Not only is it the one time of year that the sport's brightest lights are all in one place, it's a celebration of the show business side of a sport that is flat out fantastic at showmanship, big stars doing big things in front of big crowds, crowds that are usually peppered with even more big names.

這不僅是一年中體育界最耀眼的光環齊聚一堂的一次盛會，也是對這項運動的娛樂事業的一次慶祝，它平白無故地展現了精彩的表演，大明星在大觀眾面前做著大事情，觀眾中通常會有更多的大人物。

No other sport can match the flavor of the N B A at its best.

沒有任何其他運動能與N B A的最佳風味相媲美。

But of course it's impossible to be at your best in the middle of a pandemic.

但當然，在流行病中不可能達到最佳狀態。

And it is really hard to get fans excited about something that the players themselves so clearly we're not excited about.

而對於球員自己這麼清楚的事情，我們真的很難讓球迷興奮起來。

For weeks we have been hearing guys criticize this game happening at all.

幾周來，我們一直聽到大家責備這場比賽根本沒有發生。

And as if on cue, the news crossed like an arrow.

而彷彿是在暗示，這個消息像箭一樣劃過。

On Sunday morning, the barber that Joel Embiid and Ben Simmons had used before getting to Atlanta tested positive for Covid, which meant they were both held out of the game for contact.

週日早上，喬爾-恩比德和本-西蒙斯在到達亞特蘭大之前使用的理髮師對科維德的檢測呈陽性，這意味著他們都因為接觸而被禁賽。

Tracing it was a blow not only for the everything is fine crowd, but also to the game itself, which was already missing.

追溯起來，不僅對萬事大吉的人群是個打擊，對本來就缺失的遊戲本身也是個打擊。

Kevin Durant, Anthony Davis, Devin Booker.

凱文-杜蘭特，安東尼-戴維斯，德文-布克。

Still, if we know anything about an event based in theater, there are always understudies.

不過，如果我們知道什麼是基於戲劇的活動，總會有替身。

And there were still plenty of sights to be seen.

而且還有很多景點可以看。

Steph Curry winning the three point contest with his usual flair, then afterward dedicating the trophy to his splash brother Klay, Thompson, the Fam You and Grambling State marching bands.

斯蒂芬-庫裡以他一貫的天賦贏得了三分大賽，之後又將獎盃獻給了他的水花兄弟克雷、湯普森、Fam You和格蘭布林州立大學的軍樂隊。

Being part of player introductions was a pretty great touch, as were the stream of HBCU celebrations throughout the evening.

作為球員介紹的一部分是一個相當大的觸動，就像整個晚上的HBCU慶祝流一樣。

Now, personally, I never that impressed when a game is used as an excuse to donate money to a cause.

現在，我個人從來沒有印象，當一個遊戲被用來作為一個藉口捐錢的原因。

This wasn't a case of ticket sales being a fundraiser.

這並不是賣票就是募捐。

In fact, the exact same amount of money could have been donated by the N B A or its partners without a single basketball being bounced in Atlanta.

事實上，N B A或其合作伙伴可以捐出完全相同的資金，而亞特蘭大沒有一個籃球被彈出。

But the awareness raised by peppering the broadcast, the segments that raised up the HBCU s and endorse them over and over that is seriously valuable and something worth applauding now.

但是，通過點綴廣播，提高意識的段子，提出了HBCU s和認可他們，這是嚴重的寶貴和值得鼓掌的東西現在。

Once the game itself started, it became pretty clear it was not going to be competitive.

當遊戲本身開始後，就很明顯的感覺到這是不會有競爭力的。

But getting to see players who are normally rivals play together was still great fun.

不過能看到平時是對手的玩家在一起比賽，還是非常有趣的。

And while Steph and LeBron couldn't quite seem to get a high five together, that that was troubling, um, the obvious kick that they got out of playing with it.

而斯蒂芬和勒布朗似乎也不能很好的一起擊掌，那就麻煩了，嗯，他們玩的時候明顯踢到了。

It's just a high five, gentlemen.

只是擊掌而已，先生們。

Um, the obvious kick they got out of playing each other.

嗯，很明顯，他們得到了踢出對方的遊戲。

It was a nice reproach, right to all the Internet trolls who spend so much time trying to pit them against each other.

這是個很好的指責，正中那些花了很多時間想把他們對立起來的網絡巨魔。

We also got fun dance moves from Yannis and Nicola Jokic.

我們還從Yannis和Nicola Jokic那裡得到了有趣的舞蹈動作。

I mean, I think I think that's dancing.

我的意思是，我想我認為這是舞蹈。

I I don't really know.

我... ...我真的不知道。

We also got the dunk contest at halftime, and that was I mean, frankly, Oprah and Meghan Merkle dunking on the royal family over on CBS, much more violent than anything that happened in Atlanta last night.

我們還得到了在中場休息時的扣籃比賽，那是我的意思是，坦率地說，奧普拉和梅根-默克爾在CBS上對皇室灌籃，比昨晚在亞特蘭大發生的任何事情都要暴力。

I don't know if the NBA just needs to rethink this event entirely, given that the league's best dunkers annually refused to participate.

我不知道NBA是否只需要完全重新考慮這項活動，因為聯盟最好的扣籃手每年都拒絕參加。

But when even Magic Johnson is tweeting that something is bad.

但當連魔術師約翰遜都在推特上說什麼不好的時候。

Yeah, that's a problem.

是的，這是個問題。

At least we got some pyrotechnics in the second half of the game.

至少我們在下半場比賽中得到了一些煙火效果。

No, no, from LeBron, who stuck to his pledge to not go all in on this weekend by not even playing in the third or fourth quarter.

不，不，是勒布朗的，他堅持自己的承諾，不在這個週末全力以赴，甚至不打第三、第四節。

Yanis, however, clearly having a ball ripping through the paint at will, even knocking down 33 pointers, a 16 for 16 performance that would earn him the game's MVP trophy, and man Steph and Dame Lillard.

然而，雅尼斯卻明顯有球在油漆區隨意撕扯，甚至打出了33分的成績，16分的表現讓他獲得了本場比賽的MVP獎盃，還有人斯蒂芬和大名鼎鼎的利拉德。

Yeah, they were just ridiculous.

是啊，他們只是荒謬的。

I don't know when they're going to add a four point line to the All Star Game, but they clearly need one step.

我不知道他們什麼時候會在全明星賽上增加一條四分線，但他們顯然需要一步到位。

Just kept hitting shot after shot shot after shot from long range.

就這樣不停地打出一杆又一杆的遠射。

Look at this.

看看這個

I mean, how demoralizing is it in an All Star game when someone actually bothers to play defense and pokes the ball away and step still just tosses it in there now?

我的意思是，在全明星賽中，如果有人真的去防守，把球捅走了，步現在還只是把球扔在那裡，這是多麼令人喪氣的事情？

Lillard just as ridiculous watch when he pulled up from there.

利拉德從那裡拉起來的時候，一樣可笑的看。

I mean, come on, and it was Dame who would end the game on a pass from Steph, and you can see it at ground level.

我的意思是，來吧，而且是大梅將在斯蒂芬的傳球下結束比賽，你可以在地面上看到它。

Steph actually does the Dame wave before the shot went in the same wave the Dame gave Paul George and the playoffs a couple years ago.

斯蒂芬其實在投籃前就做了大名鼎鼎的浪，和幾年前大名鼎鼎給保羅-喬治和季後賽的浪一樣。

Remember at the time PG called Lillard's game winner a bad shot, but Hey, give PG credit.

記得當時PG說利拉德的比賽勝利是個壞球，但嘿，給PG點贊。

Last night he corrected himself.

昨天晚上，他糾正了自己的錯誤。

Well, I guess I was criticized for the right reason.

好吧，我想我被責備的原因是正確的。

Um, for calling Dame shot in the playoffs and bad shot.

嗯，因為在季後賽中稱大梅射門，射門不好。

I mean, I see these guys range.

我的意思是，我看到這些傢伙的範圍。

It's crazy.

太瘋狂了

Now, after the game, the All Stars scattered quickly is they have to turn around and start playing again when the league fires back up.

現在，比賽結束後，全明星隊迅速散去是他們要轉身，等聯盟重新火起來再開始打。

Just this Wednesday.

就在本週三。

Hey, if we learned anything this weekend is that the show must go on.

嘿，如果說這個週末我們學到了什麼，那就是節目必須繼續。

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感謝您在YouTube上觀看ESPN的體育直播和優質內容。

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訂閱ESPN加。