Draymond Green should have been suspended for kick to Steven Adams' groin
Green理應要因為踢了Adams鼠蹊部被禁賽
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Now that we’ve established it’s open season on groins, let’s get on with
the Western Conference finals.
在我們知道現在是鼠蹊部開放季之後，來繼續接下來的西部冠軍賽。
The NBA really messed up this situation, really left itself open to charges
of hypocrisy, because Draymond Green should’ve been either ejected or
suspended. Instead, the Warriors’ All-Star forward was slapped on the wrist
with a $25,000 fine, and the team with the best record in NBA history is at
full strength for its most important game all year.
NBA聯盟這次真的搞砸了，曝露出自己虛偽的立場，因為Green應該被當場退場或是禁賽。
然而這名明星前鋒只被象徵性底打了一下手心處罰25000美金，勇士隊在下一場可能是今
年最重要的比賽中依舊可以保有全力。
The NBA found a compromise on Monday, although it was more of a pardon, by
upgrading Green’s groin kick from a Flagrant 1 to a Flagrant 2. What does
this mean? Probation, really. If Green was immediately given a Flagrant 2 for
his forceful punt to Steven Adams’ privates, he would’ve been ejected in
the second quarter of Sunday’s loss to the Thunder. The controversy would’
ve ended right there. An ejection that early in the game offsets a
suspension, if not by rule, then by logic. The Warriors were blown out by 28
points, regardless.
儘管還是有特赦的意味在，聯盟還是找出了妥協之道，把Green惡性犯規從一級升到二級，
老實說，如果在Green踢了Adams的當下就判二級惡犯離場的話，爭論或許就會在此打住。
純粹就邏輯上來看，在那場比賽的早期被判出場就不用太在乎接下來禁賽的問題，反正勇
士在比賽終了也輸了28分。
But Green wasn’t ejected. The referees saw the replay and somehow decided
Green’s rendition of The Nutcracker Suite was a Flagrant 1. Then the league
reviewed it, launched an investigation and decided on an upgrade that gives
Green another chance. One more flagrant and Green is suspended automatically.
But he will play until then, including Tuesday in Game 4.
但是Green當下並沒有被逐出場，裁判透過重播決定拚了個一級惡犯，然後聯盟再重新檢
視，展開調查並決定升到二級，但依舊給了Green一個機會。雖然Green只要再一次惡犯就
會在下一場自動被禁賽，但現況是他可以在G4出賽。
“During a game, players — at times — flail their legs in an attempt to
draw a foul,” Kiki VanDeWeghe, the NBA’s executive vice president of
basketball operations, said. “But Green’s actions in this case warranted an
additional penalty.”
NBA執行副總裁Kiki VanDeWeghe說：「一場比賽中球員常常會亂出腳去製造犯規，但
Green的這個動作是要被額外處罰的。」
Additional, in this instance, doesn’t mean appropriate. Not when stacked
against related cases in the past. Three seasons ago, Dwyane Wade was
suspended one game for a similar-looking, yet less egregious kick to Ramon
Sessions’ groin. Last season, James Harden was suspended a game for kicking
LeBron James in the groin. Green’s excuse was that he kicked up his leg to
sell the foul that was called on Adams.
另外，用其他的例子來看，就不是這麼一致了。三年前Wade類似的動作踢了Ramon一腳就
被判禁賽一場，去年Harden也因為踢了LBJ胯下被禁賽一場。Green的辯解理由則是因為
他是要回應Adams前一刻的犯規動作。
“I didn’t intentionally kick him down there,” Green wrote Monday in a
diary published on ESPN’s website, The Undefeated.
「我不是故意要踢他下面的」Green在espn的網站上的日記寫道。
“I know how important I am to my team. Being that I know that, I’m not
going to be that obvious and try to kick a man down there. . . .Why do that?”
「我知道我有多重要，正因如此，我才不會這麼明顯去踢人家下面，我為何要這樣做呢」
Extending one leg underneath another man’s spread legs is a reckless move,
not a basketball play, with potentially painful consequences for a defender
who is simply standing his ground. There was extra and unnecessary force
added to Green’s kick, occurring after the ball had left his hands.
把腳延伸到另一個打開雙腳的人的胯下是個非常魯莽的動作，這可能會造成防守者很多痛
苦的結果。而Green還在球已經離開他手之後，加諸了不必要且多餘的力量在這動作上。
Now the Warriors have a better chance of evening the series at 2-2, with
Tuesday representing their most pivotal game since trailing the Cavaliers in
last year’s NBA Finals. If they win — and if Green plays a major role as he
’s apt to do — then a wrong decision swayed the Western Conference finals.
現在勇士有很好的機會可以板平成2-2，如果他們贏了下一場且Green有很關鍵性的發揮，
這個錯誤的決定就影響了西部冠軍賽。