By Devon Henderson and John Hollinger | The Athletic, 2026-06-14 03:15:41
杰伦·布伦森 (Jalen Brunson) 脸上写满了难以置信，他无法相信裁判竟然没有吹哨，并当即向裁判泰勒·福特 (Tyler Ford) 表达了强烈不满。
就在几秒钟前，在霜冻银行中心进行的NBA总决赛第五场第三节还剩5分多钟时（纽约尼克斯最终赢下了这场比赛，夺得了他们53年来的首个总冠军），他在圣安东尼奥马刺队明星中锋维克托·文班亚马 (Victor Wembanyama) 面前迎着防守起跳投射三分。文班亚马的脚明显滑入了布伦森的落地区域，导致布伦森在落地时扭伤了脚踝。
裁判对此毫无表示。
布伦森站起身，一瘸一拐地退防，而马刺队前锋德文·瓦塞尔 (Devin Vassell) 则快速反击命中一记三分，这不仅让纽约尼克斯队失去了挑战该判罚的机会，还将马刺队的领先优势扩大到62-53。尽管如此，在随后的短暂死球期间，布伦森和尼克斯队主教练迈克·布朗 (Mike Brown) 还是向福特及裁判组讨要说法，发泄了心中的怒火。
虽然圣安东尼奥马刺逃过一劫，但如果马刺赢下比赛并将系列赛拖入第六场，这一回合可能会产生严重后果。NBA官方本会对这一回合进行复盘，并决定是否追加恶意犯规。如果联盟决定追加，这将是文班亚马在季后赛中累积的第四个恶意犯规积分。这意味着这位年度最佳防守球员将在纽约举行的第六场比赛中被自动停赛。
这位球星在西部半决赛第四场对阵明尼苏达森林狼的比赛中，因肘击对方内线纳兹·里德 (Naz Reid) 的喉部而吃到了前两个恶意犯规积分，当时他在场上被直接判罚二级恶意犯规并被驱逐出场。他的第三个恶意犯规积分则来自总决赛第四场，当时他肘击了尼克斯队中锋卡尔-安东尼·唐斯 (Karl-Anthony Towns) 的下巴。
而在周六晚上的这次事件中，文班亚马甚至连一次普通犯规都没有被吹罚，全身而退。
这算犯规吗？
如果尼克斯最终没有赢下比赛，这本会成为第五场比赛后最大的争议焦点。
这种涉及“落地空间”的身体接触通常会被判防守犯规，而布朗和布伦森都对裁判没有吹罚感到无比愤怒。
然而，这其中还有更深、也更重要的一层影响。这类性质更恶劣、被裁判认定为具有危险性的犯规，也有可能被升级判定为恶意犯规。
恶意犯规的严重性在于，文班亚马可能会因此在第六场比赛中被停赛，因为他在季后赛期间已经累积了三个恶意犯规积分。
全美直播的解说团队迈克·布林 (Mike Breen)、理查德·杰弗森 (Richard Jefferson) 和蒂姆·莱格勒 (Tim Legler) 似乎非常强烈地认为这是一个恶意犯规，但我对此持保留态度。
当布伦森起初起跳投篮时，他距离三分线还有很长一段距离，而文班亚马虽然稍微向他的方向扑去，但当时仍有几英尺的距离。
随后，布伦森开始向前伸出左腿。而且幅度非常大。
没错，这是一个非自然动作，但也是投篮球员为了保护身体而经常做出的动作（詹姆斯·哈登 (James Harden) 就以此闻名）。从历史上看，只要投篮球员没有踢到防守球员的小腿，裁判通常会允许他们做出这个动作。如果投篮球员像这次一样踩在防守球员的脚上，结果通常会被判投篮犯规。
在这种情况下，距离最近的裁判福特选择不进行任何犯规吹罚。当双方进入暂停时，可以看到福特指着自己的左腿并向外踢，以此向愤怒的布朗解释这一判罚决定。
最后，当布伦森落地时，他的左脚落在了身体前方很远的地方，并踩在了已经落回地面的文班亚马的脚上。
同样，这种回合通常不会被判定为危险或鲁莽的扑防（这些词汇通常用于防守球员完全钻到投篮球员身下，导致其几乎没有落地空间的情况）。而在这次防守中，布伦森其实有足够的空间，但他把左腿向前伸到了发生接触的区域。
需要明确的是，从历史上看，联盟对此类回合拥有最终决定权。NBA有权根据视频回放升级（或降级）恶意犯规和技术犯规。因此，即使比赛期间没有吹罚恶意犯规，联盟也有可能在赛后升级这一判罚，从而让文班亚马能否出战第六场比赛打上问号。然而，尼克斯最终赢下了比赛，夺得了自1973年以来的首个总冠军。—— 约翰·霍林格 (John Hollinger)，NBA资深撰稿人
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NBA dodges tough decision after no-call on Victor Wembanyama contest of Jalen Brunson shot
An incredulous Jalen Brunson could not believe he hadn’t heard a whistle. And he let official Tyler Ford know it.
Seconds earlier, with just over five minutes left in the third quarter of an NBA Finals Game 5 at Frost Bank Center that the New York Knicks eventually won to claim their first championship in 53 years, he stepped into a contested 3-pointer in front of San Antonio Spurs star center Victor Wembanyama. Wembanyama’s foot clearly slid into Brunson’s landing zone, causing Brunson to twist his ankle upon landing.
No call was made.
Brunson got up and limped back down the court as Spurs forward Devin Vassell sprinted into a 3-pointer of his own, eliminating the New York Knicks’ opportunity to challenge the play and putting the Spurs up 62-53. Still, Brunson and Knicks coach Mike Brown gave Ford and the officiating crew a piece of their mind during the brief stoppage.
While San Antonio escaped unscathed, the play could have had ramifications if the Spurs won and extended the series to six games. The NBA would have reviewed the play and determined whether it warranted a retroactive flagrant foul. If the league decided it did, it would have been Wembanyama’s fourth flagrant point of the playoffs. That would mean the Defensive Player of the Year would have been suspended for Game 6 in New York.
The star received his first two flagrant points for an elbow to the throat of Minnesota Timberwolves big man Naz Reid in Game 4 of the Western Conference semifinals. He was assessed a Flagrant 2 on the floor and ejected. His third flagrant point came in Game 4 of the finals after he elbowed Knicks center Karl-Anthony Towns in the chin.
Wembanyama escaped Saturday night’s incident without even being called for a foul.
Was it a foul?
That could have been the biggest question coming out of Game 5 — had the Knicks not won.
This type of “landing zone” contact is typically called a foul on the defense, and both Brown and Brunson were furious that one wasn’t called.
However, there is a second, more important layer to this. More egregious fouls of this nature, deemed reckless by officials, can also be ruled flagrant fouls.
The significance of a flagrant foul is that Wembanyama could have been suspended for Game 6 because he had already accumulated three flagrant-foul points during the playoffs.
The national TV crew of Mike Breen, Richard Jefferson and Tim Legler seemed to feel pretty strongly that it was a flagrant foul, but I’m less certain.
When Brunson first pulled up for the shot, he was well behind the 3-point line, and Wembanyama was jumping slightly toward him, but was still several feet away.
Brunson then began to extend his left leg. A lot.
It’s an unnatural motion, yes, but it’s also a common one from shooters trying to protect their bodies (James Harden is notorious for it). Officials historically have given players leeway to make this move as long as they don’t kick a defender in the shins, and if the shooter lands on the defender’s foot, as happened here, the result is usually a shooting foul.
In this case, the closest official, Ford, opted not to call any foul at all. As the teams went to a timeout, Ford could be seen pointing to his own left leg and kicking it outward as he explained the ruling to a furious Brown.
Finally, when Brunson landed, his left foot came down well ahead of his body and landed on Wembanyama’s foot, which had already returned to the floor.
Again, this type of play would not normally be called a dangerous or reckless closeout, terms typically reserved for plays in which a defender goes completely underneath a shooter and gives him virtually no place to land. In this case, Brunson had plenty of room but extended his left leg into the area where the contact occurred.
To be clear, the league historically has the final say on this type of play. The NBA has the authority to upgrade (or downgrade) flagrant and technical fouls based on video review. So even though no flagrant was called during the game, it would have been possible the league could have upgraded the play, which would have put Wembanyama’s availability for Game 6 into question. Instead, the Knicks prevailed to win their first championship since 1973. — John Hollinger, senior NBA writer
By Devon Henderson and John Hollinger, via The Athletic