有意在日後繼續沿用附加賽賽制！Adam Silver：這已經不是秘密！

今天孟菲斯灰熊隊以117-112擊敗金州勇士隊成為最後一支成功打進季後賽的球隊。

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今天Adam Silver被問及對附加賽賽制的反應時表示他個人是希望長期用附加賽賽制。Silver接受ESPN的Tim Bontemps訪問時表示：「我沒有把日後繼續沿用附加賽賽制當成秘密。我需要說服兩部分人，第一就是那三十支球隊，我覺得大部分球隊都會支持這個賽制的。我明白那些經常在常規賽排名第七，本來可以直接進入季後賽，但是現在卻面臨著被淘汰的風險。那種感受我是懂的。不過與此同時也有部分球隊認為聯盟的投入是有意義有價值的。」

"I haven't made any secret that I want it to be [around long term]. I have two constituencies I need to convince of that. One is the 30 teams, and I think for the most part they've supported it. Again, I understand the sentiment if I were a team—a 7-seed in particular—the notion [that] after a long season, you could potentially play out of the playoffs. I understand those feelings. I think at the same time, the teams recognize the amount of additional interest we've created over the last month of the season plus those play-in games make it worth it."

週三勇士對陣湖人隊的比賽吸引了平均560萬觀眾，當湖人以103-100取得勝利時更達到了610萬的最高峰。這場對決最引人矚目的是湖人前鋒LeBron James和勇士後Stephen Curry兩位球星的對決。

引用「當然，另外一個我需要說服的人群就是一眾球員。比如說昨天一個在球員工會任職的球員告訴我，他實際上很喜歡附加賽的賽制，但是他覺得有點潛在的不公平。舉個例說，如果你排第七位，同時勝場比第八名已經領先很多，你可能不幸地連輸兩場附加賽掉出季後賽，那就是非常不公平了。」

"Of course, the other constituency is the players. For example, one player, who is on the executive committee of the union, said to me yesterday that he really likes the play-in tournament but he felt it could potentially be a bit unfair. For example, if you were the seventh seed and you were a significant number of games ahead of the 8-seed, the notion that you could somehow lose two games and be out of the playoffs seems unfair."

比如湖人在常規賽以42勝30負排在第七位，遙遙領先33勝39負的馬刺。但是如果聖安東尼奧贏得兩場比賽，他們直接進入季後賽，而輸掉兩場比賽的湖人就被淘汰出局。這就明顯覺得不公平了。不過，觀眾可能就喜歡這種戲劇性很強的賽果。

至於附加賽賽制到底會不會繼續沿用呢？這個賽制到底是不是利多於弊？大家一同分析一下！