本文先请Gemini帮忙翻译，有看过且润稿过。 After falling in NBA Cup, why heartbreak was a big step for Spurs 输球的痛楚：马刺队从 NBA Cup 决赛输球中获得珍贵经验 By Mike Finger,Sports ColumnistDec 17, 2025 LAS VEGAS – Keldon Johnson already knew all there was to know about losing. Keldon Johnson 原以为自己对输球这件事已经了若指掌。 Or he thought he did, anyway. 或者该说，他自以为很懂。 It wasn’t until Tuesday – six years, two months and 302 Spurs losses into his NBA career – that he realized how much one could hurt. 直到这个周二，在他进入 NBA 生涯的第六年两个月，并经历了 302 场马刺队的败仗之後 ，他才意识到，有一种输球可以这麽痛。 And as he strapped on his jeans, boots and cowboy hat in the corner of a locker room in T-Mobile Arena, something dawned on him about why that night’ s 124-113 defeat in the NBA Cup championship game against the Knicks hit him so differently. 当他在 T-Mobile 球场更衣室的角落，穿上牛仔裤、靴子并戴上牛仔帽时，他突然领悟到 ，为什麽今晚以 113-124 输给尼克队的这场 NBA Cup冠军战，会让他感触如此不同。 “It was almost like one of those uncomfortable feelings,” Johnson said. “ When you have the expectation to win, obviously it means more when you don't. ” 「这几乎是一种令人不舒服的感觉，」Johnson 说。「当你抱着必胜的期望时，没能赢球 的打击显然会更大。」 That’s why, out of all the signs of progress the Spurs showed during their stirring run through the league’s in-season tournament, the most notable one might be that they got to experience some genuine, honest-to-goodness disappointment. 这正是马刺队在这次季中锦标赛惊奇之旅中所展现出的进步迹象。其中最显着的一点，或 许就是他们终於体会到了那种货真价实的失望。 Bad teams don’t get their hearts broken. Heartbreak can’t happen without hope. Franchises focused on rebuilding, as the Spurs have been for much of the past four years, never can feel too devastated by a loss, because rebuilding franchises aren’t sure they’re winners yet. 烂队是不会感到心碎。没有希望，就没有心碎。过去四年，像马刺这样专注於重建的球队 ，鲜少会因为一场失利而感到彻底崩溃，因为重建中的球队往往还不确定自己是否具备赢 家的姿态。 But these Spurs aren’t just rebuilding anymore, and the past couple of months have proved it. Of the four players most integral to their present and future, each member of that quartet – Victor Wembanyama, De’Aaron Fox, Stephon Castle and Dylan Harper – missed at least a couple of weeks. 但这支马刺队不再只是重建中了，过去几个月表现证明这一点。在球队现阶段与未来最重 要的四位核心球员中—Victor Wembanyama、De’Aaron Fox、Stephon Castle 以及 Dylan Harper—每个人都曾因伤缺阵至少两周。 And thanks in large part to guys like Johnson, Devin Vassell, Harrison Barnes, Julian Champagnie and Luke Kornet, the Spurs kept winning anyway. They made it all the way to the last round of the Cup, winning supposedly unwinnable games against the Nuggets, Lakers and Thunder along the way, and they convinced themselves they could beat anybody. 然而，多亏了 Johnson、Devin Vassell、Harrison Barnes、Julian Champagnie 和 Luke Kornet 等人发挥，马刺队依然保持胜绩。他们一路闯进了盃赛决赛，期间逆转赢下 了对阵金块、湖人和雷霆等看似不可能获胜的比赛，这让他们深信自己能击败任何对手。 So by the time the championship game arrived Tuesday night, the thought of knocking off the Knicks wasn’t just a cherry on top. It was the whole prize. 因此，当周二晚上的决赛来临时，击败尼克队不再只是锦上添花，而是志在必得的目标。 And when the Spurs couldn’t quite make the plays down the stretch? It hit them hard, and it taught them something they thought they already knew, but that hadn’t really sunk in until Tuesday night. 所以，当马刺在关键时刻未能把握住机会时，那种冲击感非常沉重。这给他们上了一课— 关於他们原以为自己懂、却直到周二晚上才真正刻骨铭心领悟到的道理。 “It’s about how much the little things matter,” Castle said. “Especially in those games where they mean a little more.” 「这让你知道细节有多重要，」Castle 说。「特别是在这些意义非凡的比赛中。」 That’s clearer to them now, because they got the chance to experience the dejection of not minding those little things on a huge stage. 这对他们来说现在更清晰了，因为他们在聚光灯下的舞台上，亲身体验忽视细节所带来的 沮丧。 But in the bigger picture, they’re privileged to be learning this now, in mid-December, just a couple of months into Harper’s career and two games into having their complete lineup healthy and together. 心碎是通往冠军的必经之路。从长远来看，能在 12 月中旬就学到这一点是种荣幸。此 时 Harper 的职业生涯才刚起步两个月，而球队全员健康齐整的日子也才不过两场球。 As Fox alluded to earlier this week, NBA teams that miss the playoffs for as long as the Spurs have never win championships without suffering some disappointment first. From Tim Duncan to Kobe Bryant to LeBron James to Steph Curry to Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, every great player on every great team has had to endure playoff failure before lifting a trophy. 诚如 De’Aaron Fox 本周早些时候提到的，像马刺这样阔别季後赛已久的球队，在夺冠 之前，势必都要先经历失望。从 Tim Duncan 到 Kobe Bryant，从 LeBron James 到 Steph Curry 再到 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander，每一位伟大的球员在举起奖盃前，都必须 忍受季後赛失败的洗礼。 In all likelihood, that will be the case for Wembanyama and his team, too. But because of the Cup – which doesn’t compare to the pressure of the playoffs but can provide a reasonable imitation of the stage – they might have gotten a jump on some of the lessons most young teams first learn in April. 极大机率 Wembanyama 和他的团队也将走过这条路。但多亏了 NBA 盃，虽然强度无法与 季後赛相比，但已能模拟那种大场面的压力，他们得以提前学到许多年轻球队要在四月季 後赛才会接触到的教训。 “To be able to feel those games, work those games, be in the moment in those games,” Mitch Johnson said. “I think (that) is a valuable experience.” 「能够去感受这些比赛、应对这些比赛，并投身於那样的时刻，」总教练 Mitch Johnson 说。「我认为这是非常宝贵的经验。」 He's not the only one who thinks so. Although most of the Spurs’ roster lacks any first-hand postseason know-how, there are a couple of veterans in the room with championship rings. Barnes won NBA titles with the Warriors. Kornet won one with the Celtics. 他并不是唯一这麽想的人。尽管马刺阵容中多数球员缺乏季後赛实战经验，但更衣室里有 两位拥有冠军戒指的老将。Barnes 曾随勇士队夺冠，Kornet 则随塞尔提克队夺冠。 And what those guys enjoyed about the young Spurs’ performance in the Cup is that nobody looked afraid of the moment. 而这两位老将最欣赏这支年轻马刺在盃赛中的表现，就是没有人畏缩。 “It’s nice to see the competitiveness,” Kornet said, “but also the individual humility to make the play needed, or let another guy make the play needed, or say, ‘Where can I help?’ That makes you so much more robust as a team.” 「看到那种竞争心是很棒的，」Kornet 说。「还有那种愿意为了球队做出贡献的个人谦 逊，不论是自己执行关键球，还是让队友发挥，或问『我能在哪里帮上忙？』这让球队变 得更加强韧。」 Kornet and Barnes aren’t the only ones who understand that now. They’re also not the only ones who know about big-game heartbreak. 现在，Kornet 和 Barnes 不再是队上唯二理解这点的人，也不再是唯二体会过大赛心碎 感的人。 Hours earlier, Keldon Johnson had strode into the Arena in his jeans, his boots and his cowboy hat carrying a giant boom box on his shoulder. It was the swaggering confidence of a man who thought his team would win. 几个小时前，Keldon Johnson 肩上扛着大音响，穿着牛仔装自信地走进竞技场。那是属 於一个深信球队会赢球的人的狂放自信。 When he trudged out of a quiet locker room at the end of the night? He’d learned something new about losing, and how uncomfortable it can be for those who expect better. 而当他在深夜步出寂静的更衣室时，他对「输球」有了全新的体认：对於那些心怀壮志的 人来说，失败是多麽令人难受。 The heartbreak was a good thing. Because it couldn’t have happened without hope. 这种心碎是件好事。因为，若非怀抱希望，心是不会碎的。 Dec 17, 2025 Mike Finger Sports Columnist --

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