By Tom Orsborn, Staff Writer | San Antonio Express-News (SAEN), 2026-06-09 01:29:51
2026年6月8日星期一，在纽约市麦迪逊广场花园举行的NBA总决赛第三场上半场比赛中，圣安东尼奥马刺队后卫斯蒂芬·卡斯尔 (Stephon Castle)（5号）在纽约尼克斯队后卫乔什·哈特 (Josh Hart)（3号）和纽约尼克斯队中锋卡尔-安东尼·唐斯 (Karl-Anthony Towns)（32号）的防守下上篮。
纽约讯——维克托·文班亚马 (Victor Wembanyama) 比卡斯尔大一岁，但这位22岁的法国人却将这位21岁的佐治亚州年轻人视为马刺队中资历最深的老将之一。
“他可能是我们队中表现最成熟的球员，但他离年龄最大还差得远呢，”文班亚马说道。
在总决赛第三战的最后两分钟里，卡斯尔表现得就像一位冷静、久经沙场的老将。他在比赛还剩不到两分钟时命中了一记26英尺的远投三分，帮助马刺取得7分领先；随后又在最后6.8秒稳稳两罚全中锁定胜局，帮助球队在周一晚上以115-111击败纽约尼克斯队。
“在进入NBA之前，他就打过很多大场面的比赛，”文班亚马在谈到卡斯尔曾帮助康涅狄格大学夺得2024年NCAA全国冠军时说道，“他一次又一次地证明了自己的能力，也证明了我们选择信任他是完全正确的。”
卡斯尔最终砍下23分、5个篮板和5次助攻，帮助马刺避免了陷入大比分0-3落后的绝境。
“无论这场比赛输赢，这轮系列赛对我们来说都不会就此结束，”卡斯尔说道，“显然，能赢球的感觉棒极了，尤其是在客场，而且是在连输两场糟糕的比赛之后。”
卡斯尔并不是马刺在关键时刻唯一挺身而出的后卫。真正的老将达龙·福克斯 (De’Aaron Fox) 弥补了整晚手感不佳的遗憾，在比赛还剩12.2秒时，他命中了一记16英尺的后撤步中投，帮助马刺以113-108领先。
“这种信任是毋庸置疑的，”文班亚马在谈到福克斯时说道。福克斯全场14投4中，三分球5投0中，贡献了12分和全场最高的8次助攻。“这就是他的特质，所以我们对他有着绝对的信任。我们知道（他是可靠的）。他就是最值得信赖的那个人。”
马刺队主教练米奇·约翰逊 (Mitch Johnson) 表达了赞同。
“在过去的——我也不确定具体多久，大概五到七年里，达龙一直是这个联盟里最出色的关键先生之一，”约翰逊说道，“他一直是我们的超级终结者。我们信任把球交到他手里。”
马刺对卡斯尔也有着同样的信任。在比赛还剩2分22秒时，杰伦·布伦森 (Jalen Brunson) 命中一记18英尺的急停跳投，将比分追至104-108。随后一次进攻中，在进攻时间即将耗尽时，文班亚马将球传给了卡斯尔，后者毫无惧色。
2026年6月8日星期一，在纽约麦迪逊广场花园举行的NBA总决赛第三场第四节比赛中，圣安东尼奥马刺队后卫达龙·福克斯（4号）突破尼克斯队的防守完成上篮。马刺最终以115-111击败尼克斯。
“我一直在盯着计时器，”卡斯尔说道，“老实说，我当时已经准备好冲进去抢篮板了。在那个时间点，进攻时间所剩无几，你必须保持警惕，注意时间。我只是刚好拉出了足够的空间把球投了出去。”
在比赛还剩9.4秒时，OG·阿奴诺比 (OG Anunoby) 命中三分，将分差缩小到仅剩两分，麦迪逊广场花园球馆内19,812名座无虚席的观众瞬间陷入疯狂。然而，当卡斯尔走向罚球线时，他展现出了同样的冷静。
“老实说，在那个时候，你的眼里就只有你和篮筐了，”卡斯尔在谈到如何屏蔽所有噪音时说道，“我们平时一直在练习这种高压下的罚球，模拟过无数次这样的场景。”
“这就是大场面球员的本色，”马刺队主教练米奇·约翰逊说道。
也是成熟球员的本色。
马刺队后卫斯蒂芬·卡斯尔：“我觉得我们其实还什么都没有做到。显然我们仍然大比分1-2落后，我们正期待着接下来的48分钟。” pic.twitter.com/c5KOfjYpR7
— 马刺国度 (@ Spurs_Nation) 2026年6月9日
“你多多少少能看出来，”福克斯在谈到卡斯尔的成熟时说道，“他的个性、他的举止，他就是那样的性格。他总是显得很酷。这或许就是年轻人的样子。但他的球风绝对远比他的实际年龄要成熟。他今天对我们至关重要。他在进攻时间快到时投进了一记关键三分，又为我们罚进了两个关键罚球。而且他整场比赛都在拼命防守。”
“他的球风已经成熟得不能再成熟了，尤其是考虑到他才21岁。”
顺便提一句，卡斯尔并不认为自己是队里最成熟的球员。
“文班绝对是第一名，”他说道，“我可不会在晚上9点就上床睡觉，所以我可能只能紧随其后排在第二了。”
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How Stephon Castle, De’Aaron Fox made clutch plays for Spurs in Game 3
San Antonio Spurs guard Stephon Castle (5) makes a layup while being guarded by New York Knicks guard Josh Hart (3) and New York Knicks center Karl-Anthony Towns (32) during the first half of game three of the NBA Championship at Madison Square Garden in New York City on Monday, June 8, 2026.
NEW YORK — Victor Wembanyama is a year older than Stephon Castle, but the 22-year-old Frenchman views the 21-year-old Georgian as one of the Spurs’ elder statesmen.
“He might be the most mature player on our team. And he’s nowhere near the oldest,” Wembanyama said.
Castle looked like a calm, battle-tested veteran in the final two minutes of Game 3 of the NBA Finals, hitting a 26-foot 3-pointer with just under two minutes left to give the Spurs a seven-point lead before sinking a pair of free throws with 6.8 seconds left that clinched their 115-111 victory over the New York Knicks on Monday night.
“He’s been in big games before the NBA,” Wembanyama said in a nod to Castle having helped Connecticut win the 2024 NCAA title. “He’s shown over and over again that he’s capable and that we are right to put our trust in him.”
Castle finished with 23 points, five rebounds and five assists as the Spurs avoided falling into a 3-0 hole.
“Whether we won or lost this game, the series wouldn’t have been over for us,” Castle said. “Obviously, it feels good to win, especially on the road after dropping two bad ones.”
Castle wasn’t the only guard to come up big in crunch time for the Spurs. De’Aaron Fox, a true veteran, made up for a tough shooting night by knocking down a 16-foot step-back jumper to give the Spurs a 113-108 lead with 12.2 seconds left.
“The trust, it’s not even a question,” Wembanyama said of Fox, who finished 4-of-14 from the field and 0-of-5 from beyond the arc on his way to 12 points and a game-high eight assists. “That’s his identity, so the trust is just complete. We know (he’s reliable). As reliable as they get.”
Spurs coach Mitch Johnson agreed.
“De’Aaron’s been one of the best closers in this league for the last, I don’t know what it is, five to seven years,” Johnson said. “He’s been a great closer for us. We trust him with the basketball in his hands.”
The Spurs feel the same way about Castle, who showed no fear when Wembanyama passed him the ball late in the shot clock after Jalen Brunson’s 18-foot pull-up jumper pulled the Knicks within 108-104 with 2:22 left.
San Antonio Spurs guard De’Aaron Fox (4) gets the layup past the Knicks defense during the fourth quarter of Game 3 of the NBA Finals at Madison Square Garden in New York, Monday, June 8, 2026. The Spurs defeated the Knicks 115-111.
“I saw the clock the whole time,” Castle said. “I was honestly getting ready to go and crash and try to rebound. Late clock, at that point in the game, you have to be alert, know the clock. I was just able to get enough space to get one off.”
He showed the same calm when he stepped to the free-throw line after OG Anunoby’s 3-pointer pulled New York within two points with 9.4 seconds left as the sellout crowd of 19,812 at Madison Square Garden went wild.
“At that point, it’s just you and the rim, honestly,” Castle said of blocking out all the noise. “We work on pressure free throws, situations like that all the time.”
“It’s what big time players do,” Spurs coach Mitch Johnson said.
And mature ones.
Spurs guard Stephon Castle: “I feel like we still haven’t really done anything. Obviously we’re still down 2-1, and we’re looking forward to the next 48 minutes.” pic.twitter.com/c5KOfjYpR7
— Spurs Nation (@ Spurs_Nation) June 9, 2026
“You kind of see it,” Fox said of Castle’s maturity. "His personality, his demeanor, that’s the way he is. He’s kind of always cool. That’s just being young. But his game is definitely mature beyond his years. He was big for us. He hit a big three toward the end of the shot clock. Knocks down two big free throws for us. He’s guarding his tail off the entire game.
“His game is as mature as it can be, especially at 21 years old.”
Castle, by the way, doesn’t think he’s the most mature player on the team.
“Vic would be number one,” he said. “I don’t go to sleep at 9 p.m., so I’m probably a close second.”
By Tom Orsborn, Staff Writer, via San Antonio Express-News