By Jeph Duarte | Pounding The Rock (PtR), 2026-06-09 11:00:00
尽管封路、增加的安保措施以及进入麦迪逊广场花园（MSG）的延误给MSG员工、媒体和球迷带来了诸多不便，但关于总统唐纳德·特朗普 (Donald Trump) 将出席NBA总决赛第三战的炒作似乎并未影响到任何一支球队。尼克斯队主教练迈克·布朗 (Mike Brown) 和马刺队主教练米奇·约翰逊 (Mitch Johnson) 都被问及了这些附加安保措施，以及这些措施如何影响到他们的抵达和整个球队。
在赛前新闻发布会上，迈克·布朗表示：“伙计，我只是专注于第三战。很多人总是给我发短信聊这聊那，但对我来说，我的焦点只是下一步是什么，眼前是什么，而现在第三战就摆在我们面前。我觉得我们这个团队也是这样的态度。”
他确实承认自己的通勤路线有所改变，但并非因为总统的到来。在总决赛期间，尼克斯队一直在麦迪逊广场花园进行训练。“来这里的时候，你知道的，我住在市中心，因为我们在这里训练。所以我住在市中心的球队酒店。我以前在比赛日从未这样做过。但这更方便，因为我们在这里训练，所以住在市中心，从我们的酒店到这里的车程或通勤距离，比我平时从威斯特彻斯特县过来要短。”
对于米奇·约翰逊来说，他的回答也类似。“我没有感到任何不便，或者说——我们今晚有一场大战，我们正努力继续找到一种方法，打出比前两场比赛更接近我们标准和球队风格的水平。马刺目前有很多事情在发生，我宁愿成为其中的一部分，也不愿置身事外。”
与此同时，维克托·文班亚马 (Victor Wembanyama) 在纽约抽空出去转了转。球迷们可能还记得，在他第一次去纽约挑战尼克斯队时，文班曾发帖邀请人们来和他下国际象棋。这一次，他在格拉美西公园花了一些时间来画画。
马刺队的维克托·文班亚马在NBA总决赛第三战前，被发现在格拉美西公园“对着雕像画画” https://t.co/DWQqejpl2q pic.twitter.com/NqWyiyTJiJ
— 《纽约邮报》 (@ nypost) 2026年6月8日
赛后，文班亚马证实，他去公园确实是为了让自己静下心来：
“真的只是想放松一下。季后赛就像是一个——我不知道该怎么形容那个词——风暴。你很难把头探出水面。有时我甚至不需要马上回看比赛录像。我需要一些休息时间，让我的大脑冷静下来，恢复精力。身体和精神都需要同样程度的恢复。”
至于其他方面，在开始允许持证人员进入之前，媒体记者们排起了长队，结果却发现我们排错了队伍。随着球迷在开球前两小时陆陆续续进场，他们脸上的疲惫之情很快就被狂喜所取代。
最终，马刺队爆冷取胜，让球迷们在离场时和入场时一样安静。随着MSG从观众席到楼梯通道逐渐清空，我采访了两位神情沮丧的尼克斯季票持有者，他们表示现场观众的反应“很弱”，是他们多年来听过“最安静”的一次。他们的看法是，强迫球迷早早来到现场并在漫长的安保队伍中等待，消耗了他们的精力。到比赛结束时，许多人已经在场馆里待了6到8个小时，这还不包括路途上的时间。
截至本文撰写时，预计总统不会出席第四战，因此一切应该会恢复正常——无论这对于一场在曼哈顿举办的NBA总决赛意味着什么。一旦我们亲身体验过，我会再告诉大家。
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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Open Thread: How the additional security measures affected the atmosphere of Game 3
While street closures, added security measures, and time delays for entry into Madison Square Garden caused issues for the MSG employees, media, and fans, the hype surrounding President Donald Trump attending Game 3 of the NBA Finals did not seem to phase either team. Both Knicks Head Coach Mike Brown and Spurs Head Coach Mitch Johnson were asked about the additional security measures and how it affected their arrival and the team overall.
In his pregame press conference, Mike Brown stated, “I’m just locked in, man, on Game 3. A lot of people text me all the time about this and that, and for me, my focus is just what’s next and what’s in front of me, and Game 3 is front of us right now. I feel our group is that way, too.”
He did admit that his commute was altered, but not because of the President’s arrival. During the Finals, the Knicks have been practicing at MSG. “Coming here, you know, I stayed downtown because we were practicing here. So I stayed downtown at the team hotel. I’ve never done that on a game before. But it’s easier because we’re practicing here, and so staying downtown and coming from our hotel to here was a shorter drive or a shorter commute than what I’m used to coming from Westchester County.”
For Mitch Johnson, the response was similar. “I have not felt any inconvenience or — we’ve got a big game tonight, and trying to continue to find a way to play closer to our standard and our identity than we had in the first two games. There’s a lot going on [for the Spurs], and I’d much rather be a part of it than not.”
Meanwhile, Victor Wembanyama took his time in New York to get out. As fans may recall, on his first trip to New York to play the Knicks, Wemby put out a post inviting people to come play chess. This time, he took some time in Gramercy Park to draw.
Spurs’ Victor Wembanyama spotted ‘drawing a statue’ in Gramercy Park ahead of NBA Finals Game 3 https://t.co/DWQqejpl2q pic.twitter.com/NqWyiyTJiJ
— New York Post (@ nypost) June 8, 2026
After the game, Wembanyama validated his trip to the park was to help him get centered,
“Really tried to relax. The Playoffs, it’s like a – I don’t know how to say that word – a whirlwind. It’s hard to put your head out of the water. Sometimes I don’t even got to watch the game back right away. I need some time off, let my brain cool down, recover. Recover as much for the body as for the mind.”
As for the rest, media were standing in line before they began admitting credentialed personnel, only to find out we had been standing in the wrong line. As fans trickled in two hours before tip off, looks of exhaustion were quickly replaced by jubilation.
In the end, the Spurs pulled an upset and sent the fans away as quietly as they entered. As MSG emptied from seating to the stairwells, I spoke with two sullen season ticket Knicks fans who commented that the crowd was “weak” and the “quietest” they had heard in years. Their take was that forcing fans to come early and wait in long security lines zapped them. By game’s end, many had been at the venue 6-8 hours not counting travel.
As of this writing, the president is not expected to attend Game 4, so it should be business as usual, whatever that means for a Manhattan-based NBA Finals game. I’ll let you know once we experience it.
By Jeph Duarte, via Pounding The Rock