By Tom Orsborn, Staff Writer | San Antonio Express-News (SAEN), 2026-06-12 15:47:47
2026年6月10日星期三，在纽约麦迪逊广场花园进行的NBA总决赛第四场第四节末段，圣安东尼奥马刺队后卫达龙·福克斯 (De’Aaron Fox)（4号）在纽约尼克斯队前锋OG·阿奴诺比 (OG Anunoby)（8号）的防守下上篮不中。尼克斯队以107-106击败马刺队，取得大比分3-1的领先。福克斯和马刺队主教练米奇·约翰逊 (Mitch Johnson) 表示，他们不会理会因马刺在第四场下半场崩盘期间出现争议决策而产生的外界杂音。相反，他们正专注于备战第五场比赛。
米奇·约翰逊力挺达龙·福克斯。
周五，这位马刺主帅为这位全明星后卫进行了辩护。在总决赛第五场（注：原文如此，实际应为第四场）马刺以106-107令人心碎地惜败纽约尼克斯的比赛末段，福克斯做出了一个备受争议的决定，他也因此遭到了球迷和媒体的指责。
“人们有自己的看法，但我不在乎，”约翰逊说道，“我只在乎我们大楼里、我们球队里以及更衣室里那些重要的人，我关心他们是否知道我的感受。我也倾听了他们的想法。明天的比赛最后时刻，球依然会掌控在达龙·福克斯的手中，我对他充满信心，相信他会像以前无数次为我们做到的那样，奉献关键表现。”
在周三的比赛还剩约13秒时，马刺以106-105领先，福克斯将一个篮板球拍向前方半场，这让他有机会消耗一下时间并制造对手犯规。
然而，作为一名罚球命中率高达90%的射手，福克斯并没有选择消耗时间然后走上罚球线，而是选择直接上篮，结果被尼克斯队的阿奴诺比封盖。随后，福克斯在比赛还剩5.7秒时对豪塞·阿尔瓦拉多 (Jose Alvarado) 犯规，让尼克斯在暂停后得以发边线球。阿奴诺比补篮点进了杰伦·布伦森 (Jalen Brunson) 投失的三分球，完成了准绝杀。纽约主帅迈克·布朗 (Mike Brown) 称这一球是队史“最具标志性”的瞬间。
在那场比赛中，马刺痛失29分的领先优势，遭遇了总决赛历史上最大的一次崩盘。福克斯在赛后解释说，他选择上篮是因为他觉得自己“能够跑赢他们”。
然而，批评者认为这是一个极其低级的脑热失误，让马刺失去了将大比分扳成2-2平的机会。
福克斯在第三场（注：原文如此，实际应为第四场）比赛中得到18分、全队最高的7次助攻（伴随4次失误）和5个篮板。周五，他被问及如何应对这些批评。除了那个上篮决定外，他在最后两分钟内还出现了一次失误，并投失了一记19英尺的中距离跳投。
马刺后卫达龙·福克斯谈到他在第四场比赛后面临的审视：“又没有人的手上有我的电话号码能直接打给我。我不看那些节目。这无所谓。事情已经这样了，现在也无法改变。也没有人会直接走到你面前，对着你的脸大喊大叫。这……” pic.twitter.com/n8rnWZ7bWQ
— 马刺国度 (@ Spurs_Nation) 2026年6月12日
“又没有人的手上有我的电话号码能直接打给我，”他笑着说，“我不看那些节目。这无所谓。事情已经这样了，我现在也无法改变。也没有人会直接走到你面前，对着你的脸大喊大叫。我们正努力翻过这一页，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，以及比赛收尾阶段为何打得如此糟糕。我们现在考虑的是下一场比赛。”
第五场比赛将于周六晚上7:30在霜冻银行中心进行。
福克斯并不是球队中唯一承受球迷和媒体怒火的人。
约翰逊的几次决策也遭到了批评，包括让维克托·文班亚马 (Victor Wembanyama) 上场了44分钟，这也是导致其在比赛末段疲劳的因素之一；在尼克斯的最后一次进攻中包夹布伦森，而不是派人防守阿奴诺比，导致后者在发完边线球后可以毫无阻碍地冲抢篮板；以及在半场取得27分领先的情况下，允许马刺在下半场进攻时间还很充裕时过早出手，而不是消耗时间。
39岁的约翰逊表示，他完全没有关注这些言论。
马刺主帅米奇·约翰逊谈到如何控制维克托·文班亚马的上场时间：“回过头来看，我确实认为我必须确保自己能帮助他保持所需的体能，以便让他能以足够强硬的姿态完成比赛。回顾这场比赛，我认为我本可以在这方面做得更好……” pic.twitter.com/fAvgcloQq9
— 马刺国度 (@ Spurs_Nation) 2026年6月12日
“我不能代表其他人。我不玩社交媒体，”他说，“我想我已经‘被解雇’了212次，而我们已经‘交易’了福克斯72次。但遗憾的是，我们明天依然得登场比赛，而我依然得执教。那些真正重要的人，我们会团结一致，无论高潮还是低谷都并肩作战。”
约翰逊还表示，批评“是这份工作的一部分”，但这并不意味着他必须往心里去。
“人们有自己的看法，”他说，“但我不在乎。”
尽管如此，这位执教首年的主帅也承认，自己在管理文班亚马的上场时间上“本可以做得更好”。
“我确实认为我必须确保自己能帮助他保持所需的体能，以便让他能以足够强硬的姿态完成比赛，”约翰逊说，“回顾这场比赛，我认为我本可以在这方面做得更好。”
至于是否有其他办法可以阻止阿奴诺比的补篮，约翰逊说：“有啊，抢好篮板。”
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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Mitch Johnson, De’Aaron Fox ignore noise after Spurs’ Game 4 collapse
San Antonio Spurs guard De’Aaron Fox (4) misses a layup while being guarded by New York Knicks forward OG Anunoby (8) late in the fourth quarter of Game 4 of the NBA Finals at Madison Square Garden in New York, Wednesday, June 10, 2026. The Knicks defeated the Spurs 107-106 to take a 3-1 series lead. Fox and Spurs coach Mitch Johnson say they aren’t paying any mind to outside noise stemming from questionable decisions during the Spurs’ second-half collapse in Game 4. Instead, they’re focused on moving on to Game 5.
Mitch Johnson has De’Aaron Fox’s back.
The Spurs coach defended the All-Star guard on Friday in the face of criticism from fans and the media for a questionable decision he made late in the team’s gut-wrenching 107-106 loss to the New York Knicks in Game 5 of the NBA Finals.
“People have their opinions. I don’t care,” Johnson said. “I care what the people that matter in our building and in our organization, in that locker room, that they know how I feel. I hear them, how they 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.”
With about 13 seconds left in Wednesday’s game and the Spurs ahead 106-105, Fox deflected a rebound down the court, giving him a chance to dribble the ball for a bit and force a foul.
But rather than take time off the clock before going to the free-throw line as 90% shooter, Fox instead went for a layup only to have the Knicks’ OG Anunoby block it. Fox then fouled Jose Alvarado with 5.7 seconds remaining, allowing the Knicks to inbound the ball coming out of a timeout. Anunoby tipped in Jalen Brunson’s missed 3-point attempt for the game-winner, a play New York coach Mike Brown called the “most iconic” in franchise history.
Fox explained after the game, which saw the Spurs blow a 29-point lead for the greatest collapse in Finals history, he went for the layup because he thought he would “be able to outrun them.”
His critics, however, considered it a monumental mental blunder that cost the Spurs a chance to even the series 2-2.
Fox, who finished Game 3 with 18 points, a team-high seven assists (four turnovers) and five rebounds, was asked Friday how he’s dealt with the criticism. In addition to his decision to go for the layup, he committed a turnover and missed a 19-foot jumper in the final two minutes.
Spurs guard De’Aaron Fox, on the scrutiny he’s faced following Game 4: “It’s not like people have my phone number and can call me. I don’t watch those shows. It doesn’t matter. It is what it is. Can’t change it now. No one is just coming up and yelling in your face about it. It… pic.twitter.com/n8rnWZ7bWQ
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“It’s not like people have my phone number and can call me,” he said, smiling. “I don’t watch those shows. It doesn’t matter. It is what it is. I can’t change it now. No one is just coming up and yelling in your face about it. 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.”
Game 5 is at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Frost Bank Center.
Fox isn’t the only member of the organization taking heat from fans and media.
Johnson has been criticized for several decisions, including playing Victor Wembanyama 44 minutes, a factor in his late-game fatigue; doubling Brunson on the Knicks’ final possession rather than putting a defender on Anunoby, who was free to crash the boards after inbounding the ball; and allowing the Spurs to take too many shots early in the shot clock in the second half rather than milking the clock after forging a 27-point halftime lead.
Johnson, 39, said he hasn’t paid attention to any of it.
Spurs coach Mitch Johson, on managing Victor Wembanyama’s minutes: “Looking back on it, I do believe that I have to make sure that I help him have the energy required to finish the game as strong as he needs to finish the game. Looking back on the game, I think I could have done… pic.twitter.com/fAvgcloQq9
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“I can’t speak for everybody else. I don’t get into social media,” he said. “I think I’ve been fired 212 times and we’ve traded Fox 72 times. Unfortunately, we still have to show up and play tomorrow, and I’ve got to coach. The people that matter, we bond together, we stick together through the highs and lows.”
Johnson also said criticism “comes with the job” but that doesn’t mean he has to take it to heart.
“People have their opinions,” he said. “I don’t care.”
Still, the first-year head coach acknowledged he “could have done better” managing Wembanyama’s minutes.
“I do believe that I have to make sure that I help him have the energy required to finish the game as strong as he needs to finish the game,” Johnson said. “Looking back on the game, I think I could have done better in that regard.”
As for if there was anything that could have been done differently to prevent Anunoby’s tip-in, Johnson said, “Yeah, rebound.”
By Tom Orsborn, Staff Writer, via San Antonio Express-News