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But the refs had BIGGER problems to deal with. Kevin Pomodoro's mother and one of the Slacksville moms started arguing in the stands, and the next thing you knew they were throwing haymakers. The refs went into the stands to break it up, so I decided to make myself some room on the bench, because it was a lot SAFER there. But I wished I had stayed where I was, because when Ruby and Yusef got ejected for fighting the coach put me in the game along with Tommy Chu. 160

可裁判还有更大的麻烦要处理。 凯文·波莫德罗的妈妈和一位斯莱克斯维尔队的妈妈在看台上起了争执，转眼俩人就挥拳打起来了。 裁判去看台拉架，我就跑到板凳席占位置，那儿可比场上安全多了。 可我真后悔当初挪了地方，因为鲁比和优素福打架被罚下场后，教练把我和汤米·朱一起派上了场。 160

The Slacksville coach pulled his starters to give them a rest, and he put in his bench players, too. Coach Patel told our team to run one of the plays he taught us at practice. And, believe it or not, the play actually WORKED. Now the score was 52—2, and the Slacksville crowd was really annoyed because they thought they were gonna crush us.

斯莱克斯维尔队的教练换下首发队员休息，也换上了自己的替补队员。 帕特尔教练吩咐我们执行一个他训练时教过的战术。 信不信由你，这个战术居然真的成功了。 现在比分是52比2，斯莱克斯维尔的观众都特别不爽，他们本来以为能轻松打爆我们。

So the Slacksville coach put all his starters back in the game. They reeled off twenty-three straight points, and it seemed like there was nothing we could do to stop them. I didn't understand any of Coach Patel's plays, so I just ran up and down the court and tried to look like I knew what I was doing. But then Kevin got flanked, and he threw the ball to ME. I didn't know WHAT I was supposed to do, so I just tried to throw the ball to get RID of it. But a Slacksville player hacked me on the arm and the ref called a foul.

于是斯莱克斯维尔队的教练把所有首发都换回了场上。 他们一口气连拿23分，我们好像根本没办法阻止他们。 我完全听不懂帕特尔教练的战术，所以我就只能在球场上跑上跑下，努力装出我知道自己在干嘛的样子。 可接着凯文被夹击了，他把球传到了我手里。 我完全不知道我该做什么，就只想把球传出去甩掉这个烂摊子。 可一名斯莱克斯维尔的队员打到了我的胳膊，裁判吹了对方犯规。

The ref put me at the free-throw line and gave me the ball. And I really wished I remembered the stuff Coach Patel taught us about shooting technique, because everyone's eyes were on me. And the Slacksville crowd wasn't exactly making it easy to CONCENTRATE.

裁判让我站到罚球线上，把球给了我。 我真希望我还记得帕特尔教练教我们的投篮技巧，毕竟所有人的眼睛都盯着我呢。 而且斯莱克斯维尔的观众吵得我根本没办法集中注意力。

I think fans should have to be quiet when a player's trying to shoot a free throw, but when I tried to get them to be more respectful it didn't work. I totally whiffed my shot, and the crowd let me hear about it. But at least it was OVER. 164

我觉得球员罚球的时候观众都应该安静，可我呼吁他们守礼貌根本没人听。 我完全投空了，观众都对着我大声起哄。 不过好在这事儿总算结束了。 164

Then the ref gave me the ball and told me to shoot AGAIN. I thought he was just being nice by giving me another try, but it turns out that when there's a shooting foul you get TWO shots. I didn't want to miss AGAIN, so I thought about shooting it backwards to at least have a CHANCE of making it. But I didn't wanna make Coach Patel mad, and decided to try a granny shot, where you throw the ball from between your legs. But, when I airballed that one, even the GRANNIES laughed at me. 165

接着裁判把球给我，让我再投一次。 我还以为他是好心额外给我一次机会，后来才知道，投篮犯规本来就要罚两次球。 我不想再投丢，甚至想着要不要反手投篮，这样至少还有一点进球的机会。 可我不想惹帕特尔教练生气，就决定试试端尿盆投篮，也就是从两腿中间把球推出去的投法。 可我又投了个空篮，连在场的老奶奶们都笑我。 165