By Michael C. Wright, 2026-06-06 15:36:37
圣安东尼奥——在比赛还剩12.7秒、双方战成104平之际，维克托·文班亚马 (Victor Wembanyama) 与斯蒂芬·卡斯尔 (Stephon Castle) 眼神交汇，急切地期待着马刺在总决赛第二场第四节抹平14分分差的努力能换来最终的回报。
刚刚干扰了杰伦·布伦森 (Jalen Brunson) 的投篮后，文班亚马抢下了个人第九个篮板，并试图发动快攻，以期打进可能绝杀比赛的一球。这位法国球星事后承认，急躁的情绪战胜了理智，最终导致马刺以104-105不敌纽约尼克斯，系列赛大比分0-2落后。
随着卡斯尔在马刺替补席旁、靠近记录台的区域向前场奔跑，文班亚马传出一记传球，却砸在了毫无防备的控球后卫背上，直接弹回到了严阵以待的布伦森手中。
文班亚马迅速犯规，布伦森罚中了最终决定胜负的罚球。
“这是最令人沮丧的事：在付出了所有这些努力之后，却亲手把胜利送了出去，”文班亚马说道，“是我搞砸了那次传球。我犯了错。这就像是身体的反应比大脑还要快。我们本需要赢下那场比赛，这场胜利本该属于我们。但事已至此，一切都结束了。我会后悔吗？是的，当然会。我会用它作为动力，激励自己和球队打好下一场比赛吗？那是绝对的。”
卡斯尔表示，他当时专注于给文班亚马留出运球过场的空间。
“我没看到他把球传给我，”他说道，“我看到维克托拿球，比分打平。我当时只是想给维克托拉开空间。”
尼克斯随后给了文班亚马最后一个为马刺夺取胜利的机会，但他在比赛还剩几秒时，顶着米切尔·罗宾逊 (Mitchell Robinson) 的防守投出的一记20英尺中投砸在了后铁上。随着这次投篮偏出，文班亚马职业生涯（常规赛和季后赛）在第四节或加时赛最后5秒内投射反超球的战绩变为了9投1中；他在这种情况下唯一的命中发生在3月19日，那记投篮也帮助马刺锁定了季后赛席位。
文班亚马表示，当被问及周五比赛的收尾阶段时，他脑子里依然“一片混乱”。在马刺最后的三个回合中（在他们在还剩39.3秒叫了暂停之后），文班亚马投丢了一记17英尺的中投，出现了砸在卡斯尔背上的失误，对布伦森犯规，并投丢了球队当晚的最后一投。
“这就是问题的核心所在。我需要更加沉着冷静，更好地掌控比赛，”他说道，“我不想去细说那全部[三个]回合，但大体情况就是这样。我们需要让自己处于更好的局面中。我们正在给自己挖坑，这也是目前为止的系列赛主旋律。”
在周五晚上马刺最后的三个回合中，维克托·文班亚马投丢了一记17英尺的中投，出现了一次失误并对杰伦·布伦森犯规，还投丢了球队当晚的最后一投。美联社照片/Eric Gay
事实证明，马刺在系列赛中0-2落后的局面在过去几乎是无法逾越的鸿沟。在NBA总决赛历史上，还从未有球队在输掉前两个主场比赛后能逆转夺冠。不过，这样的样本量很小，仅限于1993年的菲尼克斯太阳队（最终六场落败）和1995年的奥兰多魔术队（最终被横扫）。
在总决赛历史上，取得2-0领先的球队系列赛战绩为32胜5负，上一次领先被逆转还要追溯到2016年的金州勇士队不敌克利夫兰骑士队。
“我们不觉得我们打得很好，或者说至少在过去两场比赛中没有达到我们的标准，”马刺主教练米奇·约翰逊 (Mitch Johnson) 表示，“纽约打得非常出色，这也是原因之一。但我们要准备第三场比赛了。如果我们能打出属于我们标准的篮球，我们就会没事的。”
问题在于，纽约并没有让这一切轻易发生。
文班亚马在下半场砍下了他全场最高29分中的22分，其中包括在马刺第四节反扑期间得到的10分。但这也是马刺在今年季后赛中第二次在主场篮板球落后（42对44）。在总决赛第二场之前，马刺上一次在霜银中心（Frost Bank Center）输掉篮板球大战，还是在西部决赛对阵俄克拉荷马雷霆队的第三场比赛中，当时他们惨败15分。
与此同时，尼克斯中锋卡尔-安东尼·唐斯 (Karl-Anthony Towns) 砍下了全队最高的21分。在这轮系列赛的前两场比赛中，当文班亚马作为他的主要防守人时，他13投8中。
“对我们来说，最重要的事情就是保持团结，不要垂头丧气，”新秀后卫迪伦·哈珀 (Dylan Harper) 说道，“你只需要专注于下一场比赛。这又不是谁先赢两场就夺冠的赛制。所以我们真的不能气馁，我们必须带着更加背水一战的心态去迎接比赛。”
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Wemby rues costly turnover as Spurs fall in Game 2 of NBA Finals
SAN ANTONIO – Victor Wembanyama and Stephon Castle caught eyes with 12.7 seconds left on the clock and the score tied at 104-104, eagerly anticipating the payoff for the 14-point comeback the Spurs mounted in the fourth quarter of Game 2 of the NBA Finals.
Having just contested a Jalen Brunson miss, Wembanyama grabbed his ninth rebound and looked to initiate the fast break for what could have been the game-winning basket. The Frenchman would later admit urgency got the better of him, ultimately leading to the Spurs falling 105-104 to the New York Knicks to go down 2-0 in the series.
With Castle sprinting up the floor near the scorer’s table just past San Antonio’s bench, Wembanyama fired a pass that bounced off the back of the unsuspecting point guard and into Brunson’s waiting hands.
Wembanyama quickly fouled, and Brunson sank what turned out to be the game-winning free throw.
“That’s the most frustrating thing: to throw it away after putting in all this work,” Wembanyama said. “I threw that one away. I messed up. It’s like the body reacts quicker than the mind. We needed to win that game. This game was ours. But at this point it’s done. Am I going to regret it? Yes, of course. Am I going to use that to fuel me and fuel us to the next game? Absolutely.”
Castle said he was focused on giving Wembanyama space to dribble up the court.
“I didn’t see him throw it to me,” he said. “I see Vic has the ball, tie game. I was just trying to give Vic space.”
The Knicks would grant Wembanyama one last chance to pull off a Spurs victory, but his 20-footer with seconds remaining over a contesting Mitchell Robinson hit the back of the rim. With the miss, Wembanyama is 1-of-9 on go-ahead field goal attempts in the final five seconds of the fourth quarter or overtime in his career (regular season and playoffs); his lone make in that scenario came on March 19 and clinched San Antonio’s playoff berth.
Wembanyama said he was still “very blurry” when asked about the finish to Friday’s game. Over the Spurs’ last three possessions, after they called for a timeout with 39.3 seconds left, Wembanyama missed a 17-footer, committed the turnover off Castle’s back, fouled Brunson and misfired on the team’s final shot of the night.
“That’s the whole problem. I need to have more poise, more control of the game,” he said. “I’m not going to go through the whole [three] possessions, but that’s the general image. We need to put ourselves in better conditions. We’re digging ourselves a hole. That’s been the theme so far.”
Over the Spurs’ final three possessions on Friday night, Victor Wembanyama missed a 17-footer, committed a turnover and fouled Jalen Brunson, and missed the team’s final shot of the night. AP Photo/Eric Gay
San Antonio’s 2-0 series hole has proved almost insurmountable in the past. No team has ever come back from losing its first two home games in the NBA Finals to win the series, but the sample size is small, limited to the 1993 Phoenix Suns, who lost in six games, and 1995 Orlando Magic, who were swept.
Teams have a 32-5 series record in the NBA Finals when they go up 2-0, with the last loss coming in 2016 by the Golden State Warriors against the Cleveland Cavaliers.
“We don’t feel like we played well or up to our standard at least in the last two games,” Spurs coach Mitch Johnson said. “New York has played very well, and they’re a part of that. But we’re going into Game 3. If we play our basketball up to our standard, we’ll be just fine.”
The problem is New York isn’t letting that happen.
Wembanyama scored 22 of his game-high 29 points in the second half, including 10 during San Antonio’s fourth-quarter comeback. But for the second time this postseason, the Spurs were outrebounded (44-42) at home. Before Game 2 of the NBA Finals, the last time San Antonio lost the battle on the glass at Frost Bank Center, it fell by 15 points in Game 3 of the conference finals against the Oklahoma City Thunder.
Knicks center Karl-Anthony Towns, meanwhile, scored a team-high 21 points for New York. He is 8-of-13 from the field over the first two games of this series with Wembanyama as his primary defender.
“The biggest thing for us is just staying together, not putting our heads down,” rookie guard Dylan Harper said. “You’ve just got to focus on the next game. It’s not the first to win two. So we can’t really hang our heads. We’ve just got to come out with a mentality of being more desperate.”
By Michael C. Wright, via ESPN