶着防守人得分的能力，纽约在关键时刻将始终占据优势。而马刺队的武器库中恰恰缺少这样一件武器。
只要尼克斯队拥有布伦森，他们就永远不会掉队。这甚至可能为他们带来一座总冠军。—— 詹姆斯·L·爱德华兹三世 (James L. Edwards III)，尼克斯随队记者
马刺队的投篮问题
在进入这轮系列赛之前，大家都知道尼克斯队在外线占有优势，但即便在纽约手感冰凉的夜晚，马刺队也未能抓住机会。尼克斯队的防守在下半场很好地破坏了圣安东尼奥的战术执行，并且知道如何在关键时刻利用空间，让布伦森进入他的单打节奏。文班亚马在关键时刻也有过高光表现，能够强攻篮下，但马刺队的后卫群却无法找到创造稳定出手机会或将球分给空位投手的办法。马刺队的优势在于打法多样，但弱点在于缺乏一位一锤定音的终结者。布伦森就是这样的终结者，他今晚证明了这一点。文班亚马目前还没有找到能确保自己稳稳得分的甜点位，而布伦森则证明了他总能拉开所需的空间并找到自己最擅长的出手点。
纽约的防守与雷霆队不同，但目前对马刺队的打法同样有效。在这轮系列赛中，达龙·福克斯 (De’Aaron Fox) 和卡斯尔需要展现出在关键时刻接管比赛的能力，因为仅靠文班亚马在每一次进攻中创造优势是远远不够的。尼克斯队实在太强韧了，而布伦森的爆发也太难以阻挡了。—— 杰拉德·魏斯 (Jared Weiss)，马刺随队记者
这就是为什么要用乔什·哈特的原因
这就是为什么，尽管乔什·哈特 (Josh Hart) 在上半场陷入犯规麻烦，且他的跳投并不稳定，但每一位执教过他的教练都会对他坚信不疑。他的高光时刻足以掩盖他身上的任何缺点——就像在总决赛首战中一样，他虽然仅得3分，却帮助尼克斯队赢得了季后赛12连胜。哈特全场5投仅1中，并在第二节末段因犯规麻烦作壁上观。但他依然抢下了15个篮板并送出6次助攻。在关键时刻，他多次贡献关键抢断。这就是哈特的打球方式。这也是为什么无论如何，尼克斯队都会坚定地信任他。—— 弗雷德·卡茨 (Fred Katz)，资深NBA记者
这是一场比拼投篮命中率的联盟，而今晚马刺投丢了
具体来说，只要不是在底角投篮，他们几乎全打铁了。虽然圣安东尼奥凭借尚帕尼在底角的投篮取得了一些成效（尤其是在上半场），但马刺队在非底角三分线外（above-the-break 3s）的投篮表现极其糟糕，26投仅5中，这也是他们今晚三分球42投11中这一惨淡表现的主要原因。虽然全队投篮手感普遍不佳，但值得注意的是，首发后卫卡斯尔、福克斯和德文·瓦塞尔 (Devin Vassell) 在该区域的三分球合共9投0中。
圣安东尼奥在第三节痛失两位数领先优势的过程中，九次三分球出手无一命中，而在第四节也仅投中两记三分。马刺队可以将失利归结于多个原因——文班亚马需要打得更好、篮板球需要改善，以及后卫群必须在禁区内完成更多终结——但只要他们的三分球能达到正常水平，或许就已经扭转了比赛结果。—— 约翰·霍林格 (John Hollinger)，资深NBA记者
文班的世界
谈到文班亚马，NBA总裁亚当·肖华 (Adam Silver) 像我们所有人一样，对这位22岁年轻人的迅速崛起感到惊叹。即便他在第一场比赛中打得有些挣扎（他得到26分、12个篮板和3次盖帽，但投篮仅21投6中，三分球9投2中）。
然而，正如肖华在赛前新闻发布会上所分享的那样，文班亚马将篮球天赋与商业头脑完美结合，这使他在进入联盟的最初几年里成为了一个绝对的奇迹。在经历了一个许多年轻球星都不愿主动站到聚光灯下的时代后，这位法国大个子却非常乐意接过这一重任。
“每隔一段时间，联盟就会出现这样的球员，他们不仅拥有令人难以置信的技术，而且热爱宣传推广，并乐意为联盟扮演这样的角色，”肖华说道，“我们看到了他本赛季在洛杉矶全明星赛上所扮演的角色，他甚至领导着其他年轻球员，说道：‘让我们认真对待，这真的很重要。’
“他带着极高的赞誉进入联盟。甚至在他进入NBA之前，他的高光视频就已经在互联网上疯传。至于我是否对他打进总决赛的年限有具体的预期？没有。但我会说——试着作为一个客观的观察者——他的发展进度已经超出了人们预期的任何时间线。”—— 萨姆·阿米克 (Sam Amick)，资深NBA记者
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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Jalen Brunson takes over as Knicks surge past Spurs in Game 1 of NBA Finals
SAN ANTONIO — Are the New York Knicks ever going to lose again?
They’d rather not think of it that way, preferring instead to focus on the three more wins they need for their first championship in 53 years.
Jalen Brunson shrugged off a poor shooting night and two lower-leg injuries to finish with 30 points, and the Knicks won Game 1 of the 2026 NBA Finals over the San Antonio Spurs, 105-95, Wednesday night at Frost Bank Center.
Victor Wembanyama, perhaps the NBA’s preeminent rising star, also had a tough shooting night and finished with 26 points, 12 rebounds and three blocks in the Spurs’ loss.
The series remains in San Antonio for Game 2 on Friday at 8:30 p.m. ET.
The Knicks have now won 12 consecutive playoff games. Since falling in Game 3 of the first round to the Atlanta Hawks on April 23, they’ve destroyed the Hawks, 76ers and Cavs in succession — and need just three more wins (by any means, they don’t need to be blowouts) to win the storied franchise’s third title and first since 1973.
Karl-Anthony Towns scored 10 of his 18 points in the third quarter and contributed 12 rebounds. OG Anunoby contributed 17 points, and Landry Shamet added 13 points off the bench. Mitchell Robinson (broken right pinky) gave the Knicks two points and six boards in 13 minutes — it was his first game since he underwent surgery to repair the break last week.
The first half was a tough one for Brunson, who suffered two separate injuries before halftime. He initially injured his right knee in the first quarter when San Antonio’s Harrison Barnes crashed into it. Brunson limped to the locker room but returned, only to step on Luke Kornet’s foot on a layup attempt in the second quarter, rolling his left ankle. He was writhing in pain and screaming at official Scott Foster for a foul call, but he didn’t get it.
Brunson finished shooting 12 of 31 from the field and 2 of 9 from 3-point range. His 3-ball inside of two minutes put the Knicks up, 97-95. It was a lead they never relinquished. Brunson’s tough fadeaway with about 38 seconds left put the Knicks ahead by six, and they drew an offensive foul on the next possession. Brunson and Anunoby combined for 25 points in the fourth quarter.
The Spurs, coming off the emotional high of upsetting defending-champion Oklahoma City in Game 7 of the Western Conference finals, blew a 14-point lead in the third quarter. They were led in scoring by Wembanyama, who shot 6 of 21 and was 12 of 13 from the foul line. Stephon Castle added 17 points, Julian Champagnie scored 16, and rookie Dylan Harper also scored 16 points, including 10 in the first quarter to become the first rookie to score that many points in an opening NBA Finals quarter since at least 1998.
The winner of this series will be the NBA’s eighth different champion in eight years — the league’s longest streak without repeat champions.
Here are our takeaways from Game 1 in San Antonio.
Jalen Brunson does it again
With the Knicks in a tightly contested Game 1 of the NBA Finals, Gotham’s blue-and-orange knight delivered another clutch performance to help his team win by scoring 13 of his 30 points in the final eight minutes.
Brunson hit 5 of 9 shots from the floor in the fourth quarter after going 7-for-22 in the first three quarters.
Brunson has made himself a legend in New York and the Knicks a relevant entity because of his routine, clutch scoring performances. He won the NBA’s Clutch Player of the Year award last season. In the Eastern Conference finals, Brunson helped the Knicks come back from down 22 in Game 1 by scoring 15 points in the final frame.
New York is going to have an advantage in the clutch in these playoffs because of Brunson’s ability to create off the dribble and score over most defenders. The Spurs don’t have that tool in their toolbox.
As long as the Knicks have Brunson, they’ll always be in the game. And it might lead to a championship. — James L. Edwards III, Knicks writer
The Spurs have a shooting problem
Everyone knew the Knicks had the advantage from deep coming into this series, but the Spurs couldn’t keep up even when New York had a terrible shooting night. The Knicks’ defense did a good job of disrupting San Antonio’s execution in the second half and knew how to manipulate the spacing in crunch time to get Brunson into his bag. Wembanyama had his moments in crunch time when he was able to force his way to the rim, but the Spurs’ guards could not figure out how to create consistent looks or spray the ball out to open shooters. The Spurs’ strength has been their variety, but their weakness is that they don’t have a go-to closer. Brunson is a closer, and he did that tonight. Wembanyama does not have his spots right now where he knows he can get a bucket, while Brunson proved he can get the spacing he needs and find his favorite shot.
New York’s defense is different from the Thunder’s, but it’s just as effective against the Spurs’ style of play right now. De’Aaron Fox and Castle will need to show they can take control in crunch time in this series because relying on Wembanyama to create the advantage on every play won’t be enough. The Knicks are just too tough, and Brunson is too inevitable. — Jared Weiss, Spurs writer
This is why you play Josh Hart
This is why, despite the foul trouble Hart had in the first half and despite his shoddy jumper, every coach who has ever had him has stuck with him. His greatest moments override whatever flaws he brings — just as they did in Game 1 of the NBA Finals, when he scored only three points yet helped the Knicks win their 12th consecutive playoff game. Hart shot just 1 of 5 from the field, and he sat at the end of the second quarter because of foul trouble. He still finished with 15 rebounds and six assists. He came up with multiple huge steals in crunch time. This is what Hart does. And it’s why the Knicks, no matter what, stick with him. — Fred Katz, senior NBA writer
It’s a make-or-miss league, and tonight the Spurs missed
In particular, they missed whenever they weren’t shooting from the corners. While San Antonio found some success with Champagnie in the corners, especially in the first half, the Spurs shot an abysmal 5-for-26 on above-the-break 3s, accounting for the lion’s share of their dismal 11-for-42 night from beyond the arc. While it was an equal-opportunity performance, it seems notable that starting guards Castle, Fox, and Devin Vassell combined to make none of their nine shots from that distance.
San Antonio missed all nine of its 3-point attempts as it frittered away a double-digit lead in the third quarter and added only two makes in the fourth. The Spurs can point to several reasons why they lost — Wembanyama needs to play better, the rebounding needs to improve, and the guards have to finish more plays in the paint — but a dose of more typical 3-point shooting might have flipped the scoreboard in their favor regardless. — John Hollinger, senior NBA writer
Wemby’s world
When it comes to Wembanyama, NBA commissioner Adam Silver is as amazed as the rest of us at the 22-year-old’s early ascent. Even with his Game 1 struggles (he finished with 26 points, 12 rebounds and three blocks, but was just 6 of 21 from the field and 2 of 9 from 3).
Yet, as Silver shared in his pregame news conference, it’s Wembanyama’s combination of basketball talent and business savvy that makes him an absolute wonder for the league in these early years. And after a recent era in which so many young stars have been reluctant to seize the spotlight, the French big man is only too pleased to take it.
“Players come along every once in a while who, in addition to having this incredible skill, love the promotional side of it and want to play that role for the league,” Silver said. “We saw the role he played at the All-Star Game in Los Angeles this season, even leading the other young players, saying, ‘Let’s take this seriously. This really matters.’
“He came in highly touted. He was somebody who, even before he came into the NBA, was blowing up the internet in terms of his highlights. Did I have a specific expectation for him in terms of the number of years it would take him to get to the finals? No. But I would say — trying to be an objective observer — that he’s ahead of any timeline that people had in mind.” — Sam Amick, senior NBA writer
By Joe Vardon, James L. Edwards III, Jared Weiss, Fred Katz, John Hollinger and Sam Amick, via The Athletic