NBA評估若選前16名進季後將增加4萬英里路 - NBA

來源：NBA官網
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作者：BRIAN MAHONEY
報社：Associated Press
標題：
NBA estimates 40,000 more travel miles in playoff format seeding teams 1 to 16
主要內文：
Calls to change the system were renewed this week when LeBron James left Cleveland for the Los Angeles Lakers, which could create another strong Western Conference team after Houston and Golden State had the league's top two records last season. They met in a thrilling West final before the Warriors swept the Cavaliers in the NBA Finals.

Commissioner Adam Silver has said ideally there would be a format allowing the two best teams to meet for the title, but has repeatedly expressed concern about the additional travel that would be created if teams were seeded 1 to 16 in the postseason, instead of the current format in which it's the top eight teams in each conference.

"I think, as I've said in the past, the obstacle is travel, and it's not tradition in my mind, at least,"Silver said at the All-Star break. "It's that as we've added an extra week to the regular season, as we've tried to reduce the number of back-to-backs, that we are concerned about teams crisscrossing the country in the first round, for example. We are just concerned about the overall travel that we would have in the top 16 teams."


概要：
因為LeBron James選擇離開克里夫蘭騎士加入洛杉磯湖人隊，將造成西區除了休斯敦火箭
和金州勇士隊外又增加一個強大的西區球隊，而勇士和火箭在經歷一個驚心動魄的西區決
賽后橫掃了總決賽的騎士隊。因為這樣外界開始呼籲改變季後賽制度。

總裁亞當席爾瓦表示，理想情況是讓兩隻最好的球隊進入總決賽，但是他也表示這將增加
太多額外的路程。

根據聯盟測算，原本季後賽行程為90000英里，然而改制的話將增加到130000英里。

備註：
看來因為東西區失衡太嚴重，聯盟真的開始認真考慮前16名進季後賽了。
就是路程增加太多的問題需要解決。

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