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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.



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.



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.



“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.



“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.


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。


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