The most difficult thing in a fast game of basketball is to change course midstream.

在一场快节奏的篮球比赛中，最难之事莫过于中途变线了。

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Yao's main asset to the Rockets was, of course, his on-court abilities as one of the National Basketball Association's best centers.

姚明对火箭主要的帮助，当然是作为联盟第最好的中锋之一在球场上所表现出的统治力。

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And of course, Yao Ming is just one signal of our shared love of basketball -- I'm only sorry that I won't be able to see a Shanghai Sharks game while I'm visiting。

此外，我们都热爱篮球运动，姚明就是一个例子。 令我遗憾的是，在此次访问期间没有机会观看上海鲨鱼队的比赛。

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Of course, replays of classic football and basketball games will probably outdraw live volleyball, baseball, or field hockey contests.

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They won the first one 33 years ago in Providence, beating Syracuse in the final, of course, and wanted to put a bow on this era of Big East basketball by ending it with one more.

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Teams don't fly up and down the court 70 or 80 times, as in basketball, where mistakes can be ironed out over the course of a game.

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