By Joe Vardon | The Athletic, 2026-06-07 21:39:26
The Athletic 将为您带来马刺对阵尼克斯的2026年NBA总决赛第三场对决的实时报道。
纽约——准备好，曼哈顿，即便是你，也从未见过这般盛况。
周一，体育界的目光将聚焦曼哈顿中城，这里将迎来27年来的首场NBA总决赛。久违了，纽约，不过你以前也经历过这样的场面。
在此基础上，再加上一位现任美国总统历史上首次亲临总决赛现场，情况会如何？而且不仅是随便哪位总统，而是唐纳德·J·特朗普 (Donald J. Trump)——他本人就是一位高调的纽约客。应纽约尼克斯老板詹姆斯·多兰 (James Dolan) 的邀请，他的出席需要总决赛历史上前所未有的安保级别。
除此之外，还有创纪录的总决赛票价。同时，最有可能成为下一个“NBA门面”的维克托·文班亚马 (Victor Wembanyama)，将在被誉为世界上最著名篮球馆的花园球馆，迎来他职业生涯的首场总决赛客场比赛。而他率领的马刺目前正面临大比分0-2落后的绝境。
最后，尼克斯，那支该死的纽约尼克斯，距离他们自1973年以来的首个总冠军，仅仅差两场胜利。
是的，从第42街一直到包厘街，没有人敢说自己曾见过如此震撼的场面。
“为了这些球迷，我们必须拼尽全力，”在纽约郊外新泽西长大的尼克斯明星中锋卡尔-安东尼·唐斯 (Karl-Anthony Towns) 说道，“球迷们完全有权利也理应在麦迪逊广场花园看到总决赛。这是他们这么长时间以来第一次亲眼见证总决赛，我们有责任打出表现，给他们欢呼的理由，给他们呐喊的动力，也给他们坚信胜利的希望。”
为了进入麦迪逊广场花园（MSG），球迷们将付出极其高昂的代价，而且他们基本上只能带上自己，以及只要能塞进后口袋就行的钱包。
截至周日下午，根据 StubHub 的数据，第三场比赛二级市场上最便宜的门票价格也已超过6000美元，而下层看台的票价则逼近90000美元。
在特勤局的要求下，尼克斯正对所有球迷执行严格的禁包政策，要求他们携带最少的随身物品，并强烈建议他们在周一晚上8点半开球前两小时到达现场，接受机场级别的安保检查。尼克斯表示，市政府许可办公室也拒绝了在麦迪逊广场花园外举办户外看球派对的申请，市政府将建立一个安全警戒线，只有持有门票或NBA总决赛证件的人员才能进入。纽约警方表示，看球派对将在尚未确定的地点举行。
“我有点希望票价不要像现在这么疯狂，”尼克斯前锋乔什·哈特 (Josh Hart) 说道，“我觉得很多等待这一刻很久的人，不幸无法进入球馆，因为最便宜的票都要七八千美元。这太荒谬了。不过球馆里肯定会嗨翻天。当然，我还是希望票价能便宜一点。”
几位球员被问及特朗普可能到场观赛的问题，大多数人都避重就轻。尼克斯阵容中唯一拥有总冠军戒指的球员O.G.·阿奴诺比 (O.G. Anunoby) 表示：“我认为他只是去那里看比赛。我们会像往常一样，打好我们的比赛，努力赢下比赛。”
尼克斯已经取得了13连胜——这是NBA历史上第二长的季后赛连胜纪录。他们在圣安东尼奥赢下了本系列赛的前两场比赛，先是在第一场下半场完成了14分逆转，接着在第二场第四节顶住了马刺14分的反扑。在总决赛中取得2-0领先的球队，最终夺冠的概率高达32/37（37次中有32次夺冠）。
上一支在总决赛中痛失2-0领先优势的球队是2021年的菲尼克斯太阳，当时米卡尔·布里奇斯 (Mikal Bridges) 就在那支队中。而现在，他正在为尼克斯打出一个极其出色的系列赛。
“我只记得连输了四场，”两场比赛场均得到14.5分的布里奇斯说道，“这就是我对那次经历的记忆……它会一直伴随着我。”
杰伦·布伦森 (Jalen Brunson) 在前两场总决赛中场均得到25.0分，是尼克斯的得分王。他表示，自己不让自己在城市的人行道上抬头，去观看或感受当下的狂热气氛。哈特则表示，如果他出去吃晚饭，他会尽量进包间——只是为了让自己屏蔽任何干扰。
无论如何，周日的花园球馆依然像个热闹的马戏团，当天是两支球队的训练日。戴着棒球帽四处走动的演员本·斯蒂勒 (Ben Stiller) 也出现在了现场。说唱歌手胖乔 (Fat Joe) 坐在尼克斯的新闻发布会现场，向主教练迈克·布朗 (Mike Brown) 和布伦森提问。与他的教练不同，布伦森基本上无视了“胖乔”，只是在走下讲台时说了句“嗨，乔”。
“今天对我来说是伟大的一天，”布朗说道，“我第一次有机会见到本·斯蒂勒……我实际上和他握了手，还拥抱了一下。我哥们儿胖乔就坐在后面。这对迈克·布朗来说是伟大的一天。”
与此同时，文班亚马表示，花园球馆的气氛“可能会”让人分心，但“让自己保持专注、屏蔽外界干扰是我多年来一直在练习的事情。我认为我很擅长这一点。”
“就媒体关注度而言，这有点像奥运会，”文班亚马补充道，他目前以场均27.5分领跑马刺。
在NBA历史上，无论在哪个轮次，都从未有球队在季后赛系列赛大比分0-3落后的情况下完成逆转。因此，对马刺而言，第三场比赛在任何意义上都是一场必须赢下的比赛。他们来到花园球馆时坚信自己本有机会赢下前两场比赛，但他们也已经做好了准备，去迎接周一晚上等待着他们的巨大压力。
这个美国最大的城市，拥有着可以说是篮球运动中最狂热的球迷，正满怀期待地迎来几代人以来的首个主场总决赛，届时总统也将亲临现场，而马刺别无选择，只能拼尽全力去赢下胜利。
“我认为这场比赛事关重大，我们会妥善应对，”马刺主教练米奇·约翰逊 (Mitch Johnson) 说道，“显而易见，这场比赛会让人兴奋不已。这座球馆独一无二。而那些额外的因素更是让气氛更上了一层楼。”
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Get ready, New York. The NBA Finals — with Trump, Wemby and the red-hot Knicks — are finally back
The Athletic has live coverage of Spurs vs. Knicks in Game 3 of the 2026 NBA Finals.
NEW YORK — Get ready, Manhattan, even you haven’t seen anything quite like this.
Cometh Monday, the sporting world descends upon Midtown for its first NBA Finals game in 27 years. It’s been a while, New York, but you’ve done this part before.
How about, adding to it, a sitting U.S. president attending the finals for the first time? And not just any president, but Donald J. Trump, himself a bombastic New Yorker, at the invitation of New York Knicks owner James Dolan, requiring security protocols never before seen for a finals game?
Along with that, throw in record ticket prices for the finals. Also, the man most likely to be the next proverbial “Face of the NBA,” Victor Wembanyama, is playing his first road finals game, at the Garden, considered to be the world’s most famous basketball arena. With his Spurs facing a 2-0 series deficit.
Finally, the Knicks, the New York freaking Knicks, are just two wins away from their first championship since 1973.
No, no one from 42nd Street down to the Bowery can say they’ve ever seen anything quite like it.
“We got to be desperate for these fans,” said Knicks star center Karl-Anthony Towns, who grew up just outside of the city in New Jersey. “Fans have earned the right and deserve the right to see finals basketball be played here at Madison Square Garden. For this to be the first game in a long time that they have seen finals basketball, it’s up to us to bring it, give ’em something to cheer for, give ’em something to get loud for and also give ’em something to believe in.”
The fans will have paid through the nose to get inside MSG, and they will only basically be bringing themselves and, so long as it fits in their back pockets, their wallets.
The cheapest ticket prices on the secondary market for Game 3 were over $6,000 as of Sunday afternoon, according to StubHub, and lower bowl prices were approaching $90,000.
The Knicks, at the behest of the U.S. Secret Service, are enforcing a strict no-bag policy for all fans, asking them to bring the bare minimum and strongly encouraging them to show up two hours before Monday’s 8:30 p.m. tip-off to go through airport-like security. The Knicks said the city permitting office also denied permits for a watch party outside Madison Square Garden, and the city will erect a security perimeter where only patrons with tickets or NBA Finals credentials can enter. The New York Police said watch parties will be held in undetermined locations.
“I kind of wish the ticket prices weren’t as crazy as they are,” Knicks forward Josh Hart said. “I feel like a lot of people who have been waiting for this moment for a very long time unfortunately aren’t able to get into the building, when the cheapest ticket is 7 or 8,000 dollars. So that’s ridiculous. But it’s just going to be rocking. But obviously I wish those were a little cheaper.”
A handful of players were asked about Trump’s likely attendance, and most of them spoke around the issue. O.G. Anunoby, the only player on the Knicks roster with a championship, said, “I think he will just be there watching the game. We’re just going to go as usual and play our game and try to win the game.”
The Knicks have won 13 straight — the second longest playoff winning streak in NBA history. They took the first two games of this series in San Antonio, first with a 14-point comeback in the second half of Game 1, and then surviving the Spurs’ 14-point comeback in the fourth quarter of Game 2. Teams that win the first two games of the finals have gone on to be champions 32 out of 37 times.
The last team to blow a 2-0 lead in a finals, the Phoenix Suns in 2021, had Mikal Bridges on their team. He is now enjoying an excellent series for the Knicks.
“I just remember losing four straight,” said Bridges, who is averaging 14.5 points through two games. “That’s what I remember out of that. … It’s always going to stick with (me).”
Jalen Brunson is the Knicks’ leading scorer through two finals games at 25.0 ppg. He said he is not allowing himself to look up along the city’s sidewalks and see or feel the energy of the moment. Hart said if he’s going out to eat for dinner, he’s trying to get into a private room — just to shield himself from any distractions.
The Garden was still somewhat of a circus on Sunday anyway, a practice day for both teams. Actor Ben Stiller, walking around in a ball cap, was part of the sessions. Rapper Fat Joe sat in the news conferences for the Knicks and asked questions of coach Mike Brown and Brunson, who, unlike his coach, basically ignored “Fat Joe” by saying “hi, Joe,” as he walked off the podium.
“A great day for me today,” Brown said. “For the first time I got a chance to meet Ben Stiller. … I actually gave him a handshake and a hug. I got my man Fat Joe sitting in the back. This is a great day for Mike Brown.”
Wembanyama, meanwhile, said the atmosphere at the Garden “could be” a distraction, but “isolating myself is something I’ve practiced over the years. I think I’m good at it.
“This is similar to something media-wise like the Olympics,” added Wembanyama, who is leading the Spurs with 27.5 points per game.
No team in NBA history, regardless of the round, has recovered from a 3-0 deficit in a playoff series. So Game 3 is, for all intents and purposes, a must-win for the Spurs. They come to the Garden believing they had opportunities to win the first two games, but are readying themselves for the weightiness of what awaits them Monday night.
The biggest city in the United States, with arguably the sport’s most passionate fans, is anticipating its first home finals game in several generations, with the president on hand, and the Spurs have no choice but to find a way to win.
“I think there’s enough at stake that we’ll treat it appropriately,” Spurs coach Mitch Johnson said. “I think there will obviously be a ton of excitement around the game. This arena’s like no other. The added circumstances will be on top of that.”
By Joe Vardon, via The Athletic