By Michael C. Wright, 2026-06-09 11:43:10
纽约讯——面对总决赛0-2落后的绝境，圣安东尼奥马刺队在沉默中坚守着信心。主教练米奇·约翰逊 (Mitch Johnson) 表示，他们坚信“只要我们能打出符合自身标准的篮球风格，一切都会好起来的”。
在周一晚上混乱的麦迪逊广场花园，客场作战的马刺队在第三战中以115-111力克纽约尼克斯队，用实际行动证明了这一点。在这场激烈的对决中，“51区”组合——由5号斯蒂芬·卡斯尔 (Stephon Castle) 和1号维克托·文班亚马 (Victor Wembanyama) 组成——成为了NBA总决赛历史上首对年龄在22岁或以下、且在单场比赛中双双砍下至少20分的队友。
文班亚马轰下平全场最高的32分，并贡献8个篮板、6次助攻和3次盖帽；卡斯尔则贡献23分、5个篮板和5次助攻，帮助圣安东尼奥终结了纽约的季后赛13连胜。马刺双子星合力砍下55分，创下他们在本届季后赛非加时比赛中的单场最高得分纪录。
“我真的在努力让自己放松，”文班亚马说，他成为了继蒂姆·邓肯 (Tim Duncan) 之后，马刺队史唯一一位在连续三场总决赛中均砍下至少25分的球员。“季后赛就像一场风暴，让人很难探出头来喘口气。有时候，我甚至没有时间立刻去回看比赛。我需要一些闲暇时间让大脑冷静下来，去恢复。身体和心灵同样需要得到恢复。”
文班亚马通过在格拉梅西公园放松身心来努力达到这一目的。在那里，他为埃德温·布斯 (Edwin Booth) 的雕像画了一幅素描，而埃德温正是1865年刺杀亚伯拉罕·林肯 (Abraham Lincoln) 总统的约翰·威尔克斯·布斯 (John Wilkes Booth) 的兄弟。
“我画了那个公园里的雕像，”文班亚马说，“画得不赖，挺不错的。”
圣安东尼奥马刺队重新找回了约翰逊所说的球队“标准”，从而避免了本赛季首次遭遇三连败。马刺队展现了强硬的防守，通过后卫卡斯尔、达龙·福克斯 (De’Aaron Fox) 以及新秀迪伦·哈珀 (Dylan Harper) 不断冲击内线，并打出了无私的团队篮球，全场共送出28次助攻。其中，福克斯送出全场最高的8次助攻，并贡献了12分，领衔全队。
马刺队此役共有六人得分上双。他们在首节就建立起两位数的领先优势，正如本系列赛前两场比赛一样，只不过那两场比赛他们最终都遗憾落败。
“我们在传导球、团队配合、设立掩护以及坚信球总会传到机会最好的出手人手中方面取得了进步，”约翰逊说。“我们在某些时刻展现出了更好的沉稳心态。我们在收尾阶段虽然仍有需要改进的地方，但比起前几场比赛，我们打得更加强硬。
“我们始终保持着进攻姿态，但同时作为一个整体，这也体现在当场上发生变化时——无论是初次战术配合还是有人试图冲击内线——如果他们没有绝对的优势，他们就会寻找队友。因为我们整晚都在这样做，队友们就能更清晰地预判球的去向、传球的时机，以及在接到球后该如何处理。”
在赛后的更衣室里，凯尔登·约翰逊 (Keldon Johnson) 解释了为什么马刺队如此坚信他们的篮球哲学。这种风格由前任主教练格雷格·波波维奇 (Gregg Popovich) 奠定，如今则由米奇·约翰逊传承发扬。
“我们只认这种打法，”这位NBA年度最佳第六人告诉ESPN。“就像文班说的那样，我们不知道什么是可能，什么是不可能。我们只知道，只要打出属于马刺风格的篮球，我们就能与任何挡在面前的对手过招。”
在周一的第三战前，有人看到文班亚马在格拉梅西公园放松身心，期间他为埃德温·布斯的雕像画了一幅素描，埃德温是约翰·威尔克斯·布斯的兄弟。当被要求评价自己的画作时，文班亚马说：“画得不赖，挺不错的。” Michael Gonzales/NBAE via Getty Images
这也包括尼克斯队，尽管这场比赛的场外状况频出。唐纳德·特朗普 (Donald Trump) 总统在尼克斯队老板詹姆斯·多兰 (James Dolan) 的包厢里观看了第三战，成为首位现场观看NBA总决赛的在任总统。这导致整个曼哈顿和麦迪逊广场花园的安保级别显著提升，美国特勤局接管了往常比赛日工作人员的工作，导致球迷和球员的入场等待时间都大幅增加。
多位消息人士透露，马刺队下榻的酒店距离麦迪逊广场花园仅约半英里。但即便有警车开道，马刺全队也花了将近30分钟才抵达球馆。
在球馆内，马刺队面对的是近两万名座无虚席、喧嚣狂热的观众，现场名流云集，他们谈笑风生、互相致意，对尼克斯队完成4-0横扫的前景充满了乐观期待。
马刺队在第三战的胜利，标志着NBA总决赛历史上仅第二次出现系列赛前三场均由客队取胜的情况。
“这是他们30年来第一场总决赛，”卡斯尔说。“我们预料到现场会很吵。我们在赛前就说过，他们会打出进攻高潮，会投进球。当那种情况发生时，我们要团结一致，保持沉稳。在48分钟的大部分时间里，我们都做到了这一点。
“我不知道这算不算‘松了一口气’。我们其实还什么都没做到，依然以1-2落后。无论这场比赛输赢，系列赛对我们来说都还没有结束。赢球的感觉很好，尤其是在糟糕地输掉前两场之后在客场赢球。无论发生什么，我们在整个系列赛中的信心都始终如一。”
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Wembanyama, Spurs stun Knicks at MSG to revive Finals hopes
NEW YORK – Facing a 2-0 deficit in the NBA Finals, the San Antonio Spurs quietly clung to confidence, believing that “if we play our brand of basketball up to our standard, we’ll be just fine,” coach Mitch Johnson said.
The visiting Spurs proved as much in a 115-111 Game 3 win over the New York Knicks on a chaotic Monday night at Madison Square Garden in which Area 51 – composed of No. 5 Stephon Castle and No. 1 Victor Wembanyama – became the first pair of teammates age 22 or younger to each score 20 points or more in a Finals game.
Wembanyama poured in a game-high-tying 32 points to go with eight rebounds, six assists and three blocks, and Castle contributed 23 points, five rebounds and five assists as San Antonio ended New York’s 13-game postseason winning streak. The Spurs’ duo combined for 55 points, their most in a game this postseason that didn’t go to overtime.
“I really tried to relax,” said Wembanyama, who joined Tim Duncan as the only other Spur to score 25 points or more in three consecutive Finals games. “The playoffs, it’s like a whirlwind. It’s hard to put your head out of the water. Sometimes, I don’t even have time to watch the games back right away. I need some time off to let my brain cool down, recover. Recover as much for the body as for the mind.”
Wembanyama endeavored to reach that goal by unwinding at Gramercy Park, where he sketched a picture of the statue of Edwin Booth, the brother of John Wilkes Booth, who in 1865 assassinated President Abraham Lincoln.
“I drew the statue of that park,” Wembanyama said. “Not bad, pretty good.”
San Antonio avoided dropping three consecutive games for the first time this season with a return to what Johnson has described as the team’s “standard.” The Spurs played hard-nosed defense, constantly attacked the paint with guards Castle, De’Aaron Fox and rookie Dylan Harper, and played unselfishly in distributing 28 assists, led by Fox who dished a game-high eight to go with his 12 points.
Six Spurs scored in double figures as San Antonio took a double-digit lead in the first quarter, just as it had done in the two previous games of the series, both losses.
“We made some strides in terms of the ball movement and playing with our teammates, setting screens, trusting the basketball would find the right guy for our shot,” Johnson said. "We showed better poise at times. We finished the game still with some things that need improvement, but stronger than we did the last few games.
“We were in attack mode, but also as a collective group, it showed itself in terms of something would happen, whether it was an initial action or a guy trying to get to the paint. If they didn’t have a clear advantage, they were looking for their teammates. Because we were doing that throughout the night, it was much clearer for teammates to expect where the ball was going and when it was going to get to them, and then what to do with it when it got to them.”
In the postgame locker room, Keldon Johnson explained why the Spurs believe so strongly in their brand of basketball, which was established by former head coach Gregg Popovich and currently stewarded by Mitch Johnson.
“We don’t know nothing else,” the NBA Sixth Man of the Year told ESPN. “It’s like Vic said, we don’t know what’s possible or impossible. We just know when we play our brand of basketball, we can play with anybody they put in front of us.”
Ahead of Monday’s Game 3, Victor Wembanyama was seen unwinding at Gramercy Park, where he sketched a picture of the statue of Edwin Booth, the brother of John Wilkes Booth. Asked to evaluate his drawing, Wembanyama said, “Not bad, pretty good.” Michael Gonzales/NBAE via Getty Images
That includes the Knicks, despite challenging circumstances around the game. President Donald Trump watched Game 3 from the suite of Knicks owner James Dolan, becoming the first sitting president to attend an NBA Finals game. That led to increased security measures throughout Manhattan and Madison Square Garden, where the United States Secret Service took over for the usual gameday staff, leading to longer wait times for fans and players alike.
San Antonio’s team hotel was located approximately a half-mile from Madison Square Garden. But even with a police escort, it took nearly 30 minutes for the Spurs to arrive, multiple sources said.
Inside the arena, San Antonio faced a raucous sellout crowd of nearly 20,000 packed with plenty of celebrities smiling and glad-handing, optimistic about the prospects of a four-game sweep.
San Antonio’s win in Game 3 marked only the second time in NBA Finals history that the road team emerged victorious in the first three games of the series.
“It’s their first Finals game in 30 years,” Castle said. "We expected it to be loud in there. We said coming into the game they’re going to have their runs. They’re going to make shots. When that happens, just stick together, stay poised. We did that for a majority of the 48 minutes.
“I don’t know if I would say ‘relief.’ We still haven’t really done anything. We’re still down 2-1. Whether we won or lost this game, the series wouldn’t have been over for us. It feels good to win, especially on the road after dropping two bad ones. Our confidence has been the same throughout this series regardless of what happened.”
By Michael C. Wright, via ESPN
