By Tom Orsborn, Staff Writer | San Antonio Express-News (SAEN), 2026-06-14 03:06:19
当地时间2026年6月13日星期六，在霜冻银行中心进行的NBA总决赛第五场第四节比赛中，圣安东尼奥马刺队后卫迪伦·哈珀 (Dylan Harper) (2) 突破绕过纽约尼克斯队后卫米卡尔·布里奇斯 (Mikal Bridges) (25) 的防守上篮。
周六晚上，在最后一次离开霜冻银行中心结束本赛季之前，迪伦·哈珀确保在更衣室里拥抱了每一位马刺队友。
“很多人都不看好我们，而我们证明了他们是错的，”哈珀说道。他指的是那些质疑者，他们曾预测这支在常规赛中斩获62胜、震惊全联盟的年轻球队，会因为缺乏经验而在季后赛中走不远。
这位20岁的新秀后卫的表现，是马刺队能够杀入NBA总决赛的重要原因。他们也成为了继1977年波特兰开拓者队之后，历史上进入总决赛第二年轻的球队。
而且，他几乎凭借一己之力帮助球队将悬念至少再延续一场。
面对防守强硬的纽约，哈珀频频轻松杀入禁区，砍下全队最高的25分，外加5个篮板、4次助攻和1次盖帽。在这场94-90输掉的第五场决战中，尼克斯队夺得了自1973年以来的首个总冠军。
“我们正在见证一颗新星的诞生，”马刺队前锋德文·瓦塞尔 (Devin Vassell) 在谈到这位榜眼秀时说道。
替补出场31分钟的哈珀19投10中，其中三分球4投2中。但他的表现并非没有遗憾，在最后2分29秒体力明显透支时，他投丢了三次突破上篮和一次罚球。
“有好的地方，也有不好的地方，”哈珀说，“有很多回合我想重新来过，做出不同的选择。但球就是没有往我们这边弹。只能继续向前看了。”
哈珀在第四场麦迪逊广场花园107-106惜败的比赛中斩获21分，他成为了自1993年菲尼克斯太阳队的理查德·杜马斯 (Richard Dumas) 以来，首位在总决赛中多次单场砍下20+的新秀。
哈珀也成为NBA历史上仅有的第四位在总决赛连续两场比赛中砍下20分的新秀，比肩阿尔万·亚当斯 (Alvan Adams)（1976年代表太阳连续四场）、汤姆·海因索恩 (Tom Heinsohn)（1957年代表波士顿连续三场）和乔·福尔克斯 (Joe Fulks)（1947年代表费城勇士连续三场）。
“除了他自己，我不知道是否还有人知道他竟然如此有天赋，”瓦塞尔在谈到哈珀时说道，“他曾因出场时间和不同的角色定位而感到沮丧，但在我们最需要他的时候，他挺身而出了。”
周六晚上，尼克斯队在马刺队的主场地板上捧起了他们期待已久的NBA总冠军奖杯，而头顶上方马刺队的五面总冠军旗帜，目前只能继续孤单地悬挂着。
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对马刺队来说不幸的是，他们的另外两名冲击型后卫——达龙·福克斯 (De’Aaron Fox) 和斯蒂芬·卡斯尔 (Stephon Castle)，在第五场比赛中陷入了极大的挣扎，因为对手的防守策略就是坚决不让他们进入油漆区。
尽管哈珀依然能够冲击篮筐，但另外两位“突破兄弟”却找不到任何空间。
在第四场关键时刻因多次糟糕决策而备受困扰后，福克斯本场比赛手感冰凉，全场15投仅3中，其中三分球8投1中，仅得7分。而在此之前，他系列赛场均可以贡献14.3分。
“我得到了以前能投进的那些机会，但有时候你就是投不进，”他说道，“有些球感觉很好，砸在后沿，或者转了出来。事实就是这样。显然，我希望自己能投进那些球，但那支球队对抗很激烈。他们逼迫你进行跳投，并试图把你挡在油漆区之外。而我今天就是投不进。”
卡斯尔全场10投仅1中，三分球3投0中，仅得到季后赛生涯新低的6分，直到比赛还剩16.3秒时，他才通过一次补扣打进了自己本场比赛的第一个运动战进球。
“他们极力挤压我们的挡拆空间，让我们在持球时陷入停滞，”在此之前系列赛场均得到16.8分的卡斯尔说道，“当我们试图进行单打时，他们也切断了传球路线，迫使我们进行大量的强行一对一。”
尽管尼克斯队限制住了福克斯和卡斯尔，但他们对哈珀却束手无策。
“向来自新泽西的迪伦·哈珀致敬，”纽约尼克斯队中锋卡尔-安东尼·唐斯 (Karl-Anthony Towns) 说道，“他确实名不虚传。”
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Dylan Harper came up big for Spurs while other guards struggled
San Antonio Spurs guard Dylan Harper (2) drives to the basket past New York Knicks guard Mikal Bridges (25) during the fourth quarter of game five of the NBA Championship at Frost Bank Center on Saturday, June13, 2026.
Dylan Harper made sure he hugged each of his Spurs teammates in the locker room before leaving the Frost Bank Center on Saturday night for the last time this season.
“A lot of people counted us out, and we just proved people wrong,” Harper said, referring to the doubters who predicted the young team that shocked the league by winning 62 games in the regular season wouldn’t go far in the playoffs because of its inexperience.
The 20-year-old rookie guard’s play was a big reason why the Spurs reached the NBA Finals as the second-youngest team ever behind the 1977 Portland Trail Blazers.
And he nearly did enough to keep them in it for at least one more game.
Getting to the basket with ease against rugged New York, Harper had a team-high 25 points to go with five rebounds, four assists and a block in the 94-90 loss in Game 5 that handed the Knicks their first championship since 1973.
“We have a star in the making,” Spurs forward Devin Vassell said of the No. 2 overall pick.
In 31 minutes off the bench, Harper hit 10 of 19 from the field and 2 of 4 from 3-point range. But his performance wasn’t without its tough moments, including missing three driving layups and a free throw in the final 2:29 when he was clearly running out of gas.
“There was some good, some bad,” Harper said. “There were a lot of possessions I want to take back and do differently. But that’s now how the ball bounced. Just got to keep moving on.”
Harper, who had 21 points in the 107-106 loss in Game 4 at Madison Square Garden, became the first rookie to have multiple Finals games with 20 or more points since Richard Dumas for Phoenix in 1993.
Harper also became just the fourth rookie in NBA history with 20 points in consecutive Finals games, joining Alvan Adams (four straight for Phoenix in 1976), Tom Heinsohn (three straight for Boston in 1957) and Joe Fulks (three straight for the Philadelphia Warriors in 1947).
“I don’t know if anybody knew he was that talented probably besides himself," Vassell said of Harper. “He was upset with playing time and different roles he was in, but when we needed him most, he stepped up.”
The Knicks clinched their long-awaited NBA title on the Spurs’ home floor Saturday night, beneath the shadow of the Spurs’ five championship banners that will remain all alone for now.
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Unfortunately for the Spurs, their two other downhill guards, De’Aaron Fox and Stephon Castle, struggled mightily in Game 5 against a defense intent on keeping them out of the paint.
While Harper still managed to get to the rim, the other “Slash Brothers” couldn’t find any openings.
Coming off a crunch-time performance plagued by questionable decisions in Game 4, Fox shot just 3 of 15 from the field and 1 of 8 from 3-point range on his way to seven points after coming into the game averaging 14.3 points for the series.
“I got shots I’ve made in the past and sometimes you just don’t make them,” he said. "Some felt good. Back rim, in and out. It is what it is. Obviously, I wish I made those shots, but that team is physical. They force you into taking jump shots and try to keep you out of the paint. But shots just didn’t go down for me.”
Castle finished with a postseason-low six points on 1 of 10 from the field and 0 of 3 from beyond the arc and didn’t get his first field goal until he recorded a put-back dunk with 16.3 seconds left.
“They crowded the pick and rolls a lot, made us stagnant on the ball," said Castle, who entered the game averaging 16.8 points for the series. "When we tried to get to isolation, they took away passing lanes too, made us play one-on-one a lot.”
While the Knicks contained Fox and Castle, they had no answer for Harper.
“Shout out to Jersey’s own Dylan Harper,” New York center Karl-Anthony Towns said. “He’s the real deal.”
By Tom Orsborn, Staff Writer, via San Antonio Express-News