http://0rz.tw/AQexF Why let truth get in the way of the story? Mark Heisler 4:45 PM PDT, June 13, 2009 Is it over yet? This near the end, we're still knee-deep in idiocy, so I guess that means we're right on schedule. In real life, the NBA has managed to slow the gears of its voracious justice system down to permit a nice ending to a great postseason. 已经不可能了吗? 即便球季已经进入尾声，我们仍然好傻好天真，我们都被精心策划的广告牵着鼻子走。 现实生活中，NBA已经设法让裁判浮滥的哨声有所节制(有吗?)，好让季後赛有个美妙 的结局。 Without LeBron James or the Celtics, but with competitive games and the high-scoring Magic, the Finals have higher ratings (8.5) than the Lakers and Celtics did after four games last spring, or last fall's entire six-game World Series (8.4). 虽然没有小皇帝或塞尔提克，但是竞争激烈的比赛内容和高得分的魔术队仍然让今年 的Finals以8.5%的收视率击败去年的湖人vs塞尔提克，甚至超越去年秋天六场的世界 大赛(8.4%) Of course, real life was always elusive and these days it's so beside the point. ESPN is still airing its joint venture with Nike and NBA Entertainment, titled: "DREAM SEASON 23 & 24" It's a heartwarming documentary about Kobe Bryant and LeBron James' collision path (and actually moving in places, like the one with LeBron and his mom.) It starts as the rivals eye each other warily as U.S. teammates before becoming friends, winning the gold medal, and going home to lead their teams to a climactic duel. ESPN仍然拨着由NIKE和NBA共同策划的『DREAM SEASON 23 & 24』广告，这会是多麽振奋 人心的对决呀！两个在美国队相识、相惜并共同夺下金牌的队友，各自带着自己的队伍 进行一场顶尖对决！ "As these friends grow closer to a showdown," muses narrator Justin Timberlake, "you have to wonder, what are they thinking?" I have to wonder if they couldn't have edited that part after the Cavaliers were ousted. I know what one of them is thinking. When "Dream Season" comes on, LeBron changes channels, assuming he hasn't already hurled a coffee table through his 60-inch flat screen. A Kobe-LeBron matchup would indeed cap a dream season -- it just didn't happen this season. 解说员Justin Timberlake：「当接近这两人摊牌的时刻，你很难不去臆测他们内心 的想法为何?」 我(作者)也很想猜猜在骑士确地出局之後这两人的想法，我知道当总冠军赛开打时，LBJ 会将电视转到别的频道；前提是他60寸的平面电视还没被他用咖啡桌轰烂。(真酸 =.=) Kobe与LBJ的对决确实可让球季成为dream season，但绝对不会是本季。 Nevertheless, with all the time and money everyone had invested, ESPN went ahead and aired it, hoping no one would notice, or care. The game is still the thing, and as Jack Nicholson says, the only drama he can't figure out is the ending ahead of time. However, the game isn't the only thing. The coverage, whether by ESPN, Tribune Co., or anyone else, is another performance, and may or may not have any meaningful relationship to the game. I'm as big a customer as ESPN has. If people in the business resent it, that's how it goes. It's what everyone looks up to, and envies as well as admires. 无论如何，时间和金钱都已经砸下去了，ESPN只能硬着头皮继续播广告，希望没人会注意 到这麽糗的状况。就像湖人吉祥物Nicholson所言，他实在也搞不清楚他们是在搞哪出?? ESPN、Tribune Co或任何其他公司提供的包装也许对球赛本身没有意义，但是对这些大客 户而言那样的结局却是所有人会期望、羡慕甚至赞赏的。 Throw in the fact it's as imperial as ancient Rome, having just opened ESPNChicago.com, with ESPNLosAngeles.com next; only recently stopped stealing every story and claiming it had it first; and still says things like, "ESPN.com reached out to a variety of sources throughout the NBA and college basketball," and you can see how resentment could happen. Someone has always been biggest, most admired most hated. 就像强横的古罗马帝国一般，ESPN一直到最近才停止窃取他人的资料并宣称为自己所开发 但仍然打着「ESPN.com在NBA与大学篮球提供各种的资源」的名号。 强者，总是让人又爱又恨。 --- 翻译完才发现这篇很无趣...囧 题外话，有人跟我一样觉得专心(前提)防守的Bynum是季後赛以来 1 on 1守魔兽守得最好的球员吗? --

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