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如果没有罚球 　　Back in March， during the height of the 2013 playoff chase， the Los Angeles Clippers and Memphis Grizzlies were jockeying for the No. 3 seed in the West. The two teams already loathed one another， their feelings dating to their seven-game series in spring 2012. Things often can get stale in an NBA arena by mid-March， but when the Clippers and Grizzlies hooked up at Staples Center， the buzz was electric. 　　让我们回到三月，那时已经到了争夺季后赛席位的关键时刻，洛杉矶快艇和孟菲斯灰熊为了西部第三的位置争得你死我活。这两支球队早就相互看不顺眼了，这种相互厌恶的感觉，还要追溯到2012年春天的季后赛七场大战。三月中旬时，NBA的比赛经常会变得索然无味，但当快艇和灰熊这两支球队在斯台普斯球馆针尖对麦芒时，场面自然火爆好看。 　　For the first quarter that night， the NBA was the product at its fullest. The appeal of the game was noted by the Clippers’ broadcast team， along press row and across Twitter. High-grade professional basketball. 　　那天晚上比赛的第一节，简直就是NBA最高水平的展现。比赛的精彩显然感染到了快艇的解说直播团队，媒体和推特上也都在讨论这场比赛。这就是最高水准的职业篮球。 　　The Clippers and Grizzlies are two of the league’s better teams， but neither play in a well-choreographed system that lends itself to hoops ballet. Yet in the first quarter that night， every player on the floor moved with purpose， and crisp decisions were made instantaneously. The ball popped around the floor and the game flowed freely. Oddly， there were no lead changes and the teams combined for only two fast-break possessions. Each team shot greater than 60 percent from the field， but that’s not altogether unusual for a single quarter. It was something else： 　　快艇和灰熊在联盟属于强队，但两支球队的进攻体系也不算特别流畅，因此这两支球队也不太容易打出非常漂亮的比赛。但在那场比赛的第一节里，球场上的每名球员都在用头脑打球，他们会在转瞬即逝间做出干脆的选择。篮球在地板上弹来弹去，比赛也进行得非常流畅。奇怪的是，双方没有交换过领先，两支球队加起来也只打出了两次快攻。两支球队的投篮命中率都超过了60%，对于一节比赛来说，这些都不算太奇怪。奇怪的是其他一些情况： 　　Zero free throws attempted. 　　双方没有罚球。 　　Time of quarter： 20 minutes. 　　单节比赛用时：20分钟。 　　There were no long red lights where the game came to a stop so we could watch nine guys stand around as one player goes through a rote skills challenge of hitting a standing set shot from a predetermined spot on the floor. 　　比赛里没亮出红灯，也没有出现停滞。我们没有看到九名球员站在一边