By Vincent Goodwill, 2026-06-11 11:50:16
纽约——迈克·布朗 (Mike Brown) 眨了眨眼。
杰伦·布伦森 (Jalen Brunson) 顿了顿。
麦迪逊广场花园的拥趸们在比赛结束许久后依然紧紧相拥，无法相信自己亲眼见证的一切——NBA总决赛历史上最大分差的逆转奇迹。
OG·阿奴诺比 (OG Anunoby) 用一场载入尼克斯及NBA史册的表演，让纽约距离自1973年以来的首个总冠军仅一步之遥。在布伦森投篮不中后，他用指尖勉强点进的补篮，决定了比赛的胜负，帮助尼克斯在一度落后29分的情况下完成惊天逆转，以107-106击败圣安东尼奥马刺。
半场休息时，布朗曾要求阿奴诺比在进攻篮板上表现得更积极。而当阿奴诺比力压臂展惊人、运动能力出众的迪伦·哈珀 (Dylan Harper) 和德文·瓦塞尔 (Devin Vassell) 抢先触球并补篮得手时，那一刻仿佛有命运的眷顾。
阿奴诺比将球发给布伦森，后者在比赛还剩4.3秒时出手了一记超远三分。
到了2.1秒，阿奴诺比的指尖触碰到了皮球，也触碰到了历史。
“生活中你得需要一点运气，”布朗说道，“体育运动中也是如此。但你也可以自己创造运气。所以，你既需要一些天赐的运气，也需要通过努力去创造属于自己的运气，这大概就是我想传达的最重要的信息。”
阿奴诺比绝不容许有任何闪失。在比赛还剩11.7秒、马刺仅手握1分领先优势时，马刺后卫达龙·福克斯 (De’Aaron Fox) 本可以控球消耗时间并等待对方犯规，但他选择突破上篮，结果被一路狂奔回防的阿奴诺比飞身封盖。
福克斯在比赛末段出现了几次致命失误，为尼克斯的逆转留出了一线生机。而从未入选过全明星的阿奴诺比，凭借前四场比赛稳健的发挥，已经让自己处于争夺总决赛MVP的有利位置。
“我们知道篮球比赛就是一波流的较量，”在本系列赛中场均砍下23.8分、投篮命中率高达58%的阿奴诺比说道，“我们是一支充满韧性的球队。我们经历了很多，也曾多次在落后时完成逆转。只要坚持下去，顶住风暴，不要太沮丧、愤怒或气馁。保持专注，把分差缩小到18分，再缩小到6分，然后一鼓作气实现反超。这是一场48分钟的比赛，战斗到最后一刻就对了。”
在尼克斯完成这次打破历史纪录的逆转之前，有几次投篮在篮筐上颠簸起伏，令人屏息。此前的总决赛逆转纪录是由波士顿凯尔特人在2008年总决赛第四场创造的，当时他们在落后洛杉矶湖人24分的情况下完成了逆转。
这两次惊天逆转都让获胜一方取得了3-1的大比分领先。当年凯尔特人最终在第六场夺冠，终结了12年的冠军荒。而现在的尼克斯，距离终结长达半个世纪的无冠尴尬，只剩大约72小时的时间。
豪塞·阿尔瓦拉多 (Jose Alvarado) 堪称此役的幕后功臣。布朗在比赛末段派他上场，以分担布伦森的持球压力，并提供另一个进攻选择。阿尔瓦拉多全场得到的8分全部来自第四节，为阿奴诺比和布伦森最后的收割奠定了基础。
“这太不可思议了，”布朗说道，“那个补篮，他必须控制好身体并把球点进去。就像我说的，这绝对会成为纽约篮球历史上最经典的进球。”
这支尼克斯在季后赛中已经习惯了在比赛末段上演逆转，他们从未放弃过任何一场比赛。马刺在前半场投出了高达60%的火热命中率，但下半场命中率骤降至20%。半场结束时，尼克斯落后27分，退场时甚至遭到了部分主场球迷的嘘声。
中场休息时，布朗没有播放太多录像，也没有立刻对球队训话，而是选择让球员们自己静静思考。他们在圣安东尼奥客场拼下的两场胜利眼看就要付诸东流，而外界巨大的期望值也仿佛让他们喘不过气来。
“那时候其实没什么好说的了，”布伦森说道，“我们只需要一分一分地往回蚕食。就像棒球里一样，我们需要先打出一垒安打，成功上垒，然后再以此为基础去组织进攻。”
尼克斯在首半场表现得有些失常。在第三场维克托·文班亚马 (Victor Wembanyama) 推搡了布伦森之后，他们本想在防守端狠狠教训一下文班亚马，但随着马刺在场上百发百中，尼克斯似乎丢掉了自己的防守原则。卡尔-安东尼·唐斯 (Karl-Anthony Towns) 遭遇了早早的犯规麻烦，而米切尔·罗宾逊 (Mitchell Robinson) 则因为在裁判眼皮底下用前臂击中文班亚马的面部，被判了一次一级恶意犯规。
但第三节开始后不久，显而易见，尼克斯要开始反击了。这让人想起了东部决赛对阵克利夫兰骑士的第一场比赛，当时他们在第四节落后22分的情况下奋起直追，最终通过加时赛赢下比赛，在系列赛刚开始时就奠定了胜局。
“半场结束并不意味着比赛结束，你只需要继续一分分地追，”尼克斯前锋乔什·哈特 (Josh Hart) 说道，“当你落后29分时，你不能想着‘我们要一口气吃掉这场比赛’。落后29分时，你应该想：‘好吧，先追到差20分。’当第三节还剩三分钟，我们落后18分时，你会想：‘让我们把分差缩小到10分。’”
哈特表示，第四节是决胜时刻，通常也是布伦森时间。但这次是全队共同努力的结果，这让布朗几乎感动得说不出话来。
“无论落后29分还是27分，完成这样的逆转能给你带来自信，让你明白：‘好吧，我们永远不会提前出局，’”布朗说道，“如果我们再次落后——当然你肯定不希望落后那么多——那就继续战斗。继续坚持我们的打法。但也许可以做得更好一点，这里调整一下，那里调整一下，然后看看会发生什么。”
而最终发生的，便是历史。
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Knicks on brink of title after historic comeback vs. Spurs
NEW YORK – Mike Brown winked.
Jalen Brunson paused.
The patrons of Madison Square Garden stayed attached to each other well after, not able to believe what they had witnessed – the biggest comeback in NBA Finals history.
OG Anunoby etched himself into Knicks and NBA lore with a performance that put New York on the brink of winning its first NBA title since 1973. His tip-in off a Brunson miss – barely getting his fingertips on it – was the difference in the Knicks’ 107-106 win over the San Antonio Spurs that saw them rally from a 29-point deficit.
Brown challenged Anunoby at halftime to be more active on the offensive glass, and it was almost as if fate had intervened when Anunoby outreached the long and athletic Dylan Harper and Devin Vassell for the basket.
Anunoby inbounded the ball to Brunson, who unleashed a deep 3 with 4.3 seconds left.
By 2.1 seconds, Anunoby’s fingers were on the ball, touching history.
“You have to have a little luck in life,” Brown said. “You’ve got to have a little luck in sports. But you can also make your luck too. So you’ve got to have some natural luck and some luck where you’re going to make your own luck, and that was probably the biggest message.”
Anunoby was intent on not leaving anything to chance, chasing down Spurs guard De’Aaron Fox to block a layup attempt with 11.7 seconds left when Fox could have held on to the ball and gotten fouled as San Antonio was nursing a one-point lead.
Fox made several critical errors late that held the door ajar for a Knicks comeback, and Anunoby, who has never made an All-Star team, put himself in position to win NBA Finals MVP with his steady performance through four games.
“We know it’s a game of runs,” said Anunoby, who is averaging 23.8 points per game on 58% shooting this series. “We’re a resilient group. We’ve been through a lot. We’ve come back plenty of times when we’re behind. Just staying with it, weathering the storm, not being too down or angry or frustrated. Just staying with it, cut down to 18, cut it down to six, push it through. It’s a 48-minute game, just play 'til the end.”
More than a couple of shots bounced around the rim before the Knicks completed the comeback that eclipsed the previous record: the Boston Celtics’ rallying from down 24 against the Los Angeles Lakers in Game 4 of the 2008 Finals.
Both rallies resulted in the winning team taking a 3-1 lead, and the Celtics clinched that series in six games to end their 12-year title drought. The Knicks are about 72 hours away from a chance at ending five decades of championship futility.
Jose Alvarado was noted as an unsung contributor, as Brown turned to him late to take Brunson off the ball and present another option. All eight of his points came in the fourth quarter, setting the stage for Anunoby and Brunson to bring things home.
“It’s unbelievable,” Brown said. “You know, the tip, how he had to control it and tip it in, and then like I said, you know, that has to be the most iconic shot in the history of New York basketball.”
These Knicks have made a habit of late comebacks in the playoffs, never fully allowing themselves to believe they were out of a game. The Spurs shot 20% in the second half after shooting a blistering 60% in the first 24 minutes, and some fans were booing as the Knicks left the floor at halftime down 27.
Brown didn’t show much film and didn’t address the team for a while at the break, preferring to let the players ruminate in their thoughts. All the work they had done in winning two games in San Antonio was about to be erased, and the massive expectations seemed to be suffocating.
“Really wasn’t that much to be said at that point,” Brunson said. “It was really just we need to chip away. We need to hit singles, get on base and make plays from there.”
The Knicks were out of character in the first half. They were intent on laying wood to Victor Wembanyama after Wembanyama’s shove of Brunson in Game 3 but seemingly abandoned their principles as the Spurs hit everything in sight. Karl-Anthony Towns was in early foul trouble, and Mitchell Robinson picked up a flagrant foul 1 for nailing Wembanyama in the face with a forearm in plain sight of the officials.
But soon after the third quarter began, it became apparent the Knicks were going to make a game of it; it was reminiscent of Game 1 of the East finals against the Cleveland Cavaliers, when they stormed back from a 22-point deficit in the fourth quarter to earn the win in overtime and effectively end that series before it started.
“The game is not over at halftime, you know, and you just want to continue to chip,” Knicks forward Josh Hart said. “You don’t look at when you’re down 29, we’ve got to whip this game. You look at it when you’re down 29 of OK, let’s get it to 20. There’s three minutes left in the third quarter. We’re down 18, you’re thinking, let’s get it to 10.”
Hart said the fourth quarter is winning time, and usually it’s Brunson time. But it was a team effort, leaving Brown almost speechless.
“Coming from 29 down or 27 down, whatever it is, it gives you the confidence to know that, OK, hey, we are never out of a game,” Brown said. “And if we’re down again, which you hope you don’t get down that much, let’s just keep fighting. Let’s keep doing what we’re doing. But maybe try to do a little better. Make an adjustment here. Make an adjustment there and see what happens.”
What happened was history.
By Vincent Goodwill, via ESPN