After utilizing special court designs for all 67 games of the In-Season Match, including the semifinals and finals, NBA commissioner Adam Silver stated the league is contemplating one thing related for the NBA Finals.
“For the Finals, we could have a special Finals court – not just with the trophy in the center, but a little bit more colorful,” Silver told reporters before the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Indiana Pacers in Saturday’s match championship. “I’m a big advocate of the colorful courts.”
The In-Season Match courts have been totally painted and featured a contrasting runway down the center, in addition to the NBA Cup as midcourt, harking back to the Larry O’Brien Trophy that was displayed behind the crew logos in the course of the 2005-09 NBA Finals.
The cup was additionally in each lanes, additional selling the In-Season Match video games as something bigger than a normal regular season contests. In the meantime, the NBA Finals have featured every crew’s normal court docket with the Finals brand superimposed onto the court in recent seasons.
“(Fans have told me) if they’re not at home or in a sports bar or somewhere and they see the color from the court, it signifies there’s something different going on,” Silver stated.
Transferring ahead, the NBA nonetheless plans to make use of particular courts for the In-Season Match. However maybe the groups and gamers may have extra enter on the designs, which could not be as templated sooner or later.
“I think in the process we went through the first time, they are a bit cookie cutter,” Silver stated. “I love the court we are using here for the semifinals and final game, but I think there could be some more creativity.
“Obviously, we want to make sure that the players have confidence in them, that the type of paint used isn’t (too) slippery, and I think we’ve dealt with those issues incidentally, but we want to make sure they’re not a distraction.”
