"We got impatient on offense¹ and that played into their hands. In the first half they picked us apart." Kings coach Rick Adelman said.
“我们在进攻上失去了耐心，完全被他们所掌握。上半场他们把我们撕碎了。”国王主教练阿德尔曼说。

That shot kind of put a dagger² right in them.
那个球就像一把匕首刺中了他们的心脏。

MOB: Mavericks³ Off the Bench 的缩写，小牛的替补阵容。

Haslem called NBA vice⁴ president Stu Jackson after being ejected Saturday to insist that he did not attempt to hit Crawford with the mouthpiece.
周六被逐出场后，哈斯勒姆给NBA副总裁斯图·杰克逊打电话，坚持说她并没想用牙套击打裁判克劳福德。
vice president: 副总裁。
mouthpiece: 牙套。

James showed a bit of nervousness early on, shooting an airball on his first jumper.
詹姆斯开场后显得有点紧张，第一次跳投投了一个空气球。
airball: 空气球，指没沾到篮框或篮板，即便沾到篮网，也是空气球。
jumper: 跳投。

So at least on paper, things look bad for the Nuggets, in jeopardy⁵ of being eliminated in the first round for a third straight year.
至少纸面上，掘金的情况不妙，他们正面临着连续第三年首轮出局的危险。