Monday, June 16, 2008

NBA打放水球的十大徵兆

以前也引述過這玩意兒,來自我個人非常喜歡的冷面笑匠David Letterman主持的Late Show with David Letterman,實在是蠻爆笑的,大家不妨看看:

Top Ten Signs an NBA Game Is Fixed

10. Game begins 20 minutes before visiting team arrives
比賽在客隊到球場前20分鐘就提前開始

9. Tip-off always goes to the player with the largest salary
開賽跳球永遠是最高薪的球員跳到

8. At the end of the first quarter, the score is 179 to 2
第一節終了的比數是179比2

7. Missed three-pointers count for two points if they're "pretty close"
如果離籃框很近,不進的三分球也可以算兩分

6. One of the Laker Girls looks suspiciously like Pete Rose
湖人啦啦女郎其中有一人看來很像彼得羅斯(因涉賭而被終身禁賽的棒球明星)

5. Whenever he's open, referee takes a shot
一有空檔,裁判就出手投籃

4. Scoreboard has disclaimer: "All Scores Approximate"
計分板上的附註:"所有比數均為近似值"

3. The team loses even though it led in points, delegates and the popular vote
即使得分、黨代表和普選票數都領先,該隊還是輸球(這是引目前正打得火熱的美國總統大選話題)

2. Jack Nicholson scores 25 points from his seat
傑克尼柯遜光坐在板凳上就得了25分

1. The Knicks win
尼克隊贏球