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重新拍摄西装外套的边缘之夜2022

Never has a game between two struggling teams meant so much.

俄克拉荷马城雷霆诉波特兰开拓者 Photo by Cameron Browne/NBAE via Getty Images

It was a little more subdued this year because we’re all walking through the mature stages of the pandemic, but Blazer’s Edge Night, 2022 still featured 1753 youth and chaperones watching the波特兰开拓者播放Oklahoma City Thunder在星期一晚上。我出席了会议,参与者周围及以上,所以我认为我会分享活动的一些思考。

首先,让我们谈谈篮球。

通常,团队的个人看起来比在电视上更好。摄像机限制了您可以看到的内容,并以定义的偏见从一定角度展示动作。您的眼睛能够始终在Arena中漫游,您可以看到屏幕,球外防线以及游戏的微妙排列。

今年,mant“总是在人更好看”ra was somewhat less true. Instead of being able to focus on the scoring and forget, you noticed right away that the Blazers aren’t experienced with each other or the NBA. They cluster in the same area of the floor, or they’ll set the offense with three players in a direct, vertical line from the baseline, making passing all but impossible. It’s not intentional. It’s a byproduct of the active roster. Sometimes it seems like Ben McLemore is over here trying to set up for a play and the whole rest of the roster is going, “Buh?”

There was plenty of goodness too, though. Drew Eubanks was the real standout. Not only was he in the right position, he brought energy and passion to the sets. Forget his production; he won’t get gaudy stats when the team is fully-populated. Ask me who I want coming off the bench or filling in during an emergency, and it’s Eubanks. I could see him becoming one of those cult favorites who sticks around way longer than he should and eventually becomes an assistant coach.

我们周一晚上没有看到Threnon Watford,但显然他是另一位长期服务的强大候选人。

现在让我们移到人群中。总体而言,舞台上有很多热情。当开拓者发生好事时,每个人都欢呼雀跃,即使他们似乎辞去了不久的美好时光。但是,在我们所有人都坐下的高层部分中,欢呼声是最大的。

我想传达一个坐在我附近的小组的故事。我不知道他们是谁。仍然没有。就2到12对成人/青年比率而言,他们显然是我们的团体之一。

他们开始比赛有些柔和,几乎好像他们不知道是否应该在那里。面对现实吧,那天晚上的球员和球队非常晦涩。他们进入了明显的时刻,但开始很慢。

当每个人都必须谈论动作时,事情开始在半场结束时开始摇摆。分享印象似乎在下半场增添了热情。现在每个人都知道其他人在看什么。

另外,在半场结束时,还有零食!那是一件非常酷的事情...只是看着一群年轻人开始享受披萨或其他任何东西,微笑着,度过了愉快的时光。其中一位领导人确保每个人都有想要的东西。谈话很棒。

“你想要什么,伙计吗?我会给你一些东西。”

“Naw, I’m good.”

“You sure?”

“是的,我有钱。我会很好。”

“好的。好吧,如果您想要什么,请和某人一起去。”

然后,“一切都很好”的孩子的邻居转向他说:“我们要去得到什么吗?”

他耸耸肩说:“是的。”他们走了,稍后再回来,然后吃饭和聊天。

我知道这似乎很愚蠢。只是普通的,对吗?但是,这些孩子或我们每个人都有多少次能够在过去两年中脱颖而出呢?有多少夜晚足够无忧无虑,您不得不担心的最大的事情是是否获得切片?谁救了下来,这样的人可以在比赛中度过夜晚,如果愿意的话,可以吃披萨?作为成年人,作为爸爸,粉丝,以及与常规年轻人一起工作的人,这些事情都打了我所有的按钮。您甚至都不知道某些人有什么意思,或者这些时刻有多酷。

随着游戏的伤害,它变得更加激烈。分数保持近距离。开拓者有机会。那时,该部分开始无关。在第四季度的那些衰落时刻,人们在尖叫!无论我们想到彩票赔率和长期计划,我都希望开拓者赢得胜利,因为他们希望开拓者赢得胜利。

Normally a game between two sub-par teams going into overtime is a groaner. In this case, it was perfect. The only thing that could have been better was the Blazers actually pulling off the win. They didn’t, but it came down to the last shot. That was still exciting for everyone involved.

我周围的参与者获得了很棒的NBA体验,一个梦幻般的夜晚,以及由于您而以不同的方式体验他们的同学和成年人的机会。您使1700多人成为可能。明年,会更多。

Thank you for making the event possible. Thank you for making the day special for so many that evening. We appreciate you, and the way you helped all of us appreciate the game that night.