a chance to throw the ball into the basket.

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And the idea here is that the number 4 represents 40% chance of scoring if you shoot the ball to the left of the goal and the goal keeper dives to the left.

在这里表示进球概率是40%,前提是你从左路射门,而门将也扑向左路

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so it's much, much harder to run the ball because there're so much more chance and opposition.

所以带球跑是非常非常困难的，因为中间有太多的空挡和反击。

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