So I told the third man on our team to center the ball, let the rusher come after me, and go block the tall man defending the backfield to the right.

我于是告诉我们一方的第三个人将球传中，让对方的前锋来追我，然后他去右边挡住那个高个子后卫。

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This ball of over 100, 000 stars is a relic from the early years of our Galaxy, and continues to orbit the Milky Way's center.

这个有超过100000颗恒星的球体是一个从我们所在的星系的早期遗留下来的遗迹，它依然在绕着银河系中心公转着。

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Then after the other team missed a shot, our center grabbed the ball so we could pass it around to kill the clock until all the time was gone.

这时对方球队投篮不中，我们的中锋随即抢下球来，于是我们就传球直到拖完全部时间。

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To make a basketball analogy, it's a bit like when your tin-armed, non-jump-shooting center gets the ball near the three-point line: You know he won't shoot or thread the ball into the post, so you have a moment's respite while he looks for a guard to bail him out.

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