New York Knicks Win First Game of NBA Finals

紐約尼克贏得 NBA 總決賽首場比賽


Introduction

The New York Knicks beat the San Antonio Spurs 105-95. Now the Knicks lead the series 1-0.

紐約尼克以 105-95 擊敗聖安東尼奧馬刺。目前尼克在系列賽中以 1-0 領先。

Main Body

The Spurs led for most of the game. But the Knicks played very well in the last part. Jalen Brunson scored 30 points. Josh Hart helped the team with many rebounds and steals.

馬刺在比賽的大部分時間處於領先。但尼克在最後階段表現出色。Jalen Brunson 得到 30 分。Josh Hart 透過多次搶 rebounds 和抄截幫助了球隊。

Some fans caused problems. A young fan ran onto the court for a photo. The NBA banned him for life. Other people said bad words to Jalen Brunson. The NBA is looking into this.

部分球迷製造了混亂。一名年輕球迷衝進球場拍照,NBA 決定終身禁賽該名球迷。其他人則對 Jalen Brunson 出言不遜,NBA 目前正在調查此事。

President Donald Trump will go to the next games in New York. This is the first time a president goes to the NBA Finals. Tickets for these games are very expensive. Some tickets cost more than $8,000.

川普總統將會前往紐約觀看接下來的比賽。這是首次有總統出席 NBA 總決賽。這些比賽的門票非常昂貴,部分票價甚至超過 8,000 美元。

Conclusion

The Knicks have a 1-0 lead. They want to win Game 2.

尼克目前以 1-0 領先,他們希望贏得第二場比賽。

Vocabulary Learning

🏀 How to talk about 'The Past'

Look at these words from the story:

  • beat \rightarrow beat
  • led \rightarrow lead
  • played \rightarrow play
  • scored \rightarrow score
  • helped \rightarrow help
  • caused \rightarrow cause
  • ran \rightarrow run
  • banned \rightarrow ban

The Simple Rule: Most of the time, we just add -ed to the end of the word to show it already happened.

The 'Tricky' Words: Some words change completely (like run becomes ran). You just have to memorize these slowly!

Quick Example:

  • Today: I play basketball. \rightarrow Yesterday: I played basketball.

Vocabulary Learning

series (n.)
A set of games played between the same two teams
Example:The team won the series after winning four games.
rebounds (n.)
When a player catches the ball after a missed shot
Example:The tall player got many rebounds during the game.
steals (n.)
When a player takes the ball away from the other team
Example:He is very fast and makes many steals.
court (n.)
The area where basketball or tennis is played
Example:The players are running on the basketball court.
banned (v.)
To officially stop someone from doing something or going somewhere
Example:The man was banned from the stadium for his bad behavior.
expensive (adj.)
Something that costs a lot of money
Example:This new phone is very expensive.
Practice A2 words in a crossword