By Tom Orsborn, Staff Writer | San Antonio Express-News (SAEN), 2026-06-07 15:25:57
2026年6月5日星期五，在圣安东尼奥霜冻银行中心举行的NBA总决赛第二场第三节中，纽约尼克斯队后卫杰伦·布伦森（11号）在命中三分球后向球迷致意。
纽约——在NBA总决赛的前两场比赛中，马刺在限制尼克斯球星杰伦·布伦森 (Jalen Brunson) 方面做得很好，让他每一次得分都付出了艰苦的努力。
但无论他们如何卖力地去缠绕防守这位年度最佳阵容第二阵的后卫，也依然无法阻止他在关键时刻挺身而出。这也是纽约尼克斯队带着2-0的领先优势进入周一晚上在麦迪逊广场花园球馆举行的第三场对决的重要原因。
“在比赛的大部分时间里，我们对他防守得很好，但他还是投进了一些关键球，”马刺后卫达龙·福克斯 (De’Aaron Fox) 在周日表示，“显而易见，他是（2025年的）年度关键球员。这可能也是他们能走到这里的最大原因。但我们必须继续努力给他制造困难，我认为我们在这方面做得还不错。尽管如此，他依然表现得很出色。”
马刺将布伦森的得分限制在20分，且投篮仅有低效的25投7中，但他依然在关键时刻完成了两次至关重要的得分，包括在比赛还剩39.3秒时，顶着德文·瓦塞尔 (Devin Vassell) 的防守投进了一记13英尺外的单脚后仰投篮，将比分追平至104-104；以及在比赛还剩9.5秒时罚中一球，奠定了尼克斯以105-104险胜的最终比分。
“感觉那些就是他为之生动的时刻，”瓦塞尔说道，“我觉得我们对他防守得非常好，在整场比赛中都在逼他进行高难度的投篮。甚至他投进的那些关键球，也都是难度极高的出手。我不认为我们有什么可以改变的，或者防守策略上有什么可以调整的。我是说，我们已经逼他做出了非常艰难的投篮。所以，这是一个挑战。”
“他总能投进关键球，”马刺新秀后卫迪伦·哈珀 (Dylan Harper) 说道，“他就是那种类型的球员。但我们不能因为这些而过于沮丧。我们只需要继续施加压力。”
布伦森在第一场比赛中投篮也仅有31投12中，但他全场得到的30分中有13分是在第四节砍下的，带领尼克斯以105-95取得胜利。
在前两场比赛中，这位征战联盟八年的老将在第四节场均能砍下近9分。
“你观察他就会发现，他拥有联盟中最好的脚步之一，”在2023年荣膺首届年度关键球员奖的福克斯说道，“显而易见，他是一个强投高手。他的投射能力很强。他虽然个子不高，但身体强壮，而且知道如何到达自己的出手点。他非常擅长利用角度。”
卡斯尔脚踝酸痛： 马刺后卫斯蒂芬·卡斯尔 (Stephon Castle) 表示，在第二场比赛中，他因落地时尴尬地踩到尼克斯球员米卡尔·布里奇斯 (Mikal Bridges) 的脚上而被迫离场约六分钟，48小时后，他酸痛的右脚踝感觉好多了。
“感觉一直不错，”卡斯尔说，“比我最初想象的要好得多。显然，当时我体内肾上腺素飙升，一旦我平静下来，我就开始有感觉了。但第二天醒来时，实际上感觉非常好。”
卡斯尔在第二场比赛还剩6分45秒时离场，随后在比赛还剩约30秒时重新回到场上。
这位2024-25赛季的NBA年度最佳新秀在第二场比赛中表现未达预期，仅得到14分，送出4次助攻，同时出现了4次失误。
波波维奇的寄语： 前马刺主教练格雷格·波波维奇 (Gregg Popovich) 在球队周六飞往纽约前对全队发表了讲话。
“他的主要意思就是忘掉过去两场比赛。事情已经发生了，”卡斯尔说，“那两场比赛我们完全有机会赢。我们觉得是自己把胜利拱手相让了。我们必须放下过去，专注于下一场比赛。”
在整个季后赛期间，波波维奇已经给球队传递了几次口信。他还单独找球员谈话或发短信。
但尼克斯主教练迈克·布朗 (Mike Brown) 曾在2000至2003年间在马刺担任波波维奇的助理教练，他很清楚在总决赛期间最好不要向他的前老板寻求任何建议。
“他非常精明，”布朗在第一场比赛前说道，“他好胜心极强。如果我联系他并向他寻求建议，他肯定会给我一些对我们起反作用的馊主意。”
科内特在地标大教堂礼拜： 马刺中锋卢克·科内特 (Luke Kornet) 和他的家人于周日上午在他最喜欢的客场礼拜场所之一——位于第五大道的庄严的圣帕特里克大教堂（St. Patrick’s Cathedral）参加了弥撒。
“圣帕特里克大教堂非常宏伟，”科内特在谈到这座于1879年开放（在其开工建设约20年后）的大教堂时说道。科内特在圣安东尼奥时会去圣伊丽莎白·安·塞顿天主教堂 (Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church) 参加弥撒。
“今天早上我们去那里参加了弥撒，这些年来我去过那里很多次，”这位征战联盟九年的老将科内特说道，“我喜欢看着它，并意识到曾经有这样一群人决定建造这座建筑，而且它能够历经数十年、数百年，让信徒们能够走进去，坦率地说，去敬拜上帝。
“所以，能够成为其中的一部分，并见证许多人共同参与完成的这项令人难以置信的杰作，为我们提供了一个能够长久存在的礼拜场所，这真的很酷。”
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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Spurs bracing for more fourth quarter work against Knicks’ Jalen Bruns
New York Knicks guard Jalen Brunson (11) shows some love towards fans after scoring a three point shot during the third quarter of Game 2 of the NBA Championship at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio on Friday, June 5, 2026.
NEW YORK — The Spurs did a good job forcing Knicks star Jalen Brunson to work for his points in the first two games of the NBA Finals.
But no matter how effective they were at hounding the Second-Team All-NBA guard, they just couldn’t prevent him from coming up big in crunch time, a big reason why New York holds a 2-0 lead heading into Game 3 on Monday night at Madison Square Garden.
“We’ve done a good job on him through the course of the game, but he’s made some big shots,” Spurs guard De’Aaron Fox said Sunday. “He’s been Clutch Player of the Year (in 2025), obviously. Probably the biggest reason why they’re here. But we have to continue to try to make it tough on him, and I think we’re doing a pretty good job at that. He’s played well despite that.”
The Spurs limited Brunson to 20 points on an inefficient 7 of 25 from the field, but he still managed to score two big field goals in crunch time, including a 13-foot one-legged fadeaway over Devin Vassell with 39.3 seconds left that tied the score at 104-104, and a free throw with 9.5 seconds left that accounted for the final score in the Knicks’ 105-104 triumph.
“It feels like those are the moments he lives for,” Vassell said. “I feel like we’re doing a really good job on him, making him shoot some tough shots all throughout the game. Even those clutch shots are very tough shots he’s been hitting. I don’t think there’s really much that you can change, coverages you can change. I mean, we’re forcing him into some really tough shots. So, it’s a challenge.”
“He makes big shots,” Spurs rookie guard Dylan Harper said. “That’s the type of player he is. But we can’t get too down on things like that. We got to just keep on applying the pressure.”
Brunson shot just 12 of 31 from the field in Game 1, but he scored 13 of his 30 points in the fourth quarter to lead the Knicks to a 105-95 victory.
Through two games, the eighth-year pro is averaging nearly nine fourth quarter points.
“You watch him, he has some of the best footwork in the game,” said Fox, who won the inaugural Clutch Player of the Year Award in 2023. “Obviously, he’s a tough shot-maker. He can really shoot the ball. He’s not tall, but he’s strong and he knows how to get to his spots. He plays angles well.”
Castle sore ankle: Spurs guard Stephon Castle said his sore right ankle felt much better 48 hours after he was forced to leave Game 2 for about six minutes after landing awkwardly on the foot of the Knicks’ Mikal Bridges.
It’s been feeling good," Castle said. “It feels a lot better than I thought it would initially. Obviously, I had some adrenaline running, kind of once I settled down, I started to feel it. Waking up the next day, it actually felt really good.”
Castle left Game 2 with 6:45 left before returning to the court with about 30 seconds remaining.
The 2024-25 NBA Rookie of the Year is coming off a sub-par performance in Game 2 that included scoring just 14 points and dishing out only four assists against four turnovers.
Popovich’s message: Former Spurs coach Gregg Popovich spoke to the team before it flew to New York on Saturday.
“Pretty much his message was just let the last two games go. It happened,” Castle said. “They were very winnable games. We feel like we gave them those games. We got to let those go and focus on the next one.”
Popovich has given the team a few messages throughout the playoffs. He’s also spoken to or texted players on an individual basis.
But Knicks coach Mike Brown, who was an assistant under Popovich with the Spurs from 2000-2003, knows better than to ask his former boss for any advice during the Finals.
"He’s savvy,” Brown said before Game 1. “He’s very competitive. If I reached out to him and asked him for some advice, he’d give me some BS that worked against us.”
Kornet worships at landmark cathedral: Spurs center Luke Kornet and his family attended Mass on Sunday morning at one of his favorite road houses of worship, venerable St. Patrick’s Cathedral on Fifth Avenue.
“St. Patrick’s is magnificent,” Kornet, who attends Mass in San Antonio at Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church, said of the cathedral that opened in 1879, some 20 years after its construction began.
“We were there for Mass this morning and I’ve been there plenty of times over the years,” said Kornet, a ninth-year pro. "I love seeing it and realizing that there’s a group of people who decided to try to build this thing and that it can last for decades and decades for the faithful to go in and to worship God, frankly.
“So it’s cool to be able to be able to be part of that and to be able to witness the incredible work that a lot of people had to participate in to be able to give us this place of worship that’s been able to last for a long time.”
By Tom Orsborn, Staff Writer, via San Antonio Express-News