By Tom Orsborn, Staff Writer | San Antonio Express-News (SAEN), 2026-06-07 13:49:15
2026年6月7日，星期日，在对阵纽约尼克斯的NBA总决赛第三场比赛前，圣安东尼奥马刺中锋维克托·文班亚马 (Victor Wembanyama) 在纽约麦迪逊广场花园的新闻发布会上回答提问。
纽约——马刺老将哈里森·巴恩斯 (Harrison Barnes) 给他的年轻队友们捎去了一条信息：不要把打进NBA总决赛当成理所当然的事。
“你根本不知道”下个赛季会发生什么，这位征战了14个赛季的前锋说道。
“每年你都必须从旅程的起点、山脚下重新开始攀登，而健康是其中非常关键的一部分，”他补充道。“所以，我不认为我们必须抱着‘这是他们唯一的机会’或者‘正因为我们年轻，我们还有很多不同的机会’这样的心态。这可能是两支球队在未来一段时间内最后一次打进总决赛。我们对此一无所知。”
凭借以2023年状元秀文班亚马为首的年轻核心阵容，其中还包括乐透秀斯蒂芬·卡斯尔 (Stephon Castle)（2024年）、迪伦·哈珀 (Dylan Harper)（2025年）和卡特·布莱恩特 (Carter Bryant)（2025年），尽管马刺在周一晚上迎来第三场比赛时面临着0-2落后于经验丰富的纽约尼克斯的险境，但他们依然拥有光明的未来。
“迪伦·哈珀和卡特，这两个家伙是最幸运的人，刚从大学走出来，就赢了60场（实际上是62场常规赛），并在新秀赛季打进了总决赛，”巴恩斯说道。“他们不知道其他的情况。作为两个乐透秀，他们没有经历过硬币的另一面。看到那种年轻人的兴奋劲真好。”
但尼克斯队中老将的强韧同样难能可贵。在周五马刺于霜冻银行中心以104-105惜败的第二场比赛后，文班亚马指出，久经沙场的纽约尼克斯在经历了上赛季东部决赛的失利，以及2023年和2024年分区半决赛的铩羽而归后，已经交够了学费，他们正践行着巴恩斯那种“我们可能再也不会有这种机会”的哲学。
马刺的平均年龄为25.06岁，是历史上打进总决赛第二年轻的球队，仅次于1977年的波特兰开拓者队（25.03岁）。而尼克斯的平均年龄为28.1岁。
马刺球员凯尔登·约翰逊 (Keldon Johnson)：“没有人喜欢输球。但想想看，我们聚在一起观看比赛录像，并为明天做好了准备。我们的活力依然高涨，依然保持着同样的能量。大家依然会欢声笑语，但我们明白自己已经陷入了一点困境，我们也知道这一点…… pic.twitter.com/ByoKiXhVIc
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“他们（尼克斯）明白自己能打进总决赛是多么幸运，他们也知道无法保证以后还能获得这样的机会，”这位22岁的球星用母语对一位法国记者说道。
“至于我们，我们有点像被宠坏的孩子，”文班亚马补充道。“对我们中的一些人来说，这是我们的第一个赛季，或者是职业生涯的初期阶段，而我们已经站在了总决赛的舞台上。我们还没有完全意识到这一点。在我看来，最珍惜我们所处位置的那支球队，将会是最终夺冠的那一个。”
现年34岁的巴恩斯对年轻球员打进总决赛并不意味着能频繁重返这一大舞台有着切身体会。他在2015年随金州勇士队夺得NBA总冠军时只有22岁，并在随后的一个赛季再次与克利夫兰骑士队争夺冠军，之后他在2016年夏天离开勇士加盟达拉斯，直到又等待了10个赛季，才得以代表马刺再次踏上总决赛的赛场。
还有这一点：无论哪支球队赢得这轮系列赛，NBA都将连续第八个赛季诞生不同的总冠军，从而延续了联盟历史上最长的这一纪录。
在俄克拉荷马城雷霆在2025年总决赛中击败印第安纳步行者之后，许多联盟观察家预测这支年轻的雷霆队将建立一个王朝。然而，异军突起的马刺在西部决赛中经过七场大战击败了卫冕冠军。
“你无法保证自己一定会变得更好，”巴恩斯说道。“看看过去五支打进总决赛的球队。有多少次大家都说，‘哦，俄克拉荷马城未来三年都会打进总决赛，’或者‘菲尼克斯未来三年都会在那里。’密尔沃基雄鹿、丹佛掘金，每一次都是如此，你根本无法预料。”
马刺主教练米奇·约翰逊 (Mitch Johnson) 表示，他相信球队的年轻球员都非常脚踏实地，并且完全专注于当下。
“我不知道他们是否真的有些飘飘然，”他说道。“我认为他们只是（专注于）眼前的事情。对于我们的大多数队员来说，这种心态让我们受益匪浅。我不认为有谁会过于纠结于这在宏观层面上意味着什么。我们知道自己拥有一个极好的机会。整个赛季，自从季后赛开始以来，我们一直拥有着极好的机会。我认为没有人会把任何事情当成理所当然。”
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Victor Wembanyama says San Antonio Spurs are like ‘spoiled kids’
San Antonio Spurs center Victor Wembanyama answers questions during a news conference at Madison Square Garden in New York, Sunday, June 7, 2026, ahead of Game 3 of the NBA Finals against the New York Knicks.
NEW YORK — Spurs elder statesman Harrison Barnes has a message for his younger teammates: Don’t take being in the NBA Finals for granted.
“You have no idea” what’s going to happen next season, the 14th-year forward said.
“Every single year you have to begin at the start of the journey, the start of the mountain and climb, and health is a major part of it," he added. "So, I don’t think it’s necessarily a mentality where we say, ‘This is their only shot’ or ‘Just because we’re young, we have a lot of different opportunities.’ This may be the last time both teams are in the Finals for a while. We have no idea.”
With a young core led by 2023 No. 1 overall pick Victor Wembanyama that also includes lottery picks Stephon Castle (2024), Dylan Harper (2025) and Carter Bryant (2025), the Spurs have a bright future even as they enter Game 3 on Monday night in a perilous 0-2 hole against veteran-laden New York.
“Dylan Harper and Carter, those guys are the luckiest guys, just walking in from college, winning 60 (actually 62 regular season games), getting to the Finals in their rookie year," Barnes said. "They don’t known anything different. Two lottery picks, they don’t know the different side of it. It’s good to see the excitement of that youthfulness.”
But it’s also good to have the Knicks’ veteran toughness. Wembanyama pointed out after the Spurs’ heartbreaking 105-104 loss in Game 2 on Friday at the Frost Bank Center that battle-hardened New York embodies Barnes’ we may never pass this way again philosophy after paying its dues with losses in the Eastern Conference finals last season and in the conference semifinals in 2023 and 2024.
With an average age of 25.06, the Spurs are the second-youngest team to make the Finals behind only the 1977 Portland Trail Blazers (25.03). The Knicks’ average age is 28.1.
Spurs Keldon Johnson: “No one likes to lose. But you think about it, we come in and watch film, and we’re ready for tomorrow. Energy is still high, energy is still the same. Still laughing and joking, but we understand we put ourselves in a little bit of a hole, and we know that… pic.twitter.com/ByoKiXhVIc
— Spurs Nation (@ Spurs_Nation) June 7, 2026
“They (the Knicks) understand how fortunate they are to be in the Finals, and they know it’s not guaranteed they’ll ever get another chance like this," the 22-year-old star told a French reporter in their native language.
“As for us, we’re kind of like spoiled kids,” Wembanyama added. “For some of us, it’s our first season, or one of our first seasons, and we’re already in the Finals. We don’t fully realize it yet. And to me, the team that appreciates the position we’re in the most will be the one that wins.”
Barnes, 34, has first-hand knowledge of how a berth in the Finals as a young player doesn’t guarantee frequent return trips to the big stage. He won an NBA title in 2015 with Golden State when he was 22 and played for a title again the next season against Cleveland before waiting 10 more seasons to play in another finals with the Spurs after he left the Warriors to sign with Dallas in summer 2016.
And then there’s this: No matter which team wins this series, the NBA will have a different champion for the eighth straight season, extending the longest such streak in league history.
After Oklahoma City beat Indiana in the 2025 Finals, many league observers predicted a dynasty for the young Thunder. But along came the upstart Spurs to beat the defending champs in seven games in the Western Conference finals.
“There’s no guarantee you are going to get better,” Barnes said. “Look at the last five teams that have been in the Finals. How many of them everyone said, ‘Oh, OKC is going to here for the next three years,’ or ‘Phoenix is going to be there for the next three years.’ Milwaukee, Denver, every single time, you have no idea.”
Spurs coach Mitch Johnson said he’s confident the team’s younger players are all grounded and solely focused on the present.
“I don’t know if they are even flying at that high in the air,” he said. “I think they’re just (focused on) what’s right in front of them. For most of our group, that’s served us well. I don’t think anybody’s too preoccupied with whatever this means big picture. We know we have a heck of an
opportunity. We’ve had a heck of an opportunity throughout the season, since the playoffs have started. I don’t think anybody is taking anything for granted.”
By Tom Orsborn, Staff Writer, via San Antonio Express-News