Re: [外絮] NBA新賽季分為兩階段公布

所以現在的季後賽邊緣球隊，會從以往的保八，變成保六啦。

畢竟依照新賽季的規則，第七第八種子，如果最後一不小心連輸兩場，辛辛苦苦打了一季的季後賽席次立刻飛了，管你和第九第十中間有0.5還是5場的勝差。

NBA之前把第一輪從5戰3勝改成7戰4勝制，就是為了保障高順位種子，減少低順位種子短期翻盤的可能。

現在改成這樣，公不公平真的見仁見智啦。

然後看來新賽季不止有老八，甚至還可能上演老九或老十傳奇。

※ 引述《evan970106 (咖祖馬桑！！！)》之銘言：
: 來源：ESPN https://es.pn/35FXqsb
: NBA regular-season schedule for 2020-21 to be released in 2 stages,
: with play-in tournament May 18-21
: NBA例行賽賽程將分為兩階段公佈 季後加賽訂於5/18~21
: The NBA announced the structure and format for the 2020-21 season
: on Tuesday evening, including how exactly the upcoming schedule
: will be released.
: NBA於美國時間週二晚間宣布了新賽季的架構，包含賽程將如何公布。
: The schedule will be released in two halves -- what the league is
: calling the First Half and the Second Half.The schedule for the First Half
: of the season, which will run from Dec. 22 to March 4,
: will be released around the start of training camp, set for Dec. 1.
: 賽程將分為兩階段公佈（聯盟稱為上半季以及下半季）。
: 上半季的賽程，從12/22~3/4，將在大約訓練營開始時公布(12/1)。
: The league won't release the schedule for the Second Half until later
: in the First Half. That will include the rest of each team's
: 72 regular-season games that weren't previously scheduled,
: as well as any games that were postponed in the First Half
: of the season that "can reasonably be added" to the rest of the schedule.
: 聯盟在上半季尾聲之前將不會公布下半季的賽程。
: 那將包含各隊例行賽剩餘的27場比賽，
: 以及上半季被延賽，但可「合理被排入」的賽程。
: The All-Star break is set to take place March 5-10, between the two halves.: 明星周目前訂於3/5~3/10，在上下半季之間。
: The Second Half of the season will run from March 11 to May 16.
: The play-in tournament will be held from May 18 to 21
: before the playoffs tip off on May 22.
: 下半季將從3/11~5/16。季後加賽將在5/18~5/21舉行，季後賽5/22開打。
: Each NBA team will play the teams within its conference three times for
: a total of 42 games,
: while playing the teams from the opposing conference twice each (30 games).: 各隊將與自己同區隊伍交手各三次，合計42場。
: 同時與不同區對手交手兩場(30場)。
: Within each team's division, the league has already assigned
: which opponents will be played twice at home,
: and which will be played twice on the road.
: 同組的球隊的部分，聯盟已經安排好哪些會有兩場主場，哪些有兩場客場。
: Each division within a conference will then play all five teams from another: intraconference division twice at home,
: and all five teams from the remaining division twice on the road.
: 各隊將在與同區不同組的隊伍中的其中一組獲得兩場主場，
: 另外一組則只會有一場。
: The league said its board of governors unanimously approved the
: play-in tournament proposal on a one-year basis in a vote earlier Thursday.: The teams with the seventh- and eighth-highest winning percentages
: will have two chances to make the playoffs,
: while the teams with the ninth- and 10th-highest winning percentages
: will have one chance.
: 聯盟指出董事會在只有今年的前提下全體同意了季後加賽。
: 例行賽分區七八名的球隊會有兩次機會晉級季後賽，
: 九十名的球隊會有一次機會。
: The "Seven-Eight Game" will be between the teams ranked seventh and eighth,: while the "Nine-Ten Game" will feature the teams ranked ninth and 10th.
: The winner of the Seven-Eight Game will advance to the playoffs.
: The loser will host the winner of the Nine-Ten Game,
: as had been previously reported.
: 如先前報導提過的，
: 「七八賽」將由七八名對打，「九十賽」由九十名對打。
: 「七八賽」的勝者將晉級季後賽。
: 輸者將在主場迎戰「九十賽」的勝隊。
: The NBA Finals are set to run through July 22.
: With the Summer Olympics set to begin July 23 -- and the qualifying
: tournaments for the remaining four spots in the men's field
: scheduled to run from June 29 to July 4 -- that almost certainly
: eliminates a number of players from considering
: participating in the Olympic Games.
: NBA總冠軍賽預計最晚打到7/22
: 奧運預計從7/23開始
: 同時攸關剩餘四席的參賽資格的資格賽賽程預計為6/29~7/4
: 因此幾乎等同於有一部分球員將無法參與奧運。
: 心得：中職領先全球(誤)

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