By Marilyn Dubinski / Pounding The Rock, 2026-09-14 23:12:34
我们的马刺反派锦标赛已经进入四强阶段，各分区的胜者已经产生，本轮的胜者将正面交锋，决出谁才是马刺史上最大的反派。大热门们大多继续高歌猛进。在精英八强（也就是各分区的决赛）中，三个头号种子以不同的优势胜出，第四场则出现了一场勉强算得上“爆冷”的比赛。
在“场上反派”分区，我们迎来了“马刺杀手”的对决，这也是最势均力敌的一战。德里克·费舍尔 (Derek Fisher) 的0.4秒绝杀加上其他致命一击，以相对微弱的19%优势险胜雷·阿伦 (Ray Allen) 的“那一投”。而“肮脏球员”的投票则没有预期中那么胶着，扎扎·帕楚里亚 (Zaza Pachulia) 的垫脚完胜卡尔·马龙 (Karl Malone) 的铁肘。帕楚里亚以72%的得票率赢得这一组，优势看起来相当悬殊，但尽管马龙作为肮脏球员（以及为人处世方面）劣迹斑斑，帕楚里亚的那次动作发生在季后赛，并最终让马刺失去了争夺总冠军的机会，而马龙的铁肘只是出现在常规赛。
在“场外反派”分区，行动胜过了言语。科怀·伦纳德 (Kawhi Leonard) 摧毁王朝的举动毫无悬念地碾压了斯蒂芬·杰克逊 (Stephen Jackson) 的大嘴巴，而本轮唯一的“爆冷”也是整个系列赛中唯一一场非1号种子对2号种子的对决——4号种子“丹尼斯大叔”罗伯逊 (Uncle Dennis Robertson) 延续了他的“灰姑娘”之旅，大胜另一位大嘴巴、3号种子马克·库班 (Mark Cuban)。最近的新闻和更近的时间线是否在他击败马刺冠军时代最臭名昭著的黑子的过程中发挥了作用？很有可能，但这个结果也意味着下一轮我们将迎来一场“家庭内战”。
1. 德里克·费舍尔 vs. 1. 扎扎·帕楚里亚
这是分区签表公布那一刻就已注定的对决。尽管有几个实力不俗的2号种子，但面对这两位马刺黑历史中的巨无霸，他们从未真正有过机会。这两人都让两支争冠球队陷入“如果当初”的懊悔，而且这两个瞬间都臭名昭著到NBA不得不为此制定规则。由于今天只有两组投票，篇幅更充裕，我决定换换花样，让大家真正重温马刺历史上最令人心痛的两个时刻，把它们重新刻进你的脑海——尽管你可能巴不得忘掉它们。
首先是臭名昭著的德里克·费舍尔，2004年第二轮第五场，他在比赛还剩0.4秒时投进那一球，瞬间成为马刺反派。就在那之前，蒂姆·邓肯 (Tim Duncan) 刚刚命中了一记看似惊艳的制胜球，而计时器至今仍存在诸多争议，这一球也催生了“0.4秒规则”——即球员不可能在0.4秒内完成接球出手，少于0.4秒时只能选择拨球。
而且别以为费舍尔造的孽只有这些：2008年西部决赛第四场，他对布伦特·巴里 (Brent Barry) 的那次漏判犯规让马刺以1-3落后回到洛杉矶，此外在2012年西部决赛雷霆击败马刺的过程中，他也是个不折不扣的搅局者。在马刺与湖人对抗最激烈的岁月里，费舍尔堪称马刺卫冕之路的头号终结者。
然后是帕楚里亚，他也让一条规则以自己命名——2017年西部决赛第一场对阵勇士时，他（有意？）随意地滑铲到伦纳德脚下，在马刺领先21分的情况下将其撞伤离场，终结了马刺重返荣耀之巅的希望。此后，任何球员干扰投篮者落地空间的行为都将接受录像回放审查，并可能被吹罚一级或二级恶意犯规。此外，当时无人知晓的是，这一幕实际上标志着科怀作为马刺球员的终结，我们稍后会谈到这一点。
1. 科怀·伦纳德 vs. 4. “丹尼斯大叔”罗伯逊
现在我们来到这场“家庭内战”对决——在NBA刚刚对快船的Aspiration丑闻挥下重锤之后，这场对决出人意料地具有现实意义。快船被指控在“丹尼斯大叔”的授意下规避工资帽向伦纳德额外支付报酬。科怀打出了“我只是一个信错了人的篮球运动员”这张牌，最终相对全身而退，“只”被罚款70万美元，但他也解雇了丹尼斯大叔作为自己的经纪人，而后者本人被禁止参与一切NBA相关活动五年（在我看来应该是终身禁赛）。
但这些对马刺来说都无关紧要，这是大家投票时需要记住的一点。他们不会站出来说明真相，所以我们无法确定丹尼斯大叔是否曾向马刺索要过我们已知他向猛龙、湖人和快船索要过的那些违规利益（尽管我认为可能性很大）。我们确知的是，即便在当时，他对科怀也有着巨大的影响力，而且几乎可以肯定，他在推动“马刺处理伤病不当”这一叙事中扮演了重要角色，这样他在要求离开这支“完美”球队时看起来就不会那么难堪——他的终极目标是回到洛杉矶，而这个目的基本达成了。伦纳德听从了他的指挥，在2017-18赛季的大部分时间里远离球队，甚至在球队试图探望他时躲进了衣帽间。
很难想象，如果他“只在乎篮球”，没有他舅舅的坏影响，他会做出这一切。但问题在于：伦纳德是一个成年人，当时已经赚了近1亿美元。我完全理解，在少年时期经历了那场可怕的悲剧——亲眼目睹父亲在面前被谋杀，案件至今未破——之后，他需要一个父亲般的人物，而这个人最终就是他的舅舅。但他是否曾有过这样的想法：“我不喜欢事情这样发展，不喜欢那些我在过去七年里与之同甘共苦、流血流汗的人被这样描绘”？
他真的没有意识到自己正在被自己的家人利用和榨取吗？他真的是一个顶着NBA球员躯壳的孩子，天真轻信到无法分辨眼前发生的事实和舅舅的说辞吗？这最终就是你在投票时必须做出的判断：你是责怪丹尼斯大叔对科怀施加负面影响、让他与球队为敌，还是责怪科怀随波逐流、放任事态发展到如此地步？用你的投票告诉我们吧！
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查看原文：Spurs Villain Tournament: Final Four
Spurs Villain Tournament: Final Four
We have reached the Final Four of our Spurs Villain Tournament, where the winners of each bracket have been determined, and the winners of this round will go head-to-head to determine who is the biggest Spurs villain of all time. The heavy favorites mostly continue to prevail. In the Elite 8 (or Finals for each bracket), three of the top seeds came out on top by varying margins, along with one kinda-but-not-really “upset” in the fourth.
On the “on court” side of the bracket, we had Spurs Killers, which was the closest match-up. Derek Fisher’s 0.4 shot plus other killer plays was just enough to beat out Ray Allen’s “The Shot” by a relatively slim 19% margin. The Dirty Players poll was not as close as expected, with Zaza Pachulia’s slide blowing out Karl Malone’s elbow. The level at which Pachulia won this one, with 72% of the votes, seems pretty wide, but despite Malone’s extensive history as a dirty player (and human being), Pachulia’s play came in the playoffs and ultimately cost the Spurs a chance at a championship, while Malone’s elbow was in the regular season.
On the “off court” side, actions dominated over words. Kawhi Leonard’s dynasty-destroying moves unsurprisingly blew Stephen Jackson’s big mouth out of the water, and our lone “upset” was the one non-1 vs. 2 match-up of the series, where 4th seed Uncle Dennis Robertson continued his “Cinderella” run by blowing out another loudmouth in 3rd seed Mark Cuban. Did recent news and the more recent timeline play a role in his rise over the most notorious haters of the Spurs’ championship era? Quite possible, but the result still means we’ll have a Family Feud in the next round.
1. Derek Fisher vs. 1. Zaza Pachulia
This was the inevitable match-up the instant the brackets were released. Despite a couple of formidable 2nd seeds, they never really stood a chance against these two behemoths of negative Spurs lore. Both left two teams vying for championships wondering “what if,” and both moments are so notorious that the NBA had to make rules in response. Since we have more room with only two polls today, I figured we’d shake things up a bit and actually make you watch two of the more painful moments in Spurs history to burn them back into your brain, as badly as you may want to forget them.
First we have the notorious Derek Fisher, who became a Spurs villain the instant he hit this shot with 0.4 seconds left in Game 5 in Round 2 in 2004. It came right after Tim Duncan had just hit what seemed like an amazing game-winner, there’s still plenty of controversy surrounding the clock, and it caused the “0.4 Rule” to be created, which states it is impossible for a player to get a catch-and-shoot off in less than 0.4 seconds, so anything less means they can only tip the ball.
And lest anyone forget, that wasn’t all the damage Fisher did: there was also the no-call foul on Brent Barry in Game 4 of the 2008 Western Conference Finals, which sent the Spurs back to LA down 3-1, and he was a pest in general for the 2012 Thunder in their WCF victory over the Spurs. Fisher truly was the Repeat Denier for the Spurs at the height of their Lakers rivalry.
And then we have Pachulia, who also got a rule named after him after he carelessly (purposefully?) slid under Leonard in Game 1 of the 2017 WCF against the Warriors, knocking him out while the Spurs were up by 21 and ending their chances at returning to the promised land. After that, any case of a player interfering with a shooter’s landing space became subject to video review and a potential flagrant 1 or 2 foul. Also, unbeknownst at the time, this for all intents and purposes marked the end of Kawhi was a Spur, which we’ll get to in a moment.
1. Kawhi Leonard vs. 4. Uncle Dennis Robertson
And now we get to the Family Feud match-up that is surprisingly relevant today after the NBA just laid the hammer down on the Clippers’ Aspiration Scandal, in which they are accused of circumventing the salary cap to pay Leonard extra money at Uncle Dennis’ behest. Kawhi played the “I’m just a basketball player who trusted the wrong people” card and came away relatively unscathed with “only” a $700k fine, but he also fired Uncle Dennis as his representative, who himself is banned from all NBA activity for five years (should have been for life, in my opinion).
But that’s neither here nor there for Spurs, which is something everyone needs to remember when voting. They won’t come out and say it, so we can’t be sure Uncle Dennis demanded the same impermissible benefits from the Spurs that we know he did from the Raptors, Lakers and Clippers (although I place the odds at likely). What we do know is he was a huge influence on Kawhi even back then and most assuredly played a role in pushing the narrative that the Spurs had mismanaged his injury so he would look less bad when demanding a trade from the “perfect” organization, with the ultimate goal being to get back to LA, and it mostly worked. Leonard followed his lead, stayed away from the team for most of the 2017-18 season and even hid in a closet when they tried to check on him.
It’s hard to imagine he would have done all this without the bad influence of his uncle if “all he cares about is basketball,” but here’s the thing: Leonard is an adult who had already made almost $100 million at that point. I fully understand that after the horrible tragedy he endured as a young teenager — seeing his father murdered right in front of him in a case that has never been solved — he needed a father figure, and that ended up being his maternal uncle. But was there ever a point where he thought, “I don’t like the way this is playing out or how people I care about and have shed blood, sweat and tears with for the last seven years are being portrayed”?
Did he actually not realize he was being used and taken advantage of by his own family? Is he truly a child in an NBA player’s body who is so naive and gullible that he couldn’t differentiate what has happening right in front of him vs. what his uncle was saying? That is ultimately what you have to decide when voting. Do you blame Uncle Dennis for negatively influencing Kawhi against the organization, or do you blame Kawhi for going along with it and allowing things to play out the way they did? Let us know with your vote!
By Marilyn Dubinski / Pounding The Rock