原标题：Adam Silver a ‘big advocate’ of colorful courts in NBA In-Season
Tournament
(阿银是季中锦标赛中彩色地板的“大力支持者”)
来源：https://theathletic.com/5125027/
作者：Joe Vardon
原文＋翻译：
LAS VEGAS — The searing blue court with the bright red strip down the
middle, and large NBA Cup decals in each foul lane and at the center line —
all of that is here to stay in Adam Silver’s In-Season Tournament.
拉斯维加斯——灼红的蓝色地板，加上中间鲜艳的红色条纹，以及在每个罚球线和中心线
贴上的大奖杯图像，在阿银的季中锦标赛将会沿用下去。
Silver, the league’s commissioner who created the In-Season Tournament,
raved about the special courts used for all 67 games, whether they were in
local markets or Las Vegas for the semifinal and final rounds.
作为创办季中锦标赛的总裁，阿银对于在所有六十七场比赛中，使用特殊地板的作法表示
赞不绝口。
“I’m a big advocate of the colorful courts,” Silver said on Saturday in
his meeting with reporters, an hour before the Los Angeles Lakers and Indiana
Pacers were to play for the first IST championship.
在星期六赛前一小时与媒体的会面中，阿银表示：“我是彩色地板的大力支持者。”
“Obviously, we want to make sure that the players have confidence in them,
that the type of paint used isn’t (too) slippery, and I think we’ve dealt
with those issues incidentally, but we want to make sure they’re not a
distraction,” Silver said.
“很明显的，我们要确保球员们对这些地板有信心，使用的漆料类型不会（太）滑，我想
我们已经顺带处理了这些问题，但我们要确保这些不会分散注意力。”
If anything, Silver said, the colorful courts — which, anecdotally, fans
have complained about when watching IST games on television because the color
schemes were too severe, like watching football on Boise State’s blue
football field — could be even more creative. He also said the use of
special courts during the IST has given him ideas about doing something
similar during the NBA Finals.
无论如何，阿银表示，这些据说被从电视转播中观赛的球迷抱怨使用之配色有类似博伊西
州立大学的蓝色美式足球场上看球赛般过于刺眼的彩色地板，理论上可以更有创意。他也
表示，在季中锦标赛期间使用的特殊球场设计，给了他在总冠军赛中再次作相同发挥的想
法。
“For the Finals, we could have a special Finals court — not just with the
(Larry O’Brien) trophy in the center, but a little bit more colorful,”
Silver said.
阿银表示：“在总冠军赛上，我们可能会有特别的总冠军赛球场——不仅有在中心线的冠
军奖杯图像，而且还会更缤纷。”
Silver said fans have communicated to him that: “If they’re not at home or
in a sports bar or somewhere and they see the color from the court, it
signifies there’s something different going on.” He said players from both
the Lakers and Pacers told him Friday they “appreciated … that the
different color courts signified that the game was special.”
阿银说，球迷们已经向他传达了这样的讯息：“如果他们不在家里，也不在体育酒吧或其
他地方，他们看到球场上的颜色，就意味着有一些不同的东西正在发生。”他说，湖人队
和溜马队的球员都在周五时告诉他，他们“很欣赏不同颜色的球场，这标志着比赛很特别
”。
Silver said the other most controversial component of his IST — using point
differentials as a tiebreaker — would be under review. The league will also
consider adjustments to how and when future IST games are scheduled, but
noted that the semifinal Thursday between the Bucks and Pacers — which
started at 2 p.m. in Las Vegas — enabled fans in Europe to be able to watch
the game comfortably.
至于使用分差作为打破僵局的其中一个锦标赛中最具争议性作法，阿银表示将会重新评估
。同时，联盟也会考虑调整未来锦标赛赛事的排程、时间，但也认为在星期四下午二时开
始之公鹿队溜马的准决赛赛事，让在欧洲的球迷们能更舒适地观赛。
If teams finished with the same record in IST pool play, a tiebreaker was
determined using the margins of victory or defeat.
如果多支球队以相同的记录结束征程，则将以胜负关系的方式得出晋级者。
“I’m not ready to necessarily move away from it, but if ultimately there’s
going to be a sense, particularly from our American fans, that it somehow is
an indication of poor sportsmanship, that’s not a good idea for us to be
doing it,” Silver said.
阿银说：“我还没准备好必须放弃这作法，但如果最终会有一种感觉，特别是来自美国球
迷的感觉，认为这在某种程度上是体育精神不佳的表现，对我们来说就不是一个好主意了
。”
Silver said his tournament was popular with the players in part because of
the prize money — $500,000 for the champion, $200,000 for the runner up —
as well as the location (Vegas, baby) and because of the heightened level of
competition.
阿银说，他的比赛之所以受到球员们的欢迎，部分原因是奖金——冠军奖金五十万美元，
亚军奖金二十万美元——以及比赛地点（拉斯维加斯）和比赛水平的提高。
“I should say, also, players like LeBron (James), Steph (Curry), other
leading veterans in this league embracing this from day one, that makes a big
difference with the players, too,” Silver said.
“我也必须说，像是 LeBron James、Stephen Curry 等联盟中的老将，他们打从第一天
开始也接受这一点，这对球员们来说也产生很大的影响。”
Silver also said that there were preliminary discussions around naming
something involved with the IST — like the trophy or the tournament MVP —
after Silver’s predecessor, the late David Stern.
阿银也说，在内部曾初步讨论过以已故 David Stern 的名义来命名环绕季中锦标赛的成
分，如奖杯或赛会最有价值球员等。
“There were some who felt that (the IST) wasn’t big enough (to honor Stern),
” Silver said. “Maybe after the reception here (that could change)? We’ve
been struggling a little bit because there’s plenty of things we can do to
honor him. But I think everyone in the NBA community wants to make sure that
they’re sufficient to take into account the enormous amount he contributed
to the game.”
阿银说：
“有些人认为（季中锦标赛）还不足以（用来纪念 Stern）。也许看了这里的反应之后（
情况会有所改变）？我们一直在挣扎，因为我们可以做很多事情来纪念他。但我认为，
在 NBA 的每个人都希望确保他们足以考虑到他对比赛的重大贡献。”
短评：
连总冠军赛也要用类似地板的话，眼睛岂不是要被闪瞎了...？