[外電] Why let truth get in the way of the story?

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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.

已經不可能了嗎?

即便球季已經進入尾聲，我們仍然好傻好天真，我們都被精心策劃的廣告牽著鼻子走。

現實生活中，NBA已經設法讓裁判浮濫的哨聲有所節制(有嗎?)，好讓季後賽有個美妙

的結局。


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).

雖然沒有小皇帝或塞爾提克，但是競爭激烈的比賽內容和高得分的魔術隊仍然讓今年

的Finals以8.5%的收視率擊敗去年的湖人vs塞爾提克，甚至超越去年秋天六場的世界

大賽(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仍然撥著由NIKE和NBA共同策劃的『DREAM SEASON 23 & 24』廣告，這會是多麼振奮

人心的對決呀！兩個在美國隊相識、相惜並共同奪下金牌的隊友，各自帶著自己的隊伍

進行一場頂尖對決！

"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.

解說員Justin Timberlake：「當接近這兩人攤牌的時刻，你很難不去臆測他們內心

的想法為何?」

我(作者)也很想猜猜在騎士確地出局之後這兩人的想法，我知道當總冠軍賽開打時，LBJ

會將電視轉到別的頻道；前提是他60吋的平面電視還沒被他用咖啡桌轟爛。(真酸 =.=)

Kobe與LBJ的對決確實可讓球季成為dream season，但絕對不會是本季。



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.

無論如何，時間和金錢都已經砸下去了，ESPN只能硬著頭皮繼續播廣告，希望沒人會注意

到這麼糗的狀況。就像湖人吉祥物Nicholson所言，他實在也搞不清楚他們是在搞哪齣??

ESPN、Tribune Co或任何其他公司提供的包裝也許對球賽本身沒有意義，但是對這些大客

戶而言那樣的結局卻是所有人會期望、羨慕甚至讚賞的。

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.

就像強橫的古羅馬帝國一般，ESPN一直到最近才停止竊取他人的資料並宣稱為自己所開發

但仍然打著「ESPN.com在NBA與大學籃球提供各種的資源」的名號。

強者，總是讓人又愛又恨。

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翻譯完才發現這篇很無趣...囧

題外話，有人跟我一樣覺得專心(前提)防守的Bynum是季後賽以來

1 on 1守魔獸守得最好的球員嗎?

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