But what do you remember most vividly about that day and that night, What was interesting?

但你對那一天和那一夜的記憶最深刻的是什麼，有什麼有趣的地方？

You just played that clip of Dr Fauci.

你剛剛播放了福齊博士的片段。

Remember, we have been following his comments for several days before March 11th, and even in that testimony that he gave that day, it was actually answering a question on the House Oversight Committee.

記得在3月11日之前，我們已經關注了他幾天的言論，甚至在他當天的那份證詞中，其實是在回答眾議院監督委員會的問題。

He It was the first time, as far as I know, that he had recommended Not, of course, that we shut down, but that we not play in front of what he said was large crowds.

據我所知，這是他第一次建議... ...當然，不是建議我們關門，而是建議我們不要在他說的大群人面前演出。

And I think it was that day on March 11th.

而我認為是3月11日那天。

Earlier in the day, before we made a decision to shut down, we had had a board meeting with all of our owners, and at that point we thought it would be a market by market issue.

早些時候，在我們做出關停的決定之前，我們已經和所有的業主開了一個董事會，當時我們認為這將是一個市場的問題。

There's Santa Clara County, for example.

比如說，有聖克拉拉縣。

In California, I made a decision where the sharks play that they needed to play without fans.

在加州，我做了一個決定，鯊魚在哪裡玩，他們需要在沒有球迷的情況下玩。

We saw that coming to San Francisco, but at that point We thought we were going to continue to operate with reduced number of fans in arenas, essentially what Dr Fauci was recommending and what our experts were recommending.

我們看到舊金山會出現這種情況，但在那個時候，我們認為我們將繼續在減少場館內球迷數量的情況下運作，基本上是Fauci博士的建議和我們專家的建議。

And so we didn't I think, have a sense of the larger magnitude.

所以，我們沒有我認為， 有一個更大的規模的感覺。

And I'll just add that because we have a large business in China, we've lived through SARS and H one n one.

我只想補充一點，因為我們在中國有很大的業務，我們經歷過SARS和H一N一。

And I think like most Americans, are sense was this would not hit the United States the way it was hitting Asia and that we were only beginning to get that that feeling in in in early March that maybe this was going to be different than those other viruses and would affect us in different in in in in other ways.

我想和大多數美國人一樣，我們的感覺是，這不會打擊美國的方式，它是打擊亞洲，我們才開始得到這種感覺，在3月初，也許這將是不同的其他病毒，並將影響我們在不同的在其他方面。

But even I remember the day after March 11th when I was asked what this meant in terms of of us taking a pause in the season.

但連我都記得3月11日之後的一天，有人問我，這對我們在這個季節暫停意味著什麼。

In my mind, it seemed like something that would last for 30 days.

在我看來，這似乎是可以持續30天的事情。

Not that we would, of course, be having these conversations a year later.

當然，並不是說一年後我們就會有這些對話。

And my god, that over half a million Americans would be dead from this disease.

我的上帝，超過50萬美國人將死於這種疾病。

It's impossible to believe in its own way.

不可能用自己的方式去相信。

Still, I read the article or the interview that you gave to the Times, which was fascinating about how this was a decision you had to make sitting in your car.

不過，我還是讀了你給《時代週刊》的文章或採訪，這是你坐在車裡不得不做出的決定，很吸引人。

I'd love you to tell that story to the audience here.

我希望你能把這個故事講給這裡的觀眾聽。

That hasn't necessarily read it.

那還不一定看懂。

Sure.

當然可以

So, um Well, as I mentioned, we had had a board meeting that day in March 11 to discuss with all our teams Um, what they were hearing in their communities what they're public health officials were telling them what ordinances we thought were going to be put in place.

所以，嗯... ...正如我所說的，我們有一個董事會會議 那天在3月11日討論 與我們所有的團隊 嗯，他們聽到了什麼 在他們的社區 他們是公共衛生官員 告訴他們什麼條例 我們認為要到位。

Um, so that we can start making adjustments.

嗯，這樣我們就可以開始進行調整。

And also, you can see from those images that you ran that we had also changed some of the protocols around the cleanliness in arenas, scrubbing things down, Clorox wipes, et cetera, you know, you know, hand hand sanitizing stations, all that had begun to be put in place.

而且，你可以從你運行的那些影像中看到，我們也改變了一些協議，圍繞著場館內的清潔，擦洗東西，科樂氏溼巾，等等，你知道，你知道，手部消毒站，所有這些已經開始到位。

But there wasn't a sense on that afternoon that we were about to shut down our season.

但在那個下午，我們並沒有感覺到自己的賽季即將關閉。

Meanwhile, because of the experience we have had in China, um, shutting down our offices in late January, we were increasingly spending times time thinking about how This wasn't even a pandemic until March 11th, but how this epidemic could impact the league and one of the things we have done is put in place in each market, a relationship with a local lab.

同時，由於我們在中國的經驗，嗯，在1月下旬關閉了我們的辦公室，我們越來越多地花時間思考如何這甚至不是一種流行病，直到3月11日，但這種流行病如何影響聯盟，我們所做的事情之一是在每個市場中投入到位，與當地實驗室建立關係。

So to the extent we had players that were symptomatic and what we understood to be flu like symptoms, we would not only be testing them for the flu, but we will be testing them for I think, what people were calling a coronavirus at the time.

所以，在我們有球員出現症狀的情況下，我們瞭解到他們有類似流感的症狀，我們不僅會對他們進行流感測試，而且我們會對他們進行測試，我想，當時人們稱之為冠狀病毒。

Of course, Rudy Gobert was one of those players who was tested.

當然，魯迪-戈伯特也是被測試的球員之一。

Incidentally, he was not the first player who was tested for Covid.

順帶一提，他不是第一個被檢測出科維德的球員。

He was the first player that tested positive, and we knew that we had an outstanding, um, lab test with him on March 11th.

他是第一個測試呈陽性的球員，我們知道，我們在3月11日對他進行了一次出色的，嗯，實驗室測試。

But we had no reason to believe he was going to be positive any more so than any of the other players before him that have been tested.

但我們沒有理由相信他將是陽性的，比之前其他任何一個接受過檢測的球員更甚。

But that, you know, the Oklahoma it was in the Utah Jazz were in Oklahoma City.

但是，你知道，俄克拉荷馬它是在猶他爵士是在俄克拉荷馬城。

They were under the jurisdiction of Oklahoma City Health Commissioner.

它們由俄克拉荷馬市衛生專員管轄。

They certainly understood that there was going to be a game that night.

他們當然明白，當晚會有一場比賽。

Um seven o'clock local time.

嗯，當地時間七點。

Rudy had already been separated from his team, but they knew, You know, I don't think I understood the term contact tracing men.

魯迪已經和他的團隊分開了，但他們知道，你知道，我想我不理解接觸追蹤人這個詞。

But they knew he had had contact with his teammates.

但他們知道他和隊友有過接觸。

And so when they got that test result back, you know, literally 15 minutes or so before the game, they urgently called the team.

所以，當他們得到了測試結果回來， 你知道，從字面上看，15分鐘左右的比賽前， 他們緊急調用的團隊。

Um the team then called the league office and said, What should we do now?

嗯，球隊就給聯盟辦公室打了電話，說：我們現在該怎麼辦？

Rudy Gobert had not stepped foot in the arena.

魯迪-戈伯特還沒有踏入競技場。

He was in the hotel.

他在酒店裡。

He had been separated from them.

他已經和他們分開了。

And so we were.

於是我們就。

As The New York Times pointed out, I was on my way home from work.

正如《紐約時報》指出的那樣，我當時正在下班回家的路上。

I I live in New York City.

我，我住在紐約市。

I work in New York City, so it wasn't that long a ride.

我在紐約市工作，所以沒有那麼長的車程。

So I got a call from the General Council of the NBA, said, We've just gotten this test result and I ended up sitting in front of my apartment.

於是我接到NBA總理事會的電話，說，我們剛拿到這個測試結果，結果我坐在公寓前。

Truth be told, The New York Times, um, had a little sketch of me in the front seat.

說實話，紐約時報，嗯，有一個小素描 我在前座。

I was I was actually in the back seat, but my my my little daughter said Daddy, were you driving and texting because there was a sort of a boy my phone up with steering wheel there.

我是我其實是在後座，但我的我的小女兒說爸爸，你是開車和發短信，因為有一種男孩我的手機與方向盤有。

But But anyway, I, uh So I ended up sitting in my car, Um, for a while, probably, you know, at least 15, 20 minutes while I was on the phone with the general manager, Sam Presti of the Oklahoma City Thunder.

但無論如何，我，呃... ...所以我最終坐在我的車裡，呃，坐了一會兒，大概，你知道，至少有15，20分鐘，而我正在和俄克拉荷馬雷霆隊的總經理薩姆・普雷斯蒂通電話。

Um, the team owner, Clay Bennett.

嗯，球隊老闆，Clay Bennett.

And, you know, we quickly made the decision that we're going to shut down that game first and foremost.

而且，你知道，我們很快就做出了決定，我們首先要關閉那個遊戲。

Now, there were 19,000 people or so in the building.

現在，樓裡有一萬九千多人。

We didn't want to panic them again.

我們不想再讓他們恐慌。

Very little was known about this virus.

人們對這種病毒知之甚少。

I think people understandably understandably feared that one person has it in the buildings that mean it can quickly spread to everyone else in the building.

我想，人們擔心一個人在樓裡有了它，意味著它可以迅速傳播到樓裡的其他人，這是可以理解的。

So, you know, we discussed what the p a copy should be so that we don't overly alarm people.

所以，你知道，我們討論了什麼P A副本應該是這樣的，我們不會過分驚擾人們。

People proceed, you know, without, you know, you know, rushing out and causing other injuries.

人們繼續，你知道，不，你知道，你知道，衝出去，造成其他傷害。

So we took care of that issue, and then, But then the issue became Now what happens to the two teams?

所以我們解決了這個問題，然後，但問題變成了現在這兩支隊伍會怎麼樣？

Because we had we knew from the public health authorities.

因為我們從公共衛生部門瞭解到。

We had to test the rest of the Utah Jazz because Rudy had had contact with his teammates, you know, Um, so that was step one.

我們必須測試猶他爵士隊的其他隊員，因為魯迪和他的隊友有過接觸，你知道，嗯，所以這是第一步。

That was again.

這又是。

There wasn't private testing for covid.

並沒有私自檢測科維德。

Then everything was through, you know, State labs through university labs.

然後，一切都通過，你知道，國家實驗室通過大學實驗室。

So those players ended up being held in the locker room, you know?

所以那些球員最後被關在更衣室裡，你知道嗎？

So I was an hour later in New York Times, but essentially told midnight New York time.

所以我在《紐約時報》上的時間晚了一個小時，但基本上被告知紐約時間午夜。

Those players were still in the locker room.

那些球員還在更衣室裡。

I'm waiting to get tested.

我在等著接受測試。

You know, all of this was so new.

你知道，這一切都很新鮮。

Um, Chris Paul, who was was, was then, um, Oklahoma City Thunder is the president of the players Association.

嗯，克里斯-保羅，誰是，是當時，嗯，俄克拉荷馬城雷霆是球員協會的主席。

So he was on the phone with me constantly at night, saying, Do you realize what's going on?

所以他晚上不停地跟我打電話，說，你知道是怎麼回事嗎？

These players are still being held in the locker room.

這些球員還被關在更衣室裡。

Where are they going to go once they leave the locker room?

一旦他們離開更衣室，他們會去哪裡？

Because the issue wasn't clear whether it was appropriate for them to get on a plane, the extent someone might be positive.

因為這個問題並不清楚他們上飛機是否合適，有人可能是正。

So I was going back and forth with, um, Sam Presti and others in Oklahoma City finding accommodations for that team that night.

所以我和薩姆-普雷斯蒂以及俄克拉荷馬城的其他人來回奔波，為那支球隊尋找當晚的住宿。

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