My hometown Dalang is a famous "Basketball Town". Everybody likes playing basketball here. I love playing basketball, too. It's my favorite sport.

我的家乡大朗是著名的“篮球之乡”，这里的每个人都喜欢打篮球，我也喜欢打篮球，是我最喜欢的运动。

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On July 20, 2011, Yao will likely announce his retirement from basketball at a press conference in Shanghai, his home town.

2011年7月20日，姚明很可能在他家乡上海的新闻发布会上宣布他的退役。

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Finally a town official begged the girls' high school basketball coach to end practice early and let them have the gym.

最后，一个市政官员恳请高中女校的篮球教练提前结束训练，把体育馆让出来。

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This city is clearly aching and desperate to become a basketball town again look how wild it's going for a flawed team that remains under .500.

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It's a particularly hot basketball town.

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And this proud, blue collar town, where basketball's shot clock was invented, is eagerly anticipating that again, just like in 2003.

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