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  1. May 2021
    1. James Dean

      James Dean is an american movie actor who starred in the movie rebel without a cause where he played a troubled teenager. So this means that the guy she is describing has a troubled look.

    1. for once

      This must mean that their center wasnt very good but he finally did what he was supposed to do as a center which is to get rebounds

    2. trying to catch sight of a high, gliding dribble and a man    letting the play develop in front of him in slow motion, almost exactly like a coach’s drawing on the blackboard,

      So far they are running the fast break really well and it even says that they were running the play just like the coach wanted them to.

    3. flat-footed defender

      In basketball if you are playing defense flatfooted you are not playing good defense, youre supposed to play on your toes.

    4. and spinning around to throw a strike    to the outlet who is already shoveling

      He threw a very good pass to one of the gurds to push the fast break.

    5. A hook shot kisses the rim

      He uses the word kisses to show that the ball was very accurate and stayed close to the rim as it went through.

    1. So it's gonna be forever

      It looks as if she hasnt learned that all her relationships havent lasted because shes trying to find another relationship which means the last one she had didnt last.

    1. In Pirouette to blanch a Troupe—

      Pirouette means an act of spinning on your foot, blanch means to make something white or pale, and a troupe is a group of dancers, so i think she means that if she had ballet knowledge then she would make everyone astonished at her skill