Basketball‘s Greatest Players

Basketball Greeted the Players by S .A. Kramer

《篮球迎接球员们》 作者：S·A·克莱默

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Introduction. What's the hottest sport around? Basketball. It's 48 minutes of non -stop action. Take your eyes off the court for an instant and you'll miss a slam dunk, a behind the back pass or a sneaky steal. Basketball is the only sport completely developed in America. A Massachusetts teacher, Dr. James Naismith, invented a game with his wife's help in 1891. Today people shoot hoops all over the world. From college campuses to NBA arenas, basketball keeps fans on the edge of their seats. And nobody plays it better than the men of the NBA. Fans love to argue about who's the greatest. This book tells you all you want to know about the best players ever.

引言：当下最受欢迎的运动是什么呀？是篮球！一场比赛有整整48分钟 不间断的精彩动作。只要你视线离开球场一秒，就可能错过 一记灌篮、一次背后传球，或是一次出其不意的抢断。篮球是唯一 完全起源于美国的运动哦。1891年，马萨诸塞州的教师詹姆斯·奈史密斯博士 在妻子的帮助下发明了这项运动。现在全世界的人们都爱打篮球 从大学校园到NBA赛场，篮球总能让球迷们坐不住，全程盯着赛场 舍不得挪开眼。没人比NBA的球员们打得更棒啦，球迷们总爱 争论谁才是史上最厉害的球员。这本书会告诉你所有你想知道的 顶级球员的故事哦。

Defense. College ball 1953. The game between the University of San Francisco and Brigham Young University has just started. Bill Russell, a sophomore at San Francisco Center. At 6 '10", he can outjump everyone on the floor. The man builds guarding dribbles around him. When the man goes in for an easy layup, San Francisco's captain scowls at Bill. Why don't you try playing some defense? He hisses. Bill gets angry. He knows the captain doesn't like him because he's black. He decides he'll show the guy exactly what defense is. So he sticks to his man as though his life were at stake. The player doesn't score another point.

防守篇 1953年的大学篮球赛，旧金山大学对阵杨百翰大学 比赛刚刚开打。比尔·拉塞尔是旧金山大学的大二学生，担任中锋，身高6英尺10英寸 他跳得比场上所有人都高。对面球员运球躲过他的防守 轻轻松松上篮得分后，旧金山大学的队长对着比尔沉下了脸。 “你就不能好好防守吗？”他怒气冲冲地低吼。比尔很生气，他知道队长 不喜欢他，就因为他是黑人。他打定主意，要让这家伙见识见识什么才是真正的防守。 于是他像把命都豁出去了似的死死黏住对位球员，那名球员之后再也没有 拿到过一分。

It's then that Bill realizes that defense can win games. From now on, he vows, that's what he'll concentrate on. Other centers feel defense is unimportant. If they don't have the ball, they just stand around the basket. When they block shots, they slap the ball hard into the stands. Bill shows them a new way of playing. He makes defense lead to faster breaks and scoring. Timing his slips, he tips blocked shots to teammates racing down court. He tears around the floor, stealing balls and grabbing rebounds. In 1956, Bill joins the NBA as the Boston Celtics' only black player. His style single -handedly changes basketball defense. The league is startled when Bill doesn't care about scoring. But the Celtics don't need points from him to win. They count on him to make sure the team works together. Bill becomes the greatest team player on the only team in history, in any sport, to win eight championships in a row.

就是在那一刻，比尔意识到防守也能赢下比赛。 他发誓，从今往后就要专注打磨防守技术。 其他中锋都觉得防守无关紧要。 手里没球的时候，他们就只是站在篮筐附近晃悠。 盖帽的时候，他们只会狠狠把球拍去观众席。 比尔给他们展示了一种全新的打法。 他能用防守创造快攻和得分的机会。 他算准时机，把盖下来的球轻轻拨给冲向对面球场的队友。 他在场上满场飞奔，抢断球、抢篮板，样样都来。 1956年，比尔加入NBA，是波士顿凯尔特人队唯一的黑人球员。 他的打球风格凭一己之力改变了篮球运动的防守模式。 比尔一点都不在意得分这件事，让整个联盟都大吃一惊。 但凯尔特人队根本不需要靠他得分来赢球。 他们靠着比尔来协调整支队伍，让大家拧成一股绳。 比尔成了史上最伟大的团队型球员，而他所在的凯尔特人队，是所有体育运动史上 唯一一支拿下八连冠的队伍。