By Michael C. Wright, 2026-06-13 03:30:26
圣安东尼奥——周五，在马刺队总决赛第四场不敌纽约尼克斯队之后，面对深陷舆论漩涡的后卫达龙·福克斯 (De’Aaron Fox)，马刺主帅米奇·约翰逊 (Mitch Johnson) 强调了他对这名弟子的信任。
“我不玩社交媒体，”约翰逊说道，“我想我已经‘被解雇’了212次，而我们把福克斯‘交易’了72次。人们有自己的看法，我不在乎。我只在乎我们大楼里、我们管理层、以及更衣室里那些重要的人，我只在乎他们知道我的想法。明天的比赛最后时刻，球依然会掌控在达龙·福克斯的手中，我对他抱有极大的信心，相信他会像以前无数次为我们做到的那样，挺身而出解决问题。”
在第四场比赛的最后阶段，福克斯表现挣扎，圣安东尼奥马刺队痛失29分的领先优势，让尼克斯队完成了NBA总决赛历史上最大分差的逆转，并将系列赛大比分改写为3-1。在比赛的最后几秒，纽约侧翼OG·阿奴诺比 (OG Anunoby) 补篮命中杰伦·布伦森 (Jalen Brunson) 投丢的三分球，完成了这次惊天逆转。
在第四场比赛结束后，达龙·福克斯依然得到了支持，并且没有被外界的批评所击倒。美联社照片/Ross D. Franklin
在决定性的第四节中，福克斯5投仅1中，并以全场最高的4次失误结束了当晚的比赛。在比赛还剩13.1秒、圣安东尼奥领先1分时，福克斯加速冲向篮筐，试图完成一次看似无人防守的快攻上篮，这本可以将领先优势扩大到3分。然而，阿奴诺比迅速补防到位，封盖了他的上篮尝试。这一回合直接导致了阿奴诺比随后的绝杀补篮。但福克斯本可以通过控球消耗时间，直到尼克斯队不得不对他犯规，从而将他送上罚球线，这样或许就能避免这一局面的发生。
福克斯对这些批评依然不以为意。
“又不是人人都有我的电话号码能直接打给我，”福克斯笑着说，“我不看那些节目。这无所谓，事情已经发生了，现在也无法改变。事实就是如此。我们正努力摆脱它的影响，继续从我们犯下的错误中吸取教训，比如我们是如何痛失领先优势的，以及最后阶段糟糕的收尾。我们现在考虑的是下一场比赛。”
这正是全队计划带入周六第五场生死战的心态，目前马刺队已经走到了淘汰的边缘。在这轮系列赛至今的每一场比赛中，圣安东尼奥都曾取得过两位数的领先，约翰逊认为，在前四场比赛中，其实都是马刺队自己主导了比赛的走向。
圣安东尼奥周五没有进行训练，但全队在媒体采访环节开始前进行了一次录像分析会议。
“就是执行力不够[这是我们在录像中看到的]，”马刺前锋德文·瓦塞尔 (Devin Vassell) 告诉ESPN，“我们在防守端犯了很多错误，就是缺乏沟通。然后，在进攻端，我们要坚持我们的比赛计划，不要偏离它。我们得到了一些不错的出手机会。但对于我们的后卫，当福克斯和斯蒂芬 [卡斯尔] (Stephon Castle) 冲击篮筐施加压力时，我们觉得只要我们能给篮筐施压，一切空间都会被拉开。我们会没事的。”
超级巨星维克托·文班亚马 (Victor Wembanyama) 表示赞同，他表示更衣室里的每一位球员都相信马刺队能够成为历史上第二支在总决赛1-3落后的情况下完成逆转夺冠的球队，比肩在2016年创造这一奇迹的克利夫兰骑士队。
“是的，绝对如此，”文班亚马说道，“每个人都这么想，每个人也都知道，我们会做到的。我们需要专注于眼前的这一场比赛，一场一场地去拼。把精力分散到多场比赛上将是一个错误。我们要做的就是专注于当下这一场。”
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Mitch Johnson emphasizes belief in De’Aaron Fox ahead of Game 5
SAN ANTONIO – Spurs coach Mitch Johnson emphasized his belief in beleaguered guard De’Aaron Fox on Friday on the heels of his rough showing in the team’s loss to the New York Knicks in Game 4 of the NBA Finals.
“I don’t get into social media,” Johnson said. “I think I’ve been fired 212 times, and we’ve traded Fox 72 times. People have their opinions. I don’t care. I care what the people that matter in our building, our organization, in that locker room, that they know how I feel. De’Aaron Fox will have the basketball in his hands at the end of the game tomorrow, and I have the utmost confidence he’s going to deliver like he’s done countless times for us.”
Fox struggled late in Game 4 as San Antonio surrendered a 29-point lead that allowed the Knicks to make the largest comeback in NBA Finals history and extend their series advantage to 3-1. New York wing OG Anunoby tipped in a Jalen Brunson miss on a 3-pointer in the final seconds to cap the rally.
De’Aaron Fox remains supported and undaunted by the criticism following Game 4. AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin
Fox shot 1-of-5 in the decisive fourth quarter and finished the night with a game-high four turnovers. With 13.1 seconds left to play and San Antonio leading by one point, Fox sped to the rim on what appeared to be a breakaway layup that would have extended the lead to three points. Instead, Anunoby closed fast on him and blocked the attempted layup. The sequence set up Anunoby’s winning tip. But Fox likely could have prevented that by holding the ball until the Knicks were forced to foul him, which would have sent him to the free throw line.
Fox remains undaunted by the criticism.
“It’s not like people have my phone number and can call me,” Fox said smiling. “I don’t watch those shows. It doesn’t matter. It is what it is. Can’t change it now. It is what it is. We’re trying to move on from that, continue to learn from the mistakes we made, how we lost the lead, finished the game poorly. We think about the next game.”
That’s the mentality the entire team plans to take into Game 5 on Saturday with the Spurs on the brink of elimination. San Antonio has held double-digit leads in every game thus far in this series, and Johnson believes the Spurs have dictated the outcome in each of the first four games.
San Antonio didn’t practice Friday, but the team participated in a film session before the media availability.
“Just not executing [is what we saw on the film],” Spurs forward Devin Vassell told ESPN. “There were a lot of defensive mistakes that we made, just not communicating. Then, offensively, just staying in our game plan and not steering away from it. We got some good looks. But with our guards, with Fox and Steph [Castle] just putting pressure on the rim, we feel like when we put pressure on the rim it opens up everything. We’ll be all right.”
Superstar Victor Wembanyama agreed, saying every player in the team’s locker room believes the Spurs can become just the second team in history to rally from a 3-1 deficit in the NBA Finals to come back and win the series, joining the Cleveland Cavaliers, who did so in 2016.
“Yeah, absolutely,” Wembanyama said. “Everybody thinks, everybody knows, we’re going to do it. We need to isolate that one game and take it one game at a time. It would be a mistake to waste our energy on multiple games. It’s one game at a time.”
By Michael C. Wright, via ESPN