NBA各种投篮方式(slam) dunk：(强力)灌篮 bank shot：擦板球 double pump：拉杆式投篮 (verb) fade-away shot：后仰式跳投 hook shot：钩射投篮 jump shot：跳投 layup：带球上篮 perimeter shot：中距离投篮 set shot：立定投篮 three-point shot：三分球
　　NBA各种统计术语
assist：助功 block shot：阻攻，盖火锅儿 defensive rebound：防守篮板球 field goal percentage：投球命中率 field goal：投球命中 free thro

球场－court
前锋－forwards
后卫－guards
中锋－center
组织后卫－point guard
　　得分后卫－shooting guard
　　大前锋－power forward
　　小前锋－small forward
　　篮框－rim,basket
　　争球－jump ball
　　攻方－offense
　　守方－defence
　　计时器－shot clock
　　打成平分－tie
　　加时赛－overt

1. He had a big game. My hat\'s off to him.
他这场比赛表现极为出色，我向他致敬[他令我佩服、尊敬…].
big game：在比赛中表现极为出色，例如，得到 50分、20个篮板球、15个助攻、或盖了10个火锅…等。
My hat\'s off to him.：依照一般的西方礼节，进入室内或遇见长者，应脱帽。Off本意指帽子「离开」头顶，意思是「脱帽」以表示尊敬。hat指一般有帽檐的帽子；像无帽檐的棒球「帽」，称为 （baseball） cap.与戴 hat 时的礼节相同。小孩子遇到长者没有行礼时，虽然没有

　1. The Cleveland Cavaliers and San Antonio Spurs were trading one-point leads in the third quarter before Steve Smith took over.
克里夫兰骑士队与圣安东尼马刺队在比赛第三节交替以一分领先对手，一直到 Steve Smith掌握了大局。
trading one-point leads：trade本意是「以物易物」的意思。如果甲队队领先乙队一分，乙队投进一球倒领先一分；接下来甲队也投进一球再度领先一分。如此，双方你来我往，交替以一分领先对手，像是互相买卖，

1. But in a tight game with the Hornets， the two seemed to bury the hatchet.
但是在一场与黄蜂队打得难分难解的比赛中，这两位球员似乎已化干戈为玉帛（而携手御敌）。
tight：（比赛）不分胜负的，双方差距不大的。
bury the hatchet：hatchet是印第安人的战斧，也叫做 tomahawk.Bury the hatchet 的字面意思是「双方埋藏了战斧」，引申为「化干戈为玉帛、握手言和」。
2. Jazz Sing Diff

　1. "I don\'t think we ran out of gas……"
我不认为（我队的输球）是因为体力不继的关系。
ran out of gas：gas代表一种能量，在球场上指的是体力。因此，ran out of gas 就是「耗尽体力」。请注意，此处动词用 run，是「用」的意思；run out of money就是「没钱用了、钱花光了」。
2. Minnesota dished out 39 assists and turned the ball over just nine times.

1. Van Exel beat the shot clock with a 3-pointer with 1：13 left for a 101-99 lead， but Mason hit an off-balance shot in the lane.
Van Exel在比赛剩下1分13秒出手时限结束前投进一记三分球使比数以101比99领先，但是Mason在禁区内在身躯不稳的情形下也投进一球。
beat the shot clock：在出手时限结束之前（完成出手投篮的动作） .NBA规定进攻一方必须在内24秒出手投篮，但在球过中线以后在前场的发球后，必须在 14 内秒出手投

　1. Jordan made his much-anticipated return before a sellout crowd at Madison Square Garden.
Jordan在万众期盼下重返美国职篮联盟，首场在（纽约的）麦迪生广场花园（球场）的比赛座无虚席。
sellout：门票售罄。
a sellout crowd：满座，客满，座无虚席。
SRO：比赛、音乐会，电影的门票售罄时，常挂出「SRO」的牌子，SRO就是Standing Room Only的头字语（每个单前缀个字母的组合字），意

elimination match ,knock-out 淘汰赛
cross (short,flank)pass 横（短边）
compitition rules 比赛规则
close watch 紧钉(人战术)
protest 对不公平裁判的抗议
offside 越位
first(second )half 上(下) 半场
overhead throw 过顶掷球

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